Lyander

Not worth another update but hilarious: Pablo Escobar's hippos are people: https://gizmodo.com/pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippos-are-legally-people-court-1847904417

"From the animals' perspective, I think it's clear that they would prefer to be sterilized rather than euthanized." Sure, but if they're legal persons presumably they can't be sterilized without their permission, so...

...maybe just /sanitize/ them?

I hope this stack keeps you happy for a while! Time to get lost in the music and not the gear!

Amazing value at its price. My non-plus versions have been solid performers for years.

Hah, I actually haven't been listening for fun lately but spent nearly a solid 4 hours just staying up and enjoying music. Waaaaay past my knees' bedtime.

WTF on this one. Although I'd buy an HP-1 that was Pokemon themed.

LMAO if this sounds like a more sensibly tuned RS1 then I'm all for it! Thematically perfect as well-- surprised I missed this one :P

Sennheiser has the Hello Kitty HD800 coming out next year.

Apart from the trigger waffling at times my only actual complaints with the unit are that the one alternative nozzle doesn't fit as snugly (duct tape to the rescue!) and that the battery will be toxic waste eventually. Not easily user serviceable either since some plastic rings keep it from being pulled apart but hey everything's disposable nowadays (sigh)

I use a rocket blower I got to blow dust off the cameras. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/259157-REG/Giottos_AA1900_Rocket_Air_Blower.html

@Lyander, ok thanks. I've seen something pretty much the same on my local amazon.

@scblock, Mindblowing. HOW did I never think of that? My camera blower and a paintbrush just rescued my keyboard from the cats' hair birds nest that usually covers it. I'd like something a bit stronger though, that I wouldn't dare use on the camera

My vote goes to the kalita. Less fussy than a Hario since the results are basically the same regardless of how you pour the water. I like the general idea of the clever dripper but I don’t like the idea of hot water sitting in a plastic container.

@edd Which is why I recommend the Hario Switch or December to people :)

The Kalita was a close second I think but something about how the V60 looked just worked for me. Never heard of the Clever Dripper but it does look... clever! Hah. Dammit I don't need another rabbit hole.

@Taverius fresh pastries >> coffee unless it's a long day, haha.

As for the two minutes of careful pouring, I actually enjoy that sorta thing for the most part. Greatly calming.

Thanks. Actually have troublemoving around today and feel like death but was expecting it. Bingeing jujutsu kaisen at sisters insistence, surprise really hype.

Kobayashi san was surprisingly good

I am not in a moe mood but fine I'll check it out when able haha. I have a fluff tolerance level and it's been saturated by other shiz :))

Now THAT I would be tempted to sink cash into

Did you see this hilarious related story? https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/08/random_rapper_soulja_boy_claims_he_owns_atari_atari_doesnt_agree

@DigMe coming across that news is PRECISELY how I learned that Atari was going crypto lmao! Guess he at least succeeded in bringing more attention to it.

oh, just wait for your first OTA updates! rootkit dev bomb!! we're all Tesla meatbags now! Soylent green or something!!

Somehow Soylent Green was the most horrific part. NO need to eat! Nutrition gets beamed directly into every cell via NutriSync tech! Talk about body horror XD

But all kidding aside I generally feel like a floppy meat doll which makes me dread how bad off I'll be after second shot. Yeesh.

Unfortunately no. Let's us know how it goes.

It's fun! No major bugs other than pistol needing to be reloaded at the start of every round. Also saw an enemy t-pose after being shot but that's about it. It scratches the L4D nostalgia and is fairly challenging at mid difficulty, though I'm not an FPS player for the most part so that could just be me needing to get good.

Not worth another status: learned of Bill Hwang and Archegos just now. Reinforces the idea that the finance industry is scarier than most make it out to be and that things are just tenuous AF.

I just watched this last night! Gravitational lensing, so cool.

@DigMe as it turns out Einstein's theory on general relativity was proven way before this, and it's simply that this is the best example thereof to date.

The fact of gravitational lensing just makes me think the universe is a far more interesting place than many make it out to be haha.

Actually I was referring to how Einstein very specifically predicted how light would bend around black holes moreso than just theory of relativity in general.

optimist is pink, and smells faintly of roses. Pessimist is the nasty, yellowish stuff, tinged with industrial pollution.

I haven't seen much optimist for years. Sad.

@Thad E Ginathom likewise honestly, but some friends you can just reconnect with and pick up as if no time at all has passed. I fully believe optimist is one such pal.

What about optaries and pessaries?

Damn right, let me be a crochety old fart with lots of sedate days.

Take care. If "lovely" equates to great for tea, a volcano would make a great stove. Not a very safe one mind you.

Fuuuuudge. Obviously stay safe and be ready. Hopefully it won't bother you with more than worry.

Ya it was one of the worst industrial accident….we studied it in-depth during my mechanical engineering degree

"now Dow Chemical"

I also seem to remember that the company changed everything it possible could so as /not to be/ the company that did that stuff to Bhopal.

That seems to be the case exactly, yeah. I can fully understand why though, no one would dare take ownership of what's damn near a genocide

I use her track “Dear John’ as a negative test track. if it sounds good, my system isn’t resolving enough. and i like Taylor Swift.

HAH! Never heard of a "negative test track" before but that unfortunately seems to describe a fair portion of what I often listen to :P

@Lyander Yes, a track used with a known flaw. In the case of Dear John, it is compressed and brick wall filtered really badly.

Thankfully the vendor was nice enough to offer a full replacement, just need to swallow about $6 in shipping back and forth to their store, sigh.

Ducky One 2 SF is a pleasure to type on (not that I'm a connoisseur of good keyboards... yet?) but I'm 2 for 2 on QC problems.

Always good to avoid keycaps flying around.

Especially when we just got a FOURTH cat... albeit one that stays in an outside shed instead of contributing to the caterwauling kerfuffle in the home, haha.

As long as people can comprehend, I don't see why that would hold you back. Or you could wait till 2679 when humans move past shallowness.

Bit optimistic on that timeframe, no? Hah! But yeah, in all I guess it's just nerves and being super critical of every misspeaking, sigh.

When in doubt, don't. Somebody /with/ that accent will cringe when you make mistakes, even if they don't have a go at you for it.

The Keychron has been on my list but I'd rather not have to deal with batteries nor need BT, though quality of life things are always nice to have. And yep,, bought into the hype too and while I expected some deck flex the caps flying off was a severe irritant.

> The Keychron has been on my list but I'd rather not have to deal with batteries nor need BT

It also plugs in via USB cable :) Not trying to sell you on it, but it does function like a regular wired kbd when plugged in.

@philipmorgan spaced on this, sorry! And yeah the option to go wireless is a nice-to-have but given my luck with batteries I'm doing my utmost to avoid them as best I can; it just feels to me like a more overt way to shorten an appliance's lifespan, giving it a built-in battery.

https://hypebeast.com/2021/5/netflix-trese-anime-release-date-new-trailer