It kinda depends on the license. Copyleft licenses are definitely digital communism–but licenses like CC or other extremely permissive licenses are digital libertarianism. I’m good with it in any case.

💪Prince Humperdink

Math! Also, noise!

There are algorithms (a set of math steps) that make pseudo-random numbers. These usually involve large prime numbers, because those usually generate fewer repeating patterns.

A truly random number generator is similar to rolling dice: you use some source of randomness and convert it to a number. All electric circuits produce “noise” (which is often received radio waves and such that interfere with the circuits). Think of tuning a radio to a channel with nothing on it–you get “white noise”, which can be a good source of random information. Then all you need to do is convert that to a range of numbers, and you’re good to go.

These are fairly simplified explanations, so take them with a grain of salt, but they give the general idea.

I’ll echo the “see a therapist if it’s feasible” recommendations. Here’s another possibility:

We all have a worldview, and that includes our own understanding of who we are. One of the possible reasons for self-sabotage is when we believe ourselves to be a certain way (or that we do/don’t deserve something), we tend to self correct for any anomalies, whether good or bad. That is, if I was treated poorly as a child, or otherwise lacked the love and support that children need, I might believe myself to be unlovable and “correct” anything that contradicts that understanding (such as someone showing interest in me).

It could be that, or any number of other things. I’ll echo another recommendation: take note of your emotions when you’re in those situations (you might even be able to feel them when you imagine a situation like you described). What do you feel?

Fun idea: let him copyright his prompt, if he’s so particular about his “creativity.”

Yep. Seemed pretty shiny compared to printing off directions from MapQuest. Then we figured out how to customize the voice, and it was shenanigans from there.

You know what would urge them? Stop supplying the bombs.

Getting Kip vibes.

Don’t be jealous just because I’ve been voting for third parties online all day

Slow down there, what’s wrong with good ol’ assembly?

I actually played Chrono Cross before playing Chrono Trigger, so I had the “clean” experience with CC. Can confirm, I thought it was a good game and was confused about all the flack (until I played CT, then I could at least understand a bit better).

One thing I appreciated in CC (compared to a lot of other RPGs) was the color mechanics. I think some found it confusing, but I found it quite engaging and unique.

I use this one regularly

Probably sleep late, then spend some quiet afternoons digging through the wreckage for a can of something that doesn’t seem too radioactive. Maybe get into painting or something.

Hydration levels vary wildly by the moment

Every time you make a graphic with three gears interfacing with each other like that, an engineer creates a new feature that sounds good to investors but makes your life miserable.

Consider yourself warned.

There’s one called Double Tap. Not sure it qualifies, as it requires a table and chairs.

Everyone places their hands in front of the person sitting to each side. That is, you’ll have your right neighbor’s left hand to the left of your right hand, and vice versa.

The starting direction is clockwise. The goal is for each hand at the table to tap sequentially. Someone taps a hand, and the hand to the left of it (ie. clockwise) has to tap and so on. It’s a bit confusing, because everyone has arms crossed with each other and the hands in front of you aren’t yours.

Instead of tapping once, you can choose to double tap, which changes the direction (clockwise to counter-clockwise, or vice versa).

If someone messes up, that hand is removed from the table (all others remain where they are). Last person (or two or three) remaining wins.

I usually move static assignments outside the DHCP range, but in general, most routers will avoid re-allocating it even if it’s within the DHCP range.

Not with that attitude you can’t

Are you suggesting that estrogen and testosterone are just biological drivers for our bodies’ operating systems?