Stearn Vault | Site-Wide Activity https://stearnvault.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:29:59 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7cd52a5196a70bad31af13965d9d0fe0 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5489 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:15:38 +1000 It’s really hit or miss after the first few seasons. I’d much rather be watching Futurama but I no longer have access to it. It does have its moments, though. I’m mostly watching it to give me something mindless to watch when I’m not in the mood to read a book. I’ve been thinking about going back to watching old movies and anime, though.

Yep! The…[Read more]

]]> 975913ec04ccb93ab45b8a6ce8faae25 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5488 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:46:13 +1000 Never got into SpongeBob – from the promos it never looked as if it had added anything to than say the artistic finery of The Simpsons – or Beavis & Butthead et all. It seemed to flounder after a while, too. Did you get any laughs from it?
πŸ™‚ There’s a project for a rainy day, a rogue’s gallery of snapshots from your favourite D-grade movies.…[Read more]

]]> 55d6cd082762bbe44380b9b381634e8a Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5487 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:21:34 +1000 Awesome video!

There’s also the dung beetle!

In some districts, it’s actually illegal to leave your pets’ waste lying around even though the local critters do it all the time. And they don’t want it flushed or in the landfill. So…where do we put it?

Ugh. I have some very old accounts that are simply inaccessible due to the email domains being…[Read more]

]]> a7ca0cd56c1497f996556df864118e28 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5486 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:24:25 +1000 Remember this gem?

https://www.badmovies.org/

Hasn’t been updated in thirteen years, though, but the forums are still pretty active. It’s actually where I’ve gotten ideas for what to watch over the last fifteen years or so

]]> b0bc0f59d07cfd7c7a6eadf7ab03b0c1 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5485 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:29:13 +1000 Bigger brains aren’t necessarily better it seems, here’s the video btw:

On the radio the other day was Purity, filth and ‘promiscuous defecators’: why we’re weird about poo, note the classification under “Philosophy, Public Health, Recycling and Waste Management.” For a start reverse the order read Waste…[Read more]

]]> eb41d587869d7424dfa1dc39ae6d4f67 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5480 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:35:44 +1000 And speaking of bees, apparently they’re good problem solvers!

]]> 70fb143f53c809018e15516504a79ec3 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5472 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:14:04 +1000 Important question: how old is Spongebob anyways? Everyone acts like he’s a kid and he clearly acts like one but is also old enough to be able to drive and is heavily implied that he and Patrick are roughly the same age. Patrick went to community college and doesn’t seem to work, which raises questions about how he can afford anyways but that’s a…[Read more]

]]> 65a1f1f85e072c2b53424219bd900fe6 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5471 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:29:07 +1000 Feeling much better after taking a break so I’ll try to pick things back up again in a couple of days πŸ™‚

]]> df361dbf7c4c2b73084e3a2d905f4d8e DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5469 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:20:58 +1000 Descarte’s notion of consciousness => pain was a good try, bottom line is we cannot feel what animals fell unless we can be imbued with animal traits for experimentation. Which means becoming a candidate for a fun filled jaunt over at the
The Island of Doctor Moreau or similar. Not on this bucket list. πŸ˜›
There is a bee that tolerates the poisoned…[Read more]

]]> 9fbf55fa25f6c99ac221b1d274bf8a9c Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5468 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:10:04 +1000 Elementary has been on the list for a while, just haven’t gotten to it yet. I’m not sure where I can catch it, will definitely need to find out.

O Brother, Where Art Thou has come up from time to time over here, just haven’t gotten in the mood for it. It always looked a bit silly for me πŸ˜›

Been watching TCM a lot more recently and I’ve really…[Read more]

]]> 772ec1a222488d93b667e242bb41cd10 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5467 Sat, 30 May 2026 16:14:56 +1000 How about a bit of Yankee Diddly Derring Doo with Roger Ramjet?

Well into the 4th series of Elementary now providing plenty of interest and gimmicks in Sherlocks amazing bag of PI tricks with each epi9sode. One episode plays this clip and others mention math problems such as p vs np. Also a mention of…[Read more]

]]> 8b33f9dfb7c2e5f2eca43ed4595e80cb Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5465 Thu, 28 May 2026 07:20:38 +1000 I’m actually thinking beyond just farming. Take ancient Rome, for instance. They had computers, even if rudimentary, and even indoor plumbing with hot and cold running water. The technology was lost for a thousand years before being rediscovered.

As for storage medium, digital isn’t a good option as not only does it break down faster than analog…[Read more]

]]> 6e91659be25b14f462e0efb2f6d0be60 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5464 Wed, 27 May 2026 11:07:02 +1000 A seed has everything it wants for the future, all we have to do is give it soil. air and water. Or a GPGP. πŸ˜›

Probably best to stick with TLC then. Interestingly, ARK: Survival Evolved with DLC can be half a terabyte, and a modded DCS game can use a terabyte. Hey, we’re falling behind in the fight for game storage to exceed storage boundaries.…[Read more]

]]> c7026d432d51a26f22c96720ddc38ca9 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5463 Tue, 26 May 2026 07:05:00 +1000 https://videocardz.com/newz/samsung-reportedly-developing-250tb-to-1pb-nearline-ssds-enough-for-up-to-8000-gta-v-installs
That’s a lot of storage!

However, there is a trade-off:

The flash is not standard QLC. Girard says endurance is lower, at around 0.1 drive writes per day, compared with around 0.5 DWPD for current QLC drives.

]]> 3b73faebc98e47812b6cee95837ea25c Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5462 Sun, 24 May 2026 06:34:49 +1000 I’m just more comfortable without them when working at the computer πŸ˜›

Progressing at a fairly good clip, all things considered. πŸ™‚

Some of the UI quirks may be due to how they’re using Qt. Could be worth sending them a feature request πŸ™‚

Yay! Been playing some minesweeper off and on lately myself. Of course, when you get to the end game, it…[Read more]

]]> 7e2f38a22c27de1e6634d98f73340b6e DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5461 Sat, 23 May 2026 11:35:41 +1000 Having to play with glasses is a thing though πŸ˜› , pity VR is no longer in the loop.
Ditched ClipChamp in favour of Shotut – quite a good program really. The QT throws in some quirkiness like you can’t vertically expand the Keyframe/Timeline area and so left with the dinky super small RH scroll button. Also a few gotchas such as adding text to a…[Read more]

]]> 3ff88c30cb6950b36251d4903300ad56 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5460 Fri, 22 May 2026 07:31:30 +1000 Could possibly cannibalize a few robot vacuums for parts to get the Labubu heads to suck up dirt πŸ˜›

πŸ™ Good choice on site. I like to keep my dogs’ ashes in the living room so that they’re always nearby πŸ™‚

We’re getting some rain as expected, finally. Not a whole lot but it is better than nothing.

Got to thinking recently, we need a knowledge…[Read more]

]]> 405d71249bd8539b56269b325ef46c01 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5459 Thu, 21 May 2026 11:23:40 +1000 Another issue for the Labubu mob, arranging for it to be fitted with a vacuum hose for the gathering dust in our houses. And a playlist of cheerful whistles to get it across the task!
He’s gone to a better place now:

Next to some canna lilies in an area kept fallow for years now, and come over a little…[Read more]

]]> c8019ca6bc1c97ec890b4103f216b706 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5456 Mon, 18 May 2026 09:19:13 +1000 The Labubu bot may need treads before it can adequately roll on various terrain. Not hard to do: gluing rubber mats to it may be the ticket. Will definitely need to look at the project in more detail.

The readme is kind of light on details, though. Definitely needs more fleshing out.

On May 18, 2026 at 5:27 pm DeVaultSetter said Only two weeks…

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]]> c8bb315a5d1ac924b86456ad99ae7cce DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5455 Mon, 18 May 2026 07:27:57 +1000 Only two weeks after his shot, Shem has become almost immobile in a rather speedy downgrade to Stage 4 End-Stage Osteoarthritis. Difficulty with his eat/drink/motions now as well. Oh well, best to keep him comfortable in his basket for a while, looks like time for the needle in any case. πŸ™
On a rather cheerier note, a few showers coming in for…[Read more]

]]> 1cd689f070a335f6eb4bb7701baf2905 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5454 Fri, 15 May 2026 07:31:03 +1000 Reinstalled Guild Wars 2 the other day and, while the game runs beautifully, it does have some issues with displaying text on 4k monitors. With my display scaling set to 125% in the OS, text was so tiny that it was unreadable even without my glasses. Had to set it to 150% to get it readable. Since I don’t feel like jumping all over the place with…[Read more]

]]> 10d934b2d41a97ffe0408a398284d1d0 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5450 Wed, 13 May 2026 07:32:19 +1000 Just got a note that GitHub is updating the VS version on the cloud to Visual Studio 2026. Shouldn’t affect things too much since the code is already C++20 compliant but we’ll find out once we get things building again.

On that note, I’m taking a bit of a break since I’ve been hard at it for months. In the meantime, if you want to take a look or…[Read more]

]]> 818d89055fd7632f289c2d680dc8dabe Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic SETI in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/seti/#post-5449 Wed, 13 May 2026 07:28:53 +1000 Yep, saw that! Haven’t had a chance to browse, though. Will definitely need to! πŸ™‚

There have been some curation come up on Hacker News but I haven’t been making much note of the threads. There was one project that let you scroll through them like a roll of film πŸ˜›

]]> c7a46e8cee06e342861a784ddf6f5100 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Cooking in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/cooking/page/2/#post-5448 Wed, 13 May 2026 07:27:37 +1000 Had some new recipes come in: http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm

Could be a lot of fun making dishes from a thousand years ago. May need to try some of them!

]]> c22fc4bf8c91ecb8a97b52dde8ada053 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5447 Tue, 12 May 2026 11:10:00 +1000 Couple of showers over here which is nice. πŸ™‚
Might be quite nice if the price is right, and if it can negotiate and traverse rough terrain. Can it operate off-grid for example? Mass production then may not be entirely in the spirit of the enterprise, in which case raising an issue for it may not elicit a…[Read more]

]]> c5f9b2d82e6038bf076e35f357b27ad4 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5445 Tue, 12 May 2026 07:19:17 +1000 Had this come in: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/labububot/overview/

Still have no intention of getting one but could be a lot of fun!

]]> f47fd4c829bc990c9b586a910cea03e1 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic SETI in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/seti/#post-5442 Mon, 11 May 2026 10:43:55 +1000 So, the flood gates have opened!
https://www.war.gov/ufo
Tried the last one out of interest:
https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/western_us_event_slides_5.08.2026.pdf
No dates along with fairly broad event locations. No doubt someone will step up with content curation in mind. πŸ™‚

]]> b823ca833986c982d2722ac7ba442b5c Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5441 Mon, 11 May 2026 07:43:25 +1000 Sorry to hear that the fur-balls are having some issues. I know how that can be: my dog hurt her neck last year and that wasn’t fun πŸ™ She’s fully recovered now πŸ™‚

Yep, we also had Mothers’ Day yesterday. πŸ™‚

Finally getting some rain over here, which is nice. Hopefully it continues to rain off and on for a while. We’ve got several bodies of…[Read more]

]]> 1099beb256ec4de18cdd0f5f965a8c31 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5440 Sun, 10 May 2026 11:25:53 +1000 Jaffa, the young dog incurred a paralysis tick, so in hospital, doing well enough. πŸ™‚ So much for the bank balance and invested time. πŸ™
Shem, the old dog, has lost some appetite, very quiet and slow, but still walking well enough. Had a shot for pain, only lasts a month though.
National Clean Up day is today, as well as Mothers’ Day here as well,…[Read more]

]]> 9ab7a470bc2914337591a777b277144a Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5437 Sun, 10 May 2026 08:01:57 +1000

On May 6, 2026 at 6:54 pm Spastic Hamburger said
I suspect winuser.h needs to go before afxwin.h but I need to take some time to study the logs some more.

Turns out that wasn’t the issue. Still getting the same error:
C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio2022EnterpriseVCToolsMSVC14.44.35207atlmfcincludeafxwin4.inl(154,11): error C2039:…[Read more]

]]> 7b01ef1047d92b085832dbfd06f90495 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5433 Thu, 07 May 2026 10:28:48 +1000 Got tired of the bugs and missing features in COSMIC so I switched to Cinnamon. In the past, I’ve always used XFCE or gone piecemeal but many packages I like of the latter are no longer maintained. I don’t know, I just felt like using Cinnamon right now.

It currently uses X11 so we’ll see if I have similar issues when it switches to Wayland.

Not…[Read more]

]]> 492f3e598d42d21e8e91a771a66e1090 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5429 Wed, 06 May 2026 08:54:23 +1000 We’re getting some errors regarding UpdateLayeredWindow even though we don’t use it in the project. I suspect it’s another missing include somewhere upstream that’s resolved in windows.h so it’ll take me time to figure out which file(s) in MWEdit need the header that defines it.

So far, here are the files in the Windows API that we’ve discovered…[Read more]

]]> c872c999f16e89d62fec7a5eeebaa837 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5427 Sun, 03 May 2026 09:07:09 +1000 So it turns out that MSVC doesn’t like it when I try to use bool instead of BOOL for MFC stuff, which is annoying. Looks like they never updated the type to C99 or modern C++. Blech:
D:aMWEditMWEdituiload_dlg.h(69,15): error C2555: 'CEsmLoadDlg::OnInitDialog': overriding virtual function return type differs and is not covariant from…[Read more]

]]> 86f01c2bfceb6f25491b421019e422c7 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5426 Sun, 03 May 2026 07:48:51 +1000 Turns out it’s an issue with how COSMIC does compositing: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Input_grabbing_in_games,_remote_desktop_and_virtual_machine_windows

So basically, I can either drop PopOS, drop COSMIC, or wait for them to fix things.

Workers and Resources is great! Highly recommend it if you like realistic city builders…[Read more]

]]> 85d943f0ee31032c9c169fa699567314 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5425 Sat, 02 May 2026 11:54:40 +1000 Sorry, did read Workers and Resources as a module/DLC of Witcher – somehow didn’t catch on to the mismatch in the naming. πŸ˜›
Are you playing it through proton and Steam Launcher? There’s Windowed borderless which apparently reduces FPS, else ALT + ENTER according to this.
Still use Acemovi, reported some bugs via email a couple of months ago with…[Read more]

]]> 61e17aef57aace0c057011b29c68a17e Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5424 Sat, 02 May 2026 08:30:37 +1000 The Witcher launches in fullscreen and I can choose the resolution from the in-game menu. It’s currently set to 4k, which is the monitor’s native resolution.

Haven’t used either one myself but I do see them recommended in the OSS circles. πŸ™‚

]]> 261232e95c518eb2fc90bb615820b392 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5423 Sat, 02 May 2026 08:21:16 +1000 Yeah, I see E-61 machines mentioned a lot but the decent ones seem to start at around 2,000 USD with new La Marzocco units going for around 6,000 USD. That’s a lot just to get a cup of coffee! πŸ˜›

Yep, will make a note of it for if I get over there! πŸ™‚

Hard to treat them here due to how wet things usually are. They just come right back a few…[Read more]

]]> 3435bb4e90c85c4e5702342becf35822 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5422 Fri, 01 May 2026 15:36:54 +1000 La Marzocco is mentioned a lot – they were the first with the horizontal boilers. Hefty prices these days though.
Vertical vs. horizontal boiler
Someone suggested Accademia del Caffè Espresso looks like a nice place to discover when next in Italy.
There’s been some success reported with the treatment of fire ants up north, they’re on the march here so preparation is…[Read more]

]]> 90d4d68b1097e962888eea8109e099dd DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5421 Fri, 01 May 2026 09:59:22 +1000 Does Witcher launch in its own resolution or do they provide a choice?
Yes, sounds like some streamers have addressed it e.g. YouTube, obviously other cdn’s don’t care, and the browsers + extensions don’t provide a “streaming” dialog of user options. The browser people are aware of it, somehow a new instance of a video launched from a full screen…[Read more]

]]> 03f2ac56b15dd7f706b21bf737415562 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5420 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:29:55 +1000 So the flickering hasn’t come back so I’ll open a bug report when I get the chance. 60 Hz is fine, would just be nice to have 144 Hz as an option is all since my monitor supports it πŸ™‚

The Witcher now works again, still trying to figure out what’s wrong with Workers and Resources. It seems stuck in windowed mode, which could be the issue, with…[Read more]

]]> 9f5acbd0ffb171bb02144c71a2e13475 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/10/#post-5419 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:01:11 +1000 Ah, okay, good catch. Happy enough on 60 HZ here – the monitor here doesn’t support full HDR on Windows anyway – crock or not. πŸ˜›
All the desktop browser streaming apps in this country have the same problem as here:

Streaming series doesn’t stay in full screen after each episode.
byu/Night_Owl1990 inDisneyPlus


You set it to full screen – why…[Read more]

]]> 3d5ca110ecbb59a68680c97736f491c1 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5415 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:45:08 +1000 We’ll want to update the build files to tell MSVC not to enable warnings for system header files. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/external-external-headers-diagnostics?view=msvc-170

GCC and CLang handle this better and don’t issue them for system headers by default.

I also need to update the build files to mark some…[Read more]

]]> 54e390c954063f0411e8173330326d9c Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5413 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:19:31 +1000 Working on the clean up. Several things are being caught so I’m fixing the stuff I missed. Some of the newer 64-bit functions are different so I’ve updated the variables for those as well. I’ve temporarily used unsigned long long but we’ll want to switch to std::uint64_t once we update the formatting strings, which will need to be done all at once…[Read more]

]]> 3187a7c80e0da4f64d34c96e3a0d1e05 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/10/#post-5410 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:34:26 +1000 Looks like I may have figured out my screen flickering bug that activates on session lock: only happens when the monitor is set to 144 Hz so it looks like a bug in the compositor. Will open a ticket when I get the opportunity now that I know what’s causing it. I set the refresh rate to 60 Hz yesterday and, today, the flickering never materialized.…[Read more]

]]> 952dbba8db90f45654e255819be0a1f6 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5409 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:28:15 +1000 Okay, finished up reviewing the files for circular dependencies. I’ll get it committed and uploaded in a day or so, resolve anything I missed, and hopefully things will start building again. We’ll find out

]]> 2d1e45bcbf1a4258964176a12866e199 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5408 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:51:34 +1000 Got a ceramic teapot I picked up but I mostly make single cup tea. And usually without milk and sugar. Looks like the standard includes some mentions of others according to Wiki but not sure about how extensive it is. The standard costs roughly 85 USD, which seems expensive just to get instructions on how to properly make tea πŸ˜›

In a similar…[Read more]

]]> 5bdd8ccd9c93bdf39ebc7e161a002d17 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5407 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:49:14 +1000 Yes, I use metal teapot so horribly non-standard. Milk before though – definitely no sugar. And this is for Camellia Sinensis only, is there a standard for others e.g. green tea – Jasmine Rooibos etc?
Always wondered about elephants going “rogue” all explained here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70880911-animal-vegetable-criminal

]]> d318dea14d5eef9913a807cd08757e5b Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5406 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:40:11 +1000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103

Ah, tea.

]]> 7d70825e3e5d2ed30b9fc913dd6c03c9 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5405 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:45:27 +1000 Got to love nature. πŸ™‚

And, over in Romania, there’s a park built in a grotto.

Cool! No price listed at all so likely expensive πŸ˜›

Yanko posts some cool stuff. Their articles come up every now and then over here πŸ™‚

]]> c7be922f84435b05281f154284e56f6d DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5404 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:46:19 +1000 Late in the night in Bavaria, a nacktschnecke was found to be the cause of all the doorbells ringing and disturbing the occupants.
Wonders never cease, as with snails and the way these flatworms affect the poor sods is breathtaking. Such a parasite of relative size hosted by our species would be hardly conceivable.
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