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name	dagorym
member for	14 years
seen	Feb 12 '21 at 21:57
website	thomasstephens.info
location	Spanish Fork, UT

Self-taught programmer, Astronomy Ph.D. currently working as a contractor for NASA as a developer on the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

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Role-playing Games

For gamemasters and players of tabletop, paper-and-pencil role-playing games

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Role-playing Games: I have players scattered across 4 timezones. What software do you recommend for organizing an on-line gaming session?

Pro Webmasters: I have an old domain that I'm retiring. How do I set up a permanent redirect from the old domain to the new one?

Role-playing Games: As a gamemaster, what techniques do you use to keep your players “on-task”?

Role-playing Games: Where can I find on-line resources (official or fan-developed) for [game]?

Astronomy: Why would NASA build a 2.5 m telescope in the back of a 747 (SOFIA project)? What advantages does it provide?

Astronomy: What causes millisecond pulsars to speed up?

Astronomy: What is the Kuiper Belt and how is it different from the Oort Cloud?

Astronomy: How do the “hot Jupiter” planets get so close to their host star?

Astronomy: What do the different supernova types (Ia, Ib, II, etc) mean?

Role-playing Games: What changes were made in [Combat, skills, etc] of [game] between version [X] and version [Y]?

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