Saturday, January 27th, 2024 - TrickJarrett.com: Semper Ad Meliora

This isn't strictly true. I was consumed by this idea yesterday and I resisted. This morning I gave in and I'm bumbling my way through getting the project stood up. I've never worked with Rust before, so we'll see how this goes.

1/27/2024 7:19 am |

| Tags: chess, programming

"The Traitors’ Dan Gheesling is playing it too safe"

Katie and I watched Season 1 of the Traitors, and are watching Season 2. The Traitors is a reality show of the social deduction game Werewolf.

I never play social deduction games. I am incapable of divorcing my feelings and I always end up leaving the game emotionally unhappy. But, they are popular. Especially amongst the pro Magic player crowd. There was an avid support for the games and as such I picked up a fair bit of theory and strategy. I am certain there are rules in place that aren't covered on the broadcast, but even then - the poor level of play is maddening.

The author of this article on Polygon is criticizing Dan Gheesling, a legendary Big Brother player, who appears on the cusp of being eliminated from a game which seemed as if it was perfectly suited to Dan's gameplay.

We'll see.

1/27/2024 8:18 am |

| Tags: television

Games Magazine first 100 issues on Archive.org

I have fond memories of Games magazine growing up. It was mostly for my mother, she did the crosswords etc. But I found them fun and tried to do puzzles in them, despite most of them being above my head.

This morning I got curious and began looking online for digital archives of old ones. Sure enough, I uncovered a number of them already available online.

Issues 1-9

Issues 10-84

Issues 85-100

Issue 100 was released in 1989, which means I may have seen it but would almost certainly have been too young to remember it. I'll have to look for more to see if I can uncover them.

1/27/2024 8:33 am |

| Tags: magazine, archive, puzzles

Bellevue has a free Uber alternative (some limits may apply)

A fascinating model which could possibly catch on. Bellevue is a tech hub, so the model is largely to serve business visitors who need to get to offices etc., I expect.

In a recent column about riding the empty ghost trams of Seattle’s streetcar, I noted that the one in South Lake Union is costing taxpayers more than $20 per ride. I cracked: “It would have been cheaper for the city to pay for me to hire an Uber.”

One reader responded: “I’m fairly sure you were joking about the city hiring you an Uber … guess what, that’s exactly what they’re doing here in Bellevue! You should venture over to the smart side of the lake to check it out.”

A company called Circuit has been contracted to run a fleet of eight all-electric shuttles around the downtown portion of Bellevue. You can summon any of the shuttles with an app, and then ride anywhere within a 6-square-mile zone — for free.

The service is paid for by Bellevue’s hotel tax.

1/27/2024 8:39 am |

| Tags: bellevue, transit