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Earwicker posted:certainly true for lots of fields and subjects but im having a hard time imagining someone deriving much puffed up self-importance from being a certified pallbearer of all things
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I was doing some spring cleaning and found this. I remember buying this (for some reason) in the 80s. It was part of series of reproductions of ancient tools/devices. I haven't run across the stand (which may be lost to the universe). What the hell is it? Who the hell made it?  
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Jul 18, 2020 23:29
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Gyroscope?
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Jul 18, 2020 23:39
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El_Elegante posted:Gyroscope? The center ring only goes 90 degrees. I think it was clock of some kind and you had shine the light of the sun through the tiny hole in the center scale.
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Jul 18, 2020 23:44
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Some sort of astrolabe?
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Jul 19, 2020 00:38
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Looks like an astronomical ring aka a traveler's sundial
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Jul 19, 2020 00:43
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Tenik posted:Looks like an astronomical ring aka a traveler's sundial That appears to be it. Thanks. Now to figure who made it.
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Jul 19, 2020 00:47
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Slimy Hog posted:Fruit leather?
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Jul 19, 2020 03:41
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Mister Kingdom posted:That appears to be it. Thanks. Ancient aliens, duh.
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I have a macbook which is connected to a pair of bluetooth speakers via airplay. I want to add a wireless projector to make this a home theater setup for movies. What problems am I likely to encounter? I’ve googled and can’t seem to find many people with a similar setup. My goal is just to minimize cables without having a super laggy performance.
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Jul 19, 2020 16:47
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I keep seeing internet people nut their pants for The Last Airbender and Clone Wars. Like adults. Is this just nostalgia or are these good shows for a well adjusted adult to watch? (I never saw them when I was a kid i am an old)
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Jul 19, 2020 17:33
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Manager Hoyden posted:I keep seeing internet people nut their pants for The Last Airbender and Clone Wars. Like adults. Is this just nostalgia or are these good shows for a well adjusted adult to watch? The Last Airbender is a genuinely fun show with solid writing, and I believe the Clone Wars is good as well. The thing is, I can say that a dozen times and you still can't be sure until you see 'em for yourself. I recommend watching the first few eps of both shows and deciding if they're something you want to see more of. Also, remember that they're written for teenagers, I believe, so if something stupid happens, forgive it.
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Jul 19, 2020 17:38
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I watched ATLA for the first time recently, and it's genuinely a very good show. If you can tolerate a little geared-toward-kids goofiness then you'll be able to appreciate it.
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Jul 19, 2020 17:39
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The answer to that question lies in the distinction between "all-ages" and "for children". Shows like Adventure Time and Steven Universe are good for people of any age, whereas shows like Paw Patrol or whatever are just trash to put in front of kids so they don't bother you. I'm under the impression that Last Airbender is a legit good show for all ages, but I never watched it myself. I wouldn't trust Clone Wars because people are always going to give it a lot of extra credit for being Star Wars, but if you like Star Wars then probably give it a try. e: I just realized, do you mean the original Clone Wars or the new one? The original is pretty great. It's short and there's not much talking and a lot of really cool animation and action from what I remember.
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Manager Hoyden posted:I keep seeing internet people nut their pants for The Last Airbender and Clone Wars. Like adults. Is this just nostalgia or are these good shows for a well adjusted adult to watch?
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Gobbeldygook posted:I watched the first season of Clone Wars as an adult and it was absolute dogshit. Life's too short to watch bad TV. I wouldn't describe it as absolute dogshit, but I don't remember thinking it was great. It might have gotten love for being better than the prequels.
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Jul 19, 2020 17:50
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Weren't there two different Star Wars cartoons both called 'Clone Wars?' Did nobody think that wouldn't cause any confusion?
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Jul 19, 2020 17:56
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Gobbeldygook posted:Life's too short to watch bad TV. True. That's why I spent thirty seconds asking on here rather than "give it a season to get good" which is what ever person on the face of the earth says about any show. Ive been burned too many times on cartoons that are internet popular but end up being terrible, but every now and then one turns out pretty good. That's the price you pay for being nerdy enough to enjoy nerdy things but not nerdy enough to be plugged into the parapopular culture.
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Jul 19, 2020 18:01
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YggiDee posted:Weren't there two different Star Wars cartoons both called 'Clone Wars?' Did nobody think that wouldn't cause any confusion? Well one of them aired in 2003 for 25 10-minute episodes and one of them aired in 2008-present for 133 22-minute episodes. Their target audience is just kids watching TV or Star Wars nerds, it's not really important to them whether or not people on the internet have to specify which one they're talking about at any time.
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I watched a little bit of Avatar when I was a kid, and just finished watching the Last Airbender as an adult. The first season is absolutely kid focused, with some smart bits and some surprisingly deep scenarios. The second and last seasons are fantastic, and have sharp writing, a well thought out narrative, and some occasional kiddy goofy bits that were fitting reprieves from the occasionally dark tone. Classon hit the nail on the head when they said it was a good All-Ages show. Watch the first three episodes to see if the premise works for you. If you think it's too kiddy but has some promise, skip to episode 19 of the first season and watch from there. You'll miss a lot of world building and introductions to tertiary characters that come back later in the show, but you can probably infer what happened based on the context. Tenik fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jul 19, 2020 |
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Are there Beethovens or Mozarts today? Not necessarily related to composers, just people with that last name? Google-fu failed me.
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Doctor Malaver posted:Are there Beethovens or Mozarts today? Not necessarily related to composers, just people with that last name? Google-fu failed me. Apparently there's a couple of them floating around. ~80 Beethovens, most popular in the US https://forebears.io/surnames/beethoven ~640 Mozarts, most popular in Brazil https://forebears.io/surnames/mozart
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Jul 19, 2020 21:15
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Are there any DIY alternatives to the ring camera which allow for local storage instead of uploading to the internet? I seem to remember reading something about it but I can't find it again for the life of me.
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Jul 20, 2020 16:36
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Bioshuffle posted:Are there any DIY alternatives to the ring camera which allow for local storage instead of uploading to the internet? I seem to remember reading something about it but I can't find it again for the life of me.
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Bioshuffle posted:Are there any DIY alternatives to the ring camera which allow for local storage instead of uploading to the internet? I seem to remember reading something about it but I can't find it again for the life of me. Cameras in general, sure. A doorbell camera? I'm still looking for something that both doesn't suck and it's a $1600 commercial/apartment building type system.
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Bioshuffle posted:Are there any DIY alternatives to the ring camera which allow for local storage instead of uploading to the internet? I seem to remember reading something about it but I can't find it again for the life of me. Not DIY, but the Eufy doorbell cameras store the video on themselves and can stream it to your phone. So it still goes over the Internet, but there isn't any cloud storage.
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I'd like to get myself a laptop and I have no real idea how to do so beyond typing "Laptop" into google and order the first thing that comes up. I need it mostly for work stuff (which means writing and researching) that nowadays any smart toaster can do, so performance is mostly not a big issue, although running some basic games or just be a general nice, modern all-rounder with solid speed would be excellent. I have no plans to do any artistic stuff (photoshop for posting at best), rendering or run whatever big games are currently in with it. Any recommendations for something like this? Pretend I know nothing about anything, because that's true in general.
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Goons Are Great posted:I'd like to get myself a laptop and I have no real idea how to do so beyond typing "Laptop" into google and order the first thing that comes up. I need it mostly for work stuff (which means writing and researching) that nowadays any smart toaster can do, so performance is mostly not a big issue, although running some basic games or just be a general nice, modern all-rounder with solid speed would be excellent. I have no plans to do any artistic stuff (photoshop for posting at best), rendering or run whatever big games are currently in with it. This is the thread you need for all your laptop questions https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3552651
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Should have included that I am also very bad at browsing this forum and notice what threads could be helpful before posting  Thanks!
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Is this a good desk to buy? https://www.amazon.com/Tribesigns-Computer-Storage-Shelves-Workstation/dp/B0852J95MB/ I want to use it for 2 people, but I don't know anything about desks.
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Bioshuffle posted:Is this a good desk to buy? https://www.amazon.com/Tribesigns-Computer-Storage-Shelves-Workstation/dp/B0852J95MB/ I want to use it for 2 people, but I don't know anything about desks. Well Fakespot gives the reviews an 'F' rating so probably not.
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Manager Hoyden posted:Fakespot Woah.....I didn't know about that site. Thanks.
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Motronic posted:Woah.....I didn't know about that site. Thanks. Take it with a grain of salt, it's very unscientific and frequently will report things very low for bullshit reasons. For instance, Amazon's own listing of the FireTV stick, with over 200k reviews is rated as "F" as well https://www.fakespot.com/product/fire-tv-stick-with-all-new-alexa-voice-remote-streaming-media-player They don't really say why something is rated as it is but if you trust Fakespot's analysis then you would have to believe that Amazon is hiring 200k people to write fake reviews for their product. Usually it's easier to just read the actual reviews and see if they sounds like someone who actually owns the product. For instance, if you look at the actual desk listed it's got a bunch of verified purchases and pictures of people who have set it up in their actual homes. I would say it's pretty accurate to say those are real reviews.
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FCKGW posted:Take it with a grain of salt, it's very unscientific and frequently will report things very low for bullshit reasons. That's the wrong listing - the actual listing has a Fakespot rating of 'C'. Still not great, but right below that you can see the adjusted rating - what it would be once you eliminated the sketchy reviews. It's still 4.5 stars in this case. Fakespot doesn't just look for fake reviews, it also looks for habitual reviewers, unverified buyers, and reviews that are copy/pastes from other reviews on the site. And yeah you can rig verified buyers too - they just reimburse career reviewers for their purchase plus a little extra. Fortunately, these people tend to review a ton of things, so the system count theirs as a bad review for the purpose of their Fakespot rating. Yeah it's not perfect, but 90% of all listings on Amazon are cheap drop-shipped poo poo, and it's the only semi-working screening service there is. So it's not so much "take it with a grain of salt" so much as "it won't work all time, but it'll work more than the Amazon review system".
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so when 'fight club' came out, tyler durden was seen as this hero/inspirational figure for tons of people, right? was the same true of patrick bateman?
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abelwingnut posted:so when 'fight club' came out, tyler durden was seen as this hero/inspirational figure for tons of people, right? was the same true of patrick bateman? Yes. No.
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Is it possible to use a home CNC machine for both wood and metal, if I swap the tools out? I was thinking of getting a CNC machine that can handle metal (so it has coolant and swarf collection), and then just swap the tools out for stuff that can handle wood so I can work on wood items too. But I don't know if this is viable.
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FCKGW posted:Take it with a grain of salt, it's very unscientific and frequently will report things very low for bullshit reasons. I downloaded it out of curiosity and messed around on Amazon for a bit and I'm calling BS on this app. One of the first things I noticed was a F rating for Portrait of a Lady on Fire criterion blu ray sold by Amazon. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that some people being mad about lesbians hosed their algorithm up. Then I looked at a bunch of stuff I've bought from 3rd party sellers that was great and most of it was rated C, probably due to mixed reviews from people too stupid to use the products correctly. I wouldn't trust this thing as far as I could throw it. E: To be fair I ran some sort test that took 5 literally minutes and it updated the Lady on Fire blu ray to a B , but this thing still doesn't seem very useful as a consumer watchdog app. I give it an F. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 09:41 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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Why would you use it on a movie?
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Platystemon posted:Why would you use it on a movie? I didn't? I ordered some criterion movies the other day and my top recommendation to get me to buy more of them had a big F over it and it wasn't too hard to figure out why. I'm not "using" it on anything it just displays over your normal amazon page.
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