post:
 Maya & 3ds Max Developer Autodesk Fires 1,350 Workers to Accelerate Investments in AI

https://80.lv/articles/maya-3ds-…

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Autodesk is not relevant anymore, studio's are moving to third party software.Maya used to be good 15 years ago.

html_comment: Autodesk is not relevant anymore, studio's are moving to third party software.<br>Maya used to be good 15 years ago.

comment: A lot of big studios still use Maya a lot, it's still Industry standard along Houdini. But Maya development has sucked for a long time.

[User] monNom

comment: The original guy behind blender3d suggested there were probably only 20devs working on Maya. Not Autodesk's cash-cow.

comment: The market for the software he estimated wasn't very large either. maybe less than 20k seats? Hard to remember exact figures.

comment: Regardless, I'm sure the ability of AI video to make an explosion in 5 minutes has got to be cutting into their already tiny niche.

comment: Making explosions is hardly all that is needed. And if then there's Houdini. Tons of people still use Maya as industry standard for character animation.

comment: Oh without a doubt, that was a bit tongue in cheek. But there is a class of work that now has a ready substitute, and may be good enough for customers' needs

comment: Where there wasn't any substitute in the past - like talking animals with perfect hair. That was extremely hard before... now you can get it in 2 min of typing.

comment: Not perfect - but good enough to sell junk food.


[User] grafician

topic_title: Interior Design

post: Saint Heron Studio


topic_title: Vid of the Day - DESIGN

[User] dopepope

comment: sucks

html_comment: sucks


post: Not purely product, but exactly how products and business decisions make products come alive and become real in organizations.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: News of the day...

post: First live dates in over 20 years


[User] neverscared

post:
Florida attorney general opens criminal investigation into Andrew Tate and brother
Inquiry launched after pair was able to fly into state despite facing trial in Romania on rape and trafficking charges

“These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world,” Uthmeier said. He added: “Many of these victims are coming forward, some of them minors. People can spin or defend however they want, but in Florida, this type of behavior is viewed as atrocious. We’re not going to accept it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/news…

comment: u can run but u cant hide....

html_comment: u can run but u cant hide....

comment: florida does something right???????

html_comment: florida does something right???????

comment: Recently befriended by your favourite commander and chief.

comment: 3 years later, still not convicted.This will only give him more visibility.What a great way to spend taxes payer money.

html_comment:
3 years later, still not convicted.
This will only give him more visibility.
What a great way to spend taxes payer money.

comment: its not over till its over... but when its over donny dork will pardon them...

comment: What's the difference with Biden pardon his son and fauci?

comment: i would be super duper delighted to pay a lot lot more tax to have more investigators hired  to  speed up bringing suckers down like these two..

comment: i dont know .. iam nof familiar with the biden case ...whats is the difference? enlighten me...

comment: i know the jan.6 rioters were criminals and got pardoned...

comment: insurrections

html_comment: insurrections

[User] redneck

comment: The Tate brothers are inspirational for young men around the world and king Trump will pardon them both soon

[User] Gnash

comment: I thought trump wanted to keep rapists and criminals out of the USA


topic_title: the gif animation thread

[User] Krassy

comment: upvoted

html_comment: upvoted

comment: but also - no dickbutt?

html_comment: but also - no dickbutt?

comment: no L I N T ??

html_comment: no L I N T ??

[User] instrmntl

comment: sweet

html_comment: sweet


topic_title: FUCK ADOBE!

post:
 They should introduce a system of credits, instead of a subscription.

You buy $5-10-20 worth of credits at a time.

So you can use all the apps, but just whenever you need them.

2 hours of Photoshop to edit some profile pics this week, maybe 20 hours of Illustrator to design a visual identity, etc.

But they won't because they are greedy and stupid...

comment: that's bullshit

html_comment: that's bullshit

comment: Gee, some people act like $50-60 bucks per mo is a fortune for the entire Adobe CC when you make money with it.

comment: They have credit plans for Stock https://stock.adobe.…

comment: @NBQ Why pay around 800 euros for apps you don't use at all or very often? That's a week vacation in Greece somewhere...

comment: If you're not making money with Adobe CC then you could use Pixelmator or Affinity? Or cracked version as long as you don't use it for work?


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] nb

comment: It’s true. Proposed to my wife with a memory card

comment: She said no, but still.

html_comment: She said no, but still.


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post:
 "The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter.

The move follows the decision on Monday by the Trump administration to suspend military aid deliveries to Ukraine and comes after a dramatic breakdown in relations between the US president and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy."

comment: Source: FTBut meanwhile colonel on the ground said everything still working.

html_comment:
Source: FT

But meanwhile colonel on the ground said everything still working.

[User] Milan

comment: well, that's a shame. just as they were about to win the war, lol

comment: But it is true that Russia is on the losing side

[User] renderedred

comment: Russia is never on a losing side /s

html_comment: Russia is never on a losing side /s


topic_title: Stock Market

post:
 The European markets clearly like Germany’s “bazooka” – a new €500bn infrastructure fund and a loosening of the debt brake to effectively allow unlimited defence spending.

An index of European aerospace and defence firms advanced by 3.3%. Shares in German companies Thyssenkrupp, Hensoldt, Rheinmetall and Renk have risen by between 5% and 12%. The UK’s BAE Systems, Europe’s biggest defence group, rose by 3.3%.

The Dax in Frankfurt leapt by nearly 3%, and is set for its biggest daily increase since November 2022.

The dollar has fallen by 0.72% against a basket of other major currencies: the trade-weighted dollar index is now at 104.97.

The euro has extended its gains against the dollar and is now up by 0.75% to $1.0704 while the pound is trading nearly 0.4% higher at $1.2842.

And we’re off. European shares are rallying, as expected, after the German debt brake deal was announced.

The Dax in Frankfurt jumped by 2.2% while France’s CAC and Spain’s Ibex rose by 1.4% and the UK’s FTSE 100 advanced by 0.57%, or 50 points, to 8,808.

comment: those crafty germans are so crafty...

html_comment: those crafty germans are so crafty...


comment: hahah if only

html_comment: hahah if only

comment: love it

html_comment: love it


[User] cruddlebub

topic_title: making beats

post: Oh la laaa


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Conspiracy of the day

post:
 Conspiracy pal, doesn't believe there has ever been a war in Ukraine, that literally all of the footage is CGI or crisis actors.
Because Zelenskyy was an actor/comedian she thinks he's just a part of the stage play as is all other world leaders who are in on it.
-
One of her stanger ones recently was saying that Sonia from Eastenders was actually a man, (a common theme for her, she got banned from TikTok for saying most of the women in Hollywood were actually men). But when someone who had worked with Natalie Cassidy on a stage show commented that she was pregnant at the time whilst working on the show, conspiracy mate said that it's common practice that they wear pregnancy suits and the kids come from some dark satanic adoption scenario. LOL
-

comment: Jesus.

html_comment: Jesus.

comment: 'the world is a stage' is a common reply she uses.

comment: Natalie Cassidy! If it's true, it's the greatest secret of all. The most literal person I can think of.


topic_title: CYBERTRUCK

comment: Expensive hate.

html_comment: Expensive hate.


comment: A healthy level of Tesla hate at Mardi Gras!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Echosent

https://www.echosent.com/


[User] webazoot

post:
 'They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were killed'

https://www.theguardian.com/glob…

(This is a long and also just plain nuts. Also could've gone in the Conspiracy of the Day thread or the WTF one, did we have a Long Read thread. I couldn't find it. If it looks too long I'm sure it will end up a six part series on Netflix, eventually.)

comment: *(This is a long and also just plain nuts READ.

comment: oh, the zizians,of course

html_comment: oh, the zizians,of course

comment: insane bunch

html_comment: insane bunch


post:
 "Woolly mouse" is one wild step towards resurrecting the mammoth

https://newatlas.com/science/woo…

<a title="https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/4aa98e7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1824x1216+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2Ff9%2F0810f7294813babc863fc9e3d2ad%2Fscreenshot-2025-03-04-at-9-23-38-am.png" href="https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/4aa98e7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1824x1216+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2Ff9%2F0810f7294813babc863fc9e3d2ad%2Fscreenshot-2025-03-04-at-9-23-38-am.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://assets.newatlas.com/dims…


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: Michael Jackson

post: I've never heard worse music than what this thing created. He's the creepiest human whoever lived and that's even aside from his child-molesting llama barns. Also, fuck him for what he did with the Lennon-McCartney catalogue.

[User] Continuity

comment: And I thought I was the only one around here who thought he was pure, utter filth.

comment: We all did until South Park made us feel sorry for him then we came to our senses and realized how shit he was again

comment: But I do love rock with you hehe

html_comment: But I do love rock with you hehe

comment: The Beatles catalogue story is never told in full. McCartney and Yoko had first refusal right to buy it together, it's only when they passed that he got it.


[User] canoe

topic_title: Marketing Strategy

post: Got that April Dunford podcast rolling - gotta position a web company that does everything everyone else does. Looking forward to learning a few things.

[User] monNom

comment: pick a niche.

html_comment: pick a niche.

comment: Yah, that's the first thing I said to think about... that's going to be hard for them to swallow. Truth is hard to swallow.


topic_title: best on Netflix streaming?

comment: this seems like a bunch of garbage

html_comment: this seems like a bunch of garbage

comment: good premise - but went nowhere fast

html_comment: good premise - but went nowhere fast

comment: Extremely meh

html_comment: Extremely meh


[User] grafician

topic_title: Illustration of the Day

post: Salvador Dalí - The Divine Comedy Illustration, Departure on the Grand Voyage, Hell Canto I

[User] OBBTKN

comment: One of Dali's best pieces

html_comment: One of Dali's best pieces

comment: Botticelli's stuff also top https://en.wikipedia…


topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

post: Japanese Farmland -  Ray Morimura. c.1994


[User] utopian

comment: Looking forward to reviews and then release in the uk. Looks a really cool little machine


topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post: Charles Schulz - Snoopy as Fierce Vulture Sketch Original Art (c. 1965)


post: The Fellowship leaving Rivendell - Kilian Eng

comment: Amazing!

html_comment: Amazing!


topic_title: Apple

post:
"Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever, featuring M4 Max and new M3 Ultra"

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2…

comment: M3 Ultra goes up to 512GB RAM

html_comment: M3 Ultra goes up to 512GB RAM

comment: But will wait for next 1TB RAM versions then running LLMs locally will be great

[User] kingsteven

comment: i mean a 512GB could theoretically run a model of 200 million parameters

comment: Llama for sure, but for R1 I think you need more, so 1TB RAM next iteration should do it to have good performance

comment: RI is 671B parameters, so you'd really need 2TB

comment: although, the more, the better.

html_comment: although, the more, the better.


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
 Gardener wins case against Paddy Power over £1m prize

https://www.bbc.com/news/article…

[User] Gardener

comment: sadly no relation

html_comment: sadly no relation

comment: I posted this exactly for you

html_comment: I posted this exactly for you

comment: He's got my vote.

html_comment: He's got my vote.


post:
Macbook Air M4

"The 13‑inch MacBook Air is the ultimate on-the-go laptop, and the 15‑inch model gives you even more space onscreen for multitasking."

https://www.apple.com/macbook-ai…

comment: I bought an M3 Air in November when my 2018 Intel MBP screen went bad. I love it. I haven't run into much that shows it down

comment: and in most cases it seems faster than the old MBP.


topic_title: Official SFW Thread

post:
 "Historic beaver release marks conservation milestone"

https://www.theguardian.com/envi…


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: Great price wow

html_comment: Great price wow

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] robthelad

comment: they replace the milk with cum, that's what I heard anyway.

[User] monospaced

comment: I heard that makes Christians really excited to drink them.


[User] zaq

post:
 Inspiring speech
https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/…

comment: This should be all over the internets, everybody in Europe needs to watch this

comment: Wonderful speech. Terrifying in its accuracy, inspiring in its solutions and ideas.

comment: hahaha, all they can do is wave white flags

comment: I suppose as someone whose country had to wave the white flag at Nato, you'd know, eh?

comment: Thanks for this, this is what a true orated sounds like, what an intelligent leader speaking to an intelligent audience sounds like. Trump is an imbecile talkin

comment: ...talking to imbeciles, propped up by cowards.

comment: Europe got the message really fast

html_comment: Europe got the message really fast

[User] garbage

comment: Hear hear.

html_comment: Hear hear.

[User] redneck

comment: No more handouts

html_comment: No more handouts

[User] neverscared

comment: behind the white flags , .....is a 1 trillion war chest now. though...

comment: billion... but with the genius and efficiency of german design its easy worth 1 trillion compared to the russian wodka driven chaos military and intel services

comment: remember when they told putin he can drive into kiew in 3 days.... classic russian missmanagement...

[User] palimpsest

comment: New era.

html_comment: New era.


comment: I’m sure by 2027, Apple will have finally mastered the complex art of integrating Apple AI & Siri into their budget-friendly, mass-produced Chinese cube.

comment: lol just say you can't afford one

html_comment: lol just say you can't afford one

[User] nb

comment: Ok but the Accessory Kit is $12,599 of thi

comment: if you can live with 4TB internal storage, this drops to like $10k. Not bad considering the typical costs associated with half a terabyte of ram

comment: You may never have to close a chrome tab again...

comment: Most of that price is the SSD

html_comment: Most of that price is the SSD

comment: Drop it down to 1GB storage and it’s down to $9500. Cut RAM to 256 and it’s only $7k.


topic_title: Europe is Fucked

post: "France's president Macron says his country will open the debate to 'extend the French nuclear umbrella to European partners'"

comment: Macron: We have prepared a plan for peace in Ukraine

comment: (strong speech from Macron tonight)

html_comment: (strong speech from Macron tonight)

[User] Milan

comment: hahaha, you actually believe the little Napoleon who flip-flops every other day? he'll completely change his plan tomorrow

comment: So we have a new leader in Europe *claps*

[User] YakuZoku

comment: More nukes is idiotic and a waste of money

comment: Sure gringo

html_comment: Sure gringo


comment: C-suite executives:  "But I don't even make $20k a month"


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Chyna basically declared war and nobody noticed lol

comment: Nuke those gooks

html_comment: Nuke those gooks


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Is he a retarded 3rd grade bully? Your DEAD at recess!!!!!

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Imagine owning a platform that allows governments to offer other countries out for war. Ridiculous. Maybe Milan is onto something getting all his news from X

comment: You won't imagine the amount of trash these days on X, no wonder a lot of morons get radicalized almost overnight

comment: < AND almost all have this attitude, very emboldened in their immense stupidity, basically Trump winning gave all the shitheads wings

comment: MAGA 100% destroying the USA right now

html_comment: MAGA 100% destroying the USA right now

comment: X's algorithm shows what you show it you like, my feed is all creative shit and cats for some fuckin reason

comment: You click political trash once and you're fucked, by the looks of what you post on here Graf, you be clickn that political shit all day long

comment: Do you even internet bro?

html_comment: Do you even internet bro?

comment: Again with your dumb opinions, these posts are in trending! Yes, I still have the creative feed too, stick to what you know

comment: These posts are not in my trending. Mine are mostly B2B creative's stuff and other world events. Weird.

comment: Just stay in your bubble then

html_comment: Just stay in your bubble then

comment: Keep your political feed out of QBN you dork

comment: Get a hobby or girlfriend or a job at least


topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] theonlyengineerhere

comment: Dolly PartonJokes aside, we should all be so lucky to still be recognizable (and "maintenance" notwithstanding, attractive) as her at her age. I won't even be

html_comment:
Dolly Parton

Jokes aside, we should all be so lucky to still be recognizable (and "maintenance" notwithstanding, attractive) as her at her age. I won't even be

[User] Krassy

comment: Steven Tyler

html_comment: Steven Tyler


[User] grafician

comment: Volt Europa

html_comment: Volt Europa


post: "The swiss


post:
 "The Swiss parliament, of both right and left wing parties, is demanding the swiss government to recheck the recent deals of purchases of US-made F35 Jets and Patriot air defences systems, because of lack in trust in the current US administration."

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/tru…

comment: More like unfucked. The F35 are super expensive and not reliable if they can be shut off by the US remotely.


topic_title: TESLA

comment: Numbers in Europe the same over 50% downIn Germany over 70% even

html_comment:
Numbers in Europe the same over 50% down

In Germany over 70% even


[User] dbloc

[User] utopian

comment: Can Tesla bounce back?

html_comment: Can Tesla bounce back?

comment: yup if they fire the k-hole A-hole

html_comment: yup if they fire the k-hole A-hole

[User] microkorg

comment: Wonder if Elon will leave to help save Tesla?


topic_title: Guess that QBN'r

comment: FLOL#prayforchamo

html_comment: FLOL<br>#prayforchamo

[User] Continuity

comment: Awww chamo.They did him dirty. :(#prayforchamo

html_comment:
Awww chamo.
They did him dirty. :(
#prayforchamo

[User] monNom

comment: Should say POLICE ICE Ice iceLike an echo. Missed opportunity.

html_comment:
Should say POLICE ICE Ice ice
Like an echo.

Missed opportunity.


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Roy Ayers at 84

comment: ah man wj=hat a song, was just listening to it today :(

[User] PhanLo

comment: :-(Tune

html_comment: :-(<br>Tune


[User] srhadden

comment: One of the greats. RIP Roy

html_comment: One of the greats. RIP Roy


topic_title: Punches For:

comment: Such a Goober

html_comment: Such a Goober


post: enjoying BillyBob in LandMan [ paramount+ i think ]

[User] webazoot

comment: Yeah, I enjoyed - was the first season of anything I've made to the end of for a while.


post:
https://www.artstation.com/victo…
-


[User] neverscared

topic_title: looking for a metaphor

post:
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions

https://www.theguardian.com/envi…

[User] robthelad

comment: "rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice" fucking LOL, you see what you see I guess.


[User] jagara

topic_title: Boards of Canada

post: Yes, BOC has their own thread.

comment: @canoe :)

html_comment: @canoe :)

[User] canoe

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: I was so hoping for a new album announcement. nearly shit myself with the possible idea.


[User] maquito

comment: looks nice actually

html_comment: looks nice actually


[User] Gardener

post: It's been 25 years but I did get to see them live, they only played one more show and that was a year later at ATP.

comment: Aphex was on fire, saw Bjork wandering about and I was on 'e' that night, as you'd expect, it was A M A Z I N G

[User] Ianbolton

comment: woah, that sounds like the perfect night. £20 too. Remember when gigs were proper gigs?!!

[User] palimpsest

comment: When all the women were strong, all the men were good looking, and all the children were above average.

[User] skwiotsmith

comment: Digging deep for that reference, palimpsest!

comment: yah Palimpsest, is that a 2000 reference or what? i've been listening to Warp artists my entire life and I can't place where, what or why

[User] milfhunter

comment: this line-up is insane

html_comment: this line-up is insane

[User] CyBrainX

comment: That's a dream lineup. I've spent millions of hours listening to Aphex Twin, Autechre, Plaid, BOC and Prefuse 73.

[User] garbage

comment: @pali I'm dying at the thought of the Wobegon Boy in attendance.

comment: a + from the eve was that no-one was holding up a smart phone, it never occurred to me to take pics either


[User] inteliboy

post:
 The little email AI summary in Apple mail at first seemed super useful.... and quite on point...

Though now the feed is bumping random emails up to the top of the pile, out of sequential order, not by date... which is really weird for email. And the AI with summary sits below the email header.... as if it's the body of the email. So it looks like there's these fresh emails coming through.  What kinda confusing irritating dog shit design is this?


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

[User] Turbobrick

comment: This would be good news

html_comment: This would be good news


topic_title: recommend tv series

post:
 Anyone seen "The Crowded Room" on AppleTV?

It was pretty great.

comment: Not heard of that, Ty for the heads up

html_comment: Not heard of that, Ty for the heads up

comment: yeah this looks good, set in the 70's? I'm in


topic_title: Car of The Day

comment: its gold

html_comment: its gold

comment: i'll stick with the renault 5 thanks

html_comment: i'll stick with the renault 5 thanks

[User] Longcopylover

comment: Yes, I prefer the new R5. Seen it several times now and it looks great in reality.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Hyundai Inster or Panda

html_comment: Hyundai Inster or Panda

comment: different price class though... 31k to 20k


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: nice!

html_comment: nice!


[User] everyangle

comment: It's Mark Carney!

html_comment: It's Mark Carney!

[User] theonlyengineerhere

comment: Milan or Kurahm post Orange-Turd weenie suck


comment: CURED, yet big pharma don't want you know this one simple trick!

comment: ^ haha

html_comment: ^ haha

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Lol Ian

html_comment: Lol Ian

[User] Continuity

comment: flol Ian

html_comment: flol Ian

[User] yuekit

comment: And after that changed name to Georges II

comment: It would have destroyed more than that along the way, and after.


[User] nb

topic_title: Codename Krasnov

post:
 NO.
MORE.
TRUMP.
THREADS.
FFS.

[User] neverscared

comment: exactly...thats why this thread has no -trump-  in its title...

comment: Graf has been flooding this place with this shit

comment: So this would be a workaround to getting Trump content on the frontpage because it doesn't have "Trump" on the title?

comment: its a pretty good title, trump content in it or not....

comment: personally i would prefer this one and delete the other with the  - donald trump-  title

comment: but i´am a child..so guess it wont happen...

comment: As a parent, I have to say that a child has better reasoning skills than you do.

comment: thanks

html_comment: thanks

comment: can we still use the krasnov title though ?


topic_title: blog

post: "Crash out" is the trendy word of the month.

[User] kingsteven

comment: a month ago maybe. now working its way through millennials by christmas my mum will be accuse me of crashing out for telling her cooking sprouts in the air

comment: fryer with soy sauce is cringe. and my niece will roll her eyes and siri will suggest Elton John - Circle of Life (From "The Lion King"/Official Video)

comment: oh how we laughed.

html_comment: oh how we laughed.


post:
 True or not, there's a lot suspicious things on the table...

And the fact he turn his back to every friendly countries and tend the hand to Putin right at the start of his second term in Office is... suspicious.

Like that woman said "this is not normal"

comment: Countries don't have 'friends' they have 'interests'.

comment: He's backstabbing the entire Western World and getting chumy with the #1 historical ennemy of the US.   Whats the plan here?

comment: they can have friendly fire though...

html_comment: they can have friendly fire though...

comment: he's not doing anything of the sort. he's simply emulating pootin and chucking his weight around cos it's fun and there's nowt anyone can do about it


[User] elahon

topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: grab a handful of ketamine from the k-bowl on the way out. or in.


[User] Milan

[User] scruffics

comment: i very much doubt he is

html_comment: i very much doubt he is

comment: Tarrifs on the trees next

html_comment: Tarrifs on the trees next

comment: what trees? he's chopping them all down

html_comment: what trees? he's chopping them all down

comment: but he'll sell you some fresh bottled trump branded Greenland oxygen!

comment: It's the same the other way round but even worse.

[User] akiersky

comment: A gutted EPA doesn't seem like supporting oxygen. Or water for that matter

[User] utopian

comment: All of these right wingers are morons.

html_comment: All of these right wingers are morons.

comment: Milan's inhaled too much flare smoke in partizan's hooligan section, he doesn't know about fresh air.

[User] monospaced

comment: Bitch please. He’s pro environmental deregulation which is negatively affecting drinking water and air. Fucking idiot.

comment: So amazed by how conservatives can say this shit with such confidence while completely ignoring reality. Milan, you’re a delusional, gullible, mislead cunt


comment: cooomedy

html_comment: cooomedy

comment: 220bn uploading now..

html_comment: 220bn uploading now..


comment: Whiggers with attitude

html_comment: Whiggers with attitude


post:
 Europe’s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assets

If European leaders want to truly support Ukraine they must seize the moment by seizing $220bn in assets

https://www.theguardian.com/busi…

comment: this will buy a few more weapons adding up to the that epic amount of financial volume already put up...

comment: by the germans and the rest of europe for the new ear of  Rearmament...

comment: This would be suicide for the EU, idiot. China and the rest of the world would pull all its investments from the EU.

[User] Gnash

comment: The EU is spending more money on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine

comment: lol... china and the rest of the world will pull out....... flippin stoopid as the intel that said pootin wil invade kiew in 3 days...

comment: but u can still use the frozen assets beside that...

comment: the chinese are constantly eye rollin at the russian warfare...

comment: and are the last who  will leave because they are about makng a buck more than the americans as everbody should know these days already...

comment: Fuck the Orcs, seize and redistribute all of their assets ASAP.

[User] monNom

comment: Would that be an act of war?

html_comment: Would that be an act of war?

[User] uan

comment: I don't get how Europe is having money for a war. Economy is fucked up. The population is voting right against the left failure. this is like the bibi move.

comment: do they really think they can pull this off?It's the french who made guillotines famous.

html_comment: do they really think they can pull this off?<br>It's the french who made guillotines famous.


topic_title: Apple

post:
 Can anyone recommend some good external monitors for a mac mini I may be getting.

My iMac has died suddenly and it's probably not going to be worth repairing as it's an Intel and quite old now. Although I am going to get it checked.

I could get a display for my macbook Air but although great for nearly everything, I do fancy getting a mac mini now. Anything above the base model soon gets pricey though.

The Apple display would be my first choice but it's just too expensive to justify I think.

comment: asus new 5k monitor, well priced. probably what i would go for if i was buying right now.

comment: I've got two of these on an adjustable mount behind my desk. https://www.amazon.c…

comment: if you're doing mostly web work, Dell UltraSharp 27" 16:9 4K IPS LED Monitor [U2723QE] is more than enough

comment: honestly get anything that looks cool in your office, they all work about the same. I have a 10 year old $250 Samsung that I have 0 complaints with.

comment: thanks all. food for thought there. Yep niko, it is mostly web, v.rare print. super accurate colour is not essential, although I would like similar quality to

comment: those great iMac screens

html_comment: those great iMac screens

comment: I bought the 43" LG 4K (43SQ700S) display a couple years ago for $497 and love it. https://a.co/d/e0l5Q…

comment: feel like we would all have 5k monitors if there had been a good option under $1k, osx is designed to use 5k its why the imac and studio display look so good...

comment: definitely check reviews of that new acer

comment: They have newer ones, but I'm really happy with it.

comment: I'd love the Apple monitors, but you can't easily switch between computers on them, which is dumb.

comment: DELL U2723QE only slightly less good than the Studio Display except no webcam. Good price, 4k almost as good as 5k. Good colors

comment: ooh, thanks nb and everyone else. Lots to look at :)

comment: I use the Apple at work and the Dell at home. Apple is nicer but very glossy reflective and has no power button which makes it awful in my room

comment: I have that Dell. Just the older version. Great display and USB C also charges the Mac, so only one cable :)

comment: macOS isn’t optimized for 5k specifically, it just happens to handle it as well as it does 4k and below. It scales everything up anyway.

comment: 5k is 2:1 scaling so with a 27" 5k everything is sharp and text is a legible and sharp on the smallest default zoom setting, just as it is on a 5k iMac or apple

comment: 's own displays. when you use 4k the scaling is not bad (but arguably not quite as sharp) and scaling options are slightly too small and slightly too big.

comment: it's not a huge deal, but the new acer 5k is £800 - same price as i paid for my Benq 4k

comment: Yep. I use 4k and 5k and a good designer’s eye will easily see the difference. But the 4k is passable and the 5k isn’t work an extra grand imo

comment: Curious about that new Acer now though. Reasonable price.


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 The MASK Benchmark: Disentangling Honesty
from Accuracy in AI Systems

https://www.mask-benchmark.ai/


[User] shellie

post:
 My spots for The Oscars played and I’m super proud of them. Written and produced by me, with the support of an incredible team.

https://www.adweek.com/convergen…

comment: Nice!

html_comment: Nice!

comment: gorgeous!

html_comment: gorgeous!

[User] PonyBoy

comment: Nice, Shellie!! <3

html_comment: Nice, Shellie!! <3

comment: Lovely work. Congrats Shellie!

html_comment: Lovely work. Congrats Shellie!

[User] stoplying

comment: Well done, shellie. Really nice stuff there.

comment: Amazing

html_comment: Amazing

[User] prophetone

comment: good work

html_comment: good work

comment: Yeaaaaaaaaas

html_comment: Yeaaaaaaaaas

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Congrats :)

html_comment: Congrats :)

comment: Impressive!

html_comment: Impressive!

[User] ArmandoEstrada

comment: Nice! Congrats!

html_comment: Nice! Congrats!

comment: these are cool.

html_comment: these are cool.

[User] Squiddy

comment: Nice work!

html_comment: Nice work!

[User] instrmntl

comment: That's awesome, congrats!!!!!

html_comment: That's awesome, congrats!!!!!

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: Lovely!

html_comment: Lovely!


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: WANT of the day

post: Haribo Crocs.

comment: A bag of little edible jelly sandals?

html_comment: A bag of little edible jelly sandals?


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 How do trees work? There's a reason specific types of construction lumber is brought in from Canada. But forget all that, time to de-forest protected US areas to process the wrong trees.

"President Donald Trump is promising to unleash the US timber industry by allowing companies to raze swaths of federally protected national forests..."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/c…

I mean at best, aside from decimating protected environments, a US 2x4 is headed for about $25 a pop?

comment: The Circus Must Go On!

html_comment: The Circus Must Go On!

[User] nb

comment: So you don’t care if Canadian trees get cut down?


[User] futurefood

comment: Vol 2 - Lick I swear, the things these guys can do with an sh101/mc202... beyond amazing

html_comment: Vol 2 - Lick <br>I swear, the things these guys can do with an sh101/mc202... beyond amazing


[User] elahon

topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Still thinks it’s a civil war artefact I bet.


topic_title: Fail of the day

[User] Krassy

comment: смее се на български!

html_comment: смее се на български!


post: when I saw this thread bump, I was so hoping for a new album announcement! nearly shit myself with the possible idea.

[User] dopepope

comment: me too

html_comment: me too

[User] jagara

comment: sorry :)

html_comment: sorry :)


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Official SFW Thread

comment: old enamel sign in this weeks local auction

[User] webazoot

comment: Topical!

html_comment: Topical!

[User] Akagiyama

comment: This was my nana's old nickname in high school.

comment: Trans Atlantic or just Cis?

html_comment: Trans Atlantic or just Cis?


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] utopian

comment: accurate.

html_comment: accurate.


topic_title: Vid of the Day

[User] zaq

comment: wow

html_comment: wow


[User] Continuity

topic_title: Food

post:
 Homemade Taiwanese black pepper pork buns (Hujiao Bing).

They're really good.

[User] Nairn

comment: Oh yeah, baby!

html_comment: Oh yeah, baby!

[User] yuekit

comment: Nice!

html_comment: Nice!

comment: Bada Bing!

html_comment: Bada Bing!

[User] PonyBoy

comment: yum <3

html_comment: yum <3

comment: Another one!

html_comment: Another one!

comment: Hmm, no recipe? I'm calling the police.

html_comment: Hmm, no recipe? <br>I'm calling the police.

comment: That's only because you don't have the Discord Pro account.

comment: instant growling stomach

html_comment: instant growling stomach


[User] Milan

topic_title: Europe is Fucked

post: EU "leader" strategy

[User] neverscared

comment: is a bombastic military budget they are designing  ... that we can all agree on...

[User] ApeRobot

comment: According to his "plan", military troops in france need to increase by 10 times. Good luck with that.He's a cunt.

html_comment: According to his "plan", military troops in france need to increase by 10 times. Good luck with that.<br>He's a cunt.


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
 Five jailed for far-right plot to overthrow German government
Extremists linked to Reichsbürger movement also planned to kidnap health minister and create conditions for civil war

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

comment: Sieg Heil Hayoth

html_comment: Sieg Heil Hayoth


topic_title: _Randomize Me

post: [ https://i.imgur.com/d7Hql9c.mp4 ]


post: So it begins...So much winning!

comment: nah just a clever move by Jack Daniels to start bootlegging American whisky like the good ol' days...Illegal US booze is going to be the hottest thing in Canada

comment: so now those idiotic fake speak-easies can have a bit of street red? lol I don't know, they're still lame.


[User] Ianbolton

comment: haha, so weird but i'm wondering how easy it would be to play.


[User] renderedred

post:
 A dozen Tesla cars burned at store, arson is suspected amid global protests

https://electrek.co/2025/03/03/a…


[User] Nutter

topic_title: TESLA

post:
 Man accused of attacking Tesla dealership with Molotov cocktails, assault rifle (Oregon).

https://ktla.com/news/man-accuse…

Guess he didn't read the manifesto advice (don't drive a car to the scene)


post:
 What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain

Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/heal…


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: Punches for

html_comment: Punches for

comment: Stereo MCs?

html_comment: Stereo MCs?


topic_title: Poster of the Day

post:
 Two psychedelic posters with art by Nicole Claveloux (b. 1940): 1) “Romeo and Juliet” (1970) and 2) “Love” (1973).
-


topic_title: Punches For:

post:
 Whoever it was at Microsoft circa 1994 who came up with the My ______ naming scheme for Windows 95.

30 years later every large organization has someone who thinks naming the new employee portal, pension hub, internal message board, etc, My Portal, My Hub, My Messages, is hot shit. And somehow they get it approved before anyone with any sense has a chance to interject.

[User] monospaced

comment: Is it “senseless” though? The convention works.


[User] sarahfailin

topic_title: Test Thread

[User] instrmntl

comment: Nice!


topic_title: blog

post:
 So y'all have helped me, sometimes a LOT, with our posters for the City of Trees Parade and Mardi Gras Festival for the past few years. I am the lead organizer of the parade, and this year I actually got a graphic designer to volunteer to help do our big poster (again below). But in case you want to see what this event looks like, here's some coverage:

This parade is my baby!


[User] nb

topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 Anti-Elon protest
this Saturday
at Tesla Meatpacking in NYC

comment: musks geekstapo is gonna fire everyone...


[User] utopian

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post: How we got the first US copyright for an image made only with AI material

[User] YakuZoku

comment: I expected a lot more creative time involved to get a copyright

[User] grafician

comment: Great, more AI slop lol

html_comment: Great, more AI slop lol


topic_title: will anyone read this? its kind of long.

post: Incredible 2009 perspectives in this thread

comment: My car broke down in the middle of nowhere before mobile phones were common.

comment: Singer in my band was 8 mths pregnant and in the passenger seat. Had to hitch a lift to nearest town.

comment: Find a garage while she sat in the car. Worked out ok but the stress!


[User] sausages

post: Waiting for a cyclone to hit us on the north coast of NSW in Australia . Already flooded in and won’t be going anywhere for days. Woo!

comment: Username checks out

html_comment: Username checks out

comment: Shit man, I feel you! + It's La Niña, it's gonna be a bad hurricane season for some

comment: All good. I have heaps of food and alcohol stocked (and enough acid to poison the town water supply)

comment: Nice!

[User] sab

comment: Stay safe Snags! Cheers from Melbs

html_comment: Stay safe Snags! Cheers from Melbs

[User] MrT

comment: Don’t drive in floodwater! Every time. More love from Melbs - we used to live in Lennox so know the feeling

comment: Just got news of a guys getting washed down the mountain trying to cross a creek. Sad no chance of survival


post: You'll never get to Mars if your rockets keep exploding.

comment: I got 14 kids to feed!

html_comment: I got 14 kids to feed!

comment: or should I say 14 IVF moms have 14 kids to feed, I don't give a fuck about them, other than that one I use as a meat shield but I still wouldn't feed it


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 He says: "Globalists are behind stock market sell off"

lol

[User] colab

comment: I think he has "the globe" confused with "globalists".

comment: CLOWN

html_comment: CLOWN

comment: ha ha, yeah he had nothing to do with it


post: "If Tesla's plan succeeds it will no longer be our decision to make and that change might be coming sooner than anyone expects."


topic_title: Vid of the Day - DESIGN

post: A very interesting perspective about design


[User] faxion

topic_title: Architecture of the Day

[User] neverscared

comment: the best

html_comment: the best

[User] Miesfan

comment: The House is beautyful, but it's hard to wacht and listen to him knowing how he made his money.


topic_title: Science Of The Day

post:
 Laser light made into a supersolid for the first time

A small international team of nanotechnologists, engineers and physicists has developed a way to force laser light into becoming a supersolid. Their paper is published in the journal Nature. The editors at Nature have published a Research Briefing in the same issue summarizing the work.

http://phys.org/news/2025-03-las…


[User] webazoot

topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: You see the 'Its Friday!' thread come up and think, "oh yeah, it is isn't it."


post:
DOGE Is the Deep State

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

The “deep state” is a top-tier conservative bogeyman, right up there with DEI and George Soros. But it seems fair to ask: If a bunch of shadowy, unelected figures, many with shared business interests and connections, took over government functions at the highest levels and directly contravened the will of Congress, what might you call that? How about ... DOGE?

[User] ApeRobot

comment: I can't wait for his live stream in fort knox gold reserve.


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Robot of the day

post:
 Uber eats, are you watching?

The AI-powered e-bike can perform jumps and other tricks thanks to reinforcement learning.

comment: Next step is robots creating robots to do all the human jobs, making the human race obsolete.

comment: And only Aperobots survive? :)

html_comment: And only Aperobots survive? :)

[User] Ianbolton

comment: what is 'reinforced learning'? Can humans get it?


[User] Projectile

topic_title: Meme of the day

post: <a title="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/482128732_1074086948090189_2788058390684684176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=ynua-OGGKlUQ7kNvgFyqXdj&_nc_oc=AdjWLiq378HnW9vyRr75sAzDwiU4QINn0tUbA--3czucW59iaxNPvquqr8dlETDMWH4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=AiubCJZ3bZU9vZvS6GwPvsn&oh=00_AYECkED8j_prtB0Pqwi51Apa4K0w1u34B25eSN4QIeTRuQ&oe=67D09ACA" href="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/482128732_1074086948090189_2788058390684684176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=ynua-OGGKlUQ7kNvgFyqXdj&_nc_oc=AdjWLiq378HnW9vyRr75sAzDwiU4QINn0tUbA--3czucW59iaxNPvquqr8dlETDMWH4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=AiubCJZ3bZU9vZvS6GwPvsn&oh=00_AYECkED8j_prtB0Pqwi51Apa4K0w1u34B25eSN4QIeTRuQ&oe=67D09ACA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">

[User] elahon

comment: LOL I read that in Axel Rose's voice.

html_comment: LOL I read that in Axel Rose's voice.

[User] Continuity

comment: ^ lol

html_comment: ^ lol

comment: lol me too before I read the headline

html_comment: lol me too before I read the headline


topic_title: canada

[User] Milan

comment: freezing peaceful protesters' bank accounts is not fascist at all

[User] PhanLo

comment: ^ H O N K ! H O N K !

html_comment: ^ H O N K ! H O N K !


[User] grafician

topic_title: Codename Krasnov

comment: 4 years old Guardian article about it

html_comment: 4 years old Guardian article about it

[User] palimpsest

comment: year*

html_comment: year*

comment: Compound adjectives. The More You Know.#hookedonphonics

html_comment:
Compound adjectives.
The More You Know.
#hookedonphonics

comment: palimpsest you need to chill https://i.imgur.com/…

html_comment:
palimpsest you need to chill

https://i.imgur.com/…

comment: English probably not your first language? I get you can't stand my posts, but still, you can just ignore and do something else ;)

html_comment: English probably not your first language? <br>I get you can't stand my posts, but still, you can just ignore and do something else ;)

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: I'm chill, bruh. English is not my first language but it is my main language. What is it that you object to in my comment regarding English?

html_comment: I'm chill, bruh. <br>English is not my first language but it is my main language. What is it that you object to in my comment regarding English?

comment: If you can't stand comments on your posts, then don't post. What is the real issue here?I have time, let's talk it through.

html_comment: If you can't stand comments on your posts, then don't post. What is the real issue here?<br>I have time, let's talk it through.

comment: If you have the time maybe learn some more of it? English I mean

html_comment: If you have the time maybe learn some more of it? <br>English I mean

comment: But thank you for trying to correct me and failing

html_comment: But thank you for trying to correct me and failing

comment: It's fascinating that *you* felt the need to point out that English was not *my* first language.What part am I wrong about?

html_comment: It's fascinating that *you* felt the need to point out that English was not *my* first language.<br>What part am I wrong about?

comment: Wait, you really think it's "four years old Guardian article"? Because a child would say "I'm four years old"?

comment: This is better than I expected.

html_comment: This is better than I expected.

comment: I wasn't dumb enough to realize your level of stupidity.

html_comment: I wasn't dumb enough to realize your level of stupidity.

comment: Guardian agreed with meAlso you can take English test here: https://ielts.org/

html_comment:
Guardian agreed with me

Also you can take English test here:

https://ielts.org/

comment: Why are you still posting that image and how is it relevant? This is epic!

comment: You clearly have also reading comprehension issues

html_comment: You clearly have also reading comprehension issues

comment: Let's take it step by step.Hold my hand.

html_comment: Let's take it step by step.<br>Hold my hand.

comment: 4-year-old Guardian article.*

html_comment: 4-year-old Guardian article.*

comment: The reasoning is that 40 is plural so it should always be "years"? Am I'm hooking on phonics right?

comment: This is the most hilarious bunch of notes I've read all week!

html_comment: This is the most hilarious bunch of notes I've read all week!

comment: THISIS BEAUTIFUL

html_comment:
THIS
IS
BEAUTIFUL

comment: AGAIN https://imgur.com/a/…

html_comment:
AGAIN

https://imgur.com/a/…

comment: "This article is more than 4 years old""This 4 year old is article is more than 4 years old"Compound adjectives.#hookedonphonics

html_comment:
"This article is more than 4 years old"
"This 4 year old is article is more than 4 years old"
Compound adjectives.
#hookedonphonics

comment: But keep going, you're making my day!<3

html_comment: But keep going, you're making my day!<br><3

html_comment:
Sigh.
https://eliteediting…

[User] kingsteven

comment: lol

comment: I had no idea such rudimentary grammar could be so difficult.

html_comment: I had no idea such rudimentary grammar could be so difficult.

comment: If we could could only bottle his confidence we would be billionaires.

comment: flol @ "confidence"You know one of the things I love about you, pali? Your generous spirit!

html_comment: flol @ "confidence"<br>You know one of the things I love about you, pali? Your generous spirit!

comment: agent krasnovs confidence ?

html_comment: agent krasnovs confidence ?

comment: Again for clarity as it seems people have problems comprehending:  This Guardian article published 4 years ago about Trump being probably a Russian asset

comment: So, it's a 4-year-old article, then.

html_comment: So, it's a 4-year-old article, then.

comment: LOL.We fucking called it!We is now 5 dollah richer.

html_comment:
LOL.
We fucking called it!
We is now 5 dollah richer.

comment: Woo-hoo!

html_comment: Woo-hoo!

comment: The real question is if it's a "4 years old article" or a '4-year-old article"?Back to you Bucharest!

html_comment: The real question is if it's a "4 years old article" or a '4-year-old article"?<br>Back to you Bucharest!

comment: Poor grafician.Stubborn as a 4-years-old who needs a nap.

html_comment: Poor grafician.<br>Stubborn as a 4-years-old who needs a nap.

comment: "Last modified on Fri 29 Jan 2021 19.32 CET" This means the article is more than 4 years old I can't really get what you don't get

comment: MFLOL

html_comment: MFLOL

comment: Holy fucking FLOL!!!

html_comment: Holy fucking FLOL!!!

comment: A: A four years old article B: A four-year-old articleYour turn @grafician

html_comment:
A: A four years old article
B: A four-year-old article
Your turn @grafician

comment: @graficianIn order to clear you name are you up for a live debate on English with me?

html_comment: @grafician<br>In order to clear you name are you up for a live debate on English with me?

comment: So you think I made a mistake in my cutting short the full sentence due to being in a hurry and now trying to make a fuss about it

comment: ^ That's the easiest mulitple-choice quiz in the world.Haven't seen one of those since I was a 7-year-old in primary school.

html_comment: ^ That's the easiest mulitple-choice quiz in the world.<br>Haven't seen one of those since I was a 7-year-old in primary school.

comment: ...while I'm trying to tell you everybody knew that Trump was pretty much a plant since 4 years ago Great

comment: So **now** you were in a hurry. What the fuck were all those previous notes about then?

comment: pfffffhahahaha"Due to being in a hurry"

html_comment: pfffffhahahaha<br>"Due to being in a hurry"

comment: "It's just a prank, bro"

html_comment: "It's just a prank, bro"

comment: Are you sure it was 4 years ago?

html_comment: Are you sure it was 4 years ago?

comment: Better double-check.

html_comment: Better double-check.

comment: Taking the L at the start would have been so much more dignified than the show you're putting on right now.

comment: That debate has not expiration date. Whenever you're ready "my dude".

comment: On Twitch!

html_comment: On Twitch!

comment: So full sentences next time otherwise you can't comprehend got it boys

comment: I don't see why any dignified human being (myself not included) would go down this path.

comment: No, it's not about "full sentences". Don't try to weasel out of this.

html_comment: No, it's not about "full sentences". <br>Don't try to weasel out of this.

comment: We all got the message. I think I can speak for all here, what we don't get is why you're still doubling doubling down on a futile mistake.

html_comment: We all got the message. <br>I think I can speak for all here, what we don't get is why you're still doubling doubling down on a futile mistake.

comment: My main takeaway is some peasant from from Romania made an English grammar mistake, won't own up to it, then presumes to school us in the language.

comment: And I'm here for it!

html_comment: And I'm here for it!

comment: I was being petty by pointing out your mistake. But I didn't expect this whole lot of drama. You never dissapoint.

comment: I do not care enough about your opinion to see this as "drama" or anything else.You seem to invent situations were you need to validate yourself in some way

html_comment:
I do not care enough about your opinion to see this as "drama" or anything else.

You seem to invent situations were you need to validate yourself in some way

comment: Maybe just maybe try to understand what people write, then if you fail, just ask what that person meant - you know like normal people

comment: My only care is making my posts accesible, how they are interpreted is up to others

comment: So did you make a mistake or not?

html_comment: So did you make a mistake or not?

comment: "Maybe just maybe try to understand what people write"Or, maybe, stop trying to pretend you know what you're taking about, when you clear don't?

html_comment: "Maybe just maybe try to understand what people write"<br>Or, maybe, stop trying to pretend you know what you're taking about, when you clear don't?

comment: Let's fucking go!https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Let's fucking go!
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: You're both wrong.

html_comment: You're both wrong.


comment: thanks ivanka

html_comment: thanks ivanka


[User] microkorg

post:
 Currently working on the 'ol CV/Resume.

For someone with 20 years graphic/digital design and 5 years ux/ui experience, do you think it's even necessary to list the Software you are proficient in? Seems pretty daft listing photoshop, illustrator etc as they are a given, no?

In my experience bullets I've already noted about use of Figma and Adobe XD, which are the main softwares any UX/UI job will be looking for.

comment: I think that they do be a given. But given how much stuff changes it shouldn't hurt to include them.

comment: Including them won't look stupid even if it shouldn't be what they're hiring you for.

[User] monNom

comment: Apparently it is useful for keyword matching with job description. Gotta do SEO on your resume these days to get past the filters.

comment: Not sure if true but I’ve heard that clickable urls in resume can be flagged as potential malware vector. Unintuitive, but there you go.

comment: Thanks monNom! I was going to put clickable URLs in there to link to my portfolio files!I'll look into this.

html_comment: Thanks monNom! I was going to put clickable URLs in there to link to my portfolio files!<br>I'll look into this.

[User] Nairn

comment: Also make sure that your CV doesn't use any ligatures.

[User] stoplying

comment: You have to call it a TECH STACK. So here's what's in my TECH STACK

[User] cherub

comment: that is one swole tech bro.

html_comment: that is one swole tech bro.

comment: The AI that will scan your CV before any human sees it will probably be looking for that kind of redundancy.


[User] jagara

topic_title: Boards of Canada

post:
 Taken from the Warp 30 broadcast (WXAXRXP). Aired 6/23/2019 on NTS.

Sadly has some muted parts because of copyright.

Great listen!

comment: don't think it's muted here: https://www.mixcloud…

comment: < Yes! Nice find.

html_comment: < Yes! Nice find.


[User] neverscared

post: Elon Musk's Chatbot Says There's a Strong Chance Trump Is 'Russian Asset' called Krasnov.

comment: We know.

html_comment: We know.

comment: u better know..

html_comment: u better know..


[User] milfhunter

post: i like Canada


[User] Nutter

topic_title: TESLA

post:
 "Tesla's Sales Are Falling So Much That the Cash It Rakes in for Carbon Credits Is Under Threat"

https://futurism.com/tesla-sales…


post:
 politco ran the story on krasnov way earlier already

https://www.politico.eu/article/…

[User] jmckinno

comment: Fuck Axel Springer

html_comment: Fuck Axel Springer

comment: wow, a 7 years old article.

html_comment: wow, a 7 years old article.

comment: XD

html_comment: XD

comment: Paging @grafician

html_comment: Paging @grafician

[User] dee-dubs

comment: ^ @fade i see what you did there

html_comment: ^ @fade i see what you did there

comment: Politico always delivers! Also interesting that is written by a foreign corespondent for the Guardian known for covering Russia


[User] elahon

comment: AWWW SHIITT ITS TRUE   DONT DO IT CLICK IT  AWWWW

[User] Akagiyama

comment: THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP. WILL DEFNITELY NOT DO THAT.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Brian James : original guitarist with The Damned - 70


topic_title: Fail of the day

[User] Ianbolton

comment: what was it Mort? did you hear it? Did it solve all your procrastination worries?

comment: < Saved to watch later

html_comment: < Saved to watch later

[User] YakuZoku

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] srhadden

topic_title: Suggest a good movie…

post:
 This was bananas and awesome
The Swimmer - 1968
Don't watch any trailers, just dive in!

comment: Love this movie

html_comment: Love this movie

[User] webazoot


topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
My latest Skylarking mix for Tak Tent Radio is a mix of Type Records

Sylvain Chaveau : Composition 8
Sickoakes : Leonine
Peter Broderick : Floating/Sinking
Skallander : Flesh Born Constellation
Xela : A Glance
Helios : Halving The Compass
Goldmund : Image – Autumn – Womb
North Sea: Cover Me With Knives
Grouper : Stuck
Deaf Center : Path To Lucy
Koen Holtkamp : Walker
Helios : Glimpse
Svarte Greiner : Final Sleep

https://www.mixcloud.com/Tak_Ten…


comment: obviousplant.com?


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

post:
 From the promoters of tomato gate comes a new wolrdwide event.
The Grammar Slammer.
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414044…
The neckbeard vs the no beard.

@grafician vs @palimspsest
Get your tickets now!

comment: 4 year in the making.

html_comment: 4 year in the making.

comment: 60 sidenotes and counting?????

html_comment: 60 sidenotes and counting?????

[User] Continuity

comment: And I'm here for it!

html_comment: And I'm here for it!

comment: Comeon, hans, don't be like that.Everyone likes a 60-sidenotes thread.

html_comment: Comeon, hans, don't be like that.<br>Everyone likes a 60-sidenotes thread.

comment: He claims to be 'bout that life.Let's do this, my dude!

html_comment: He claims to be 'bout that life.<br>Let's do this, my dude!

comment: like little children..

html_comment: like little children..

comment: 4 years olds.

html_comment: 4 years olds.

comment: when will u ever grow up... krasnov is creating such turbulence ..even here...

html_comment:
@neverscared
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: never stop  https://www.youtube.…

html_comment: never stop  https://www.youtube.…

comment: can u give me vip tickets ... ? or do get qpn pro member vip automatic ?

comment: I assumed you would be in grafician's corner as the water boy. It's free, don't fret.

comment: useless.. u punch him out before the first round is over...

comment: i need two vip... krasnov wants to be there too he loves fighting

comment: Looks like a forfeit2-0 and still overweight champion of the world: Palimp "The Polyp" Sest!

html_comment: Looks like a forfeit<br>2-0 and still overweight champion of the world: Palimp "The Polyp" Sest!

comment: @neverscaredThe belt is for the taking. Name your topic.

html_comment: @neverscared<br>The belt is for the taking. Name your topic.

comment: no topic is too mediocre for me......i wear only suspenders so its not really for me though... sorry.

comment: 3-0 thenThanks for playing.

html_comment: 3-0 then<br>Thanks for playing.

comment: my pleasure... its an Honour  to lose against u...

comment: krasnov will raise a toast to your victory... so much winning

comment: Whatever let's you sleep at night.

html_comment: Whatever let's you sleep at night.

[User] garbage

comment: (chuckles madly at last note)

html_comment: (chuckles madly at last note)

[User] grafician

comment: So another post to validate yourselfcool story bro

html_comment:
So another post to validate yourself

cool story bro

[User] bezoar

comment: i needed this. you guys are awesome.

html_comment: i needed this. you guys are awesome.

comment: Wait, what was 'tomato gate'??

html_comment: Wait, what was 'tomato gate'??


[User] neverscared

topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: couchfucker memes are of the heezy

html_comment: couchfucker memes are of the heezy


[User] DaveO

post: Rewatched The Favourite recently. Its almost like Yorgos did his riff on a Shakespeare comedy. Worth a rewatch!

comment: Been REALLY into his stuff lately – took me a while but I get it now. A cross between Tim Walker and Stanley Kubrick!

comment: +1 I loved this. Really enjoyed The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things is incredible.

comment: The Lobster drifted off a bit in the second half, but the black comedy was all there. He's a great director

comment: Kinds of Kindness also great!

html_comment: Kinds of Kindness also great!


[User] Milan

topic_title: Syria

post:
 A horrific massacre of civilians by the Western-backed terrorist government in Syria, HTS, formed from the remnants of Al Qaeda and ISIS, took place last night.

Alawites are forced to crawl on the ground by Al-Julani's "inclusive and democratic" security forces before being executed with shots to the back of the head.

This government, made up of terrorists, is fully supported by the liberal European governments, Israel and Erdogan, who armed them to remove Assad from power.

https://x.com/SprinterObserve/st…
https://x.com/s_m_marandi/status…
https://x.com/angeloinchina/stat…
https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/sta…
https://x.com/angeloinchina/stat…
https://x.com/EvaKBartlett/statu…

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: and?

html_comment: and?

comment: Thanks Milan. Do you get all your news from X now? I soooo want to be more like you, so I'll do the same.

comment: You couldn't handle the truth, libtard. Stick to CNN.

comment: That's interesting. Didn't you Serbs execute 8000 Muslims in one go in Bosnia?

comment: flol at western backed

html_comment: flol at western backed

comment: Milan, if this is a "horrific massacre of civilians", how would you describe the Srebrenica massacre? A special military operation, perhaps?

comment: Whose truth could i not handle? I'm sure i could handle yours big boy. I can't get CNN here.

[User] PhanLo

comment: What a difference 3 months makes https://www.qbn.com/…


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: French mercenaries ordered some Iskander room service in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine.

comment: good for pootin, taking down a major military installation

comment: russian military precision only works for civilians deaths... classic russian missmanagment....

[User] zaq

comment: This is the most ridiculous generated AI image


topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] maquito

comment: Please tell me this happened to you

html_comment: Please tell me this happened to you

comment: It was on wefail, think he used to be a member here?


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

comment: Fruit Loops, Starbucks & Mom's basement.

comment: “Digital nomad” “van life” “home scool”You are a gypsy

html_comment: “Digital nomad” “van life” “home scool”<br>You are a gypsy

comment: LOL, _niko.

html_comment: LOL, _niko.


topic_title: Vid of the Day

[User] utopian

comment: Murica #1

html_comment: Murica #1


topic_title: blog

post: Ngl the new Lady Gaga album is a banger.

comment: i wood banger

html_comment: i wood banger

comment: she bangs, she bangs!

html_comment: she bangs, she bangs!

comment: who?

html_comment: who?

comment: Your mom

html_comment: Your mom


[User] Ianbolton

topic_title: Suggest a bad movie

post: So, i watched the 3 hour version of this today while i had some easy page layout work to do and the ending ruined the whole thing. He went round the planet faster than light or whatever, reversed time, saved Lois and Jimmy but fucked all the kids off on the Golden Gate bridge, and flying to the centre of the earth again to stop the the San Andreas fault from collapsing (as the nuclear weapons must've still hit) and then dropped Lex off in prison. The end!! Honestly, i know attention to detail has somewhat improved over the years, but that was a bad ending.

comment: really? is that in the first one that he does all that? I though the first one was more intimate, shows his life on krypton, then in smallville and finally his

comment: romance with Lois and juggling being both Clark Kent and Superman?

comment: All that happens as well. To be fair, the effects and and whatnot were great - for the time

comment: but then Lex steals the nuclear missiles to blow up the San Andreas fault to sink the West Coast! hahaha

comment: so did you see the Donner cut then?

html_comment: so did you see the Donner cut then?

comment: Yeah. Over 3 hours long with a rushed to fuck ending. Get off my lawn superman


[User] fooler

topic_title: News of the day...

post:
 I literally thought this was an Onion headline...

Images of "Enola Gay," the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan are among those targeted by the U.S. military in an initiative to eliminate content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

They are among a number of photos unrelated to DEI that have been mistakenly flagged, including those from an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California, seemingly because an engineer in the image had the last name "Gay."

comment: Transgender mice.

html_comment: Transgender mice.

comment: so no more info on flame throwers then?

html_comment: so no more info on flame throwers then?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: It's incredible how quickly they built these planes, thousands and thousands of rivets... respect!

[User] maikel

comment: Did you know dictators in Argentina burned books called ‘La Cuba Electrolitica’ (the electrolysis bucket) because it was an homophone to the country?

comment: Because it was a "homophone" is just the cherry on top.


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Site of the day

post:
 Iceberg

https://www.icebergdoc.org/

[User] ideaist

comment: Beauty! I thought I was the ONLY one doing large type treatments in my footer(s)?!Lolz.

html_comment:
Beauty! I thought I was the ONLY one doing large type treatments in my footer(s)?!

Lolz.


[User] redneck

topic_title: canada

post:
 Canadian ex-Olympian, alleged drug kingpin added to FBI 10 most wanted list

https://globalnews.ca/news/11069…

comment: 10,000,000$ reward

comment: Hoser!

html_comment: Hoser!

[User] YakuZoku

comment: lol redneck just gave away that he's not Muricun

[User] Continuity

comment: lol moldy was thinking the same thing

html_comment: lol moldy was thinking the same thing

comment: lol yeah, Robo’s part Canadian or lived here a while.

[User] nb

comment: Hey Peter man check out channel 9!

html_comment: Hey Peter man check out channel 9!


post: What's the obsession with grafician?

comment: same here

html_comment: same here

[User] palimpsest

comment: Origin story:https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Origin story:
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: And if you want to look at our latest interaction and still call it an obsession:https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
And if you want to look at our latest interaction and still call it an obsession:
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: he posts so much that most of the info he posts is bullshit, I honestly think he'll just read a headline and post it here

comment: I'm here for you.

html_comment: I'm here for you.

comment: If you're really looking for answers I would say that the main difference between me and *you people* is that *I know* I'm asshole.

[User] Nairn

comment: Typical brusk Eastern European male know-it-all who can't appreciate that he's a) sometimes wrong, b) not the internet oracle thinks he is ... abuts QBN

comment: Oh, and on b), still the type of person who HAS to let everyone know he Already Posted That Thing Aaaages Ago.No one cares.

html_comment: Oh, and on b), still the type of person who HAS to let everyone know he Already Posted That Thing Aaaages Ago.<br>No one cares.

comment: Haha. I think NBQ has that view, except he still hasn't figured out how is a racist. Or has he? Has he gained the ability of self-reflection?

comment: Not racist, just don't like Islam. Hehe. And grafician is kinda entertaining.

comment: What is it that makes it worry about grafician?

comment: Why do you feel grafician is getting too much attention?

comment: No. I find his posts entertaining in a way.

comment: Just look at your hero. How did he handle the situation? Do you think he came out on top?

comment: How entertaining was him to be totally oblivious of the situation. On a scale of 1 to 10?

comment: who?

[User] grafician

comment: NBQ bro no need to defend, these are kids man trying to validate themselves lol

comment: thanks tho'

html_comment: thanks tho'

comment: Know-it-all

html_comment: Know-it-all


topic_title: TESLA

post: I only wish I had shares. So I could sell them.

[User] formed

comment: I wish I sold more...thankfully I dumped most weeks ago.


post: Why does NBQ00 get so much hate?

comment: 1. Because he's racist.

html_comment: 1. Because he's racist.

comment: Because I hate Islam (which doesn't make me racist) and the corruption of that vile religion along its backwards worldview that comes with it.

comment: He might have realised, so that's alright. Own it NBQ. Own your deep hatred. Don't let it control you.

comment: Too late, he hasn't realised. 2. Because he's a mindless idiot.

html_comment: Too late, he hasn't realised. <br>2. Because he's a mindless idiot.

comment: So at least we admit that you do get hate. That's a first step towards healing.

html_comment: So at least we admit that you do get hate. <br>That's a first step towards healing.

comment: Forget about grafician, let's focus on yourself.

comment: quiet geniuses at work :)

html_comment: quiet geniuses at work :)

comment: flol pali

html_comment: flol pali

comment: He's asking for a second sleepover when he clearly knows we had to come pick him up in the middle of the first one.

[User] monospaced

comment: He hates Islam so much, he doesn’t think any Muslim, even good ones who are just like him, have a right to exist in his “white Christian nation”

comment: But don’t call it nationalism, or bigotry, or ignorance, or racism, because it’s just a hate for religion, right? Meanwhile Catholics continue paying off rapist

comment: And don’t forget he’s just the messenger. Like, from God or something. Fuck, is NBQ Jesus?

comment: So another post to validate yourself cool story bro

comment: Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.

comment: Islam is cancer. The fact that the same who champion science, women- & lgbtq+ rights, art, etc. defend this vile religion is questionable.

[User] neverscared

comment: u mean not enough hate.... compared to how he hates millions and millions of people...

comment: People can be healed. Especially from mind cancer that is Islam.

comment: Sreberenica is probably in your twisted wank bank.

comment: Why would you bring up a horrible genocide in this discussion, moron.

comment: Because you're the one who wants Europe free of Muslims. By any means necessary, too, by the looks of it, you brain-dead piece of shit.

comment: I want the criminal ones deported yes and the ones who want to force Sharia onto the west deported yes. But not what you are accusing me of.

comment: So Islam is a mind cancer but can be healed? How can it be healed NBQ? People of every race, religion and creed are necessary for a diverse human civilisation

comment: If you think one of them needs to be healed to be accepted by the world (you) that’s racism. Basic stuff really. How else can we explain it?


comment: I love this shit!

html_comment: I love this shit!


[User] PonyBoy

post: FUCK... I missed 75¢ wing night again :(

[User] jagara

comment: I missed 75$ wing night again :(

html_comment: I missed 75$ wing night again :(

[User] monNom

comment: I miss $0.25 wing night :(

html_comment: I miss $0.25 wing night :(


[User] prophetone

comment: lol he's really jonesing to get his energy deliveries cut off.

comment: we already pulled all US booze and Captain Whiplash doesn't care I guess that ping ponging daily doesn't mean shelves are restocked magically, it's gone bro

comment: Good luck with that phone call from the CEO of Jack Daniel's

comment: We'll survive on our maple syrup martinis and wildcat beer

comment: 250% duty on dairy is comically pointless anyway. Canada hardly exports any dairy products to the US at all, so I'm not really sure what he thinks he's going to

comment: ... acoomplish here.Playing for the home crowd, I guess.

html_comment: ... acoomplish here.<br>Playing for the home crowd, I guess.

comment: accomplish*

html_comment: accomplish*

comment: the milk thing is just to appear like a tough guy... the lumber thing might actually mess up US' ability to build homes to meet demand as already falling behind

comment: the US booze thing is black and white, Canadians aren't messin around, it's now zero sales here, the tariff is pointless

comment: He wants the US dairy industry to take over here, so this inclusion is just to make it look like he's doing something about it.

comment: Same with the slip about US banks a month ago. Dairy and banking are heavily regulated here.

comment: I can't imagine ever a day coming where there would be a US bank in Canada. So, he can get that out of his head right now.

comment: There are already US banks in Canada: https://cba.ca/artic…

comment: But they don't dominate, which is what he wants.

comment: Damn, that changed since the time I was living there.


[User] Miesfan

topic_title: Moebius

post: Lazsko Parker, aka Jean Giraud, and too Möebius


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Politics

[User] PhanLo

comment: Brawndo!

html_comment: Brawndo!


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda

https://www.newsguardrealitychec…

[User] Krassy

comment: shocker

html_comment: shocker

comment: This is what happens when you scrape the internet.

comment: ^exactly

html_comment: ^exactly


[User] YakuZoku

topic_title: Perfect Albums

[User] dee-dubs

comment: all killer no filler!

html_comment: all killer no filler!

comment: A+

html_comment: A+


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: always down for Rogen

html_comment: always down for Rogen

comment: looks great

html_comment: looks great

[User] Ianbolton

comment: are seth and joe related?

html_comment: are seth and joe related?

comment: Rogan vs Rogen

html_comment: Rogan vs Rogen

comment: yes they are twin sisters...

html_comment: yes they are twin sisters...

comment: Thanks for clearing that up!

html_comment: Thanks for clearing that up!

[User] nb

comment: Hopefully it has some comedy in it

html_comment: Hopefully it has some comedy in it

comment: movies tv shows about making movies are the best


[User] stoplying

post:
 Do any of yous guys publish/distribute your music on any CDBaby, Distrokid, TuneCore, etc?
They all seem really comparable, are there any details that makes one standout over the other? Totally new territory for me, so any info is appreciated.

[User] microkorg

comment: Never published anything but ive had a sub to Distrokid before. They seemed the best deal at the time when i was researching and most legit/nice.


post:
 Finished my CV today. Pretty chuffed with it.
ChatGPT was such a help cutting out all my waffle.

Now onto my Portfolio over the weekend!

comment: good luck micro!

html_comment: good luck micro!


topic_title: QBN Suggestion Box

post: Delete all the non-design threads.

comment: That's like 99.9% of this sacred site

html_comment: That's like 99.9% of this sacred site

comment: Oh well

html_comment: Oh well

comment: MQGA

html_comment: MQGA

comment: All politics in the politics thread only or it gets the hose

[User] grafician

comment: Yes because freelance filmmakers, SEO consultants & front-end WordPress developers know what the fuck they are talking about around here

comment: How do you pay for your Internet? Mom?

html_comment: How do you pay for your Internet? Mom?

comment: asymptotically everything is by desgin.... or  magic...depends what u can put reason and metric on...

[User] monospaced

comment: everyone knows that only neckbeard euro product juniors really know what the fuck they are talking about


[User] yuekit

topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 Are you ready for...President Donald Trump?

Donald Trump Jr. Considering a Run For President in 2028

https://www.mediaite.com/politic…

[User] Continuity

comment: lol of course he is.But so is VP Couchfucker, probably, so this should get interesting.

html_comment: lol of course he is.<br>But so is VP Couchfucker, probably, so this should get interesting.

comment: If we don’t have a valid opponent lined up it’s going to be embarrassing.

comment: I want them to get into a cage fight first, though.

comment: Can't wait to see what dud the Dems pick.

comment: They tried a woman, then a black woman so now of course it needs to be a trans woman for the trifecta of failing

comment: Then Ivanka 2032, then Barron 2036, then Melania 2040 ... lol

[User] utopian

comment: Make Cocaine Great Again 2028

html_comment: Make Cocaine Great Again 2028

[User] formed

comment: Given his daddy is eliminating supervision of voting machines, and Jr. being a puppet, I wouldn't doubt it.


[User] prophetone

post:
 Nebraska going bankrupt before end of 2025 because they asked for it

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBR3CS8k/…

comment: lol who would download TikTok to watch this shit?

comment: you mono open your miiind

html_comment: you mono open your miiind

comment: besides title doing all the work

html_comment: besides title doing all the work

comment: or open in opera i guess

html_comment: or open in opera i guess

comment: Why doesn't she just hire dozens of white people? Surely they want to work for the slave wages the immigrants got.

comment: This is what Trump meant by bringing jobs back to America I guess...go work those fields Cletus!

[User] garbage

comment: "satire" account / this narrative has been debunked. There are farmers having leopards eat their face, but the state is not facing bankruptcy.


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

post:
 sorry I was out for beers with real people while you're trying to validate yourselves on a public forum where everybody knows everybody and half are jobless

cool story bros

comment: Cheers to actual creatives around here that put up with my shitposting and still trying to make it a better tomorrow or whatever was the motto of this place

comment: Maybe we can go back to actual creative posts and stop "commenting for engagement" all 40-50 of us A community of creatives would do all of us a great service

html_comment: Maybe we can go back to actual creative posts and stop "commenting for engagement" all 40-50 of us <br>A community of creatives would do all of us a great service

comment: But what do I know a "neckbearded, several agencies running, peasant from Bucharest"

comment: But it's okay, blame it all on me, vent, QBN "drama" is very cheap next to actual therapy

comment: At least you have friends that can buy you beers, that's good

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] palimpsest

comment: Nothing says productive member of the community like making of people that have lost their jobs.

comment: making fun* of people

html_comment: making fun* of people

comment: No, that's just your wrong opinion again. I am saying people should focus on their stuff more and stop with the online bickering

comment: You mean like what we're both doing here?

comment: it's not a purse it's european!

html_comment: it's not a purse it's european!


topic_title: 80's-90's MEMORIES

comment: Rumor has it, it's coming back, again.

html_comment: Rumor has it, it's coming back, again.

comment: tasted shit

html_comment: tasted shit

[User] jagara

comment: great slogan :)

html_comment: great slogan :)

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Bring this back with Surge and Pitch Black Mt. Dew!!


topic_title: Engagement Ring

post: You gotta know a guy. Or know a guy who knows a guy otherwise forget it it’s a rip off.


[User] zaq

topic_title: Vid of the Day

post: Dope!

[User] sheep

comment: best post of the year

html_comment: best post of the year


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: this is horrible

html_comment: this is horrible


post: Just know that you are being ripped off right out the gate.

comment: Engagement rings resale value, often selling for 20%-60% of their original retail price due to markups and the nature of the jewelry market.


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Dunning–Kruger effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du…


topic_title: blog

post:
 After reading a little bit about 4K Blu-ray players last weekend, I realized that for years when I thought I was watching something in 4K, I really wasn't.

I have a 4K TV in my basement, but I have had my Apple TV and my Xbox hooked up to an HDMI receiver that does not have 4K pass-through. The Apple TV was also a 2nd gen version that didn't have 4k UHD.

Ordered 4k hdmi cables, bought a new Apple TV with 4k UHD, ran things straight to the tv and switched to optical audio out from the tv to the receiver.

I feel like I have a brand new TV. 4k content on Max and Netflix is stunning. Just to humor myself I will switch the Apple TV to a lower definition mode just to see what it used to be like and it is a night and day difference.

I can laugh about it because at least the solution and upgrades didn't cost a fortune or anything.

comment: A receiver without 4k pass through must be over 20 years old! So glad you did this haha.

comment: It's a Marantz NR1602 we bought in 2011.

comment: Then it absolutely does 4k passthrough. The HDMI out is 1.4 and supports ARC and 4k @ 30fps.

comment: It was the Apple TV I believe that wasn’t giving you the resolution.

comment: Using optical cables was also a huge mistake. Those are only if you don’t have HDMI which of course the marantz, Apple TV, Xbox and Tv itself all use.


[User] AQUTE

post: KEEP SELLING! I NEVER BOUGHT ANY.


[User] neverscared

post: Make Tesla tiny again


topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 They guy is a self-obsessed cunt, this is established fact. But I fail to see how his current behavior is in any way helpful to him, Tesla, X, SpaceX, Neuralink, Solar City, The Boring Company, XAI or whatever the fuck else he's involved in?

Is it simply a cocktail of mental illness and megalomania, and being surrounded by yes men?

What the fuck this guys' current end game? Is he still going to Mars (please do, and soon)? What? What??

Explain. I'm too dumb.

comment: he got turned into drugs late in his fifties... when this  kicks in  its always looks that....

comment: look how different he was before he started dating amber heard and grimes.. and she is known as an acid head afaik.

comment: So, he does LSD, and these are the side effects? You think this is the sole explanation? :)

comment: not the sole... but a fundemental one... its just speculation anyway... but thats how it looks too me.. there are many more factors at play... but brain

comment: He's drunk with power and addicted to tweeting all day and abusing ADHD drugs. Not realizing people will boycott his products.

comment: chemistry and age is a dominant drivine force for human behaviour... steve jobs blew his brain out in his twenties as everyone does... so it looks that nuts

comment: when u start it at 50... maybe its nonsense but such dramatic shifts in behaviour can only come from the inside i think..

comment: maybe he is just a mental fascist   without drugs...

comment: Is there any evidence to back this up?

html_comment: Is there any evidence to back this up?

comment: back what up ? his racist past with in south africa and famlily wise fashists with his mum in canada ..or his drug use ? both just google it...

comment: It’s about government tax cuts for billionaires and corporations. Nothing else. It helps him immensely.

comment: @mono that's everyone's immediate assumption. It just seems like his behavior is hurting his companies more than it helps. Tesla stocks, for example.

comment: A horrible public image is not in his interest?

[User] monNom

comment: Ian m banks culture series. That’s the end game.  Sentient space ships. Interplanetary civilization.

comment: @neverscared the drug part. Is his heavy drug use documented, I mean.

comment: Probably for Elon the hope is to be able to transfer his consciousness to an embodied ai before his time runs out.

comment: Thus optimus, grok, neuralink. Richest man in the world wants to live forever, the one thing he can’t buy. Seems about right to me.

[User] maquito

comment: Just an idiot with lots of money. Will be remembered for his stupidity, not for his achievements.

comment: And regardless the money he has, Techno Mechanicus and XÆA-Xii will still tear each other apart when the time comes.

comment: Imagine what it will be like in 15-20 years when he’s 75 (if he even makes it), with all that money but unable to buy more life. Let that sink in.

comment: Becoming first trillioner. In order to achieve that he needs control of the government.

comment: He did a podcast with Joe Rogan recently. He talked a bit about right now being maybe a fleeting opportunity to become space faring civilization.

comment: Maybe if world population falls, or globalization ends, or us defaults on debt, or a global war breaks out that window closes.

comment: There’s an idea that you need a certain population to achieve a given level of technological development. Maybe he thinks we’ve crested?

[User] brothernoah

comment: Its not money. Its not power. Its access. What he has now is priceless. The ability to change the rules that get in the way of his childlike dreams.

comment: So, Tesla stock isn't really his bread and butter, and the stock price falling doesn't actually hurt the company as much as it does investors.

comment: The tax breaks and deregulation he's pushing will more than offset whatever stock or sales issues they have for the moment

comment: Some very plausible sounding explanations. Especially the governmental access bit.

[User] Krassy

comment: A narcissistic lonely miserable megalomaniac with access to a megaphone and $. That's all.

comment: ^ dis

html_comment: ^ dis


post: Make uploading photos easy.

comment: Integrate Haasie.

html_comment: Integrate Haasie.


post:
South Africa on Friday rejected a claim by multibillionaire Elon Musk that his Starlink satellite company could not operate in the country because he is not Black, and its telecoms regulator said Starlink had not applied for a licence.
In his latest rebuke of the country where he was born and went to school, Musk wrote on X, which he also owns: "Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because I'm not black".
Clayson Monyela, a senior official at the foreign affairs department, responded emphatically on the social media platform.
"Sir, that's NOT true & you know it! It's got nothing to do with your skin colour. Starlink is welcome to operate in South Africa provided there's compliance with local laws," Monyela wrote. "This is a global international trade & investment principle."

https://www.reuters.com/world/so…

comment: Per the story, local law requires 30% equity sold to historically disadvantaged groups... presumably based on skin colour?

comment: musk is black... look ...he is wearing the black - i´am dark maga- cap...


[User] grafician

post:
 Mistral OCR

"Introducing the world’s best document understanding API."

https://mistral.ai/fr/news/mistr…

comment: Sloppy Slop

html_comment: Sloppy Slop


[User] renderedred

post:
 Happy International Women's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In…


[User] monospaced

post:
 I found a jeweler who could take my design and make it real. I also found a dealer who I bought a stone from, separately. I sketched my design and had it made.

There are no deals on diamonds. That doesn’t exist, unfortunately. They cost what they cost as long as they are certified you can be relatively confident you aren’t being totally ripped off.


post:
 I went shopping with my wife to be. Tried on a lot of rings. What she thought she liked, was not what we ultimately picked. Not what I would have picked either. Her ring is smaller, less ostentatious but very pretty. Women are constantly complimenting her on it.

We looked at Birks and Tiffany, but I couldn’t perceive any difference that would justify the substantially higher price.

Ended up getting the ring at a small jewellers. Haggled down the marked price by maybe 30%. Got a smaller high grade stone which looked nicer than larger stones of lesser grade.

Ultimately she picked something that she was proud of, that didn’t break the bank, and the whole experience made me proud of her for being much a smart shopper.

10 years now. Best decision I ever made.


[User] PhanLo

comment: classic couchfucker...

html_comment: classic couchfucker...

html_comment:
via
https://www.instagra…

[User] utopian

comment: lol @ neverscared

html_comment: lol @ neverscared


topic_title: religion

post:
 Byble - 'Swiss Design'
https://byble.com/
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comment: oh that stays, that fucking stays!

html_comment: oh that stays, that fucking stays!


[User] canoe

topic_title: Work Blog

post:
 Doing taxes...

Shaking my head at Adobe's $715 CS yearly expense. That's nearly 8k to date.

"The company's gross profit for 2024 was $19.147 billion, a 12.27% increase from 2023."

Fucking pigs.

[User] nb

comment: You are free to not use it

html_comment: You are free to not use it

[User] YakuZoku

comment: bro, start a cancellation process on your CC, it will give you an option to keep your subscription from 60-ish to 30-ish

comment: per month

html_comment: per month


[User] ideaist

post:
 “It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.”

~

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

-

Much of this is true; get something that's one of a kind AND represents you / her / him / whatever.

This will be a "forever" ring; NOT trendy AAANNNDDD not disposable or replaceable.

-

My Artist: Landon Gunn - Haida / Canadian Traditional West Coast...

https://www.lattimergallery.com/…

&

My Wife's Artist: James Morton / Metamorphosis -  Art Nouveau-ish...

https://www.metamorphosisjewelry…

-

Find some local or remote artisan who can make something unique to you and yours.

YOLO

(You Only LOVE Once)

Godspeed.

X

O

comment: These aren't our rings, BUT show style, carving, etc.We ALSO inherited various diamonds SOOO that helped...

html_comment:
These aren't our rings, BUT show style, carving, etc.

We ALSO inherited various diamonds SOOO that helped...

comment: ...I think each of our rings was about $1,000 - $2,000-ish (again, blood diamonds inherited!!!)

comment: These are cool but not engagement rings ?

comment: @monospaced; hers was a 2 ring "system" with engagement ring / wedding ring interconnected:

comment: ^ This is closer to what we did.LOVE me a good system, EVEN in ring(s) format!Lolz.

html_comment:
^ This is closer to what we did.

LOVE me a good system, EVEN in ring(s) format!

Lolz.

comment: Oh I see :)

html_comment: Oh I see :)

comment: I also agree, as designers, we shouldn't necessarily just get something off the shelf. It's not really much more to design it yourself in the end.


[User] letterhead

[User] jagara

comment: klfaha ahabeep boopboop beep

html_comment:
klf
aha aha
beep boop
boop beep

comment: klf is gonna rock youduh duh duh!angels of moumou

html_comment:
klf is gonna rock you
duh duh duh!
angels of moumou


post:
 ‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.

But Duran says that the same deregulation that could be seen as pro-business will likely not favor those outside Freedom Cities’ ultrawealthy backers. “These are going to be cities without democracy,” he claims. “These are going to be cities without workers' rights. These are going to be cities where the owners of the city, the corporations, the billionaires have all the power and everyone else has no power. That's what's so attractive about these sovereign entities to these people, is that they will actually be anti-freedom cities.”

https://www.wired.com/story/star…

comment: No cops?

html_comment: No cops?

comment: 'Company towns'

html_comment: 'Company towns'

[User] Gnash

comment: Fordlândia

html_comment: Fordlândia

comment: Freedom City sounds like newspeak to me,

comment: Just what we need, lawless cities where they can build nuclear power, and experiment with gene therapy without any laws or oversight. What could go wrong?


post:
 Best guess is he’s not really running any of his companies right now, and the senior people at those companies are happy to have him not around because they get more influence which is great for their careers.

And also who wouldn’t love to have Elon gone from their life?


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post: u dont get it because u are stoopid  and graf. is still gigalightyears away from your braindead personality...


topic_title: NBA

post:
 Just insane what Jokic does.

First player ever to go 30 pts 20 as 20 rb in a game.

ever. Not magic not Westbrook not Oscar not bird not Jordan not wilt not Kareem not Hakeem not Kobe. crazy.

and then most impressive thing of all? he has to do it in Jokic's body lol.

also fuck the lakers.

[User] PonyBoy

comment: He's so wonderfully clunky... fucker did it against my Suns tho :/ ...and yes... Fuck the Lakers. <3

comment: Almost a triple triple

html_comment: Almost a triple triple

comment: well, technically that's be 100 x 3 but who's counting :)

comment: I'm meant quadruple quadruple.

html_comment: I'm meant quadruple quadruple.

[User] garbage

comment: Crazy to think he was already robbed of an MVP, and will probably get robbed again this season. And he won't care.

comment: B-A-N-A-N-A-S-!


[User] bainbridge

post:
 Why do people go through fast food drive throughs and just park in the parking lot to eat it?

Just go inside the restaurant you dummies!

comment: “Throughs” is not a word you dummy!

html_comment: “Throughs” is not a word you dummy!

comment: Thru, true

html_comment: Thru, true

comment: I’d rather avoid the never-ending circus of people and the inevitable drama that seems to infest every restaurant like a bad smell.

comment: Don’t eat that shit, dummy

html_comment: Don’t eat that shit, dummy

[User] monNom

comment: Faster service in drive through I bet. Also probably better people aren’t trying to multitask while behind the wheel. I approve of this trend.


topic_title: The More You Know ★

post: <a title="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Xh3o73vNOT_mLM7MFcE7o6CECGFx0YBOT0_R3qqOb1QdsCaC39qIhyqbM0fdHg6DUtyWuWk9cCcWT44RG2LUOns6uoj550T-hjVAwOMTceh6fTSB7rvRvpkQGDD5zYsQC9ytX6gLOucQLBUAHP0OaeKpT5DMVFeZm8EQznmC-qfzSJnnMBylqA/w640-h562/1958creep-undine.png" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Xh3o73vNOT_mLM7MFcE7o6CECGFx0YBOT0_R3qqOb1QdsCaC39qIhyqbM0fdHg6DUtyWuWk9cCcWT44RG2LUOns6uoj550T-hjVAwOMTceh6fTSB7rvRvpkQGDD5zYsQC9ytX6gLOucQLBUAHP0OaeKpT5DMVFeZm8EQznmC-qfzSJnnMBylqA/w640-h562/1958creep-undine.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">


post: Doesn’t love Weird “Al” Yankovic

[User] Gardener

comment: That's me fucked too then...

html_comment: That's me fucked too then...

[User] Ianbolton

comment: ^ haha. Oh boy!! What about Richard Cheese?

comment: Yeah, that's a red flag for most people.

[User] grafician

comment: Add The Beatles too

html_comment: Add The Beatles too

comment: The whom now? Did Weird “Al” Yankovic even cover one of their songs?


post: Lakers fan.

comment: haha!

html_comment: haha!


[User] Continuity

post: Picks his nose.


topic_title: Punches For:

post:
 Bald people who always wear hats.

We know why.

comment: So, bald people are supposed to leave their heads uncovered and freeze in the the winter, is this what you're suggesting?

comment: ^yep

html_comment: ^yep

comment: As long as they don't wear a Burqa I'm ok with it.

[User] AQUTE


post: It's only been 2 months and it's so depressing.

[User] PhanLo

comment: It will get worse.

html_comment: It will get worse.

[User] utopian

comment: It will get worse, before it get worst.

html_comment: It will get worse, before it get worst.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 "Manus, derived from the Latin word for "hand",
is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions."

https://manus.im/

"Manus is a general AI agent that bridges minds and actions: it doesn't just think, it delivers results. Manus excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest."


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Haha that’s great!

html_comment: Haha that’s great!


topic_title: SNL favs

comment: haha, oh my god so much pain!

html_comment: haha, oh my god so much pain!

comment: “Sweet bastard” lol

html_comment: “Sweet bastard” lol


post: Is he really a neckbearded hillbilly from Bucharest running multiple agencies?

comment: Does Romania have hillbillies?

html_comment: Does Romania have hillbillies?


post: He's our very own Elon.

[User] Salarrue

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Runs multiple companies ✓Genius ✓Off ✓

html_comment:
Runs multiple companies ✓
Genius ✓
Off ✓


post: Balkan denier.


post: Designs web buttons for a living.


post:
 Donnie's shitey golfcourse in Scotland
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post:
 Graf is sound.
I do remember him arguing about black and white photos being better than colour, but apart from that, he's alright

comment: this

html_comment: this

comment: Yup

html_comment: Yup

comment: better to  hate colour photos than a democratic europe like knobby  does for example...