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Shane Harsch

@tekhed.bsky.social
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cyberguy, ttrpg designer, skier, recovering clown

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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In that context it is reasonable that everyone loses HP every round as the fight goes on. Binary hit/miss is superfluous. Focusing on effect instead of hitting allows us to more readily focus on outcomes, which also become easier to see when individual turn duration is reduced. 2/-
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes. All about what one does and how one responds. As I did some “soul searching”: consider that HP are an abstract measure of fighting capacity (or variation thereof). This includes fatigue, focus, and so many things. 1/
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was our most surprising turn in Nimble RPG: no attack rolls. We thought we’d miss it. We don’t. We need to play it more but our first session was more enjoyable than we expected. The pace of play changed dramatically.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yup. Now expand that to sifting through 200TB/day looking for novel IOCs in real time and you are at a whole other level of “humans cannot actually do this without AI”. Does this impact most people? No. But it is the only practical defense against AI orchestrated attacks
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Use of AI for and in art is different than AI in analytics and technology. Like all tech/tools there is appropriate and inappropriate use, and there are places where AI use is fundamentally game changing, especially in cybersecurity. As a society we have to identify where the balance lies.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That is such an enjoyable read. What a session to treasure. That had to have been absolutely amazing to create.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Planning for the shape of its success is possibly the most realistic course of action. open.substack.com/pub/programm...
open.substack.com
Machine god metaphors eat your brain
There are other ways of thinking about AI
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Temple of Apshai. That takes me back.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Definitely not inviting in But what if…he’s just a rebel of the Unseelie trying to warn someone, ANYONE, that will listen—they are coming. Unfortunately, as a lesser Unseelie he only speaks proto-Celtic so…nobody can understand He’s left only to his glamours which seem to terrify modern humans
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
While we’re at it: bookmarks. Functional, structured bookmarks. Even if you have to manually do them. I don’t understand why I open a 200 page pdf that has no bookmarks.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
But what does he say?
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just bought another today. I feel you.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don’t make me choose 😑 Please I love you both so so much.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Player in my game just could not get out “prestidigitation” in any comfortable way. So, they changed the name of the spell to “Tada!” and now tada is a verb. They tada stuff left and right. I say change away, especially if it gets players to verbalize their spells.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are RPGs just a series of truth validations and rebuttals? “I want this.” GM: you have it || you will if. The mechanics just slide from narrative to simulation as desired to influence the experience as matches your will.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The elegance of the system is just so evident on the page. I love everything I'm seeing here.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Keystone? Foundation? Stub? Support? Step? Scaffold? Cotter pin? Shim? I think shim.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This looks fantastic. It strikes a chord with me.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Everything is lettuce!
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can I get a t-shirt with the caption: “Everything is lettuce!”?
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I can also echo ProtonPass especially if you’ve moved all your email accounts to Proton. Which you should consider. That and Bitwarden are great options and I will echo that if you’re all Apple that the Apple passwords app is very easy to work with (as you would expect).
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bitwarden is also a nice family alternative.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From a friend that lives in Bend: The Westman Hotel : westmanhotelbend.com?gad_source=1... The Oxford Hotel: www.oxfordcollection.com/hotels/hotel... Tethrow:  tetherow.com?gad_source=1...
westmanhotelbend.com
Luxury Historic Hotel in Bend, Oregon | The Westman
Experience The Westman, a luxury boutique hotel in downtown Bend. Stay in a beautifully restored 1932 historic post office with modern, upscale amenities.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Cue David Attenborough…
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So, since the devs have already been paid, and the company doesn’t value their work, we will just wait until the game is on sale for $5 or just never play it to begin with. Don’t reward their behavior.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve been using RSS for managing news since it was invented. Recently, I’ve been frustrated by changes to Feedly (like pay for search functionality) I’ve switched to NetNewsWire for iOS and am thrilled the open source solution exceeds my expectations netnewswire.co
netnewswire.co
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What happened when I quit my Populous game? Is TRON a documentary?
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
That's certainly been my take-away. Product should be done and playable. Crowdfunding is about polish and engagement.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I don't think this is the final warning shot we'll get. But it's probably the last one that I'll personally be able to understand." www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-hug...
dwarkesh.com
The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations
The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Buh? Wuh? Hmm. I’ll agree to your five stars and leave it at that.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One of the most disturbing films on a technical and emotional level. As a lifelong horror fan across the entire range of horror: this movie freaked me out like a teenage boy watching Faces of Death in the 80s. Or so I heard. From a friend. This movie freaked me the f*ck out.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nope. I think of cryptography both in purpose and field, not specific commercializations of cryptography.
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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Do you love any of the games that I have created? Whether it's Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year, Going For Broke, or a deeper cut, now would be a great time to hit quote-tweet and tell your friends about it! It's been a slow month. 💕✨ store.buriedwithoutceremony.com
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com
Buried Without Ceremony
My name is Avery Alder, and for the past eighteen years I’ve been designing tabletop roleplaying games. These are games about community, relationships, doubt, queerness, and the collapse of civilizati...
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The characterization of demons was brilliant and oddly relevant to AI today. There are many tropes in anime that I do not enjoy (eg melodramtic emoting), but the storytelling and the subtle notes of how an “immortal” connects with mortals was entertaining and sincere with minimal “anime intrusions”
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Series on Netflix about an elf wizard and the short lived folks she meets through her life. I was struck by the way it presented her memories of those people, including the names she had for them.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
That’s basically the plot of Frieren.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
But what about the heat management!?
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If non-profit organizations cannot trust Microsoft to sunset a licensing arrangement without destroying their data after over a decade of service, why should anyone trust anything Microsoft? slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com
The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is also a tradition evolving in TTRPGs. It’s a fundamental response to those who demand “historical accuracy” in Game of Thrones. Why shouldn’t we do this? All kinds of people love these genres and tropes. Why not fully embrace the fantasy and realize a world that makes space for everyone.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What do you do when your gut that has guided you to success through your entire life is now promoting intuitions that are very, very uncomfortable? Asking for a friend.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
realultimatepower.net/ninja/ninja2...
realultimatepower.net
The Official Ninja Homepage: REAL ULTIMATE POWER
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"I am suffering a profound spiritual crisis due to these developments. I have been screaming internally for days. It feels as though I am living inside of a nightmare," he Stanford-Ketamined, because he is a young math guy panicking about AI mathslop kirwinhampshire.substack.com/p/the-dark-n...
kirwinhampshire.substack.com
The Dark Night of Mathematics
What are we really doing?
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Are you sure it’s not you? Maybe everyone just needs to calm down and listen to some music music.apple.com/us/album/the...
music.apple.com
The Iconoclast by Anna von Hausswolff on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 11:14
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This means that after all of those costs are covered, plus savings for a rainy day and retirement, that there is room for an evening of pizza and Spider-Man without any stress of spending that money People need to feel like they can participate in life and enjoy the society all have built together
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This means the cost of living, including health care (physical, mental, dental, vision, childcare, etc) is not a burden for anyone Take all survival costs off the table for everyone Participating in society is essential for the health of society. If you can’t afford to socialize, society dies 2/
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Family of 5, pizza dinner at a strip mall pizza joint (fantastic pizza, very reasonable price), and Spider-Man: $200. If we can’t build a society where EVERYONE can comfortably afford that luxury regularly w/ their family, found or otherwise, we will fail. We have failed. We have to fix this. 1/
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Weird. Army guy here, army aircraft by name, Air Force/Navy by designation. Not sure why. Emotional? Huh. Maybe it’s to show I “studied” them since of course one would assume I would know what the Army birds were, but maybe not the others.
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Stop it. Not now. It’s freaken me ouuut. 👽
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nah, he odiferous
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Shane Harsch @tekhed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
That’s just how I dance, okay :)
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