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- sted1
We had a little party with 6-7 ppl, everybody left around 6-7am and now I can't sleep. Also thanks for using glass what can survive a fall on a stoned floor for the Jack Daniel's bottle.
take care.
- Calling the cops, weren't you in quarantine in AU?grafician
- 6-7am? that's when I wake up! (signs your getting old thread)capn_ron
- they expanded the travel limit to 10km so we're good :)sted
- 6-7am? https://i0.wp.com/ww…Krassy
- nb3
On this day 2011 – Adbusters organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street.
Ten year anniversary of Occupy Wall St.
Feel old yet?
- scarabin10
A 4.3 earthquake hit about 45 minutes ago with an epicenter about two miles from my house. Shit flew off the walls, glass broke, bookshelves tottered, aquarium sloshed. We got packed and ready to evacuate because the horizon lit up orange from fires at a refinery also just a couple miles from my house...
Thankfully i heard on the radio the fires are part of an emergency precaution and we’re safe. Man, i was ready to beat cheeks and lose everything.
Two things were going through my head- this is what it was like for the people at pompeii, and I am waaay too high for a natural disaster right now
- Dude, i felt it too. Also extremely high...futurefood
- Wow!! Can't imagine myself in this situation... Hope everything is back to normal nowOBBTKN
- high in pompeii !neverscared
- I did acid in pompeii, got lost, and almost had to stay overnight amongst the ruins, but that’s another storyscarabin
- Where are you located, futurefood?scarabin
- what part of Cali do live in?utopian
- Carson here, in the south bayscarabin
- How many quakes do you experience in the average month?utopian
- I would say 2-3 a year? I’ve never experienced one ON the epicenter before though. This was the biggest i’ve seen at this house over 26 yearsscarabin
- https://www.pe.com/2…scarabin
- Quake III or IV?i_was
- holyfucksted
- i've slept through 5.2 quake before... good thing i dont live in the frequent earthquake area...pango
- I was in Hollywood last night.futurefood
- https://upload.wikim…sted
- srry wrong thread lolsted
- How dare youscarabin
- Grab the dildos and run! But seriously, glad you're alright.garbage
- I slept through an earthquake in college, and woke up to a friend sleeping in the dorm hallway the next morning.garbage
- Not in an area known for earthquakes, so when his books started shaking off of his shelves he came to the logical conclusion that his room was haunted.garbage
- jagara1
Why have transparent screens been a consistant element in sci-fi for the last 25 years? No one wants those, it's a stupid concept.
- holograms toografician
- easier to frame a shot to see both faces and what's on the screen.pango
- Will always look futuristic, even as the movie agesnb
- Many years ago people were laughing at touchscreens...i_was
- Please tell me the practical advantage of transparent screens?jagara
- who the fuck are you? god?i_was
- BrettBash Thats Why!utopian
- in real life or movie?pango
- https://upload.wikim…sted
- F35 Program Cost: $1.7 Trillion
$78 Million Per Fighter Jet
https://i.imgur.com/…utopian - F-35 Head-up display
https://i.imgur.com/…utopian - Sci-Fi Graphics Are Influencing Real-World UI Interface Design.
https://builtin.com/…utopian - Wowi_was
- I think it's just a visual dramatization of people using a computer. Kind of like how when someone needs to hack something in a movie, they just press a buttonyuekit
- some random numbers fly across the screen, and suddenly they are inside the Pentagon's computer networks.yuekit
- Okay, F-35, good example. But i was talking about TV's, computer screens and phones.jagara
- in real ordinary life? can't think of any.
in movie? it frames easier.pango - they use them in big shops in asia...also in public transportation, to put information on window surfaces...uan
- Holograms are the futurei_was
- QR Codes are the future!utopian
- Nop QR codes are already herei_was
- utopian0
In the Early 2000's we had to deal with mobile devices going off, kids crying, people yelling at the screen, etc... In the Mid 2000's we had to deal with sporadic mass gun shootings at theaters. And now we live in the age of Covid.
How many people here, plan on going back to see movies on the big screen in the near future?
- jagara4
It's insane how beautiful, stylish and well-cast high-end TV has become, after the *MEGACORPORATIONS* started pouring septillions into the productions. Jesus, the production value of some of these shows. The distinction between TV and film is virtually gone.
- I give credit to HBO for starting this trend about 20 years ago. Took awhile for the rest to catch up, IMO.monospaced
- I think Sopranos and Band of Brothers were the first.sted
- X-Files and Twin Peaksinteliboy
- Twin Peaks is incredibly strong production valuenb
- I deserve stoning for that but for me Twin Peaks was more like a movie cut into a series.sted
- And what's good about that?i_was
- The latest episode of Ted Lasso was a great example of this.Ianbolton
- @sted, those were HBOmonospaced
- about 20 years ago :)monospaced
- i_was1
Websites prove their identity via certificates, which are valid for a set time period. The certificate for www.qbn.com expired on 9/19/2021.
Error code: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE
QBN certificate has expired
- section_014-1
^^^ per the SSL thingy.
I usually run linux servers, but I have a couple windows vm's that vendors needed to install their applications on. Every one of them stopped auto-updating the certificates recently. And, that was after auto-updating for a few years.
Not sure what QBN is hosted on, or how the certs are setup, but thought I'd post this in case it applies. I'm using something called WACS to do the letsencrypt stuff behind the scenes on IIS. Had an older version which I updated. But, I'm not sure if that fixed it or not.
- Ianbolton0
I've cut dariy from my diet and it's ridiculous the amount of things i actually can't have now. It's cut my snacking down to a minimum and i do generally feel more 'on it'.
3 weeks sober now too.
- 'Play stupid games, win stupid prizes'
Stay strong.palimpsest - I understood nothingdrgs
- It's the essential oils doing their work.palimpsest
- ha, I cut back on dairy a while back, thinking I might be lactose-intolerant. Surprising how much food contains the stuff. You have my sympathyNairn
- Changes in diet can make you feel better. But self-diagnosing is going into "do your own research" territory. Get the jab and put on a mask.
;-)palimpsest - I just wanted to have some discipline in what I shoved in my gob. Are you lactose-intolerant then Nairn? Or you back on the milkshakes?Ianbolton
- I'm lactose-intolerant and I eat lactose powder exclusively
https://bcdairy.ca/c…drgs - ha, no as it turns out. Besides, drgs informed me that cheese is low in lactose anyway, haha. Too much very late night snacking, I think...Nairn
- What food were you surprised had dairy in it?monospaced
- If you're going that far, try doing the Whole30 diet...it will turn you into a machine. It's tough, but it's the best you'll ever feel.davey_g
- @mono - premade sandwiches and snacks mostly. Shit lunch food. Don't want to eat meat or dairy? You're fucked here in the UK.Nairn
- That's fascinating. Premade sandwiches often have cheese, so I suppose that's what you mean?monospaced
- Are you being sarccy? :)Nairn
- No! I'm actually interested in which specific things were a surprise. A sandwich with cheese wouldn't be, but a specific snack might be.monospaced
- I was surprised at how much chocolate i consumed, all of which obvs had milk in - even some of the dark chocolates. Also pesto, so making my own now.Ianbolton
- Just being aware of my snacking habits has changed my energy levels no end.Ianbolton
- 'Play stupid games, win stupid prizes'
- OBBTKN2
Last day of summer... Ugh!
- Gardener6
I thought I'd share this tale with you as I responded to a 'Ever Foiled a Crime' thread in another forum. I was working in a hardware store years ago (anyone remember Shergolds?) I was trying to fix the staff loo as it wouldn't flush, so I stood on the seat and lifted the cistern top and found a package of bank notes (about £200) wrapped in a polythene bag stuffed inside. Thinking that someone must have been on the fiddle in the store which only had 4 employees and so I quietly rang head office who advised me to put it back, go home as usual and say nothing but not to come in the following day.
So the day after that when I went into work the 2 other sales assistants were all excited as they said the police had been in the previous day and arrested the manager in the shop and led him out in handcuffs as it turned out he had been nicking stuff for months not only from the till but taking shit loads of things like drills and resalable electrics which had been found filling up his garage at home. I was promoted to assistant manager for my efforts but within months the shop/company went bust and the building became an amusement arcade.- I should add, it also turned out the manager was the son of the owner of the company Big Boss Shergold himself!Gardener
- Can't believe you grassed him up to his dad.
LolPhanLo - apparently he had a massive gambling habit, the police must have gone into the shop and grilled the staff and he'll have broken under interrogationGardener
- You could have asked for a cut. You didn't have to do him like that.palimpsest
- it's theft!Gardener
- dasohr3
My job is driving me batshit crazy.
- Buy crypto and stick yo middle finger in the AIRRRRRRRRRRR. LOLAQUTE
- So what's going on?AQUTE
- Get Covid and take at least six months off.utopian
- "sorry boss i've just been pinged, must isolate for 10 days"hans_glib
- ^Nairn
- Or Ribena on the home covid test,Nairn
- Sorry boss, I got brain aids from this bullshit. must euthanize.dasohr
- Srsly, our product was built on an etch-o-sketchdasohr
- Shake it like a Polaroid pictureAQUTE
- Shake it off... Shake it off - Guru Taylor SwiftAQUTE
- Steal as much as you can from your workplace.face_melter
- scarabin11
- Nairn1
so i fucked up something. spent a while making it, no going back now.
guess which holes i added for securing?
it's not the end of the world, but fucking hell. How did i get them upside down?
- You use the red hole, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.palimpsest
- Ugh! get a break, man... looks like you're doing lots of mistakes latelly (don't want to be rude), pack, get your missus and spend a month in IT to relax a bit?OBBTKN
- I'm speaking from my own situation, it is what I should do right now!OBBTKN
- The only other mistake I mentioned on here recently was that of my client, not me!Nairn
- gravity is not obvious in vectorspaceuan
- You're a lasercut superstar and will ride this one out.(LIke every other friday fuckup.)Brabo_Brabo
- Put a single round hole below it (to stop it sliding down) and they will still work.slappy
- ok, I've made a mistake then... :(OBBTKN
- The thing's already built, glued, painted and otherwise untouchable. It'll be fine, it'll just look a bit spastic to whoever installs it, lolNairn
- You're a terrible human being, OB.
One day, i hope, you can repay this borderline- unforgiveable transgression with a paella and some cider...Nairn - Sure, man. Consider it done! ;)
I've got home full of home-made cider, superb, by one friend. You're invited!OBBTKN
- sted2
what is the opposite of bennsplaning?
- bennvesting tipsnb
- bennwildermentkingsteven
- bobospittingoey_oey
- Doing your own research.palimpsest
- bennding overstoplying
- bennspreading.Nairn
- Missing White Woman Syndromeutopian
- In set theory, not bennsplaining is everything else but bennsplainingdrgs
- this is why we can't have nice thingsGuyFawkes
- bennsplaining = stating the obvious
the opposite would be:
scarabinning = surprising observation regarding an obscure topicKrassy - thank you.
i just got one left:
graficianing = ?sted - bullying?fadein11
- Benn said before he didn't like the energy here lately, I can see why he feels that way.GuyFawkes
- I see that its the opposite what is happening in multiple places, trying to give it a name.sted
- what a strange corner of the internet this isfadein11
- Efficiencyi_was
- Vagueposting?scarabin
- stoplying5
I just rewatched the James Brown movie, "Get On Up" starring Chadwick Boseman and was dying to see the original performance referenced in the film. This clip to me is so amazing, the showmanship, the soulfulness, the over-the-top of it all, the hype man with the cape, the backing dancers, the groove of a simple R&B riff, the audience reaction.
And then the Rolling Stones had to come on stage and follow this! I've watched this a few times now and it's dynamite.- drummer A++++shapesalad
- Appreciate who he was and what he did but I've never been into HIS music even though I do love rare soul and funk.microkorg
- could not get into the movie, but love those damn albums! all those players in the band too!futurefood
- Got to see him live a few years before he died. Fkn epic.sea_sea
- https://youtu.be/hLV…OP31
- Highly recommend "The Night James Brown Saved Boston".garbage
- @sea_sea same hereKrassy
- Krassy0
You guys heard of this guy?
Josiah Zayner is a PhD from the University of Chicago, who worked for NASA researching the terraforming of Mars, and is the inventor of a musical instrument called the Chromocord.
He has performed.....a DIY fecal transplant
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/me…
- I could envision this guy going to work for Dr. Evil in the future.utopian
- sarahfailin0
A neighbor I was talking to about buying his house for MONTHS sold it to a developer for pennies more than my initial offer. He did it without talking to me and without a second thought. Just didn't care.
I am wrecked. Would-be first time homebuyer.
- ooofpango
- what?!oey_oey
- maybe he didn't want to bother asking you to beat developer's offer.pango
- that really sucks, houses all around us being flipped in to rentals atm by developers paying cashkingsteven
- bought our place with perms to build another house where the garden/garage is. what if i want a garden? stick your tongue out and they would build on it.kingsteven
- Ouch! That really sucksGnash
- Nairn2
To the tune of Frere Jacques:
School dinners, school dinners
Concrete chips, concrete chips
Soggy semolina, soggy semolina
I feel sick, bathroom quick
Too late, I've done it on my plate.
