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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • If it’s D&D, I think the best way to go is to do a sidequest. Level 1 characters are a bit boring, and no-one wants to spend hours leveling up a new character for one session. So, a sidequest! Use an existing character and just give them a cookie cutter dungeon. But a sidequest should be a bit silly and fun- so make the PCs play someone else’s character!

    If it’s not D&D, I’ve had great fun with “Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend’s Birthday Present Inside”. It’s literally no prep, so if someone cancels last minute you can just pull that out, characters made in ten minutes, and you’re reading the intro text.








  • But do I type ‘ImportantFile’, or ‘importantfile’?

    As I understand it, if I searched for either of these strings in a case sensitive file system, I would not find a file called ‘IMPORTANTFILE’.

    At best, a case sensitive file system makes naming conventions more complex. At worst , it obfuscates files. I just can’t imagine a scenario where it would be helpful. Do you really see a need to have a file called ‘aaaAaa’ and a totally separate one called ‘aaAaaa’?


  • So if someone tells me to look for a file amongst a long list, I need to look in two different areas- the uppercase and lowercase areas.

    I get why it’s more technically correct to differentiate, but from the perspective of a human user, it’s a pain in the ass.