Psy-Q’s Braindump Google just shut down the last piece of Google Talk, killing XMPP. This means that people using standards-based open and interoperable chat systems can no longer talk to their friends who use Google’s proprietary and closed chat system, Hangouts. For example, people who use Pidgin on any of the thousands of free and open XMPP servers in the world cannot message Google users

Why Government Is Not A Business

Brad Fonseca 2017-02-082018-03-20

There’s more than enough information on the Internet right now about the havoc being inflicted on the United States by President Donald Trump and his associates. However, there are two perspectives… Source: Why Government Is Not A Business

Out on the internet, Role-Playing games

Nobody’s Ever Reborn

Brad Fonseca 2016-07-032018-03-19

I can’t say enough nice things about this writer. I’m a big fan of his RPG work from the 90s and look forward to his new material. I’m very glad to see him active on his blog again. It’s true. Great faiths frame it as attachments leaping from body to body. Even dust has history. Everybody talks about being made of stardust but nobody

Out on the internet, Role-Playing games

Setting Mastery

Brad Fonseca 2016-04-182018-03-20

Back when D&D 3 came out, the designers talked about “system mastery.” Knowing the system better always helped you play a more powerful, effective character, but 3e made this an exp… Source: Setting Mastery