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Jon Niola

@jonniola.com

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Born and raised in NJ and proud of it. Web developer/IT geek. PHP, Java, Go, Ruby. Hiking, photography, fitness, hockey, gaming. Work at Princeton University, but views expressed here are my own. Plainsboro, NJ USA

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1h

😂😂😂
Perfect gif for Russ! He’s not the QB he once was.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1h

If you have a team that is just piling shots on you all night even when shorthanded, pulling the goalie ain't going to magically tie it up. I sometimes wonder about Keefe.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 2h

Try and enjoy your birthday Karl. Cheers 🍻

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 3h

Safe travels!

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 8h

Yup - it is basically a hostile takeover of our fourth estate by the broligarch and other terrible people.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 8h

I wasn't familiar with Professor Bray, but now that TPUSA stirred up all his shit I have to buy his book.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 9h

This is exactly what the UK needs. Time for a new direction that isn't based on the old traditions that no longer work for everyone, or the racist reform party bullshit.

Here in the US we have the same problem. Lot of old problems continue to haunt us. People just want a system that works for all.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 9h

$29K without needing to rely on soon-to-be-gone federal rebates is a good deal.
I am holding out a bit longer. Sodium-ion batteries are becoming a thing now. Many EVs in China use them and while they have 15% less range, they are significantly cheaper and safer and charge much faster.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 11h

My buddy @phillipross.com sent me this one and it is spot-on.

Fuck AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 11h

Oh yeah dude. I still have all of my box sets from back then, the various campaigns, and the Zebulon's Guide to the Galaxy expansion book.

A lot of people have been working to convert it to D20, but varying in quality.

Some races, like the shape-changing Dralasites were fun to play.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 11h

What I'd really love to do when I get more free time is run a Star Frontiers campaign as soon as I can find a decent D20 conversion that won't make me cringe.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 11h

Haha yeah. That's reasonable. I've not played in years. Just not enough time it seems. But being a good DM does take time and a decent amount of effort so I can understand how sometimes as adults with jobs the players might get ahead of the DM's plans.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 12h

He was an excellent storyteller of a DM. Great at setting up the backstory of the campaign. But he didn't have backup plans when things went sideways haha.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 13h

😂😂😂

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 13h

Don't know why, but just had an old memory from high school pop into my head. Had one friend who anytime he was the DM for our D&D games if we found a scenario he didn't account for he would respond, "You can't do that. The gods are getting angry!" 😂😂😂
@feysaan.bsky.social knows who lol

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 14h

Preach Kevin. I am petrified that too many in NJ are thinking she will simply win because Jack is tainted by tying himself to Trump. And I think people need to stop trusting the polls in NJ. They were WAY off the last gubernatorial election.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 17h

Holy shit that really puts it into perspective 😞

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Oh Jesus Christ fucking this guy.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Pretty sure there’s one at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue lol

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Yeah - he can put up 100 points if he actually plays the whole season. I love reading that Nico put on some muscle in the offseason. Leading by example - that's why he was great choice for captain. The first 10 games of this season are all tough matchups. Should give us an idea where we are at.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Those top 2 lines are going to be 🔥🔥🔥

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Yeah it was in my feed.

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Hmm weird. You found a word that causes an edge case 😀

Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Perhaps a delay in the search indexer due to volume of data it is constantly ingesting.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 1d

Seems like it. He's been an activist for many years so he's pretty well practiced at this.