Computer software isn't good at generating random numbers. The best solution for this problem is "seeding" the random number generator with a outside (non-software) source of randomness. slate.com/technology/2...

Why computers can’t generate randomness.

In order to produce true randomness, computers must reach outside themselves.

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I was checking the mailroom for a package I'm expecting, and noticed one of the other tenants has received a package from @goodmangames.bsky.social. There's an #OSR guy in my apartment complex! Shit, there goes the neighborhood.

There were for different vendors (including the soda company) at #GenCon this year named some variation of "Critical Hit." Hey folks, maybe we should declare a moratorium on using this phrase in business names? It's getting confusing!

They turned off the lights and told us to leave! (Look at those sad faces.) #GenCon 2026 is complete. See you next year, Indianapolis!

Took a while to get to the official #GenCon pizza this year. "Dragon's Luau" is a spicy pineapple pizza. My wife and I agree: Too much spice, not enough pineapple.

My wife @coreyosullivan.com drinks @redbull.com everyday, so we did what we had to do to get this #GenCon baggage ribbon for her.

My last game of #GenCon 2026 is #OldSchoolEssentials. Our characters listen at a door; they can't make our the words of speech they hear, but they can clearly hear someone flipping the pages of a book. Fucking #OSR adventure design, man.

There's an anti-AI crusader publicly expressing their "disappointment" on Facebook and Reddit whenever they see an #AI illustration at #GenCon. Every time they write "Gen Con is about artists supporting other artists" I image Gary Gygax laughing at them from Hell.

There's is a free photo "booth" at #GenCon. The pictures it takes are not great. Look at that stomach it added to me!

Every cellphone at #GenCon is sounding a tornado warning. A convention center recorded message is telling us to move away from windows. Reports of leaking ceilings in parts of the building!

Signed up for a last-minute paint-and-take at #GenCon because it will help my wife earn a badge ribbon she wants. Not going to ruin my reputation by photographing my shitty miniature.

Trapped in a extremely bloody session of the Dune board game at #GenCon where everyone is unclear on the rules and the gamemaster is occasionally asking Siri for help.

Wife and I attended the first session of the #DnD Carnival at #GenCon 2026. It's pretty, but they're clearly still working out the kinks.

When I used to travel solo to #GenCon, I'd bring just a box of crackers and a bag of beef jerky for motel snacks. My wife packed a cheese cutting board this year, and I don't know how I feel about that.

My wife's silent review of the official #GenCon #beer.

My wife @coreyosullivan.com declared it was taco time at #GenCon because the taco stand had the shortest line.

We are now officially Gen Caffeinated, and it only cost us 54 bucks. At least the #GenCon souvenir cups have lids this year!

We've made our plan for the #GenCon Exhibitor Hall, and now we join the crowd to await the Opening Day crush. See you on the other side, shoppers!

After being DENIED last night, we have successfully acquired our #GenCon swagless bags and coupon books. Now we are scanning the coupon books for freebies and deals!

It's that time of year again, when I remind you: #GenCon is SOLD OUT. If you didn't bother to get a badge by now, don't bother to show up,

I've lost my wife at the first event of #GenCon. She may or may not be somewhere in the photo.

Broke my eyeglasses last night, so now I'm going to be a nerd with his glasses taped together at #GenCon. Hopefully the other nerds don't notice and make fun of me.

Played Cat Fluxx today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...

Cat Fluxx

Can you keep hold of your cats long enough to satisfy the current goal?

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So, like, is this #dice game made from unicorn bones? What a terrifying thing to sell to little girls!

Reddit has informed me of a new blasphemy against the Platonic solids. Not sure how I feel about this. ceeteebee.com

CTB GAMES | HOME OF RARE CHANCE DICE

Home of the RARE CHANCE dice, CtB Games has a newly patented dice shape to encourage creative play and house rules into your tabletop adventures...

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My usual #FreeRPGDay store didn't do Free RPG Day this year, and I'm not really feeling it right now, but I dragged myself to @vaultofmidnight.bsky.social just to grab something.

I'm not attending #Origins2026 but Facebook keeps recommending the discussion group to me, and the complaints are something.

Picked up my #GenCon badge and tickets from the Post Office today. As usual, the free badge lanyard is advertising a game I've never heard of and will never play.

Just discovered #Amazon has an "About You" section that lists what it's discerned about my consumer preferences. Amazon isn't quite sure if I own a car, but it is sure that I play games with "specialty #dice."

Just bought two badges and started two wishlists. I guess @coreyosullivan.com and I are going to #GenCon this summer!