KelsonV @KelsonV@wandering.shop
Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy & comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him.
Joined Mar 2018
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Interesting look at when computers appeared in comics.
"After much anguished hand-wringing, I narrowed down the finalists for the "First Appearance of a Real Computer in a Comic Book" to three possibilities, two runner-ups, and a lovely Batman comic that I had to include because of the device's outlandish user interface. So six comics in all.""
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Moon Pairs and the Synodic Month
Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace
@hafnia Accept no substitutes!
@hafnia One of the classics!
A Welsh village's broadband service went down at 7am every morning for over a year. They finally tracked it down to electrical interference from a single old TV set whose owner switched it on every morning to watch the news. The "mortified" owner agreed to stop using it immediately, and the problem hasn't happened again.
@a_bun "This would never happen with real keyboard controls!"
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when you accidentally fave a toot bc the timeline skipped, that's a rogue like
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your molecules have been declared an unlawful assembly
please disperse into your constituent atoms immediately
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IMO, leaving some things unexplained is good writing. Your story's world should always feel bigger than the story itself.
That's why I like that moment in Lord of the Rings when Gandalf says "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Arnor. The Dark Fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn!" I haven't read the Silmarillion and still have no idea what exactly this all means. And not knowing things like this is captivating!
Gee, nothing creepy about that:
"Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house"
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453709/ring-always-home-cam-indoor-drone-security-camera-price-specs-features-amazon
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Youtuber: Do not stare into these lasers at close range.
Me: Don't stare into *any* lasers at close range.
Or any range.
OK, unless you're getting Lasik.
Apparently Mojang hired Anakin Skywalker to write the captions for block descriptions in #Minecraft Earth.
Covid news, Africa (+)
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Awesome. Studio Ghibli is providing images from their movies.
http://www.ghibli.jp/info/013344/
From a Google Translation: "From this month, we will provide scene photos of all Studio Ghibli works in sequence. This month, we will provide 8 works, mainly new works, for a total of 400 pieces.
Feel free to use it within the bounds of common sense."
@andrhia My kid has just gotten into that game too. I don't see the appeal, but at least there's more to it than some of the similar ones on Roblox.
I was in the area because my dentist is there and I decided it was time to stop postponing the appointments. It was also my first drive on the freeway since March and my first time out of the county since March.
Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy & comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him.
Joined Mar 2018
