August 12, 2023

I was at Exilecon and Rory Rackham was giving a talk about enemy design in Path of Exile. Apparently talks in the past had not been too popular due to the amount of personal information one had to give up in order to appear on stage (and on camera). But at some point in time “a desire to be seen [overrode] the concern of data harvesting” and people started attending. Someone in the stream chat was trying to get the event cancelled by spamming disruptive messages. The camera cut to black.

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I was in a room that had a wide view of the reservoir just outside. The room seemed to be some kind of control center with panels and knobs lined up by the window. The other wall was filled with shelves of books that were on the verge of overflowing. I asked the operators if anyone had any memories of what the canyon was like before the construction of the dam.