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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 22h

I needed to check but it's because Old English swǣtan was a weak verb (takes a suffix for past forms), not a strong verb (changes the stem vowel).

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sw%C3%A...

swætan - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.wiktionary.org

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 1d

When the deployment goes wrong and you're on a call from 11pm to 4:30am 🫠

We got it working but I am a puddle today.

Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 4d

Getting a bit fed up with online courses that want you to do all the coding on their proprietary learning platforms.

No, my dude, I am not going to write a Go REST API in a text box in my web browser.

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 4d

Me: Please explain this error
Claude: That error is caused by a non-graceful shutdown of a Kafka stream. Add line X to fix it.
Me: What specifically does line X do?
Claude: Oh no, line X will cause your entire Kafka consumer group to seize up, use line Y instead

AI is so helpful /s

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of tie racks

Alt: Justin Timberlake in a menswear shop looking disappointed and skeptical

media.tenor.com

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 5d

We need public childcare the same way we fund primary and secondary education.

I hope Seán Canney, Albert Dolan and Peter Roche are getting an absolute bollocking from their constituents.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 5d

Seventy-two families in Tuam, Co Galway are in a race against time to secure alternative childcare following the announcement that the town's Happily Ever After Childcare facility has been issued with a closure notice and will cease operations at the end of this month

'Not giving up' - Tuam families fight to keep crèche open

Seventy-two families in Tuam, Co Galway are in a race against time to secure alternative childcare following the announcement that the town's Happily Ever After Childcare facility has been issued with...

www.rte.ie

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 6d

What a mensch.

Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 6d

I need to emphasize what a negative, bitter cesspool r/galway is so when they're largely positive about Catherine Connolly I'd take that as a strong endorsement.

www.reddit.com/r/galway/com...

From the galway community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the galway community

www.reddit.com

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 6d

And then there's local councillors who are convinced that dredging the Shannon will fix their problems. As opposed to just making the flooding worse at each stage downstream.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 6d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 7d

Putting out a call: if you were part of WOTC’s late-2010s live events (Stream of Many Eyes, D&D Live, The Descent), I would love to talk to you as part of the Actual Play book.

[email protected] will reach me, either to schedule a chat or to share your memories.

Please feel free to share.

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 7d

There's something fierce unsettling about the need to specify "warm".

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 7d

You can get @possumcreekgames.com's Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast (and a bunch of other games) for $12 as part of the HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid.

I've heard nothing but good things about it.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid by swanandravenstudio and 114 others

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid: 203 items for $12.00

itch.io

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 7d

My one year old has started saying "I love you" 😭

I shouldn't get too cocky. He also says "I love you, pink car" and "I love you, purple diplodocus" to his toys.

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 8d

And a bestiary for 5e, Daggerheart and Candela Obscura.

Both Daggerheart and Candela would definitely benefit from more adversaries to draw from.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ech...

Hall of Horrors: Bestiary for Daggerheart, D&D 5E, and CO

A collection of creatures, adversaries and items for Daggerheart, Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (D&D 2024) and Candela Obscura TTRPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 8d

It's interesting to see a third-party Candela Obscura crowdfunding project given that it's a pretty niche game that doesn't even seem to have support from its own publisher anymore.

Anyway, I hope La Lionne manage to fund. This looks neat.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

Beyond the Lighthouse: a Candela Obscura™ Compatible project

An unofficial supplement that will take you far beyond the boundaries of Hale. You will explore three brand-new countries, and take the role of new factions confronting the supernatural in 20 ready-to...

www.backerkit.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 9d

Oh my fucking God. What a panel.

Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 9d

COMING OCTOBER 20th!

Tune in for a TWO HOUR discussion about teaching games through actual play featuring an absolute POWERHOUSE panel.

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@friede.bsky.social
@itsquinns.bsky.social
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Subscribe to Talk of the Table wherever you get your podcasts.

Talk of the Table Patreon w/ Dr. Emily Friedman, Quinns, & Brennan Lee Mulligan.

Roundtable: Teaching Games Through Actual Play

Pictures of each guest are in circles on a yellow background. To each side are anthropomorphized dice, one with a mouth and one with an ear.

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 9d

When a unit test fails locally but passes in CI.

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 10d

The @vite.dev documentary from @cultrepo.bsky.social is really good.

youtu.be/bmWQqAKLgT4?...

Vite: The Documentary

YouTube video by CultRepo

youtu.be

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 12d

I noticed Candela Obscura cropping up in a few places online and now wonder if some creators are dusting it off for spooky season.

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 13d

I love Drakkenheim, so seeing it ported to Daggerheart will be very interesting indeed.

Also the DungeonDudes have three million dollar Kickstarters under their belt.

I don't see this one reaching that but it's a pretty big vote of confidence for Daggerheart.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...

Coming soon: Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart

The ENNIE Award winning adventure redesigned for Daggerheart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Gerard Hynes @gerardhynes.com · 14d

Bhí mé trína chéile nuair a chuala mé.

Bhuail mé leis cúpla uair agus bhí sé i gcónaí cineálta, fiosrach, agus fíorghreannmhar.

TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 14d

Tá an Fánaí Gaelach imithe uainn ar shlí na fírinne….

Manchán 💔

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 19d

Will someone please think of the poor landlords #DerelictIreland

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