Stearn Vault | Site-Wide Activity https://stearnvault.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:08:23 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 11acdf0b8afe70ecf442940fe85f9a1b Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5646 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:12 +1000 Yeah, their forum seems to be hit or miss. I like the answer in the printer thread: “Try turning it off and on again.” πŸ˜›

Honestly, that does fix most printer problems. Sometimes you do need to go into settings though and reset something. For whatever reason, my printer sometimes decides to use the wrong paper size and won’t work unless I switch…[Read more]

]]> 18342a315fda9518140ff8893c6f7860 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5644 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:06:55 +1000 Great info on the site! πŸ™‚
The Answers section is a bit odd on account of the thin detail in most of the questions – as of late most of those would get a fairly good quality response in the browser AIs.
What kind of vacuum tubes are you working with? There’s some good info at Antique Radios where it’s proposed the reliability of some may not be…[Read more]

]]> a03adaef8d3c91969eb5f3c25d22da90 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5640 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:57:05 +1000 Trying to rebuild my list of resources but DigiKey and Mouser seem to be good resources for components. Could be handy for general repairs or even other projects.

]]> f813878513f2105c609f26afd94372c7 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5639 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:16:26 +1000 The Ig Nobels are out!

Always fun to go through them πŸ™‚

Hopefully the driverless cars will have a manual override. The cabs don’t and the manufacturers are shifting to removing steering controls from them, which could be potentially problematic in the event of an emergency.

I think it’s important to note that at the quantum level, general…[Read more]

]]> 36e7fae3c92523d14cd2c1a8e776b8c4 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5636 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:34:45 +1000 While you can still purchase reasonably priced vacuum tubes, vacuum tube testers themselves are expensive!

]]> 668fc055749fd40d10380b26e0896368 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5634 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:56:16 +1000 Yep, it has an English dub! It’s also available in Japanese with English subtitles if you’d rather (or without subtitles if you’re so inclined πŸ˜› ) and possibly other languages. I only watch the dubbed versions of anime. I have a hard time reading the subtitles and following what’s going on at the same time πŸ˜›

Yeah, a lot of stuff these days is…[Read more]

]]> 715743e4346c0b96826375d230e0d237 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5633 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:49:36 +1000 Just curious if Code Geass is available in other languages – take it there is an English dub?
Back to some of the other stuff – admittedly much of it is formula driven along with recurrences of familiar themes. Treasure & Dirt offers a wide spectrum of character templates mixed together in a raw and cinematic setting of heat, rock and intrigue and…[Read more]

]]> e58428295c294500470fe4c1be934bc8 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind's Woes in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/from-go-to-blow-in-winds-woes/#post-5632 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:59:42 +1000 From what I understand, on-device accounts don’t link to the web version so that could explain why

]]> 5a8a65665e09c140f2c380b4b3a4e532 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5631 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:50:13 +1000 Generally, kids don’t understand things as well. I can definitely understand where folks are coming from with that. Now, if they had added educational resources to the ride to sort of turn it into an “exhibit”, I think that would have gone a long ways to alleviating a lot of the controversy

On a different note, DC is crossing over with Weird Al:…[Read more]

]]> 0a520e9f335c5ef7f12cc7b6cb6527db DeVaultSetter replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5630 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:22:01 +1000 The kids love it, adults not so sure it seems:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqe37zrw2xo
Someone on a comedy show mentioned – The Hindenburg?

]]> 0b3c1b8c365e8970f9b74d369bebc3ee DeVaultSetter replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind's Woes in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/from-go-to-blow-in-winds-woes/#post-5628 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:08:29 +1000 Funny thing, after connecting the Windows account to the new PC, got a couple of Welcome to Windows 11 emails about a week on. Guess there is no way MS know how long you have been running the PC on a device only account beforehand, else the email could read something like “A Belated Welcome to Windows 11 (in case your initial experience was…[Read more]

]]> c4744ab3dd19fb1dc4035f5056d8eb1e DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5627 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:53:48 +1000 Wonder if they’ll ever get an explore-at_own_risk/no_particular_destination mode for robots? No doubt extra accommodation will be appreciated by travellers ending up in places like Timbuktu!
AI is now doing the academic rounds and popping up in more esoteric areas such as astrophysics explaining things like
Why the Speed of Light Is NOT a Speed.…[Read more]

]]> a828646cd4308e4e32b00991ec2f9cf7 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind's Woes in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/from-go-to-blow-in-winds-woes/#post-5626 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:44:48 +1000 Most of them are offline games but the wiki is a wonderful community resource that isn’t necessarily restricted to Arch (or even Linux to some extent). πŸ™‚

Yuck. They also added .7z archive support a few years back. Personally, I’d still use 7-Zip for that since it provides more options for handling the files. Granted, .tar archives are pretty…[Read more]

]]> f17ae0660f18ec009a31b737fa70bc8d DeVaultSetter replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind's Woes in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/from-go-to-blow-in-winds-woes/#post-5625 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:11:41 +1000 Excellent list of games, do the community features extend to participation – anonymous players joining in at any time for eternal ArchLinux Hall of Fame glory?
Yikes, the above link was retired, and the above keyboard lights issue has undergone some resolution.
Windows now has native tarball support, albeit a bit wonky. In the site backup…[Read more]

]]> 8f8dcca67e50ca3e057ee99461392207 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/computer-setup/page/5/#post-5622 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:47:33 +1000 No AMD? πŸ™

And don’t forget to turn on the virtualization support if you’ll be running VMs or DOSBox! πŸ™‚

Sounds good. πŸ™‚

]]> 46419f6c7b90ff116fb81543f44905f0 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/computer-setup/page/5/#post-5621 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:19:59 +1000 After a couple of hiccups here and here, the new machine is setup just about.
https://valid.cpuid.com/j2jys8n3
Our local Mr Fixit put it all together rather smoothly until I presented him with an old SATA drive that was thought to be okay – but had an invalid status with the read only flag permanently on. πŸ˜›
It sports the old SB soundcard and the…[Read more]

]]> 08f42a776f89fb1bf533feaea3c4611a Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5618 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:10:34 +1000 Pretty much! I don’t even use vanilla extract, except for when I’m baking for others πŸ˜›

Can’t taste it in the baked goods, anyways πŸ™‚

A lot of the issues are due to human error and how the humans interact with the robots. As the humans are removed from the equation, the issues will become fewer. There’s also the fact that the software is still…[Read more]

]]> afe486f945ae23ff0b3a2a9187ac4266 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5616 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:52:52 +1000 Yeah, there’s also an issue with using batteries (in either series or parallel) with differing DCIRs/Capacity/Voltage in torches, say, when things can get rather unstable.
Teetotaler then? Sometimes use it with meat here, do have a penchant f0r brandy puddings.
What are your thoughts on interacting with a world of L5 autonomous…[Read more]

]]> 13cb7b84b129eb29251aba9d5b59cf9d Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Cooking in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/cooking/page/2/#post-5614 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:27:51 +1000 I do wish it came with images as it’s not always clear about what’s being described. Will need to review it in depth. πŸ™‚

Yeah, Reddit results on Google seem to include posts pulled from other threads sometimes. Something with Google’s crawler, I’m sure.

There are some odd ones on that page. The chicken one describes the chicken running off the…[Read more]

]]> bee005addabac297b9572c7396611704 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Cooking in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/cooking/page/2/#post-5612 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:36:15 +1000 There’s a nice little article on sharpening:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sharpening/wiki/gettingstarted
Funny, some of the text displayed in the Google Reddit page snippets in search results are not found on the page!
Also found out that both sides must be sharpened if using for slicing.
Nice, it’s fair to say more details on some recipes would be a…[Read more]

]]> f62b8682a47f12f3d11a0bfa5ff55f74 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5609 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:45:59 +1000 ifixit is a good resource for tools, parts, and repair guides. However, they do focus mostly on more modern stuff. I do wonder if there’s a site that focuses on vintage tech. Definitely trying to find out!

]]> 2ca441b550347ee223dcea89396f9fbf Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5599 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:12:58 +1000 And Heinz is on the list as well so they probably have ketchup somewhere on the grounds.

Never got into hot sauce myself, even though I like spicy food. The sauce always tasted off to me compared to simply cooking the dish with hot peppers. My jambalaya recipe calls for jalapeno peppers but I may opt for something a little stronger as they’re a…[Read more]

]]> 43bcc72d0b131616edd05a28451baba6 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5598 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:58:04 +1000 Started watching anime again the other week as I was getting tired of other stuff πŸ˜›

Been enjoying it. Don’t know why but it’s hard for me to connect emotionally with other stuff. Can’t even connect to old stuff even if I do enjoy watching it.

Going to plan to watch Code Geass again soon. It’s always a good one, essentially a social commentary…[Read more]

]]> fb8558d44578d49249cd1654e77840d4 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5597 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:14:52 +1000 Currently on PopOS but I’ll probably switch to openSUSE if things get too annoying. Fixed most of the annoyances by switching to Cinnamon, though. πŸ™‚

I’d recommend Leap for the VM. While I love Tumbleweed, it is a rolling release so it tends to change more often. That can be a bit of a drawback if you’re not using it regularly as you may need to…[Read more]

]]> 1a16ecb704af0f947d18e376f93cabed DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5596 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:32:42 +1000 Careful, He Might Hear You suffers from a once common Australian ailment – superb orchestration to much over the top in covering the comparatively mediocre dramatic episodes that bedeck the narrative. Still, themes and motifs are consistent, and the happy ending comes as a pleasant surprise.
Seven Types of Ambiguity is a well-crafted and intricate…[Read more]

]]> 6836f081e4d883db11431261259172bc DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5595 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:49:45 +1000 There’s one in the deep south still:
https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/mcilhenny-company
Have a bottle of the habanero somewhere – potent stuff. πŸ™‚

The curious case of increasing capacity versus increasing voltage:

How to Connect Batteries in Series and Parallel


It seems fine conceptually, and then again electricity…[Read more]

]]> ecf7c228f02775cd4300dc9f486995b8 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5594 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:39:32 +1000 Oh right, are you still on Debian or were there plans to change to Arch Linux/OpenSuse?
OpenSuse looks cool for the VM: prefer Leap to Tumbleweed?

]]> 5fb88fac68fb2bbe6832cd2a14d5ab94 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5591 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:34:41 +1000 Doing some exploring and came across this nifty directory: https://www.royalwarrant.org/directory

]]> 9b1420c17e17be808e733f6e80ffc2bc Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5590 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:33:08 +1000 Yep, it’s all very confusing but gvsbuild looks like it should take care of most things. The key is to tell it to build gtkmm as it’s supposed to take care of the process of building the dependencies. Let me know if I need to clarify anything, much of this is from what I gleaned while reading the source code for gvsbuild. πŸ™‚

This process won’t…[Read more]

]]> e1d5923c169586cab0561de25e6c8213 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://www.stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5589 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:19:33 +1000 Ok, looks like a bit going on with it, especially when the docs refer to using version x of this with version y of that, what happens when the versions change? Well, the good news is a new Windows rig coming this way this week, details of which will be posted accordingly.
It’s preferable to use that instead of the HP, as the security here gets a…[Read more]

]]> d4da2cd2b213d2bb0767c064c23ca7a9 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5588 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:55:08 +1000 I think my notes are ready for a test run if anyone is up to it.

]]> 59387219dd21242681454ead7cb3ab8d DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5586 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:46:52 +1000 Thanks – will keep in mind electric fence etiquette:

They chose a mighty fine song to wind up Shrek 4:

]]> afde00eca052cb31d51f5e45356f01b7 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Veg in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/veg/page/2/#post-5557 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:25:23 +1000 Have a similar issue with purging elephant ears. I’ve tried just about everything short of herbicide, which I’m not a fan of. I don’t want to poison the ground.

A few years back, I dug out about a hundred pounds of ginger roots as they reproduce like crazy and they’re already coming back! Clearly I missed some roots. πŸ˜›

Our heat and drought are…[Read more]

]]> 0875a7257cda0742d5df67ac218dcce8 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5556 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:22:07 +1000 Yeah, I’m not exactly sure how practical musical encryption would be but could be a fun research project. πŸ™‚

They’re actually making some progress on turning thoughts into images and text in the lab. Currently, the image generation is very fuzzy and lacks resolution but should improve as the lookup tables get fleshed out based on brain…[Read more]

]]> 1c02b4d74520ca434ab29da7bcfe440c DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5542 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:15:44 +1000 Never experienced anything like a crypto themed dream- the complexity of a musical one is sure to be enhanced by different tuning/scaling. Come to think of it, how about some kind of psychometric device for downloading dreams and converting them to text?
Wow, an absolute monster indeed. Looks like it’s ready t0 go in a Linux system – do you use…[Read more]

]]> 76e14db8038652e2de3cf625083dd58f Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5541 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:14:52 +1000 Had some interesting bits come in the last few days.

First up, we have what was once a chaotic Minecraft server: https://2b2t.place/1million

Don’t download the world: it’s over 15 TB!

And the program that gave birth to Comic Sans is now open source: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

On…[Read more]

]]> c3bee4c52f93f8ed3bd77a45c1fb4aef DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Veg in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/veg/page/2/#post-5540 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:27:07 +1000 The worms suffered a near mass extinction event soon after- possible reasons being new home/acidity/heat – all of which were checked out. In the case of heat, the bin is well protected under the house, and some worms in castings in a separate area exposed to sun were fine. Population recovery is slow but sure. πŸ™‚
Have a young Indian guava outside…[Read more]

]]> d785a02dc868928cd714877a2ce1a5c8 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5539 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:30:33 +1000 Had an interesting dream the other night about a topic my mind referred to as musical cryptography. The concept was that you could, in theory, hide data streams in music using a specific combination of instruments as the key(s) to decode the data. The example given in the dream used a specific series of instruments to translate the notes into…[Read more]

]]> a0aa96157758c11b17eb5250059697a7 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5538 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:03:49 +1000 Ren and Stimpy was a lot of fun. I’ll need to see if I can watch it again as it’s been a while.

Here’s some more of the songs: https://movieweb.com/ren-and-stimpy-best-songs-ranked/

They also used a lot of classical music.

Did they ever do a holiday episode? I honestly can’t remember.

]]> 3614ed946abe86e2068edb75d7b37c68 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5537 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:29:43 +1000 They’re working on a Moonbase for our moon but it’s on the surface, as far as I know. There’s been proposals about using the lava tubes on Mars if we ever get there. One thing I never see mentioned outside of books is tunneling into the space rocks themselves. Granted, it’ll depend on the hardness of the material and stability.

Yeah, the article…[Read more]

]]> 53ef41459d420154159074cfefd016ef DeVaultSetter replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5536 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:50:07 +1000 Consensus is pretty good! https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/249785452-mad-about-dc-2026–1-mad-about-dc
Weird – Amazon offer a Kindle version and another which won’t ship to this location. Going into a newsagency/magazine shop used to be so easy. πŸ™

In what day of the year do all parents decide to focus greatly on their progeny and issue?
In…[Read more]

]]> 8c08a581282b85f27d79a9d56c18f59d DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5535 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:43:29 +1000
Ren and Stimpy also had La Femme from the same composer:

Funny as there seems to be a foul-up with the KPM listing. This and this have it as by Caesar Giovannini & Wayne Robinson.
La Femme doesn’t have piano for a start, and the arrangement style is more akin…[Read more]

]]> d6c5d1f996931a155c92cf563538699e DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5534 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:29:10 +1000 Titan’s too cold for us at present – is there hope in establishing a colony underneath the surface of the moon? Bio-engineering our brain processes to vicariously sense robots skating and cavorting on the icy plains above is another possibility.
It might also depend on the provenance of the coffee itself. It seems 6-7 bars works for many – in…[Read more]

]]> 296cc7b7f2bcb8da581c836e0b5455bc Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5532 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:33:20 +1000 New coffee research: https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/physics-of-fluids-study-paper-9-bar-espresso-standard-research/

Not up to tracking down the original source but the gist of it is that your espresso machines are likely using more pressure than needed, with the rest being wasted

Need some ideas for a new hobby, too. πŸ˜›

]]> be1c235cdd7a06d558142c0b0163ad45 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5531 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:21:33 +1000 It definitely livens things up!

Ouch. Definitely want to be careful with handling them.

Scientists are still talking about traveling to Titan. Not a bad idea at all but current propulsion technology would make for a long trip.

]]> 9654a47a2a0f049eb7c7d760790f1857 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5530 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:59:25 +1000 All those things would certainly add multiple dimensions to the game experience. Especially when balancing stuff like this:

Yes, the links to Calvin Ball in that section are tenuous at best.

Never put a candidate in a hat

And then pull out a rabbit instead. Which probably means Penn & Teller want to get…[Read more]

]]> 4540fe939035839ac2b12b6d6387399c DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5529 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:44:17 +1000 Ah, okay the FTA channels and streamers get a lot of content from Britbox over here, so super lucky. If ever reaching out for a rich serving of good ol’ classic Coen Bros. yeehah, look no further than Raising Arizona. The banjo Ode to Joy continues chime in with the tinnitus even as we type. πŸ˜›

]]> a72552a175c6782fc459f3228c916b83 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5528 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:49:51 +1000 More stuff that is unavailable over here. πŸ˜›

I love British films and shows and find them of much better quality than the drivel we’ve been churning out since the 70s (granted, some of our older sitcoms are pretty good). The problem? Not even BBC America shows them! Will definitely need to check out BritBox when I can

]]> c4d8f3fd829b918fc21d7647d9575cc8 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5527 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:37:47 +1000 The Jetty is one where they throw a bunch of characters, mysteries, tropes, moralising and murder into the pot and hope it all comes out right. Would have been bearable if the dialogue had any pith, and the ending was not such a disaster. Nevertheless, a potential salve for depression is there if so inclined. πŸ™‚
Cheat was better, but don’t expect…[Read more]

]]> c73866b78c373ce207a79518bfaa7a18 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5526 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:14:59 +1000 I’ve got my own small list of stuff I’m not allowed to do in TCGs:

1. I’m not allowed to play with the cards upside down
2. I’m not allowed to make designs out of everything that’s in play
3. The playmat does not count as a card
4. I’m not allowed to blow everything up by turn four (even if it’s funny as hell)
5. I’m not allowed to balance dice…[Read more]

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