Negative Space: April Fool’s
- Can I legally use Gary Gygax’s name for my son?
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It’s probably best to talk to a lawyer, or just avoid the issue altogether. Gaming copyright is a very complex issue, and best left to the experts or those with deep pockets. Have you considered naming him Sue?
- I’m stuck in a computer program; now what?
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“Help, I’ve been sucked into a computer program! What do I do?” Handy tips for how to successfully extricate yourself from the most hopeless of spaghetti code, the inner universe loop.
- Put a relative clock on your Desktop with GeekTool
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There are a lot of desktop clocks that show the absolute time. But sometimes you just want to know if the time is today, or yesterday, or two days ago. Here’s how to do it with Python and GeekTool.
- Secular Humanist Pantheon
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The Secular Humanist cult, while often oppressed, attracts intelligent, creative worshippers who subscribe to a rich and storied mythology. It will make a great addition to your role-playing game alongside more commonly-role-played mythologies such as Christianity, Buddhism, and Bokonism.
- Variant Species: The Golden Servant
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“I am a golden god.” Well, a golden hero, anyway. But you’re a golden hero subject to the whims of unknown sorcerors. The Golden Servant is the perfect specialty species for the sporadic player.
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- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python
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I needed to do Roman numeral conversion a few weeks ago, and Google led me to this long-rejected proposal. Why was it rejected?
“While the majority of Python users deemed this to be a nice-to-have feature, the community was unable to reach a consensus on whether nine should be represented as IX, the modern form, or VIIII, the classic form. Likewise, no agreement was reached on whether MXM or MCMXC would be considered a well-formed representation of 1990. A vocal minority of users has also requested support for lower-cased numerals for use in (i) powerpoint slides, (ii) academic work, and (iii) Perl documentation.”
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