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Hey #ArcRaiders folks: Have you expeditioned before? Will you do the current one? Why/not all that stuff?

I did the first two, but I'm sitting this one out. My luck with finding BPs is dogshit in this game, for whatever reason (my tinfoil hat theory: Because I'm a PvE care bear).

Maybe I kinda cheated with the first two since I have a friend who hung onto a handful of BPs for me using a parent's account.

I want to get more into the role playing and goofy stuff in this game. I saw a clip the other day of someone who placed 5 of the new white flags on a tick outside the Riven hotel. That's hilarious.

Maybe I'll stick a bunch to a Rocketeer. I wanna play more in the sandbox this time around, rather than chasing everything all over again. But that's just me.

I wrote about the #fediverse and how I was wrong about its value in 2026 https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/
Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

matduggan.com
‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking
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#FriendlyFriendly #ArcRaiders
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/15/arc-raiders-players-stopped-shooting-started-talking?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up – a phenomenon that’s intriguing game developers and psychologists alike

The Guardian
This is an excellent article on the relationship between research, understanding and the use of large language models in academia: https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/ #academia #llm #ai #science
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

This was an interesting read
#LLMs
https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called

"What’s changed is that there’s no longer a person on the other end to resent the distribution — no negotiation, no confrontation, no reckoning. AI doesn’t just automate the mental load. It automates around ever having to acknowledge the mental load existed"

They Built Stepford AI and Called It “Agentic”

Women’s “ick” for AI isn’t technophobia or a gap to close. It’s wisdom to act on.

How Not To Use AI

Study: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years in France

"Findings: In this cohort study including 22.7 million vaccinated individuals and 5.9 million unvaccinated individuals, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and no increased risk of all-cause mortality over a median follow-up of 45 months."

Published: 2025-12-04

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2842305

#GetVaccinated #COVID19

Oh wow. Notepad++ was hijacked by state sponsored actors. Bonkers. #infosec
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/
Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++

My partner and I visited Norway and hiked (a surprisingly short hike) to a place called Litlefjellet -This was the view!
Litlefjellet, Norwegian for ‘Little Mountain’, is the name of the center mountain. Plus, we found the iconic pond that perfectly reflects the whole scene.
I loved it so much that I decided to make it into wood art! I hope you love it, too
#woodart #artandairplanes #art #woodworking #wood #norway #mountains #hiking #sun