[User] palimpsest

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: Do we have to wait until 4am?

html_comment: Do we have to wait until 4am?

comment: Only time will tell.

html_comment: Only time will tell.

comment: The early bird gets the worm.

html_comment: The early bird gets the worm.

comment: 4am gang gang!

html_comment: 4am gang gang!


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: lunch =

post:
 Today we're having leftovers: lamb sausage and breaded fish from yesterday (quite a mix!) with... a great white wine made from Garnacha grapes, which was also leftover from yesterday.

Nothing amazing, but the glass of wine was exceptional.

A quick nap and then back to work.

comment: the cassoulet was ok, tho we felt it was  inferior to a fabada asturiana. next time i make a fabada i'm going to steal the breadcrumb topping idea

comment: Yes! Fabada is ideal for winter, although for us, the king of stews (along with chickpeas and lentils) is black beans with cabbage and blood sausage.

comment: But it's not recommended for lunch, if you're going to continue working in the afternoon... unless you're going to cut down a dozen of trees;)


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: East Clintwood

post: NBQ


topic_title: It's Monday!

[User] YakuZoku

comment: But how to they eat and breathe and other science facts?


[User] grafician

topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: Since Pootin put his puppet in the white house, Europe is helping harder

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Europe want war, more war, keep sending those poor dude killing each other and buy weapons.

comment: Military tech companies are up $600B this year or something

[User] pango

comment: this war would stop immediately when russian troops leave ukraine. i'm sure they tried asking them to leave.


topic_title: _Randomize Me

[User] utopian

comment: Her legs look scrumptious.

html_comment: Her legs look scrumptious.

comment: Would it kill them to strap on a pair of red stilettos?


[User] Nairn

topic_title: Food

comment: they MUST have known...

html_comment: they MUST have known...


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] Continuity

comment: Looks too talented to be Lars Ulrich.

html_comment: Looks too talented to be Lars Ulrich.

comment: :spastic:

html_comment: :spastic:

[User] fooler

comment: Bonzo Stewart

html_comment: Bonzo Stewart

comment: 12 rules of drumming

html_comment: 12 rules of drumming


[User] canoe

topic_title: Fashion of the Day

comment: Awww he learned about Demobaza

html_comment: Awww he learned about Demobaza

[User] PhanLo

comment: I like their stuff to draw costumes from. Only dress like that in the house in winter.

comment: Been a fan since Dune (2021) you silly cunt of a man.

comment: @PhanLo - I'm 'fashioning' an artist.

html_comment: @PhanLo - I'm 'fashioning' an artist.

comment: It’s sort of post apocalyptic wasteland chic, I really like all their promo. Didn’t Gary Numan wear their clothes on his last tour?

comment: With your "logic" graf, if I posted a mountain bike you'd comment, "Awww he just learned how to ride a bike," because you're super smart like that.

comment: @Phan - hopefully he had a Mad Max ride on stage too


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine

https://www.reuters.com/investig…

The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash has come from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons have touted their business on an international investor roadshow.


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

comment: Thank you for posting it, PhanLo.You're the true hero!

html_comment: Thank you for posting it, PhanLo.<br>You're the true hero!

comment: Any time Pali! Now you know too.(  ≧ᗜ≦)

html_comment: Any time Pali! Now you know too.<br>(  ≧ᗜ≦)

comment: No manches!https://www.youtube.…

html_comment:
No manches!
https://www.youtube.…

comment: ♪＼(´ꇴ `˵)／♪

html_comment: ♪＼(´ꇴ `˵)／♪

[User] Ianbolton

comment: did she have the shits or something? Hope she was alright and well enough to do it all again. One in the thoughts and two in the prayers for KJ x


[User] timeless

comment: too much face

html_comment: too much face


topic_title: Bitcoin

[User] AQUTE

comment: hahahhahahaahahaha love it

html_comment: hahahhahahaahahaha love it

comment: buy buy buy

html_comment: buy buy buy

comment: I have a pretty good story/experience about XRP I gotta tell here one day, long story short, my coinbase wallet said I had like 50B for like 7 minutes

comment: I was checking my wallet during a team call on slack because I was bored, then my boss, since he got me into crypto, I interrupted the meeting and shared m scrn

comment: And the whole team was like SELL THAT SHIT NOW! It was a damn glitch

html_comment: And the whole team was like SELL THAT SHIT NOW! <br>It was a damn glitch

comment: My coworker was like How much would you have given me? I was like $50M and he was like That's it? I was like fuck dude that's a shit ton of money

comment: If anyone wants to give me 50M I'll gladly take it, you can even tax the shit out of me with what Bernie would tax me, I would gladly take accept

[User] futurefood

comment: ^haha! Fucking glitches. Please make a post

html_comment: ^haha! Fucking glitches. <br>Please make a post


topic_title: Coronavirus

post: "6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19"

comment: I don't think that's actually true. The first known case got sick on December 10th

comment: Close enough...https://www.cdc.gov/…

html_comment:
Close enough...

https://www.cdc.gov/…

comment: "It was on Dec. 10 that Wei Guixian, a seafood merchant in this city’s Hua’nan market, first started to feel sick. Thinking she was getting a cold, she walked

comment: to a small local clinic to get some treatment and then went back to work."

comment: That was how it started. There were probably a small number of cases before that woman got sick but it's unknown who they were.


comment: Chuck Norris

html_comment: Chuck Norris


[User] elahon

topic_title: Elon Musk

[User] dbloc

comment: Why are people still on X (Formally known as Twitter)

comment: Comedy is back, or some shit.

html_comment: Comedy is back, or some shit.

comment: Such a thin skinned CLINT.

html_comment: Such a thin skinned CLINT.

comment: Freedom of speech is one helluva drug

html_comment: Freedom of speech is one helluva drug

[User] Gabriel

comment: Ah, so now he's an intellectual.

html_comment: Ah, so now he's an intellectual.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Billy Bonds : footballer for West Ham United - 79


[User] stoplying

post:
 The Dad always gets the food no one else wants. Got home from a shoot in the city today having only eaten a banana around 7:15am. Famished by 2pm. Wife says we have PIZZA! Okay mama let's go. Find out it's one white slice, and one ham/pineapple. Into the toaster oven they go and I wolf them down while my wife tells me the boys won't eat them.

*Pizza was purchased with the 2Good2Go app where restaurants offload food for cheap at the end of the day.

comment: Gotta take care of yourself man... carry almonds at least


post:
 Rich Jacobs, visual artist, curator, musician, and skate archivist
Died of cancer. Seemed a really fucking good guy, everyone I knew who met him said he was sound.
-

-

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Rip, too young :(

html_comment: Rip, too young :(


[User] PonyBoy

post: A tasty IPA by Maine Beer Company called 'Lunch' named after a local whale often seen / easily noticeable by what appears to be a bite taken from her fin (thus the nickname 'Lunch')

comment: Love that beer - never knew the history of the name.

comment: One of my favorites too... pricey tho

html_comment: One of my favorites too... pricey tho


comment: 2 in the think

html_comment: 2 in the think


[User] grafician

comment: Hamc now is it?

html_comment: Hamc now is it?

comment: Nope. Different label. Flex again?

html_comment: Nope. Different label. Flex again?


[User] Squiddy

post: Bought an LED garden kit for greens (sprouts are super easy to do too). Left over rib eye from Thanksgiving. Mama pho noodle from Chinatown. Maui chili oil from.. Maui lol


topic_title: blog

post: haha... apparently Bullwinkle's my local weatherman...

comment: ha

html_comment: ha


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: lol I can hear the Earnie smirky giggle afterwards


[User] BusterBoy

post: Honestly, just let MAGA types treat everything with ivermectin. At some point Darwin's going to step in and tidy the place up.

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Get your 15th booster.

html_comment: Get your 15th booster.


[User] utopian

topic_title: America is Fucked

[User] hotroddy

comment: why buy it when you can get it for free with relaxed voter ID rules and unmanaged immigration?


topic_title: Picture Association

[User] Ianbolton

comment: WHEREISMYDINNEEERRRRRRR

html_comment:
WHERE
IS
MY
DINNEEERRRRRRR


topic_title: lunch =

post:
 Today, Tuesday, a dreary and gray day, birds flying low towards their southern refuges, heading towards Extremadura, Andalusia, and Africa... Well, today's meal is paella with vegetables, pork ribs, and beef, paired with a chilled, young red wine. For dessert, cheese.

On egin!


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post:
 More George Hughes goodness

Wonder what they’re talking about ;)

[User] sted

comment: idk but she is holding way too many cards

comment: ^ Could be snap

html_comment: ^ Could be snap

[User] noneck

comment: Lol noneck

html_comment: Lol noneck

[User] Nairn

comment: ++! lol

html_comment: ++! lol

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: ahahah

html_comment: ahahah


comment: bollocks! how is the previous post from an hour ago when I just clicked on this thread and it wasn't there?!


[User] palimpsest

[User] canoe

comment: Gracias

html_comment: Gracias


comment: AI from about 3 years ago?

html_comment: AI from about 3 years ago?

comment: vintage

html_comment: vintage

comment: "when we could still tell the difference"


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: </thread>

html_comment: </thread>


[User] dbloc

comment: 'Drain the swamp'.

html_comment: 'Drain the swamp'.

comment: Could Trump's blatant cronyism end up a really good thing for America? Like, the country finally has enough and nixes it all, for Dems and Reps alike? haha, nah

[User] monospaced

comment: Would be nice

html_comment: Would be nice


[User] ideaist

comment: Dude is slippin'!

html_comment: Dude is slippin'!

comment: What did the orange bag of dicks do now?


topic_title: Painting of the day

post: Ben Bauer - On Winter Walks

comment: Lovely.

html_comment: Lovely.

comment: I had to zoom to be sure...

html_comment: I had to zoom to be sure...

comment: More here btw https://rehs.com/Ben…

html_comment:
More here btw

https://rehs.com/Ben…

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Love it

html_comment: Love it

comment: You get colour right you get life right

html_comment: You get colour right you get life right

comment: I never quite understood how landscape artists working on location managed to get light right since the light would not only alter the landscape colour but the

comment: ...oil paint as well. Snow for instance is pretty much pure white but when we see it in nature it just reflects the available light so it’s anything but white.

comment: ...if the painter is trying to capture it exactly how he sees it then his paint should also be pure white as they are reflecting the same light in the same enviro

comment: ...but the genius of these painters is that they’re able to adjust for this discrepancy instinctively.

[User] cruddlebub

comment: Love this.

html_comment: Love this.


topic_title: Ad of the day

post: They took this concept on a road show... presenting real and recorded artists for the crowd to hear the 'no difference' between the two.


[User] elahon

comment: Dark lol

html_comment: Dark lol


[User] timeless

topic_title: If you sub to Adobe CC

post:
 Hi all,

It's happening once again - go and try to cancel your account – then click continue – three months free = ~180 US

comment: I prefer the to pay half-price for the whole year.

comment: i prefer not to pay them anything at all


post:
 My career as a designer.

Been out of work since June 2024. What do you think I can do for the rest of my working life (15/20 years)?

Wrong/right/sarcastic answers only.

[User] everyangle

comment: Maybe you can retire early in a lower cost economy, like Somalia? Average annual income is under $600 USD, for $6k you're good for a decade.

comment: OnlyFans

html_comment: OnlyFans

comment: We've all been through those ups and downs, as long as you keep learning skills and kickstarting your own projects you will bounce back for sure. Hang in there!

comment: I'm in betwixt career(s), freelance, etc. as well @timeless. it's shit some days, BUT other days? Less so......Hang in there!XO

html_comment:
I'm in betwixt career(s), freelance, etc. as well @timeless. it's shit some days, BUT other days? Less so...

...Hang in there!

XO

comment: AI

html_comment: AI

[User] grafician

comment: username does not check outbut anyway, what kind of design do you do? Plenty of jobs for UXUI designers everywhere

html_comment:
username does not check out

but anyway, what kind of design do you do?

Plenty of jobs for UXUI designers everywhere

[User] microkorg

comment: Maybe plenty of jobs but even more applicants. Been looking for something new since March. Getting interviews and making it to final few but not the final cut.

[User] bainbridge

comment: Where do you want to work?What are your former colleagues doing?

html_comment: Where do you want to work?<br>What are your former colleagues doing?

comment: Looker Studio... there's still an element of design in those.

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Agreed about how many UX/UI jobs there area but they seem so vastly different from what I do - motion design, even though they use the same job title.

comment: I was in the same position...but thankfully, a good buddy of mine that's a project manager had recently moved to work at a local electric utility ...

html_comment: I was in the same position...<br>but thankfully, a good buddy of mine that's a project manager had recently moved to work at a local electric utility ...

comment: i was talking to him, and got an offer to join him there as his UI/UX guy...contracting, but it's full-time contract, and he has YEARS worth of projects coming.

comment: so that's worth exploring...not sure where you are, but look into gigs at unlikely places like utility companies, medical companies etc...

comment: also, what saved my ass was KNOWING the right people, and them knowing and valuing me...

comment: not sure what your network is like, but basically hit up every single person you've worked with, co-worker to client...

comment: and see if there's any stones you haven't turned over yet so to speak...

comment: Timeless, whatever you end up doing, don't quit on yourself.

comment: Any hobbies / interests you can turn into a sustainable (money and mind) thing?

comment: I hate to say it,  but I agree with utopian re: AI. It's a whole new realm.For a while, at least.

html_comment:
I hate to say it,  but I agree with utopian re: AI. It's a whole new realm.

For a while, at least.

[User] hardhat

comment: I completely pivoted ~8 years ago. Started saying yes to any “building” work. Ended up making sets for SNL and other shops, & now run the floor at one of them.

comment: ^ username chks out...OP>I'm in the same boat... i'm making ends meet freelancing and helping out brands here and there but its not so sustainable... yes toAI

html_comment: ^ username chks out...<br>OP>I'm in the same boat... i'm making ends meet freelancing and helping out brands here and there but its not so sustainable... yes toAI

[User] milfhunter

comment: flipping burgers? doing something with your hands? something AI cant replace for the upcoming 10 years at least..

[User] garbage

comment: Enlist!

html_comment: Enlist!


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality

In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/…


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: "RUSSIA: Putin says that European demands are not acceptable, and that if Europe wants to fight a war, 'we are ready'."


[User] srhadden

post: Thanks for the reminder.


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: "Trump appears to doze during Cabinet meeting"

comment: Sleepy Don

html_comment: Sleepy Don

comment: Donald Slump.

html_comment: Donald Slump.

[User] dbloc

comment: To be fair he was up all night shitposting

[User] canoe

comment: And obsessing about Nicușor Dan

html_comment: And obsessing about Nicușor Dan

[User] BusterBoy

comment: Dozy Don

html_comment: Dozy Don

[User] utopian

comment: Six Feet Under

html_comment: Six Feet Under


post: Thank you boo boo


post: Client needs 25 books printed, probably 52 pages or so, full color... has anyone had any luck with this?

comment: Printers is what I'm looking for

html_comment: Printers is what I'm looking for

comment: Online printers or local, doesn't matter, just needs to be hard bound

comment: Thanks utope!

html_comment: Thanks utope!

comment: I take it, you used them before?

html_comment: I take it, you used them before?

comment: Yes, good quality, pricing is reasonable for short runs. Pay the extra money to have their logo removed from the binding.

[User] monNom

comment: +1 on blurb, at least from past experience. I've got a bunch of photo books done through them and quality has been excellent.


[User] ArmandoEstrada

post: if you try to cancel and go through the 5 "are you sure this is what you want" screens you'll get to the last boss.  this one will give you $29m US.


comment: That was one of the first things he did as president was look at the eclipse. FLOL


[User] PonyBoy

comment: obvious - yes... but it was literally on my screen as part of a recipe my wife sent me <3


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Jim Bell / Mark Heap

html_comment: Jim Bell / Mark Heap


topic_title: Punches For:

post:
 Food venues and shops where the staff shout something like "welcome in" to the air every time someone walks in the door.

Rather than just saying hello when you make eye contact.

It's like they've been forced to say hello to people.

comment: They are being forced to say it

html_comment: They are being forced to say it

comment: It seems like a "policy" but does any customer really appreciate it?

comment: Ask Karen

html_comment: Ask Karen

comment: I hear you, but I'll take fake over-zealous greetings over screw-faces any day


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

[User] palimpsest

comment: The Kama Suture

html_comment: The Kama Suture

comment: ^ lol

html_comment: ^ lol

[User] Continuity

comment: flol pali!_niko's been mentoring you!

html_comment:
flol pali!

_niko's been mentoring you!

comment: Haha excellent, my work here is done

html_comment: Haha excellent, my work here is done

comment: I'm not even worthy of your gaze, master.

comment: stick to the Hoist or the Ramp.Zimmer if you're feeling frisky.

html_comment: stick to the Hoist or the Ramp.<br>Zimmer if you're feeling frisky.

[User] sab

comment: Hip Hip Hooray?

html_comment: Hip Hip Hooray?


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post:
 Timeless confesses and confides in QBN by letting us know that it's been a tough 9 months trying to find something worthwhile in his field.

Grafician's first response: "username doesn't check out" because he's a black-hearted troll... and that's why so many people hate him.

[User] scruffics

comment: c'mon... let's be honest with ourselves... we all thought it, didn't we?

comment: ^ no ... ?

[User] kingsteven

comment: yes

html_comment: yes

comment: no

html_comment: no

[User] monospaced

comment: Definitely did not.

html_comment: Definitely did not.

[User] grafician

comment: wtf are you even talking about!??!

html_comment: wtf are you even talking about!??!

comment: looking forward to you posting your shitty album so we can have a laugh

comment: it's going out on one of the most respected underground electro labels in the UK,,, fuck do I care what you think? xoxo


[User] futurefood

topic_title: UFO of the day

post:
 Yooooo! Captured two bright, fast moving objects in formation similar to the last post. This time, I was monitoring the camera directly when I noticed them in the top frame. Filmed in infrared on December 01, 2025 @ 23:08

I immediately looked up to visually see them and NOTHING was there! Nothing but black sky and the moon. Trippiest thing ever.
I tried finding them again in-camera, they were gone.

They made zero sound and seemed invisible to naked eye. WTF?

Confirmed they were not satellites. Screenshot below

https://imgur.com/a/suiRTK5

Objects circled in red
https://imgur.com/a/cNvPG9J

Video clip here:

comment: damn, forgot to add proper image links to display.

comment: I don’t see anything in the video

html_comment: I don’t see anything in the video

[User] ApeRobot

comment: ^Beginning of the video, top left corner.

html_comment: ^<br>Beginning of the video, top left corner.

comment: Ah.

html_comment: Ah.

[User] sted

comment: how far is the closes milbase?

html_comment: how far is the closes milbase?

comment: *closest

html_comment: *closest

comment: so probably satellites

html_comment: so probably satellites


comment: wtaf

html_comment:
w
t
a
f

[User] garbage

comment: I'm weirded out because I read this paper this week and did not expect to see it here.

comment: Is this the new woke?

html_comment: Is this the new woke?

comment: That's my boi, garbage!

html_comment: That's my boi, garbage!

[User] maquito

comment: ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔ

html_comment: ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔ

[User] pango

comment: ฅʕ•̫͡•ʔฅ

html_comment: ฅʕ•̫͡•ʔฅ

[User] jagara

comment: Is it a method to make me feel stupid? Very effective.


[User] bainbridge

topic_title: blog

post: Don’t you just hate it when everyone likes someone but you’re the only one who doesn’t?

comment: Are you a teenage girl?

html_comment: Are you a teenage girl?

comment: you’re such a counter culture free thinker

comment: < this guy got a lot of hate from idiots thinking he is me :))


topic_title: Positive energy zones

comment: Lenin was a terrible, terrible cunt.

html_comment: Lenin was a terrible, terrible cunt.

[User] hotroddy

comment: Épale pana, ¿quien más chamo? ¿Quién merece un hilo de héroe? Este o Putin?

comment: Das käme darauf an, wie wir die Art der Brutalität messen.


topic_title: Picture Association

comment: sorry, feeling in a very dark mood today

comment: Fuck me, that's heavy. Flashback to 80s news reports from Soweto.


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: The Christmas Thread!

comment: i want one...

html_comment: i want one...

[User] CyBrainX

comment: It's AI. Real Christmas sweaters are intentionally uglier than this.


[User] utopian

topic_title: Drone of the day

comment: Welcome to 50yrs agohttps://youtu.be/B7O…

html_comment:
Welcome to 50yrs ago
https://youtu.be/B7O…


[User] fisheye

post: God, I hate Christmas and everything about it. Maybe it’s the time that passes so fast as you get older (I am 49) and we are in this time of year again, like the last Christmas was last month.

comment: ... so repetitive, same everything ...

html_comment: ... so repetitive, same everything ...

[User] Gardener

comment: we have a 4 yr old, she's gonna LOVE it, though I can't fob her off with the joy of a cardboard box to play with anymore lol

comment: Sure, I have a 7yo girl, for them time is sooo slooooow ... for me it’s every couple of days there’s a weekend, and there’s a month, a year ...

comment: I've always felt this way about Christmas. It's a celebration of bad taste on every level: music, movies, sweaters, decorations, retail nightmares, etc.

[User] PhanLo

comment: I like the slowing down, in northern Europe it was designed to stop people walking off into the woods to let the cold consume them in winter...

comment: ...just not the coca-cola consumerism hellscape, but staying around the house isn't so bad.


[User] elahon

comment: |V

html_comment: |<br>V


[User] AQUTE

comment: please accept my humble downvote for breaking the thread

comment: |V


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: UK's first multi-screen cinema in Milton Keynes to be demolished to make way for flats, I worked there for 2 years when it opened in '85  - R.I.Pieces

[User] ideaist

comment: Dude, when's your memoirs going up for preorder? I'm in (like sin)!; )

html_comment:
Dude, when's your memoirs going up for preorder? I'm in (like sin)!

; )

comment: haha yeah I should do something, I left to travel in Asia for over a year when I left this job too, such debauch in Thailand & Burma!

comment: for your viewing pleasure on the opening weekend : https://images4.imag…

comment: Fantastic.

html_comment: Fantastic.

[User] toemaas

comment: Bummer!  Hope the cinema closures arent a trend

[User] Nairn

comment: The UK's first multi-screen cinema, in '85?You sure?

html_comment: The UK's first multi-screen cinema, in '85?<br>You sure?

comment: yes! https://en.wikipedia…

html_comment: yes! https://en.wikipedia…

comment: I remember one in Long Island about 10  years before that. Yes, I am old. I saw Young Frankenstein there.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: People have multiscreen homes now, so it mustve been hard for them to compete ;-)


topic_title: drum n bass

post: Funny to see this pop up now as I've just randomly put this on

[User] futurefood

comment: +1 amazing track

html_comment: +1 amazing track

[User] dee-dubs

comment: one of the best labels..first 10 or so releases all classics

[User] canoe

comment: The 90s were the best time in electronic music... Good Looking, Goldie, Tricky, Portishead, Massive Attack, the list goes on

[User] milfhunter

comment: pumpspumppumps

html_comment: pumpspumppumps

[User] scruffics

comment: i picked up the debut Lamb LP in a charity shop the other day and it's so good


[User] grafician

comment: improv

html_comment: improv


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Nature of the day

comment: Are you okay? that thing looks it'd about to eat you :))

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Alien!

html_comment: Alien!


[User] sted

topic_title: making beats

post:
 vibe coding

https://strudel.cc/workshop/gett…


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
https://www.bbc.com/news/article…

New Republican Army - couldn't find a video of it without commentary except on fartbook.

Pretty intense.

comment: When I told you nobody thinks about you...

comment: Stop making sense!

html_comment: Stop making sense!


topic_title: Video Games...

post: this game and the community around it, is just the nicest thing.


topic_title: Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

post: Link from Canada, I found this info useful https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-t…


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ as Google Threatens AI Lead

OpenAI isn’t profitable and has to raise funding at a near-constant pace to survive, which puts it at a financial disadvantage against Google and other tech firms that can fund investments out of revenues.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open…

https://archive.is/OOazf

comment: Worst case scenario Elon Merde Musk will buy OpenAI


[User] uan

post:
 I would use the help of an ai to generate the structure, chapters, needs, content...
then run it multiple times to make it clear and structured.

and as a designer, i would throw in compact cheat sheets as a concise reference tool containing the key information for each task.
Like short protocols or checklists to follow.
Those should fit on 1 mobil screen for easy access and reference.


topic_title: Billionaires

post: It could fit too into the threads "artificial intel...", "capitalism", "tweet otd", "where the fun is not", "punches for", lol...

comment: Somebody tell Kashana that there is a world outside where a lot of people aren't in an IT related profession.


[User] Krassy

post:
 Lily Allen’s New Album is Being Released On Butt Plug-Shaped USB Drives

https://consequence.net/2025/12/…

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Size doesn't matter?

html_comment: Size doesn't matter?

comment: She's always been a class act

html_comment: She's always been a class act


[User] palimpsest

comment: nice findhttps://hrc.contentd…

html_comment:
nice find
https://hrc.contentd…


[User] Gardener

post:
Steve Cropper : Guitarist, Songwriter and shaper of Memphis Soul Music - 84

"play it Steve"


[User] CyBrainX

comment: Most religions are equally valid.

html_comment: Most religions are equally valid.

comment: Depends who’s doing the validating.

html_comment: Depends who’s doing the validating.


topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

post: Stainless steel wire mesh sculpture by the French multimedia artist Dominique Bordenave


[User] duckseason

comment: From a former Housemarque dev

html_comment: From a former Housemarque dev

[User] Nutter

comment: yup, looks amazing

html_comment: yup, looks amazing

comment: maaaan i'm addicted!

html_comment: maaaan i'm addicted!


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] stoplying

post: NJ based artist, Mel Leipzig passed away on November 1. Here's one he painted of his son and his friends.


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
Company linked to Donald Trump Jr. lands $620M government contract

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/0…

comment: but Hunter's laptop!

html_comment: but Hunter's laptop!

[User] dbloc

comment: Birds of a feather.

html_comment: Birds of a feather.

[User] utopian

comment: Grifter's Inc.

html_comment: Grifter's Inc.

comment: I hope one day the Trump Mafia goes down.

[User] bainbridge

comment: What a boring life, wearing suits and chasing money

comment: You guys just hate these guys because they have more stupid moneys :))


post:
 Free Perplexity PRO for a year through Venmo. Sign up, then cancel and disconnect from Venmo. Just did it.

https://www.perplexity.ai/join/p…


[User] canoe

topic_title: Show some recent work

post: Moodboards - the fun part of brand development

comment: nice

html_comment: nice

[User] Continuity

comment: Love the colour palette you're aiming for.

comment: l like it, aka I'm stealing this! I see it on a window store print on the wine shop at the corder.

html_comment: l like it, aka I'm stealing this! <br>I see it on a window store print on the wine shop at the corder.

comment: Yes!

html_comment: Yes!

comment: Definitely agree about the great colors. Moodboards are so fun.

comment: nice.

html_comment: nice.

comment: lovely

html_comment: lovely

[User] jbasnight

comment: Beautiful stuff

html_comment: Beautiful stuff

[User] cherub

comment: So is a moodboard to a designer what a storyboard is to a director?

[User] milfhunter

comment: very american

html_comment: very american

[User] grafician

comment: Very 1998

html_comment: Very 1998

comment: very you haven't seen a mood board for years.@cherub yes and no :) this is like pre-storyboard.

html_comment: very you haven't seen a mood board for years.<br>@cherub yes and no :) this is like pre-storyboard.

comment: I didn't meant that to you canoe. My first impression was France, and then Napa valley. its nice :) I prefer mood boards elements w/o any text or typography

comment: i used to add those in the process to see what fits and put them on a separated board.

comment: Okay very 2000 at best

html_comment: Okay very 2000 at best

comment: <we used to give this kind of work to juniors to come up with moodboards although we seniors knew exactly that to present to the client :))

comment: Seniors just present 1-2 options to any brief that's itMoodboards are for amateurs bro

html_comment:
Seniors just present 1-2 options to any brief that's it

Moodboards are for amateurs bro

comment: But nice pictures bro, extra points for not using AI? :)))

comment: I work for myself, so I wear every hat, junior, senior, CD. Comes with the territory. Thanks for the insightful critique on me, not the work. As you were.

comment: Well waiting to see the branding for this wine brand I guessWhy to critique a moodboard makes no sense?!

html_comment:
Well waiting to see the branding for this wine brand I guess

Why to critique a moodboard makes no sense?!

comment: So you can say that I'm a junior designer, like I was at BBDO 25 years ago? FLOL!

comment: Why so much jealousy, distain and hate?

html_comment: Why so much jealousy, distain and hate?


topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] AQUTE

comment: BIG GULPS!! EH!

html_comment: BIG GULPS!! EH!


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

comment: group of death

html_comment: group of death

[User] sted

comment: fake

html_comment: fake


topic_title: America is Fucked

post: what the actual fuck

comment: This administration is a joke

html_comment: This administration is a joke


topic_title: Space is the place

post: Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been abruptly removed from the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which is currently slated for a 2026 launch, following an alleged security breach involving highly sensitive, export-controlled technology at a SpaceX facility. Reports indicate that Artemyev was found to have photographed proprietary, and potentially classified, technical materials—specifically mentioning rocket engines—without authorization, constituting a serious violation of protocols intended to protect intellectual property (IP).


[User] kaiyohtee

topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] renderedred

comment: wow!

html_comment: wow!


topic_title: Romania calling

post:
 I love it when the class clown says, "fix your country," meanwhile back in reality, Romania has been a HUGE benefactor of foreign aid, namely from the United States.

Recent aid breakdown:

FY 2024: The US committed a $920 million Foreign Military Financing (FMF) loan to support Romania's military modernization, along with an additional $60 million in grant funding to cover loan fees.

FY 2023: The US committed approximately $40 million in aid, with $23.4 million allocated for military purposes and $16.6 million for economic purposes.

FY 2022: In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US provided an additional $148 million in FMF assistance to Romania.

Other Security Assistance: The US also provides International Military Education and Training (IMET) funding to professionalize Romania's military and has provided excess defense articles.

Energy and Economic Support: The US has supported Romania's nuclear energy sector through grants for small modular reactor (SMR) studies and has provided support for cyber security modernization efforts.

Romania receives significant assistance and strong support from several key international partners and organizations, with the primary contributors being the European Union (EU), Germany, and the United States.

Primary Benefactors and Partners
European Union (EU): As a member state since 2007, Romania benefits extensively from the EU budget and recovery funds, which support infrastructure, research, environmental protection, and various structural reforms. The EU also works closely with Romania on internal security, such as strengthening border controls.

Germany: Germany is Romania's single most important trading partner, with a bilateral trade volume exceeding 40 billion euros. It is also one of the largest foreign direct investors, with a focus on the automotive supply industry and retail sectors. Cultural and educational ties are strong due to a historical German minority in Romania.

United States: The U.S. is a key strategic ally and investor, with significant foreign direct investment inflows (around $2.5 billion in 2023) concentrated in IT, energy, and manufacturing. The U.S. provides over $100 million annually in military assistance to help modernize Romania's defense capabilities and enhance Black Sea security.

comment: Since joining the European Union in 2007, Romania has received over €100 billion in EU funds for infrastructure and community development.

comment: While allocations are large, Romania has struggled to absorb EU funds efficiently, because of bureaucratic constraints, administrative inefficiencies & delays.

comment: This kind of structural weakness means that Romania sometimes misses opportunities to convert external funding into sustainable growth.

comment: Given these points, one could argue Romania exhibits elements of a dependency syndrome, at least when it comes to public investments and infrastructure dev.

comment: I've never said the US is perfect, or that Trump doesn't suck, but I also don't run around on the Q and talk shit about Austria, Mexico, or any other country.

comment: Should be fixing his own country, not fixating on other countries, since he's so passionate about national responsibility.

comment: clown

html_comment: clown

[User] monospaced

comment: “Mind your business”— little bitch

html_comment: “Mind your business”<br>— little bitch

[User] neverscared

comment: romanians living in austria rank on a top spot when it comes to unemploymen, must be that -skill issue- our romanian here is talking about.

comment: Cringe

html_comment: Cringe

comment: Cringe

comment: But compare Michigan your shitty state with Romania next

comment: also learn how EU works and how strategic partnerships work Also how small nuclear reactors work :))) Dumbass

comment: bla bla bla tele bla

html_comment: bla bla bla tele bla

comment: Comparing a US state to a sovereign country makes absolute zero cents to anyone with a brain. Your insecurity is getting the best of you "Dumbass".

comment: So you have no clue how small nuclear reactors works do you? dumbass!

comment: Learn how small nuclear reactors (don't) work then we will discuss geopolitics you fucking moron

comment: < All this is peanuts money dumbass Romania's defense budget for 2025 is approximately 8.55 billion EUR

comment: < also most of this shit is probably NATO investments, we are just too close to Russia so you give us money to cover the front ))) We bought boats from Turkey

comment: The US doesn't even make ships anymore you idiots

comment: YOU buy boats from South fucking Korea

html_comment: YOU buy boats from South fucking Korea

comment: bla bla bla bla bla

html_comment: bla bla bla bla bla


[User] bjladams

post: clay and wax in a biscuit tin

comment: joooo chill your tits

html_comment: joooo chill your tits

[User] bezoar

comment: nice! mold it!

html_comment: nice! mold it!

[User] Nairn

comment: That's really good, Ben!Humungous nipples, mind.Not sure that's a bad thing though.

html_comment:
That's really good, Ben!

Humungous nipples, mind.
Not sure that's a bad thing though.

comment: BJ hey i haven't seen your for years, how r u doing mate? I love this stuff, are you planing to make more of these?

[User] fooler

comment: I thought this was a pie at first.

html_comment: I thought this was a pie at first.

[User] pango

comment: i thought its a strawberry sunday

html_comment: i thought its a strawberry sunday


[User] canoe

comment: I was going to +1 this but I'm currently questioning the idea of + itself

comment: There is no spoon. Use a fork.

html_comment: There is no spoon. Use a fork.

comment: Bold of you to think that fork is not really a spoon.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: sorry guys but my reality is way more real than your realities and I have no interest in hearing about your realities as they're all wrong

comment: Reality sucks anyway. ;)

html_comment: Reality sucks anyway. ;)


[User] OBBTKN

comment: Dominator

html_comment: Dominator


post:
 The Dawn of the Space Age
The course of history changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.–U.S.S.R. space race.

https://www.nasa.gov/history/daw…


[User] kingsteven

topic_title: Your Last Concert

post:
 Braved a crowd of mid 20s musical comedy enjoyers to witness 19 year old synth pop sensation Jim E Brown.

https://i.haasie.com/f9U.mp4


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: Doing yoga, and your body feels like a brick.

comment: Like a brick? I want to be flexible like a feather... I'm looking at basic exercises to improve flexibility (·•᷄_•᷅ )

comment: Same

html_comment: Same

comment: I got a ways to go!

html_comment: I got a ways to go!

comment: Cringe boss

html_comment: Cringe boss


[User] Salarrue

post:
 Birdland Refracted (Milio Boogie and Kim Fox)

https://www.audioflux.org/circui…

This deconstructed jazz experiment is inspired by avant-garde jazz and experimental sound art as we disassemble Lullaby in Birdland into scattered, flickering moments—notes stretch, reverse and collide with urban sounds, creating a sonic mosaic of the Harlem jazz scene.


[User] utopian

[User] milfhunter

comment: my car is gone lol

html_comment: my car is gone lol


post: ももえ


[User] neandersthal

topic_title: Copenhagen

post:
 Just reviving a thread from 20 years ago.
Just moved here.
Anybody else around?
Any tips?
Do's?
Don'ts?

[User] grafician

comment: Buy a bike?

html_comment: Buy a bike?

[User] Centigrade

comment: Ski the incinerator?

html_comment: Ski the incinerator?


topic_title: Video Games...

post: This looks really good with the new third person perspective update.


topic_title: blog

post:
 Last night I was watching Bugonia with the GF and she said we need to turn it off as Emma Stone's character was being tortured/electrocuted. I flipped out as I said it's a satire about conspiracy theorists and it was silly, yet we see films all the time where men are being tortured (often to death) often for no reason.

I understand and appreciate that violence towards women needs to stop, but why is it okay to show constant violence towards men showing how disposable they are, but any violence towards women is BAD?

I shouldn't have flipped out, but I really find the sensitivity behind it all so frustrating and it limits the films we can watch together.

Please guide me in the right direction wonderful QBN'ers! x

comment: Men dying in wars is "ok", but we cannot tolerate violence against women, and it exists. I personally cannot stand scenes of violence against women...

comment: And let's not even talk about children. If a movie deals with the kidnapping of girls, for example, I stop watching it immediately.

comment: I think there's too much violence in movies and TV shows; it's sometimes obscene. And the worst part is that it desensitizes us to it.

comment: If you're going to watch a movie with your girlfriend, why not watch the typical cheesy ones? ;)

comment: I personally can't tolerate violence towards anybody, but schlocky violent films can be fun in a stupid way. I think we end up being overly sensitive.

comment: I love horror films, but i appreciate some people do not. I definitely overreacted last night and should've respected the fact she found it uncomforatble

comment: I don't think i could deal with a GF who could only watch cheesy bullshit. Like, so disconnected from any kind of reality it's unbearable ;-)

comment: Understood. We've always been fans of horror movies, but I think with all the REAL horror we see on screen now, we've lost interest or we're hypersensitive...


topic_title: It's Friday!

post: finally


topic_title: Car of The Day

comment: this will get you all the milfs

html_comment: this will get you all the milfs


[User] Gardener

topic_title: eBay of the Day

comment: Chill every day of the year except January 6th

[User] futurefood

comment: He's living in Sun Valley now?I need to visit him!

html_comment: He's living in Sun Valley now?<br>I need to visit him!


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Vid of the Day

post: What a time to be alive and working/smoking in an Ad agency:


topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] dbloc

[User] sted

comment: aahaa a

html_comment: aahaa a

comment: LOL damn that is all i see wen i look at this guy

comment: i wanna know who made this

html_comment: i wanna know who made this

comment: *when

html_comment: *when

comment: HA!

html_comment: HA!

[User] Krassy

comment: is this why they're attacking boats in the Caribbean?

[User] tbgoodwillie

comment: He’ll tease youHe’ll unease youJust to please youHe’s got Charlie Manson eyes

html_comment:
He’ll tease you
He’ll unease you
Just to please you
He’s got Charlie Manson eyes

[User] AQUTE

comment: couscous

html_comment: couscous

comment: Only in America™

html_comment: Only in America™

[User] garbage

comment: @goodwillie what an absolutely amazing drop. All the boys think he's a spy..


[User] neverscared

topic_title: best on Netflix streaming?

post:
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones

https://www.theguardian.com/busi…


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

[User] ApeRobot

comment: timeline*

html_comment: timeline*


topic_title: Hiphop like this.

comment: Aside from his tired lazy evil imagery, Carti's a known abuser and bonafide shitsoul


[User] Ianbolton

comment: Woah. “Don’t cum yet, honey!”

html_comment: Woah. “Don’t cum yet, honey!”


post:
Hiphop like dis, not dat below

RIP Charizma

comment: peanut butter jelly time garbage

html_comment: peanut butter jelly time garbage

comment: I can't really tell if you're trying to make a joke that isn't landing, but for posterity Peanut Butter Wolf is fucking Stone's Throw.

comment: Dude helped put Madlib, DIlla, Doom on the map. Out here asking for Playboi Carti, smh


comment: "These smooth and improved cigarettes will never harm me"

[User] Nairn

comment: He's my mortality baseline

html_comment: He's my mortality baseline

comment: @ff I think in his case it was as much the whiskey and spirits. Although I don't much doubt the cigs helped..

[User] canoe

comment: Cigs are much worse for us than drinking... depending on how much you drink, but if you compare smoking 10 smokes or drinking 3-4 beers, smokes are worse.

[User] kingsteven

comment: insightful

html_comment: insightful


[User] CyBrainX

post: I got this at my first job, working at a printer in the mid 90s. The company had Wax Trax as a client and we'd get CDs now and then. I got Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants, Nightmares on Wax and this one. I never heard of any of these when I got them. This one never got much traction but I think it's a lost classic.

comment: Yeah this is epic

html_comment: Yeah this is epic

[User] moogchild

comment: classic.

html_comment: classic.


[User] grafician

post:
 ^

Here you go @canoe fix your country

US 109 mass shootings in 2025

Romania with all our problems is safer than the US :)))

comment: @neverscared you too fix your country 2 mass shootings in 2025 in Austria

comment: Next time you do your shitty comparisons, compare what counts ;)

comment: Also canoe next time compare Michigan your shitty state with Romania to be fair

comment: counting...yes , learn it

html_comment: counting...yes , learn it

comment: we all know u r not the brightest up there... cant read, cant count , makes up numbers....https://e...

comment: so much for counting what counts https://ec.europa.eu…

comment: You're a strange dude graf!

html_comment: You're a strange dude graf!

comment: with romanians outperformimg all other nationalities by far in austria when it comes to crime... not a smart move to bring up crime related topics.

comment: @never - he always moves the goal posts, changes subjects, never addresses the content at hand, it's like talking to a babbling schizo

comment: Comparing Romania to the United States is like a violin to an orchestra. But you'll be ok (pats graf on the head).

[User] monospaced

comment: Why is he talking about this at all?

html_comment: Why is he talking about this at all?

comment: You shitpost non stop all day and night and early morning here about all things shitty USA. Constantly. No need to do it here too. Fuck off.

comment: Romania still has ZERO mass shootings until you fix that, STFU bitch :))

comment: now that u cant count and make up fake numbers ,, no one will believe when u say zero

comment: Again still stating the obvious and being a little shit. Pointless.

comment: babbling shizo ...  summs it up pretty good, maybe a -babbling fake news shizo- who makes up mass shootings that never happened is more accurate

comment: What fake numbers your moron?! https://worldpopulat…Austria: 2So you learn to count! Cunt!

html_comment:
What fake numbers your moron?!

https://worldpopulat…

Austria: 2

So you learn to count! Cunt!


[User] Salarrue

[User] ayport

comment: dope

html_comment: dope


comment: Sigh my dream too...

html_comment: Sigh my dream too...


comment: Arguably one of the best rappers in the industry who happens to be from Detroit has a message for you graf.


post:
 Can you cunts just have a reset on this shit, please?

Grafician, stop being a prick.

All the rest of you - stop being pricks. Stop reacting, stop goading.

Just fucking stop it, the lot of you.

It's dull.

x

comment: David Guetta ends racism .gif

html_comment: David Guetta ends racism .gif

comment: You know I'm okay except these idiots...

comment: You know I also dgaf

html_comment: You know I also dgaf

comment: Thanks for stepping in Nairn. Its too much and unnecessary

comment: This, jfc. I took a 2 week road trip and came back to see people still complaining about the boring guy. This place is dying if he's still catching an audience.

comment: every place is dying ... catching an  audience or not... except u reach anti-entropic status.

comment: Can’t we all just get along .gif

html_comment: Can’t we all just get along .gif

[User] palimpsest

comment: #FreeGrafician

html_comment: #FreeGrafician

comment: That's fine. When it comes down to it, neither of us care for one another for our own reasons.. no need to continue any of this. Thanks for the reset Nairn.

[User] yuekit

comment: +1 stop the fighting, stop the violence

html_comment: +1 stop the fighting, stop the violence

[User] futurefood

comment: Can't we all just Kendal Jenner Pepsi ad?? jeez guys

comment: btw Nairn, 100% agree.

html_comment: btw Nairn, 100% agree.


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 DONALD TRUMP WINS THE FIFA PEACE PRIZE!!!

outstanding.... a litte pet and dog eating hustle and u earn a peace prize.

[User] dbloc

comment: ...crickets

html_comment: ...crickets

[User] nylon

comment: Fuck FIFA. FUCK Trump. Fuck the Village People. AND... whoever designed that trophy - have a fucking word with yourself.

comment: LOL! THE FIFA PEACE PRIZE!!!! :)))

html_comment:
LOL!

THE FIFA PEACE PRIZE!!!! :)))

comment: Fix your president bros :))

html_comment: Fix your president bros :))


[User] PonyBoy

post:
 "Kaleidoscope" - Len Lye (1935)

"A Colour Box" - Len Lye (1935)

"Rainbow Dance"- Len Lye (1936)

comment: 90 year old motion graphics <3

html_comment: 90 year old motion graphics <3


[User] Gardener

comment: Fantastic. I'll be looking into these guys.


topic_title: Scotland

comment: banner on the side of the SNP HQ in town

[User] PhanLo

comment: Will never happen, Scottish folk are cowards


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

comment: pics from Epstein island

html_comment: pics from Epstein island


[User] duckseason

topic_title: RIP of the day

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Rip Frank :(

html_comment: Rip Frank :(

[User] utopian

comment: finally!

html_comment: finally!

[User] neverscared

comment: say what u want.. he made modernism look boring and deconstructisivm soar.

comment: rip

html_comment: rip


[User] stoplying

post: Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland

comment: They are capable of losing to Haiti ;)

html_comment: They are capable of losing to Haiti ;)


[User] Krassy

topic_title: Fail of the day

comment: Aaaand bringing up the rear

html_comment: Aaaand bringing up the rear


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post: Just play this loud.


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

[User] grafician

comment: Only in America™

html_comment: Only in America™


comment: Only in America™


[User] elahon

comment: Drowsy Donnie

html_comment: Drowsy Donnie

comment: S O C C E R

html_comment: S O C C E R

comment: this is like canoe and monospaced congratulatilating themselveswhen they comment on my posts :)))))

[User] monospaced

comment: Shut the fuck up.

html_comment: Shut the fuck up.

comment: Troll. Writing your comments again at 4am on a Saturday. Fucking LOSER.

[User] canoe

comment: Thanks for thinking of us! Now back to your bla bla bla...

comment: I guess FIFA stands for "Fucking Ignorant Fraudulent Asshole" now

[User] kingsteven

comment: FIFA has always stood for that tbf

html_comment: FIFA has always stood for that tbf


topic_title: Sexual Harassment of the DAY

post:
 Conor McGregor's appeal bid denied by KO in the Supreme Court of Ireland in civil sexual assault case.

https://www.rollingstone.com/cul…


topic_title: Site of the day

comment: I might get banned again :)))

html_comment: I might get banned again :)))


topic_title: Nicholas Cage

[User] WallaWalla

comment: Timeline you twat

html_comment: Timeline you twat


[User] cherub

topic_title: Wordpress Discussion

post:
 Just a friendly reminder to everyone to update your wordpress!

(I anticipate I'm the only nerd working on his website over the holidays.)


[User] Nutter

topic_title: Video Games...

post: I love the look of Routine which just came out. Got some very Alien Isolation vibes to it :)

[User] Nairn

comment: Gosh, that's pretty.

html_comment: Gosh, that's pretty.


[User] sarahfailin

comment: lol facts

html_comment: lol facts


comment: Meant to post in the more you know

html_comment: Meant to post in the more you know


post:
 Been having the PS Portal for a day now and can confirm, amazing device. And with the Premium Plus subscription the value is just amazing with all the games included in the subscription.

I have not experienced any input lag or streaming artifacts that some people are having but maybe they have a really bad internet connection. Mine at home isn't even the fastest and it still works great. Will test it at work where I have fiber.

In my opinion it's better than Xbox Cloud streaming.


topic_title: Sports

post:
 'It doesn't make sense': Trump wants to rename American football

Spurred on by World Cup 2026 fever, US President Donald Trump said Friday that American football should be renamed as the game played with a round ball, soccer, was the one true football.

https://www.france24.com/en/live…


[User] BANKattack

topic_title: BankBeats

post:
 December Bb's:

https://soundcloud.com/sambank/b…

Lokal, Samurai Breaks – Battle Stance (Original Mix)
L-Side – Never Feels Enough (Original Mix)
Hillsdom – Restless (Original Mix)
Eastcolors – Percwerk (Original Mix)
Teej, Objectiv – Keep It Cool (Original Mix)
Zero T, Bruk Rogers – Get Low (Get Low Zero T Remix)
Phase – Heron (Original Mix)
Silent Extent – Breakpoint (Original Mix)
Counter Culture – Meditation (Original Mix)
Speaker Louis – One More Time (Original Mix)
Primitive Instinct – Deux (Zero T Remix)
Phase 2 – Ethereal Jam (Original Mix)
ALB – Wat U Had & Wat U Lost (Original Mix)
Oliver Ferrer – Love is Peace (Original Mix)
Vilah – Change (Original Mix)
PoWR – You Ain't Heard Nothing (Original Mix)
Veak – Street Lights (Original Mix)
Command Strange, T.R.A.C. – Vastness (Original Mix)
Felov – Ominous (Thread Remix)
OB – Zero Sum (Minor Forms Remix)
Brain – Step Back (Original Mix)
RISC – Quattro (Original Mix)
Veak – Big Choppa (Original Mix)
Nichenka Zoryana – Stepenoud (Original Mix)
Makoto – Looking Down (Original Mix)
Note, MNQ (UK) – Floating (Original Mix)
Ritual – Never Let Me Go (Jamayne Remix)
Viewer – Mistakes (Original Mix)
Viewer, IVAN GLZCOR – Feeling Good (Original Mix)
Insideman – Colour Palette (Original Mix)
Microcosm – Giant Trees (Original Mix)
nCamargo – Blazing (Original Mix)
Hillsdom – Say No More (Original Mix)
Coil Circuit, Belik – Work It (Original Mix)
MSDOS, DuoScience – Livid (Original Mix)
Alexus – Discopath (Original Mix)
Command Strange, T.R.A.C. – Loyalty (Original Mix)
Viliah – Fake Feelings (Original Mix)
LSB – Rolling Sideways (Spectrasoul Remix)
Jack Boston – Always There (feat. Madcap)
Robert Owens, Bcee – Keep The Faith (Seba Remix)
Silence Groove – What Do You Want
Visages – Gaãa (Original Mix)
Total Science – Run It (Original Mix)
Inka – Vacancies (BDT017A)
Invadhertz, TomInTheChamber – Cold Shoulder (Original Mix)
Alix Perez, Zero T – Threads (feat. Alix Perez – Original Mix)
Break – Bongo Fire (2007) (Original Mix)
Seathasky – Pain So Deep (Original Mix)
DJ Teebee – Silent Depths
DJ Friction – Slipstream
DJ Die – Clear Skies
Dillinja (Capone) – Fusion
DJ Swift – 2nd Strike
Ram Trilogy – Time Chamber
DJ Die – Achilles Heel
The Ganja Kru – Dense (Original Mix)
Ganja Kru – Magic
Omni Trio – Torn (Original Mix)
Omni Trio – Soul Promenade (Nookie Remix)
Foul Play – Music Is The Key (Original Mix)

comment: Always a great mix of music

html_comment: Always a great mix of music

comment: Omni Trio! Blast from the past.

html_comment: Omni Trio! Blast from the past.


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Positive energy zones

comment: Love this

html_comment: Love this


topic_title: Grafician Hate Why?

post: makes up a mass shooting that never happened

comment: Learn to count cunt https://worldpopulat…

comment: @neverscared you too fix your country2 mass shootings in 2025 in Austriagrafician

html_comment:
@neverscared you too fix your country

2 mass shootings in 2025 in Austria
grafician

comment: 2000- 2022.. timeframes and years how to they work?

comment: looks like u r too dumb to read the own graphs u r posting

comment: missed an obvious "username doesn't check out" play there

comment: derp

html_comment: derp

comment: Do you guys enjoy when QBN is all petty personal squabbles? I think you must because all you have to do to maintain harmony around here is...

comment: Stop calling out people in dedicated posts. You can have a little disagreement in the notes / threads, or fucking email each other privately or something.

comment: Seriously, next time you find yourself creating a post about someone else on here, step away from the keyboard.

comment: I'm not singling out anyone. There are a few of you fucking it up for everyone else. Some of us have been on here 20 years.

comment: Kinda wishing I stepped away from the keyboard now.

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: i also worry that graf shouldn't be farming a few of these people, some of these 'run to mommy' posts are a bit eek!

comment: and now he is farming the people who are talking about the people he is farming ... that must be the grandmommies posts..

comment: milk comes from the tiddies

html_comment: milk comes from the tiddies

comment: and even u grandmommy enjoys it.

html_comment: and even u grandmommy enjoys it.


topic_title: Suggest a good movie…

post: This was actually really badass and visually stunning.


[User] rzu-rzu

post:
 If you like your Leonardo Da Vinci stuff he left behind:

https://codex-atlanticus.ambrosi…

[User] utopian


[User] Milan

topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: LOL

comment: Both these statements are true. his 3 day war has cost him hundreds of thousands of lives, made him a pariah and emboldened wannabe dictators like Trump.

comment: He's also pretty tough pushing around a militarily weak country like Ukraine (and even then he's struggled like a little bitch) imagine what would happen if he

comment: took on a nuclear powered Europe who had no qualms firing rockets up his ass at the Kremlin. Just a Fucking loser midget Gopnik. That's all.

comment: Russia fucked up Ukraine and entire NATO which is supporting it. EU is bankrupt, impotent, irrelevant, and falling apart. Putin never said "3-day war". FAFO

[User] zaq

comment: Milan has too much hangover after drinking samogonka all night


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: +1.We are so fucked.

html_comment:
+1.

We are so fucked.


[User] grafician

topic_title: Apple

comment: Finally https://www.msn.com/…

html_comment:
Finally

https://www.msn.com/…

comment: Fuck off

html_comment: Fuck off


[User] lodef

comment: oops wrong thread

html_comment: oops wrong thread


topic_title: Vid of the Day

[User] microkorg

comment: Saw this the other night. Brilliant.

html_comment: Saw this the other night. Brilliant.

[User] dbloc

comment: Trippy

html_comment: Trippy


[User] canoe

post: Walking down memory lane, catching the feels


[User] bezoar

topic_title: Scale Models & Diorama

post: Outstanding model, but that nameplate is disgusting.


topic_title: RIP of the day

comment: :( pornhub

html_comment: :( pornhub

comment: Back to banging their sisters & first cousins.

comment: HA!! Not in all cases.

html_comment: HA!! Not in all cases.


[User] AQUTE

comment: lol i have to learn all the new shit that i hate


topic_title: Hiphop like this.

comment: 1Intro2Look at 'Emfeat. Method Man & Redman3Sidewalk Executivesfeat. M.O.P.4Like Thatfeat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Ricco Barrino5Maya Crockett (S

html_comment:
1
Intro

2
Look at 'Em
feat. Method Man & Redman

3
Sidewalk Executives
feat. M.O.P.

4
Like That
feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Ricco Barrino

5
Maya Crockett (S

comment: 6God Modefeat. Conway the Machine & The Game7How Do You Knowfeat. Cypress Hill8How Longfeat. Public Enemy9Test mefeat. EPMD

html_comment:
6
God Mode
feat. Conway the Machine & The Game

7
How Do You Know
feat. Cypress Hill

8
How Long
feat. Public Enemy

9
Test me
feat. EPMD

comment: 10Pimp Gators (Skit)11The Cityfeat. Tha Dogg Pound12Spectaclefeat. Heltah Skeltah13No Gimmicks (Remix)feat. 38 Spesh, BooGeyManBeats, Da Youngfella

html_comment:
10
Pimp Gators (Skit)

11
The City
feat. Tha Dogg Pound

12
Spectacle
feat. Heltah Skeltah

13
No Gimmicks (Remix)
feat. 38 Spesh, BooGeyManBeats, Da Youngfella

comment: 14Back 2 the Partyfeat. Salt 'n' Pepa15Outro

html_comment:
14
Back 2 the Party
feat. Salt 'n' Pepa

15
Outro


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Nature of the day

post:
 ‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve

https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2025/…


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

post:
 Architecture no longer considered a "professional degree" in US

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/2…


post:
US president Donald Trump has signed the Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again executive order to make classical architecture the preferred style for new civic buildings in the USA.

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/08/2…

comment: oh the nazis hated bauhaus and their flat roofs so much

[User] Gabriel

comment: Full of gold of course

html_comment: Full of gold of course


topic_title: blog

post:
 @palimpsest Is haasie.com your creation?

I love that I copied a URL with a .pnj (not .png) extension into it and it auto-converted it to a .jpg without even prompting or mentioning it.

[User] palimpsest

comment: No, that's our boy skinny_puppy doing the Lord's work. <3

html_comment: No, that's our boy skinny_puppy doing the Lord's work. <br><3

comment: Ah nice. Well skinny_puppy consider me a delighted user :)

[User] Continuity

comment: haasie is the best thing that's happened to QBN in forever.pups is a legend! <3

html_comment: haasie is the best thing that's happened to QBN in forever.<br>pups is a legend! <3

comment: Dude will probably get rich with it one day if some tech company decides to buy it from him :) until then and until there are no ads I will enjoy and thank him

comment: Support Haasie

html_comment: Support Haasie

comment: Thanks all, appreciate the love. @mort just to clarify, Haasie looks at what the actual file type is and uses that. Technically no conversion is happening. Yet.

comment: @NBQ00 No ads. No tracking. Privacy matters. I will add login at some point, and then there will have to be a cookie for that.

comment: i use it now all the time. great work! and i support your "privacy matters" principle very much. thank you man!


post: The models at the NLA


topic_title: QBNer of the day

post:
 grafician

Because he was here before us.
<3

[User] YakuZoku


post: Martin Parr at 73

[User] futurefood

comment: Damn, RIP. Sad sad day

html_comment: Damn, RIP. Sad sad day


topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] kingsteven

comment: awesome

html_comment: awesome


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Because he was here before us

html_comment: Because he was here before us


post: Sam Altman & Jony Ive in conversation with Laurene Powell Jobs


[User] Gardener

topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post:
 I had a stall at a big record fair in Dundee today and managed to clear out loads of stuff cheap, Beatles, Genesis, Dylan etc, albums I really wasn't fussed with keeping and as usual the dealers were all over me. The advantage of this to me, was that I got chatting and to one of them in particular who told me he had just bought a huge Velvet Underground and related collection. I know how much he paid for the lot and there were some interesting bootlegs and all but i thought I'd offer him trade on albums from my stock which he would easily be able to double up + on and he took the bait! So I have managed to get a few keepers for my growing VU collection, the originals hardly ever turn up at fairs or anywhere in the wild so I cherry picked a couple of goodies and a live album I don't have. I was really pleased as I have never owned original US issues of their albums, I have the UK ones but the debut with it's banana intact and in lovely 'fresh' condition was an Xmas treat to myself, £100 in trade for such a beauty was a no brainer to me and it's in even better nick than my UK mono, there was even a spare bit of banana from another copy. If I have only one small gripe I wish VU&N and WLWH had both been US mono rather than the stereo issues but hey, it certainly made my Sunday Morning.

https://images4.imagebam.com/e9/…

The Eric Emerson 'torso' image projected upside down on the back cover was withdrawn of later pressings.

comment: Score!

html_comment: Score!


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: Philip Duffy, 1971


[User] renderedred

comment: oh, good times ;)

html_comment: oh, good times ;)


[User] grafician

post: and yet another one


topic_title: Code of the day

post:
 We have this

https://www.qbn.com/topics/76150…


[User] yuekit

[User] hotroddy

comment: Not sure what QBN'ers are worse at — geography or geopolitics.

comment: Hey Yuekit, is the Wuhan lab leak theory still racist? Checking for a democrat friend.

comment: Wait what does this have to do with being bad at geography?


topic_title: Font of the Day

[User] WallaWalla

comment: Timeline

html_comment: Timeline

[User] monospaced

comment: Fuck off.

html_comment: Fuck off.

comment: I was here before you, never forget that ;)


topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
https://browsewithnook.com/

Nook new browser with vertical tabs

comment: Innovation never's sleeps'.

html_comment: Innovation never's sleeps'.

[User] akiersky

comment: I'm a vertical tab convert. Started using Arc browser a couple years back, was great until it was too AI focused and they abandoned it.

comment: Switched to Zen, which is pretty similar, but Firefox-based. Nook looks interesting, a nearly exact copy of Arc, but open source. Might give it a shot


topic_title: Grafician Love

comment: Do you want me to reply to this garbage Lazaro or?

[User] pango

comment: yes

html_comment: yes

comment: You're so fucking stupid you don't realize you've already done did replied.

comment: Your  obsession with me is cute but retarded

comment: Exhibit A:https://www.qbn.com/…Exhibit B:https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Exhibit A:
https://www.qbn.com/…
Exhibit B:
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: Exhibit C:https://i.haasie.com…

html_comment:
Exhibit C:
https://i.haasie.com…


post: The first cracks are appearing in the eggs, I may have chicks by tomorrow!


topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: X got slapped with $100M in EU for crappy data handling and the toddler wants to end the EU now :))

comment: Everybody in the US and all their Russian handlers despising EU because they cannot control it

comment: Not really though.

html_comment: Not really though.

comment: Keep living in your bubble Ben

html_comment: Keep living in your bubble Ben


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
"For seven weeks, we hardly slept, with up to 10 of our in-house AI and post specialists at The Gardening Club working in lockstep with the directors. Every shot travelled through a rigorously engineered toolchain: real Google Earth plates, advanced style-transfer, pixel-level photo repair, custom LoRAs, control nets, bespoke ComfyUI graphs, and thousands upon thousands of tightly steered iterations.
Then came compositing, lighting balance, physics corrections, artefact removal, and final finishing in Flame. We generated what felt like dailies – thousands of takes – then shaped them in the edit just as we would on any high-craft production. This wasn't an AI trick. It was a film. And here's the thing I wish more people understood: magic isn’t the technology. The magic is the team behind it, people who pushed, questioned, experimented, swore at broken models, solved impossible problems, and refused to stop until every frame felt cinematic.

I don't see this spot as a novelty or a cute seasonal experiment. To me, it's evidence of something much bigger: that when craft and technology meet with intention, they can create work that feels genuinely cinematic. So no – AI didn't make this film. We did."

https://lbbonline.com/news/melan…

[User] Salarrue

comment: All that effort and still looks like AI slop shit

comment: I was surprised too that this type of ad took seven weeks and 10+ "specialists". I thought the point of AI is it's much faster/ efficient.


comment: Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.

[User] neverscared

comment: alzheimer ?

html_comment: alzheimer ?

[User] garbage

comment: @pali and for the thousandth time I'll add Believing is Seeing to the counterpoint reading list.

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I wish people knew about sites like this. wasitai.com

comment: @garbageA gol with a nar?

html_comment: @garbage<br>A gol with a nar?

comment: The book is not really a counterpoint. But Irwin believes that art is in the process rather than the object. It's a great art book!

comment: @Cy Thanks man

html_comment: @Cy Thanks man

comment: And the quote is really by Paul Valéry which brings it full circle.

comment: The wasitai site is 1for 3 for me so far, not great at distinguishing illustration or art ai from the real deal

comment: so @niko be nice and share?

html_comment: so @niko be nice and share?

comment: I tried a Norman Rockwell painting, a still from the Rudolph stop animation movie and a real painting of a bird from a friend and all came back as likely ai.

comment: But when it came to photos of people, it was 100% accurate, got every one on here right: https://thispersondo…

comment: i see. so far from accurate really.

html_comment: i see. so far from accurate really.

comment: thanks

html_comment: thanks

comment: @pali I meant compliment, and agreed. Damn this tired brain the past few weeks.


topic_title: Sexual Harassment of the DAY

post:
 LOL
look at that smile

[User] palimpsest

comment: This is so you!<3

html_comment: This is so you!<br><3

comment: They don't write diss tracks anymore. They make a documentary lol


topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: This is like something my mum would send me.

comment: i am your mother!

html_comment: i am your mother!


topic_title: It's Monday!

[User] Gabriel

comment: author?

html_comment: author?

comment: olly jeavons

html_comment: olly jeavons

comment: WOULD

html_comment: WOULD

comment: wood

html_comment: wood

comment: Totally worth it. There’s worse ways to go!

comment: Invincible?

html_comment: Invincible?


post: You talkin’ to me?

comment: You talkin’ to me?

html_comment: You talkin’ to me?

comment: You talkin’ to me?

comment: Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me?

comment: Well I’m the only one here.

html_comment: Well I’m the only one here.

comment: Who the fuck do you think you’re talking to?

comment: Oh yeah?

html_comment: Oh yeah?

comment: OK.

html_comment: OK.

[User] Continuity

comment: :spastic:

html_comment: :spastic:

comment: You know Iris?

html_comment: You know Iris?


post: one born, another on the way!

comment: Aww. This is lovely to watch.

html_comment: Aww. This is lovely to watch.


post: two!

comment: Which one gonna get eaten first?

html_comment: Which one gonna get eaten first?

comment: oooooiiii!!!!

html_comment: oooooiiii!!!!

[User] yovkov

comment: two chicks at the same time!! duuuude

html_comment: two chicks at the same time!! duuuude

comment: hey, I can handle 5 at a push!

html_comment: hey, I can handle 5 at a push!

[User] Ianbolton

comment: So cute. But “I can't go the rest of my life asking if it's Al or not”


[User] Danish

post: Act like a gentleman


topic_title: Science Of The Day

comment: I’m infinitely confused

html_comment: I’m infinitely confused


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

post:
 Researchers create 3D catalog of 2.75 billion buildings
All the world's buildings available as 3D models for the first time

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial basis for climate research and the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They enable more precise models for urbanization, infrastructure and disaster management – and help to make cities around the world more inclusive and resilient.

https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-e…


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Why not both!?

html_comment: Why not both!?


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Poster of the Day

[User] Gnash

comment: you get a jackboot, you get a jack boot, everyone gets a jackboot!


topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] kingsteven

comment: holy shit, this band is insane

html_comment: holy shit, this band is insane

comment: Yeah!

html_comment: Yeah!

[User] canoe

comment: The Sugarcubes have really mellowed out

html_comment: The Sugarcubes have really mellowed out


topic_title: blog

post: three!


[User] elahon

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: there is nothing less rock and roll than Kiss.

[User] utopian

comment: Surprised that Kid Rock diidn't receive an award.


comment: I don't get it at all but I feel like there's an explanation. This is my life story.


[User] Horp

post:
 It's going to be an unpopular hot take but...

I don't much like Martin Parr's photography; at least not consistently or fully enough for me to think of him as a great photographer.

He has taken some shots that really wowed me back in my art college days, but even then there were plenty of others who had taken equal and even greater candid street shots.

I've always found him to be, on the whole, a bit sneering and critical of other people's lives. He points his camera to say "look how crude, how basic, how easily satiated these poor people are".

Then there are the minor scandals across the decades that seemed to get brushed under the carpet.

The first was when subjects of his pictures allegedly came forward to say he had carefully contrived the scenes he'd shot... he asked them to volunteer and told them what to do, how to stand, how to behave. Yet the images were then passed off as spontaneous candid moments, caught by a photographer with a keen instinct for the decisive moment.

There were the smattering of alleged  accusations of racist intent which came a little later, but then seemed to be scrubbed, possibly by PR and injunction to protect the value of his archive... I don't know.

But also, and this isn't his fault I know... he inspired a plague of Parr-esque aspiring street photographers, who assembled in such monumental numbers to take very shit photographs of fat people with ice creams that it became a permanent mutation of what street photography can be. It curdled a once full spectrum thing into being either Parr-like, or not Parr-like, with the democratics of opinion leaning towards the notion that if it isn't Parr-like then it isn't street photography and is therefore shit...

"This picture is a bit boring... where are the varicose veins and the little dog pissing up the NO DOGS sign?"

He did take some really great shots, but he also took an ocean of mediocre ones, and for me there's just enough of a whiff of contempt and mischevious cruelty that I don't feel that I will mourn the passing of a great creative genius today.

*takes a cheeky shit on his compendium*

comment: who?

html_comment: who?

[User] pango

comment: NBQ

html_comment: NBQ

comment: Nothing I would disagree with there.

html_comment: Nothing I would disagree with there.

comment: popular take so far :)

html_comment: popular take so far :)

[User] hellrod

comment: All art is staged.

html_comment: All art is staged.

[User] MrT

comment: Some disagreement here. Never felt any sneer or judgement in his work, always a  celebration. Home for me was seaside Yorkshire, so it was relatable.

comment: https://www.theguard…Martin Parr obituary

html_comment:
https://www.theguard…
Martin Parr obituary

[User] letterhead

comment: Find it hard to believe some of his photos were not staged, especially with larger amounts of people.

comment: it's hard enough to art direct 5+ people in a  specific scene and get a single shot that doesn't need retouching. In my experience.

comment: Don't get me wrong, I don't hate his work, I just don't think it's as consistently remarkable as other people do.

comment: Interesting obituary.  Seems he had love for the north of England rather than a critical eye.

comment: The documentary's worth a watch too - only released in the last year.

comment: 1. Wait he died?2. The sneer was kind of the point. Gross colors, gross food / subjects. His photography always came across as staged like a LaChapelle..

html_comment: 1. Wait he died?<br>2. The sneer was kind of the point. Gross colors, gross food / subjects. His photography always came across as staged like a LaChapelle..

comment: ..about poor folks.

html_comment: ..about poor folks.

comment: 3. Do people really consider him a street photographer? It's such a dumb designation, but photographers are morons so maybe they do.


[User] Salarrue

post:
 Sorry for the rant in this thread but.

I have been using ChatGpt it since the beginning for various text generation tasks, business optimization, coding. Never for images, today my partner needed some images for a school activity, I started creating one by one, then the UI proposed that I can batch the generation of multiple images, I added that same phrase on the prompt and now my account has been flagged as some kind of automated bot activity, but that is my hunch, since tech support is non existent. I managed to send an email after frustrating chats on the help page and got a message that I might get an answer in the following days... days!

I am a plus customer, if this is not an AI bubble where a simple customer support structure cannot be provided from the supposedly AI Agent developer leader, explain to me what it is.

[User] monospaced

comment: That is unfortunate. But that’s not what a bubble means?

comment: The overestimated company that cannot solve simple customer support with its own AI agents is a clear sign of AI bubble. IMO

comment: I must be thinking of a different kind of bubble then. I hope this gets worked out. Cheers.

comment: customer service bubble where they all remain equidistant from the guy who got banned for batch generating images of children


topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] zaq

comment: which critics? 3 Russian troops on twitter?

comment: *trolls

html_comment: *trolls


[User] ApeRobot

comment: meh

html_comment: meh

[User] jagara

comment: Fuck Elon, but I'm pretty sure his money can't SOLVE world hunger.

[User] akiersky

comment: $40B/yr estimated to end world hunger https://www.wfp.org/…


[User] DaveO

post:
 Horp - thats a great take! I think its right to not accept 'National Treasures' if you don't agree. You can't argue with the fact that its an amazing body of work and there likely will never be a better creative expression of Britishness committed to the page.

With regard to anything he curated himself, i doubt that all the work was falsified (simply because there's so much of it in the Magnum archives – too much to be fully constructed) and I don't think his work should be judged by how 'authentic' it was. To me it was lovingly poking fun at the pockets of absurdity of life in Britain and all the weird and wonderful people that contribute to it.

I'm sure there was a formula that he worked out and knew what to do to create 'his' pictures.

Jamie Hawkesworth did a lovely book called The British Isles that to me is a more soulful and poetic tribute to our sceptred isles, and worth a look if this is up your street. The subjects are beautiful and dignified rather than cartoonish and caricatured, so offers a nice counterpoint.

https://www.anothermag.com/art-p…


[User] Gardener

post: Four! I think that may be it though.


post: Who else here is too stupid to come up with a good business idea in the age of AI that could make us filthy rich?

[User] YakuZoku

comment: 1 minute abs

html_comment: 1 minute abs

[User] grafician

comment: we're busy with Gardener's chicks you dumb fuck stop polluting the forum


[User] canoe

comment: Different for him. +1

html_comment: Different for him. +1


[User] PonyBoy

post:
 Got the new laptop... right out of the box this 'Tahoe' crap has my already grumpy brain really irritated... round corners on every last thing w/bevels and transparencies that just make for a complicated visual mess.

Oh yeah — the laptop screams / is a dream for heavy file sizes / work loads... but Tahoe... feels like a step backward :(

comment: Can't stand when brands integrate crap ideas that users never asked for. Ex: Jeep, they used to be fun, affordable 4x4s, now they're practically luxury, ffs


[User] futurefood

topic_title: UFO of the day

post:
 Processing a lot of video from this past week and found some cool objects but this video is by far the most compelling. I captured a group of 4 objects in infrared flying across the sky.

I am cross referencing the satellite data on the satellitemap.space site (Thanks uan) in the area over Los Angeles, I added a screenshot below. So far, when I capture these objects on video, there are zero satellites overhead. More likely, they are flying within the atmosphere, at least I hope they are.

I have been stabilizing the video to help get a better picture of what they could be. If anyone has a better suggestion, let me know

comment: a lot of parallax effect so satellite

html_comment: a lot of parallax effect so satellite


topic_title: Punches For:

post:
 Sagmeister & Walsh

Is that still a thing?

comment: Punch em anyway

html_comment: Punch em anyway

[User] AQUTE

comment: speedbag that lil mofo

html_comment: speedbag that lil mofo

[User] utopian

comment: Is she still flashing skin?

html_comment: Is she still flashing skin?

[User] bainbridge

comment: Didn't she start her own agency like 8 years ago making ugly work?

[User] Krassy

comment: punching way better creatives than you? wow so amazing

comment: NBQ you're a muslim that hates muslim people bro

comment: exactly, you know everything dot com :)

html_comment: exactly, you know everything dot com :)

comment: No one's punching anyone. And they can't be criticised because they're better creatives? Give over.


[User] ideaist

topic_title: The (G)Host With The Most...

comment: I got the 45 day warning from my host (rebel.com) that my VPS is being decommissioned...

comment: ...@noneck thanks for the solution; i think that's the way forward.

comment: Any other suggestions before I pull the trigger on Digital Ocean + Serverpilot???!!!XO

html_comment:
Any other suggestions before I pull the trigger on Digital Ocean + Serverpilot???!!!

X

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[User] noneck

comment: I've started using mxroute.com for email. Seems pretty good so far.

comment: You rule @noneck!

html_comment: You rule @noneck!

comment: @noneck, I'm having issue pointing my DNS to ServerPilot. Does it need to go through Digital Ocean (and added their) OR can I point directly to ServerPilot?

comment: @noneck; Got it! Just had to redo my app installation and all is good.: )

html_comment:
@noneck; Got it! Just had to redo my app installation and all is good.

: )


[User] prophetone

topic_title: The Christmas Thread!

post:
 DIE HARD alternate ending
https://www.instagram.com/reel/D…


[User] Nairn

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

post: This shit takes real commitment.

comment: i don't have the commitment to watch that video soz


[User] Squiddy

comment: hellyeah! bought this at Shibuya HMV mega store!! Good memories


comment: pobre Leno

html_comment: pobre Leno


post:
 ...at the Pistons game...
...out to dinner with the wife...
...at the cigar bar...
...playing golf...

ffs charity guy I thought you didn't have the budget to pay my full rate?

comment: damn playing golf doing silly moodboardshow much was your full rate bro

html_comment:
damn playing golf doing silly moodboards

how much was your full rate bro

comment: I mean will you ever recover

html_comment: I mean will you ever recover

comment: Like the Pistons, probably never

html_comment: Like the Pistons, probably never

comment: You totally missed what I said, and Pistons are in first place. Back off.

[User] garbage

comment: Dumars in shambles.

html_comment: Dumars in shambles.


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Stefan Sagmeister

html_comment: Stefan Sagmeister

comment: And she thinks she's so cool

html_comment: And she thinks she's so cool

comment: still would

html_comment: still would

comment: I did her

html_comment: I did her

[User] pango

comment: ^ and you felt the need to share because?

comment: because sharing is caring, pango

html_comment: because sharing is caring, pango

comment: lol and you wonder why people find you repulsive

[User] robthelad

comment: I like her stuff

html_comment: I like her stuff

comment: I'm a sweet bunny, pango.

html_comment: I'm a sweet bunny, pango.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Calling oneself a sweet bunny sure does make you more punchable NBQ. X

comment: How can you punch sweet little bunnies? :(

comment: with brass knuckles

html_comment: with brass knuckles

[User] MrT

comment: it's all about t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ me

html_comment: it's all about t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ me

comment: when the bunny is a vile racist sex pest, you don't punch it - you batter it with a big fucking hammer.

comment: lol I'm no racist and also not a sex pest, just your accusations because you don't like all my opinions.

[User] cherub

comment: there's probably a willy under that dress

comment: many moons ago, she liked one of my post on Instagram. I was very surprised.

[User] milfhunter

comment: trying to hard

html_comment: trying to hard


comment: Letterman lifts... who knew?

html_comment: Letterman lifts... who knew?

[User] futurefood

comment: Techno Viking knows all and sees all!

html_comment: Techno Viking knows all and sees all!


[User] Milan

topic_title: Putin = Hero

post: From The Moscow Times, which is based in Amsterdam

[User] grafician

comment: "The Moscow Times is currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, after relocating from Moscow in 2022. It was originally founded in Moscow in 1992."lol

html_comment:
"The Moscow Times is currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, after relocating from Moscow in 2022. It was originally founded in Moscow in 1992."

lol

[User] zaq

comment: "Opinion"

html_comment: "Opinion"

[User] Longcopylover

comment: "Independent""News"

html_comment: "Independent"<br>"News"


topic_title: Europe is Fucked

comment: Wrong numbers? https://wentworthrep…

html_comment:
Wrong numbers?
https://wentworthrep…

comment: LOL https://x.com/sillyf…

html_comment:
LOL

https://x.com/sillyf…

comment: Wrong country muppet

html_comment: Wrong country muppet


comment: "There are 27 countries in the European Union (EU) as of 2025."You have an old star map comrade update soon better

html_comment:
"There are 27 countries in the European Union (EU) as of 2025."

You have an old star map comrade update soon better

comment: Hahaha, you’re retarded

html_comment: Hahaha, you’re retarded

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Another grafician alt account 100%

html_comment: Another grafician alt account 100%

comment: LOL Milan was here before all of us Moldero :)))


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: "European Officials Eye 'Nuclear Option' of Dumping U.S. Treasuries If Trump Cuts Ukraine Deal Without Allies — WSJ"

comment: Entire $3.5 trillion dump, that would be unfortunate...

comment: god how i hate that yankee habit Of Capitalising Every Word.


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Speaking of Walsh, she's getting some backlash in her latest Instagram reel discussing AI:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/D…


[User] Gardener

post:
The fantastic five born yesterday have moved into the old lizard tank.

and lo it came to pass that a sixth was born this morning, praise be!

[User] palimpsest

comment: You should name the sixth one CotD.

html_comment: You should name the sixth one CotD.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: It's a shame the lizard isn't there anymore, it would have been nice ;)

comment: j/k. Congrats, chick-mama

html_comment: j/k. Congrats, chick-mama

comment: Congrats on your baby dinosaurs!

html_comment: Congrats on your baby dinosaurs!

comment: lol pali

html_comment: lol pali

comment: God dammit Pali, read it half asleep this morning and went completely over my head lol

comment: flol cotd

html_comment: flol cotd


[User] neverscared

topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
Billionaire Palantir co-founder calls for return of public hangings to show ‘masculine leadership’ in America

‘If I’m in charge later, we won’t just have a three strikes law. We will quickly try and hang men after three violent crimes,’ Lonsdale wrote on X

https://www.independent.co.uk/ne…

comment: if his stock keeps tracking... he might be the next president.

[User] PonyBoy

comment: that's his take on violence... what about 'white collar' / business crimes in his world?

[User] yuekit

comment: Those guys get pardoned by Trump obviously


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Jorge "Ilegal", 70. Sad day, a big man :(

[User] maquito


topic_title: Romania calling

post: this would be perfect for land of the fatties... usa ..though..

comment: doesnt get more black mirror.

html_comment: doesnt get more black mirror.


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Accurate

html_comment: Accurate

comment: deep

html_comment: deep


topic_title: The More You Know ★

[User] akiersky

comment: if both couples had a kid, what would their relationship be? great cousin-uncle?

comment: ^ fucked

html_comment: ^ fucked


post: lol

[User] monospaced

comment: lol, I had my doubts for so long until I my wife got pregnant almost immediately

[User] BK

comment: ^ Same story. Turns out my game was strong till baby making time.


comment: I don't understand this one. What did I miss?

comment: some dimwit said that creatives should be running agencies by the time they’re 40, or some nonsense along that line

comment: 4 a.m , 4 agencies, 4 neurons

html_comment: 4 a.m , 4 agencies, 4 neurons

comment: if he even worked at 1 he wouldn't have time to post as much especially in Dec, Runs 2 my ass, that's about all the time I have 4 QBN today

comment: He never said he ran one. He just talked mad condescending shit to members here who were mere CDs or senior ADs, saying they should be running agencies by now.

comment: I have to assume, since he is undeniably the BEST designer on QBN, and he was here FIRST, that he owns and runs at least 1-2 agencies.

comment: Is the shoebox dude back?

html_comment: Is the shoebox dude back?

[User] feel

comment: running an agency is a completely different business lol

comment: ^ it's "I laid out a page for Vice 15 years ago so I'm top designer now" guy.Vice lol, how cute ;)

html_comment: ^ it's "I laid out a page for Vice 15 years ago so I'm top designer now" guy.<br>Vice lol, how cute ;)

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: come on shoebox guy, revolutionizing the shoebox-showbox world

comment: Titles are merely honorifics... there was a time in Los Angeles the entry level rol at entertainment agencies went something like this:

comment: "Art Director" = Junior Artist "Account Executive"= Account Coordinator "Creative Director" = Art Director

comment: what does it matter as long as you get paid to solve problems and you enjoy the work

comment: Any of those run agencies, dude?

html_comment: Any of those run agencies, dude?

comment: I mean there are rules... this ain't 'Nam


topic_title: QBN'r AI Slop of the day

comment: anybody know and can point  the bestest software which might make it possible to get an approximate 3d version of it to fuck around with it in blender?

comment: Someone posted a video link the other day

comment: i know the meta stuff , but maybe some other software.. if the meshes are ok enough?

[User] PhanLo

comment: thanks

html_comment: thanks

comment: Oh you’re right it was this I was thinking about https://www.youtube.…

comment: The meta ones are bit low res,The Hitem one is better but no texture and Meshy does a really good textured one, but it's paid.

comment: oi

html_comment: oi


[User] renderedred

post:
 Typewriter Plotters
https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2143


post:
 This GitHub script claims to wipe all of Windows 11's AI features in seconds — "RemoveWindowsAI" can disable every single AI feature in the OS, from Copilot to Recall and more

https://www.tomshardware.com/sof…

https://github.com/zoicware/Remo…


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Animation of the Day

comment: And making of → https://www.youtube.…

html_comment: And making of → https://www.youtube.…


topic_title: blog

comment: the flat black thing with yellow towers is a warmer, acts like a mother they can sleep under

comment: M.O.T.H.E.R

[User] utopian

comment: Chicken Filets for dinner?

html_comment: Chicken Filets for dinner?

[User] bezoar

[User] garbage

comment: *MU/TH/UR

html_comment: *MU/TH/UR


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Well, what the hell do I do with all this Nitrous? Phish isn't playing in my area till next year!


post:
 Can I still apply as an intern at Sagmeister & Walsh?

Or should I first undress and show my wee wee?

[User] canoe

comment: I'm sure they've progressed past wee wees and do taints now


topic_title: Vid of the Day

comment: The lad has expanded from short films to music vids


[User] colab

post: Is everyone else getting the "sign in to YouTube" when trying to play videos on QBN? Or is it my dumb computer?

[User] WallaWalla

comment: yes

html_comment: yes


topic_title: Studio Cloud Storage

post: I recently got stuck in a google account reset password loop and was seriously worried I’d get locked out of everything. I read a few stories of this happening. For that reason alone, I would look at Dropbox or another solution.


[User] scruffics

post:
 we had the exact same situation as OP in our agency a few years ago and we went with Dropbox. Not had any issues so far.

before that we tried Adobe as they used to have cloud storage “for free” as part of the plan, and that worked reasonably well too, but they’ve fucked it up like they’re known to do and it’s no longer available.

[User] slappy

comment: Thanks Dropbox is an option. I'm interested in knowing what people chose and how its been going. Once we go down this path it will be a pain to change platforms


topic_title: Site of the day

post:
 Turned it into a blog...

https://everythingiseverything.c…


[User] prophetone

topic_title: making beats

comment: so many toys

html_comment: so many toys

[User] cruddlebub

comment: Wow on the intro!

html_comment: Wow on the intro!

[User] refunktion

comment: sold out in 12 hours.

html_comment: sold out in 12 hours.


[User] zaq

topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

[User] pango

comment: Yes

html_comment: Yes


[User] sted

post:
 Is it just storage or you need DAM too?

"designers don't end working locally and forgetting to backup their files" <- this only depends on the methods implemented into the workflow, using external storage doesn't gives you instant solutions to these issues.

back in 2016 i did a lot of research how to do this and we ended up using adobe cloud + secured local server + AWS backup only, made an interface to present the products and share assets with 3rd parties. this allowed a lot more flexibility with far less cost on the long run
and i still think its more reliable and faster than anything what can be cooked with 3rd party cloud services.

it took 2 months to develop and this system worked until we closed shop in 2022, our only issue was the constantly growing AWS S3 bill but we had years of backups in there.


post:
 We manage all our external client assets via Google Drive already where we have version control and sharing permissions sorted.

So really we need to house all the current client folders with open jobs for internal use, probably 600-1000 job folders and around 20TB.

Each year we will archive all the client folders and start new ones as we go, some carry over. We can probably keep the archive within the server / VPN framework we have now.

A long way of saying we want to work they way we do now but with our server infrastructure in the cloud for current clients.


[User] neverscared

post: Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

comment: let them eat 0.001% cake

html_comment: let them eat 0.001% cake