Strange Quark

strangequark@dice.camp

Computer Scientist, Software Engineer, Games Master and Secretary of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CERN</a> Games Club. I started playing <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RPGs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RPGs</a> in the 1980s, when the only form of social media was <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WhiteDwarf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WhiteDwarf</a> magazine. When I first got on the Internet, WWW had not yet been invented — my first experience of online forums was on <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/USENET" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#USENET</a>. Forums blossomed through the 2000s, but were eclipsed by the walled gardens of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BigTech" class="m

Posts

Post #3553213
#Brexit — the gift that never stops giving. FFS. Can anyone recommend an #EU #comic shop that imports British comics and sells by mail order? #2000AD #comics
Post #2665313
Le problème de la #surveillancepricing a touché #SNCF @groupeSNCF Hier, j&#39;ai consulté le site web de SNCF : le billet de train coûtait 44 €. Aujourd&#39;hui, je suis retourné sur le même site, le prix avait doublé à 88 €. J&#39;ai essayé d&#39;effacer les cookies, même prix. J&#39;ai essayé d&#39;utiliser un VPN, même prix. J&#39;ai essayé un autre navigateur web, et le prix est redescendu à 44 €. Ils utilisent donc l&#39;empreinte digitale du navigateur...
Post #2390789
This weekend, #Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake decorated with symbols of violence and colonisation, topped with a noose representing the #apartheid law recently passed by #Israel that allows the execution of #Palestinian detainees. This would be a good time to add your name to the petition demanding Israel&#39;s exclusion from #Eurovision https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05-Israel-out-Eurovision-petition-EN
Post #1092452
Watched the first three episodes of the #Daleks Master Plan back-to-back. I enjoyed seeing #NicholasCourtney &#39;s first on-screen appearance in #DoctorWho. Unfortunately Bret Vyon&#39;s story arc remains incomplete — the character dies in still-missing episode 4. #SpecialEffects and model shots were pretty good for the 1960s but not referenced at all in the end credits. #Dalek #DrWho #lostepisodes
Post #961083
I commute every day by #bicycle and I decided to buy a new #bike. In the past I would have gone online and read some #reviews and comparisons and made a choice. Now that is nearly impossible, because so many of the &quot;reviews&quot; are #AI #LLM #slop summaries of, I dunno, forum posts about a completely different bike or something. Instead I have e-mailed a list of my requirements to my #local #bikeshop and asked them what&#39;s available. Should have done that first. #deadinte...
Post #529546
#Murena are working on a privacy-respecting alternative to #Google #Maps for /e/OS: https://murena.com/meet-murena-maps/ Here is their presentation from this year&#39;s #FOSDEM : https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WRU7C9-cardinal-maps-application/
Post #529545
I&#39;ve gone in search of gargoyles at the birthplace of Gothic art.
Post #529541
1/ This week&#39;s #DCC #session was a comedy of fumbles. The party are in the undercity and have just arrived at the shore of the bricked-over and forgotten River Flēot. Lurking in the depths is the water hag Peg Powler. As Powler&#39;s hideous visage emerges from the waters, the party move to defend themselves. /cont&#39;d #DCCRPG #DungeonCrawlClassics #TTRPG
Post #529540
Life-sized #Lego #Velociraptors #JurassicPark
Post #529539
Another #gargoyle