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Nameless Pete posted:At least you didn't embarrass yourself in front of any cool people. All the cool scifi writers are banned from the hugo's
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:All the cool scifi writers are banned from the hugo's It says a lot about the Hugos that I can't tell from first glance which scandal you're referring to
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 06:28 |
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Nameless Pete posted:At least you didn't embarrass yourself in front of any cool people. Yeah, my god it would have been pretty bad!
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 07:32 |
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Based on the fact that "semper ubi sub ubi" is a common first-year Latin pun, translated very roughly to "always wear underwear"... ...that would also mean "Ubisoft" essentially means "software", using the same pun logic. (More literally "where soft" but I think you get what I mean. Or maybe you don't and it's just the NyQuil talking) Sir Lemming has a new favorite as of 12:05 on Mar 18, 2024 |
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Sir Lemming posted:Based on the fact that "semper ubi sub ubi" is a common first-year Latin pun, translated very roughly to "always wear underwear"... Wait holy poo poo is that intentional? Additionally, just remembering first-year Latin shenanigans, quid me vis facere ?
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 17:58 |
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Yes, in a similar way to Obie Trice (real name, no gimmicks) being named for his love of wearing 3 belts. (it's ubiquitous software)
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:22 |
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Wikipedia's list of diss tracks goes back to the 1300s and includes Yankee Doodle Dandy and You're A Mean One Mr Grinch
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# ? Mar 20, 2024 15:42 |
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The simpsons episode Last exit to Springfield is two clicks away from 9/11 on wikipedia.
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# ? Mar 21, 2024 23:14 |
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DID YOU KONW 9/11 IN REAL COUNTRIES IS 11.9. ?!?!?!?!!?!?1111²22ELVATOLVAKATINKORVA
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# ? Mar 21, 2024 23:28 |
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For ten years I've been buying these lovely shower-mirrors. They last about a month and then fog up and start warping in weird ways. Well today I bought a new one, and someone in Amazon review section said, make sure you remove the protective film. So I go into my shower, where the latest of my worthless shower mirrors are. I peel back the film, revealing a perfectly pristine mirror underneath. I've thrown out a dozen of these motherfuckers over the years, and it's a goddamn headache to shave. Now I see why! I never realized there was a protective film over the mirror; I thought all that was the mirror. Holy poo poo I'm able to see myself in the mirror in the shower for the first time in years.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 09:35 |
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credburn posted:For ten years I've been buying these lovely shower-mirrors. They last about a month and then fog up and start warping in weird ways. What the hell did you think mirrors were made out of so that they could warp? This is impressive.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 09:51 |
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3D Megadoodoo posted:What the hell did you think mirrors were made out of so that they could warp? This is impressive. I figured the stuff I was buying was like a reflective film that was glued to the fixture, and that was what was warping. Like some kind of reflective foil or something.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 09:53 |
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credburn posted:I figured the stuff I was buying was like a reflective film that was glued to the fixture, and that was what was warping. Like some kind of reflective foil or something. Ah, oh. There are mirrors like that but I haven't seen one since the 1980s. They are also completely useless from the get-go.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 09:57 |
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credburn posted:For ten years I've been buying these lovely shower-mirrors. They last about a month and then fog up and start warping in weird ways. I don't think you should be allowed near razors or water unsupervised
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 10:19 |
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I love credburn anecdotes
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 13:42 |
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Honestly, I get it, I've had some devices for over a decade before realizing that I hadn't removed the clear plastic film from them.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 13:50 |
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Honestly, I get it, I've had some devices for over a decade before realizing that I hadn't removed the clear plastic film from them. My dad managed to install a screen protector on top of the protective film on his phone, then put it in a case which itself had an inbuilt screen protector. No wonder it responded so poorly. I removed everything when I visited him for Christmas and it was like a brand new phone. 😞
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 15:30 |
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Creature posted:My dad managed to install a screen protector on top of the protective film on his phone, then put it in a case which itself had an inbuilt screen protector. No wonder it responded so poorly. I removed everything when I visited him for Christmas and it was like a brand new phone. 😞 my grandmother did the exact same thing and I fixed it and she was over the moon with how easy it was to use after that.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 15:47 |
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I haven't used a screen protector in years and years with no scratches, I think screen hardness technology has made them obsolete at this point
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 16:03 |
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Amoeba102 posted:The simpsons episode Last exit to Springfield is two clicks away from 9/11 on wikipedia. Yeah but The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson is 1.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Honestly, I get it, I've had some devices for over a decade before realizing that I hadn't removed the clear plastic film from them. My microwave looks like I never peeled off the plastic protector from the window part, but there's no plastic, that's just how it looks.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 18:43 |
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I remember back when my folks got their first round of smartphones, my dad left that film on the screen to protect it, and tried to convince us to do so too. But the funny part was that the phone model we all got was made with gorilla glass back when tough screens weren't so common on cheaper models, its whole design was based on you being able to drop it off the roof or run over it without hurting it!
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 19:28 |
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incredibly hosed- up to make glass out of gorillas, though
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 22:08 |
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That part's fine, we must continue our war against apes on every possible front
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 22:21 |
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Empty Sandwich posted:incredibly hosed- up to make glass out of gorillas, though Geez, you people whined and whined about the dolphin glass, and as soon as we find a replacement, you start complaining all over again!
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 23:32 |
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Captain Hygiene posted:That part's fine, we must continue our war against apes on every possible front No need, come winter they simply freeze to death.
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# ? Mar 23, 2024 11:50 |
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The Conan spinoff character Red Sonja was created by Marvel comics and wasn't originally from the novels. She was loosely based on a Robert E. Howard character with a similar name who was a 16th century gunslinger and not an ancient-era swordswoman
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# ? Mar 24, 2024 09:12 |
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Aphrodite posted:Yeah but The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson is 1. Yeah but that's more straight forward. I wasn't expecting to be able to get there via Anthony Perkins.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The Conan spinoff character Red Sonja was created by Marvel comics and wasn't originally from the novels. She was loosely based on a Robert E. Howard character with a similar name who was a 16th century gunslinger and not an ancient-era swordswoman Did the gunslinger still wear a metal bikini?
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# ? Mar 24, 2024 12:11 |
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"No man may take me unless he shoots me in a duel"
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# ? Mar 24, 2024 12:30 |
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Philippe posted:Did the gunslinger still wear a metal bikini? When Red Sonja debuted back in '73 she actually wore a full chainmail top: ..... but that didn't last long, by '75 they'd already switched over to the chainmail bikini
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# ? Mar 24, 2024 12:39 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The Conan spinoff character Red Sonja was created by Marvel comics and wasn't originally from the novels. She was loosely based on a Robert E. Howard character with a similar name who was a 16th century gunslinger and not an ancient-era swordswoman Shadow of the Vulture set in the 16th century Ottoman Empire. Great story.
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# ? Mar 24, 2024 20:32 |
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Florence Pugh was not involved in notorious and public litigation with Johnny Depp.
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 08:28 |
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PYF thing you just Heard
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 15:39 |
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Ms. Pugh if you're reading this (and I'm sure you are), I apologise.
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 17:31 |
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It's fine. ...I mean, I'm sure she'd say it's fine.
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 18:02 |
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The tv series Shogun is not based on historical events. The reason why the setting is so similar to the circumstances before Tokugawa Ieyasu got into power is because one of the characters is not!Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 18:24 |
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It's based on a novel that's based very loosely on the life of William Adams.
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 18:35 |
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It's semi-historical fiction, a lot of parallels but the story has been changed for dramatic purposes and to make it easier to follow, so some characters have been combined and their stories altered. Sorta 'based on true events' level.
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 19:43 |
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# ? May 9, 2024 23:05 |
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The currency of EVE Online, ISK, is the same as the currency code as Iceland. I figured this out by looking at a list of currency codes at work, and spending way too long wondering why we stored the EVE currency in the database.
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