What are silverback gorillas?

No problem, he can just use ChatGPT to write a note that is correctly spelled, and can also punch up the language for more impact.

/s obviously.

A decent re-orientation episode.

I have no idea who bag head is though.

The Dusters are running out of ideas for monster of the week. It’s getting worse…

madcatz controllers

I think that might violate some treaty against torture.

curlyhair? Posting that kind of link there is very suspiciously spammy/spambotty.

I volunteer as tribute to be mod of !keepwriting@lemmy.world

Thank you!

If you’re a mod, you can lock the un-needed /c or restrict posts to mods-only, update the name to say something like (deprecated), add a post with a link to the active /c, etc. to direct anyone who comes across the unneeded /c.

The device shown is similar to a Sony Walkman mobile audio tape cassette player

At the time of the Walkman’s release in 1979, the audio tape compact cassette was an established standard for stereo music distribution, otherwise to play your own music, you had to deal with bulky non-portable LP record players, cassette decks for hifi racks, or portable boomboxes with handles, or even bulky 8-track cartridges with even bulkier players.

The Walkman, a new class of audio playback electronics that you could put in a (big) pocket, was revolutionary.

Sony’s advertising campaign portrayed the Walkman as for active, hip and cool people: https://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/the-first-walkman-ads.4479/ https://music.si.edu/video/iconic-sony-walkman-1979-tv-ad Much like Apple’s “silhouette” ad campaign for the iPod music player

Also, the Walkman style headphones were lightweight with sponge foam ear pads and small 3.5 mm plugs, vs the then-standard 1/4 inch/6.35mm stereo jack.

Much lighter and cheaper than the priorly typical headphones with bulky vinyl-covered earpads with bulky cords and jacks, as would be used in professional audio setups today.

I use 3 coffee brewers in rotation.

All 3 brewes are quick and easy because I have a hot water pot that keeps some water at 195F/90.5C, and can get up to boiling 212F/100C in a couple of minutes.

I think this is the most critical part for me trying to get out the door to work in the morning, because who likes to wait for water to boil?

1. French press - Cheap and easy to find: Usually brew 4 minutes, but that can vary with the beans.

2. Aeropress - So quick and satisfying to use. Brews nice and smooth compared to my French press, but I like both brews. Some recipes call for brewing as little as 10 seconds, so it’s even quicker than the French press.

3. Cucumella - Italian flip over coffee brewer makes a smaller, but stronger cup, about 2 minutes for all the water to drip through the grounds in my tiny 1-2 cups device

I also have a Baratza Encore grinder, but I think store bought grounds are just fine.

Like @ReluctantZen@ani.social says, can confirm that Miku merch sells like crazy.

Even if I’m not familiar with any of her songs besides her cover of Ievan Polkka

Not bad. This is looking quite watchable.

We get more world building this episode.

I think I’m understanding why this show looks the way it does:

Each individual frame looks great, like this:

@rikka@ani.social

But the understanding of the craft of animation is somewhat lacking, like this:

I am liking this.

It’s more like “From Dad To Master Swordsman” made to appeal to middle aged farts like me.

Something’s off about the art, like it’s lacking some finishing steps, but it’s expressive enough, particularly Beryl’s expressions and body language.

@rikka@ani.social

There have been a number of major oil spills along the US coastline through the decades.

https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/largest-oil-spills-affecting-us-waters-1969.html

The most recent major spill before this cartoon from 1993 was the Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska in 1989

That was the largest domestic US oil spill until the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010

Here’s a NY Times video looking back at what happened from 2013

This is just super good! AOTS for me so far…

The quotes are from John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost, which was published in 1667.

Here’s the original text to the “farwel hope” quote

https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_paradise-lost_milton-john_1667/page/n89/mode/2up

It’s definitely not modern English, although a 1905 edition is the first thing that pops up in a Google search, and that is in recognizably modern English

Red Sox fan?

I had to look it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ECySsQthE

It must be an uh… acquired taste…

The Wehrmacht marching song Erika is better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNivSAZUcOM

And there’s Horst Wessel Lied https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9DMRKv8-k

Building codes have advanced since the wolf was last here…

That spider won’t be cheering for long.

Monarch butterflies taste terrible due to toxins built up in their bodies from feeding on milkweed as caterpillars.

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Monarch-Butterfly under “Diet”