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The more I learn about American Politics, the happier I am that I am not there.
Perhaps it is some sort of displacement glee, since I am sure that learning about my own countries politics would leave me heartbroken in a way regarding where I am.Sunday, 01-Dec-19 22:12:07 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Quick, how do I un-lik something ?
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@drinkingpony There is no un-lick in life, unfortunately. You just have to live the rest of your life knowing that taste...
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Hitman 2 is probably one of the best games of all time
Sunday, 01-Dec-19 02:20:47 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation 2002 or 2018 ?
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@drinkingpony 2018, it scratches every possible satisfying itch in my brain
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Oh hey I survived no-nut-november. It is a good thing I knew peanutbutter contained nuts, or I would have failed it.
Sunday, 01-Dec-19 02:40:44 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Almost comical how the GOP is having a hard time finding a candidate to fill the Senate Ethics Committee chairmanship vacancy.
Saturday, 30-Nov-19 20:02:15 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Senate rule XXV. It comes up every few years, the laughter I mean. Barbara Boxer and Pat Robert's cases specfically. Eventually they'll find some poor sodding excuse to bend the rules a wee bit or some poor excuse for a politician to dump there for a while. The ones that stand out in the game of politics do not stay in there for long. Look at Mitch McConnell or Harry Reid. Gotta climb up that ladder somehow. Even if that means, to quote Dinozzo from NCIS from the start of season six "Being the only cop on a Carrier isn't in any way a 'fun' thing to do, especially for this salary".
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Seemingly it becomes harder and harder in life to not trigger someone into a politically motivated semi-rant. I was just asking if all the kids get sweets by the helpers and some woman gets up all in my face about how I used a degrading word.
Smile and nod... smile and nod...
"I like candy"
Though it was hard for me not to sigh out loud and reach for my emergency-pocket-Brandy.Saturday, 30-Nov-19 18:54:39 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I see so many repair and product review videos on youtube and I wonder if someone attempted to reconstruct fingerprints from these videos. I mean that the videos are so close to the fingers that you can see almost every detail in 1080p/2160p so it could be feasible to do that.
Saturday, 30-Nov-19 11:48:00 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@adiwan Yes, it can be done though 4K footage, however you need to go through it frame by frame and you need someone to make best guesses as this someone scetches the fingerprint.
The real problem begins once we get 8K, people at Defcon estimate that is when you can get bots to scrouge entire video's en-masse looking for fingerprints, Kinda like how face-recognision software works in current era.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Welp, I own a VR headset now.
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@mrmattimation That's fun, too. Ooh! Or, get a drone, and then run through an obstacle course while you watch yourself from a 3rd POV. It's super disorienting.
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@scribus That heavily depends on the person really. Heck I have a friend who did a drone obstacle course like that and behaved like a pro. I also have a friend who nearly fell off of her chair after 2 minutes of playing Mario Kart on a huge projector screen.
I have a suspicion that it has something to do with how fast you become queezy after sitting on a merry-go-round.
I believe Brainiac did something like that YEARS ago.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Never ever I'll buy a SanDisk USB stick again. They get so uncomfortably hot that I'm not trusting its reliability over a longer time. I bought a cheaper stick and it barely heats up sitting idle in the USB port. The SanDisk one could be used to boil water, metaphorically speaking. I have two SanDisk sticks and this sample size gives me confidence to make this judgement not to buy anything from SanDisk ever again.
Friday, 29-Nov-19 14:23:15 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@adiwan > The SanDisk one could be used to boil water, metaphorically speaking.
Methaphorical challenge accepted. Now I just need to find a non-ultra-slim that gets rediculously hot to boil something with.Jonathan Chouinard likes this. -
@drinkingpony RIP USB port
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@adiwan I am not going to use a weak 5V line to boil stuff. I mean I think with 100% conversion I'd be able to put 2.5 W into my water. Meaning 1 DTU would take approximately 25 seconds per teaspoon of water. So if I go from room temperature to boiling I would need to spend approx 40 minutes on half a cup of water.
And that is just due to the limitations of the USB line.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Is there a program of some kind where I can give the dimensions of a room and add reverb to audio based on the calculations of those dimensions
Thursday, 28-Nov-19 20:56:31 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Ehh, I guess you want http://rainbowdash.net/url/875357 or https://www.roomeqwizard.com/
But just know that the way that you placed your couch affects the whole calculation of the first so, quite useless unless if you like empty rooms.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I have run YouTube without addblock for the better part of a week now, but this time I am not pressing my magic button to skip adds ( the one where you do not have to wait 5 seconds before it becomes active ) hoping to catch that glove commercial.
But, no, I don't, ofcouse I wouldn't. Commercials are always annoying, Heck, if I told anyone that I have not seen the Game Of Thrones Officially Licenced Browser Game in a week people would probably go "Oh yeah, yeah, you are right. Guess their advertisement funding dried up"
( recommended watches : https://youtu.be/m08Z-oDdvlY & the followup http://rainbowdash.net/url/875355 , total runtime, about 15 minutes )Thursday, 28-Nov-19 13:14:25 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I think I was just offered faction guarantee in a commercial about gloves. Now that does that mean ?
Wednesday, 27-Nov-19 20:31:52 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@drinkingpony Uuuuhhhh.... Is this some kinda Hollywood thing?
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@scribus Not unless if there is a biker gang in Hollywood.
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I left my phone at a Best Buy in the next town over for four hours for a super simple screen replacement and I came back and they told me to drive to the hellmouth that is Reston, Virginia, which is a seven hour drive away from me (approx. two miles), because my phone is one millimeter too big to fit in their fancy machine they use to pull screens off. I despise the Geek Squad, they have literally never helped me with anything.
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@mrmattimation Aw man I wish I had one of those fancy screen pulling machines. Doing it by hand is just a non-option unless if you want the thing to look worse than when you started, especially if you call it 'super simple'
Unless if you like bubbles, in which case, post pictures :D
Seriously though, I wish you goodluck with the whole ordeal and if possible, look into the option to mail it in.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Does anyone else remember playing space-goose ? https://youtu.be/JjzzSqCxwG8
Wednesday, 27-Nov-19 16:27:40 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Hmm, silky creamy sheev.
If you do not get that reference it is a Star Wars thing. Let us hope the leaks are not correct on this one.
May the fork be with you.Wednesday, 27-Nov-19 00:01:24 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I just saw the price of the AMD Ryzen 9 3950x and I'm speechless. Almost 1000€ (with taxes) is too much for me.
Tuesday, 26-Nov-19 09:39:54 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@drinkingpony https://www.alternate.de/AMD/Ryzen-9-3950X-Prozessor/html/product/1576431? I don't know but this is the price tag on that here.
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@adiwan this is odd http://rainbowdash.net/url/875347
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@drinkingpony Damn regional pricing!
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man i have no idea what "99 Luftballons" is about but it sure is catchy. sure do hope it's not some bizarre nazi apple, can't really trust those germans these days
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@mrmattimation It is a protest song against the cold war.
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@drinkingpony pretty sure it’s about invading Poland or whatever Germans do for fun
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@mrmattimation What germans do for fun ? Same as me, drink a lot of alcohol while dressed in funny dresses and making a lot of puns about weiners.
Oh, and dancing.
http://rainbowdash.net/url/875346
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Usually I put a book series in the shelf from right to left in ascending order. However these double-volume books have the annoying thing that the two volume numbers are side by side. So Right now the shelf looks like this: 7 + 8, 5 + 6, 3 + 4, 2 + 1. I think I'm the only one (member of the left-to-right-reading society) putting books in "reverse" order.
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@drinkingpony Of course! And then I need to mount my shelves to my ceiling!
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@adiwan I hear you, brother. Hartnell on the right, Whittaker on the left
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@thelastgherkin The reference flew over my head.
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Alcohol infused hot take :
Well if the Washington Post now openly calls Obama a Conservative, think of what that means for a second. It means that the best stabled horse in the DNC is way too far to the right of what the DNC wants themselves.
I wonder what is next. Are they going to throw him out ? Or throw allegories at him as they chant "We know why you did not fix racism, You right wing asshole !" Obviously not, but just think for a second, how crazy is that, Obama a conservative...
I sure hope he was not a conservative when going up against John McCain. I mean, what would he be by this measuring stick ? My money is somewhere in between a Inquisitor from the W40K universe and a big wooden T in someone's backyard, that might be on fire.
I hope you all can get a chuckle out of this. Except that article, no, that article is real I'm afraid.Sunday, 24-Nov-19 23:46:35 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Yeahh... There are 2 ways that could go. Either you never knew who the most Liberal American president in the past 100 years was and do not care, or you are going to give the same answer regarding who won the German federal election in 1933.
But who cares right ? this was all way before you were born.
I disagree to that fully. To know what do or think in the now you must realize how things got to be in that position in the first place. Else you might as well try to make a car with square wheels.
And I am sorry for invoking godwins law on this one but you really should know your classics if you want to even approach something like calling Obama a Conservative. Heck, you can go all the way and call Al Gore a Reactionary if you want words to lose all meaning.Jonathan Chouinard likes this. -
@drinkingpony it ain’t that deep chief, you gotta chill the banana out before you injure yourself reaching that far
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@mrmattimation http://rainbowdash.net/url/875342
Boo, he bad, take him away !
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Hmm, a car with square wheels...
spends 40 seconds on Google
Oh why am I not surprised that Marques Brownlee is going to buy a Tesla Cybertruck ? Also for some reason the kid inside of me wants to replay Grand Theft Auto 3.Tuesday, 26-Nov-19 00:17:07 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I cannot be helped. I bought a giant Ranma ½ DVD box set. I tried to find a source for the episodes for *free* but I couldn't, only few episodes. The English dub is horrendous, even the German dub is a ton better, however only half the series was dubbed in German. I guess I'll hook up my soft-modded XBox to watch them in Japanese with English subtitles.
Sunday, 24-Nov-19 19:54:17 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@adiwan There really is not a whole lot that sounds better when it is dubbed tho. Anime is no exception.
Though I must say I have heard some good things about Full Metal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha, Black Butler and SteinsGate.
Then again I also heard about Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, and Neon Genesis Evangelion that nullify any good will I would ever have for dubs.
Let me quickly check up on some anime I was into way back when ( before I realized it was pretty much the UC story being soft-rebooted in a different universe ) and so I watched http://rainbowdash.net/url/875336 for about a minute.
Ohkay so I know this isn't the best scene in the whole anime, and I honestly have a hard time remembering the good bits let alone where they were and in what episode or I would probably go see the bit where Flay goes insane and tries to become boyfriends with Kira. But damn, this sounds SO bad.
Oh it got so much worse with the techno babble and the "that is all there is ?!?" at 9M
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Well Australia claims another victim on a species-wide scale https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/11/23/koalas-functionally-extinct-after-australia-bushfires-destroy-80-of-their-habitat/
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@scribus That is terrible. Imagine, in 50 or so years it might become commonplace to hear "What is a Koala" when talking about them.
Kinda like what Numbat's are like now. Only I find Numbat's way cuter and interesting than Koala's.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Hold on
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Machette brawl ? Cinema ? This is about that Joker film right ?Sunday, 24-Nov-19 18:33:17 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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"it's almost like award shows are giant marketing scemes where production companies incestuously generate relationships or the purpose of selling products to people, based on a neat little marketing ad that they can put on the box. Like Game of the Year"
Yeah welcome to my level bud, here, have a tankard full of the good stuff on me.
Wanna go bet that Death Stranding will recieve so many awards that it will make the cover art look like a kid went crazy with the copypaste tool in mspaint ?Sunday, 24-Nov-19 14:17:11 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Today in "Insane Idea's"
There are a lot of cheap smart-home lightbulbs around this part of town, most of them have an ESP8266 in em. What if someone were to reprogram some of those things and make a big ad-hoc network and... ehmm... I have not figured the part what to do with it out yet.Sunday, 24-Nov-19 01:49:12 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Somebody should probably teach the guys at Fox News how to use a tape delay, sounds like they needed it this morning.
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@mrmattimation I wish I knew what you were talking about. But hey, if I did I would probably argue that I want to keep that technology as far away from them as possible. Mostly due, because, and for comedic effect.
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"Watching Christmas films all year round is good for your health, expert says"
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"Playing Christmas Music on Repeat Could Cause Stress, Expert Says"
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"overdosing on festive music is officially bad for your mental health."
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... If I did not knew any better I would say that this is what it must feel like to being gaslighted.Friday, 22-Nov-19 12:10:12 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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According to Shannon Liao of CNN's business division all gaming controlers have been traditionally really manly with their blackness and camo's and even some looking like Darth Vader's mask.
BUT ! Google Stadia is going to use more woman friendly coloured controllers and that is how they are going to claim the 46% of gamers that are not men. At least according to this article.
When I read that, I put down my phone, looked at my closet, and counted the amount of custom painted controlers I own. Yeah I somehow do not think colour is going to be a problem. But hey, gotta grasp that woman market somehow, right ?
Not even to mention that I figure most of those people they are 'targeting' are only going to use their phone if they even use Stadia. And that no gamer I know ( male or female ) is even halfway interested in Stadia to begin with.
Yes please, Wasabi Green !
Go read http://rainbowdash.net/url/875330 . Disconnected from reality I guesFriday, 22-Nov-19 11:02:00 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Me a couple of days ago : What if that COPPA thing that has suddenly all of Old YouTube up in a twist was actually written by someone with big timey Hollywood friends ?
Me a couple of seconds ago : Oh hey, what do you know, I wonder if I can put Soothsayer on my Curriculum Vitae or something. I still need something to cancel out the 'Professional Alcoholic'Thursday, 21-Nov-19 22:54:08 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Like 3 weeks ago the locking mechanism for my left joycon became so 'loose' that I am hesitant to use the switch just holding it with my left hand. So I ordered those metal replacement locking mechanisms after one of my friends made me aware of them
Turns out My Mate VINCE needed them too about 2 years ago http://rainbowdash.net/url/875328 ( Near perfect amount of looseness between Vince's joycon and mine too )
So I ordered some though Amazon ( only place I could find them really )
So talking about the Switch as I did, I just checked on the delivery details of my order. Turns out I could see in real-time how they went from "being delivered in 1 mintue" to "Oh hey it is late, it was expected Thursday"
As for the original plastic locking mechanism, I am not even sure if that is thanks to my roughness, thanks to where I work, or thanks to Nintendo. I think I heard some good things about the design being plastic from fanboys, but then explain the Switch Lite to me ?
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@drinkingpony The first Japanese release had it implemented in hardware. Very quickly it went away by emulating that in software and then altogether. Also the flash card readers were gone faster than anyone noticed that it even existed. When I bought my used PS3 I tried to open the flap to the reader until I realized that the amount of force I put onto the plastic was unreasonable and figured out that it was removed after the first revisions.
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@scribus The Sega consoles are a minefield with that. IIRC the Genesis was called the Mega Drive outside of North America because it was being carried by a different company abroad. I believe it is called the Tec Toy in Brazil. In Korea by Samsung and it was called the Super Gameaboyo or something like that.
Then later with things like the Mega CD addon ( Sega CD in NA ) it got really confusing as some units were assembled in different area's than their intended audience that shipped together with controllers. Now for SOME reason the regional controlers were all different on the inside ( and I still have no idea why ) but I do know there is a real possibility that one of your controler has Samsung somewhere written on the circuit board, and the other reading Virgin Mastertronic or something. There is no doubt a bigger nerd than I am out there who knows that all by head.Jonathan Chouinard likes this. -
@adiwan Huh, weird. My PS3 does NOT look like what the model number says it should look like, As such I have no idea if it has full hardware, partial software, full software, or none when it comes to PS2 game support. I'll look into that later. Somewhere and when after I fixed my PC speakers and cleaned my room.
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