Answers Me posted:

Well, I’ve not watched it because why would I, but I’ve seen plenty of people point out that her Christmas speech was clearly recorded a little while ago as it was noticeably absent of any specific reference to recent events, so I should imagine they anticipate her health to be on the decline. Gone by the end of Feb, I reckon…

"goddamnedtwisto" posted:

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Yeah, that's why the basic idea is to strip it all the way back to the original idea except using an old GoPro to film effectively a backing track for it, and just let myself talk over it rather than over-thinking the content. Even as I type that I'm already mentally planning an elaborate chest rig and steadycam setup and basically I need a mental equivalent of a rolled-up newspaper to bop myself with when I start doing that.

Zalakwe posted:

While this is true at a base level it's complicated as gently caress to get charity status and run a charity once you have it. The vast majority of people working in the sector do it as at least somewhat a labour of love.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

All you need to do is phone the police and say "Hi I'm a vulnerable woman and I'll be at home all on my own at 123 Acacia Avenue all night".

Lady Demelza posted:

Typical police, spying on a harlot and ignoring the murders in the Rue Morgue.

Guavanaut posted:

We do not talk about the orangutan!

CGI Stardust posted:

not surprised it sank. it's made of concrete!

Jollity Farm posted:

These nerds aren't washing their cloth masks, are they? And they're reusing the disposable ones over and over, because words don't mean anything.

Lungboy posted:

White chocolate cocopops have disappeared recently too, my kids are going to mutiny when they finish the last box we have.

Guavanaut posted:

How about "Sir Tommy, because of his firebombed Astra"?

Yaxley-Lennon's car got done in Telford, he's blaming Pakistanis again

kingturnip posted:

Fortunately for Keith, Jormbly Crammel isn't currently a member of the Labour party.

Makes a lot of sense that 'Red Wall' voters poll respondents aren't apparently aware of that fact.

Maugrim posted:

The money went out this morning of course, but from a quick Google I get the impression that it's my responsibility as tenant to make sure the rent gets to his account by the 1st. Is that correct? I guess that would mean I need to move the standing order to like the 28th or something.

He's an extremely spiteful guy so we put a lot of effort into not pissing him off or ever having contact with him if possible.

Guavanaut posted:

You could have a guinea pig.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

I have one of these automatic-cleaning litter trays, originally bought in the beforetimes to try and stop the dog eating cat turds[1] while I was at work[2] but kept on despite the relative priciness of the trays because it really does reduce the litter smell to basically nothing within about ten minutes of being used. And also because I'm a deeply lazy person and a litter tray that just needs cleaning once a month would be worth ten times that to me.

[1] Labrador, nothing else really needs to be said, other than for a while I thought that she was developing a bladder problem because she was pissing on the doormat while I was at work - however I eventually realised she was eating the cat poo poo, which is of course made from the (loving expensive) special food he has to have to make him piss more because the poor little bastard almost died of a urinary blockage that was so painful it took two vials of ketamine to calm him down enough to even get him in the carrier to go to the vets. Turns out more than enough of the active ingredient was making it through his system to mean the dog's lovely warm mid-morning snack was making *her* piss more.
[2] I have a cat flap, but because there's a lot of other cats around who love to just loving wander in - seriously, I left the back door open on a hot day and found one of them taking a poo poo in the spare room - I got one of those electronic ones that work off the chip in his back to only let him in. However the clicking of the mechanism traumatised him enough that he won't go near it now even though I've taken the lock mechanism out (or, more likely, because he's realised it's much more fun to just make me get up and let him out).

Wait why do I have pets again?

quote:

'Here's how you know Jews are still where they are': Jon Stewart accuses JK Rowling of anti-Semitism over her depiction of goblins in Harry Potter who run the Gringotts Wizarding Bank

Jon Stewart called the goblins that run Gringotts bank in the Harry Potter universe an anti-semitic trope on his The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast

He questioned why J.K. Rowling chose to 'throw Jews in there to run the f***ing underground bank' in a world where people 'can ride dragons and have pet owls'

Rowling has been mired in controversy since June 2020, when she posted a series of tweets about the transgender community

She was not in attendance for HBO's 20th anniversary 'Return to Hogwarts' reunion special, which featured interviews with numerous cast members

etc

keep punching joe posted:

Reminder that there was a whole book in the Harry Potter series about changing gender via magic in order to get into the girls toilets.

Just Another Lurker posted:

The very definition of a first world problem.

My feed today will consist of a small tin of sardines, gherkins, nuts & dried fruit (not a diet, just can't be arsed cooking today).

Deketh posted:

Any thread recommendations for streaming services? I've never subscribed to one before, thought about Netflix but there's so many flippin options nowadays and I'm definitely not doing more than one.

NotJustANumber99 posted:

surely with a roku you still need to pay for all the actual content?

Szmitten posted:

For my TV needs I just want access to every episode of Time Team so I can watch a third of one every lunchtime. And the means to do so on a Sky box with Netflix and Amazon connected doesn't seem to be there.

sinky posted:

I'm sure Patel has an idea about how to deal with the issue of Activist Juries.

The Question IRL posted:

I didn't say "get all three/four" streaming services per month. (I mean you can if you can afford it.)
What I was saying was if you want entertainment, just pick one streaming service and watch what you want on it. If you pick any of those services there is easily a few months worth of entertainment on it. You just signed up for Netflix? Try out the Witcher, Umbrella Accademy and Stranger Things.

If you want to watch specific shows and they are on different streaming platforms, just prioritize which one is easiest to get with the service you have and you can always watch the other shows when you switch providers a few months down the line. You want to watch the Boys and the Expanse? They'll be waiting for you on Prime Video whenever you sign up.

But if you really can't wait, sure go ahead and pirate it so you can have it now.

But it really doesn't seem that convenient to setup a personal media server, download a bunch of shows to have them ready. If it's a show that's not on any service, I get that. But going "A Netflix subscription is no longer the perfectly optimum return of money to entertainment. So now I'll just pirate everything I want from all of them" seems strange.

Between work and a new baby, the wife and I only have like an hour to two a day to watch stuff. So we just focus on one or two series at a time, which helps us to no longer have huge libraries of material to chose from and then spending half an hour trying to choose what to watch.
It's sort of a "want the stuff you have, not want more stuff that you then don't really use."

I also think the earlier post about computer touchers seeing all problems as requiring technical solutions that are simple (to them) rings very true.

NotJustANumber99 posted:

Let me begin by saying I have no idea.

I suppose it matters on what the nature of the commercial use is? Are they in competition with other artists for the work?

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

The fact that the company didn't jump straight to payment in Exposure Bucks is already a huge leap above what most independent artists get offered for one-off jobs.

I know it's supposed to be an opening offer, but in art terms £12k for a one-off job is billionaire sugar daddy amounts; good on you if you can find someone willing to pay it, but the idea that this is a normal amount to open negotiations with is absolute eye-popping insanity. There was a big discussion some time back about the commission prices one of the real big hitters was charging for furry art, and I think even that was around the $3k mark.

Only Kindness posted:

Addendum to earlier post: I shall eventually be ripping my CIAM DVDs with AnyDVD+MakeMKV, transferring the resulting Matroska files to a Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32GB (DTMCK/32GB) and playing them back using the media player app in my TV.

So, please update your XLSXs accordingly - while enjoying your Netflix subscription perhaps?

Let's Run This Joke Into The Ground Oops Too Late

keep punching joe posted:

Get your mate to rinse them. My company recently paid 2 management consultants a grand a week each for about 3 months and they literally did gently caress all (didn't even try to fire anyone or anything), just sat in a meeting room and hosed about with a spreadsheet (which I had to build for them).

If they can afford 200k salaries for execs then they can pay market rate for graphic design.

Failed Imagineer posted:

skint or not, you don't know that they're not furries

killerwhat posted:

That seems low to me, assuming they’re self employed drawing stuff. Have to subtract for tax, pension etc perhaps.

bessantj posted:

I was going to ask "what anthem?" But it's the English one. Alright then, can that only be in England and Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland would get their own anthems?

Guavanaut posted:

Tweets don't get shown if there's a or tag in the post, to preserve the sensibilities of casual readers, I'm not sure if there's a setting to override that.

Gyro Zeppeli posted:

M&S food has some fantastic deals if you go yellow sticker hunting. My sister and brother in law get entire meals most nights from there for less than a quid each because they go just before closing.

Failed Imagineer posted:

You don't put your Death Grips and Necrophagist on shuffle when the in-laws pop round?

nurmie posted:

while the state of the music industry is pretty bad for artists nowadays (yeah streaming doesn't pay much - esp if your label/management take the vast majority of the income, people don't generally buy music anymore and live performances are a bit of a problem nowadays for Obvious Reasons), it's nearly impossible to put into words just how much Worse it was just 20-30 years ago. especially if you're not an A-lister, but things could get pretty grim even if you are