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Re:The enduring allure of Choose Your Own Adventure books on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @04:46PM (#32829980)
Inform 7's ongoing text adventure efforts seem worth mention: https://www.ifwiki.org/Inform_7
Re:Why Lichess will always be free on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:53PM (#26927795)
pychess has done pretty well for me, recently updated
Perhaps presenting the for-profit system with more profitable uses for the space is the way out, for better or worse. For example, Louisiana has filled empty space with ICE detainees at a higher rate per resident. Something to take into account with reform.
Re:Show HN: Control Chromecasts from Linux on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:43AM (#24532129)
In recent years, Louisiana made efforts to reduce prison population then filled those for-profit spaces with higher paying immigrant detentions. I wonder what plans are for them?
Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:12PM (#20641207)
very uplifting news
Re:Euthanasia Coaster on Thursday May 08, 2014 @12:45PM (#7716219)

  The artist's focus seems to be more on gravity than killing:
http://www.julijonasurbonas.lt/t/gravitational-aesthetics/
Re:Euthanasia Coaster on Thursday May 08, 2014 @12:25PM (#7716114)
"Not with a bang but a whimper."

http://aduni.org/~heather/occs/honors/Poem.htm