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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. 😛
Our heat and drought are so bad that we’re having an issue with plants dying. Planted a whole bunch of trees last year but half of them died due to the weather 🙁
Yeah, I’m not exactly sure how practical musical encryption would be but could be a fun research project. 🙂
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 activity.
I mainly stick with ext4 as the file system as it’s the most stable. Probably should try out Btrfs at some point but I haven’t gotten there yet 😛
Did some basic research on the storage costs for the 200 TB of data. It’s pretty expensive! 10,000 to 15,000 USD annually. Seems a bit much to host a Minecraft world 😛
Yep, used to HexChat over here. Looks like development stopped some time ago, though. srain does look interesting but development is slow as the author had life intervene a few years back. Most of the other graphical IRC clients which are still maintained use Qt for the GUI, which we know I’m not a fan of 😛
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 that note, I recently checked more IRC channels I used to frequent and those are all dead. Makes me sad 🙁
IRC channels for open source software seem to still be going strong, though.
And here we have a breakdown of the computers featured in Jurassic Park: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html
Amazing attention to detail! 🙂
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 something resembling human speech, thus decoding the message.
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.
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 does mention that it varies based on various variables at play. We have tea kettles that can be set to certain temperatures based on the type of brew, perhaps it’s time for coffee machines to do the same?
I’m still using the tea ball. Nothing fancy but it does the job. I just go to the local coffee shop when I want something fancy (as rare as that is) 🙂
Either one would do, just looking for something more to do 🙂
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. 😛
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.
More stuff that is unavailable over here. 😛
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 on my head
6. I’m not allowed to balance the cards on my head😀
Yep! Calvin ball shows up all over the place! I do think the section on politics is a bit of a stretch, though.
Newgrounds was an interesting place back in its heyday. Fun animation section, too.
Fun fact: Adobe Flash was used to make Friendship is Magic
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 days when that kind of thing was more common on the Web.
Haven’t read that one but I’ll check the library. There’s also an alternative theory that viruses caused it all with rogue infections. Fascinating stuff!
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 or aren’t AI. 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. 😛
They may do better if I put them in the ground instead of using a planter.
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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 some valid observations.
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 Giant Claw is a wonderful film! Also try Night of the Lepus. Highly recommended!
Here’s the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RedHorizonUSA
Looks like it could be a fun viewing reading through some of the comments (laughs regarding AI blunders). Going to need to take a closer look 🙂
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 shut down decades ago. Never fun, that 🙁
Bigfoot is getting attention again.
And had this come in. Cool project but I do wonder how well the plastic would hold up over time due to the micro-spaces between layers. Good way for algae to grow and things.
Remember this gem?
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 different question. Too many things don’t make sense in Spongebob land!
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