A peaceful, Escherian game called Monument 3.

solitaire.

Winnable games only. Fastest time 1:17. Least moves 96. Win % 86.11.

our own trumpet

Beethoven’s “Rondo Alla ingharese quasi un capriccio” in G major, Op. 129, aka “Rage Over a Lost Penny” on my piano.

Assetto Corsa.

A dangerous game of hide + seek where the only outcome is death by rattlesnake.

Minesweeper.

god

The odds.

Peak Warming Man said:

Minesweeper.

Are you winning, son?

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Minesweeper.

Are you winning, son?

It’s a contest against oneself.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Minesweeper.

Are you winning, son?

It’s a contest against oneself.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Whoa, deep, man.

Yesterday I was trying to play Kirby Star Stacker on my old Game Boy, but I gave up. It was boring.
Game Boy and game are now in the thrift store donations box.

dice with the universe

SCIENCE said:

dice with the universe

Is that a good idea?

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

dice with the universe

Is that a good idea?

Sounds a bit dicey.

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

dice with the universe

Is that a good idea?

But perhaps I misunderstood you:

One of Einstein’s most famous quotes is often completely misinterpreted

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

dice with the universe

Is that a good idea?

But perhaps I misunderstood you:

One of Einstein’s most famous quotes is often completely misinterpreted

Won’t let me in without subscribing, so I guess Ill never know.

Michael V said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Is that a good idea?

But perhaps I misunderstood you:

One of Einstein’s most famous quotes is often completely misinterpreted

Won’t let me in without subscribing, so I guess Ill never know.

But there are two huge errors in the way many people have interpreted this quote over the years. People have wrongly assumed Einstein was religious, believed in destiny, or that he completely rejected a core theory in physics.

First, Einstein wasn’t referring to a personal god in the quote. He was using “God” as a metaphor.

“Einstein of course believed in mathematical laws of nature, so his idea of a God was at best someone who formulated the laws and then left the universe alone to evolve according to these laws,” physicist Vasant Natarajan wrote in an essay.

Einstein himself even cleared up the matter in a letter he wrote in 1954:

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

The second half of the quote — “does not play dice” — is often misunderstood, too. It’s not an affirmation of destiny.

The phrase refers to one of the most important theories in modern physics: quantum mechanics. It describes the weird behavior of tiny subatomic particles. It’s also the guiding theory that led to critical technologies like nuclear power, MRI machines, and transistors in computer and phones.

It’s true that Einstein never accepted quantum mechanics, but the reason was much more nuanced than a flat-out rejection of the theory. After all, Einstein won a Nobel Prize in 1921 for describing the photoelectric effect — a phenomenon that led to the development of quantum mechanics.

The reason for the quote is to express how bizarre quantum mechanics is as a theory. While most of the universe is deterministic and measurable, quantum mechanics says there’s a world of tiny particles behind everything that’s governed by total randomness.

For example, a major part of quantum theory, called the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle, says it’s impossible to know both the speed and position of a single particle at the same time. So in quantum mechanics nothing can be certain, and we can only describe things in terms of probabilities.

Einstein didn’t like this one bit. He believed there must be some underlying laws of nature that could define particles and make it possible to calculate both their speed and position.

There’s no evidence of the law Einstein hoped for, and all experimental evidence suggests that quantum mechanics is real. So Einstein was probably wrong to reject the idea.

However, when you try to join quantum mechanics to any other major theory in physics, like Einstein’s general theory of relativity, it doesn’t work. Quantum mechanics may be correct, but it’s a total mystery as to how it fits in with the rest of physics.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

But perhaps I misunderstood you:

One of Einstein’s most famous quotes is often completely misinterpreted

Won’t let me in without subscribing, so I guess Ill never know.

But there are two huge errors in the way many people have interpreted this quote over the years. People have wrongly assumed Einstein was religious, believed in destiny, or that he completely rejected a core theory in physics.

First, Einstein wasn’t referring to a personal god in the quote. He was using “God” as a metaphor.

“Einstein of course believed in mathematical laws of nature, so his idea of a God was at best someone who formulated the laws and then left the universe alone to evolve according to these laws,” physicist Vasant Natarajan wrote in an essay.

Einstein himself even cleared up the matter in a letter he wrote in 1954:

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

The second half of the quote — “does not play dice” — is often misunderstood, too. It’s not an affirmation of destiny.

The phrase refers to one of the most important theories in modern physics: quantum mechanics. It describes the weird behavior of tiny subatomic particles. It’s also the guiding theory that led to critical technologies like nuclear power, MRI machines, and transistors in computer and phones.

It’s true that Einstein never accepted quantum mechanics, but the reason was much more nuanced than a flat-out rejection of the theory. After all, Einstein won a Nobel Prize in 1921 for describing the photoelectric effect — a phenomenon that led to the development of quantum mechanics.

The reason for the quote is to express how bizarre quantum mechanics is as a theory. While most of the universe is deterministic and measurable, quantum mechanics says there’s a world of tiny particles behind everything that’s governed by total randomness.

For example, a major part of quantum theory, called the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle, says it’s impossible to know both the speed and position of a single particle at the same time. So in quantum mechanics nothing can be certain, and we can only describe things in terms of probabilities.

Einstein didn’t like this one bit. He believed there must be some underlying laws of nature that could define particles and make it possible to calculate both their speed and position.

There’s no evidence of the law Einstein hoped for, and all experimental evidence suggests that quantum mechanics is real. So Einstein was probably wrong to reject the idea.

However, when you try to join quantum mechanics to any other major theory in physics, like Einstein’s general theory of relativity, it doesn’t work. Quantum mechanics may be correct, but it’s a total mystery as to how it fits in with the rest of physics.

Thanks.

Intserestingly, that exactly what I thought Einstein meant.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Won’t let me in without subscribing, so I guess Ill never know.

But there are two huge errors in the way many people have interpreted this quote over the years. People have wrongly assumed Einstein was religious, believed in destiny, or that he completely rejected a core theory in physics.

First, Einstein wasn’t referring to a personal god in the quote. He was using “God” as a metaphor.

“Einstein of course believed in mathematical laws of nature, so his idea of a God was at best someone who formulated the laws and then left the universe alone to evolve according to these laws,” physicist Vasant Natarajan wrote in an essay.

Einstein himself even cleared up the matter in a letter he wrote in 1954:

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

The second half of the quote — “does not play dice” — is often misunderstood, too. It’s not an affirmation of destiny.

The phrase refers to one of the most important theories in modern physics: quantum mechanics. It describes the weird behavior of tiny subatomic particles. It’s also the guiding theory that led to critical technologies like nuclear power, MRI machines, and transistors in computer and phones.

It’s true that Einstein never accepted quantum mechanics, but the reason was much more nuanced than a flat-out rejection of the theory. After all, Einstein won a Nobel Prize in 1921 for describing the photoelectric effect — a phenomenon that led to the development of quantum mechanics.

The reason for the quote is to express how bizarre quantum mechanics is as a theory. While most of the universe is deterministic and measurable, quantum mechanics says there’s a world of tiny particles behind everything that’s governed by total randomness.

For example, a major part of quantum theory, called the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle, says it’s impossible to know both the speed and position of a single particle at the same time. So in quantum mechanics nothing can be certain, and we can only describe things in terms of probabilities.

Einstein didn’t like this one bit. He believed there must be some underlying laws of nature that could define particles and make it possible to calculate both their speed and position.

There’s no evidence of the law Einstein hoped for, and all experimental evidence suggests that quantum mechanics is real. So Einstein was probably wrong to reject the idea.

However, when you try to join quantum mechanics to any other major theory in physics, like Einstein’s general theory of relativity, it doesn’t work. Quantum mechanics may be correct, but it’s a total mystery as to how it fits in with the rest of physics.

Thanks.

Intserestingly, that exactly what I thought Einstein meant.

Same here.

But then it was from “Business Insider” :)

The Rev Dodgson said:

Michael V said:

Thanks.

Intserestingly, that exactly what I thought Einstein meant.

Same here.

But then it was from “Business Insider” :)

Quite. I thought it was obvious and I’ve not heard of any other interpretation.

with fire

dv said:

A peaceful, Escherian game called Monument 3.

Absolutely enchanted with this game. Lovely music, soft graphics. I suppose it is basically a puzzle game with a little story to play out but you have to work out for yourself what the puzzle is or what even the objective is.

dv said:

dv said:

A peaceful, Escherian game called Monument 3.

Absolutely enchanted with this game. Lovely music, soft graphics. I suppose it is basically a puzzle game with a little story to play out but you have to work out for yourself what the puzzle is or what even the objective is.

I just tried to download it and did so, but it needs me to have netflix to play it.

Kingy said:

dv said:

dv said:

A peaceful, Escherian game called Monument 3.

Absolutely enchanted with this game. Lovely music, soft graphics. I suppose it is basically a puzzle game with a little story to play out but you have to work out for yourself what the puzzle is or what even the objective is.

I just tried to download it and did so, but it needs me to have netflix to play it.

And now it’s killed my phone.

Doing a restart…

And now I’ve played through Monument Village III and I’m missing it already

dv said:

And now I’ve played through Monument Village III and I’m missing it already

I had a quick look at it, but it only works on phones unfortunately.

Spiny Norman said:

dv said:

And now I’ve played through Monument Village III and I’m missing it already

I had a quick look at it, but it only works on phones unfortunately.

I’m not interested in phone games either. The screen, controls and medium in general are too titchy and annoying.

Apart from solitaire and crosswords etc, at the moment the only PC game I play now and then is The Dark Mod, a free, enthusiast-developed game based on the Thief franchise with its characteristic stealth gameplay and combined steampunk/medieval aesthetics.

All the missions are put together by fans. Although it can be violent when things go wrong, it’s usually possible to avoid any nastiness by playing in the shadows and avoiding confrontations.

Nearly always set at night, the missions are often pleasingly atmospheric and strangely relaxing.

To play you just download the game and choose whatever missions you fancy. There are 15 years worth of them and new ones continually being introduced.

https://www.thedarkmod.com/main/

For a few hours earlier today, I tried to get the original Elite running on this laptop. It didn’t work properly, but I had a go at it.

I played it when it first came out in 1984, it was awesome. The first open world game, but it was an open universe game. Fkn amazing. An entire galaxy created via math equations.

https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc=https://bbcmicro.co.uk/gameimg/discs/366/Disc021-EliteD.ssd&noseek

We were playing it on a Commodore 64. Myself and my housemates shared our “login”, and tried to create a highscore and kill the Thargoids. As it turns out, the Thargoids are stilll currently trying to invade Earth.

Prior to that, the best game was space invaders.

And prior to that, there was Pong on the Atari.

Prior to that there was marbles.

Stone age.

Kingy said:

For a few hours earlier today, I tried to get the original Elite running on this laptop. It didn’t work properly, but I had a go at it.

I played it when it first came out in 1984, it was awesome. The first open world game, but it was an open universe game. Fkn amazing. An entire galaxy created via math equations.

https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc=https://bbcmicro.co.uk/gameimg/discs/366/Disc021-EliteD.ssd&noseek

We were playing it on a Commodore 64. Myself and my housemates shared our “login”, and tried to create a highscore and kill the Thargoids. As it turns out, the Thargoids are stilll currently trying to invade Earth.

Prior to that, the best game was space invaders.

And prior to that, there was Pong on the Atari.

Prior to that there was marbles.

Stone age.

I have a few vintage marbles here, made of – guess what – white, fine grained marble.

Michael V said:

Kingy said:

For a few hours earlier today, I tried to get the original Elite running on this laptop. It didn’t work properly, but I had a go at it.

I played it when it first came out in 1984, it was awesome. The first open world game, but it was an open universe game. Fkn amazing. An entire galaxy created via math equations.

https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc=https://bbcmicro.co.uk/gameimg/discs/366/Disc021-EliteD.ssd&noseek

We were playing it on a Commodore 64. Myself and my housemates shared our “login”, and tried to create a highscore and kill the Thargoids. As it turns out, the Thargoids are stilll currently trying to invade Earth.

Prior to that, the best game was space invaders.

And prior to that, there was Pong on the Atari.

Prior to that there was marbles.

Stone age.

I have a few vintage marbles here, made of – guess what – white, fine grained marble.

I lost my marbles ages ago

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Kingy said:

For a few hours earlier today, I tried to get the original Elite running on this laptop. It didn’t work properly, but I had a go at it.

I played it when it first came out in 1984, it was awesome. The first open world game, but it was an open universe game. Fkn amazing. An entire galaxy created via math equations.

https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc=https://bbcmicro.co.uk/gameimg/discs/366/Disc021-EliteD.ssd&noseek

We were playing it on a Commodore 64. Myself and my housemates shared our “login”, and tried to create a highscore and kill the Thargoids. As it turns out, the Thargoids are stilll currently trying to invade Earth.

Prior to that, the best game was space invaders.

And prior to that, there was Pong on the Atari.

Prior to that there was marbles.

Stone age.

I have a few vintage marbles here, made of – guess what – white, fine grained marble.

I lost my marbles ages ago

I’ve found a few around the block here. Perhaps they are yours?

hoover…. hoover… hoover… hoover…. hoover

I have turned it on ya know, not just making the noise.

I always leave it till the last minute.

I need a smoke and a cold drink.

It’s hot work hoovering in ya undies, hey what but.

Woodie said:

hoover…. hoover… hoover… hoover…. hoover

I have turned it on ya know, not just making the noise.

I always leave it till the last minute.

I need a smoke and a cold drink.

It’s hot work hoovering in ya undies, hey what but.

Well, ya could take ya undies off before ya hoover the inside of them, but hey, you do you.

Kingy said:

Woodie said:

hoover…. hoover… hoover… hoover…. hoover

I have turned it on ya know, not just making the noise.

I always leave it till the last minute.

I need a smoke and a cold drink.

It’s hot work hoovering in ya undies, hey what but.

Well, ya could take ya undies off before ya hoover the inside of them, but hey, you do you.

It’s a whole new experience hoovering in ya undies while they’re still on, Mr Kingy. You should give it a try some day. 😮

dumb

Currently going through The Last Stronghold: Idle Survivor. It’s not exactly groundbreaking: zombie siege, collect resources, build the fortress, improve tech, do a mission etc. But it’s pleasant to play.

dv said:

Currently going through The Last Stronghold: Idle Survivor. It’s not exactly groundbreaking: zombie siege, collect resources, build the fortress, improve tech, do a mission etc. But it’s pleasant to play.

Minesweeper.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Currently going through The Last Stronghold: Idle Survivor. It’s not exactly groundbreaking: zombie siege, collect resources, build the fortress, improve tech, do a mission etc. But it’s pleasant to play.

Minesweeper.

Actually it’s the German version, Mein Sweeper.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Currently going through The Last Stronghold: Idle Survivor. It’s not exactly groundbreaking: zombie siege, collect resources, build the fortress, improve tech, do a mission etc. But it’s pleasant to play.

Minesweeper.

Nothing wrong with that