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New comment by FatChauncy in "Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store"

FatChauncy — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:26:48 +0000

I’m not sure why everybody else likes it, but for me, the Move feature gives me 3 points per day for doing what I already do (10k steps, 3mi run, or 30 active minutes). It makes the $10 rewards flow in more quickly.

New comment by FatChauncy in "The blissful Zen of a good side project"

FatChauncy — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:08:03 +0000

I’ve had a similar feeling lately after deciding to dust off some old textbooks and brush up on my math.

New comment by FatChauncy in "The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)"

FatChauncy — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:08 +0000

I found a cheap plastic Faber-Castell sharpener in the drawer yesterday. No idea where it came from, but it was razor sharp and the perfect angle for my double-ended Mitsubishi 772 red/blue. I’ll definitely be ordering more of those, and will check out their other offerings too.

New comment by FatChauncy in "The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)"

FatChauncy — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:48:56 +0000

I really like Japanese eraser-tipped office pencils. I was cleaning out a drawer the other day and was excited to find half a box of Mitsubishi 9850, a favorite of mine. They run about $8 a dozen, but I felt like I had stumbled on a treasure trove. Smooth writing, nice paint, well-centered leads, and a nice eraser on a ferrule that doesn't loosen up. A good woodcased pencil is a joy to write with.

New comment by FatChauncy in "The CRPG Renaissance, Part 3: TSR Is Dead"

FatChauncy — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 01:07:29 +0000

I came of age in the early- to mid-90's, when AD&D 2ed was on the rise, and Forgotten Realms was a huge, new, and exciting world. It seems like a frozen moment in time, those few years when I was obsessed with playing as much D&D as I could, riding my bike to wherever my friends' parents would let us use their dining room or garage, devouring rulebooks and novels, and eagerly awaiting the monthly delivery of Dragon magazine. I'm far removed from it now, and when I browse the RPG section in the bookstore or read the occasional article, it seems so different from back then.

Thanks for this trip down memory lane.