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- Gardener7
just applied, in it to win it!
- the others might as well concede nowhans_glib
- exactly, specialist subject David Bowie or Kate Bush (they offer a choice)Gardener
- The final question is on QBN.
https://i.imgur.com/…palimpsest - Sweet! :-) You seen Adam Buxton do his Mastermind on Bowie?Ianbolton
- no I didn't but just found it on Youtube
https://www.youtube.…Gardener
- Gardener2
Looking forward to this week of arts organized by R-Bennig Records on Anglesey in early May
- Please tell me the flyer was done by AI.palimpsest
- It came in the post, no dates on it. I had to dig find out more infoGardener
- jagara2
Mixcloud is annoying, especially the end listener experience and the steep price of the pro tier ($180 a year). Basic tier only allows up to 10 mixes.
So in addition to Mixcloud, I'm using Hearthisat: https://hearthis.at/ty5p/
So far, I like it. Pro tier is $5 a month, or $38 a year. Very reasonable. And the basic tier is pretty sweet.
I don't know how live the community is, though. But so far, I'm already getting listens.
Just a tip for you DJ's...
- I use Linktree as a landing page for my channel: https://linktr.ee/ty…jagara
- Just be warned: Hearthis.at doesn't officially support uploading copyrighted music (which is all I do). They don't seem to enforce this, though.jagara
- Mixcloud does, and pays artists. So there's that.jagara
- (whic might explain the higher price of MC)jagara
- sted5
Buying bread from a man in Brussels he was six-foot-four and full of muscle I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" and he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich, and he said I come from a land down under where beer does flow and men chunder.
- I'm 49 years old, and it's only *now* that I learn 'chunder' means to vomit.
FFS.Continuity - Bulgarian?OBBTKN
- Close. Australian English.Continuity
- I thought it was “thunder”monospaced
- And “where the women glow” instead of “beer does flow”monospaced
- Oh. I see it changes each chorus. Never noticed it. Love this song!monospaced
- i was at my first melbourne cup when some girls next to us started singing this with the most idiotic lyrics that I have ever heardsted
- like: ...he was six-foot-smaller and full of muscle I said, there is a cockroach in my undies...
since then I know that everyone sings this as it suits them :)sted - still one of those songs that makes me feel good :)sted
- so wait... the entire first lyric w/chorus is about thunderous vomit?!!
This song just gets better w/ time!!PonyBoy - this song has always pleased me for some reason. the original version is the best thoughfadein11
- https://www.youtube.…fadein11
- I'm 49 years old, and it's only *now* that I learn 'chunder' means to vomit.
- palimpsest11
Public service annoucement.
@grafician
Stop dick riding, my dude. We are not the same.
Palimpsest is for the people, grafician is not for the people.
If you need help I'm here for you 100%.
In the meantime get a hold of yourself.I was here before you.
- Additionally: The people are fucking not for grafician.Continuity
- Word.palimpsest
- https://beatbot.fm/s…pablo28
- bro I was out with me friends having beers
while you guys here thinking about me
snap out of it
you're supposed to be grown men?
lolgrafician - I still come here for the QBN social experiment and for what a few users I admire post
I couldn't care less for the "drama"grafician - It's hilarious and quite amazing what a few here reply to me in the context of knowing who almost everybody here is in real lifegrafician
- anyway cheers!
I'll be in the Nature of the day thread posting about another vulcanografician - There you go again! Same yuri gibberish.
Happy to learn you have a social life, we're making progress.
I'm still here for you.. because great things take time.palimpsest - it's all a lie.sted
- #niceweek doesn't include weekends?palimpsest
- When we are honest with others, we give them the opportunity to make informed decisions and to improve themselves.sted
- So being honest and being nice are not mutually exclusive.sted
- Agreed.
And so we come to the third scripture:
Be a shit talker but don't talk shit.palimpsest
- HijoDMaite3
How long before i can have a Zoom call with someone in another country who does not speak English, and have their speech appear as perfect English on my screen while mine appears as perfect Swedish or another language? Can AI generate facial manipulation to sync their lip movements with the English translation and mine with the Swedish translation, while simultaneously translating our conversation in real-time?
- Surely this already exists? Maybe not real-time but speech to text is a mature tech. Text to speech is a mature tech. Lip sync? AR filters are pretty good now.monNom
- I saw something on twitter a few days ago,
but i wasn't interested because it was an experimental stuff and the discussion was about how low the latency issted - but I'm sure it will become a service in a few months, with really weird english :)sted
- scarabin8
Either people with ADHD need to stop being so relatable or i need to see a therapist
- Maybe ADHD is coming from humans eating pork meat which is pumped full of ractopamine, which mimics adrenaline.shapesalad
- ADHD isn’t treated with therapy is it?monospaced
- Dunno. Who do i see about it?
I’m trying to imagine a world where i finish a project before starting three othersscarabin - ^ Yeah, there are several studies that show that CBT helps. From personal experience, all Adderall or Ritalin does is subdue you.garbage
- Granted, I am a pretty extreme case. When I was a kid, I was absolutely wild. My parents were desperate to find a way to zombiefy me.garbage
- They gave me ritalin as a kid but i just shoved ‘em all up a giant paper mache super mario’s nose outside the nurse’s office.scarabin
- Somewhere in texas there’s a 5-foot tall tweaker pinatascarabin
- fucking lolNairn
- CBT? I mean, is Scar into cock & ball torture?Akagiyama
- I’ll try anything twicescarabin
- didn't listen this one, but huberman is great:
https://www.youtube.…
https://www.youtube.…uan - ADHD didn’t exist 100 years ago. Discuss.shapesalad
- Nor did a lot of things we weren't then able to observe, you pillock.Nairn
- "Oh! Pork!" to the guy who doesn't fucking eat pork. You pillock.Nairn
- Last time I gave up weed for two weeks, I remembered exactly why it was that I first started smoking weed. I presume I'd be diagnosed with ADHD too.Nairn
- Fact is: Some people's brains work differently to others. That's it. Whether you label it this way or that, different people are different to others.Nairn
- wow Nairn, that was deep, like mariana trench deep :D what you tink shapesalad was alive 100 years ago that's how he knows all these things?sted
- We didn't have toilet paper before but our bumholes were still dirty.palimpsest
- If you do start adderrall I suggest you take it with cbd, it’s been a game changer for me, gives you the focus without the zombifying effects_niko
- No crash, and you’re able to sleep. You’re still social and not irritable, it’s been a a godsend really, and I just stumbled upon it._niko
- I'm a Bupropion man myself, ever since mg33 brought it up. Keeps me on an even keel and more or less focussed, without turning me in a zombie.Continuity
- @pamp lol it's like saying "NOBODY EVER HEARD OF A DIRTY ASSHOLE" in a post-bidet era.garbage
- Trolls be trollin‘toemaas
- garbage5
Last night while leaving the grocery store, some lunatic started stumbling behind me to my car, calling me a "fat fucking f*ggot" over and over again.
Dude was off his nuts, and clearly not a threat.
Weirdly, in my head I was thinking "oh this is a QBN note that has been physically manifest" and was laughing, which agitated him further.
No shit, let's play a game. I got away from this guy by temporarily hiding behind a
_ _ _ _ _.- ... by temporarily hiding behind a Nairn.
What do I win?Continuity - lol, I would never do that to Nairn. It's eternal niceweek for me.garbage
- I think if you guess letter, you'll get it.garbage
- beer with friends?palimpsest
- An elderly womanmonNom
- That was my unclecrazyprick
- hedge was the answer.garbage
- No aye mon then?slappy
- Good old Hedge. I'd throw him under the bus (or the lunatic), too.Continuity
- ... by temporarily hiding behind a Nairn.
- doggydoggdog4
Do people have kids to give them purpose and things to do?
I stay busy and am generally happy, but I mostly go to work and then chill out at night and go do a thing or two on the weekend.
I'm single and have nothing particularly to look forward to.
People ask me how I am, and I say "good" or "fine". Everything is fine now. I have my health. I have some savings, money is stable but I don't have a ton to go crazy.
Is this all there is?
Seems crazy how much effort my parents put into me. Soccer practice pick ups, weekends, parent teacher conferences, camps. All for me to grow up and just get an office job.
- Joke's on them.palimpsest
- Omahadesigns, is that you?Nairn
- You're supposed start helping them out more as they get past 75 age. That's when 'frail and old' becomes a thing.shapesalad
- And so you'll want kid(s) as they are cuter and kinder than most care home staff.shapesalad
- Care home staff get paid; Middle class children are just waiting for their folks to die.Nairn
- I am grateful every day that my parents brought me into this world. I am enjoying the trip...OBBTKN
- ...And what better way to continue doing it, that a small part of me continues to enjoy once I die?OBBTKN
- And more now, that my two little pieces have become two women, who continue to enjoy the trip;)OBBTKN
- Building a family with a loved one is an entirely different kind of happiness. Priorities change, and joy comes from putting your loved ones first.HijoDMaite
- If you want a bit of immortality tgen yeah it needs to happen thorough kids and grandkids. It’s tough raising kids but it’s also the most incredible thing_niko
- +1 hijodemaitemaquito
- besides being happy and making me happy, my kid's purpose might be someday to take care of their old papamaquito
- what hijo saidmonospaced
- my kid's purpose is to be a better human than someone like hotroddy, and at ages 5 and 1 that's already been achieved 100%monospaced
- @doggydoggdog I'm single and have a comparable lifestyle. It's fine. But kids can sometimes make me yearn for a life centered around something other than me.jagara
- BusterBoy0
I freaking hate it when people put capital letters in domain names.
eg
My business partner (and brother) insists on doing it and it drives me mad.
Thoughts on capital letters in domain names? For mine, it looks cheap and shows you're a bit of a luddite.
- i agree but pick your battles.hotroddy
- I have picked my battle...and this is one I'm not backing down on! :)BusterBoy
- https://medium.com/@…imbecile
- The English language comprises of 52 letters. If you consider UPPER and lower case glyphs.shapesalad
- But usernames are ok, BusterBoy? :)Longcopylover
- Luddites are likely to make up 99% of your audience, make it easy for the cunts.Morning_star
- lol @ longcopykaiyohtee
- Longcopylover in with the zinger :DContinuity
- 'Luddite'? Huh.
https://en.wikipedia…Nairn - SchoolOfArt vs SchoolofartGnash
- Therapist vs TheRepasitKrassy
- mp3sHits vs mp3shitsKrassy
- PonyBoy-1
I received a referral from a client. This possible new client is obviously well-funded as the referring client provided the venture capital to put them in business.
The 'new' client however... is a pain in the ass. I haven't done any work for them yet and I'm guessing I probably won't be as the owner is overly ignorant to the design process. :(
My problem is my relationship w/the referring client possibly being damaged...
The 'new' client doesn't see anything in the body of work I sent them (A small folio site w/a variety of design / illustration / animation from over the last 5 years).
"You look very talented but I don't see anything in your portfolio that relates to my business."
*sigh... Do I begin designing 'for free' for this fucker to show I can be appropriate to his needs? I swore I wouldn't ever go that route again. A good designer is appropriate to the client's needs (meaning: I'll do my fucking research, talk to you and yours and we'll get your shit sorted out blah blah blah like any normal graphic designer does w/a new client).
This guy wants to see something specific to his industry AND that suits him emotionally... ...I gently explained to him that that is why you hire a 'good' graphic designer w/a track record of providing solutions for a variety of different clientele.
I don't think that concept is making sense / sitting well w/him. The only reason I'm even contemplating going the 'design to get the job route' is that I don't want to piss off the referring client...
... I just need to get a fucking job and be done w/the nonsense. 20+ years of jerking off mom-and-pop shops has taken its toll.
- nope - refer him to your referrer and be done with it.hans_glib
- You have a good excuse to not work with the new client: "he doesn't want to work with you". Why would you make an effort to work with him?palimpsest
- I don't how the referring client would be pissed at you.palimpsest
- I left this out: The referring client in passing asked about the newb and I explained the situation. "Maybe you can design them an example?" :/PonyBoy
- I guess you didn't answer "No, go fuck yourself".
Word is bond.palimpsest - Run away, fast. This has all the hallmarks of a lengthy back and forth where you waste lots of time trying to placate someone who doesn't know what they...Morning_star
- ...want. If it's something you can't get out of charge him by the hour, lawyer style.Morning_star
- I often really dislike referrals via existing clients because of shit like this. Tricky. Good luck :\Nairn
- fuck him. move on.milfhunter
- Sometimes not having specific industry work can be spun as a positiveGnash
- Sometimes not having specific industry work can be spun as a positiveGnash
- oopsGnash
- oopsGnash
- I art directed a Ski magazine for a number of years. Got the gig without having any sports crap in my folio, and I don't ski.Gnash
- If he doesn't trust you can do it now, he's going to be a nightmare moving forward. Sorry you can't take this one on as I know you were looking for new clients.monospaced
- I pitched that a new perspective is what they neededGnash
- Do you like his business? A good designer can take on almost any project but they won't be right for everything.doggydoggdog
- Maybe he's an asshole to avoid, but he should like your work before anything else.doggydoggdog
- "Design them an example" on spec? All caps FUCK THAT. Even if it goes through with the end, this seems like a toxic channel of employment.garbage
- RUN ---->>>>>>>bocadeets
- doggydoggdog0
Where can I find nice or cool or vintage lamp shades for cheap?
- Local second hand or vintage store. eBay?pango
- Are you really not omahadesign?pango
- Check QBN spam threadsdrgs
- here you go: https://i.imgur.com/…sted
- scarabin3
The world is so much better once you start skipping the first third of a youtube video and play the rest on 2x
- If you deleted “hey everyone, sorry i haven’t made a video in a while...” from the english language the internet would be 50% lighterscarabin
- delete "a word form our sponsor": -25%.sted
- Look up the Sponsorblock add-on/extension. If a video has enough views, it skips in-video ads automatically.garbage
- You can also whitelist creators you want to support and not kill their algos. You'll never see another Manscaped ad again.garbage
- Every video is Sponsored by: Athletic Greens. VPN's. Squarespace.shapesalad
- like & subscribe! Also, FU for anyone using the " CURSOR CLICK ALERT BELL DING DING" during your video.Akagiyama
- microkorg10
Revisited one of my favourite pieces of architecture the other day.
Villa Savoye in Poissy, France.
- https://misfitsarchi…Miesfan
- ^ wouldn't put me off taking a huge amount of influence from this home if I was designing my own home from scratch.microkorg
- he of course was very good in handling the contours of disposing volumes in precise relationships... the only thing he did better than architectureneverscared
- furniture... was his writing.... also don´t take a huge amount, modernism is 100 years old there has been much edgier stuff since then..when it comes to plasticneverscared
- emotion and intelligence ..neverscared
- OBBTKN15
My wife has come home cold, I have lit the fireplace.
Sometimes life is that simple.
- oh so simple :)
https://www.youtube.…futurefood - Good thing you were there.slappy
- <3maquito
- Just add some pacharanmaquito
- :)PonyBoy
- Nice haiku...Miesfan
- i dont have a fireplace. life is not that simplemilfhunter
- oh so simple :)
- inteliboy10
Browsers should have an auto-scroll-to-recipe feature on cooking websites....
No, I don't want to endlessly wade through your thesis on why you deeply connect with Pad Thai just to see a list of ingredients
- 1st world problemscrazyprick
- Maybe like a button that says “jump to recipe?”monospaced
- Another reason to use chatgptscarabin
- Oh snap +1YakuZoku
- Sadly it's prerequisite for anybody to make money with recipes. Trust me, most of them just trust that you skip it. Either get a scroller add-on..garbage
- ..or a Logitech MX Master, click the doomscroll button and wheel down, then scroll up to the recipe.garbage
- "jump to recipe"Akagiyama
- I noticed that many times on how to articles there's way too much text explaining in excruciating detail why you'd want to for instance reboot your iPhone.yuekit
- I think it's an unintended result of Google ranking pages more highly than include more content.yuekit
- I wanna make an Ikea cook book nowpango
- i vaguely remember that there's a browser extension that allows you to do precisely thishans_glib
- https://chrome.googl…hans_glib
- @yuekit that's exactly it. Food blogs are an SEO arms race, have been for a while. Most of those stories are fake, nothing more than SERP keying.garbage
- I blame @trooperbillpalimpsest
- Hans. incredible. thankyou.inteliboy
- For this reason it's bbcgoodfood or nothing these days. Ingredients and method onlywoowahesque
- If the recipe isn't within the first scroll, I leave the page. I've also started to search 'pad thai recipe, reddit' to wonderful resultsmisterhow
- drgs1
Every time I turn on terrestrial TV -- Jason Bourne is on, I swear to God
- Same scene each time? That happens to meGnash
- Amnesia?Fax_Benson
- They are sending it all the time for some reason.
I watch it anywaydrgs - The Mandela effectutopian
- Move to Australia, you’ll only turn on terrestrial a couple of times before losing your mind and using Krav Maga to buy wine.MrT
- terrestrial TV??sab
- Streaming linear TV, whatever its calleddrgs
- inteliboy1
do you pronounce the "h" in words like "white" and "whisper"?
- Hell yeaH!utopian
- https://www.youtube.…hans_glib
- just tried it. yes.zardoz
- No.Continuity
- NoYakuZoku
- nadamilfhunter
- https://youtu.be/nfV…pockets
- Haychkaiyohtee
- Noh Whay!Krassy
- Yespango
- crazyprick3
"Disney has announced a new German original series for Disney+ called “Pauline”, which is about, an 18-year-old teenager, who accidentally becomes pregnant – from a one-night stand. With school stress, the climate crisis and the downfall of society weighing heavily on her mind, something she doesn’t need at all right now is catching feelings, especially not for her one-night stand Lukas, who, as it turns out, is the devil himself."
- was?Continuity
- That sounds like *the least* Disney thing ever.Continuity
- Should we be mad about it or something?scarabin
- M Night Shyamalan?YakuZoku
- Lolmaquito
- bezoar19
Started a new jobbie job as a Sculptor & Fabricator for a children's museum opening next fall.
https://www.rabbitholekc.org/- I know that love this stuff, congrats and well wishes with your new gig!utopian
- Sweet!YakuZoku
- Awesome!palimpsest
- Woohoo! Sounds fun!scarabin
- Congrats & cool!milfhunter
- This is rad! Free insight: tell the web guy to fix the "Dig Into the Process" section, the autoscroll doesn't stop and cancels plays.garbage
- congrats, looks like a really nice job :) have fun!sted
- Congrats! That sounds like a fun job.koma_
- FYI, in Scotland a 'jobbie' is the kids word for a shite.
https://www.urbandic…Nairn - Congrats either way tho :)Nairn
- lol nairnfadein11
- lolsted
- a total fabrication? Nice one~!stoplying
- Thanks fellas! I'll post some pics when I can.
@nairn I'm 30% Scottish, according to ancestry, so I'll keep that in mind now. HA!bezoar - @garbage thanks, I'll give them a heads upbezoar
- Sweet! Well done, bezoar :)Gnash
- Awesome!canoe
- Looks cool, have fun.Longcopylover