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  • in reply to: Films & TV Shows #5488
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      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. Here’s one:
      Giant claw from badmovies.org
      A friend is watching the independently made Red Horizon movie/series released last year.

      The 30-minute episodes have enough tension to hold interest in the series apparently. Made by one guy with AI tools.

      in reply to: Random #5485
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        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 to read “Waste Management, Recycling, Public Health and Philosophy”, as this is a recycled universe – at least as far as we humans are concerned. Not for others in the animal kingdom as they all march to the drum of “nature takes care” of all that. πŸ˜›
        This is the book: Spectacles of Waste, not, unfortunately, a candidate for this year’s best sellers’ list. Oh, and even though goodreads do not remove inactive accounts, using one to get in there can be a heartache. πŸ™

        in reply to: Random #5469
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          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 nectar of the death camas, turns out so does the fly Earomyia melnickae, and the fly Eristalis nemorum. Amazing stuff, from the shots of the latter, looks like the flies are fairly social creatures too.
          The 1% club offers a diverse bunch of questions – most of which are direct and unambiguous. If you’re not on top of the game and 30 seconds isn’t enough time for one’s own quixotic and neuronic call and fetch routines to play out, some questions can throw you, like this one. Thing is, I saw llama in there first, you know, because they are always on my mind.

          1% club policy is one answer for each question, thus the ploy of informing the game host “look out, there are llamas” isn’t going to fly. πŸ™

          in reply to: Films & TV Shows #5467
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            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 from Sherlocks amazing bag of PI tricks with each episode. One episode plays this clip and others mention math problems such as p vs np. Also a mention of “86”, rhyming with “nix”. used recently in connection with James Comey.
            Very interestingly, an episode themed on old games referenced The Nottingham knights, supposedly one of the worst games ever made.
            Six Degrees of Separation is very engaging despite tapering of a little towards the end somewhat.
            Hadn’t seen O Brother, Where Art Thou yet so tonight was the night, fun, whacky, violent and totally non-believable. Quotes like this from the neuro atypical bank robber:

            George Nelson: Okay, folks, hold the applause and drop your drawers! I’m George Nelson, and I’m here to sack the city Itta Bena!
            Delmar: He’s a live wire, though, ain’t he?
            George Nelson: [approaches the tellers] All the money in a bag! What are you looking at, Grandpa?
            Everett: Pardon me, George. You got a plan for getting out of here?
            George Nelson: Sure, boys. [tosses the money bag to Everett] Here’s my plan. [opens his jacket to reveal sticks of dynamite, then laughs] They ain’t never seen ordinance like this! [to the crowd] Thank you, folks! And remember, Jesus saves, but George Nelson withdraws! [laughs] Go fix the auto voiture, Pete.

            If there’s mothing else, put it on!

            in reply to: Random #5464
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              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. πŸ™
              It’s thought that crickets fell pain:
              https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/61175/20260122/do-insects-feel-pain-how-insect-nervous-systems-reveal-hidden-suffering.htm
              Uncertain results with bees, wasps, ants and beetles it seems.

              in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #5461
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                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 video. AceMovi’s approach is simpler in that regard, but the way it’s handled in Shotcut appeals more to the senses.
                Yippee – first NSD result win!
                https://www.afkmods.com/index.php?/gallery/image/8847-national-solitaire-day-result

                in reply to: Random #5459
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                  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 grassy. They will bloom for sure next year at least.
                  And to cap it all off, a filling along with some enamel shrapnel has removed itself in order to bring in more cheer for the coming winter.
                  More rain though which is nice.

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                    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 tomorrow which is nice. Weather behaving your way?

                    in reply to: Random #5447
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                      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 response.
                      https://github.com/mirandali707/labububot/issues?q=is%3Aissue
                      Here’s another one from Sceptic:
                      The narrative Forge
                      Random quotes:

                      What began as a promise of global connection and unlimited access to knowledge has become a hornet’s nest of hatred, distortion, and lies.

                      Facebook made “friends” out of strangers; Google made urban labyrinths now navigable and dynamic. E-commerce opened up entire new vistas of opportunity. Micro-loans, made possible by digital technology, would lift developing nations of endemic poverty. The vast, inscrutable world of the pre-digital era had magically become legible. We could discern truth from falsehood, fact from distorted fiction. The panacea was just on the horizon, burnishing the sky with hope.

                      The theory of new journalism built on a rejection of neutrality and objectivity would not be quietly embraced by journalists at legacy outlets, but trumpeted in the pages of news outlets across the country. It would become a cause célèbre of journalism in itself.

                      The atomization of living life with heads bowed, eyes locked on the device of our hands, is total. The common culture defined by books and magazines is gone. And with it, the shared vocabulary of generally agreed upon fact – the moon landing was a triumph, safely administered vaccines keep populations healthy, biological reality exists, and a complex dynamic of politics and markets, not a shady cabal of uber-rich Jews, determines the course of nations – has been dispatched

                      in reply to: SETI #5442
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                        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™‚

                        in reply to: Random #5440
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                          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, plenty for both the light and heavy hearted:

                          in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #5425
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                            Sorry, did read Workers and Resources as a module/DLC of Witcher – somehow didn’t catch on to the mismatch in the naming. πŸ˜›
                            Some content on NexusMods as well. :”)
                            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 no response yet. πŸ™
                            Over here Solitaire Events is in a time warp – could it be aliens?

                            in reply to: Random #5422
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                              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 key.
                              How’s the weather your way? There was news last week of a big storm somewhere in Tornado Alley – a mini tornado once wreaked a small trail of havoc a kilometer south of here some years back, is all thank goodness. Starting to dry out a little now, not an uncommon effect due to the low mountain ranges to the west.

                              in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #5421
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                                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 window in a tabbed group is not doable. πŸ™
                                ShotCut is at OpenHub (cool site), but their code is at Github as is OpenShot, thanks. πŸ™‚

                                in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #5419
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                                  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 on earth do they have to keep resetting it? πŸ™
                                  ClipChamp isn’t such a bad program, now it requires OneDrive, which among other things, helps in slowing down the Internet for everyone really.

                                  Atrocious new update requires OneDrive
                                  byu/Pekka_time inClipChamp

                                  in reply to: Random #5407
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                                    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

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                                      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.
                                      Beginning to dry out here as well, and the possibility of an El Nino bodes ill. πŸ™
                                      A Minimalist hanging leather chair is not unique, as it’s already done, maybe a hanging chair with coffee table attached? Swinging a low arc as a pendulum, with an attached timepiece and optional chiming bells configurable as off/softly.

                                      in reply to: Films & TV Shows #5400
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                                        The comic book My Little Pony is available for loan at Wayback too, looks like a story in there for 99 pages.
                                        Ther’s enough interest in Dog to keep you going until the end, no eye-popping antics from the dog to break any of the very few moments of monotony though. But then you know it’s all real despite an oft used tendency to employ CGI in such cases.
                                        From Doctor Who to a fraud in Frauds is the lot for Jodie Whittaker in a heist action series with a Spanish tinge. Ony around a 50% rating for most critics, the draw card was the lead up into the big day, the success of which was hampered by some unpredictable (along with a few predictable) spanners in the works. πŸ™‚

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                                          Those silos are scary, even more so when the launchers become mobilised.
                                          Wonderful, Banana slugs hail from Hoh, what graceful creatures!
                                          The word “martyr” is being used out of context in the media it seems, so asked the question. These days many folks just ask AI without referring to a dictionary – or even having any idea of its purpose. πŸ˜›

                                          in reply to: Hardware Relics #5379
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                                            Good idea, always used to put the open sleeve in the cover first, might be ok for 50 years or so – before the plastic starts to degrade. πŸ˜›
                                            Getting quite a few 1A bug checks with parameter 3f, often happens in playing videos. Edge HW acceleration is turned off, still happens so could be chip/card – who knows? Performed all the usual checks, memory looks fine. CRC problem likely points more to HW though – time for pasture? The guy in town might be interested in hooking the disks + soundcard onto a new rig. In the meantime, getting back to the HP is the priority. πŸ™‚

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