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  • Whenever I go back to the forums I'm always surprised by the amount of familiar faces, though at the same time with the amount of unfamiliar ones the place still feels completely different.
  • edited 2021-01-27 09:36:39
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Andy Warhol made one of his earliest films, Mrs. Warhol (black-and-white, 66 minutes), in the basement apartment of his house, where his mother (Julia Warhola) lived.
    source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement_apartment
    (no reference given)

    literal mother's basement
    Don't knock it. =P
  • edited 2021-01-27 09:53:03
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    half-asleep economics thought:

    in circumstances where people often get inadequate resources because gathering a full set of what one needs is far more difficult than just getting some, some scenarios result in a lot of cooperative activity, wherein people trade things between each other, while others result in little cooperative activity, wherein people largely keep to themselves and rely more on optimizing their own personal-use production

    this can be seen in games with virtual items; some have very robust inter-person trading while some see people preferring to sit on their own items and accumulate (possibly optimizedly) the resources they need.

    what makes them differ?
  • edited 2021-01-27 15:44:24
    There is love everywhere, I already know
    It's probably obvious by now, but I should probably stop dragging my feet and make it official: I've left IJBM.

    I didn't want to do this, and this isn't a decision I make lightly. There are many reasons this way and that, but I think we've all got the general gist and that's good enough. I also understand that this will certainly accelerate the site's eventual calcification, something that I'd tried to prevent for quite a while.

    I guess one new reason is that I was proven right quite quickly the first time I came back.

    I think a great way to present everything in image form is:

    VBhMaoz.png

    Because I do want to be as transparent as possible, I will be staying in contact with Stormtroper off-site.

    If you, that is, GMH and lrdgck want to reach me, you can always PM me. I'll get it.

    I don't think we should overlook what we achieved here, for years and years (and years), with no real incentive or direction. It was a good run.

    So thank you for all of that.
  • Awww, when I saw that the latest post had been made by you, I had hope that we'd be seeing more of you around these parts.
    Well, you know my opinion. It is unfortunate, but if it can't be helped...
    I wish things had turned out differently.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Well, I wish you well, in any case.

    Also I was curious and went and googled "epistemic divorce" and was surprised that this phrase is apparently actually in use, not just as a meme?
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    heyyyyyy

    I mean, I know I've been posting metal versus j-pop and Cajun or Middle-Eastern versus sweets, but it seemed all fine \_(o_O)_/
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    If I recall correctly, he's argued with both you and me on politics, me more heavily of course. Given the picture he posted, and the fact that basically nothing else involved drama, that's probably it.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall him saying that he kept getting into arguments in multiple places. Given how strongly held his beliefs were (are?) regarding the grave danger that certain ideas have to western culture and society, I could imagine that he wanted to be able to air his opinions here, but the fact that I would respond (and would probably argue with him) frustrated this idea too.
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    So, we have a M:tG thread in its 31-st page, and the last time I was in was on the second. I used to play, but all within the same circle of friends and the latest I felt approachably close to up-to-date was around the Ravnica block, so guess I was a bit intimidated.

    Still am, but I might take a peek once in a while.
  • Ooh, I didn't know you were into MtG at one point. I'm guessing you're referring to the first Ravnica(: City of Guilds), the 2006 block, and not Return to Ravnica (the 2012 one that was current when the thread was in its infancy) and definitely not the one that was released two years ago?
    But yeah, it can be intimidating being out of touch with the game for a while and then suddenly there's a 5 mana 6/6 with a million abilities, creatures that are also of every other card type (including colored artifacts and whatever a planeswalker is), and a gingerbread man.
    It helps to know that none of us actually know what we're doing when a new set is out (e.g. now).
    I've managed to keep the thread going but it's usually just throwing words into the air.
    On unrelated stuff, I can't find one of the MIT OCW series of lectures, apparenlty this is the only video left on YouTube (uploaded by what looks like an unofficial account). I wonder if it no longer exists on the internet.
    Also, I've been finding it surprisingly hard to find archeological plans/schematics (not of the era, obviously) of ancient monuments.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    > MIT OCW

    This reminds me i should go back to watching episodes of this one Spanish-teaching telenovela which was used as a teaching tool in an MIT OCW course on Spanish.
  • I know there's (was?) an OCW courseware based on learning Italian through cooking recipes.
  • I know there's (was?) an OCW courseware based on learning Italian through cooking recipes.
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Today I learned there's a whole long page on fanlore.org wiki devoted to Vulcan genitalia (and most of that content in turn is devoted to Spock's). Not that I am surprised by it.
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    I watch that one series about playing chess and now I'm passing the time playing against the computer. Beginner bots don't feel like I'm learning and advanced bots keep pissing me off, smart bastards.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Which one series? I think there are a bunch lol
  • I wonder if that's whyvYoutube has been recommending me a bunch of Chess videos.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Happy Moo Year, everyone!
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Moo!
  • Translator's note: "moo" means "moo".
  • Once again the main water pump is malfunctioning, hopefully it'll be something simple like last time when the pressure switch contacts were overly corroded.
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    >the main water pump is malfunctioning

    I hear a big thirteen on your back is in vogue this part of the year
  • i dun geddit, but I bet it involves a Netflix show.
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Actually, it involves Fallout. /soniamdisappoint
  • Should have known.
    Whatever it is that the pumping system had, it seems to have fixed on its own. Perhaps the level meter was stuck somehow and as the water level raised it got unstuck?
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Anyone ever have the situation of having one hand flushing the toilet and another hand beneath the running tap at the same time and feel like it's like connecting power to ground?
  • Not at all. You'll probably want to check that out, if there's something (water heater?) that's connected to a pipe somewhere.
    The closest thing I've had was a suicide shower that might zap you if you touch the (metal) shower handle.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    it's not a physical feeling, just a conceptual idea
  • Nopes, haven't had one of those.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    IJBM: the "Boobs of Steel" trope

    It's basically a list of instances where "character with large boobs" coincides with "character who fights physically".
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