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# Transcript


[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""Hi there, I'm Howard Abrams. You may remember me""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from past conference talks""" start="00:00:05.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as &quot;Literate DevOps and the Temple of Doom&quot;""" start="00:00:07.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and &quot;Using Eshell for Fun and Profit&quot;.""" start="00:00:10.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm here to talk to you about my latest Emacs project:""" start="00:00:13.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""playing games, solo role-playing games.""" start="00:00:16.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I started playing RPGs when I got my first copy""" start="00:00:19.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of Dungeons & Dragons when I was 12.""" start="00:00:23.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yes, my original copy burned""" start="00:00:25.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in the Great Satanic Panic of the 1980s,""" start="00:00:28.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but that's another story.""" start="00:00:30.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I started playing other RPGs like GURPS.""" start="00:00:32.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""These are some of my notes.""" start="00:00:37.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Back then, I was typing them in Emacs,""" start="00:00:40.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but I formatted them with LaTeX.""" start="00:00:42.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Later, when I was introducing my kids""" start="00:00:46.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to role-playing games,""" start="00:00:49.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I actually typed them up still in Emacs,""" start="00:00:50.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but now formatted them for a tablet.""" start="00:00:53.581" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I wrote a little JavaScript code""" start="00:00:57.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that allowed me to click on it, and it would roll dice,""" start="00:00:59.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""generate random events, keep track of turn order,""" start="00:01:03.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you know, everything,""" start="00:01:06.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I didn't have to slow down the action of the game.""" start="00:01:07.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, when my kids got older,""" start="00:01:10.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I still managed to sneak in a game of D&D""" start="00:01:13.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""once a week at lunch.""" start="00:01:15.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This pastime came to a screeching halt with the pandemic.""" start="00:01:17.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Solo RPGs""" start="00:01:20.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""I turned to playing role-playing games by myself""" start="00:01:20.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to get my fix. Playing these silly elf games in solo mode""" start="00:01:23.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""has been part of the game for many years,""" start="00:01:28.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but with so many of us stuck at home,""" start="00:01:29.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""solo role-playing games really expanded,""" start="00:01:32.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""creative people releasing some amazing ideas.""" start="00:01:35.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What's a solo RPG like? Well, it's somewhere in the middle""" start="00:01:40.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of writing your own story, where anything's possible,""" start="00:01:44.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but you've got to do all the imaginative work;""" start="00:01:47.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or reading a choose-your-own-adventure book,""" start="00:01:50.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""where the text is given to you,""" start="00:01:53.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and you have free, a few predetermined paths;""" start="00:01:55.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and tactical battle games,""" start="00:01:59.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""where dice determines everything.""" start="00:02:01.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It kind of fits in the sweet spot between those.""" start="00:02:03.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""While I started removing the Game Master""" start="00:02:05.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""using the Mythic GM Emulator,""" start="00:02:08.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Ironsworn really captivated me.""" start="00:02:12.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I began with dice, pencils, notebooks, you know,""" start="00:02:15.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""just like when I was a kid. But taking notes on paper?""" start="00:02:19.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yeah, you know me. That's not my jam. Org mode is.""" start="00:02:23.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And, you know, notes have to be in Org,""" start="00:02:28.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""well, why not write a little dice roller in Lisp?""" start="00:02:31.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, when Shawn Tomkin released his Ironsworn""" start="00:02:35.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""under the Creative Commons, well,""" start="00:02:38.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I could just download the entire text.""" start="00:02:41.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I figured I could just render the entire game in Emacs.""" start="00:02:43.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Demo""" start="00:02:47.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""All right, enough talk. Let's get some Emacs action here,""" start="00:02:47.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""while I show you a bit of my game.""" start="00:02:51.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""When playing a solo RPG,""" start="00:02:55.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I jot down the story notes in an Org file.""" start="00:02:57.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I mean, did you expect anything less from me?""" start="00:02:59.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I alternate between lengthy prose and short notes.""" start="00:03:02.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As I'm both the writer and the audience,""" start="00:03:07.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the goal is just enjoyment.""" start="00:03:10.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, this document is both a record log of my game sessions,""" start="00:03:12.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as well as my character's character sheet.""" start="00:03:17.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In most RPGs, a player's focus is a character sheet""" start="00:03:20.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that lists all the attributes, the stats, equipment,""" start="00:03:24.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""powers, you know, that sort of thing.""" start="00:03:27.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""For my game, I wanted the focus to be the prose,""" start="00:03:28.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or at least the notes.""" start="00:03:32.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, I put down all the stats as Org mode properties.""" start="00:03:34.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now, I can collapse a property drawer""" start="00:03:38.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and have functions""" start="00:03:40.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that just grab values from these properties.""" start="00:03:42.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""All right, let's play. While not important to my talk,""" start="00:03:45.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm in the middle of a game. My character, Tegan,""" start="00:03:50.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""promised to help a village by tracking down""" start="00:03:52.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the son of a village chief. A less-than-stellar roll""" start="00:03:54.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""meant I didn't catch him before he entered""" start="00:03:59.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the mysterious underground structure""" start="00:04:01.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of a relic of an ancient people.""" start="00:04:03.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I just finished playing out the journey,""" start="00:04:06.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and he's about to enter into the Catacombs of Svala's Blood.""" start="00:04:08.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Randomization""" start="00:04:11.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""Why that name? Well, that was actually what came up""" start="00:04:11.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from an extensive random number generator that I wrote.""" start="00:04:15.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As I wrote more and more functions""" start="00:04:19.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to help me play this game,""" start="00:04:21.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and since I don't play all the time,""" start="00:04:23.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I created hydra. I can roll dice,""" start="00:04:25.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can roll dice challenges against the character stats,""" start="00:04:30.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can adjust stats. Lots of random generators""" start="00:04:34.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""come from this oracle section.""" start="00:04:38.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""For instance, are footprints going through the door?""" start="00:04:39.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I press `c`, and I'm prompted with how likely.""" start="00:04:43.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Since the villagers gave Tegan vague directions,""" start="00:04:46.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and he didn't see any signs the contrary,""" start="00:04:51.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I chose &quot;likely&quot;. And, well, it originally said yes,""" start="00:04:53.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and that's why I jotted this information down.""" start="00:04:58.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now, this is different than my character's ability""" start="00:05:01.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to notice the prints. This is about generating the story,""" start="00:05:03.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""something that the game master would do""" start="00:05:07.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in a typical role-playing game.""" start="00:05:10.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now, if I wanted to name something,""" start="00:05:12.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or even the current weather,""" start="00:05:14.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I have random tables with the `C` keystroke.""" start="00:05:16.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hmm, weather. Oh, it's summer, so hey,""" start="00:05:20.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's nice and clear. All right, let's play.""" start="00:05:27.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Moves""" start="00:05:31.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""The action in Ironsworn,""" start="00:05:31.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like other Powered by the Apocalypse games,""" start="00:05:34.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is driven by moves. So, I hit the `m` key,""" start="00:05:37.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and all the moves show up.""" start="00:05:44.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now, I don't think I need to espouse""" start="00:05:46.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the virtues of completing-read enhancements like Ivy.""" start="00:05:49.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Here, I'm using orderless with vertico""" start="00:05:52.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to help me find my choices.""" start="00:05:55.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Since I've discovered a site, let's play that move.""" start="00:05:57.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Reference""" start="00:06:03.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""I seldom remember the details for the moves,""" start="00:06:03.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I figured, why not put the text of the book""" start="00:06:06.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in an Org file and show it in a side window?""" start="00:06:09.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The prompt at the bottom, asking for a name,""" start="00:06:11.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is driven by the content in the displayed Org file.""" start="00:06:15.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This allows me to enhance my game without""" start="00:06:18.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""changing the original code. So, let's call this story arc,""" start="00:06:21.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Exploring the Catacombs of Svala's Blood.""" start="00:06:25.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Ooh, sounds epic.""" start="00:06:31.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Story arcs""" start="00:06:34.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""Ironsworn tracks the beats of a narrative,""" start="00:06:34.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so major plot points take up more room in the fiction""" start="00:06:37.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""than minor plot points.""" start="00:06:40.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Similar games like Blades in the Dark""" start="00:06:42.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""use numbers to track these, so you can say something like,""" start="00:06:45.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we're three quarters of the way through this story arc.""" start="00:06:48.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Ironsworn just uses labels,""" start="00:06:51.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and while I want this particular story arc""" start="00:06:53.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to be significant, I really just want to get in,""" start="00:06:55.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""find this person, and get out.""" start="00:06:59.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, I'm going to call this &quot;short&quot;.""" start="00:07:00.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Next, it's asking about an Org mode header placement.""" start="00:07:04.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""While I originally wanted my Org files""" start="00:07:09.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to be completely flexible,""" start="00:07:12.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""one thing I noticed in playing""" start="00:07:13.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is that a pattern always emerged.""" start="00:07:15.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The story became a tree. You see, story arcs""" start="00:07:18.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""were just a series of montages or scenes,""" start="00:07:22.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and each of those were made of a series of events""" start="00:07:25.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and challenges to overcome.""" start="00:07:27.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, each Org mode header has a track,""" start="00:07:29.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which often becomes the number of subheadings.""" start="00:07:32.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""At any point, I can see how much track is being made.""" start="00:07:35.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, for instance, this one seems to be""" start="00:07:40.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""about a third of the way through.""" start="00:07:47.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Using different stats""" start="00:07:48.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""So, let's dive into this ancient place.""" start="00:07:48.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Since I've been walking through a misty forest,""" start="00:07:52.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can imagine vines hiding an immense door""" start="00:07:55.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and a humid, earthy smell as I peer inside.""" start="00:07:59.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I don't have to write that stuff down,""" start="00:08:01.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or if I want to practice my writing, I can.""" start="00:08:04.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can imagine the place is dark,""" start="00:08:06.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so Tegan lights a torch""" start="00:08:09.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""before peering into this obscure world.""" start="00:08:10.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As this move mentions,""" start="00:08:13.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the next move to make is called Delve the Depths.""" start="00:08:15.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As soon as I select this move,""" start="00:08:20.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it shows up on the side window, and explains that,""" start="00:08:26.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""depending on how you're moving through""" start="00:08:31.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this ancient catacombs,""" start="00:08:34.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is what kind of stat I roll against,""" start="00:08:36.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and those stats show up at the bottom.""" start="00:08:38.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You know, if I'm sneaking around, you roll against &quot;shadow&quot;.""" start="00:08:41.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If you're trying to go as fast as you can, it's &quot;edge&quot;.""" start="00:08:45.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I kind of imagine that he's thinking through,""" start="00:08:47.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""being very careful about it.""" start="00:08:51.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, I'm going to select &quot;wits&quot;.""" start="00:08:53.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I don't have any modifiers.""" start="00:08:55.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Just about every one of my stats prompts me""" start="00:08:57.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""if I want to add or subtract any values.""" start="00:08:59.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Dice rolls""" start="00:09:02.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""A miss. I should explain how the dice roll in this game.""" start="00:09:02.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The downside to Ironsworn is that""" start="00:09:09.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the dice mechanics are more cumbersome than other games.""" start="00:09:13.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You roll a 6-sided die, add to it your relevant stat,""" start="00:09:16.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""plus any modifiers. Next, you roll two 10-sided die""" start="00:09:20.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and see how it compares.""" start="00:09:24.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Of course, I programmed this in Lisp,""" start="00:09:25.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but when I displayed it, I wanted to see all the dice.""" start="00:09:28.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I also just wanted to see the end results.""" start="00:09:31.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Dangers""" start="00:09:34.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""So I colored it. I rolled a miss,""" start="00:09:34.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which means I need to reveal a danger.""" start="00:09:37.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Sure, I could imagine all sorts of dangers,""" start="00:09:39.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but this is a game.""" start="00:09:43.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I've already made a random generator for dangers.""" start="00:09:44.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In fact, I've made a random generator""" start="00:09:48.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for dangers in an ancient underkeep.""" start="00:09:51.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Discovery undermines or complicates the quest.""" start="00:09:55.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hmm, a complication for finding the chief's son?""" start="00:10:00.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What about a labyrinth full of hallways and levels""" start="00:10:09.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with lots of choices and almost no way of finding them?""" start="00:10:13.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yeah, that sounds like it fits pretty well.""" start="00:10:16.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""A strong success""" start="00:10:19.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""Time for another move. This time, we're going to""" start="00:10:19.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""gather information,""" start="00:10:26.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""see if we can figure out which way to go.""" start="00:10:28.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""A strong hit. Excellent.""" start="00:10:32.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I imagine Tegan noticing footprints in the dust""" start="00:10:34.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and knowing where to go.""" start="00:10:38.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The game suggests that when you get a strong success,""" start="00:10:40.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you can increase your momentum.""" start="00:10:44.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""These game mechanics""" start="00:10:45.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""come into play later, but this function here""" start="00:10:48.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""allows me to adjust that stat +2.""" start="00:10:51.755" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I don't even have to scroll to the top of the buffer""" start="00:10:57.881" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and edit that value in my properties.""" start="00:11:01.461" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""At any point, I can take a look at those stats""" start="00:11:04.821" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and see how they measure up.""" start="00:11:08.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Again, I don't have to scroll up""" start="00:11:10.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and take a look at my properties""" start="00:11:13.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""at the top of the Org mode file.""" start="00:11:14.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's how I play the game.""" start="00:11:16.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's just a recursive loop of playing a move,""" start="00:11:19.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""rolling some dice to see how it works,""" start="00:11:24.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""trying to answer the question""" start="00:11:27.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""based on your own imagination or random tables,""" start="00:11:30.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which the game calls oracles,""" start="00:11:33.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and play creatively until you decide to take a break""" start="00:11:35.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and pick it up another time.""" start="00:11:41.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I think you get the gist of how I play""" start="00:11:42.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this dice and pencil game in Org Mode.""" start="00:11:47.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Other solo RPGs""" start="00:11:49.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""However, I found more solo RPGs to play.""" start="00:11:49.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And of course, I want to render them in Emacs too.""" start="00:11:54.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This code for Ironsworn was a bit too specific,""" start="00:11:57.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I decided to create a role-playing game toolkit.""" start="00:12:00.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This project is still in the early stages,""" start="00:12:04.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but I've created some functions""" start="00:12:09.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for mimicking rolling dice, including a mini-DSL for""" start="00:12:12.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""making dice mechanics""" start="00:12:16.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""typical of many role-playing game systems.""" start="00:12:19.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I've also ported over the random table system.""" start="00:12:22.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""A text file can just list entries to be displayed at random.""" start="00:12:26.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I love that I can put dice expression""" start="00:12:30.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and word choices in the entries.""" start="00:12:33.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""One type of random table allows you""" start="00:12:35.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to essentially copy and paste a table""" start="00:12:39.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from a published game into a text file.""" start="00:12:41.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""A frequency table is what I'm calling""" start="00:12:43.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a list of random entries where some entries show up""" start="00:12:47.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""more often than others. I'm working on generalizing""" start="00:12:50.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the character sheet attributes as Org properties,""" start="00:12:55.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so if you're interested, check out the project at Codeberg.""" start="00:12:59.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template new="1" text="""Conclusion""" start="00:13:04.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]

[[!template text="""The point of my presentation is not to show off Ironsworn,""" start="00:13:04.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how I programmed it, or even this new toolkit.""" start="00:13:10.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You see, most engineers,""" start="00:13:14.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when they get an idea for a game like mine,""" start="00:13:17.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""would make a web app. Nothing wrong with it.""" start="00:13:20.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""More people can play it,""" start="00:13:24.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but web apps suffer from text entry.""" start="00:13:25.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And don't tell me you prefer the keyboard interface""" start="00:13:28.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to Google Docs. Oh, and the JavaScript framework du jour?""" start="00:13:30.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Oh, I mean, that's a huge barrier of entry""" start="00:13:35.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when all you want to do""" start="00:13:40.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is have a bit of fun prototyping a game.""" start="00:13:42.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What I'd like to impress upon you""" start="00:13:44.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is that hacking Emacs to make personal games is a trip.""" start="00:13:48.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Learning Lisp is, it's easy.""" start="00:13:54.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And more, Emacs Lisp has some, well sure,""" start="00:13:57.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it has some cruft. But really, some of those features""" start="00:14:00.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that I would hate at a distributed system at work,""" start="00:14:04.520" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like global variables, makes hacking easier""" start="00:14:07.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when you just want to have some fun in your own system.""" start="00:14:10.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, grab your laptop, sink into your comfy chair,""" start="00:14:14.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""pour yourself a glass of scotch,""" start="00:14:19.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and craft yourself an enjoyable evening.""" start="00:14:21.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Happy hacking, my friends.""" start="00:14:24.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]]



Captioner: sachac

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# Q&A transcript (unedited)

[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Right. Okay, so hi everyone.""" start="00:00:02.899" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We are now live. Hi Howard,""" start="00:00:04.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how are you doing? Great.""" start="00:00:06.339" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Lovely to hear. As usual,""" start="00:00:09.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's always a pleasure to see your""" start="00:00:11.980" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""presentation and the amount of time and""" start="00:00:14.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""energy you put into it.""" start="00:00:15.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Slightly sorry about the shoppiness of the""" start="00:00:17.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""broadcast. Do not worry,""" start="00:00:18.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the talk will be in its full 30 fps quality""" start="00:00:22.700" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on the website after the conference.""" start="00:00:24.779" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Actually, right now. It's available right""" start="00:00:26.759" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""now. As usual, feel free to ask your""" start="00:00:30.099" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""questions in the in the pad.""" start="00:00:31.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We've linked it both on the talk page and on""" start="00:00:34.200" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""IRC. I think I am on the right 1,""" start="00:00:38.400" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""right? This is a solo.""" start="00:00:40.080" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Guys, questions, where are they?""" start="00:00:42.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Oh, we do have questions,""" start="00:00:45.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's just that they're not in the right part.""" start="00:00:46.920" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Okay, so I'm going to start,""" start="00:00:47.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm going to read the questions to Howard and""" start="00:00:49.739" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Howard will be answering them.""" start="00:00:50.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And if you are interested in asking questions""" start="00:00:52.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""directly to Howard, I see a lot of people""" start="00:00:54.620" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""have joined us on BBB,""" start="00:00:55.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so we'll first go through the questions on""" start="00:00:58.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the pad and then we'll move on to the people""" start="00:01:00.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on BBB. So Howard, starting with the first""" start="00:01:03.340" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""question, does table data allow for""" start="00:01:06.300" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""recursion, e.g. The result that returns they""" start="00:01:08.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""are random monster haunting the cavern""" start="00:01:10.600" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""entrance and we roll on random monster and""" start="00:01:14.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""inject them, inject into the result?""" start="00:01:16.420" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Sorry a little bit of a complicated question.""" start="00:01:17.920" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Do you want me to read it again,""" start="00:01:21.900" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""perhaps? Yeah, I think so.""" start="00:01:23.620" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I didn't quite catch that.""" start="00:01:25.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Okay, so does the table data allow for""" start="00:01:28.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""recursion? So I think...""" start="00:01:30.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.""" start="00:01:31.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""No, it does. I put a little,""" start="00:01:33.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you know, there's some code that could,""" start="00:01:35.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so you could, yeah, you get a random value""" start="00:01:38.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that gets inserted and that random value""" start="00:01:41.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""could refer to another table and it can keep""" start="00:01:43.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on going. I have not pushed that that hard""" start="00:01:46.000" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because obviously it's,""" start="00:01:48.320" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it might be a little on the heavyweight side.""" start="00:01:50.880" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can't imagine it to go too deep,""" start="00:01:52.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""though.""" start="00:01:52.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: I'm pretty sure Emacs would be complaining if""" start="00:01:56.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you go a little too deep.""" start="00:01:57.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We have something as Mike's list recursion,""" start="00:01:59.979" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and stuff like this. So don't worry.""" start="00:02:01.420" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Go willy nilly with your recursions.""" start="00:02:03.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We've got comments about the fact that it's a""" start="00:02:07.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""really cool project and I feel like everyone""" start="00:02:09.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""watching would be agreeing.""" start="00:02:10.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You've got a question about where you can get""" start="00:02:14.100" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this. Do you have a github repository with""" start="00:02:16.620" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""all of this?""" start="00:02:17.080" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Yeah, and at the well at the end of the""" start="00:02:20.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""presentation I kind of display that and I""" start="00:02:22.840" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""think I put it at the top of the the pad""" start="00:02:25.920" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 2]: Yeah, there's a""" start="00:02:35.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Yes. I don't go Gone please.""" start="00:02:36.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Nothing there. There's a lot of stuff that""" start="00:02:38.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""needs to be reformatted.""" start="00:02:40.080" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is all Aflacode, so obviously it's a""" start="00:02:46.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""personal hack. So people should just steal""" start="00:02:49.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the code as opposed to looking at a real""" start="00:02:51.880" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""project to use.""" start="00:02:52.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Right, lovely. So this game plus CRDT should""" start="00:03:00.420" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""be great for non-solid plays.""" start="00:03:01.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Are you familiar with CRDT?""" start="00:03:03.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Well, so I used to use Flubits once upon a""" start="00:03:08.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""time and after seeing the previous talk on""" start="00:03:11.880" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""CRDT it's like, oh, I like that,""" start="00:03:14.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and yes, I think that would be a fun idea.""" start="00:03:16.000" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: I think I remember, so I did something much""" start="00:03:19.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""more humble than you did.""" start="00:03:21.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I did a little bit, a little package in Org""" start="00:03:24.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Mode for rolling dice and you had like a""" start="00:03:27.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""little formula like you could write 60 20 and""" start="00:03:31.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it would throw 6 dice with 20 faces,""" start="00:03:34.740" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""60 sorry, 6 die, Frenchmen here in the room,""" start="00:03:39.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""20 faces and it would average them out or""" start="00:03:43.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""provide you any kind of stats needed.""" start="00:03:45.140" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And this type of stuff works really well over""" start="00:03:48.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""CRDT because it's 1 edit inside of a file.""" start="00:03:52.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If you start making edits in different parts""" start="00:03:55.900" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of your file, it starts becoming a little""" start="00:03:58.780" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""more complicated because CRDT struggles when""" start="00:04:02.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you're making many discrete changes inside of""" start="00:04:04.480" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the same file. Does that make sense?""" start="00:04:05.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: It does, it does. Interesting.""" start="00:04:07.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Okay, yeah, no, I have not played with it""" start="00:04:10.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""yet.""" start="00:04:10.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""got any kind of... If it works,""" start="00:04:16.320" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it works and it's amazing,""" start="00:04:17.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""messages because Shantan,""" start="00:04:21.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""who's the maintainer of CRDT,""" start="00:04:23.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""securely. Excellent. All right,""" start="00:04:31.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""like either physically or digitally,""" start="00:04:41.140" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like we've done with CRUT?""" start="00:04:42.520" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""Like somebody says, what's the name of that""" start="00:05:05.020" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""shopkeep? And I could just hit a key,""" start="00:05:07.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and it'd come up with the name,""" start="00:05:08.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""But it was still me generating it.""" start="00:05:14.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""necessarily, but I would keep notes in it and""" start="00:05:19.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""But yes, I don't know.""" start="00:05:24.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This sounds all kind of,""" start="00:05:25.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this sounds all intriguing.""" start="00:05:27.260" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I think this would be fun.""" start="00:05:28.840" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I think I need to get a group of like-minded""" start="00:05:32.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Emacs people who want to play online.""" start="00:05:35.880" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: I'm sure you've got plenty of people not only""" start="00:05:39.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""to the next talk and it might be a little""" start="00:05:46.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""short for a campaign, but we might just...""" start="00:05:48.200" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Moving on to the next question,""" start="00:05:53.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how does 1 become super awesome like Howard""" start="00:05:56.480" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Abrams? And I very much agree.""" start="00:05:58.200" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Sure, yes. That's kind,""" start="00:05:58.700" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: That's not a secret, You're not giving your""" start="00:06:04.460" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: too kind, too kind. There's no trade secrets.""" start="00:06:09.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Just follow your passions.""" start="00:06:10.580" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: trade secrets. I can only conquer.""" start="00:06:14.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""All right, moving on to the next question.""" start="00:06:16.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Please talk a little about how you produced""" start="00:06:18.740" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""such a slick presentation video.""" start="00:06:20.460" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Everything looked completely professional,""" start="00:06:22.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I'd agree. So tell us more.""" start="00:06:25.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: OK, so as you've seen my previous""" start="00:06:29.260" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""presentations, It's all just Emacs screen.""" start="00:06:32.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I just felt like, oh, what I really want to""" start="00:06:35.920" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""talk about is how much fun I'm having and the""" start="00:06:39.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""little introduction. So my son actually is a""" start="00:06:43.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""YouTuber. So I asked him,""" start="00:06:44.980" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and it's like, oh, I'll take care of your""" start="00:06:47.200" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""dad. And so he's the 1 that kind of prompted""" start="00:06:49.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""me. So I had a director.""" start="00:06:51.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Don't know if that translates,""" start="00:06:53.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: I mean, that translates amazingly.""" start="00:06:58.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: though, but. Very good.""" start="00:07:02.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You know, very over the top.""" start="00:07:06.900" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I've never done something like this before.""" start="00:07:09.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: I mean, the results at the end is No,""" start="00:07:10.460" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""the editing, it just...""" start="00:07:15.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: You've set a standard that you'll need to""" start="00:07:23.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""meet for following Emax.""" start="00:07:24.520" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: I'll have to keep paying them then.""" start="00:07:28.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Oh no! Alright, Yes! Alright,""" start="00:07:30.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""moving on to the next question.""" start="00:07:32.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Does table data, no sorry that's the 1 we did""" start="00:07:35.380" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on recursion and we're not going to struggle""" start="00:07:37.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""through the reading of it again.""" start="00:07:38.900" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Alright so with your toolkits,""" start="00:07:41.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a list of good books would be nice to be""" start="00:07:43.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""space, steampunk, cyberpunk settings.""" start="00:07:48.400" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Do you have such a plan?""" start="00:07:49.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""bibliography of things I'm using and reading,""" start="00:07:59.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: All right, I like this.""" start="00:08:23.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Next question. Hi Howard and thanks for an""" start="00:08:28.140" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""outstanding presentation.""" start="00:08:28.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What did you use to create the graphics in""" start="00:08:31.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""your presentation? Didn't we cover this 1""" start="00:08:34.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""already? I can't remember.""" start="00:08:35.059" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""kind of hacked together.""" start="00:08:43.179" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""get yourself a YouTuber who knows how to use""" start="00:09:02.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""all the tools. I think he was using DaVinci,""" start="00:09:05.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but he's got quite a few going.""" start="00:09:08.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""question. Any plans to borrow tables from""" start="00:09:15.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Dungeon World or Iron Sword Starforge and""" start="00:09:17.980" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""publish in a TK repository?""" start="00:09:20.460" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Not sure what TK is.""" start="00:09:22.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Yeah, yeah, okay. So yeah,""" start="00:09:25.380" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""So all of the Iron Sworn,""" start="00:09:43.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that role-playing game,""" start="00:09:45.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""I don't know about Dungeon World and their""" start="00:09:56.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""tables. But yeah, a lot of people are""" start="00:09:59.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""starting to publish those kind of tables.""" start="00:10:01.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""I'd like to render all those in text files""" start="00:10:07.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that I could pull up like that.""" start="00:10:08.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Lovely. I think that's all for the questions""" start="00:10:13.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we had in the pad. We still have 9 minutes.""" start="00:10:15.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I see plenty of people have joined us,""" start="00:10:18.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""including 1 person with a microphone on BBB.""" start="00:10:21.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""PlasmaStrike, do you have a question?""" start="00:10:23.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""1 that's got some great tables in it.""" start="00:10:33.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""are popping up here, too.""" start="00:10:38.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""themselves. I see people typing away""" start="00:10:44.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""questions. By the way,""" start="00:10:45.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""questions. Oh, you're too kind.""" start="00:11:02.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""how's your visualization of the books,""" start="00:11:09.520" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or of your games at all?""" start="00:11:11.260" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Sorry, can you ask that 1 more time?""" start="00:11:15.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""much.""" start="00:11:42.900" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: You hit the, You hit it on the head.""" start="00:11:46.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""Did that answer the question?""" start="00:12:23.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""time though of using it like""" start="00:12:30.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""like 2 months or something like that,""" start="00:12:47.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""Thousand-Year-Old Vampire.""" start="00:13:03.340" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I don't know if you've seen that 1 or not,""" start="00:13:05.740" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""It's very interesting.""" start="00:13:09.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's got a great setup to use.""" start="00:13:13.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""and this sort of thing.""" start="00:13:20.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But then there's this YouTuber named Seth""" start="00:13:25.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Skalkarski, if I can pronounce his name""" start="00:13:27.880" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""right. He was describing it.""" start="00:13:30.020" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""vampire scene. And it's like,""" start="00:13:34.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""oh, I could see how people can kind of start""" start="00:13:37.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""differently. And the creativity and all that""" start="00:13:43.080" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""sort of stuff just really blossoms.""" start="00:13:44.340" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 2]: And then I guess as an extension of that,""" start="00:13:48.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how has the stories changed after using this""" start="00:13:53.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""Like the scenes, like how you,""" start="00:14:00.200" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like the stories that you'd start generating?""" start="00:14:02.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah,""" start="00:14:05.980" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""willing to put into it.""" start="00:14:10.140" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But yeah, I've definitely had a lot of fun.""" start="00:14:13.980" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And it's just been a lot more enjoyable and""" start="00:14:16.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""[Speaker 2]: Well I mean like has the types and quality of""" start="00:14:21.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the stories changed a lot?""" start="00:14:23.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Or more than that?""" start="00:14:25.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: I think so, you know, but obviously the proof""" start="00:14:30.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is if somebody else is doing the evaluation""" start="00:14:34.000" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I'm not letting that out But I think so,""" start="00:14:39.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but I think so so but I think your mileage""" start="00:14:42.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""may vary. So yeah, try it out""" start="00:14:44.340" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 2]: Have you seen the game Dwarf Fortress?""" start="00:14:47.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Because it's supposed to be a video game""" start="00:14:50.880" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that's in a similar spirit to that,""" start="00:14:53.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""where it helps you generate stories.""" start="00:14:55.080" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld,""" start="00:14:56.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Kenshi is another 1.""" start="00:15:00.420" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Yeah, no, I've looked at the Dwarf Fortress,""" start="00:15:03.400" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but I haven't played it.""" start="00:15:04.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But that 1 seems a little bit more""" start="00:15:08.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""too. And then others, it's like,""" start="00:15:13.700" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how far do you want to take it?""" start="00:15:15.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Like I just picked up this 1 called Broken""" start="00:15:18.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Cask. There it is, where you generate a""" start="00:15:21.820" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""little bar tavern, and then you start rolling""" start="00:15:25.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""events. Now, it gives a lot more stuff coming""" start="00:15:29.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""out of it. It's like, oh,""" start="00:15:30.780" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this person's showing up and this is what's""" start="00:15:32.700" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""much as you want. And that's what I'm""" start="00:15:36.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""thinking I might do. Hi,""" start="00:15:39.600" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Mike, you got a question?""" start="00:15:40.600" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 3]: Hi, Howard. Yeah, I do have a question.""" start="00:15:47.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm a big fan of your work on literate DevOps""" start="00:15:50.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and your essay and video on that topic.""" start="00:15:53.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm just wondering if you still use that""" start="00:15:56.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""workflow at work and have you changed how""" start="00:15:59.640" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that process works or has it evolved over""" start="00:16:02.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""time since that video and essay were written?""" start="00:16:04.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: That's a good question.""" start="00:16:06.840" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yes, I still do it. It varies depending on""" start="00:16:12.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the project and whatnot.""" start="00:16:13.500" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I still am using it.""" start="00:16:16.400" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yeah, yeah. In fact, I'm doing it with a lot""" start="00:16:20.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of other things. Like all my configuration""" start="00:16:22.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""files are all in a literate style for Emacs.""" start="00:16:27.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And even all the code that's in Ironsworn,""" start="00:16:31.160" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the repo, if you go to the repo,""" start="00:16:35.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's the readme file. And yeah,""" start="00:16:37.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that's just being rendered out to the Emacs""" start="00:16:39.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""file. So it is still all literate.""" start="00:16:41.660" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 3]: Very cool.""" start="00:16:43.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: Yeah, because I don't know.""" start="00:16:46.500" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Some things are just a little too complicated""" start="00:16:48.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to just type up.""" start="00:16:49.320" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: All right, sorry to be the bearer of bad""" start="00:16:56.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""news, but we have only about 3 more minutes""" start="00:16:58.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of lifetime. By the way,""" start="00:16:59.840" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""feel free to stay and discuss any of the""" start="00:17:02.920" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""topic of today's session after we go off air""" start="00:17:07.540" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and we'll be able to keep all of the nice""" start="00:17:10.579" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""discussion and put them on the talks page""" start="00:17:12.260" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""afterwards. Great. Howard,""" start="00:17:16.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I would like to ask you if you have any last""" start="00:17:20.020" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""words regarding the presentation or the""" start="00:17:21.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""questions you've had. Well,""" start="00:17:23.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the last question we had,""" start="00:17:24.520" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""actually, we had Mike come and ask it live.""" start="00:17:27.500" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""leave you? Okay.""" start="00:17:31.720" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: I think the last thing is go and hack""" start="00:17:37.560" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""something. I mean, this Lisp stuff is a lot""" start="00:17:41.420" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of fun. And I hope that came across.""" start="00:17:43.860" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's like, the project I made is just a""" start="00:17:47.240" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""personal thing and it was fun for me to make,""" start="00:17:50.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""hack it yourself because all the,""" start="00:17:58.460" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you know, think about adding multi-threading""" start="00:18:01.920" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to Emacs. Maybe we don't want that,""" start="00:18:04.480" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because that'll just complicate things.""" start="00:18:06.000" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is your own personal hacking sandbox,""" start="00:18:08.200" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so go have fun.""" start="00:18:09.520" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Great. I was just going to say we were""" start="00:18:14.220" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""talking about Dwarf Fortress.""" start="00:18:15.060" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In Dwarf Fortress, it's a very CPU intensive""" start="00:18:18.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""game because it needs to compute every single""" start="00:18:21.020" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
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[[!template text="""crashes, and the time it takes for the day to""" start="00:18:36.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""finish it, it just never finish.""" start="00:18:38.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So I was going to say maybe multi-threading""" start="00:18:40.680" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""might be useful in this case for Emacs.""" start="00:18:43.180" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, wanting to foray into the future.""" start="00:18:46.100" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 1]: All right. Thank you.""" start="00:18:48.800" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: And thank you so much,""" start="00:18:50.900" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Howard, and thank you Plasma Strike for your""" start="00:18:52.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""question, as well as Mike,""" start="00:18:53.320" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""who joined us. We're going to go live with""" start="00:18:55.760" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the next talk in about 1 minute,""" start="00:18:57.440" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and until then, well, I'm not going to put""" start="00:19:00.400" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""music, You can wait 50 seconds without music,""" start="00:19:02.040" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you Zoomers. We'll be back in a bit.""" start="00:19:03.960" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 2]: Bye-bye.""" start="00:19:05.280" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker 0]: Bye, Howard. All right,""" start="00:19:09.620" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we are off. Thank you so much,""" start="00:19:11.120" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Howard. I need to dash.""" start="00:19:11.980" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And oh, I think he's already gone.""" start="00:19:13.940" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So Bye everyone, I'll see you later.""" start="00:19:16.360" video="qanda-solo" id="subtitle"]]

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