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- neverscared5
- I love Autechre, Flying Lotus, VU and the Doors. From what I've seen of these, Mezzanine has become Dark Side of the Moon in terms of popularity.CyBrainX
- hans_glib3
- i dunno, there are so many possibilitieshans_glib
- also: https://www.qbn.com/…hans_glib
- MEUTE! Nicejamesbeat
- OBBTKN5
blog
My father had a stroke on Friday; I called an ambulance, which arrived in 5 minutes, and now he’ll have to spend a week under observation—just a couple of weeks after turning 82.
There don’t seem to be any lasting effects, aside from a bit of mental fog, but I think he’ll recover soon.
I really hope they don’t forbid him from riding his bike, because if they do, his decline will be drastic.
- jagara9
blog
My brother got a 100.000 DKK (15.000 USD) grant to help him patent his invention. Naturally, I can't go into details about the project, but I can say it's a mechanical tool that will be tiny revolution in how people working in construction trades will work.
I've been helping him apply for the grant, do various technical drawings and presentation videos etc.
He's been working on prototypes for 5 years. Very proud of him.
- ideaist6
Signs your getting old?
Ran a 16km trail race. Great. Placed 4th overall...
...1st place in the "Masters" category - 40 - 60!!!
Talked about mixed emotion(s). I guess YOLO / health is wealth AND I'm in good standing for my age. It felt like a "good job old man / you still got it!" kind of deal...
- Well done! I only run road races, and the guys from my age group (45-49) are too fast...dmay
- nicePonyBoy
- Amazing man! I’ve gotten my time down to a sad 6:15/ km for my 5 k runs, what do you recon this would place me at? Dead last lol?_niko
- Thanks bro(s)! The race was trail / elevation heavy (literally up a GDMF ski hill!!!). My 5 km's (road) sit a hair over 20:00 - 22:30...ideaist
- ...@dmay: it's a neat age group where you can still perform pretty well as we all age differently AND live longer (IF we prioritize health, eh?!)ideaist
- @_niko, NOT dead last, BUT not first. mid pack?! Lolz. Again, IF you're dealing with elevation it's a different beast and massive drop in pace.ideaist
- Haha thanks man I’ve got work to do! You’re times are blazing!!!_niko
- *your_niko
- i ran my first race in may. placed 70th out of something like 420. for early 40s, i was rather pleased with myself, but 4th... whoa!!scruffics
- What's your distance / time @scruffics! All that matters is you're moving / we're ALL built to move.ideaist
- oh yeah same distance 16k (10 miles). chip time 1:14:37 @ 4:40 min/kmscruffics
- _niko2
Elon Musk
hate to say it because he's such a punchable moron and I want to see everything he touches crash and burn but this is pretty cool
I doubt it'll ever see the light of day but the presentation was pretty slick
- wrong link I wanted to post this short one where he isn't yapping https://www.youtube.…_niko
- Are you not entertained?palimpsest
- I mean the compressed air turbo boost won't work in traffic or on roads, and the ground fans are going to suck up trash and squirrels and toddlers_niko
- and the flying cars will be for rich Saudi cunts so they can drop them on each other.
But other than that, great!_niko - rides perfect in the hyperlooputopian
- is the car for ice to hunt down migrants ?neverscared
- Essentially uselessutopian
- it's a wow factor gimmick. Not practical at all.dbloc
- ...detached retinas.PonyBoy
- Remote controlled car shell only, giant nitrogen tank inside only, small battery, prob one motor, frame reinforcement... for the fanfare, pressprophetone
- Production car prob have the small space-x tank, rear-only jets, for super pricey race upgrade, otherwise will be usual Tesla setup w/ new rear-only dual motorsprophetone
- Design cues def taken from Gallardo x Testarossa, def looks cool, drop-down head lightsprophetone
- The amount of vomit that car would be full of after a night out w/the family @ Chuck E Cheese... not to mention the fucked up state of your groceries once home.PonyBoy
- Imagine the tire kickers when buying used?futurefood
- Hey look at us, buy our stockdbloc
- crazy seeing it crawl up that wall and hang upside down. Dude built a spider.monNom
- Elon musk is in the selling dreams business. And he’s a cuntIanbolton
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Roads? Where wer’re going we don’t need roads..._niko
- carmageddonGabriel
- dreamselling bizniz... thanks USAIDneverscared
- you could also describe the spectacle as Tesla making its long-delayed luxury car “do a big hop” and then, as Buzz Lightyear would say, “fall with style.”neverscared
- https://www.wired.co…neverscared
- If you think thats dope look up Criss Angel!brothernoah
- I find it concerning that people still fall for this stupid fat moron con artist.garbage
- something useless and zero-practical. LMAO! the science and what-is-possible is cool AF, but c'mon!Krassy
- also, enough of Elmo getting all the credit. Mention and celebrate the brilliant scientists & engineers and real leaders behind this project FFS!Krassy
- No it's just a stupid special effects show.cannonball1978
- Flying Roadster? The dream and the reality in two words.MrT
- mort_4
- 11am breakfastneverscared
- i miss lockdownrobthelad
- One then the other. It's no time to start multitasking.MrT
- My wife's old best friend IS this guy; no kids / doin' K on weekdays spinning jungle. Lolz.ideaist
- My wife's friend's husband. He changes jobs more often than I change my underwear; as soon as he qualifies for benefits, he goes on sick leave...OBBTKN
- According to him, "society" or "the system" is to blame for everything; he fancies himself a hippie, but he’s just a sad, lazy bum.OBBTKN
- i think hippies are per definiton happy people... https://miro.medium.…neverscared
- likely the best response be lazy and bum to balance out billionaires making billions of capital without moving a finger..neverscared
- They aren’t happy; what they are is high.OBBTKN
- So truemonospaced
- Nairn9
Punches For:
Received the brand vector for a fairly well-known brand here in the UK - by no means huge, but a lot of people here would know it.
It has a keyline rectangle around the wordmark.
The keyline, in their own brand vector file, was a rectangle with a specific stroke width set.
It wasn't an outlined form.
wtf, guise.
WHAT THE FUCK.
- The technical infractions I witness that are worthy of the death penalty are myriad. However, the more I see these fundamental errors and how they make it...Morning_star
- ..into the real world the more I realise I’m just an old man shouting at the clouds. Nobody gives a fuck anymore about craft.Morning_star
- The horror!bainbridge
- Oh man :/OBBTKN
- Not converting strokes to outlines?!!!
If ever there were a reason to start a 'Death For:' thread!!!
(btw - it may have been me) <3PonyBoy - It’s a fun bonus feature tho... when you scale up the logo, the edges go from 5pt to a beautiful microscopic, thin hairlineprophetone
- They think you’re just gonna place it. Not paste it.monospaced
- omg, one of the words has an outline on it too, to thicken it out a bit.Nairn
- lolmonospaced
- PonyBoy6
- Fell all the way back to Monday :(mort_
- so windyKrassy
- Man Putin's getting desperate with the latest batch of recruits he's sending to the front line_niko
- it's all of us sooner than laterHAL9001
- There's an alzheimer's symptom where you're afraid of stepping on dark surfaces. My dad had it and he would feel like he was stepping into a hole.nuggler
- Daylight Saving Time – Checks Oututopian
- Wastedneyzaq
- autoflavour0
blog
all this talk of people turning 50.. feeling old..
have been a casual employee my entire career pretty much, and have been at my current role the last 8 years..worked out a few days ago, that them telling me i dont progress through diffferent grades as im a casual is utter horseshit, and i should have at least had the opportunity to progress at least 6 times in that period.
i have cautiously raised this with my team leader who was on the face of it supportive and asked me to provide the clauses in the industrial award covering my job stating this, which i did..
especially after i found an article from the Service union which covered a super similar situation at another local Council re not getting graded and they go a $30k backpay ..which is awesome, but im also then hyper aware that might just awaken sleeping dogs and then im unemployed afterwards.
then laying in bed, doomscrolling before sleep and legit instagram fed my like 15 videos in a row about CV's making you unemployable as your over 40, and then a 60 minutes investigation into who ATS systems and AI are basically automatically culling anyone over 50 ..
legit i have not had an actual job interview since 1999 .. its been all casual employment, which basically meet the boss for a coffee, dazzle them with my razzle.. and then start working.
but at 49, by razzle is decidedly less dazzle, and AI basically can do my job.
i feel a distinct sense of holding onto the bottom rung of a greasy ladder and my grip is slowly giving way..
- then talking to my bestfriend, who has never been busier, but his world is DJing techno in clubs to 20 year olds.. at 50 yo.. 6-7 times a week..autoflavour
- hardest way to make an easy livingautoflavour
- This is why union. I was on the same contract for 10 years until I joined mine, talked to a rep, referred to someone in my dept who sorted it all in a monthkingsteven
- i feel you mate. I've been at my current place for 8 years and had one pay rise in that time. Was always happy feeling like i had a job i was good at.Ianbolton
- Recently it's been more your ladder analogy where I either adapt or die. Is casual work something you can do forever? You have a very specific set of skills...Ianbolton
- a bit like Liam Neeson, and he's old as fuckIanbolton
- Logan's Run was a documentary.zardoz
- :(canoe
- Gardener4
- And 'thanks!'OBBTKN
- a gentlemens karmaneverscared
- Be kind to what can potentially kill you in a near futur.ApeRobot
- apparently saying thanks is a massive waste of powerhans_glib
- oeeps. i be yelling a bit to much latelymilfhunter
- @hans_glib Safety first. ;)ApeRobot
- I always say please and thank you. It just feels odd not to. I guess we're so used to only ever talking to another sentient being, until now.set
- WHHAT THE SET?! I have been gone for too long.lvl_13
- Nice to see you, fellow sentient being.set
- https://gifrific.com…utopian
- https://i.haasie.com…pango
- Continuity14
Ramen of the Day
Autumn is upon us, and it's time to kick the cold season off with proper soup ramen.
Tonight was a straight shio tonkotsu, made more fragrant with my onion/spring onion/leek/garlic/ginger-infused lard for the aroma oil. Delicious.
Tomorrow will be Kumamoto-style black garlic tonkotsu.
- Keep it up and I'll have to do a kidnapping. Love your dedication to this craft.garbage
- amazing. also love the way the placement of the toppings worked out (whether on purpose or not)Squiddy
- Lovely!
This one has a meditative character to it, visually.palimpsest - Me every time you post a new food pic https://i.haasie.com…_niko
- damn that looks goodbezoar
- I only cook easy to prepare food, cuz I'm a lazy fuck. And i truly appreciate when someone makes an effort like here :)jagara
- I saw this post st 9am this morning and it's still haunting me at dinner time 10 hours later.Fax_Benson
- autoflavour4
making beats
randomly sold my second machinedrum.. wasnt planning on it, but saw a WTB post on one of the gear facebook groups i am on, and by the end of the day i had $2000 in my hand.
given i paid $500 for it and $160 for a replacement top panel, i think i did ok.
probably under priced.. but easy come easy go
- now to by a new Erica Modular synth caseautoflavour
- one of my grails, original sampling machinedrum, so cool, got a selection of elektron boxes, so prob all goodprophetone
- get that modular!prophetone
- Ianbolton16
blog
I’m 50 today. Finally made it. Seemed easy enough actually. Made shed loads of pizza tonight after going for some insane Michelin starred food over the weekend. Good times! X
- Oh, you crossed the threshold. Congrats! I turned 53, which is ... weird.Continuity
- Happy birthday Ian, welcome to the club ;)OBBTKN
- Happy birthday fella!set
- happy bday !neverscared
- that's the spirit, hit fifty and start shovelling fat into your body. happy birthday, you're only fifty once!hans_glib
- hbd man! stay wild!renderedred
- Way to celebrate it! Welcome to the club.canoe
- Welcome to da club.palimpsest
- HB Mr.B !_me_
- congrats you should be proud! welcome to the club!_niko
- happy birthday! pizza is the way! welcome to the club!Squiddy
- 100 more to go!garbage
- HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDYbogue
- I hope that you had a Happy Birthday, you beautiful human. My partner and I are next year - how much am I in the hole for a Michelin experience?!Nairn
- congest!milfhunter
- Happy 1/2 century!Krassy
- Happy birthday brother. <3mort_
- Happy Birthday!rzu-rzu
- Happy Birthday fella, the club expands as we do! Interested to know which Michelin stars you're heading to...MrT
- HBD! Old.bezoar
- HBD IB!stoplying
- Happy 50th and 6 days birthday!Chimp
- slappy12
Artificial Intelligence
I got tired of finding half broken keyboards around the office and not knowing if they were actually broken or not so I built a keyboard tester, I know they already exist but they look terrible and have ads for days so I built this.
That went well so I created a whole suite of tools for testing internet speed, webcam and audio before meetings etc.
- Sorry, Claude built this.. I just wrote a couple of prompts and deployed it.slappy
- Very cool! Looks great.set
- +1utopian
- Lovelymort_
- nice onesab
- Your 'forward' and 'back' mousebutton test don't work - forward doesn't fire and back is captured by the brwoser, so goes back a page.Nairn
- Oh thanks!slappy
- Yo, this should be in "the useful thread" !jagara
- Fancy mouse pointer is slowing down mouse speed.jagara
- ^
that's a very good point.Nairn
- pango10
- RJ Mitte 34pango
- Damn, RIPaliastime
- That's just awful. RIPfuturefood
- Sad. Rest in peaceSquiddy
- :(PonyBoy
- Wow. Somebody find his manager. I remember an interview he did about a year ago where he said she was pocketing everything and the IRS came knocking.garbage
- What a loss, RIP.garbage
- Eat, drink and be merry....
for tomorrow we die!utopian - BREAKING: SadGardener
- RIPrenderedred
- RIPinteliboy
- RIPKrassy
- RJ Mit Das RIProbthelad
