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My spoilerfree opinion on the ending of GoT.
FFS I just saw the episode where they threw Cercei in jail. That is only Season 5. I do not even KNOW anything about the ending of GoT. I do know that the 2 main guru's are the most hated toons in the eyes of the fans, such a strong reaction from the fanbase I have not seen for YEARS. The only thing that comes close is when I was in spittle range of some uber-nerd's litteral waterfall of words regarding how 'Han shot first'.
Talking about Star Wars. The main guru's behind GoT are going to get their own Star Wars trilogy. But also Ryan Johnson was supposed to get his own trilogy. Meanwhile if I can take this thing anywhere close to serious http://rainbowdash.net/url/874466
If I had a betting sort of personality though I know what I would put my money on. But I am not. I'm just going to enjoy the Hindenburg-Train-Airbus-Hybrid-Crash while sipping my favorite beverage.
It makes me feel like a winner.about 8 minutes ago from web -
Waiting for the Verizon guy to show up. Time to do something I should have done a long time ago. http://rainbowdash.net/url/874461
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I'm extremely frustrated. I have to dumb down my VR training program a lot more than I already have. I'm told that people shouldn't be allowed to drop grabbed items. I mean WTF! They take out all the fun of flinging items around. Also all the dynamic things I've built in should be gone. "Only activate the items that are immediately needed at the moment of the procedure!".
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@adiwan I am afraid that I am having a hard time to put 1 and 2 together here.
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@drinkingpony Simple: I program a program such that people can gain knowledge of a procedure with this program. They interact (although very crudely) with the program and will be guided at each step of the procedure with a narrated text and helpful highlighting of objects. A VR training has the advantage that it can be trained everywhere (where VR headsets are available) and it doesn't disturb the production line. In the case of the robot arm entering the working area of the robot arm shuts it off completely and the production halts.
Why is the industry worse: They don't know what they want and if they say what they want it's usually worse. HEY LET'S GAMIFY IT! >Just a simple highscore list sorted by completion time in its "hardest" difficulty (no guidance with highlighted objects or narration). But what kills me is that they want to use the hard coded steps from the guided difficulties instead of offering more interaction freedom (all objects can be picked up and dropped everywhere) -
@adiwan Oh, ehh. That sounds a lot like people who never even held a controller and make them design their own controller. That or play Sekiro, not sure which is the more hilarious thing to imagine.
I am afraid that without going into any details I can not imagine how hard it is to deliver on such a weird thing.
Though I would have probably given up a long time ago and instead just tried to make a miniature replica and let people 'do the thing' on that thing.
Or... maybe... try to use this thing somehow ? http://rainbowdash.net/url/874441
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I just want to share this, mostly because of the video that is attached to it. http://rainbowdash.net/url/874440
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Someone took over my TV soundbar. I operate it via optical cable and I didn't think that bluetooth would be on all the time. A person blasted bad music (hip hop) through my speakers. I had to turn it quickly off and look into the manual how to lock the bluetooth functionality.
about 7 days ago from web-
I have to think of http://rainbowdash.net/url/874422 RN. Worst part is that there are worse voices and devices who do that.
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@drinkingpony LG SK8. I bought that one because I have a LG TV and it sounds OK. I'm not an audiophile but it's completely alright. Better than the thin TV's squeaky speakers. It's a 2.1 system and it is sufficient for me. A surround system would be nice but laying down the cables and finding a place for the rear speakers is too much hassle for me.
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@drinkingpony My soundbar doesn't speak to me. However I'm intrigued to look into Google Home.
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What's popcorn worth when only half of it pops?
about 8 days ago from web-
@adiwan and gummy bears, and coca cola lids, and taffee, and cookies, and cupcakes, and sushi, and soft pretzels, and banana & Peanutbutter, and yoghurt, and ( melted ) ice cream, and Starmix, Heck I once exited the cinema with almost a complete pizza stuck under there.
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@drinkingpony One time, I had a small child stuck to my boots!
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@scribus ... Intentionally ? I mean the underside of my shoes get awfully sticky at such places, and sometimes you just want to make sure the noizemakers stop by kicking the noizemakers.
"I swear I did not know it was a child, I thought it was someone with Dwarfism. Why would you take someone of about 12 to the Wolf of Wall Street ?"
Heheh, my imagination is running overtime now.
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Chinese Nintendo Switch adjustable charging stand. Minor repair was needed when I got it. Took a picture while my soldering iron was heating up. I can't help but wonder how similar the official one looks on the inside. No really, I can not find a teardown of that thing. http://rainbowdash.net/url/874404
about 10 days ago from web-
@adiwan Nice find, but no, I was looking for this product http://rainbowdash.net/url/874407
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@drinkingpony Ah. I strongly believe that the official one is as dumb as this Chinese copy of yours. The current and voltage is just passed trough 1:1 from one connector to the other. I don't think that the stand has to regulate anything or do any kind of processing. 25€ for that thing is way too overpriced and should cost 1/10th of that.
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@adiwan Agreed, you can litterally achieve the same with a USB C hook connector and the cheapest tablet stand you can find.But that does not make me any less curious regarding and I still would like to see a picture of the official stand's internals.
"But it is Nintendo's official product and it just looks good" - a fanboy
Look, I am not saying you should not get it, I just expect more than just a fancy looking passthrough of GND, VBUS, CC and USB 2.0 data channels on something that would cost 25 Euro's and has USB type C. What for ? Well, Idunno really, but I am sure there is someone out there who would prefer to play with an XboX controller while in handheld mode and charging at the same time.
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So, now that the Endgame #spoiler moratorium has passed, is Reddit screaming at its own ass over !movies
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@adiwan He is now, but I remember some backlash when he was introduced. Personally, I was just sick of new spider-folk, which I have since recanted. Spider-Verse ruled!!
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@scribus Hm. I agree that there are too many spider-themed super heroes at Marvel. Regular Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Spider-Woman, Spider Gwen, Silk, British Spider Man... There was a comic event with all of the spider people but I didn't care to read it. The recent Spider-Verse movie was splendid. I quite enjoyed it.
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@adiwan Spider-Woman is kind of weird, too. Isn't she more about something like the "Web" of Fate, or something?
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Jebus https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/passenger-plane-crashes-florida-river/A3dg5UT08IsJxGEMdrwUoJ/
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Hmm, one of these buttons of this remote control has started to come loose. I already did check and I can buy a new RC for 50 Euro's.
But do I get it for the sake of my TV ? Or do I just install that android app and be done with it. Leaving my RC in a drawer somewhere for when I really need it ( which is not that often to begin with anyway )about 18 days ago from web-
@drinkingpony Well... You could solder tactile switches on the remote control PCB as a last resort. Or buy a cheap universal remote, or make a remote on your own by buying a micro-controller, an IR sensor, an IR LED, and record the IR signals of the original remote and replay them with your own contraption. Or get a Wii U and use its tablet controller to switch channels and such...
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@drinkingpony Or use the micro controller idea in a different way: make the micro controller translate the signal of a different remote control that the TV recognizes like in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yyy7h7qh80
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@adiwan Ohh, I really like that.
But ehh, I am about 90% convinced that there is no IR on this here RC.
I'mma check that the next time my camera is charged. ( since the equine eye can not see the infrared, but camera's can. )
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Not only is it lulzy, it just might work. http://time.com/5582034/carbon-tariff-tax-fee-europe-macron/
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My latest new #summerjam https://youtu.be/1MoHgT8y98Q (maybe again)
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Somebody's been busy http://rainbowdash.net/url/874333
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I found my favorite Thanos comic page. http://rainbowdash.net/url/874330
about 21 days ago from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Came out of Endgame 7 hours ago. It ended at 1:45 AM and went straight to bed. Was it worth? Sure. I'm glad I didn't chose a screening on Thursday, otherwise I'd be dead in my car at the side of the road.
about 23 days ago from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@adiwan I can only assume that you going to bed straight after watching it speaks to how mindblowingly good ( or not ) it was.
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@drinkingpony I was at the end of the movie about 20 hours awake. There has to be some leeway in the interpretation of my words. The film was good nonetheless, it kept me awake.
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@adiwan Considering there was some sort of event going on yesterday, I can relate staying up some 22 hours straight and how it can numb the feeling of enthusiasm of, well, everything I guess.
Meanwhile this thing plays at the back of my mind http://rainbowdash.net/url/874327
Stupid pattern seeking cranial matter.
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According to one of my friends. "This will never stop being funny". Then why does it make me cry on the inside ? http://rainbowdash.net/url/874279
Maybe he cries on the inside manifest themselves as laughter ?
about a month ago from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@nerthos Somewhere, in the distance, a whisper on the wind: "C h a l l e n g e A c c e p t e d"
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@nerthos Ohh, you are talking mental and physical fortitude to walk the route from A to B. Such as grain to bread if you have nothing but grain, lumber, stone and clayish mud. In which the walking the walk is the important part.
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@scribus Halfway there http://rainbowdash.net/url/874326
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here was this week's comic... http://rainbowdash.net/url/874320
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Pic unrelated http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/874317
about a month ago from web-
@scribus I have been an athlete all along.
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oh... are things... not going well for you? are you perhaps... having regrets? http://rainbowdash.net/url/874316
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Screw everything, I'm going back to using a Palm Pilot!
about a month ago from web-
@scribus Does this thing count http://rainbowdash.net/url/874315 ( Wikipedia photo )
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TL;DR Disney are weiners, long live Looney Tunes! https://www.cracked.com/article_26340_disneys-streaming-service-to-cut-out-some-racism.html
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If humanity was truly made in God's image, we can reverse engineer some really unflattering deductions about Him....
about a month ago from web-
@scribus Look up "eigenfaces". It's an application of "eigenimages" that use principal component analysis to pictures of human faces. In the process it generates an image that is an "average" image when each image of the set contributes the same amount to the final image. That can be used to recognize faces or morph faces.
The quality depends solely on the image set. The more faces are not aligned the "blurrier" it is and the more nightmarish it becomes.
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@adiwan This reminds me of an X-Files episode where the guy kept seeing flashes of this face that was found in atmospheric noise and it slowly drove him insane.
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Holy chrome, I want it. http://morphcat.de/micromages/ !vgp I love new release retro games.
about a month ago from web-
@scribus My grandparents have a NES, and I have a SNES from Dad, so I feel strongly that it wouldn't be quite the same.
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@thismightbeauser ahem. Yeah, genuine hardware is its own experience.
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@drinkingpony It's the profanity filter that changes the explicit form of poo to apple
about a month ago from web-
@adiwan Ohh, well do I feel foolish. Quick ! Here is a comic I read about this subject many many moons ago http://rainbowdash.net/url/874307
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@drinkingpony Pretty much.
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Super Mario Maker: All community levels are apple
about a month ago from web-
@adiwan Pretty sure Apple had their own version of Mario Maker ripoff, I can not remember the name of that. But I could find the Steam ripper-offer of Mario Maker. http://rainbowdash.net/url/874306
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