{"channel":"misc","content":"this morning, before I start work: watching people play video games.\r\n<orange> watching *one* person play *one* video game.\r\n<orange> maybe *two* video games.\r\n\r\nyesterday, I watched DDRJake play << Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! >>.<green> the plot: there are 3072 books on the floor. \u00a0put them on shelves. \u00a0you can use magic to help.\r\n\r\nwatching it gave me motion sickness, so after about 10 minutes I had it as audio-only (<red> he's good at commentating, and the graphics are just \"walk, pick up book, walk, put book down\"). \u00a0and he made some bad strategic choices, so he missed the (user) time limit. (<mogue> but I stopped the audio after 40 minutes)\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\ntoday, we have \"Tametsi\" - advanced minesweeper.\r\n\r\nHe ... is not good at this one either. \u00a0If I am watching closely, I see most of the mistakes immediately. \u00a0and then have to watch him flounder until he catches the mistake, or makes another one.\r\n\r\nbut, as a recording of someone on another content playing a video game, I have no \"agency\" over the stream.  also, it doesn't matter if he wins or loses.","created_at":"2026-07-30T14:13:36.332911","id":837,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"<p>this morning, before I start work: watching people play video games.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-orange\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2694\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> watching <em>one</em> person play <em>one</em> video game.\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-orange\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2694\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> maybe <em>two</em> video games.\r</span></span></p>\n<p>yesterday, I watched DDRJake play <span class=\"literal-text\">Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!</span>.<span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> the plot: there are 3072 books on the floor. \u00a0put them on shelves. \u00a0you can use magic to help.\r</span></span></p>\n<p>watching it gave me motion sickness, so after about 10 minutes I had it as audio-only <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> he's good at commentating, and the graphics are just \"walk, pick up book, walk, put book down\"</span></span>. \u00a0and he made some bad strategic choices, so he missed the (user) time limit. <span class=\"colorblock color-mogue\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83c\udf0e</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> but I stopped the audio after 40 minutes</span></span>\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>today, we have \"Tametsi\" - advanced minesweeper.\r</p>\n<p>He ... is not good at this one either. \u00a0If I am watching closely, I see most of the mistakes immediately. \u00a0and then have to watch him flounder until he catches the mistake, or makes another one.\r</p>\n<p>but, as a recording of someone on another content playing a video game, I have no \"agency\" over the stream.  also, it doesn't matter if he wins or loses.</p>","quotes":[],"subject":"practicing patience"}