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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:54:35 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So is anyone doing anything with blockchain anymore outside of crypto-currency? There was a lot of activity surrounding the concept several years ago and then, after a couple of years, <em>poof</em>. Nothing.</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Software: On &#038; Off the Web in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:31:09 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have no real experience with it myself but it looks like they were last online around 2024. It came out around the time that I had mostly lost interest in playing the games and I never was much of one to use community modifications. From what I understand, though, the big thing with it was shaders (at least initially). I never had stability issues&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3852"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/11/#post-5762" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:30:51 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting list: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies" rel="nofollow ugc">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies</a></p>
<p>Lots of Japanese companies and breweries on there</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:43:43 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It sounds like there could have been an outage during a critical Windows process. Windows is much less forgiving about those situations than *nix. It&#8217;s possible you may need to reinstall the OS</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, CSM is mostly for older technologies such as IDE that pre-date SATA drives (as well as older add-in cards). Granted, it&#8217;s been a&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3836"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/computer-setup/page/5/#post-5740" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Power to the Pluggers and Players in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:36:48 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More infrastructure should be designed as art forms. Civilization would look so much better if it weren&#8217;t covered in bland industrial displays. Just as an example, the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty could have cellular aerials on top. Streetlights could have a whimsical appearance, like sunflowers. Just make things look better!</p>
<p>I miss easily&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3834"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/power-to-the-pluggers-and-players/page/2/#post-5738" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films &#038; TV Shows in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:55:21 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_(film)" rel="nofollow ugc">Oculus</a> was pretty good. Of course, I generally like anything with Sackhoff 🙂</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:36:38 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I actually don&#8217;t have a cat 😛</p>
<p>Those articles are some that came in a long time ago which I felt like checking up on again 🙂</p>
<p>What amazes me is that people actually need instructions to unwrap their candy bars 😛</p>
<p>And came across this tidbit the other day:&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3830"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/25/#post-5732" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films &#038; TV Shows in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:54:05 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)" rel="nofollow ugc">Candyman</a> was excellent. Next up is the Mothman Prophecies. May go back to classic horror films soon. Those were always fun and I&#8217;ve been in the mood for Vincent Price</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:52:12 +1100</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You could try reseating it. That <em>sometimes</em> helps</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films &#038; TV Shows in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:01:29 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Dark. Dark was good! Bad dubbing but the rest of it was amazing! Still mad over Dark Matter. I&#8217;ll always be mad that it got cancelled before they wrapped things up. 😛</p>
<p>Tubi has a good selection of older horror films (and even some newer stuff from the 80&#8217;s). 🙂</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(1985_film)" rel="nofollow ugc">House</a> was fun (very much a B-movie) but it was rather jarring since it was hard&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3826"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5728" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films &#038; TV Shows in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:48:04 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is now October. What does that mean? Time to start watching horror films again!</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:41:20 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kit Kat bars now have instructions on the wrappers telling you how to peel the wrapper off. Why, I have no idea.</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:46:31 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So NASA once used <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100033433" rel="nofollow ugc">spider as guinea pigs</a> to see what happens when you give them various substances. Fascinating stuff</p>
<p>Also, dug up some old articles on roaming cats from the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-22821639" rel="nofollow ugc">BBC</a> and <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-20/cat-tracking-program-makes-owners-re-think-pet-behaviour/7431248" rel="nofollow ugc">ABC Australia</a>. Interesting study and there have also been some newer studies on that as well, such as <a href="https://animalethics.ku.dk/companion-animals/behavior/movement-patterns-of-roaming-companion-cats-in-denmark/" rel="nofollow ugc">this one</a> out of Denmark.</p>
<p>Was a bit hard to dig up the studies on&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3814"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/25/#post-5712" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind&#039;s Woes in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:32:26 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is set up not going well, then? 🙁</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t comment much on hibernation as it&#8217;s a feature I haven&#8217;t really used since roughly 2005. I do know that, on suspend, I had to press a button to get the system to resume. Just moving the mouse wouldn&#8217;t wake it up unless it was simply &#8220;sleeping&#8221;.</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:47:10 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We don&#8217;t need expensive &#8220;smart toasters&#8221;. Seriously. Just dial in the shade you want!</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:12 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, their forum seems to be hit or miss. I like the answer in the printer thread: &#8220;Try turning it off and on again.&#8221; 😛</p>
<p>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&#8217;t work unless I switch&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3783"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5646" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:57:05 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trying to rebuild my list of resources but <a href="https://www.digikey.com/en" rel="nofollow ugc">DigiKey</a> and <a href="https://www.mouser.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mouser</a> seem to be good resources for components. Could be handy for general repairs or even other projects.</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:16:26 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ig Nobels</a> are out!</p>
<p>Always fun to go through them 🙂</p>
<p>Hopefully the driverless cars will have a manual override. The cabs don&#8217;t and the manufacturers are shifting to removing steering controls from them, which could be potentially problematic in the event of an emergency.</p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s important to note that at the quantum level, general&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3778"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5639" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:34:45 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While you can still purchase reasonably priced vacuum tubes, vacuum tube testers themselves are expensive!</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films &#038; TV Shows in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:56:16 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, it has an English dub! It&#8217;s also available in Japanese with English subtitles if you&#8217;d rather (or without subtitles if you&#8217;re so inclined 😛 ) and possibly other languages. I only watch the dubbed versions of anime. I have a hard time reading the subtitles and following what&#8217;s going on at the same time 😛</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of stuff these days is&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3775"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5634" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind&#039;s Woes in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:59:42 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From what I understand, on-device accounts don&#8217;t link to the web version so that could explain why</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:50:13 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Generally, kids don&#8217;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 &#8220;exhibit&#8221;, I think that would have gone a long ways to alleviating a lot of the controversy</p>
<p>On a different note, DC is crossing over with Weird Al:&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3772"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5631" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic From Go to Blown in Wind&#039;s Woes in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:44:48 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of them are offline games but the wiki is a wonderful community resource that isn&#8217;t necessarily restricted to Arch (or even Linux to some extent). 🙂</p>
<p>Yuck. They also added <code>.7z</code> archive support a few years back. Personally, I&#8217;d still use 7-Zip for that since it provides more options for handling the files. Granted, <code>.tar</code> archives are pretty&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3768"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/from-go-to-blow-in-winds-woes/#post-5626" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:47:33 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No AMD? 🙁</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t forget to turn on the virtualization support if you&#8217;ll be running VMs or DOSBox! 🙂</p>
<p>Sounds good. 🙂</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:10:34 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretty much! I don&#8217;t even use vanilla extract, except for when I&#8217;m baking for others 😛</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t taste it in the baked goods, anyways 🙂</p>
<p>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&#8217;s also the fact that the software is still&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3764"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5618" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Cooking in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:27:51 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do wish it came with images as it&#8217;s not always clear about what&#8217;s being described. Will need to review it in depth. 🙂</p>
<p>Yeah, Reddit results on Google seem to include posts pulled from other threads sometimes. Something with Google&#8217;s crawler, I&#8217;m sure.</p>
<p>There are some odd ones on that page. The chicken one describes the chicken running off the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3762"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/cooking/page/2/#post-5614" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:45:59 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.ifixit.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">ifixit</a> is a good resource for tools, parts, and repair guides. However, they do focus mostly on more modern stuff. I do wonder if there&#8217;s a site that focuses on vintage tech. Definitely trying to find out!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:12:58 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Heinz is on the list as well so they probably have ketchup somewhere on the grounds.</p>
<p>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&#8217;re a&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3752"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5599" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:58:04 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Started watching anime again the other week as I was getting tired of other stuff 😛</p>
<p>Been enjoying it. Don&#8217;t know why but it&#8217;s hard for me to connect emotionally with other stuff. Can&#8217;t even connect to old stuff even if I do enjoy watching it.</p>
<p>Going to plan to watch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Geass" rel="nofollow ugc">Code Geass</a> again soon. It&#8217;s always a good one, essentially a social commentary&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3751"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5598" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:14:52 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Currently on PopOS but I&#8217;ll probably switch to openSUSE if things get too annoying. Fixed most of the annoyances by switching to Cinnamon, though. 🙂</p>
<p>I&#8217;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&#8217;re not using it regularly as you may need to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3750"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5597" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:34:41 +1000</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:33:08 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, it&#8217;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&#8217;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. 🙂</p>
<p>This process won&#8217;t&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3745"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5590" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:55:08 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think my <a href="https://github.com/Walrus-Tech/MWEdit/issues/50#issuecomment-5082475584" rel="nofollow ugc">notes</a> are ready for a test run if anyone is up to it.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:25:23 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have a similar issue with purging elephant ears. I&#8217;ve tried just about everything short of herbicide, which I&#8217;m not a fan of. I don&#8217;t want to poison the ground.</p>
<p>A few years back, I dug out about a hundred pounds of ginger roots as they reproduce like crazy and they&#8217;re already coming back! Clearly I missed some roots. 😛</p>
<p>Our heat and drought are&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3654"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/veg/page/2/#post-5557" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:22:07 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I&#8217;m not exactly sure how practical musical encryption would be but could be a fun research project. 🙂</p>
<p>They&#8217;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&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3653"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5556" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:14:52 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Had some interesting bits come in the last few days.</p>
<p>First up, we have what was once a chaotic Minecraft server: <a href="https://2b2t.place/1million" rel="nofollow ugc">https://2b2t.place/1million</a></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t download the world: it&#8217;s over 15 TB!</p>
<p>And the program that gave birth to Comic Sans is now open source: <a href="https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/</a></p>
<p>On&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3651"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5541" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:30:33 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3649"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5539" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:03:49 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ren and Stimpy was a lot of fun. I&#8217;ll need to see if I can watch it again as it&#8217;s been a while.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s some more of the songs: <a href="https://movieweb.com/ren-and-stimpy-best-songs-ranked/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://movieweb.com/ren-and-stimpy-best-songs-ranked/</a></p>
<p>They also used a lot of classical music.</p>
<p>Did they ever do a holiday episode? I honestly can&#8217;t remember.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:29:43 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;re working on a Moonbase for our moon but it&#8217;s on the surface, as far as I know. There&#8217;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&#8217;ll depend on the hardness of the material and stability.</p>
<p>Yeah, the article&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3647"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5537" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:33:20 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New coffee research: <a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/physics-of-fluids-study-paper-9-bar-espresso-standard-research/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/physics-of-fluids-study-paper-9-bar-espresso-standard-research/</a></p>
<p>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</p>
<p>Need some ideas for a new hobby, too. 😛</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:21:33 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It definitely livens things up!</p>
<p>Ouch. Definitely want to be careful with handling them.</p>
<p>Scientists are still talking about <a href="https://www.space.com/astronomy/saturn/titan-is-actually-a-very-reasonable-destination-for-humans-scientists-start-mapping-out-crewed-mission-to-huge-saturn-moon" rel="nofollow ugc">traveling to Titan</a>. Not a bad idea at all but current propulsion technology would make for a long trip.</p>
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				<title>Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films &#038; TV Shows in the forum Discussion</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:49:51 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More stuff that is unavailable over here. 😛</p>
<p>I love British films and shows and find them of much better quality than the drivel we&#8217;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</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:14:59 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve got my own small list of stuff I&#8217;m not allowed to do in TCGs:</p>
<p>1. I&#8217;m not allowed to play with the cards upside down<br />
2. I&#8217;m not allowed to make designs out of everything that&#8217;s in play<br />
3. The playmat does not count as a card<br />
4. I&#8217;m not allowed to blow everything up by turn four (even if it&#8217;s funny as hell)<br />
5. I&#8217;m not allowed to balance dice&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3637"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5526" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:32:19 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250416000555/https://legendspbem.angelfire.com/eviloverlordlist.html" rel="nofollow ugc">original</a>. Looks like it was last online in 2025. A shame that the page is no longer available!</p>
<blockquote><p>142. “Calvin-Ball” is not authorized PT.</p></blockquote>
<p>Nothing wrong with Calvin Ball! It&#8217;s good exercise and the rules change constantly!</p>
<p>Lots of good stuff in all three lists! Makes for a fun browse when there&#8217;s not much else to do 🙂</p>
<p>Really miss the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3635"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/24/#post-5523" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:20:09 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fond memories of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_lord#Evil_overlord_list" rel="nofollow ugc">The Evil Overlord List</a>. Glad to see that some of the versions are still online after all of this time 🙂</p>
<p>And then there&#8217;s also Skippy&#8217;s <a href="https://skippyslist.com/list/" rel="nofollow ugc">List</a></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:22:30 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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 😛</p>
<p>Yep. Venus flytraps are cool!</p>
<p>Tried growing them at one point and they didn&#8217;t survive even though I followed the instructions.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3623"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5502" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:26:46 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, it was a big loss losing Leonardo&#8217;s work!</p>
<p>xkcd recently did a piece on Messi as well: <a href="https://xkcd.com/3260/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://xkcd.com/3260/</a></p>
<p>This American Life does sound like a fun listen, will need to give it a whirl 🙂</p>
<p>Had this come in the other day: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599776" rel="nofollow ugc">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599776</a></p>
<p>Not getting much attention over there but the linked post does have&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3621"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5500" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:34:21 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Da Vinci&#8217;s notebook is getting some much needed preservation: <a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-are-whole-again-400-years-after-a-collector-cut-them-apart-49241" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.discovermagazine.com/leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-are-whole-again-400-years-after-a-collector-cut-them-apart-49241</a></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:15:38 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s really hit or miss after the first few seasons. I&#8217;d much rather be watching Futurama but I no longer have access to it. It does have its moments, though. I&#8217;m mostly watching it to give me something mindless to watch when I&#8217;m not in the mood to read a book. I&#8217;ve been thinking about going back to watching old movies and anime, though.</p>
<p>Yep! The&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3613"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/17/#post-5489" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:21:34 +1000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome video!</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_beetle" rel="nofollow ugc">dung beetle</a>!</p>
<p>In some districts, it&#8217;s actually illegal to leave your pets&#8217; waste lying around even though the local critters do it all the time. And they don&#8217;t want it flushed or in the landfill. So&#8230;where do we put it?</p>
<p>Ugh. I have some very old accounts that are simply inaccessible due to the email domains being&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-3611"><a href="https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/23/#post-5487" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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