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Geoff Engelstein Profile picture
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Aug 15, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Out of 100+ entries to the @ZenobiaAward we are pleased to present the eight games that advance to the final round, plus two honorable mentions.

Congratulations to all the contestants who brought a fantastic array of projects to life.

zenobiaaward.org/finalists/

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Geoff Engelstein Profile picture
May 9, 2024
This is horrifying.

I have personal experience with safety on doors. Since the early 1990’s I have been involved with the UL safety committee on garage door openers.

a thread with a bit of history 🧵
In the 1980’s about 50 children in the United States were killed by automatic garage door openers, typically by getting trapped beneath as the motor continued to try to close the door completely. 20,000 – 30,000 people were injured by garage door openers per year.
In 1993 the industry worked with UL to introduce new safety standards requiring non-contact sensors, like the infrared beams you probably have at the base of your garage door, as well as current sensors for the motor, so if there’s a spike in current it reverses.
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Feb 23, 2022
ANNOUNCEMENT!
The indefatigable @djackthompson and I have been collaborating on a new game, and it has reached a point where we are ready to pull back the curtain a bit.

Introducing:

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Zheng He, and the Voyages of the Ming Treasure Fleet
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A brief thread:
Between 1405 and 1433, Chinese emperor Yongle launched seven voyages through the Indian Ocean to trade and spread Chinese influence as far as west Africa.

He put his childhood friend and servant Zheng He in charge of the fleet, numbering over 300 ships and 25,000 people.
"Zheng He" is a solitaire game that puts you in the shoes of Zheng He, challenging you to recreate these epic voyages. You play a full campaign against a dynamic and evolving political situation throughout the Indian Ocean, or experience a single historical voyage.
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Dec 10, 2021
Re: Kickstarter blockchain announcement - I received an interesting email laying out what may be behind this. Author requested to remain anonymous, but here are the details from them:

🧵:
Europe has a new law in place that will place some restrictions on crowdfunding platforms. This has not been widely reported, mainly because it is a European issue. Source (French): compte-pro.com/crowdfunding-l…
To summarize: within 1 year, crowdfunding sites will have to have approval from the European Union. Also, they will be responsible in case of failure of a project, and will have to pay back in this case.
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Jan 6, 2021
Until recently I never truly grasped that the fundamental social contract of Democracy is that the losers of elections accept the results and graciously cede power.

Board games are a critical part of teaching that lesson to children.

A short thread.
Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, and other classic first games are not about teaching strategy & tactics. They are about teaching the building blocks of games – taking turns, and being a gracious loser and winner.
And, not coincidentally, these are important societal lessons as well
Democracy is the *voluntary* adoption by those in power of rules about taking turns, winning, and losing. It is the magic circle writ large – so large perhaps, that we don’t realize we are in it until we see people who break the unwritten foundational rules.
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Apr 8, 2020
I read the main paper from France that started the craze over hydroxychloroquine, and there are some things you should know. Here’s the paper if you’d like to read along:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
1. Sample size was small – 26 received hydroxychlorine (hxc) and 16 were in the control group, who did not get hxc. The groups were not randomized, and were not blind. Everyone knew who was getting what.
2. If anyone was moved to the ICU they were REMOVED FROM THE STUDY. This is because the test they were doing was nasal swabs to see how much virus was in the patient (viral load). They couldn’t swab patients in the ICU.
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Feb 16, 2020
So this post engendered a lot of conversation yesterday. We laughed, we cried - but I'd like to delve into this a bit deeper.

Yes, I'm going to drop math on y'all.

(a thread)
First, I think that a lot of the differences of opinion are about terminology. Many of you said - no that's uncertainty, but it's not randomness.
In "Uncertainty In Games", Greg Costikyan argues convincingly that every game has uncertainty. If it doesn't - if the path and outcome of the game are known in advance - then it isn't a game. So just calling it "Uncertainty" is completely unhelpful.

mitpress.mit.edu/books/uncertai…
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