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Four (4) pieces from Mrs Wizard
I made this!
She's so fucking awesome. "Quick studies" she says - there's more skill in her little finger than I have in the whole of my manky body.
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Dr No vs Casino Royale
Multi-mix left and right ear fun with the Connery and the Craig era James Bond themes.
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i just made the kids sit through Goldfinger
its approach to consent hadn't aged well, but the Bassey song's a cracker
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 10 May 2024, 13:58,
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I seem to remember Goldfinger being particularly problematic on that front. I think my son is getting to the age where he'd enjoy Bond films, but there are quite a few bits where it's just really ick.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 10 May 2024, 14:06,
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Labour's new streaming service
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 9 May 2024, 17:28,
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I do like their proposed changes to PIP, though.
It's beginning to become a bit of a piss take.
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thought you might
it could be one of the last opportunities for quite some time for this dying government to fuck over the poor and sick, you wouldn't want them to pass it up.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 9 May 2024, 22:48,
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Being poor doesn't entitle you to PIP. And the sick will still get theirs.
It's the workshy 'bUt MuH aNxIeTy!' leeches that will have difficulty, and rightly so.
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oh don't be so restrained in your thatcherite glee, huw, it's far from just the mentally ill who'll get shafted
they're proposing to cut payments all together and replace them with one off modification grants, so a cripple in wheelchair wont be able to get assistance to dress themselves and get in a car to go to work each day , but they can apply for a bath rail. you'll have cleaner beggars on the high street.
The country not being able to afford 75 quid a week to get a paraplegic to work is a fitting final act to 14 years of the swine (and swine fucker)
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 10 May 2024, 8:49,
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Yeah, but I'm not the one getting upset
about people I've imagined being workshy.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 10 May 2024, 10:14,
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I overslept. What are we arguing about?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 10 May 2024, 13:06,
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just got up
mind you I was working till 6am
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 10 May 2024, 13:29,
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melodramatic? I thought that would make you happy, huw
isnt britain today exactly the one that you wanted, that you knew what you were getting when you voted, of poundlands and fucked hospitals and more than a quarter of children now living below the poverty line?
I mean, unless you were so thick you bought into all that obvious guff about sovereignty and strong and stable and are now trying to rationalise away your folly.. Corbyn would have been worse, ay?
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that's the spirit
when you start thinking like that you've actually saved britain, those nurses should have applauded you. its a much more comforting lens than accepting any culpability for the reality of your choices. Well done
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 10 May 2024, 16:14,
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Liz Truss gets a whole series?
That's going to be spread pretty thin!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 9 May 2024, 22:48,
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the lettuce gets more screen time
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 9 May 2024, 22:55,
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The Shit Shit Game
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Following through from last week's b3ta newsletter, where Rob contemplates "some kind of wiping arse game", I bring you: The Shit Shit Game.
Nothing more than a lavatorial number-guessing game, simply guess the number of sheets of cheap and nasty toilet paper you need to wipe your arse clean. Guess too little? Walk around with a shit stain in your trousers. Guess too much? Whince as your sphincter glows a firey red.
Mildly NSFW due to faux pixel shittiness and toilet-related noises.
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Fantastic
Mrs Boot was disgusted after her 4th game.
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Thu 9 May 2024, 23:18,
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Aren't most b3tans now at the stage of wearing nappies?
A wonderfully nostalgic game then
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 10 May 2024, 0:46,
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The Dome. A slightly less super-crap sequel to Tappy Tap Tap maybe?
I made this!
This time with another banging soundtrack but also; Actual graphics! The audio should ive you all the rules you need to know.
Cheaters welcome I suppose.
I was aiming for a string of mini games but am struggling for ideas now. I might aim for a trio at best.
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9999999999 or something silly :)
My real score was -13 mainly due to being old and slow.
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That's actually a really good idea for a game.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 9 May 2024, 11:49,
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I'm having fun with this
Lovely execution. The simpler, the better!
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forrins
"The audio should ive you all the rules you need to know." Think of the forrins like me.
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blupp relaxes harder, Thu 9 May 2024, 12:34,
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Gold token = 1 point Silver token = -1 point.
It is based on the final round of a gameshow called the Crystal Maze. There is a good Wiki about it probably
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I actually played it!
I actually played it in Angel/London when they revived it. No one of the bl00dy xenophobic staff told me about the silver/gold difference. I shall wave my EU passport next time to p1ss them off more.
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Godamm flag-shaggers. I apologise for their disgraceful behaviour
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Showdown - rock, paper, scissors (or scissors, paper, stone to you lot) against a markov chain in a sombrero
I made this!
Newbie here taking advantage of new status - I learned about you lot because something I did before ended up in your newsletter ( www.luduxia.com/whichwayround/ ) and thought you might have some curious opinions about this one.
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That's what she said
I'm not sure what's up with that tbh, had the same reaction after posting it!
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Well.
I like it ashully.
and I have clicked the "I like this" button therefore letting the board know that I like it.
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TBL I posted this on, Wed 8 May 2024, 15:51,
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Thanks!
And thanks/sorry to whoever fixed the image size mess.
To celebrate this milestone I will be adding leaderboards to the old which way round game.
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interesting
I assumed it was doing pattern analysis against an existing dataset, and won 6 in a row (interspaced with draws) by thinking "what would the move it would predict to be the most common be?".
This is where you'll tell me it's completely random and it was just dumb luck
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 9 May 2024, 2:13,
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Markov chains!
It really is a set of markov chains. There are a few of them of different lengths, and they estimate what your next move would be based on your previous moves (the number of moves differs according to the length of each markov chain). The results are then combined and then it picks the one to play against you. This is why it picks up patterns in what you're doing and you can confuse it if you radically change strategy.
This was a small fad a few years ago with stuff like www.rpscontest.com/ where people write bots. This one is based off ideas I got there but aiming more to be fun than excessively good.
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ah, so just on my moves
thought it might start with coming up with a probabilistic response based on a dataset of all players choices, until the user has enough moves to establish a pattern. So just luck in first few choices. But the challenge after that was the same. Not just to be able to see patterns in your own choices but to to predict what the algorithm is most likely to think your next choice is, and this will change with each datapoint you give it. It's constantly changing your strategy.
A truly random choice would only settle on a 50% win/ loss, but we (humans) are quite bad at acting truly randomly unaided by things like dice, such as the "37" phenomenon www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6iQrh2TK98
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Yeah, so it forgets everything if you create a new game or it just got far too annoying. The result is it is effectively totally random for the first 2 rounds, then it steadily becomes less random until after about 8 rounds randomness is only used to tie break on internal decisions.
You remind me, a couple of years back I bought urin.le hoping to create a sort of urinal themed wordle. The idea was to show configurations of urinals and their occupations and you would get to pick where to go, then if you picked the most popular one that day you win. Could never work out how to bootstrap it to get people in though.
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I kept hitting paper and El Sombrero responded every time with paper. After getting into that loop I found that I could keep it going indefinitely, but throw in an occasional scissors and win every time. Stopped after 7x combo and 30 points. It seems that occasional pattern changes are not sufficient to trigger a change in the model's strategy?
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They finally caught one the ringleaders of the monkey torture network
In other news, there's a monkey torture network
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 7 May 2024, 23:57,
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Worse than a fucking nonce.
Should be blended to death. Feet first.
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Blended, yes
feet first, yes. But not to death. Hands next. So she would have to rely on the good will of others.
Then give her an evil monkey as a butler, like in Malcolm in the Middle or Family Guy.
Finally, turn her into a reality show where we all vote on the next horrible thing the monkey does.
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The solution to people getting a kick out of sick torture, then, is:
people getting a kick out of sick torturers being tortured sickly. Gotcha.
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Torturing humans is less morally reprehensible than torturing animals.
So torturing animal torturers needs no further justification.
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It's still pretty bad, therefore we need to torture the torturers of animal torturers
then perhaps get the original animal torturers to torture them, otherwise we'll be here all night, you don't want to rush torture
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They'll need to have some kind of disability torture aids to make up for their lack of hands and feet.
I suppose you could give them prosthetic blenders.
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Yes.
For further clarification, read 'On the Uses of Torture' by Piers Anthony
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 9 May 2024, 15:36,
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To the pain!
"Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.”
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And in other other news, human testicle salad.
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The Battle of the Somme through the eyes of its most famous combatants
I made this!
How much of Tolkien's work was influenced by his war experiences?
Did Adolf lose a bollock in the trenches?
Other questions of relevance.
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ProjectWeasel The Bird is the Word, Tue 7 May 2024, 16:50,
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tolkien always denied it, but there are so many obvious parallels as an allegory
my grandad fought in a few of the big stunts along the somme in the royal scots. An army of orcs would still be hard pressed to match the carnage. he'd wake the house screaming decades later, reliving in nightmares things he'd witnessed
Always enjoy your vids. there's food for thought and bits I didn't know in them even for history buffs like myself
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 8 May 2024, 0:58,
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my grandad was at Ypres
He refused to talk about it to anyone, wife included. Not one word all his life
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How old do you have to be to have a grandfather in WWI? Fucking hell. I SAID HOW OLD DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO HAVE A GRANDFATHER IN WWI?
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Wed 8 May 2024, 6:52,
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the last surviving widow of an American civil war (1861-1865) soldier died 4 years ago
forget about grandchildren
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 8 May 2024, 9:36,
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Is this the beginning of an A/S/L quiz?
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simbosan liked your link on, Wed 8 May 2024, 13:31,
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Just S and L, A is but a number as long as you're morbidly obese and black.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Wed 8 May 2024, 18:37,
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Not outrageously old.
I’m not 50 and one of my grandfathers was born in 1907 🤷♂️
I have a friend of a similar age whose dad was born in the 1920s….
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only plebs have their children young.
You want to space out the generations, it's fine to start knocking them out only after you hit 40, as au pairs and boarding schools will take care of them anyway
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 9 May 2024, 1:29,
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Fuck this building in particular.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 7 May 2024, 10:50,
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Apparently built from plastic and paper.
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brb shitting dahlias, Tue 7 May 2024, 15:00,
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Amateur
a true salesman never stops selling
youtu.be/6ZhMfzc9RbU
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Dick Wonder ₐ wₒₙₖy, wₐᵥy wₒₙdₑᵣ, Tue 7 May 2024, 10:25,
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Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch
EDIT: SCRUB
Now NET Friday 10th.
wiki/Boeing_Crewed_Flight_Test
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So they test fly the crew?
shot out of a fairground cannon maybe
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Things I would not do.
Right now I'd have more confidence getting on an Aeroflot-operated Tu-154 than that.
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Given that the last flight was at best an ignoble failure, burning all its propellant due to software issues and leaving it unable to reach the ISS, and that the subsequent NASA investigation tore Boeing a new arsehole as a result, I'm staggered that Boeing aren't being compelled to demonstrate a successful autonomous flight to the ISS prior to a manned flight.
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They were. The last flight was fine
with just a few minor bugs and issues, certainly nothing that would have endangered the crew: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2
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brb shitting dahlias, Tue 7 May 2024, 14:57,
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No safety of flight issues discovered during that flight
Two discovered post-flight though. Two separate issues with the parachute system so both very definitely safety of flight issues that were present during that flight and were absolutely a danger to the crew.
I remain unconvinced.
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One with the parachute cords, and the other with potentially flammable wiring.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 7 May 2024, 18:48,
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Well they always say
that lots of problems in the automated flights could have been dealt with or even fixed by the crew (assuming they've told the crew how to prevent the autopilot from murdering them 737Max-style).
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brb shitting dahlias, Tue 7 May 2024, 19:10,
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Not sure how you fix the parachute cords snapping on descent
You could try praying I suppose.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 7 May 2024, 20:03,
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It can land on just one parachute though right?
And it has 3 in case 2 fail, which is wise because Boeing.
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brb shitting dahlias, Tue 7 May 2024, 20:31,
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That was the design intent
It wasn't the case though:
"The issues seem rather serious to have been discovered weeks before Starliner was due to launch on an Atlas V rocket. The first involves "soft links" in the lines that run from Starliner to its parachutes. Boeing discovered that these were not as strong as previously believed.
During a normal flight, these substandard links would not be an issue. But Starliner's parachute system is designed to land a crew safely in case one of the three parachutes fails. However, due to the lower failure load limit with these soft links, if one parachute fails, it's possible the lines between the spacecraft and its remaining two parachutes would snap due to the extra strain.
The second issue involves P-213 glass cloth tape that is wrapped around wiring harnesses throughout the vehicle. These cables run everywhere, and Nappi said there are hundreds of feet of these wiring harnesses. The tape is intended to protect the wiring from nicks. However, during recent tests, it was discovered that under certain circumstances possible in flight, this tape is flammable."
From Ars Technica
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 7 May 2024, 20:39,
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Jebus.
I guess they could recreate the glory days of Gagarin and just have the crew bail out with personal parachutes.
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Thoughts and prayers
- Best protection America can buy!
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Invisible Wizard - 9th Level Pissant, Tue 7 May 2024, 21:52,
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The crew could try shooting any failing parts with guns.
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brb shitting dahlias, Wed 8 May 2024, 17:56,
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It's all bollocks anyway.
I'm more concerned about how they're going to simulate the supposed 'curvature of the earth' once they open this up to the public. Lenticular windows would probably be the simplest solution, but surely they'll need something more robust than that to keep the wool pulled over the sheeple's eyes.
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Doom scrolling
Not Doom but an impressive pure CSS demo
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Sn0tters 🇯🇴🇧🇧🇮🇪, Mon 6 May 2024, 19:21,
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i don't see much more than a blink tag replacement
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shit
forgot to look at that at home last night.
This steam powered tablet can't even manage emojis :(
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apparently it doesn't work in firefox for windows
so fuck that
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Dan Carlin's hardcore history podcast
Been a few others posting history podcasts. I'm recommending this bloke's if you havent come across him. His delivery is a bit like Christian Slater, but he's a very knowledgeable and well-sourced history buff who speaks with the ease and interest of the ex-radio host that he was.
Quite chunky, too, if you're looking to soundtrack running an ultra-marathon or something. The one above on early viking history he talks engagingly for 5 hours straight, and it's just part 1. you can find it at the usual podcasty places
Hardcore History 69 – Twilight of the Æsir – Dan Carlin
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Loadsa great stuff from this guy. Not heard this one tho
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ProjectWeasel The Bird is the Word, Tue 7 May 2024, 16:55,
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Some interesting tidbits.
Tidbits!
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Mon 6 May 2024, 1:42,
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Rory was one of my first gigs
in Green's Playhouse Glasgow in March '73 before it became the Apollo later that year.
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tinglto 3 sheets to the wind, Mon 6 May 2024, 10:21,
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Wow, you've seen some history.
I'd love to hear what you were doing.
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Not a lot of people know this
But when playing guitar, Brian May uses a traditional English penny instead of a plastic anal bead to give him that higher range
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 7 May 2024, 8:29,
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I heard it was a threepenny bit
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that's only inserted when touring
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Mr Summer Time
No reason, just enjoying the warm weather today.
Original version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=txj2Od8LY9A
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RIP Bernard Hill
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Sun 5 May 2024, 21:47,
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The Unexplained Underground Seashell Temple of Margate
possibly the peak of my bank holiday weekend
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Count Binface got more votes than Britain First
-Claudia Winkleman's fringe to be Grade 1 listed
-London Bridge to be renamed after Phoebe Waller
-Replace London’s "night tsar" with a "night mayor", with headquarters on Elm Street
-Free parking between Vine Street and the Strand
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I see the sixth formers have been trying their hand at satire again.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 5 May 2024, 17:29,
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<s>satire</s> posting last week's silly season 'news' on /links
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Just another Oxbridge posh boy apparently.
Saw a video of him giving a speech at one of the unions.
But he did pull LBC up on the Sanghita Myska fiasco the other day, so that's at least something.
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didn't he just copy someone else
But with a bigger budget
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