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Yesterday, 03:39 PMMy impression was that the director buds off new morays whenever it feels like, and only hears back from them when it reabsorbs them, and that the...79 replies | 4553 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:28 PMI'm seeing the box overlapping the box on some pages, particularly in the case of the Gunnerkrig Court thread where x is currently 38, I think...0 replies | 92 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 08:48 PMhalfeye replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterI used to like Heinlien, but then I read Farnham's Freehold. Apparently he didn't even understand why it was terrible.273 replies | 5344 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 08:39 PMI read most of the early Deverry series from the library, I have one, but I'd like to be sure the series is going somewhere before I go much further...857 replies | 101215 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 07:18 PMhalfeye replied to a thread How long would the Earth last if the sun became a black hole? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyI'm guessing, but I really do suspect you are mistaken, the thing that would make it quick is that once it starts, it will accelerate. When the...28 replies | 1482 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 01:45 PMIt doesn't? What does then?79 replies | 4553 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 11:32 AMI vaguely remember a quote, could just be pompous rubbish:1129 replies | 545700 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:54 AMhalfeye replied to a thread How long would the Earth last if the sun became a black hole? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyThe sun is not going to go supernova, at all, so long as it doesn't ingest twice its current weight in hydrogen (or other mass, but hydrogen is the...28 replies | 1482 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:38 AMhalfeye replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThe Mona Lisa is bland and boring.116 replies | 6690 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:34 AMThis drug is apparently legal in some places. Alcohol wasn't legal in the USA early last century, and is arguably more dangerous.79 replies | 4553 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 04:18 AMhalfeye replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterNah, there are still ticks.273 replies | 5344 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 08:16 PMhalfeye replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterSome birds do it, some mammals do it. Probably the majority don't, but except for the laws there's nothing particularly human about it.273 replies | 5344 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 07:17 PMhalfeye replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThe Girl from Uncle. Thr series showed up here after the Man from Uncle ended, and I liked it. I guess a person's got to do what feels right to...116 replies | 6690 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 03:07 AMThere was a time someone in the house was learning to play piano, and every time they hit a bum note, they'd stop and start again from the beginning,...307 replies | 45866 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 08:01 PMWhy are people who loathe and despise the comic still reading it? It's not the best comic I read, but it's by no means the worst. Cinnerkrig...79 replies | 4553 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 12:13 PMhalfeye replied to a thread Tech Help Best paper for printing my own playing cards with my printer at home? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyI imagine the main problem will be that the path of the paper through most printers is curved. My printer for one couldn't do it.5 replies | 544 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 07:01 PMIn my view, both can be correct (though your first seems to be a misuse). In your thread title, it's not a matter of A being more or less than B,...11 replies | 662 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 01:21 PMhalfeye replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterMy experience has been that diet is wierd. You eat a lot and very little happens if it's just one day, but eat a little over the margin for a week...1500 replies | 91792 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 01:18 PMhalfeye replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterThe EU's system of having everything related to 100gms of product is halfway to that, except when the manufacturer declines to put the weitht of the...1500 replies | 91792 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 12:17 AMhalfeye replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterWhile I agree with the general thrust of your argument, I have seen catering cans of corned beef or peas (fifty years ago, but I'm sure they still...1500 replies | 91792 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 12:06 PMMango's are fine for me, but Kiwi fruit are so acidic they make my lips bleed if I try to eat a whole carton. I find that it's often the case that...9 replies | 662 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 12:53 PMhalfeye replied to a thread The palm of the hand HAS to be the worst source of blood...right? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyThere are tales of people pricking their fingers and dying of it. Amputation solves gangrene, but there are other infections that are quicker.14 replies | 1055 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 09:23 AMhalfeye replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterNot the century before that?424 replies | 23247 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 11:18 AMhalfeye replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterAnother way of looking at it is that Everest is 29,000 ft high, and aeroplanes can't fly much above 18,000 ft without oxygen or pressurisation for...1500 replies | 91792 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 10:21 AMTwo to start with: Astrology. Never really was a science, but there are still believers even though it's been thoroughly debunked. Alchemy: Was...70 replies | 3264 view(s)
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