I AM BECOME ANIME + other updates
Added 2018-06-08 15:48:42 +0000 UTCHey you know how I try to make informative, insightful, valuable things? Well this is not one of those.
(🌸^ ω ^) I AM BECOME ANIME
a webcam toy that turns you into anime (use Firefox/Chrome)
I made this in 10 hours for the Stupid Sh*t Nobody Needs & Terrible Ideas 2018 Hackathon. Other hackathon entries included: a passive-aggressive toilet, a cutlery set for hamsters, and a Big Mouth Billy Bass but with an actual decomposing fish. It was horrible.
=== ANYWAY HERE'S SOME ACTUAL UPDATES ===
Patreon Rewards! If you chose the $5/mo+ reward, here's your Polygon Avatars for the month! If you chose the limited $10/mo+ reward, (also, i recently increased the number of slots, there's still a few left) I just sent out an email to you asking for a reference photo for me to hand-draw you as a peep. Let me know if you didn't get the email!
HTTPS! Finally, my websites are being served securely over https! I couldn't earlier, because it was only until recently that GitHub Pages could do https for custom domains. But as of yesterday, ncase.me and explorabl.es finally get that nice 🔓icon up top.
Figuring out life & stuff! Thank you all so much for your feedback and thoughts in response to my last Patreon post! I think, you're right, I'm totally overthinking this (as usual). Also, I recently read a paper which I highly recommend to all of you, especially if you care about social change and/or social science: Small Wins - Redefining the scale of social problems (pdf). This one sentence basically sums me up: “People often define social problems in ways that overwhelm their ability to do anything about them.” tl;dr -- I gotta stop thinking about the mountaintop so much, and think more about climbing onto my next foothold.
Misc: oh, also, we decided to do the Explorable Explanations game jam in August, not July. Because July is usually when people are on vacation, and August is the quiet pre-back-to-school slump. Also, sometime next week, I'll send out a survey to y'all to help me decide my next explorable! The last two times, you peeps decided The Evolution of Trust and The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds, so I trust your good taste :)
Until then!
<3,
~ Nicky Case
P.S: Anyone got some good Bande Dessinée recommendations? Tintin and Asterix obviously, what else? I'm trying to learn French, and I think French comics might be a good first step
Comments
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Idahosa Ness
2018-06-17 14:06:46 +0000 UTCHeh, that'd be lovely -- one can dream! Already emailed Nicky about HC asking if they would be interested in an introduction (though didn't mention the project by name). Nicky said thank you, but that things are quite busy now. Howevah! They have written a JS lib for making explainers -- joy.js ! I might try my hand at building something... Although the magic sauce truly is Nicky's ability to make things engaging and clear.
Paul d'Aoust
2018-06-12 12:28:35 +0000 UTCThank you for your positive answer :) I use GitLab regularly since few year with mediumly complex usage and I confirm it's pretty okay :) Here are some instances: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8ofqf6/gitlab_instances_and_other_alternatives/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8ofqf6/gitlab_instances_and_other_alternatives/</a> Using GitLab.com would still be a huge progress. But it's not the libre/open source version and they have difficulties to handle their success. Also the idea is not to create another "center of the libre/open source" world. We should learn after Sourceforge and GitHub.
tuxayo
2018-06-10 16:42:02 +0000 UTCGitLab is quite slick -- it's come a long way since its molasses-like experience in the early days.
Paul d'Aoust
2018-06-10 14:37:51 +0000 UTCOh hey Paul, good to see ya here :) I secretly hope we can convince Nicky to do some explainers for Holochain hehe
Will Harris-Braun
2018-06-10 14:29:46 +0000 UTCAh, glad to see someone recommended Valérian and Laureline! Ambassador of the Shadows from that series was a formative childhood graphic novel experience for me. Lucky Luke (or maybe it's Luc), series about a cowboy, was a good one too. And Hergé has a lesser-known series chronicling the adventures of two kids named Jo and Zette and their chimp Jocko.
Paul d'Aoust
2018-06-10 14:19:21 +0000 UTCHello fellow Holochainer 😉
Paul d'Aoust
2018-06-10 14:15:37 +0000 UTCAs for bandes dessinées... where to start? And where to stop? ;) Trying to cover different genres (and hoping that the new line character will be preserved...), I'd recommend: - the original Smurfs (les Schtroumpfs) and the series where they appeared (Johan et Pirlouit), by Peyo. (Avoid later albums.) Personal favorites, la Guerre des 7 Fontaines and, hmm, maybe Le Schtroumpfissime? Yeah, considering your own work on election systems, that could be a good pick. - Lapinot, by Trondheim. Almost everything by Trondheim, in fact. In the Lapinot series, I particularly like Vacances de printemps. (Also, his book with Garcia : "Bande dessinée : apprendre et comprendre", a comic about comics, a bit like McCloud's Understanding Comics, but for younger readers.) - Lou! by Julien Neel. Follows a little girl growing up through her teens. Absolutely adorable. (Lately the story has taken a completely unexpected turn towards SF, which I'm still not sure is a good thing or not, but the first volume are highly recommended. I'm looking forward to the next book, later this year.) - on the experimental side, maybe you would like Marc-Antoine Mathieu? Definitely not for everyone, but interesting. Likes playing with the idea of a book as an object. - De Cape et de Crocs (the title plays on the phrase "De Cape et d'épée", that refers to swashbuckling novels à la Les Trois Mousquetaires, except the main characters are a Wolf and a Fox "croc" = "fang"). Really witty, ant full of references to classical French novel / theatre — Molière, Cyrano de Bergerac etc. See also Garulfo, same author. - Cosey's work got a well-deserved recognition at Angoulême last year. I like the Jonathan series, where the titular character travels the world and, particularly, the Himalayas; and his book Saigon-Hanoï is, imho, an absolute must-read. Wonderful story-telling. - on the non-fiction side, La Revue dessinée is a periodical that mixes journalism and bande dessinée. Interest depends on the topic, but it's always good. (Also Topo, same publisher, younger audience.) - I'm sure you already know Boulet? If not — what are you waiting for? <a href="http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/02/01/darkness/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/02/01/darkness/</a> (I linked to the English translation, but of course it's also in French. Original of that story is here : <a href="http://www.bouletcorp.com/2012/01/30/le-tenebreux/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.bouletcorp.com/2012/01/30/le-tenebreux/</a> ) - on the historical side, Les Passagers du Vent by François Bourgeon, is considered a classic. See also, by the same author Les Compagnon du Crépuscule (medieval, fantastic) and Le Cycle de Cyann (SF, anticipation?). Bourgeon is well known for his strong female protagonists. - Talking about classics, there's a beautiful adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, (in French, Le Vent dans les Saules) by Michel Plessix. - I don't know if you like Star Wars? If so you could enjoy the Valérian et Laureline Series by Christin and Mézières. There may have been... influences. - Impossible not to mention Jean Giraud a.k.a. Mœbius, one of the most influential authors of his generation. - I could go on and on, but I have to stop somewhere, right?
Adrien Fauré
2018-06-10 09:43:36 +0000 UTCYoko Tsuno — only till volume... 18 or so? Some say until vol. 12. Most recent albums are... well, less to my taste, to be polite.
Adrien Fauré
2018-06-10 08:34:25 +0000 UTCGreat! Really love your work....especially the opportunity to apply your Evolution of Trust work. It is showing a profoundly important thing people cannot comprehend without simulation. I think the mountaintop opportunity is to help people connect it to THEIR daily life and outcomes. In parallel to your work I have developed actual game theory profiles of people in workplaces....so I now want to help people watch “themselves” in a group dynamic with significant others of other profiles. In effect letting them simulate the real game of (their) life. End game is to give users an augmented social intelligence bot to make them super socially intelligent unicorns in the workplace. (Great article!) Improve their group-working effectiveness to increase their welfare and wellbeing outcomes. Working with IBM on this.....have shown the big win potential of employee mindset shifting....for both employees and employer. Now need to provide the coaching interventions to the cheaters, detectives and unforgiving copycats to change their habits in their workplace. So I have been looking at ways to leverage/integrate into your explorable logic. You get the idea. So think you could really help...look forward to connecting. A
Alan Grant
2018-06-08 23:38:41 +0000 UTCHi Alan! Sorry I'm really terrible at email -- just zillions of unreads -- I'll find & read your email soon-ish and send my thoughts back! Many thanks again! :)
Nicky Case
2018-06-08 23:10:37 +0000 UTCAH YES THE FURRY NOIR COMIC 🐶🔫😾
Nicky Case
2018-06-08 22:25:21 +0000 UTCYeah as convenient as GitHub is, I mean, that's how they get you, right? Convenience becomes complacence becomes control. You're right tho, I should figure out alternatives -- if not to jump ship, at least to spread out my metaphorical eggs into more metaphorical baskets. I heard GitLab (not GitHub) is pretty okay?
Nicky Case
2018-06-08 22:24:11 +0000 UTCOoh, thanks for this link!
Nicky Case
2018-06-08 22:18:48 +0000 UTCJust an interactive explanation in general! Coz yeah, admittedly, in hindsight, the tool I made is very not useful at all. OH WELL, LIVE AND LEARN
Nicky Case
2018-06-08 22:18:27 +0000 UTCWhen you are con comfortable with the comics cited by previous posters, you might want to try some with more complicated plot which I find are master pieces such as "Le pouvoir des innocents" "le Decalogue" "la caste des meta barons" and so many other series French BD is really full of wonderful pieces. I wish you a lot of fun with it!
Kolargol00 & Onéira
2018-06-08 21:43:17 +0000 UTCWhen you say jam, do you mean make a thing using that tool you made? Or do you mean just make a interactive explanation in general?
CrabWithKnife
2018-06-08 21:35:50 +0000 UTC'Yoko Tsuno' is an old favorite of mine. I also recommend 'les vieux fourneaux' if you can find them. It's a recent series and possibly the Frenchest thing I've ever read (and I'm French).
Fabienne
2018-06-08 21:05:59 +0000 UTCNicky I sent you some thoughts re your last post via n@ncase.me on April 10 and May 8. I know you have been behind on email. It contained a way to leverage your work in a (I think) big yet pragmatic mountaintop way. While I agree that “People often define social problems in ways that overwhelm their ability to do anything about them.”...IMHO that still does not negate the merit in seeking out the pragmatic yet big social impact ideas. The AI work we are doing ties in directly to your (seeming) interests...and could leverage your past work. Would love to exchange on that when you have time.
Alan Grant
2018-06-08 20:59:03 +0000 UTCLove your work :)
Will Harris-Braun
2018-06-08 19:46:36 +0000 UTCHey Nicky! I just read this and it reminded me of some of your explorables like Parable of the Polygons and Evolution of Trust. Hope this inspires you! <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-25-revolution-how-big-does-a-minority-have-to-be-to-reshape-society/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-25-revolution-how-big-does-a-minority-have-to-be-to-reshape-society/</a>
axemtitanium
2018-06-08 19:41:34 +0000 UTC«Finally, my websites are being served securely over https! I couldn't earlier, because it was only until recently that GitHub Pages could do https for custom domains.» Out of topic but speaking of GitHub, can you consider (even if decision is taken to stay) to move at least the easy stuff (not the site for example) out of GitHub in the light of the recent acquisition by Microsoft? It was already an issue that a non-libre service was becoming the center of the libre/open source world. But now it can be more clear why that can be bad for the ecosystem. Further reading: <a href="https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/free-software-needs-free-tools" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/free-software-needs-free-tools</a> <a href="https://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html</a> <a href="http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201405/github_monoculture.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201405/github_monoculture.html</a>
tuxayo
2018-06-08 19:09:48 +0000 UTCHo it's even better with the music! *o* I'm fabulous!
tuxayo
2018-06-08 18:53:22 +0000 UTCCertainly, if you can track down some of the original french editions of Blacksad, you shall not be disappointed. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksad" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksad</a>
Michael Huff
2018-06-08 17:20:59 +0000 UTCYes these are classics, and 'Le Chat' has lots of puns so be prepared haha! You could also read 'Calvin & Hobbes' in french, it's super fun and the drawings are amazing yet simple. Oh and I strongly recommend 'Le bleu est une couleur chaude' by Julie Maroh. Maybe you've seen the not-so-good film adaptation? Well the book is 100000% better. I'll stop here but I could go on forever :D (I AM french this is why ^^)
LKMJ
2018-06-08 16:43:20 +0000 UTC:o I am _so ready_ for this. I'm Belgian so I read a ton of bande dessinées when I was a kid. I can recommend: Lucky Luke, les Schtroumpfs (it's the Smurfs!), Kid Paddle, Thorgal, and Yakari. A favourite of mine is "Le Chat" (literally, "The Cat") by Philippe Geluck. It's a bunch of very funny or silly cartoons, the kinds you'd find in newspapers, but non-political.
Xavier Lambein
2018-06-08 16:23:39 +0000 UTC
