topic_title: where u at

post:
 Insane boring conference, people talk about their success like they don't depend on any other human being on the planet, not even their buyers.
I'm thinking about jumping into the pool

comment: Go back to where the real people are ;)

html_comment: Go back to where the real people are ;)


topic_title: It's Friday!

[User] Danish

comment: It's the whole weekend! XD

html_comment: It's the whole weekend! XD


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: reservoir dogs

html_comment: reservoir dogs


[User] keewee

topic_title: Astrology

post: Pope Prediction around the 2:00:00 mark

[User] palimpsest

comment: What more proof do we need?

html_comment: What more proof do we need?

[User] Continuity

comment: I'm sure the Catholic Church appreciates the good work of ...... astrologers.

html_comment:
I'm sure the Catholic Church appreciates the good work of ...

... astrologers.

comment: The Catholic Church Astrologers are in the upper echelons.

comment: I see ...

html_comment: I see ...


[User] Projectile

topic_title: Meme of the day

post: <a title="https://scontent.flis12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/494743332_10163015271364254_8834836071794885390_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=X3nrzp8y2NQQ7kNvwHIeEDv&_nc_oc=AdktwFXweKu6KSy8SvweaOrP4Nnw7_iUUmQ5AhihYTaCo7vGZu_pikowq-iQTQqwrbA&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-1.fna&_nc_gid=BAMo71LjYsNi-MKimSQ12g&oh=00_AfI-LFig6kX8q5OrBha6k3mh-xXVfjQhyljrG9MIi3QWoA&oe=6823C61B" href="https://scontent.flis12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/494743332_10163015271364254_8834836071794885390_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=X3nrzp8y2NQQ7kNvwHIeEDv&_nc_oc=AdktwFXweKu6KSy8SvweaOrP4Nnw7_iUUmQ5AhihYTaCo7vGZu_pikowq-iQTQqwrbA&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-1.fna&_nc_gid=BAMo71LjYsNi-MKimSQ12g&oh=00_AfI-LFig6kX8q5OrBha6k3mh-xXVfjQhyljrG9MIi3QWoA&oe=6823C61B" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">


[User] Gardener

[User] utopian

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] OBBTKN

post: At home. Sipping my last coffee of the day, looking at the ton of work I have to do to get the garden, or "Nam's jungle," ready.

comment: Username does not compute.

html_comment: Username does not compute.

[User] sted

[User] maquito

comment: Salud! Que hay de comer?

html_comment: Salud! Que hay de comer?

comment: Nada Maqui, nada que no sean caracoles! No hay parrilla con tanta lluvia amigo...


[User] canoe

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
 Sweet memories...

https://www.discogs.com/release/…


topic_title: Browser game of the day

post:
Any true football nerds here ?

I have just finished my second browser game, actually still beta.
I will offer a pdf download soon, so people can print out the cards and play at home with friends while watching a match.

http://www.graphicresearch.de/fo…

Enjoy !

Premier League Edition, Bundesliga Edition are in planning


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-…

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.

comment: anti-happy meal

html_comment: anti-happy meal


[User] elahon

topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

post: This actually looks pretty fun.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up — in fact, they hallucinate more than several of OpenAI’s older models.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/1…


[User] stoplying

topic_title: The Guitar Thread

post: This video helped me with the above post ^ :

[User] kingsteven

comment: too late but yes, on riviera sounds like you just need to adjust the action on one side of the bridge.

comment: ive fixed guitars by de-tensioning the truss rod and tapping in, or filing down a fret. people go to adjust the truss far too quickly, it doesn't really do what

comment: people think it does. its usually the bridge, nut or a fret or two sitting too high.


[User] Milan

topic_title: The Russia thread.

post: Happy Victory Day!

comment: occupation day, followed by50 years of rassan terror.

html_comment: occupation day, followed by<br>50 years of rassan terror.

[User] zaq

comment: What does it have to do with you, Milan?

comment: He is rassan

html_comment: He is rassan

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: 24th April would be more appropriate

html_comment: 24th April would be more appropriate

comment: but I understand that toilets don't grow on trees, you need to rape and kill to get one, so much victory.

[User] pango

comment: ahhh the famous photo of soviet soldier raising a flag over reichstag. but the official one has their hand watches removed because it showed they were looting.

comment: very appropriate. nowadays they just take washing machines.

comment: @sted pretty sure he's a Serb, actually. Which, in this context, is pretty much the same thing.


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: occupation day

comment: wtf ahaha

html_comment: wtf ahaha


[User] grafician

topic_title: Romania calling

post:
Bucharest tonight, biggest Pro-EU gathering in years!

Also in all the big cities the same, tens of thousands in the streets.

comment: keep it up

html_comment: keep it up

comment: Good

html_comment: Good

comment: „Wake up sheeple!”

html_comment: „Wake up sheeple!”

comment: "is that all"?

html_comment: "is that all"?


topic_title: Vid of the Day - DESIGN

comment: Very inspiring convo, if you have an hour over the weekend...


[User] kalkal

comment: cool

html_comment: cool


[User] neverscared

topic_title: UK is Fucked

[User] jmckinno

comment: Is that Phil Mitchell?

html_comment: Is that Phil Mitchell?


topic_title: Toilet of the Day

[User] Krassy

comment: deposit while making a deposit?

html_comment: deposit while making a deposit?


[User] Gardener

topic_title: blog

post: A fresh Skylarking mix coming soon to taktentradio.com


topic_title: TESLA

post:
 Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants

https://www.vice.com/en/article/…

comment: Good.

html_comment: Good.


topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post: This pope-ular recording came out in the early 60's but it's really, REALLY boring, sorry your holinessness. If you are interested Urbi Et Orbi translates as 'To the city and to the world'.


[User] lodef

topic_title: making beats

post:
https://www.instagram.com/lodefl…

demo for a boombox video. there will be a longer version on yt eventually. i made the box in c4d, it has a bunch of moving parts.


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 A 1988 Sesame Street episode about a greedy and grumpy real estate developer trying to redevelop Sesame Street.

Some things never change

comment: first video starts from 1:00 min

html_comment: first video starts from 1:00 min

comment: second 2:33 min

html_comment: second 2:33 min


topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: Nils Fram's performance at The Kings Theater in Brooklyn was dope.


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Sir Tom Farmer - founder of Kwik Fit, the world's biggest independent tyre and automotive chain - 84

comment: My only Kwik Fit anecdote, I had one bad experience in there over 20 years ago, just ONE, and never went back.


post: James Foley - film director, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fifty Shades of Grey - 71


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Sorry, what a face... Lol

html_comment: Sorry, what a face... Lol


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Politics

comment: thats the spirit.

html_comment: thats the spirit.

[User] monospaced

comment: That’s good.

html_comment: That’s good.

[User] formed

comment: Finally, something positive!

html_comment: Finally, something positive!

[User] renderedred

comment: PEZ

html_comment: PEZ


[User] webazoot

topic_title: T-shirt of the day

post: Going through some back up drives from 2010 or so and...


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] Nairn

comment: i need this, as a lenticular print, on my wall.


topic_title: Apple

post:
 Just insane how far we've come in about 2 decades.

I wanted to know:

How many maxed out SGI Origin 2000 racks would it need to match one maxed out Apple Mac Studio from today?

(SGI Origin 2000 were the server racks from end of 90's and early 2000's that were used as render farms at ILM and other big VFX/ Animation studios to render the projects)

With the introduction of the 2025 Mac Studio featuring the Apple M3 Ultra chip, the performance gap compared to legacy systems like the SGI Origin 2000 has grown even wider.

The M3 Ultra in its highest configuration offers a 32-core CPU (24 performance, 8 efficiency), up to an 80-core GPU, and a 32-core Neural Engine, with over 800 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth. Apple claims up to double the performance of the previous M2 Ultra, and up to 2.6 times faster than the M1 Ultra. In practical terms, the M3 Ultra delivers well over 40 teraflops of single-precision (FP32) compute performance, and its real-world application performance is even more impressive thanks to modern architecture and software optimizations.

A maxed-out SGI Origin 2000 rack, depending on configuration, could reach about 25 gigaflops peak (using 128 CPUs at roughly 0.2 gigaflops each, as per historical sources). Even in the most optimistic scenario, a full interconnected system of eight racks could approach 200 gigaflops theoretical peak.

To match just one Mac Studio with M3 Ultra at 40,000 gigaflops (or 40 teraflops), you would need at least 200 full eight-rack Origin 2000 systems, totaling about 1,600 racks, to reach the same theoretical compute performance. In practice, due to efficiency and utilization differences, the number would likely be even higher.

So, to equal the raw compute power of a single maxed-out 2025 Mac Studio with M3 Ultra, you would need roughly 1,600 maxed-out SGI Origin 2000 racks. This underscores the extraordinary advances in computing power, energy efficiency, and physical density over the past three decades.

Now onto the cost:

A typical SGI Origin 2000 128-CPU rack (the largest marketed configuration) would have cost in the range of $1 million to $3 million, depending on options and support contracts, based on historical pricing trends for high-end SGI systems of that era.

Now do the math, $ 1-3 million x 1,600 racks for which you'd probably need a football stadium to put them all in.

Versus

1x single maxed out Mac Studio M3 Ultra for about $11K

And people are still bitching when a video output or render is taking few seconds more for 4K res.


topic_title: Billionaires

post:
 The recovery of superyacht off Sicily is suspended after a diver dies

https://apnews.com/article/italy…


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: Street Art

post: Freeman Alley, NYC


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car

A CBP spokesperson tells WIRED that the agency plans to expand its program for real-time face recognition at the border, potentially aiding Trump administration efforts to track people who self-deport.

https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-…


post:
 Project 2025
they told you exactly what they were going to do.

comment: This

html_comment: This

[User] Continuity

comment: Pretty much

html_comment: Pretty much

[User] garbage

comment: There were so many Americans googling "what is Project 2025" after election day. MSM hugely failed on informing the common voter.

comment: But hey, Trump was talking about eating cats and blowing microphones, and that's a scoop!


topic_title: Site of the day

comment: also useful thread

html_comment: also useful thread


post:
 "Trump administration ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus for migrants, Stephen Miller says"

This man is even more disgusting than the orange clown.  How is he allowed to exist??

It's up to SCOTUS and the GOP to stop this madness.  If they don't soon, it's game over for the US.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/…

[User] elahon

comment: Miller 100% sleeps in a Nazi uniform that he scored on the dark web that he probably traded a child for that he had been keeping in his basement.

[User] bainbridge

comment: It's a fundamental right in the US Constitution, protecting against unlawful imprisonment and arbitrary detention


[User] zaq

post: I hope at least a few words did get into her head


[User] Salarrue

comment: Damn, Trent has gotten old

html_comment: Damn, Trent has gotten old


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: My doctor has visible tattoos.

comment: Noooooooo

html_comment: Noooooooo


topic_title: Los Angeles

comment: That whole place looks like it stinks of cooked piss


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease

https://www.theatlantic.com/idea…


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Sarcasm of the day

post: Thanks.


post: Oh, goodie. Another thread.

comment: i am happy too.

html_comment: i am happy too.


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: Who cares about redemption if he doesn't sin?

comment: Deus peccatores benedicat!

html_comment: Deus peccatores benedicat!


[User] grafician

topic_title: Fashion of the Day

post: Steel worker in Lahore


topic_title: Fonts You Want 2025

[User] slappy

comment: Nice

html_comment: Nice


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 A stealth AI model beat DALL-E and Midjourney on a popular benchmark

Recraft, the startup behind a mysterious image model that beat OpenAI’s DALL-E and Midjourney on a respected industry benchmark last year, has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Accel, it exclusively told TechCrunch.

Other investors in the round include Khosla Ventures and Madrona. Based in San Francisco, Recraft previously raised a $12 million Series A led by Khosla in 2024. The San Francisco-based startup says it recently passed $5 million in ARR and 4 million users.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/0…


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Moebius

post: Last acquisition


post:
 Will U.S. producers benefit from the recent wine tariffs? Aside from rising input costs, export markets may also contract. Year over year, the export value for March dropped by 28%. The three main export markets —Canada (-73%), the UK (-13%), and China (-83%)—all reported significant declines.

https://bsky.app/profile/wineeco…


topic_title: blog

post:
 Happy Mother's Day!

Don't forget to call/visit her today.

Remember when your whole world was Mom? Teens (13–17) trade those hours for friends. At 18, college cuts it in half. In your 20s, work and relationships take over. After 30 it’s down to an hour a month. When’s the last time you reached out to her?


post: Fantastic idea.


[User] cherub

post:
 Right, well it's good to see all yous in such a good mood.

I hope you don't mind, but I've taken the liberty of inviting Scott to the forum.  Maybe he can share his opinions with everyone, especially his political opinions.

Wouldn't that be fun?


[User] PhanLo

post:
 S u p e r H a p p y F u n T i m e s
-

https://www.instagram.com/theart…
-
"I designed the ArtVend myself. I paid to prototype it. I paid for the samples. I paid for the inventory— over $80,000 worth, ordered six months ago.
Because that’s how real manufacturing works. Just like all those entrepreneurs you watch on Shark Tank but I bet you don't send them death threats do you?

Made in China” doesn’t mean cheap, doesn’t mean unethical, and definitely doesn’t mean slave labor. It means your product was made by experts who’ve been perfecting manufacturing longer than most U.S. factories have existed.

My tariff bill used to be about $9,000 for the past few years.
Now it’s $196,000.
Because tariffs went from about 10% to 245%.

And no, I can’t just “move it to the U.S.”, as if there’s a magical vending machine factory around the corner waiting for my blueprints. And the US made samples I've gotten were unsellable quality. What my factory makes is the highest quality I could find.

You think if I had $200k lying around, I’d be here?"

comment: "He will be good for business"

html_comment: "He will be good for business"


topic_title: Nature of the day

post: X-Ray of hammerhead shark


post:
Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage
AI will transform economies and lift markets as a whole, but lasting differentiation will be built on human creativity and passion.

There is no question that artificial intelligence will transform the competitive business landscape. AI will streamline business processes, increase worker productivity, redefine premium skill sets, and unlock the potential of data. There is also no question that AI will make relentless progress and become more capable at a dizzying pace.

But AI will also become more ubiquitous. Algorithms and training data are being commoditized;

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/arti…


topic_title: Kanye West Hate Thread

post: Thanks to Elmo this idiot still has a big reach on X. It's quite disturbing how many people are still in support and listening to this Hitler obsessed Nazi shit.

comment: Eh, nothing to get worked up over. Kanye's been a loser for ages now, always been a desperate attention whore. He's been hanging with Nick Fuentes for this..

comment: ..album. Also going to maybe alienate the Nazis, because one of his new tracks is autobiographical incest CP about blowing his cousin.


[User] prophetone

post: Yeah super fun, pffft


[User] Nairn

post: This is by far the best thing to have happened around here for at least a day.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Dis or Dat?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: It's strange how much AI music is themed on bumsex.https://www.youtube.…

html_comment:
It's strange how much AI music is themed on bumsex.
https://www.youtube.…

comment: was considering doing a mix but my lad said no


topic_title: Show your latest Pics

post:
 Blackness Castle, Linlithgow
-


topic_title: Donald Trump

post: Such a heartwarming Mother's Day message from Trump!

comment: HAHAHA

html_comment: HAHAHA

comment: Every day, I hope he dies.

html_comment: Every day, I hope he dies.

[User] monospaced

comment: Racially persecuted

html_comment: Racially persecuted

comment: "Radical left Democrat" is like boiling hot tepid water.

comment: the marxist pope

html_comment: the marxist pope


[User] Nutter

post:
 Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news…


topic_title: Painting of the day

post:
https://bsky.app/profile/arthurg…
-


[User] utopian

comment: Murican Values

html_comment: Murican Values

[User] robthelad

comment: awww

html_comment: awww

[User] jbasnight

comment: should be reversed no?

html_comment: should be reversed no?

comment: Charlie Monroe

html_comment: Charlie Monroe


post: MQGA


post: Some shots from Phillip Island this summer with the family.

comment: Lovely, you can feel the calm in them :)


post:
 Our youngest daughter turns 20 today. It's incredible how time flies...

Zorionak, Maitia!


post: You’ve done it like this. How interesting.


post: Wait... are you being sarcastic?


[User] Projectile

topic_title: Meme of the day

post:
 This doesn't really belong anywhere so posting here

<a title="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/496001299_4100637333588751_3564681288848183060_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=PPHBKv2nkosQ7kNvwGnVuTw&_nc_oc=AdnK3K3cMbby8HIOTIEWn8-eShmOyAlQAWNuLj7kkVJSAliKwUKGjmXgW77OPeMfmfY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=8IBdPssaHu6SY5UgbgyahA&oh=00_AfL7nuc-PNd3eIESUInW_2VwsCMcw2HJh-hubz3-1jSdwg&oe=68279302" href="https://scontent.flis12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/496001299_4100637333588751_3564681288848183060_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=PPHBKv2nkosQ7kNvwGnVuTw&_nc_oc=AdnK3K3cMbby8HIOTIEWn8-eShmOyAlQAWNuLj7kkVJSAliKwUKGjmXgW77OPeMfmfY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flis12-2.fna&_nc_gid=8IBdPssaHu6SY5UgbgyahA&oh=00_AfL7nuc-PNd3eIESUInW_2VwsCMcw2HJh-hubz3-1jSdwg&oe=68279302" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">

comment: I lol'd

html_comment: I lol'd


topic_title: the gif animation thread

comment: Very cool

html_comment: Very cool


[User] neverscared

topic_title: THE GEN X CAREER MELTDOWN

post:
Why Gen X is the real loser generation
Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s

https://www.economist.com/financ…


post: needs more fucking lol


[User] sted

comment: ouch

html_comment: ouch

[User] PonyBoy

comment: why 'ouch'? only thing that popped up in my belly and head was 'haha'


[User] yuekit

post: Looks like YouTube censored the "Heil Hitler" song (somehow this one slipped through)


comment: " I’m prayin for Kanye man,he’s in a super spiritual battle! "

[User] grafician

comment: "Only enemy is yourself"

html_comment: "Only enemy is yourself"


[User] Ianbolton

topic_title: Sarcasm of the day

post: oh wow, it's sooooo big!


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post:
 Leopold Forstner
-


topic_title: Poster of the Day

post:
 Leopold Forstner (1878-1936)
'St. Georg' ''Die Graphischen Künste'', #24, 1909
-


post:
 by Tula Lotay
-


comment: . there u have it.. .. the conclave was more rigged than the 2020 election..


comment: The Trump family barely knew her.

html_comment: The Trump family barely knew her.


[User] ideaist

topic_title: COFFEE

post:
 JUST got the Fellow Aiden:

Damn, what a drip machine!

They're working on an espresso machine now:

I'm (just this year) using the Breville Bamino Plus AND it's fantastic; small / kind of a beginner "real" espresso machine:

Show your setup(s) bro(s)!!!

comment: I was looking into purchasing this a couple months ago.

comment: Nice @utopian; for me it was this OR the Technivorm Moccamaster. ind of NEW vs. OLD ANDI  opted for NEW.it's brilliant!

html_comment:
Nice @utopian; for me it was this OR the Technivorm Moccamaster.

ind of NEW vs. OLD ANDI  opted for NEW.

it's brilliant!

comment: "ind" = "kind"...; )


topic_title: WTM?

post:
 I've not seen this identical mockup, BUT have had great luck on https://yellowimages.com/ with isolated, well lit, etc. mockups on the usual products, etc.

Adobe Stock is shit for this AND I've ONLY been able to find quality on the above.

Paid, of course.

: )


topic_title: Politics

post:
 Duterte elected mayor of home city from Hague prison

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is detained at The Hague over his drug war that killed thousands, has been elected mayor of his family's stronghold, according to early, partial results.

https://www.bbc.com/news/article…

comment: everything is possible if u work hard...

comment: convicted felon running the US right now too, people just can't get enough of these guys


[User] Nairn

comment: oh. oh no, lol

html_comment: oh. oh no, lol


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Site of the day

comment: Goood to waste some time.

html_comment: Goood to waste some time.


topic_title: recommend tv series

post: I've a soft spot for this kind of small down mystery.


[User] fooler

topic_title: Your Last Concert

post: I debated putting this in the ♥Things we do for Love♥ thread because I had never heard of this guy before last week when my girlfriend ask me to go to this show with her. Not my cup of tea but it was pretty good. He did pull out an SG and shredded on a few songs.


post:
 US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return

The world is more divided than ever, but there’s still something (nearly) everyone agrees on: The U.S. is unloved.

https://www.politico.eu/article/…

[User] monospaced

comment: Still more popular than china in Romania. Phew!

comment: steve bannon knows europeans weak points .. as in romania  thats where he gonna hit first to infect the continent...

comment: @monospaced lol bitch Steve bannon will take habeas corpus from you, do you even know understand what that means?

html_comment:
Here

https://www.msn.com/…

comment: ^ anybody can get deported including citizensyou live in an alternate reality and still have time to mention Romania? Just because you know I am Romanian?

html_comment:
^ anybody can get deported including citizens

you live in an alternate reality

and still have time to mention Romania?

Just because you know I am Romanian?

comment: Romania got booted from the Visa Waiver program a week ago did we got mad? no, we are laughing at you, the entire world laughing at you, you're a joke now

html_comment: Romania got booted from the Visa Waiver program a week ago <br>did we got mad? no, we are laughing at you, the entire world laughing at you, you're a joke now

comment: Gave you facts and numbers about dropping numbers of people not visiting the US and you chose to dismiss it :)) You're COOKED

comment: Everything gets made in China, your president and half your country apparently doesn't know it do you even know what tariffs mean?LOL

html_comment:
Everything gets made in China, your president and half your country apparently doesn't know it

do you even know what tariffs mean?

LOL

comment: Don't even bother to reply, you lost the high ground when you elected Trump, we'll chat in 4 more years until then stfu

[User] canoe

comment: So, steve bannon can't pass laws, the chance of habeas corpus going away is zero. Romania was never on the program, not everything is made in China...

comment: ...but please do carry on not being dramatic of course...

comment: So dramatic. So un chill. Bannon ain’t doing shit.

comment: You meant a different Steve but I’ll let that pass. Of course I know what it means but it’s adorable how you just found out this week from tabloid news.

comment: This administration is temporary obviously. Go focus on the shitshow that is your own farce of an infant democracy in your baby country of bigots.

comment: ‘Do you know what tariffs mean?’ Next time you want to lecture someone, maybe learn how to finish a sentence without embarrassing yourself first.

comment: LOL You two clearly have no clue what's going on in your OWN country :)) No, I did not meant a different Steve Here:


topic_title: TESLA

[User] BusterBoy

comment: Not a cult

html_comment: Not a cult


[User] kaiyohtee

topic_title: QBN Metal Club

post: Finally get to see these guys in August!


post:
 Sure

https://layers.design/collection…


post:
 It's the hoodie collection from layers

https://layers.design/collection…


[User] zaq

topic_title: Logo of the Day

comment: Never go full rainbowhttps://i.imgflip.co…

html_comment:
Never go full rainbow

https://i.imgflip.co…

[User] utopian

comment: Google is bring out the "GAY" in LGBTQ+

html_comment: Google is bring out the "GAY" in LGBTQ+

comment: Look at original Apple https://1000logos.ne…Can't wait for silver "G" logo from Google

html_comment:
Look at original Apple

https://1000logos.ne…

Can't wait for silver "G" logo from Google

comment: Google a few decades behind Apple in logo design...

comment: No way, the apple logo used to be a rainbow!?

comment: I feel like Google just started off with a really shit logo and over time their designers tried to do what they can with it.


[User] prophetone

topic_title: Where The Fun IS


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 "While pushing ‘America First,’ Trump set to accept Qatar’s luxury jet as Air Force One"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/p…

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.…

comment: POTUS accepting bribes at a global scale

[User] Salarrue

comment: and there are not riots, but... Hunter's Laptop in other hand

comment: Obama got blamed for not wearing the right color tie and Trump gets planes? Bitches stfu about other countries when you elected a crook as president

comment: monospaced imagine me being from Eritrea, come at Eritrea bitch got any arguments? dumbass stop posting about politics

comment: His MAGA sycophant fanboys will love, accept and endorse Trump's $400 million bribe. But....Hunter Biden's laptop is another story!

comment: I don't fucking care, all the other democrats or what not should eat a carrot for 4 more years, it's the same country

comment: The rest of the world will make fun of you 24/7 and you need to deal with it learn the "art of the deal" or whatever for 4 more years

comment: and stfu about politcs, you clearly know nothing about it

[User] pango

comment: carrot?

html_comment: carrot?

[User] garbage

comment: OOTL, why are you getting so foamy?

html_comment: OOTL, why are you getting so foamy?

comment: not even, look at monospaced or canoe mentioning Romania to get me to reply to these weak ass threads while their president accepts bribes in the open

comment: whataboutism can get you so far

html_comment: whataboutism can get you so far

comment: but why carrots? lol

html_comment: but why carrots? lol

comment: So, being Romanian gives you the exclusive right to cast judgment from some imaginary moral high ground?

comment: A country with one of the darkest, most authoritarian legacies in modern Europe — fascism, secret police, mass censorship, orphan crisis...

comment: ...and corruption so deep it's practically a tradition. Somehow all of that disappears when it's time for you to criticize other countries.

comment: You contradict yourself in a matter of moments without batting an eye, a good reminder that certainty doesn’t equal clarity.

comment: what about the carrots?!?!

html_comment: what about the carrots?!?!

[User] ephix

comment: lol pango. he's just pissing in the wind.

[User] palimpsest

comment: Carrots are the new tomatoes.

html_comment: Carrots are the new tomatoes.

comment: And there were riots for Hunter's laptop?

comment: This post and our replies to it seem like a draft for Idiocracy. And not in a good way.

comment: Yes canoe actually having experience with all those bad things in the past and went through them gives us the position to actually know wtf we're talking about

comment: Unlike you keyboard cowboys who still think it's all gonna be alright...Joke's on you

html_comment:
Unlike you keyboard cowboys who still think it's all gonna be alright...

Joke's on you

comment: Joke's on me? You're the fucking clown of QBN bro! Nice deflection coward.

comment: You as a country :)) I don't care about you personally in any way

comment: And it's pretty obv you and monospaced are a thing, whenever he comments on my posts you're right next to him...


[User] grafician

topic_title: Cryptocurrency

post: "BREAKING: Coinbase is joining the S&P 500"

comment: LOL we are all in crypto now even if we like it or not

comment: Under Trump, the grift keeps grifting

html_comment: Under Trump, the grift keeps grifting

comment: Yup, Another Get Rich Grift!

html_comment: Yup, Another Get Rich Grift!


[User] moldero

topic_title: Punches For:

comment: Moldy Lives!

html_comment: Moldy Lives!


post:
 When someone is asked quite a direct question, and they begin their answer with "So..."

Punch.


topic_title: quote of the day

[User] OBBTKN

comment: And many times, a disappointed romantic too...

comment: True. Romanticism is a kind of idealism maybe.


[User] neverscared

comment: hey bro jet pro quo

html_comment: hey bro jet pro quo

[User] Longcopylover

comment: Those are some wild 18 minutes.

html_comment: Those are some wild 18 minutes.

comment: true... imagine anything of it would have come of bidens mouth... he would have been signed off to the insane asylum...


topic_title: Zero fucks given to...

post:
 Kennedy Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, shared photos of himself and his grandchildren swimming in waters that handle sewer overflow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/…

comment: thanks DEI

html_comment: thanks DEI


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

[User] Ianbolton

comment: i bet he can still see through those welding goggles

comment: Awwwwwwww palimpsest discovered generative AI


topic_title: Dis or Dat?

comment: No.

html_comment: No.


topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.

https://www.theatlantic.com/poli…

[User] Hayoth

comment: True: The article accurately reports DOGE’s inflated savings claims, specific errors (e.g., $8 billion typo), USAID cuts, and rising federal spending

comment: False/Misleading: It understates DOGE’s verified savings ($5-10 billion vs. $2 billion), overgeneralizes BPA issues, and exaggerates ineffectiveness

comment: Propaganda Language: Terms like “wholly unserious,” “stampede,” and “immense harm,” plus vague references to “experts,” bias the reader against DOGE


[User] Projectile

post:
 White South African here.

So Trump has welcomed the first of "my people" as refugees. Apparently we are oppressed, and victims of genocide.

I mean there are some laws that push affirmative action, but in reality white Saffa's still hold most of the money and property, so in many ways it's not even a start.

One politician was harping on about land redistribution but the court blocked it. Years ago.
There have also been a few killings of farmers, also years ago. Farm owners are mostly white, surprise surprise, so if you look at just that, it can look targeted.

This is so fucking blatantly about white supremacy it makes me want to vomit. And so obviously a direct result of Elon Wormtongue's whisperings

[User] monospaced

comment: Yup. Gotta stop that white persecution globally.

[User] canoe

comment: but i thought white privilege was just a democratic term used as a device to rally their minority base

comment: These whites aren’t aware of any privilege. They only see people attacking their culture simply by existing at all.


post: 2 dolls 5 pencils


[User] zaq

post: took 18 months & $180,000,000

comment: sorry $100 mln  not 180

html_comment: sorry $100 mln  not 180

comment: Should eat a carrot for 4 more years.

html_comment: Should eat a carrot for 4 more years.

[User] kingsteven

comment: Should eat a carrot for 3 and a half more years https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: Actually Studio Koto did an amazing job, here is the full case study https://koto.studio/…Project took 18 months

html_comment:
Actually Studio Koto did an amazing job, here is the full case study

https://koto.studio/…

Project took 18 months


topic_title: QBN Out of Context Responses (QBNOoCR)

post:
 "I don't fucking care, all the other democrats or what not should eat a carrot for 4 more years, it's the same country"
— grafician

[User] Continuity

comment: For all those wondering:This is a full unadulterated quote.

html_comment: For all those wondering:<br>This is a full unadulterated quote.

comment: Awwwwwwwww palimpsest discovered the carrot on a stick concept in US politics

comment: Ooooh! The famouus carrort [on a] stick program introduced by Michelle Obama to replaces S'mores.

html_comment: Ooooh! <br>The famouus carrort [on a] stick program introduced by Michelle Obama to replaces S'mores.

comment: Those pesky Democrats always up to no good!

comment: LOL That makes more sense now!!! I thought maybe it was a Romanian idiom. Or because trump is orange like a carrot.

comment: Considering the actual idiom is "the carrot and the stick" ...

comment: This is so evident on this platform its not even funnyhttps://nypost.com/2…

html_comment:
This is so evident on this platform its not even funny
https://nypost.com/2…

comment: Hayoth... Wrong thread or you missed the point?

comment: hayoth. since your here. do you prefer carrot on a stick or stick on a carrot?


[User] kalkal

topic_title: Sarcasm of the day

post:
 HARK! HARK UNTO THEE, YE DIVINE POSTER OF WICKED WIT, FOR NEVER HATH MINE EYES FALL’N UPON SUCH A THREAD. NAY, SUCH A COSMIC REVELATION OF SARCASM MOST EXQUISITE!

By the crusted latrine of the High Toilet Lord and the sacred gyatt of Saint Ban Ban, I did gaze upon thy thread and was struck dumb, struck blind, struck thrilled beyond all earthly bounds.
My limbs did tremble, my lungs did wheeze, my heart sang like a bard in heat.
FOR THOU HAST MADE A POST AND YET IT IS MORE THAN A POST.

’Tis a miracle.
A MIRACLE I SAY.
A sacred text more rizzed than the Psalms, more side-eye than a Fortnite lobby, more based than a thousand gooners mid-delulu spiral.

I read and mine joy did overflow like a skibidi chalice overflowing with irony wine.
I laughed not with mirth but with divine hysteria, the kind that seizeth a man when he hath seen something so gloriously sarcastic, he feareth his very aura shall burst into sussy flame.

Oh how the sarcasm didst dance, how it did drip, how it did glisten like holy dew on the morning grass of Ohio.
I was not merely amused.
I WAS RENDERED UNTO THEE, MINE BODY AND SPIRIT BOUND IN THY RIZZFUL GOSPEL.

Even now the village criers wail thy words in the square, weeping with joy as babes reborn in Fanum’s light.
The scribes hath cast down their dusty texts and declared
“We needeth no more scripture. We hath seen the thread.”

Children scream in glee.
Old men throw off their cloaks and hit the griddy.
Nuns weep openly in the pews, whispering blessed be the sarcasm.

This thread
This thread
’Tis more thrilling than war, more stirring than love, more joyous than a simp’s first mew.
I am overcome.
I am overwhelmed.
I am beyond thrilled, lost in the euphoric backrooms of irony itself.

Never before hath sarcasm been so pure, so radiant, so gloriously unhinged.
NEVER.

Thou art no mere jester.
Thou art the Prophet of Post, the Sarcastic Messiah, the Delulu Herald of Generation Zest.

Sing thy thread from the ramparts.
Engrave it upon the castle walls.
Let it be known from Ohio to the ends of this goofy ahh realm

THE THREAD HATH DROPPED AND WE ARE THRILLED BEYOND THE TELLING OF IT.


[User] antimotion

topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

[User] elahon

comment: Ohh, this looks good. Just the trailer brought tears to my eyes. Can't wait!

comment: Oh, I didn't lolLooks good

html_comment:
Oh, I didn't
lol
Looks good


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Dating after a certain age

post:
 Have y'all ever done some crazy shit during dates that you restrained yourselves from doing when you were younger?
Because the premise is making it look fun.

comment: A lot of times... it was my "secret weapon".


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: religion

comment: He also got nailed by the Romans but we don't see anyone signing up for that.

comment: Plenty folk still getting nailed by Romans, also a lot of boys sadly :-(

comment: And he’s usually mostly naked too.

html_comment: And he’s usually mostly naked too.

comment: it's unfortunate that MOST exceptional precollege education is coupled with religion.

comment: My wife wants to get our kids baptized so that can be eligible for catholic high school. It’s so silly.

comment: They shouldn't have to get baptized to go to the school, you can find other schools where being christian is optional.

comment: I went to a catholic school and often we'd take kids who weren't catholics.

comment: canoe, options are dictated by geography, and I have no intention of sending my kids to private school

comment: The catholic school here does NOT take non Catholics and requires baptism as a child.


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: #carrots

html_comment: #carrots

[User] sarahfailin

comment: no one has gaydar like columbo

html_comment: no one has gaydar like columbo

[User] wagshaft

comment: Lol Sarah

html_comment: Lol Sarah


topic_title: Graffiti art

post:
 Talking Heads by QUIK
-


topic_title: QBN stickers

post: Scored myself a goodie pack from maqui today. Many thanks, sir. Love 'em!

comment: Germans: always on time.French: we're on strike.

html_comment: Germans: always on time.<br>French: we're on strike.

[User] maquito

comment: awww :,)

html_comment: awww :,)

[User] neverscared

comment: not the ICE .. deutsche bahn though..

html_comment: not the ICE .. deutsche bahn though..

[User] ideaist

comment: Who still owns stickers besides me?! I SWEAR they're sitting on my desk ready to go(ish)!!!: )

html_comment:
Who still owns stickers besides me?! I SWEAR they're sitting on my desk ready to go(ish)!!!

: )


topic_title: Infographics

post:
https://www.itsnicethat.com/feat…
https://isotyperevisited.org/doc…


post:
Elon Musk Pushes Child Aside On Way To Escape Pods As Starbase Collapses

https://theonion.com/elon-musk-p…


[User] yuekit

topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] Gardener

comment: great album too https://djrum.bandca…

html_comment: great album too https://djrum.bandca…


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: grab em by the pussy.... as the commander in chief says


comment: Whack-a-mole mallet for the win

html_comment: Whack-a-mole mallet for the win

comment: Loved the first one!

html_comment: Loved the first one!


topic_title: Fonts You Want 2025

post:
https://gt-standard.com/

FONT$ YOU WANT

comment: That mini site, though!*head explodes*

html_comment:
That mini site, though!

*head explodes*

[User] fisheye

[User] grafician

[User] sted

comment: that site is an example how fonts should be presented. lots of work was put into it, its a nice font, only con is the usual grillitype pricing.

[User] utopian

comment: Needs more animation!

html_comment: Needs more animation!

comment: AND colour, eh @utopian?

html_comment: AND colour, eh @utopian?

[User] prophetone

comment: Great site, love the tabs landing along top

comment: more color too and bouncy bounce.

html_comment: more color too and bouncy bounce.

comment: old cunts with a binary brain isn't their scope.

comment: site is vegan.... not like...

html_comment: site is vegan.... not like...

[User] monospaced

comment: I love that t

html_comment: I love that t

comment: lol@neverscared


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
"OpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffs"

"OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project is facing delays thanks to tariff-related economic uncertainty, reports Bloomberg.

Growing market volatility and cheaper AI services have made banks, private equity investors, and asset managers wary of investing in Stargate, an OpenAI-led project that aims to raise up to $500 billion for AI infrastructure in the U.S. and overseas. SoftBank, which in January said it would contribute significant capital to Stargate, has yet to develop a financing template or begin detailed discussions with potential backers, according to Bloomberg."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/1…

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/1…

comment: Capitalism

html_comment: Capitalism

[User] monNom

comment: looks like Musk's claim they "don't have the money" was spot on. Tariffs likely less important than deepseek (et al) in this equation


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: 2016 just went real

html_comment: 2016 just went real


topic_title: Sexual Harassment of the DAY

post: Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Didlery-hee-hoo?

html_comment: Didlery-hee-hoo?


topic_title: CyberPunk

comment: Full set:https://archive.org/…

html_comment:
Full set:
https://archive.org/…

comment: ^Good stuff thanks!

html_comment: ^<br>Good stuff thanks!


[User] dbloc

post:
 This is what gifting an airplane to Trump will get you. (or should I say grifting)

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-n…

[User] garbage

comment: nah, you got to keep it straight. Sauds gave Kushner $2bn. Qatar is more deals with Trump's actual sons.

comment: Syria.

html_comment: Syria.

comment: ^ Just read and wow. The GOP is absolutely spineless.


[User] Salarrue

comment: username checks out :)

html_comment: username checks out :)


[User] bainbridge

post: But the Hilary emails

[User] pango

comment: But the laptop!

html_comment: But the laptop!


[User] Noggin

comment: Prime runs a counter since the first "AI is going to take your job" threat, currently its at 24 months or something :)


[User] canoe

topic_title: blog

post: finding myself a bit thirsty, so i may go and get some carrot juice

comment: Awwwwwwww look at canoe discovering humour, so cute

[User] jagara

comment: Upvoted

html_comment: Upvoted

[User] dee-dubs

comment: I see what you did there...

html_comment: I see what you did there...


[User] cherub

topic_title: Sarcasm of the day

post:
 It's a good thing neverscared and his trusty sidekick grafician convinced you lot to stay away from bitcoin...

Just think, right now you could be cashing in on an early retirement... Snorting coke off a hookers ass by the poolside.

They saved you from all that.  Bless them.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Sorry, but "Snorting..." I don't think it's such a good plan for my retirement.

comment: ^ Yeh, but it would be nice to have the option.


[User] grafician

post: "Bloomberg reports that the Trump Administration is 'weighing a deal that would allow the United Arab Emirates to import more than a million advanced Nvidia chips'"

comment: Straight to China...

html_comment: Straight to China...

[User] SlashPeckham

comment: ...or... they want/need to move away from an oil based economy.


topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
 Pepe Mujica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo…

[User] maquito


[User] autoflavour

post: ok, just a rollcall .. who actually received mine?  its hard to tell.. as no one shared any photos of my pack

comment: i know i kind of went overboard.. but i had a lot to share

comment: not me :(

html_comment: not me :(

comment: I got them. I thought we weren't sharing pics to save the surprise https://www.qbn.com/…


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Hero Cop(s)

post:
 S P E C I A L
-


topic_title: Fonts You Want 2009

post: Seeing all these Fonts You Want threads takes me back... I’d really love to see what most of these fonts were back in 2009.


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I have an old person's solution: Don't use emojis at all. use your words.


topic_title: Fonts you want...

post: Ok, I reposted thinking the 2009 thread was the original, but this is from 2003. I’m not sure most of these links can even be “waybacked” at this point.


topic_title: making beats

post:
 Free (until May 22nd) new soundtoys plugin

https://www.soundtoys.com/produc…

[User] evilpeacock

comment: I own most SoundToys plugs already; This is a no-brainer. Bit of a CPU hog though.


[User] elahon

comment: Fucking do something about it.

html_comment: Fucking do something about it.


post:
 Lately, I’ve been thinking about how often casual conversations on social media end with vague gestures toward connection — “Let’s get a drink soon,” or “We should all meet up.” There’s a moment of warmth, a flash of intention, but it rarely becomes a real plan. Sometimes I’ll suggest a day, and they’ll say they’re out of town or busy, and then the thread goes quiet.

It makes me wonder... are we all just stretched too thin, or is something else going on? Do we crave the idea of connection more than the reality of it? Maybe saying “let’s hang out” is more about signaling care than actually scheduling time. But then, why do I feel a small ache when nothing comes of it? Why do I still get that feeling that I'm missing out, even when I know it wasn’t a firm invitation?

I’m not upset—just genuinely curious. What keeps us from following through on the things we say we want? And what does it say about how we relate to each other now?

comment: it was my 50th recently, i had no intention of doing anything until 3 days before the day i said, sod it, and created a whatsapp group for the first time ever..

comment: ... and said ill be here from 2pm till 8pm [ or later ] - come if you want, bring your kids if you want...

comment: throughout the day i had the pleasure of seeing everyone, if only for 5 minutes in some cases... others were there way too long.. but it made it easy.

comment: immediacy is good, otherwise it becomes sometime never...

comment: Honestly, it's just laziness, that, and staying home taking a nap instead of hanging out with a bunch of old fogies wins hands down ;)

comment: Next week is my birthday, I love it, but this year I hardly feel like celebrating with my friends...

comment: Over time, we all become insufferable old grouches.

comment: "Do we crave the idea of connection more than the reality of it?" Some people, yes. Suggesting a meetup with no sincere intentions is a dick move.


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: "new and youthful" new Android design. Bit cool. Lame parts. 6/10 would bang https://i.haasie.com/cia.webp

comment: I hate you with passion, webp.

html_comment: I hate you with passion, webp.


post: "new and youthful" new Android design. Bit cool. Lame parts. 6/10 would bang

comment: Those different fonts on every text bubble are a bit ugly.

[User] sausages

comment: Mono-esque colour schemes look neat but are a bit hard to read. Signs you’re getting old?

comment: Typography messI can't really see the difference to the older version

html_comment:
Typography mess

I can't really see the difference to the older version

comment: I like that they're trying something different than Apple. It's not bad. And if you don't like it you can always use a different launcher/ Theme.

[User] utopian

comment: femboy vibes.

html_comment: femboy vibes.

[User] milfhunter

comment: what a mess

html_comment: what a mess


post: Exactly how many seconds would it take to make QBN capable of displaying webp?

[User] monNom

comment: Why would you want that?

html_comment: Why would you want that?

[User] palimpsest

comment: Tree giddy.

html_comment: Tree giddy.

comment: Could we get rid of webp instead?

html_comment: Could we get rid of webp instead?

comment: @monNom because i wouldn't have to convert webp to jpg to post it here.

[User] prophetone

comment: While we’re at it, we also need DiVX avi support


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: Meanwhile in France: „French President Emmanuel Macron noted on Tuesday that the Ukrainians had the "lucidity to say" that they would not be able to take back all their territories at the end of the conflict with Russia, noting that Kiev would not join NATO for lack of consensus on the subject. "The war must end, and Ukraine must be in the best possible position to enter into negotiations", which "will make it possible to deal with territorial issues", declared the head of state. "And even the Ukrainians themselves have the lucidity to say (...) that they will not have the capacity to take back everything that has been taken since 2014" by Russia, he added, without naming any regions in particular.„

comment: Honestly, do these people have only one reason to laugh all day?


[User] Krassy

topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
https://m3.material.io/

Material Design 3 is Google’s open-source design system for building beautiful, usable products.


topic_title: Pizza of the Day

[User] mxhxr

comment: this looks amazing and I am about to cancel plans so I can visit asap


[User] robthelad

post: I'm not happy yet, another thread please?

[User] cherub

comment: QBN? Unhappy? That doesn't sound like the QBN I know.  Warmest, happiest lot I've ever met.


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: I've been a fan since those days. I'm finally seeing them this October.

comment: From Wikipedia: ...the cover art is an abstraction of a photograph of Fallingwater a modern house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

comment: Jealous, just looked up, they will be in Amsterdam this summer but the show is already sold out.

comment: Getting a ticket wasn't easy. I got lucky when they added a second date. I'll be seeing them in Brooklyn.


topic_title: Psychedelics

comment: I would watch this show.

html_comment: I would watch this show.

comment: I'd series link the fuck out of it. We could get Rebecca Ferguson to host it and call it Pscilo.

[User] ApeRobot

comment: I did the ''heroic does'' to check in with my previous life's, now i want to invade Poland...

comment: *dose

html_comment: *dose

[User] neverscared

comment: pasta transpersonale..... it has the most supernatural taste of all tastes...

[User] Beeswax

comment: unless he's talking with his hands now, i'd say he found a good recipe.

comment: He subconsciously retained every pasta sauce recipe he'd ever seen, or enough to wing it.


[User] sted

comment: placed 2 days ago, if you're lucky its still there.


[User] AdamWintle

topic_title: Arise Sir Jonathan Ive

post: Latest Jony Ive interview:

comment: does it has BS like AI is going to take our jobs or its a proper discussion?

[User] grafician

comment: Already posted https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment: Already posted https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: And no, it's actually very very inspiring discussion Also they will make a phone with OpenAI

comment: so its all marketing bullshit, gotcha.

html_comment: so its all marketing bullshit, gotcha.

comment: dude is a bore.

html_comment: dude is a bore.


topic_title: TESLA

post:
The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store?

Thanks to poor engineering and Elon Musk, Tesla’s road rage-inducing street tank can’t even win over its core demographic: doomsday preppers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: let me sing you the tale of the immortal 5th gen Toyota HiLux...


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: shill

html_comment: shill


[User] nylon

topic_title: Logo of the Day

post:
 So I keep getting targeted by some dude called Alan Peters who keeps redesigning logos that in my opinion should be left alone.

Any else familiar with his work?

comment: Yeah. He is known in the industry, but indeed the redesigns are very annoying AND a great way to build engagement online for his actual logo business

comment: this bloke?https://www.petersde…

html_comment:
this bloke?
https://www.petersde…

[User] garbage

comment: It's the Logos That Last guy. Everything he does is so offensively dull.

comment: Is this the guy who 'fixes' logos on Youtube?

comment: He has a good folio, but the redesigns of famous logos is pretty cringe

[User] monospaced

comment: Yeah I ripped one of his pieces up. It was so bad. But he got published in dos logos or some shit so ...


topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post:
https://www.tumblr.com/mattiasin…
-


topic_title: Pic of the day - DESIGN

[User] utopian

comment: dead?

html_comment: dead?

comment: retro livinhttps://www.instagra…

html_comment:
retro livin
https://www.instagra…

comment: really nice work she makes :-)

html_comment: really nice work she makes :-)

comment: Based on her portfolio, I think that she only has one font and three colors in here toolkit.

comment: Lucky her. :-)

html_comment: Lucky her. :-)


[User] shellie

topic_title: blog

post:
 Just became a TV Academy voting member (based on my commercial work) which is a nice life development. After focusing on digital for most of my career, I finally have enough broadcast commercial work to join in the club.

But my career transformation is not yet compete. Finished my second comedy half hour pilot, submitting to a big writer’s fellowship. Part of me is scared I won't get in. The other part — afraid I will.

comment: you go gurl!

html_comment: you go gurl!

[User] renderedred

comment: respect!

html_comment: respect!

comment: props

html_comment: props

[User] PonyBoy

comment: Amazing, Shellie <3

html_comment: Amazing, Shellie <3

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Good luck, no fear!!

html_comment: Good luck, no fear!!

comment: bravo!

html_comment: bravo!

comment: That's so awesome Shellie!My son is in university for screenwriting and directing... any advice??

html_comment: That's so awesome Shellie!<br>My son is in university for screenwriting and directing... any advice??

[User] ideaist

comment: Damn.Nice hustle @shellie!

html_comment:
D
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Nice hustle @shellie!

comment: Exador - happy to speak with him. Hmu - Shellie @ royalfalconfilms .com

[User] mantrakid

comment: ur a badass, congrats!!!!

html_comment: ur a badass, congrats!!!!

[User] bezoar

comment: Hell yeah!

html_comment: Hell yeah!

comment: impressive as hell. but not as impressive as the fact that you still visit QBN with us idiots :)

[User] maquito

comment: Congrats!!

html_comment: Congrats!!

[User] instrmntl

comment: That’s awesome, congrats!

html_comment: That’s awesome, congrats!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: hmm, pretty good.Take another toke Chat GPT

html_comment: hmm, pretty good.<br>Take another toke Chat GPT

comment: So AI is telling us we have "spirit" that's great...

[User] Nairn

comment: Nah, it's just regurgitating what Brian Cox (or, further back, Sagan) often bangs on about in media appearances.

comment: I suppose it's interesting that, on balance, statistically it 'thinks' this is the better interpretation. Ghost in the machine?

[User] palimpsest

comment: It's not spirit, it's Dasein.

html_comment: It's not spirit, it's Dasein.

comment: We are not outside of nature, the universe or existence. We are in it, even more, we are of it. We do not think therefore we is.

comment: It's going against the idea of Ghost in the Machine. We are engaged in the world before we reflect on it.

[User] neverscared

comment: u  maybe feel signifcant looking to the stars......but with a bad lawyer in court u become insignificant...

comment: cannon fodder and dying in a famine ...same there

comment: no matter how much significant u feel for yourself... its ultimative useless. then.

comment: as human create, they destroy

html_comment: as human create, they destroy

comment: everyone is  super small to the vastness of the universe...but is super huge to planck length ...

comment: I'm at least 3.2% larger than neverscared.

comment: 3,21434% if u measure with lasers...

html_comment: 3,21434% if u measure with lasers...

comment: at 3,214345% the real significance begins...or ends...depending on  what is called- the mood-

comment: I saw Brian Cox live tonight. This is what he talks about at the end of his lecture.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: ^ About how insignificant the audience was in such a vast, empty universe

comment: No, the opposite

html_comment: No, the opposite

comment: When you stare into the abyss, you realize there is no abyss.

comment: do u ? i just stared into the  abyss on a  news footage showing chldren getting bombed ...  realizing thats not an abyss would be an abyss...

comment: And there's that ray of sunshine!

html_comment: And there's that ray of sunshine!


[User] CALLES

topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

[User] prophetone

comment: How is it that chess set on his nightstand 4 inches from bedside and not one piece has been knocked off, esp if he's a side sleeper?

comment: a very cute dog..

html_comment: a very cute dog..

[User] Salarrue

comment: CALLES Cipotón!

html_comment: CALLES Cipotón!

comment: CALLES noooooooohttps://www.instagra…

html_comment:
CALLES noooooooo
https://www.instagra…

comment: I dought you be dead, but heres you are. Kickin like a dried wet chicken. Goods to C U bud!


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Moebius

post: How Moebius Inspired Me | Katsuya Terada

comment: Thanks for sharing

html_comment: Thanks for sharing

[User] grafician

[User] PhanLo


[User] webazoot

topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
The most famous movie alligator of all time has left us this week, with CBS News reporting that Morris, the 80+ year old star of 1980 horror film Alligator, has passed away.

Morris came to Hollywood in 1975 and appeared in many movies and shows through to 2006, when he retired from showbusiness and settled down at the Colorado Gator Farm.

In addition to playing the killer alligator in both Alligator and 1991 sequel Alligator II: The Mutation, Morris also memorably appeared in Happy Gilmore, with his impressive resume also including Interview with the Vampire, Blues Brothers 2000, Eraser and Dr. Doolittle 2.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/ne…


[User] fooler

post:
 Goodbye, Morris. We are all gonna miss you. You could be hard on directors, make-up artists, costumers - really anyone with arms or legs - but I know you did it for the ultimate good of the film. The day you wouldn’t come out of your trailer unless we sent in 40 heads of lettuce taught me a powerful lesson: never compromise your art. I will never forget at craft service that time when we split the Three Musketeers bar and you let me have the bigger half. But that’s who you were.

I know your character’s decapitation in the first movie precluded your participation in the sequel, but we all appreciated the fruit basket and the hilarious note. I will miss the sound of your tail sliding through the tall grass, your cold, bumpy skin, but, most of all, I will miss your infectious laugh. Thanks to Mr. Young for taking care of you all these years, and vaya con dios, old friend.

-Adam Sandler


post:
 "RFK Jr. is startled by a demonstrator who starts yelling behind him and is then hauled out..."

File Under "Accidental Renaissance"

https://x.com/atrupar/status/192…


[User] utopian

topic_title: Living Off the Grid

[User] ideaist

comment: Love this dudes vids; I watch them with my sons to enter “chill” mode...

comment: This is nice but it's hardly living off the grid.#coldsoaking

html_comment: This is nice but it's hardly living off the grid.<br>#coldsoaking


post:
 AI-Powered Coca-Cola Ad Celebrating Authors Gets Basic Facts Wrong

A new Coke ad proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book, only he didn’t write the words and it’s not his book.

https://www.404media.co/ai-power…


[User] PonyBoy

topic_title: Meme of the day

post: a bit self-deprecating but still worth a post <3

comment: By the time she turned 7, she changed her name to one-legged Lucy, and then she was legally married in Florida to Long John Silver when she was a ripe old 15.

[User] Krassy

comment: Methin' around at 6 is wild

html_comment: Methin' around at 6 is wild

[User] sted

comment: At 4 she already had two Gambian rats

html_comment: At 4 she already had two Gambian rats


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: "JUST IN: Putin will not attend talks with Zelensky in Turkey"

comment: End of the war near, he knows he has no more cards

[User] zaq

comment: not sure if that means "the end of the war is near"


topic_title: draw something

post:
 Thought I'd doodle a little tattoo again, but wasted so much time on the figure drawing.
-

-
Timelapse https://i.imgur.com/UAqCs80.mp4


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

comment: La Muralla Roja, or "The Red Wall," is a postmodern apartment complex in Calpe, Spain, designed by Ricardo Bofill and completed in 1973

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: https://en.wikipedia…looks more pink on wikipedia sadly...

html_comment:
https://en.wikipedia…

looks more pink on wikipedia sadly...


topic_title: Black & White Photography

post: Bernard Descamps   Paris, 1994


topic_title: Kanye West Hate Thread

comment: As mental as Kanye is, to suggest it's a mental health problem and he needs to get back to making NORMAL music is stupid take. Be more mental Kanye!


topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: stay classy

html_comment: stay classy


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

[User] Danish

comment: Had you been there?

html_comment: Had you been there?

comment: yes and was disappoint

html_comment: yes and was disappoint


[User] maquito

topic_title: WANT of the day

post:
 Thunderbolt memory sticks / pendrives.
I'm too cheap to buy them.

comment: $76!? wtf is going on? https://m.media-amaz…

[User] Longcopylover

comment: How big you want them? 256 GB are 35 USD here (CH).

comment: I was looking for 1TB, to use as scratch when editing in macbook. I don't want to be carrying around a big external disk with a dreadful USB adapter everywhere


[User] palimpsest

comment: When the shrooms kick in.

html_comment: When the shrooms kick in.


[User] milfhunter

comment: yikes

html_comment: yikes

[User] Ianbolton

comment: catchy as fuck. Prime Kanye is back!!

html_comment: catchy as fuck. Prime Kanye is back!!


topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: I'm really diggin their mood

comment: smells like sticky bumps and kombucha

html_comment: smells like sticky bumps and kombucha


topic_title: Pizza of the Day

post:
 I had tried a canned half lamb's head, but i didn't eat the eye that was looking at me when i opened the can..!
The rest was a lentils or chickpeas soup with warm middle eastern spices.
- Well, i don't do that again, but i really like Greek food, like grilled club of lamb with garlic.

comment: Ahh sry.. i thought i was on the FOOD thread..

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Lamb's head is gorgeous! My wife eats even the eye ;)


topic_title: Browser game of the day

post:
 I just finished another experimental browser game (with the help of AI)

https://graphicresearch.de/thehu…

enjoy :)


[User] dboleas

topic_title: Fashion of the Day

post:
 Digital fashion
https://www.syky.com/


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Donald Trump

post: ohh yeah baby...drone death dance

[User] PhanLo

comment: OCP reality

html_comment: OCP reality


topic_title: Glasgow

comment: 20 years bump

html_comment: 20 years bump


topic_title: THE GEN X CAREER MELTDOWN

post:
 Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

https://fortune.com/2025/05/14/s…

comment: It's time to burn it all down!

html_comment: It's time to burn it all down!

[User] grafician

comment: Skills issue

html_comment: Skills issue


[User] ideaist

topic_title: Video Games...

post:
 Today:

Considering playing it with my 10 year old she he can beef up on his FPS skills for Apex & s**t; thoughts?!

[User] Nairn

comment: My 6 year old keeps asking about the billboard posters for this. She can't quite wrap her head around the Hero looking as he does - an evil bad guy. lol

comment: @Nairn Amazing! I too have a 6 year old AND he's NOT ready for this BUT he's very much becoming Bart / watching the Simpsons EVERY DAY!Lolz @ "parenting".

html_comment:
@Nairn Amazing! I too have a 6 year old AND he's NOT ready for this BUT he's very much becoming Bart / watching the Simpsons EVERY DAY!

Lolz @ "parenting".

comment: Spent a night to get updated on the entire Doom saga, from first Doom to The Dark AgesHaven't played games since Diablo 3, but coming back for this!

html_comment: Spent a night to get updated on the entire Doom saga, from first Doom to The Dark Ages<br>Haven't played games since Diablo 3, but coming back for this!

comment: Amazing @grafician; I've been messing with Eternal AND am s**t at it (too intense) BUT am going to dive into this.

comment: Will probably get PS5 to play it, doesn't work on Macs :/


topic_title: I lost 50lbs in 6 months.

post:
 Health.

IS.

Wealth.

You go girl / boy!!!

XO

[User] HijoDMaite

comment: Boy lol

html_comment: Boy lol

[User] CyBrainX

comment: ^ profile name checks out.

html_comment: ^ profile name checks out.

[User] sarahfailin

comment: mine still doesn't :(

html_comment: mine still doesn't :(


[User] scruffics

post: fuck yeah!


post:
 Congrats Hijo!!

Sure you miss "the beers out with friends" thing, if you're a sociable guy.

But it's impresive, you're on the way to a new man.

Hard to biking yo!

comment: Haven’t really been a social drinker for a while. Mostly miss beers when watching football at a sports bar.

comment: Also my hazy IPA after long day at work. And having wine at dinner with my wife.

comment: ^ Yeah!! Wine with my wife, the only I will never give up ;)


post: Follow me on Strava to see workouts!


[User] BonSeff

post:
 That is a serious constitution, my man. You should be very proud. How are your joints feeling now that you lost the weight and garbage calories?

I noticed once I switched up my diet to eliminate garbage, my liver function was much better and all the aches and pains were gone. My biggest tell were my skin and nails believe it or not.

comment: Joints are perfect. It’s sure easier to exercise now. Never had skin issues except I have noticed that my feet are less dry in the heels.


post: That's basically the Whole30 diet.


[User] fooler

post: Congrats. I stopped drinking 4 months ago. I still eat like shit and haven't been to the gym in over a month but slowly still losing weight.


post:
 I've been on the opposite journey but it's taken me longer. I've gained ~20kg (44 lbs) in 8 years.

I used to run 5-6 times a week up to ~70km (45 miles) per week. Tried to do strength training once a week.
I used to have a varied diet and drank occasionally, was only interested in nutrition from a theorical point of view, only applied it during running and recovery.

What I changed:
I completely stopped running and started drinking daily. My diet hasn't changed much, it's mostly plant based. I haven't noticed any difficulties in slow paced activities like bike riding in the weekend or hikes on flat terrain. But if there's an incline I can feel the pressure. Basically, I can climb 3 sets of stairs before I start to feel my age.

Just putting it out there to confirm the changes that matter.

comment: Keep it strong! If we were all slim and fit, the world would be very boring ;)

comment: But, hey! Watch your knees... Whenever I gained weight, they were the first thing I noticed was failing...

comment: The answer is kneepads.

html_comment: The answer is kneepads.

comment: Bro, make your come back.

html_comment: Bro, make your come back.

comment: DASH diet?

html_comment: DASH diet?


[User] aliastime

post: Nice work Hijo!


topic_title: Love Death & Robots Netflix

post:
 new season is out, so far this one stood out for me, just stunning classical animation. Beautiful

zee got religion

comment: zeke

html_comment: zeke

comment: Thanks for the heads up.

html_comment: Thanks for the heads up.

comment: my review: lots of robots, lots of death, sadly no love. Lots of cats though.

comment: Liked that one too. Iron Giant meets Hellboy, style was really cool. Liked the 400 Boys too


[User] abizzyman

topic_title: blog

post: Finally got to see Les Claypool play live last night... somehow missed ever see him play at festivals / shows over the last 35+ years

comment: Annnddd, how was it?

html_comment: Annnddd, how was it?

[User] PonyBoy

comment: It was a blast of course :)(sorry for posting as 'abizzyman'... I was on my phone) <3

html_comment: It was a blast of course :)<br>(sorry for posting as 'abizzyman'... I was on my phone) <3

[User] Continuity

comment: lol I was wondering who tf this was.

html_comment: lol I was wondering who tf this was.

comment: was he slappin da bass mon?

html_comment: was he slappin da bass mon?

[User] curiouscat

comment: I saw him live at Ozzfest in Erie PA about 25 years ago. He had Buckethead on guitar. Unbelievable performance.

[User] cherub

comment: I saw primus play and he stopped the show at one point to riff some ministry "thieves" on the bass.


[User] Akagiyama

[User] neverscared

comment: shitfaced

html_comment: shitfaced

[User] akiersky

comment: I don't think he drinks, that's just his face

[User] canoe

comment: xoxo akiersky

html_comment: xoxo akiersky

comment: he drinks shit

html_comment: he drinks shit


post: Nice!! Right there w/you Hijo! I'm down 44lbs since last September <3

[User] stoplying

comment: Go on!

html_comment: Go on!


post:
 I can't believe it was only today that I realized you can assign an F key as a shortcut for a screenshot on Mac OS.

I've always used a screenshot plugin called MonoSnap, but I can't install that at work, so I have to use the default controls. It's so annoying to do Shift Cmd Control 4 to take a screenshot to the clipboard. All good now with a simply click of F6.

[User] palimpsest

comment: *Aptly called Monday Snap

html_comment: *Aptly called Monday Snap

comment: Fucking autocorrect!*Aptly called MonoSnap.

html_comment: Fucking autocorrect!<br>*Aptly called MonoSnap.

[User] monospaced

comment: Wait until you find out you can have it save screenshots anywhere you want other than the desktop. It’ll blow your mind.


post:
 Great post Hijo and way to go on making the positive changes. But you're going on 9 mile runs with an average speed of 11mph? That's really fast - and impressive.
I've started adding collagen powder and turmeric to my post-run shakes to help the old joints.

Keep it up, man!

[User] HijoDMaite

comment: Haha I meant 11 minute miles! Not mph

html_comment: Haha I meant 11 minute miles! Not mph

comment: lol! That's a BIG difference...

html_comment: lol! That's a BIG difference...

[User] ideaist

comment: That 11 mph made me to scared to comment as I'm fast BUT NOT that fast.Lolz.

html_comment:
That 11 mph made me to scared to comment as I'm fast BUT NOT that fast.

Lolz.


[User] maquito

post: Nice work, J!


post:
 Excellent work!

"Calories in calories out."

THANK. YOU.

"Zero weight or strength training. The only reason I haven’t is because I want to reach my goal weight and then I will start lifting. If I started lifting now I would get super hungry and start eating more."

I totally get that, but ... the thing is that the more lean muscle mass you pack on, the easier — and faster — it is to lose fat, because of your hyper-firing metabolism, as well as positive hormonal changes. And it's also easier to stay lean (for the same reason) the more muscle mass you put on.

In any case, nicely done. 23 kg in 5 months is no joke. Your calorie deficit must have been bonkers.

comment: Only thing I would say is to re-introduce beans into your diet. Worth it for the protein and the fibre alone. And excellent for gut health, too.

[User] CyBrainX

comment: This was my thought as well. Sure, you'll eat more, but you'll need it.


[User] Nairn

topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 flol if true..

Grok has seemingly been caught having been specifically programmed to push the 'south african white genocide' agenda.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughM…

[User] grafician

comment: Elon surprised Grok didn't shared his world views lol

[User] PhanLo

comment: No situation is ever improved by adding white South Africans

[User] monNom

comment: This is reflective of a more general problem -- there's no way to parse training bias from purposeful fine-tuning. Wait for google et al to sell this as ads.

[User] utopian

comment: Wake Up White Sheeple!

html_comment: Wake Up White Sheeple!


[User] dmay

post: I've been following you on Strava, great progress!


topic_title: RIP of the day

comment: rebrand as just "Not Working"?

html_comment: rebrand as just "Not Working"?

comment: ^Lol

html_comment: ^Lol


topic_title: America is Fucked

post: "*QATAR WEALTH FUND PLANS TO INVEST $500 BLN IN US OVER 10 YEARS"

comment: Come to US habibi

html_comment: Come to US habibi

comment: "BREAKING: The UAE says it will invest $1.4 trillion in the United States over the next 10 years"


[User] yuekit

post: That's amazing...BTW it's less than 5 months since Christmas.

comment: Oh shit! You’re right. I can’t math.

html_comment: Oh shit! You’re right. I can’t math.


post: Bro, you’re an inspiration. That’s serious commitment.


[User] garbage

post:
 Just to piggyback, it's more than true.

They're also deleting instances where Grok questions white genocide.

https://bsky.app/profile/whstanc…

flol away, nairns.

comment: I gotta say, I'm a bit uncomfortable relying on AI to make this determination either way...

[User] AQUTE

comment: RAD

html_comment: RAD


topic_title: Squarespace Question

post: wut? lol.

comment: Genuine reaction, not being snide. You can't just upload a PDF file as an asset to link to?!

comment: Is there any way to link fro the open web to a PDF in something like Google Drive or whatever MS bullshit equivalent is?


[User] Milan

post:
 Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cos…

comment: This is true for many other countries, this is not a America is Fucked issue

comment: The big issue in the US is healthcare, while the Reps want to cut Medicare to give tax cuts to rich people...

comment: Stop acting like you k ow what the issues are here. You don’t know anything beyond what you read. You don’t live here. You don’t know.


post: CV on dropbox with link on website

comment: or google drive

html_comment: or google drive


[User] prophetone

comment: OK, Phew! I was beginning to think that SS were even more cynical than I could dare imagine...


post:
 Stoked for a festival that will take place tomorrow in Barna:
Madball - Pennywise - Propagandhi - Comeback Kid
And I have a tickettt!

[User] Krassy

comment: are "I have a tickettt!" any good ?

html_comment: are "I have a tickettt!" any good ?

comment: Lolz, good band name, actually

html_comment: Lolz, good band name, actually


post: Thanks everyone. I did it this way.


[User] Continuity

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

[User] palimpsest

comment: FLOL

html_comment: FLOL

comment: This was a thread I started without even realizing the irony.


[User] neverscared

comment: when does she get her tits out? timestamp


[User] dee-dubs

post: Despelote -  latest game from Panic seems to be getting a whole lot o' love since release.. only couple hours long but still.

comment: juxtapose

html_comment: juxtapose


[User] fooler

topic_title: Intelligent Dance Music

post:
 Weird, I went down a old school Trip Hop listening wormhole last night and came across a Spotify Playlist called "IDM Essentials".
I had never heard that term before last night. Then again I'm old and called EDM "Rave Music" up until a few years ago because I didn't know what EDM stood for.
https://open.spotify.com/playlis…


topic_title: Comic Books ...

post:
 "Search & Destroy vol. 1" by Atsushi Kaneko
-


[User] Nairn

post: The most despisable of music genre descriptions.

comment: Agree

html_comment: Agree

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Very much agreed. Genres are a bad idea too. They cause arguments about what's what too often.


comment: Christ! I've not listened to this in YEEEARS: https://www.youtube.…


[User] lodef

topic_title: weird 3d stuff

post: just doing some c4d /arnold test ing

[User] PhanLo

comment: strange boner over here.

html_comment: strange boner over here.


[User] microkorg

topic_title: making beats

post:
 Just spent £250 on an upgrade to Arturia V Collection 11.
Think my previous was 7.

Some amazing synths and new toys.
Only just realised they have a shit-ton of FX vsts too.
The Acid V takes the classic 303 and adds FX, easy sequencing, modulation and arp.

Loving it so far. Need to get a keyboard controller.


[User] ephix

post: As boring as it can be, working in news media means my job is safe... for now. AI is banned.


[User] sothere

post: I can feel redundancy coming. We have spent so much time templating, streaming in the name of efficiency that there's little creative value anyway. I really feel like this is my last job. Having 51 years old on your cv makes me about attractive as a fart in an elevator.

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: turning the corner on 40 puts you in the same tinder-category, seriously thinking about switching


[User] utopian

post: I lost 25 lbs. over 3 months on the Pneumonia Diet.


[User] BusterBoy

post:
 Well done mate...it's all about discipline.

Sadly I'm a major yoyo dieter...fluctuates with my mental health. Not great at the moment...have gone from 86kg to 95kg in about 3 months.

My weight bounces around from anywhere between 82kg and 97kg. Not great, but that's me unfortunately.


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: Ideal for coding ;)

[User] cherub

comment: I use a similar use, called binaural beat.  It's great, I can work for hours...


[User] AQUTE

post: I am proud of you


post:
 These past few months, I've discovered what it's like to live with pain (I've been dealing with shoulder tendonitis for months and a severe crash to my ribs a month ago), and I think I know what aging is, and I'm not enjoying it!!

And the lack of sun and the eternal humidity of my country aren't helping matters.

Time to think of an escape plan to the south?

comment: bummer dude. i dislocated my shoulder a few years ago and know only too well how good the shoulder is at distributing pain around the body.

comment: Ouch Hans, get well yo... and yes, I have a doctor's appointment today and we'll see if we can resolve this. I don't sleep well even on my back, argh!!

comment: exercises are the key to recovery, for the shoulder anyway. resting your arm on a firm pillow to support the damaged shoulder  helps sleep a bit.

comment: ribs i guess heal with time?

html_comment: ribs i guess heal with time?


[User] maquito

post: From Mercedes, CABA, Argentina.

comment: for 40+ y/o skaters

html_comment: for 40+ y/o skaters


comment: If only that said Fuck you, Candy.

html_comment: If only that said Fuck you, Candy.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
“I’m not a huge believer in stealth because stealth is, basically, a lot of it’s the design and the shape,

So you’re gonna design an ugly plane for stealth reasons,

https://newrepublic.com/post/195…

comment: how can it be ugly if u cant see it`?

html_comment: how can it be ugly if u cant see it`?

comment: Sounds like it's best that he misses most of his intelligence briefs. He can't even remember what he's not supposed to say.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: I always find it amazing how Trump empties the inner bowls of his mind for us all to see, yet people constantly call him stupid or an idiot.

comment: at every turn he confuses and conflates us into thinking he's a dumb ass - yet he has more power and control than anyone could ever imagine.

[User] jagara

comment: He constantly says incredibly uninformed, idiotic and infantile things. You think this is the Bannon "flood the zone" tactic? Might be.

comment: He *seems* like a moron. He might be a secret Machiavellian genius. I doubt it, though.

[User] Nutter

comment: slap some gold on it and he would be over the moon

comment: He's mad because all the Middle East countries have huge new planes and he's flying around in one from the 70s, like a poor.

[User] robotinc

comment: his only genius is appealing to idiots, which is the source of his power


post:
 Still on the jobhunt.
This week has felt a bit better as had two interviews and another potentially next week.
Today I had a call with a talent recruiter from a top bank that I'd applied to but not got the position. He was giving me feedback on why I wasn't chosen. CV, folio, skillset etc all on point. Only thing I lacked was native app experience.

I'd like my next role to be fintech/crypto related and most require native app experience.

Without getting a job for the next few years working on an app platform to get the experience, do you think like doing the kind of case studies where you fix a problem in a current app you use and having that in my folio would cut it?

I'm kinda thinking they are moreso looking for the real world experience, knowing about restrictions, native UI's etc.
But aren't these skills pretty transferrable?

I spent the last 5 years as lead UX product designer with no prior 'product' experience, but 20 years experience in agencies doing web/digital across many sectors/industries to call on so I could hit the ground running.

Good to hear thoughts from native app designers.

comment: Should I have posted that in the Gen X Career Meltdown thread? ;)

[User] grafician

comment: If you need "native app experience" go with iOS, much easier to stick to the guidelines. Android is a mess rn design wise...

comment: Do you think doing some homegrown projects and having them in my portfolio would be enough? Or u think they are looking for actual experience

comment: working on native apps, with devs etc and to restrictions/guideli...

comment: Usually they mean exactly that - real work experience - but having self-promo projects is very good (for direct clients)

comment: But getting feedback from talent recruiters is fuck'all Try to apply directly to companies, not go through middle

comment: Problem these days is they are getting back to office or hybrid work, fully remote jobs are scarce again

comment: Graf, the guy was in-house talent recruiter, not a third party one.Need to get me some native app experience.

html_comment: Graf, the guy was in-house talent recruiter, not a third party one.<br>Need to get me some native app experience.


[User] elahon

topic_title: QBN Punk Club

post: Two absolute legends.

comment: Bad Religion played yeaterday at the same venue I’m going today. It sold out quickly unfortunately

comment: Sorry, it’s tomorrow! 45 years playing... legends

html_comment: Sorry, it’s tomorrow! <br>45 years playing... legends

comment: fuk yea, that's the nazi punks riff

html_comment: fuk yea, that's the nazi punks riff

comment: maquito ur going see them?

html_comment: maquito ur going see them?


[User] yuekit

[User] Nairn

comment: That would be great.. if it actually did something.


topic_title: Favorite Words?

post: vampire drones


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post:
Ukraine is winning the drone start-up war

Experimentation on the battlefield and fast development of cheap, smart solutions help the country resist Russia

https://www.ft.com/content/2c7d3…


topic_title: lunch =

post: Rice, vegs, eggs with Madras curry

comment: 0,0 beer, made in Andalucia

html_comment: 0,0 beer, made in Andalucia

comment: Ah, and chicken :)

html_comment: Ah, and chicken :)


topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
https://typograph.studio/en

"Meet Typograph — the type design tool we always wished we had. Created by designers, for designers, Typograph helps you generate high-quality, custom typefaces in minutes. It’s fast. It’s expressive. And every font you make is entirely your own."

comment: Beta for now, using AI to create fonts

html_comment: Beta for now, using AI to create fonts


[User] lajj

topic_title: I lost 50lbs in 6 months.

post: Bravo!


[User] renderedred

[User] CyBrainX

comment: They sound great but they are not easy on the eyes.

comment: I don't think that is the idea :)

html_comment: I don't think that is the idea :)


post: respect man!


[User] lemoucheron

post: Bollocks!


topic_title: UK is Fucked

post:
 The next big public scandal?

https://www.ft.com/content/5bcc8…

comment: Any mention of a near century of leaded petrol burn-off settled onto .. well, everything? It's not like the shit degrades.

comment: I miss the good old days where fully leaded petrol was in all your automobile devices

comment: Just the water supply, food and houses for the moment.

[User] sted

comment: lead pipes

html_comment: lead pipes

[User] milfhunter

comment: well its a common thing in old houses and its your own responsibility to replace it. I give my new-born bottled water.


[User] ideaist

post:
 This new Aminé album:

Portland-based rap; this is a soft tune BUT the album if great.

: )

comment: ...the album IS great!!!

html_comment: ...the album IS great!!!


[User] Leigh

post: amazing! i'm taking notes,


[User] neverscared

[User] palimpsest

comment: Let them eat lead.

html_comment: Let them eat lead.

[User] utopian

comment: This guy really thinks that he something special, LOLz.

[User] Krassy

comment: what movie is this? what year?

html_comment: what movie is this? what year?

comment: Scientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split second

comment: the kings  full englsh breakfast fart convection cell is going right into the kids face.... its by design.

comment: Ah, the good old days when the royals had their fucking child slaves.

comment: no ian... its the other way around... its a honour for the kid


post:
Kristi Noem Wants Migrants to Compete for Citizenship on New Reality Show

A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kr…

comment: we're literally a second away from Running Man.


post:
Kid Rock’s restaurant workers asked to go home to avoid rumored Ice raids
Nashville establishments owned by Trump supporter Steve Smith struggled as undocumented staff left mid-service

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…


post:
 Trump Warns Springsteen: “He Ought to Keep His Mouth Shut Until He’s Back Into the Country”

“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, and has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration,” Springsteen proclaimed at the top of the concert. Later, he remarked, “A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government.”

https://consequence.net/2025/05/…

comment: Not the guy that wrote Born in the USA!!!

[User] aslip

comment: MAGA Cult will turn on anyone not supporting the Orange Overlord...No matter how "American" they are. Patriotism is now defined by loyalty to Trump.


topic_title: It's Friday!

post:
 Scientists calculate when the universe will end — it's sooner than expected.

The ultimate end of the universe might arrive sooner than expected, with a new estimate of 10 to the power of 78 years from now, a significant advancement from the previous prediction of 10 to the power of 1,100 years.

https://www.space.com/astronomy/…

comment: Better get your shit in order.

html_comment: Better get your shit in order.

[User] grafician

comment: Immortals are fucked

html_comment: Immortals are fucked

[User] bezoar

comment: and still recycling 21%

html_comment: and still recycling 21%

[User] prophetone

comment: So, before we get Grand Theft Auto VI

html_comment: So, before we get Grand Theft Auto VI

[User] bainbridge

comment: The universe is everything everywhere right?

comment: Thanks Obama

html_comment: Thanks Obama

[User] Beeswax

comment: gotta get some loan that I can't pay back then, ha.


post:
 "TRUMP FLOATS PLAN TO IMPOSE NEW TARIFF RATES

After progress with the U.K. and China, President Trump said the U.S. will stop negotiating individual trade deals and will soon notify countries of new tariffs for doing business in the U.S.

Despite this, markets held steady, with stocks slightly up Friday afternoon. However, consumer sentiment remains near record lows, with inflation fears above 7%, according to a University of Michigan survey. Housing data also disappointed, with starts up just 1.6% and permits down 4.7%.

Still, investors remain optimistic, citing strong earnings and easing U.S.-China tensions. Goldman Sachs' Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo noted that with tariffs sidelined for now, focus may shift to budget and tax issues."

comment: Tariffs all the way down...

html_comment: Tariffs all the way down...

comment: MAGA Winning Bitches

html_comment: MAGA Winning Bitches

[User] Nutter

comment: I thought he had already made trade deals with 200 countries? Or was he just lying again? :P


topic_title: Positive energy zones

comment: We might not live in a simulation but we use a simulation to perceive reality. In the end reality ends up being a simulation.

comment: yeah

html_comment: yeah

comment: among our efforts to shape everything to our own needs, one of the least demanding is to imagine.

comment: sounds  fascist.......what about my cats mind...she has a brain and  she controlls the cia with it...

comment: Ah the 'what about cats?' paradox.

html_comment: Ah the 'what about cats?' paradox.


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 "Moody’s Strips US of ‘AAA’ Credit Rating

Moody’s downgrades US to “Aa1,” citing unsustainable deficits and surging interest costs."

[User] monospaced

comment: Hey at least they haven’t been on a steady decline for a decade with an embarrassing rating of BBB like some shithole countries right?

comment: I mean, receiving a negative rating and downgraded from stable to negative is definitely FUCKED in comparison no?

comment: It is the highest possible rating beyond pure perfection only fucked for the USA but not for countries who have never had a good one? Please clarify.

comment: Imagine being in a country that has the lowest level credit rating possible before it’s considered not being a good investment at all. So embarrassing!

comment: And congrats to you for letting a Trump loving alt right extremist become president AGAIN. At least half of your country is so stupid.

comment: Oh wait, this is about America. Yeah, we’re fucked, with the best credit rating possible basically.

comment: LOL you got your rating downgraded first time since 1917 you losers Stick your pride somewhere, you fucked up and the world knows it

comment: You elected Trump, stfu and take the L for 4 years It's been a few months the orange idiot already messed up the world

comment: Nobody likes you anymore, you are losers for the foreseable futureYou president takes airplanes as bribes and acts like a king

html_comment:
Nobody likes you anymore, you are losers for the foreseable future

You president takes airplanes as bribes and acts like a king

comment: STFU until you fix this mess :) Stop comparing the US to other countries, nobody asked for you to be world leaders, you messed up at it now


[User] PhanLo

comment: Trickle doon baby!

html_comment: Trickle doon baby!

comment: It's called Capitalism!

html_comment: It's called Capitalism!


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post:
 Fucking shit. The worst symptoms of achilles tendinitis after playing pickleball last fucking week. Both of dem shits. Ibuprofen, ice. Insoles are a constant. Grew up too ashamed to ask my parents for comfortable shoes and later too cheap to buy for myself. Lots of sports to wear down my high-arched feet. Your shit is fucked old fogey.

Another round of dental work, that's always a hoot. Lot-O-Crowns. Soon I'll have to some cadaver bone inserted my maxilla to address some root canal shit from 30 years ago. More nightmare fuel and take my money.

My son is 13 and I'm finding it hard to get the laughs I used to get back in the day. This one hurts more than the feet and teeth.

Shits been falling apart.

The price of car batteries have increased considerably. Sweet.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Fun everywhere, eh?Cheer up!!

html_comment: Fun everywhere, eh?<br>Cheer up!!


[User] zaq

topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Get To The Choppa!

html_comment: Get To The Choppa!


post: This is the positivity. Shit yeah.


topic_title: Science Of The Day

post:
 Scientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split second

In a breakthrough that would make medieval alchemists envious, scientists at Europe's Large Hadron Collider have successfully transformed lead into gold, producing 89,000 atoms per second.

https://abcnews.go.com/Technolog…

comment: Give it a few years when anyone can Amazon a $99 desktop alchemy 3d air fryer converter printer to create gold jewelry on the fly from lead filament via an app


[User] rzu-rzu

post: schwarzenegger


[User] ArchitectofFate

post: C LI N T – Learned it here :D


topic_title: Bike of the day

post: 1937 Salsbury Moto Glide


topic_title: blog

post: Following Hijo's inspiration post... Time was, 30 kms near town, I'm tired, way to siesta

[User] HijoDMaite

comment: Get a new kit or piece of gear for bike. Watch tons of cycling vids. Anything to motivate you!

comment: Yeah, motivation is not the problem, too busy this last years and a couple of injuries have kept me off the bike. But thanks ;)

comment: And noooo... I don't need more gears, I've got 3 bikes and a ton of accessories!


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: UI vs. UX design

post:
 So now, to apply for a good job instead of UI / UX Designer you need to be a Product Designer....
https://medium.com/hubspot-produ…

comment: yes, the new hottie shittness is called product designer...

comment: Graphic Designer Becomes Web DesignerWeb Designer Becomes UI DesignerUI Designer Becomes UX DesignerUX Designer Becomes Product Designer

html_comment:
Graphic Designer Becomes Web Designer
Web Designer Becomes UI Designer
UI Designer Becomes UX Designer
UX Designer Becomes Product Designer

comment: Life Finds a Way!

html_comment: Life Finds a Way!

[User] monNom

comment: Product designer becomes uber driver.

html_comment: Product designer becomes uber driver.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Photoshop using Local Computer Use agents.
https://github.com/trycua/cua

Rudimentary, and shit result but interesting example

comment: But imagine you already have templates and actions in photoshop and just ask the agent to batch apply something...

comment: Now imagine you were adobe and had telemetry on all photoshop users over years to train on...


[User] elahon

topic_title: Meme of the day

[User] Akagiyama

comment: You go now! You here 4 hour!!!

html_comment: You go now! You here 4 hour!!!

[User] utopian

comment: Username Checks Out!

html_comment: Username Checks Out!