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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

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]

Here’s the original. Looks like it was last online in 2025. A shame that the page is no longer available!

142. “Calvin-Ball” is not authorized PT.

Nothing wrong with Calvin Ball! It’s good exercise and the rules change constantly!

Lots of good stuff in all three lists! Makes for a fun browse when there’s not much else to do 🙂

Really miss the…[Read more]

Fond memories of The Evil Overlord List. Glad to see that some of the versions are still online after all of this time 🙂

And then there’s also Skippy’s List

Yeah, HN has been in the habit of calling most things AI lately even if the articles still have valid points. I may take another break from there for a couple of years. Too little productive discussion these days 😛

Yep. Venus flytraps are cool!

Tried growing them at one point and they didn’t survive even though I followed the instructions.…[Read more]

Yeah, it was a big loss losing Leonardo’s work!

xkcd recently did a piece on Messi as well: https://xkcd.com/3260/

This American Life does sound like a fun listen, will need to give it a whirl 🙂

Had this come in the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599776

Not getting much attention over there but the linked post does have…[Read more]

Da Vinci’s notebook is getting some much needed preservation: https://www.discovermagazine.com/leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-are-whole-again-400-years-after-a-collector-cut-them-apart-49241

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]

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]

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

And speaking of bees, apparently they’re good problem solvers!

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]

Feeling much better after taking a break so I’ll try to pick things back up again in a couple of days 🙂

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 😛

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

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]

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.

I’m just more comfortable without them when working at the computer 😛

Progressing at a fairly good clip, all things considered. 🙂

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

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

Could possibly cannibalize a few robot vacuums for parts to get the Labubu heads to suck up dirt 😛

🙁 Good choice on site. I like to keep my dogs’ ashes in the living room so that they’re always nearby 🙂

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]

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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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]