topic_title: Scotland

post:
146 years ago they are still remembered, the 75 people killed in Dundee's Tay Bridge disaster on this day in 1879.
The evening of Sunday 28 December 1879 was a violent one. As a ferocious storm swept across the Tay, high winds battered the bridge while the train made its crossing.
Just after 7pm, the central spans gave way under the strain, sending the train and its passengers into the dark, freezing waters below. There were no survivors.

comment: Those supports are still visible today, they built the new bridge next to them.

comment: Sad

html_comment: Sad

comment: Superstition of throwing a penny out of the window of a train whilst crossing the bridge for good luck.


[User] jagara

topic_title: blog

post:
 Just returned to Denmark after 2 months of what I planned to be a one year trip to South East Asia and beyond.

ADHD is real. Sensory and executive burnout happens very fast for people like us. In my case, so much faster than I imagined. After travelling Thailand and Vietnam for 7 weeks and had a complete anxiety meltdown in Hanoi, the most chaotic and noisy city I've ever visited. I then proceeded to more rural areas, but I just couldn't properly rest. I needed to be home.

Being 49 is probably not unrelated to my lowered tolerance for discomfort. Hahaha. But I've always been unable to cope with stress for long. I remember being 19 or 20 camping at music festivals and being completely drained after 2 days, whereas my friends just kept going, sometimes for 10 days of drinking, partying and camping. Can't do it. I never could.

You're probably wondering why I thought I could handle one year of backpacking, with my non-neurotypical brain? Well, I thought I could simply stay put in one place for a month and simply rest, and then continue. Turns out, the comfort of my own home isn't just a preference, at some point it becomes an absolute necessity to not burn out. Live and learn.

First time traveling ore than a month. I had a good run, and I think I'll continue the run in a few months, maybe Malaysia and Indonesia. Now I just know I'm built for sprints and not marathons.

comment: I had a good time otherwise :)

html_comment: I had a good time otherwise :)

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Enjoy and get well!

html_comment: Enjoy and get well!

[User] brothernoah

comment: The adult ADHD test is to easy to pass. Opening that chapter up later in life has been nothing but a disaster in my personal exp. Time became an anomoly.

[User] AQUTE

comment: you are going from denmark to ...

html_comment: you are going from denmark to ...

comment: did you try japan?

html_comment: did you try japan?

comment: Stressed in Thailand ? Can not relate

html_comment: Stressed in Thailand ? Can not relate

[User] canoe

comment: Nothing wrong with doing 2-3 days in cool places every once in a while


[User] bainbridge

topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: I don't really know what this 6 7 thing is and haven't actually seen anyone say it in person.

[User] CyBrainX

comment: There was a whole South Park episode about it.

[User] renderedred

comment: I think nobody actually knows.

html_comment: I think nobody actually knows.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: 80's-90's MEMORIES

comment: One of the originals of reggaeton... producers sampled the shit out of his beats too


[User] Milan

topic_title: Europe is Fucked

[User] pango

comment: haha so trolled.

html_comment: haha so trolled.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Russia is Fucked

post:
 Angry Russians turn on Putin over poverty and stagnant economy during marathon press conference

Why do ordinary people live worse than Papuans [citizens of Papua New Guinea]?’ hit out one Russian viewer

https://www.independent.co.uk/ne…


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

[User] monospaced

comment: Fuck coloring. Takes too long.

html_comment: Fuck coloring. Takes too long.


[User] utopian

topic_title: RIP of the day

comment: I once told a woman  I invented the phrase  “pardon my French”


topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
 You can use “sudo” on Windows 11 now

https://www.makeuseof.com/sudo-o…


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: The FAFO heavyweight champion of the world

comment: Jelly Roll with a Peanut Allergy

html_comment: Jelly Roll with a Peanut Allergy


topic_title: Central America

post: Above Panchimalco


post:
 You posted this stupid shit on my bio page?

"if u would hate the blacks a little less u would have also made it to a place in africa..."

I'm a DJ, from Detroit, half my friends are black! I'm involved in a Afro-Caribbean music festival. The artists that remixed my single coming out are black. You're one weird bitch.


topic_title: Ambient track loops

post:
 If you’re actually looking to improve concentration or reduce stress, it helps to step away from antagonizing people as a habit.

Repeated negative engagement trains the nervous system toward agitation, not calm.

Focus is a practiced state. The same goes for distraction.


post:
 Russian women laughing how fast Russian man are dying so they get payout without tolerating a husband
https://i.haasie.com/z6t.mp4


topic_title: Politics

comment: User name checks out.

html_comment: User name checks out.


topic_title: recommend tv series

comment: Oh yeah this was so unexpectedly good, ie I wanted something low key to enjoy with my wife in the evenings but it ended up being so engaging especially S2

comment: Yeah. I accidentally started with season 2. Haven’t watches season 1 yet.

comment: Modern Live is another good series to watch with the better half.

comment: *modern love

html_comment: *modern love


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: Looks fun!

html_comment: Looks fun!

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Swept away in reverse

html_comment: Swept away in reverse


topic_title: quote of the day

post: "I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin" -Gwyneth paltrow


post: Vaughan Oliver : graphic designer, 4AD Records etc - 62

comment: sorry about the pic, it does that if I use my phone!

comment: a sad loss, he designed some of the best record sleeves including The Breeders and  Pixies

[User] Gnash

comment: Dang :(

html_comment: Dang :(

[User] PonyBoy

comment: 6 years ago (today) <3

html_comment: 6 years ago (today) <3

comment: Damn, yer right, it came up in my feed and I never even knew

[User] sab

comment: Shit! Neither did I! Loved his work. Loved his design books too.


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: Bieke Depoorter

html_comment: Bieke Depoorter


post:
 I'm so happy Xmas is over.

Fuck that "Last Christmas" song in the ass dot com.


post: Coming on NYE my last mix of the year, part 1 of Feelin' 95. Featuring tunes by The Ballistic Brothers, Leftfield, Chemical Brothers, David Bowie and also The Fall .

comment: The Ballistic Brothers! The kind of nostalgia that makes me want to do it all over again!


[User] palimpsest

comment: Cue white lotus theme

html_comment: Cue white lotus theme

[User] Squiddy

comment: Predator vs Leprechaun!

html_comment: Predator vs Leprechaun!


topic_title: _Randomize Me

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: that would definitely be a good idea for the guests bathroom

[User] AQUTE


topic_title: The World is Fucked

post:
 I don't know where else to put it, but I guess it fits here.
Also, the top comment is top.


topic_title: Typography of the day

comment: Oh damn that’s sexy

html_comment: Oh damn that’s sexy

comment: Redact.ttf


comment: pedo vibes

html_comment: pedo vibes


topic_title: Vid of the Day

post: Nice cover and video. Song is a bit cheese tho.


topic_title: Space is the place

post: Jupiter South Pole. Pic nasa.


[User] WallaWalla

post: CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.

comment: Bingo

html_comment: Bingo

comment: So all accountability goes to the computer... who do you fire? I suppose eventually you could use the same concept to replace all employees - yes?

comment: That’s ridiculous. A good CEO is about leadership of people and PR as much as anything a machine could do.

comment: I don’t support any of this shit.

html_comment: I don’t support any of this shit.

comment: we should double the CEOs salary.

html_comment: we should double the CEOs salary.

[User] stoplying

comment: Hear! Hear!

html_comment: Hear! Hear!


[User] dedlaast

topic_title: Star Wars OTD

post:
 Did these awhile ago, so not new work, but definitely SWOTD.

https://postimg.cc/5Xh7XqTc

https://postimg.cc/ZWbY1pVv


post: Someone just went full retard. Never go full retard, everybody knows you never go full retard.


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: shouldn't be too difficult, all this time I've been explaining it to an ass :)

comment: Zing!

html_comment: Zing!


comment: crypt keeper in his younger less cynical days

[User] futurefood

comment: Kurtwood Smith teaches CAD

html_comment: Kurtwood Smith teaches CAD


post: vacation a few months back

[User] OBBTKN

comment: No QBN stickers?

html_comment: No QBN stickers?

comment: on my then-car (bumper). gave away the others :-/https://i.haasie.com…

html_comment:
on my then-car (bumper). gave away the others :-/
https://i.haasie.com…

comment: Everything in its right place.

html_comment: Everything in its right place.


[User] doggydoggdog

topic_title: America is Fucked

post: So we’ve had two presidents in a row with dementia?


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: religion

comment: Sweet Jesus, Merry Christmas.

html_comment: Sweet Jesus, Merry Christmas.


comment: needs more drum, needs more bass

html_comment: needs more drum, needs more bass

comment: Pussyclot!

html_comment: Pussyclot!

[User] Gardener

comment: Isn't this racist?!

html_comment: Isn't this racist?!

[User] cotton

comment: Haven't watched it but the thumbnail certainly seems so.

comment: Pretty incredible, just blown away at the mouth movement. Pretty funny too, I guess it’s not racist if created by a Jamaican?

comment: Totally inappropriate and racist.

html_comment: Totally inappropriate and racist.

comment: oh yeah, created by 2 Israelis, 100% racist.https://theilife.com…

html_comment:
oh yeah, created by 2 Israelis, 100% racist.
https://theilife.com…

comment: argh, never mind that was for an old 2d game derp


topic_title: The Christmas Thread!

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Girl from Thrashin' was hot AF

html_comment: Girl from Thrashin' was hot AF

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Bob did it.

html_comment: Bob did it.


post: Another thing movies get wrong


[User] jagara

post:
 CGI is a fantastic tool, that's being overused. Seen Mad Max: Fury Road? An exquisite and intelligent blend of practical and CG effects. This marriage of the two created a result so mind blowing that it hasn't been topped, IMO. There is a sense of reality that Marvel slop is lacking. Because a lot of the scenes featured action that is CGI ENHANCED reality, but reality none the less. Real acrobatics, real stunt work. CGI-only scenes creates a aesthetic that feels too slick, too fake. Our brains still know the difference. The combination of the two, that's the secret sauce.

Side note: the guitar guy? Fucking chef's kiss. That's being imaginative and funny :D

comment: Not saying anything new, just saying :)

html_comment: Not saying anything new, just saying :)


topic_title: blog

post:
 Damn. I've been feeling strange for days, weak, and yesterday I had chest pain and a cough (which I know all too well)...

Flu relapse! At 11:25 am I wrote to a couple of clients whose projects I was working on...

Looks like I'll be spending New Year's Eve in bed :(

Have a good time and a great start to the new year!!

[User] PonyBoy

comment: Feel better, Felix! <3

html_comment: Feel better, Felix! <3

comment: Thanks! Flu + Asthma, the worst possible combination, another sleepless night, this is going to be tough :|

comment: My sister went through it two weeks ago, "the worst I've ever been through." I can confirm it... ugh!!


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Guess that QBN'r

[User] palimpsest

comment: pali "hold my beer" mpsest

html_comment: pali "hold my beer" mpsest

comment: all of us in one person

html_comment: all of us in one person


post:
 My longest/best friend passed away over the weekend, it's the first close death I'm experiencing in my adult life and though he had been sick these past few years and had a few hospital stays, we were waiting for the new miracle treatment he was going to be given next year that would solve everything.
He had spent most of his life taking care of others, and i was looking forward to him feeling better soon and starting a new chapter that would be a bit more about himself and his own wants and needs.

We msged the day before after I had called and msged a few times during the week with no reply. The holidays are a stressful time for us and I knew he was traveling and not alone so I didn't think much of it. He was very tired and not feeling well enough to talk. Told me he was trying not to end up in the hospital for NYE. I thought it was another episode and that he knew what was best for him, that I should let him get some rest as he would always recover from those, and that I really hoped all would be solved next year. I don't know if he knew what was happening.

Despite being an atheist myself, I still hope we remain connected somehow, for him to be able to enjoy sights, experiences or thoughts I would usually share that I knew he'd enjoy, and hope that when I'll think of him it will reach him in a way.

comment: I've been there. It hurts, a lot. Make sure you have someone by your side, to "suffer less." Hugs!

comment: Sorry, spl33nidoru <3

html_comment: Sorry, spl33nidoru <3

[User] garbage

comment: No words, just sending pagan prayers. <3

comment: Thank you guys

html_comment: Thank you guys

[User] utopian

comment: sorry to hear bro ;(

html_comment: sorry to hear bro ;(

[User] Nutter

comment: I'm sorry to hear that, shame he didn't get the break he needed, but sounds like he did good for others while he could. Thats a nice thing to be remembered by.

comment: So sorry man - that's really tough

html_comment: So sorry man - that's really tough

comment: Sorry for your loss. That’s sounds really difficult.

comment: I can hardly believe it right now, putting it into words here helps, thanks all. Watch out for your sick friends, after a while it turns into the new normal

comment: but they're going through it and between them sparing us how bad they have it and us cheering them up we can forget it's real

[User] Longcopylover

comment: So sorry to read this. I hope your memories will stay forever and you remain connected through all the good times you had. All the best to you.

comment: Sorry to hear man, stay strong

html_comment: Sorry to hear man, stay strong

[User] BusterBoy

comment: Sorry to hear...all the best to you mate.

[User] monospaced

comment: This is heartbreaking. My deeepest condolences.

[User] Squiddy

comment: Rest in peace. (From experience) when you least expect it, he will let you know he's in a good place.

comment: Thank you all

html_comment: Thank you all

[User] Smurf

comment: So sorry for your loss spl33nidoru. Your friend is closer to you than ever and I’m sure you two will connect again

comment: All the best.

html_comment: All the best.


post: Why are there endless news stories about Anthony Bourdain nearly a decade after his death?

[User] everyangle

comment: there's not, maybe stop clicking on it?

html_comment: there's not, maybe stop clicking on it?


[User] sted

post:
 i don't know what you're looking for
but you're more than welcome with us

comment: Who?

html_comment: Who?

comment: i remember our fun,i remember our own on the run,do you remember where we belong?

html_comment:
i remember our fun,
i remember our own on the run,
do you remember where we belong?

comment: https://www.qbn.com/… @NBQ00 thats for you.


[User] Beardy

topic_title: Car of The Day

comment: Deary me, can't post a pic. . amateur!

html_comment: Deary me, can't post a pic. . amateur!


post: For Beardy


[User] YakuZoku

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] stoplying

post:
 My family and I were up in New Hampshire the past few days for a snowboarding trip to Loon Mountain. On Sunday I took my two boys (13 &11) out on a cold but beautiful sunny day. My younger son was having a hard time last season going heel to toe on his board - which is really the core of snowboarding. Once you have that skill mastered, your learning progression is much faster. Happy to report he was heel toeing like a pro from the first run on. We even found ourselves on some classic East Coast steep and icy runs. Loon is nothing like the big mountains out West, but for the East coast, it's legit and I'm so happy for my boys to have crossed the hurdle into the next stage of riding.
The weather (sleet) was awful yesterday so we ended our trip a day early and made the 6+ hour slog home on icy interstate highways.

comment: Nice! Spent my fair share of time over 25+ years ago up on Loon ice skating (I mean snowboarding)... I learned to ski / ride at Gunstock when I was a kid. <3

comment: Cool!

html_comment: Cool!


topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
 Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK's granddaughter, dies at 35 after terminal cancer diagnosis.

WTF - The Kennedy family has been plagued by death and tragedies for almost a century.

• Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., died in place crash 1944
• Kathleen Kennedy, died in place crash 1948
• Arabella Kennedy, death at birth 1956
• Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, premature death 1963
• JFK, assassinated in 1963
• RFK, assassinated in 1968
• David Kennedy, drug overdose death 1984
• Michael Kennedy, skiing accident death 1997
• John F. Kennedy Jr and his wife, died in place crash 1999
• Kara Kennedy, died of heart attack while exercising 2011
• Mary Richardson Kennedy, suicide 2012
• Saoirse Kennedy Hill, drug overdose death 2019
• Maeve Kennedy McKean, drowned 2020
• Tatiana Schlossberg, died of cancer 2025

comment: and yet RFK Jr is immune, must be the Ivermectin

[User] PhanLo

comment: probably the heroin for RFK

html_comment: probably the heroin for RFK

comment: nothing but pushups for RFK

html_comment: nothing but pushups for RFK


comment: sick

html_comment: sick

comment: kurrpa hosk self promo..afaik

html_comment: kurrpa hosk self promo..afaik


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

comment: Balkanized

html_comment: Balkanized


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


[User] elahon

post: RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr. =(

comment: RIP Lance Reddick, too, in the first few seconds. =(

comment: Michael K Williams too. (Omar)

html_comment: Michael K Williams too. (Omar)

comment: The entire cast of The Wire are going bye bye.

comment: Reg E Cathy too

html_comment: Reg E Cathy too


comment: lol - I'm on Freepik Unlimited, they pretty much offer all of that. Never had issues.

comment: Yeah higgs is very scammy, I have an annual account

comment: They're getting sued

html_comment: They're getting sued


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Heist of the day

comment: $40 million in cash and a movie made about you starring George Clooney.


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Nature of the day

post: Étienne Léopold Trouvelot


topic_title: QBN'r AI Slop of the day

post:
 Did this T-Rex with Seedream 4.5 Pro and animated with Kling 2.6

The HD video is more high-res and fluid than this gif but I was impressed with the dynamics and anatomy motion/ physics that is mostly on point of what I was looking for.

The possibilities with the new Motion Control in Kling 2.6 are amazing too.

comment: Pronated wrists.gran torino dot gif

html_comment: Pronated wrists.<br>gran torino dot gif

comment: It's not like he can use his stupid little arms anyway.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
Feelin' 1995 mix

Wagon Christ : Intro
The Ballistic Brothers : Come On (Simon Templar mix)
Leftfield : Open Up
Chemical Brothers : Leave Home
David Bowie : Hello Spaceboy
The Fall : The Joke (live)
Folk Implosion : Natural One
Aphex Twin : Ventolin (Asthma Beats mix)
Mouse On Mars : Stereomission
The Herbaliser : Real Killer Pt.2
Tricky : Pumpkin
Nightmares On Wax : Stars
Pressure Drop : The Calling
Bomb The Bass : Braindead
Boards of Canada : Melissa Juice

includes samples from :

Twelve Monkeys
Kids
Ace Ventura – When Nature Calls
Heat
Seven
Strange Days
Desperado
Clueless

https://www.mixcloud.com/Gardene…


[User] jagara

topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
 Extend you Windows 10 security updates until october 14th 2026

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/…

I don't have to buy a new computer. Great success.

But now I want to hear from the Apple users. They will have something fascinating and useful to contribute. They usually have, at the mere mention of not using overpriced boutique laptops intended for Californian homosexuals.

comment: I upvoted this post myself.

html_comment: I upvoted this post myself.


[User] Gnash

[User] PonyBoy

comment: they're called 'learing' centers... not sure what this 'daycare' shit is you're talking about

comment: What phobia of yours does this represent?

comment: Spectrum boy!

html_comment: Spectrum boy!


topic_title: 80's-90's MEMORIES

[User] futurefood

comment: nice +1

html_comment: nice +1


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: ahh my latest mix has dropped!

html_comment: ahh my latest mix has dropped!

[User] utopian

comment: A Red Sprite

html_comment: A Red Sprite


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: New Year's Resolution

post: 1. Just survive

[User] OBBTKN

comment: I'm in

html_comment: I'm in


[User] brothernoah

post:
 Stop being such a POS, live a little, and be nice to people.....generally speaking.  Wouldnt mind more of that.

2026

comment: I'm in.

html_comment: I'm in.

[User] Nairn

comment: I'm aiming to be less of a point of sale next year too.

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: I need to chill more.

html_comment: I need to chill more.

comment: lol Nairn

html_comment: lol Nairn


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

post:
Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t just a frequent visitor to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The club was also sending spa employees—usually young women—to Epstein’s nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services, according to former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees.

https://archive.is/QilmC


topic_title: Ganja Thread 3.0

post: Switching over to tinctures for a couple weeks... anyone try the 'under the tongue' stuff?


[User] YakuZoku

post:
 I'm going to stop being such a fuckin' pussy, starting with tonight.
Got invited to a NYE party in Culiacan.

Despite all my common sense + the locals telling me not to go even go near the capital city of a current ongoing drug war in Mexico  especially in the truck that I drive, I'm driving up there alone as soon as my laundry is done.

I'm not telling anyone I know because they're only going to try and talk me out of it.

comment: u only have to move faster than the bullets if things get intense....its not that difficult.

comment: In Sinaloa nonetheless. Good luck.

html_comment: In Sinaloa nonetheless. Good luck.

comment: Alive?

html_comment: Alive?


[User] BonSeff

post: I will rehab these trashed knees and drop 20lbs.


post: Become a Trillionaire.

comment: to do what?

html_comment: to do what?

comment: Trrillionize

html_comment: Trrillionize


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: Happy New Year!!!

[User] Krassy

comment: 21 year bump!

html_comment: 21 year bump!

comment: I'll bet there were plenty of out-takes

html_comment: I'll bet there were plenty of out-takes

comment: thanks obama

html_comment: thanks obama


post:
 Been a while since I posted about this, but my top new years resolution is to promote this more, try to get some attention on it, and hopefully start selling some prints.

Remember the art I was sharing months ago in the generative art thread? I've been working on getting prints up on Etsy and the site that I created for it. Was hoping to have had it up before Christmas but so many things are time consuming: mockups, print configs, etc. There are hundreds and hundreds of hours in this by now, and 18+ months of slowly getting to this point. I didn't even have my eyes on selling prints until this past May, and all of this has been one of the most fun things I've ever taken on.

https://www.shapeandplace.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShapeA…

Kind of soft-launching it right now, adding new prints, trying to get up to 15-20 on Etsy. I'm printing with a company called Artelo in Kentucky, and they're AMAZING. All the print tests I've gotten have looked fantastic, and I landed on Epson Somerset Velvet, which is close enough to Hahnemuhle German Etching paper I loved the most. It's just too expensive. The Epson paper is great, has a nice texture, and really brings out the paper textures I'm using in the images.

Go have a browse, give me a follow. If anyone wants to buy anything, I'll do a 10% off QBN friends coupon, since many of you were so encouraging of what I've been up to.

I'm excited to see where this goes and do even more with it. I'm planning on adding canvas prints next, and if I start getting traction in 2026, adding other products like fabrics if it makes sense.

comment: i like how you show a variety of what the print would look like in different environments. those are AI, right?

comment: Very cool.

html_comment: Very cool.

comment: Now a book and online course on how to get rich from your side hustle and cha ching!

comment: Thanks everyone!

html_comment: Thanks everyone!

comment: Pr2. Nope - mockup packs with smart objects in PS, and a site called Canvy. They might make stuff with AI but it's all a manual process for me.

comment: It's the most time consuming part of it all to be honest.

[User] studderine

comment: AI is taking our jobs!

html_comment: AI is taking our jobs!


post: Alfa Romeo 1967 33 Stradale

comment: Mama Mia Italians know how to design beautiful cars

comment: Be sure @niko

html_comment: Be sure @niko

comment: why don't they design 'em like this (or better) 60 years later??

comment: with so many NCAP regulations - all cars lbasically ook the same now,

[User] Longcopylover

comment: One of my alltime favourites.

html_comment: One of my alltime favourites.

[User] canoe

comment: Nice curves doll

html_comment: Nice curves doll