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Welcome to Winter... wait wrong hemisphere
I guess it's Sunter this year
This year, Sunter ends on Monday, March 20th!
Sister board: >>>/xmas/
Welcome to Winter... wait wrong hemisphere
I guess it's Sunter this year
This year, Sunter ends on Monday, March 20th!
Sister board: >>>/xmas/
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Miscellaneous Video Thread
If you don't want to make a thread for a video, you can put it here
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cats in a hyperbolic geometry universe eating kibbles from an equidistant valley
cats in a hyperbolic geometry universe eating kibbles from an equidistant valley
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逃げてない！
逃げてない！
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https://www.mcdonalds.
No, it's not April 1st. Could this all be because of the social media response to that Japanese ad? It is pretty funny since 'WcDonald's' is indeed something that pops up now and then in anime and manga. If they did this 20-30 years ago it would have been witty and kind of cool, but it feels kind of late now.
The style here is very 90s Western anime imitation, especially the Miku. You need to download the usual spyware app to see the comics, so screw that.
https://www.mcdonalds.
No, it's not April 1st. Could this all be because of the social media response to that Japanese ad? It is pretty funny since 'WcDonald's' is indeed something that pops up now and then in anime and manga. If they did this 20-30 years ago it would have been witty and kind of cool, but it feels kind of late now.
The style here is very 90s Western anime imitation, especially the Miku. You need to download the usual spyware app to see the comics, so screw that.
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https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/wendy-s-expects-test-d
What do you think about the new idea in fast food for "surge pricing" or "dynamic pricing" on food? For an industry primarily built on the model of serving cheap slop it feels fairly antithetical towards the customer's interest to implement such a system when people are already complaining about the price of food. There's no esteemed reputation for these places that would make someone choose them over any other available restaurant in the vicinity if they're not vastly cheaper so I have no idea what these people are thinking even suggesting this.
https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/wendy-s-expects-test-d
What do you think about the new idea in fast food for "surge pricing" or "dynamic pricing" on food? For an industry primarily built on the model of serving cheap slop it feels fairly antithetical towards the customer's interest to implement such a system when people are already complaining about the price of food. There's no esteemed reputation for these places that would make someone choose them over any other available restaurant in the vicinity if they're not vastly cheaper so I have no idea what these people are thinking even suggesting this.
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What's your language's orthography like?
Everyone knows English and French are legendarily bad while runes are a beautiful kind of horror, but there's a lot of other systems out there with their own peculiarities.
Spics are always ready to bring up Spanish, but it's actually not that good for anything outside of northern Spain. A lot of consonants got simplified, and now it can be hard to tell whether you should write something with C, S, or Z. Same with H being mute.
What's your language's orthography like?
Everyone knows English and French are legendarily bad while runes are a beautiful kind of horror, but there's a lot of other systems out there with their own peculiarities.
Spics are always ready to bring up Spanish, but it's actually not that good for anything outside of northern Spain. A lot of consonants got simplified, and now it can be hard to tell whether you should write something with C, S, or Z. Same with H being mute.
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AAAAH SURPRISE BOX!!!
AAAAH SURPRISE BOX!!!
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do you play video games? i play video games sometimes. what video games do you play?
do you play video games? i play video games sometimes. what video games do you play?
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I don't know about Kissu, but I've always heard that the reason for philips head screws is that they're made not to strip, and were a replacement for flat head screws. I have literally never come across a stripped flat head screw, meanwhile I find stripped flat head screws all the time.
What's up with that.
I don't know about Kissu, but I've always heard that the reason for philips head screws is that they're made not to strip, and were a replacement for flat head screws. I have literally never come across a stripped flat head screw, meanwhile I find stripped flat head screws all the time.
What's up with that.
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In this thread you must post, discuss or link ducks
In this thread you must post, discuss or link ducks
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How do you like your bananas? I like them to be a bit brown, but they're only in that state for about 2 days and it's such a waste because I don't want to eat 6-7 bananas in that time. Where is science when you need it?
How do you like your bananas? I like them to be a bit brown, but they're only in that state for about 2 days and it's such a waste because I don't want to eat 6-7 bananas in that time. Where is science when you need it?
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cool news
A thread for interesting or cool news, especially if it's full of /win/
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If I'm active on the workplace Slack at 7 in the morning then I'm allowed to goof off in the afternoon and check out early.
If I'm active on the workplace Slack at 7 in the morning then I'm allowed to goof off in the afternoon and check out early.
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/win/ter is big ass season.
/win/ter is big ass season.
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Desktorp Backgrounds
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I bought some anime clothing today! They are sweaters, it's winter related! I will stay warm!
I bought some anime clothing today! They are sweaters, it's winter related! I will stay warm!
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I'd like to see Greg Egan's
The setting is a universe with an alternate law of physics whose consequences include that
¥ light of different colours travels at different speeds and there is no maximum speed of light
¥ liquids largely don't exist as a state of matter, they're all explosively unstable
¥ temperature acts weirdly (I didn't quite understand it from the books and Greg's website but it seems like the characters use gases as a way to dump arbitrarily high amounts of heat energy from their bodies)
¥ the direction of the arrow of time is determined by local conditions (entropy I guess) and in the greater 4-dimensional universe, the worldlines of objects can go in any direction. You can be hit by a tiny meteorite whose worldline is perpendicular to yours, which you will experience as something traveling infinitely fast, punching a great hole through your stuff and massively damaging it
¥ related to the above, it's possible for time-reversed matter to interact with ordinary matter and both see time running backwards (e.g. objects reforming from a broken state) for the other
and more.
The consequence of the alternate physics most important to the plot is that it is possible for a spacecraft to accelerate away from a planet so that it is travelling infinitely fast, i.e. 'sideways' in 4D space relative to that planet, then turn around and return, such that a short time passes for the planet's inhabitants but many generations pass on the spacecraft. (In our universe, it's the other way around, a lot of time can pass for Earth but the spacecraft ages less)
The plot is a multi-generational drama centered on precisely such a spacecraft, which the inhabitants of the planet built to buy time against a world-ending catastrophe.
Now, a problem I have with Greg Egan's books is that I never really like the characters, I'm only there for the math and physics. The characters tend to be annoying, unlikeable 'Young Adult protagonist' snarkers, and I never care about their stupid emotional problems. The plots mostly aren't interesting to me (Orthogonal's plot is one of his better ones, he successfully portrays the epic scope of the mission). When it comes to religion and woo, the author has the attitude and zeal of a reddit atheist transplanted from the 00s and so he'll write about a Victorian-analogue society inhabited by people who have never so much as thought about religion (because the author has resolved to never include religion in his stories), not that this stops them from being backwards and unenlightened relative to the protagonist who fucking loves science. Which brings me to the point about adapting it to an anime. In the anime adaptation, you could improve the characters by cutting the YA snarkiness and replacing it with anime earnestness. And after making that fix, please make all the female characters oppai loli mini giantesses (Pic semi-related. Females in the setting are already canonically larger than the males, the species has important differences from humans and Earth life in general. IIRC there is a scene where a female chases down a male and pins him, wanting to be bred by him, and that is where the idea entered my mind and would not leave.) The setting is one that would bring a lot of eye candy to the screen, with its multicoloured star trails, explosions, glowing rainbow plants, spaceships, relativistic effects and so on.
I'd like to see Greg Egan's
The setting is a universe with an alternate law of physics whose consequences include that
¥ light of different colours travels at different speeds and there is no maximum speed of light
¥ liquids largely don't exist as a state of matter, they're all explosively unstable
¥ temperature acts weirdly (I didn't quite understand it from the books and Greg's website but it seems like the characters use gases as a way to dump arbitrarily high amounts of heat energy from their bodies)
¥ the direction of the arrow of time is determined by local conditions (entropy I guess) and in the greater 4-dimensional universe, the worldlines of objects can go in any direction. You can be hit by a tiny meteorite whose worldline is perpendicular to yours, which you will experience as something traveling infinitely fast, punching a great hole through your stuff and massively damaging it
¥ related to the above, it's possible for time-reversed matter to interact with ordinary matter and both see time running backwards (e.g. objects reforming from a broken state) for the other
and more.
The consequence of the alternate physics most important to the plot is that it is possible for a spacecraft to accelerate away from a planet so that it is travelling infinitely fast, i.e. 'sideways' in 4D space relative to that planet, then turn around and return, such that a short time passes for the planet's inhabitants but many generations pass on the spacecraft. (In our universe, it's the other way around, a lot of time can pass for Earth but the spacecraft ages less)
The plot is a multi-generational drama centered on precisely such a spacecraft, which the inhabitants of the planet built to buy time against a world-ending catastrophe.
Now, a problem I have with Greg Egan's books is that I never really like the characters, I'm only there for the math and physics. The characters tend to be annoying, unlikeable 'Young Adult protagonist' snarkers, and I never care about their stupid emotional problems. The plots mostly aren't interesting to me (Orthogonal's plot is one of his better ones, he successfully portrays the epic scope of the mission). When it comes to religion and woo, the author has the attitude and zeal of a reddit atheist transplanted from the 00s and so he'll write about a Victorian-analogue society inhabited by people who have never so much as thought about religion (because the author has resolved to never include religion in his stories), not that this stops them from being backwards and unenlightened relative to the protagonist who fucking loves science. Which brings me to the point about adapting it to an anime. In the anime adaptation, you could improve the characters by cutting the YA snarkiness and replacing it with anime earnestness. And after making that fix, please make all the female characters oppai loli mini giantesses (Pic semi-related. Females in the setting are already canonically larger than the males, the species has important differences from humans and Earth life in general. IIRC there is a scene where a female chases down a male and pins him, wanting to be bred by him, and that is where the idea entered my mind and would not leave.) The setting is one that would bring a lot of eye candy to the screen, with its multicoloured star trails, explosions, glowing rainbow plants, spaceships, relativistic effects and so on.
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Well... Japan has had another earthquake. Tsunami warnings and... I hope this isn't a repeat of 2011.
Well... Japan has had another earthquake. Tsunami warnings and... I hope this isn't a repeat of 2011.
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I've been thinking that it would be nice to have an additional spot to sit that's not my desk chair or my bed, but furniture is awfully expensive... Maybe I should trying going to some thrift stores or maybe a consignment store and see if they have anything reasonably priced.
Do any Kissu frens have experience with this kind of thing? Furnishing a room on a budget.
I've been thinking that it would be nice to have an additional spot to sit that's not my desk chair or my bed, but furniture is awfully expensive... Maybe I should trying going to some thrift stores or maybe a consignment store and see if they have anything reasonably priced.
Do any Kissu frens have experience with this kind of thing? Furnishing a room on a budget.
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It might be colder here this weekend than it has been in a long time.
Is there anything cool I can do? I can't think of anything except freezing to death and that isn't particularly fun.
It might be colder here this weekend than it has been in a long time.
Is there anything cool I can do? I can't think of anything except freezing to death and that isn't particularly fun.
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Winter is coming... is kissu ready?
Winter is coming... is kissu ready?
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I'm gonna end the New Year in the black!
I'm gonna end the New Year in the black!
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please watch this video and tell me what you think
thank you for your time
please watch this video and tell me what you think
thank you for your time
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It's bothersome how people treat certain things that they like as extensions of themselves and react to criticisms of those things they like as if they themselves were being attacked.
It's bothersome how people treat certain things that they like as extensions of themselves and react to criticisms of those things they like as if they themselves were being attacked.
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I can't stop thinking about getting doxxed. I've heard about small time internet people getting doxxed by trolls for fun, and even though I haven't done anything to make myself a target or really even have much to lose from being doxxed, the thought terrifies me.
I can't stop thinking about getting doxxed. I've heard about small time internet people getting doxxed by trolls for fun, and even though I haven't done anything to make myself a target or really even have much to lose from being doxxed, the thought terrifies me.
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I went to my local library today and got a library card. To my surprise, it entitled me to free membership for some major newspapers as well as magazines. More importantly, as I mentioned in >>>/qa/117881, it also allowed me to link my library card to Libby. Libby is a free app that lets you check out ebooks and audiobooks through your library. OverDrive on Kobo e-readers lets you do the same thing. As far as Kindles go, it seems you can link your Kindle to Libby and then send ebooks to your Kindle that way (unfortunately you can't do everything on your e-reader itself, like with Kobo e-readers). I was a bit surprised to learn that my address was excluded from the broader regional library system of the metropolitan area I live in, but my local library system consisting of just 5 libraries still boasts ~50K ebooks and ~15K audiobooks. All in all, I highly recommend that my fellow Kissu frens head to their library and get a library card so you can read lots of ebooks! It's certainly a lot less hassle than having to track down pirated copies of books or having to pay for a copy. It's also shut-in friendly since you don't need to leave your house to check out books since everything can be done through the app or your e-reader!
I went to my local library today and got a library card. To my surprise, it entitled me to free membership for some major newspapers as well as magazines. More importantly, as I mentioned in >>>/qa/117881, it also allowed me to link my library card to Libby. Libby is a free app that lets you check out ebooks and audiobooks through your library. OverDrive on Kobo e-readers lets you do the same thing. As far as Kindles go, it seems you can link your Kindle to Libby and then send ebooks to your Kindle that way (unfortunately you can't do everything on your e-reader itself, like with Kobo e-readers). I was a bit surprised to learn that my address was excluded from the broader regional library system of the metropolitan area I live in, but my local library system consisting of just 5 libraries still boasts ~50K ebooks and ~15K audiobooks. All in all, I highly recommend that my fellow Kissu frens head to their library and get a library card so you can read lots of ebooks! It's certainly a lot less hassle than having to track down pirated copies of books or having to pay for a copy. It's also shut-in friendly since you don't need to leave your house to check out books since everything can be done through the app or your e-reader!
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My cat is sitting on my bed and wants to sit in the very middle. They're currently sitting between my legs, but this position is very uncomfortable. I would move them but they fell asleep...
My cat is sitting on my bed and wants to sit in the very middle. They're currently sitting between my legs, but this position is very uncomfortable. I would move them but they fell asleep...
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Anonymous was talking about how search results have gotten worse due to SEO and AI articles, which reminded me of this article I read. In no small part, the reason why places like Amazon's search have gotten so bad is because of user retention metrics and shopping. In essence, by the results being worse you will look for longer and may end up buying something that is inferior, and then come back to buy something else when what you had originally bought didn't live up to your expectations. Search engines like Google have the same incentives, but instead of directly selling you things they want to serve you ads.
https://www.washingtonpost
Anonymous was talking about how search results have gotten worse due to SEO and AI articles, which reminded me of this article I read. In no small part, the reason why places like Amazon's search have gotten so bad is because of user retention metrics and shopping. In essence, by the results being worse you will look for longer and may end up buying something that is inferior, and then come back to buy something else when what you had originally bought didn't live up to your expectations. Search engines like Google have the same incentives, but instead of directly selling you things they want to serve you ads.
https://www.washingtonpost
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If we ever meet aliens, ones that can see with eyes similar to our own, eink will probably be important for interspecies communication. I remember watching a video a while ago that said that different mammals have different levels of photoreceptivity so the point at which persistence of vision makes flashing images feel fluid is different. For humans, it seems to vary a lot and depend on light levels; 24 FPS on a projector is comfortable to view for most people, 50Hz or 60Hz on a CRT TV was comfortable to view, but below 75Hz on a CRT monitor was uncomfortable, and so on. I vaguely recall that cats had a persistence of vision shorter than humans so they required a higher "frame rate" source to view it properly, otherwise it just looked like flashing nonsense that left them disinterested. Dogs had a higher persistence of vision and so required a lower frame rate than humans.
So, basically, it's the duty cycle of the source that affects whether it's comfortable to view or not, I suppose. At any rate, that's why I think eink or similar displays would be important: they are physically moving ink within capsules to create an image, and so there is no refreshing of the page to view it. As such, hypothetically, both humans and aliens would be able to read from such displays equally well. Although... If they're like dinosaurs and their vision is based on movement then both are probably insufficient. I'm not really sure how you would create a "motion display" short of vibrating pixels somehow or something idk.
If we ever meet aliens, ones that can see with eyes similar to our own, eink will probably be important for interspecies communication. I remember watching a video a while ago that said that different mammals have different levels of photoreceptivity so the point at which persistence of vision makes flashing images feel fluid is different. For humans, it seems to vary a lot and depend on light levels; 24 FPS on a projector is comfortable to view for most people, 50Hz or 60Hz on a CRT TV was comfortable to view, but below 75Hz on a CRT monitor was uncomfortable, and so on. I vaguely recall that cats had a persistence of vision shorter than humans so they required a higher "frame rate" source to view it properly, otherwise it just looked like flashing nonsense that left them disinterested. Dogs had a higher persistence of vision and so required a lower frame rate than humans.
So, basically, it's the duty cycle of the source that affects whether it's comfortable to view or not, I suppose. At any rate, that's why I think eink or similar displays would be important: they are physically moving ink within capsules to create an image, and so there is no refreshing of the page to view it. As such, hypothetically, both humans and aliens would be able to read from such displays equally well. Although... If they're like dinosaurs and their vision is based on movement then both are probably insufficient. I'm not really sure how you would create a "motion display" short of vibrating pixels somehow or something idk.
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It's over...
It's over...
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I like how cell towers have their cables bunched up in a line that follows the inner edge of the steel structure.
I like how cell towers have their cables bunched up in a line that follows the inner edge of the steel structure.
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When driving on the highway I often spot squarish looking bodies of water. Too large to be a pond and too small to really be called a lake. I wonder if these are man-made (and if so, for what purpose?) or if there's just an abundance of oddly shaped bodies of water.
When driving on the highway I often spot squarish looking bodies of water. Too large to be a pond and too small to really be called a lake. I wonder if these are man-made (and if so, for what purpose?) or if there's just an abundance of oddly shaped bodies of water.
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Guide to: tummy hort
Guide to: tummy hort
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With some frequency in news and online I hear about "factory farming", but from my travels throughout the East Coast, Appalachia, the Midwest, South, and Southwest I have yet to actually see anything that looks like a factory farm. Cows in particular I've never seen anywhere other than modestly sized to large ranches. That said, I have been to chicken farms and can recall them being in cages to lay eggs and then their eggs would roll down metal tracks into a collection basket. I haven't really seen any pig farms. Sheep I've seen in Appalachia on small ranches. Horses you see everywhere on ranches (but obviously Americans don't eat horse). I wonder where all the factory farms are...
With some frequency in news and online I hear about "factory farming", but from my travels throughout the East Coast, Appalachia, the Midwest, South, and Southwest I have yet to actually see anything that looks like a factory farm. Cows in particular I've never seen anywhere other than modestly sized to large ranches. That said, I have been to chicken farms and can recall them being in cages to lay eggs and then their eggs would roll down metal tracks into a collection basket. I haven't really seen any pig farms. Sheep I've seen in Appalachia on small ranches. Horses you see everywhere on ranches (but obviously Americans don't eat horse). I wonder where all the factory farms are...
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plucked some fruit
plucked some fruit
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Saw this ad on YouTube. It's kind of amazing how even the most inoccuous videos get demonetized, meanwhile literal scams and borderline NSFW ads show up regularly.
Saw this ad on YouTube. It's kind of amazing how even the most inoccuous videos get demonetized, meanwhile literal scams and borderline NSFW ads show up regularly.
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This book I'm reading keeps using the word, "stave." I can't tell if they just wanted to use a different word than "club" or if they're under the impression that the plural of "staff" is "staves".
This book I'm reading keeps using the word, "stave." I can't tell if they just wanted to use a different word than "club" or if they're under the impression that the plural of "staff" is "staves".
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Saw a plot where a gas station had been. Woody vines had overtaken the price display, which had long since lost its face and electronic innards just leaving a square metal scaffold. Brown plants broke up the concrete where the parking lot had been. Awfully melancholy scene.
Saw a plot where a gas station had been. Woody vines had overtaken the price display, which had long since lost its face and electronic innards just leaving a square metal scaffold. Brown plants broke up the concrete where the parking lot had been. Awfully melancholy scene.
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Been looking at a lot of telephone poles. Most of them just have typical assortment of three cables, presumably for split phase + neutral (I think?) electricity, but some have a third or fourth cable not held by ceramic insulators like the rest. Wonder if those additional cables are genuine telephone lines or something else.
Been looking at a lot of telephone poles. Most of them just have typical assortment of three cables, presumably for split phase + neutral (I think?) electricity, but some have a third or fourth cable not held by ceramic insulators like the rest. Wonder if those additional cables are genuine telephone lines or something else.
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I drove over a bridge today and looked out at a pretty wide river, flanked by forests on its banks. All of the trees had shed their leaves so the forests had the appearance of a tumbleweed.
I drove over a bridge today and looked out at a pretty wide river, flanked by forests on its banks. All of the trees had shed their leaves so the forests had the appearance of a tumbleweed.
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Speaking of bridges, the other day I drove past some construction being done on a highway interchange. From what I understand, newer elevated highways are made entirely of concrete spans, but this one I saw had steel members supporting the road above it. I wasn't sure if it was a new steel supported bridge, or maybe maintenance being done on an older highway.
Speaking of bridges, the other day I drove past some construction being done on a highway interchange. From what I understand, newer elevated highways are made entirely of concrete spans, but this one I saw had steel members supporting the road above it. I wasn't sure if it was a new steel supported bridge, or maybe maintenance being done on an older highway.
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Random Thoughts Thread
Once again providing a place for you to post any random thoughts you might have.
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https://[link-ommited][link-om
ALIEN-UFO INTELLIGENCE- The U.S. Government's Involvement With Extraterrestrials
ALIEN-UFO INTELLIGENCE- The [link-ommited]. Government's Involvement With Extraterrestrialshttps://[link-ommited][link-om
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Install Linux on your personal computers.
Install Linux on your personal computers.
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a warm cup of tea in the wintertime
a warm cup of tea in the wintertime
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hello! i hope you are having a good day!
hello! i hope you are having a good day!
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Can you spot the parrots? There should be at least two of them.
Can you spot the parrots? There should be at least two of them.
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Cities built on important rivers always look so nice.
I never realized that China's river systems are so economically viable. It's like the Great Lakes yet spans all across their country. Crazy
Cities built on important rivers always look so nice.
I never realized that China's river systems are so economically viable. It's like the Great Lakes yet spans all across their country. Crazy
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anon
anon
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go to bed and wake up early
go to bed and wake up early
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The pondering pon-de-ring!
The pondering pon-de-ring!
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If you find any cool pictures, consider posting them!
Cool Pictures Thread
Don't think I've seen one of these on Kissu, although I think it'd be an appropriate fit.If you find any cool pictures, consider posting them!
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Why doesn't the US and Canada have festivals like in Japan?
Why doesn't the US and Canada have festivals like in Japan?
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¥ Lizard? Kinda boring, lets stick some wings on it
¥ Horses? Overused, lets stick some wings on it
¥ Girls? Kinda boring, lets stick some wings on them
Is Germanic mythology dead?
¥ Lizard? Kinda boring, lets stick some wings on it
¥ Horses? Overused, lets stick some wings on it
¥ Girls? Kinda boring, lets stick some wings on them
Is Germanic mythology dead?
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cats under the kotatsu
do you like this
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Pick up an old computer from OUTTA THE TRASH
Put PUPPY LINUX in and GIVE IT A BASH
On disc or USB stick just GIVE IT A WHIRL
Now it's a brand new computer it's OUT OF THIS WORLD
Pick up an old computer from OUTTA THE TRASH
Put PUPPY LINUX in and GIVE IT A BASH
On disc or USB stick just GIVE IT A WHIRL
Now it's a brand new computer it's OUT OF THIS WORLD
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Any bridge otaku here?
Any bridge otaku here?
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Picked a lock to a door just off to the side of my apartment. Cat always wanted to know what was behind it and so do I.
Think it's never been opened in years because it makes a huge squeal sound when I tried to open it. Will have to find a good time of night to open it up when everyone is lying in bed. Like 3 hours from now I think.
Picked a lock to a door just off to the side of my apartment. Cat always wanted to know what was behind it and so do I.
Think it's never been opened in years because it makes a huge squeal sound when I tried to open it. Will have to find a good time of night to open it up when everyone is lying in bed. Like 3 hours from now I think.
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A laptop user knows when to trade off portability with modularity
A laptop user knows when to trade off portability with modularity
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Have you considered living on a boat?
Have you considered living on a boat?
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Food prices are rising again on February 1st.
Food prices are rising again on February 1st.
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To free up the 'cool news' thread, here is a thread for the wikipedia discussion. Moved posts to follow:
To free up the 'cool news' thread, here is a thread for the wikipedia discussion. Moved posts to follow:
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Providing a home to all the lost, carefree thoughts you might have.
Providing a home to all the lost, carefree thoughts you might have.
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https://www.wellandgood
Interesting Articles
Firefox, why dost thou do this to me.https://www.wellandgood
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outdoors decided to be cold again
outdoors decided to be cold again
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メリークリスマス!!!
メリークリスマス!!!
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Anyway, linear television from around the world is available to anyone with a media player that can support playlists and an internet connection. It can be a fun thing to do when you're bored and having nothing to watch.
There's a lot of filler channels run by governments and stuff, but there's some cool and odd stuff as well. For example, even though I know little-to-no Japanese, Fuji TV usually is entertaining enough as the programming is usually positive. The J-sports channel have call-in shows about obscure sports late at night.
https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv This github has everything to get started. https://iptv-org.github
With how saturated mass media is these days, it surprised me that a lot of isolated, remote countries like the aforementioned North Korea or Mongolia actually have all their channels go off the air (or offline, in this case?) and I'm looking forward to seeing what the television in those countries is like.
IPTV stuff
This is probably too niche of a hobby, but that's what the seasonal boards are for right?Anyway, linear television from around the world is available to anyone with a media player that can support playlists and an internet connection. It can be a fun thing to do when you're bored and having nothing to watch.
There's a lot of filler channels run by governments and stuff, but there's some cool and odd stuff as well. For example, even though I know little-to-no Japanese, Fuji TV usually is entertaining enough as the programming is usually positive. The J-sports channel have call-in shows about obscure sports late at night.
https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv This github has everything to get started. https://iptv-org.github
With how saturated mass media is these days, it surprised me that a lot of isolated, remote countries like the aforementioned North Korea or Mongolia actually have all their channels go off the air (or offline, in this case?) and I'm looking forward to seeing what the television in those countries is like.
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THREE
TWO
ONE
GO!!!
THREE
TWO
ONE
GO!!!
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>/win/
>/win/
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Squirrel in Winter
Squirrel in Winter
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winter...
winter...
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Took years, but reddit finally has a good community somewhere.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorGPT2/
It's all bot posting and it does a pretty good job
Took years, but reddit finally has a good community somewhere.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorGPT2/
It's all bot posting and it does a pretty good job
R:8 / I:3
Saw this on frontpage of Danbooru. I still don't understand how there's 14k images of her. God damn.
Saw this on frontpage of Danbooru. I still don't understand how there's 14k images of her. God damn.
R:7 / I:7
Welcome to Winter,
Crystalline water aggregates form pretty structures that make the ground reflect all light wavelengths,
Burning organic mater in stone enclosures provides an exothermic reaction raising body temperatures,
Confectioneries made primarily out of sugar have an appealing taste !
This year, Winter ends on March 20th.
Sister board: >>>/xmas/
Welcome to Winter,
Crystalline water aggregates form pretty structures that make the ground reflect all light wavelengths,
Burning organic mater in stone enclosures provides an exothermic reaction raising body temperatures,
Confectioneries made primarily out of sugar have an appealing taste !
This year, Winter ends on March 20th.
Sister board: >>>/xmas/
R:6 / I:3
Stage 1: Cats evolve thumbs and learn to walk upright.
https://youtu.be/Gv1Dz_sfrvM
https://youtu.be/xrjN1cWrYN0
https://youtu.be/2hngBzDDyFE
Stage 1: Cats evolve thumbs and learn to walk upright.
https://youtu.be/Gv1Dz_sfrvM
https://youtu.be/xrjN1cWrYN0
https://youtu.be/2hngBzDDyFE
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I wonder what spring will bring.
I wonder what spring will bring.
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get hit with a snowball nerd
get hit with a snowball nerd
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For some months now, dozens of spiders have started to pop up all around the house. They're mostly found in the places you'd usually expect, but also in some really odd spots: between the drying dishes, inside my shoes, in the small space between a window's frame and the wall... In the shower, as I write this, there are about five of them one above the other in a corner of the bathroom. (I take care not to hurt them, because they're cool.)
I dunno, it's just very funny and I enjoy it. Wanted to share it, even though I can't take any good pics of them.
For some months now, dozens of spiders have started to pop up all around the house. They're mostly found in the places you'd usually expect, but also in some really odd spots: between the drying dishes, inside my shoes, in the small space between a window's frame and the wall... In the shower, as I write this, there are about five of them one above the other in a corner of the bathroom. (I take care not to hurt them, because they're cool.)
I dunno, it's just very funny and I enjoy it. Wanted to share it, even though I can't take any good pics of them.
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>kiisu
>kiisu
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Americans eat apples with WAX on it. I always thought it was weird that they looked so red and shiny in comparison to the ones we have in my country. Turns out the excessive redness is due to GMOs and the shinyness is due to an artificial coat of wax which is meant to preserve them longer (the ones they sell at grocery stores are 14 months old on average!). It's like in those ads of food where they use glue, spray, etc to make the food look better except it's actually meant for consumption in this case.
So for the Americans here that have eaten apples like this before: what do they taste like? They must be terrible. Imagine eating 14 month old fruit with wax on it.
Americans eat apples with WAX on it. I always thought it was weird that they looked so red and shiny in comparison to the ones we have in my country. Turns out the excessive redness is due to GMOs and the shinyness is due to an artificial coat of wax which is meant to preserve them longer (the ones they sell at grocery stores are 14 months old on average!). It's like in those ads of food where they use glue, spray, etc to make the food look better except it's actually meant for consumption in this case.
So for the Americans here that have eaten apples like this before: what do they taste like? They must be terrible. Imagine eating 14 month old fruit with wax on it.
R:33 / I:6
Are you watching the Winter Olympics at all? I've tried again to make myself interested in them, but I just can't do it.
I like it when things are objective, like "this guy jumped the highest so he wins", but all this dancing in circles that then gets judged makes no sense to me.
Are you watching the Winter Olympics at all? I've tried again to make myself interested in them, but I just can't do it.
I like it when things are objective, like "this guy jumped the highest so he wins", but all this dancing in circles that then gets judged makes no sense to me.
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Walkin' in a winter wonderland~
In the city we can make a polluted snowman mountain!
Walkin' in a winter wonderland~
In the city we can make a polluted snow
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The administrators of Australia complain of the abundance of ground dwelling Laurasiatheria in the wilds of the land and the detrimental effect this has on the native ecology of said land but does not the basis of evolution lie on the notion of survival of the fittest? And is not Evolution a natural process? If these native creatures cannot handle the pressures introduced by the introduction of more advanced lifeforms then do they really have a place in this world? Who are we to interfere with natural selection.
Why should we genocide millions of cats, dogs(which are even recognised as native anyway), horses, buffalo, camels, goats, pigs and deer just so that a handful of stupid marsupials survive? And why should we care if they alter the flora of this place? The flora could do with some altering. This goes against the greater good.
Furthermore, they make the argument that the native ecology never co-evolved with predators such as the felid and vulpine and so therefore they are more vulnerable to these creatures and the aforementioned creatures should not be permitted to live in their environments. This simply is not true, there existed here the Thylacine, Tasmanian and Australian devils, quolls, Thylacoleo and a myriad of other such mammals.
The administrators of Australia complain of the abundance of ground dwelling Laurasiatheria in the wilds of the land and the detrimental effect this has on the native ecology of said land but does not the basis of evolution lie on the notion of survival of the fittest? And is not Evolution a natural process? If these native creatures cannot handle the pressures introduced by the introduction of more advanced lifeforms then do they really have a place in this world? Who are we to interfere with natural selection.
Why should we genocide millions of cats, dogs(which are even recognised as native anyway), horses, buffalo, camels, goats, pigs and deer just so that a handful of stupid marsupials survive? And why should we care if they alter the flora of this place? The flora could do with some altering. This goes against the greater good.
Furthermore, they make the argument that the native ecology never co-evolved with predators such as the felid and vulpine and so therefore they are more vulnerable to these creatures and the aforementioned creatures should not be permitted to live in their environments. This simply is not true, there existed here the Thylacine, Tasmanian and Australian devils, quolls, Thylacoleo and a myriad of other such mammals.
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>The optimal world population has been estimated by a team co-authored by Paul R. Ehrlich.
>Based on this, the estimation of optimum population in the 1994 study was to around 1.5 billion to 2 billion people.
>A 2014 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America concluded that, with a fertility-reduction model of one-child per female by 2100, it would take at least 140 years to reduce the population to 2 billion people by 2153.
What do you think the most effective way to artificially kill billions of people (5 billion at max) would be? Keeping in mind that if you were to kill billions of people at once, the world probably would not have enough graves for them.
One way to do it could be deploying billions of nanobots and accomplishing this over years or so but that sounds very much in the realm of sci-fi, right now at least. Artificially created virus might also be a good choice, considering the current situation.
Additionally, a random massacre of the human race would be a bad idea since ideally you would want the human race to flourish after the purge, to that regard, what metric do you think would best determine the "worth" of a human being?
Purge
https://en.wikipedia.o>The optimal world population has been estimated by a team co-authored by Paul R. Ehrlich.
>Based on this, the estimation of optimum population in the 1994 study was to around 1.5 billion to 2 billion people.
>A 2014 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America concluded that, with a fertility-reduction model of one-child per female by 2100, it would take at least 140 years to reduce the population to 2 billion people by 2153.
What do you think the most effective way to artificially kill billions of people (5 billion at max) would be? Keeping in mind that if you were to kill billions of people at once, the world probably would not have enough graves for them.
One way to do it could be deploying billions of nanobots and accomplishing this over years or so but that sounds very much in the realm of sci-fi, right now at least. Artificially created virus might also be a good choice, considering the current situation.
Additionally, a random massacre of the human race would be a bad idea since ideally you would want the human race to flourish after the purge, to that regard, what metric do you think would best determine the "worth" of a human being?
R:15 / I:3
Thirty minutes on the phone with a man.
He mistakes me for a woman, despite having told him my name.
I make an effort to make my voice sound lower.
I'm treated none different.
Lower still.
The misunderstanding continues.
"Have a nice day, miss."
My voice is not feminine. I know this. It must be about my spirit. People perceive me and think "woman".
Dread the feelings it ensues.
Thirty minutes on the phone with a man.
He mistakes me for a woman, despite having told him my name.
I make an effort to make my voice sound lower.
I'm treated none different.
Lower still.
The misunderstanding continues.
"Have a nice day, miss."
My voice is not feminine. I know this. It must be about my spirit. People perceive me and think "woman".
Dread the feelings it ensues.
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Is there anything really fundamentally wrong with nepotism? Or is it just the way it's put into practice that's flawed
Is there anything really fundamentally wrong with nepotism? Or is it just the way it's put into practice that's flawed
R:20 / I:8
bugge
bugge
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he become a pizzo
he become a pizzo
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In the US we call this an AI powered by machine learning and deep neural networks.
In the US we call this an AI powered by machine learning and deep neural networks.
R:4 / I:1
R:10 / I:2
(going to avoid greening an entire post)
Doctors in Japan say a man’s accidental ingestion of a toothpick left him dealing with months of pain in his back and leg—all caused by said toothpick getting stuck in his rectum. Once the toothpick was removed, the man’s troubles fortunately went away.
The strange medical tale was detailed this week in BMJ Case Reports. According to the report, the 67-year-old man first reached out for help when he had been experiencing two months of pain along his right buttock and thigh. MRI scans suggested that the source of this pain was stenosis around the lower back, a condition where the spaces within our spine begin to narrow—this narrowing can then pinch the surrounding nerves, leading to painful or numbing sensations. Though stenosis can be managed conservatively with drugs and physical therapy, the doctors opted for surgery to treat it.
When they performed a CT scan on the man just before the operation, though, they found a surprise in his rectum: a 7-centimeter-long rod eventually determined to be a toothpick that the man had accidentally swallowed. Six days after the find, the man’s pain in his right leg quickly got worse, prompting doctors to remove the toothpick from its hiding place as soon as possible. Thankfully, after they did, his pain went away and hasn’t come back since, all but confirming the toothpick as the real cause of his symptoms.
Most of the time, when a foreign body in the rectum stirs up trouble, it’s because someone intentionally put it there, for whatever reason. But it’s not unheard of for hardier materials, like animal bones, introduced into the body the more common way to wind up stuck there. In this case, the doctors theorize that the pointy end of the toothpick had ended up right next to one particular branch of nerves in the spinal cord, causing enough pressure to account for the localized symptoms along the man’s right butt and leg.
The exact series of unfortunate events that led to this man’s case is “extremely rare,” the doctors wrote, but “physicians should be mindful to avoid misdiagnosis.”
(going to avoid greening an entire post)
Doctors in Japan say a man’s accidental ingestion of a toothpick left him dealing with months of pain in his back and leg—all caused by said toothpick getting stuck in his rectum. Once the toothpick was removed, the man’s troubles fortunately went away.
The strange medical tale was detailed this week in BMJ Case Reports. According to the report, the 67-year-old man first reached out for help when he had been experiencing two months of pain along his right buttock and thigh. MRI scans suggested that the source of this pain was stenosis around the lower back, a condition where the spaces within our spine begin to narrow—this narrowing can then pinch the surrounding nerves, leading to painful or numbing sensations. Though stenosis can be managed conservatively with drugs and physical therapy, the doctors opted for surgery to treat it.
When they performed a CT scan on the man just before the operation, though, they found a surprise in his rectum: a 7-centimeter-long rod eventually determined to be a toothpick that the man had accidentally swallowed. Six days after the find, the man’s pain in his right leg quickly got worse, prompting doctors to remove the toothpick from its hiding place as soon as possible. Thankfully, after they did, his pain went away and hasn’t come back since, all but confirming the toothpick as the real cause of his symptoms.
Most of the time, when a foreign body in the rectum stirs up trouble, it’s because someone intentionally put it there, for whatever reason. But it’s not unheard of for hardier materials, like animal bones, introduced into the body the more common way to wind up stuck there. In this case, the doctors theorize that the pointy end of the toothpick had ended up right next to one particular branch of nerves in the spinal cord, causing enough pressure to account for the localized symptoms along the man’s right butt and leg.
The exact series of unfortunate events that led to this man’s case is “extremely rare,” the doctors wrote, but “physicians should be mindful to avoid misdiagnosis.”
R:22 / I:2
AAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH
AAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH
R:10 / I:1
Wonder when the steam release will come out
Wonder when the steam release will come out
R:9 / I:2
If we had 73 days in a month then we wouldn't need to alternate between 30 and 31 arbitrarily. 5 months a year is all you need. Less confusing
If we had 73 days in a month then we wouldn't need to alternate between 30 and 31 arbitrarily. 5 months a year is all you need. Less confusing
R:11 / I:1
https://www.youtube.co
Over Zellous Standards.
Do you think Web3.0(decentralized internet platforms and accounts based on the blockchain technology, not so much crypto) is something or nothing?https://www.youtube.co
R:4 / I:3
What's the /ec/ flavor of winter?
What's the /ec/ flavor of winter?
R:1 / I:0
first pointless video outside of it's thread GET
first pointless video outside of it's thread GET
R:11 / I:0
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Welcome to Winter,
The season of white, brown and grey.
The Solstice of death, and beginnings.
Sheep fear not the cold.
This year, Winter ends on March 20th.
Sister board: >>>/xmas/
Welcome to Winter,
The season of white, brown and grey.
The Solstice of death, and beginnings.
Sheep fear not the cold.
This year, Winter ends on March 20th.
Sister board: >>>/xmas/
R:20 / I:12
Kissu Café
Thank you for posting on Kissu Anonymous-San
R:0 / I:0
>ah
>ah
R:7 / I:0
March 20th is in 8 days
March 20th is in 8 days
R:9 / I:2
Merging boson stars could explain massive black hole collision and prove existence of dark matter
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-merging-boson-
Merging boson stars could explain massive black hole collision and prove existence of dark matter
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-merging-boson-
R:2 / I:1
food videos are very relaxing
food videos are very relaxing
R:7 / I:3
How come with all the scientific advances humanity has made we still can't accurately predict the weather?
How come with all the scientific advances humanity has made we still can't accurately predict the weather?
R:4 / I:1
Some sea slugs sever their own heads, grow whole new bodies
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/03/08/japan-sea-slugs-decapi
Some sea slugs sever their own heads, grow whole new bodies
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/03/08/japan-sea-slugs-decapi
R:2 / I:0
relaxing winter train
relaxing winter train
R:2 / I:0
Hey /qa/, does anyone want to do a rosary with me?
Hey /qa/, does anyone want to do a rosary with me?
R:7 / I:3
Hey if you didn't hear, Reddit basically outsmarted a bunch of hedgefund managers that were short-selling GameStop stock
I think this is probably the first time I'll ever say this but holy shit that's really cool fuck hedgefund managers and bankers.
Hey if you didn't hear, Reddit basically outsmarted a bunch of hedgefund managers that were short-selling GameStop stock
I think this is probably the first time I'll ever say this but holy shit that's really cool fuck hedgefund managers and bankers.
R:8 / I:6
How much of the stars can you see from where you live? For me, the cutoff is about magnitude 2.9 (pic related, Uranus excluded). Only a few constellations have enough stars visible to be recognizable.
Do you have any favorite websites for figuring out what the objects you're seeing in the sky are? I used
https://www.fourmilab.
for the OP pic; it's an old website, but the new ones I find in a quick search don't seem much improved. It's very useful to be able to adjust the brightness cutoff for the stars displayed, or unless you live in the middle of nowhere you can end up with a sky map so dissimilar to your own sky that you can't find anything.
How much of the stars can you see from where you live? For me, the cutoff is about magnitude 2.9 (pic related, Uranus excluded). Only a few constellations have enough stars visible to be recognizable.
Do you have any favorite websites for figuring out what the objects you're seeing in the sky are? I used
https://www.fourmilab.
for the OP pic; it's an old website, but the new ones I find in a quick search don't seem much improved. It's very useful to be able to adjust the brightness cutoff for the stars displayed, or unless you live in the middle of nowhere you can end up with a sky map so dissimilar to your own sky that you can't find anything.
R:10 / I:10
hello
hello
R:3 / I:1
Every year 7 people go missing in the Victorian wilderness and are never seen again.
Every year 7 people go missing in the Victorian wilderness and are never seen again.
R:5 / I:0
Huh, maybe I'm not too well versed in boston dynamics, but what is this extended product line supposed to be? Is it created by spot? Created in a similar vein to Spot? Add-ons for Spot? I'm very confused.
Huh, maybe I'm not too well versed in boston dynamics, but what is this extended product line supposed to be? Is it created by spot? Created in a similar vein to Spot? Add-ons for Spot? I'm very confused.
R:9 / I:0
How's Gamestop going to affect the stock market going forwards into the future?
How's Gamestop going to affect the stock market going forwards into the future?
R:39 / I:20
Cute Girls
Winter version
R:7 / I:4
Is it me or do people generally seem less active in January? Everyone online place I hang out in (granted it's not many) has lower activity levels and it seems to happen every year. I know some people are still young enough to be in school, but I don't think there's a similar effect during other times that school returns after a break.
Does everyone have the post-holiday blues?
Does winter sap energy, even if people are inside?
Are they doing something else? What?
Is it me or do people generally seem less active in January? Everyone online place I hang out in (granted it's not many) has lower activity levels and it seems to happen every year. I know some people are still young enough to be in school, but I don't think there's a similar effect during other times that school returns after a break.
Does everyone have the post-holiday blues?
Does winter sap energy, even if people are inside?
Are they doing something else? What?
R:2 / I:0
finally succeeded in making fish broth from trout bone and head.
pic unrelated
finally succeeded in making fish broth from trout bone and head.
pic unrelated
R:9 / I:2
The US Space force soldiers are called guardians.
The US Space force soldiers are called guardians.
R:11 / I:2
someone on ota just found $300,000 in t's old BTC wallet
someone on ota just found $300,000 in t's old BTC wallet
R:8 / I:0
we should have a norm test
we should have a norm test
R:1 / I:1
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/us-pioneers-next-level
Korosensei eat your heart out
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/us-pioneers-next-level
Korosensei eat your heart out
R:2 / I:0
How was kissu's Christmas? Over here it was a nice white Christmas with a blanket of snow covering as far as you could see. Quite a nice sight when in the past couple years there'd been no snow in sight. Looking forwards to the rest of winter now.
How was kissu's Christmas? Over here it was a nice white Christmas with a blanket of snow covering as far as you could see. Quite a nice sight when in the past couple years there'd been no snow in sight. Looking forwards to the rest of winter now.
R:3 / I:0
Here's a cool article about the workings of the COVID-19 vaccine:
>Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engineering-so
Here's a cool article about the workings of the COVID-19 vaccine:
>Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engineering-so
R:11 / I:5
Winter is cold. I'd rather stay indoors
Winter is cold. I'd rather stay indoors
R:9 / I:1
You fricks ever watched Rudolph the Red-nose reindeer? It's one of my favorites.
You fricks ever watched Rudolph the Red-nose reindeer? It's one of my favorites.
R:2 / I:0
>/win/
>/win/
R:1 / I:0
It's Winter so LALA wears winter clothes to stay warm. also when she visits ice planets
It's Winter so LALA wears winter clothes to stay warm. also when she visits ice planets
R:2 / I:2
>>>/aut/501
If I remember right I think you can see the effect of it in the night sky because the planets will be visually merged, like an eclipse. But, it'll be far less noticeable because it's just two dots that might be slightly brighter when seen overlapping.
>>>/aut/501
If I remember right I think you can see the effect of it in the night sky because the planets will be visually merged, like an eclipse. But, it'll be far less noticeable because it's just two dots that might be slightly brighter when seen overlapping.
R:1 / I:1
haha epic win
haha epic win
R:6 / I:2
I wish it snowed here in California, nothing happens for winter here except it's 60 degrees instead of 70-80...
I wish it snowed here in California, nothing happens for winter here except it's 60 degrees instead of 70-80...
R:7 / I:0
when is fall again?
when is fall again?
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this board is full of win
this board is full of win
R:0 / I:0
Cold weather is returning here and I'm getting comfy on kissu with some coffee.
Cold weather is returning here and I'm getting comfy on kissu with some coffee.
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