A busy week for scorpios.
This week’s alignments: Sol-Mercury-Saturn. Something bad is ending, or at least we will find out about it this week. Anything bad in particular? Hard to say. There are indicatiors that it refers to a venereal disease or genital dysfunction (Venus retrogade in Scorpio) though this could also indicate some gossipy person catches a sudden case of STFU. The stronger indicator (Saturn) indicates the trouble ceasing has something to do with… sea-goats. Does that mean anything to you? If sea-cows are manatees, does that make sea goats narwhals? Walruses?
This week, Derpetologist and Mustang are going to get laid. Or possibly divorced. There’s a crapton of ambivalence in the skies this week. We’ve got Sol-Terra-Venus(retrograde) with Mars in opposition. Which means home/love with both benevolent and malign influences and martial aspects either resisting or the root cause of them. Very two faced.
Speaking of two-faced, Gemini gets a visit from the moon, which is the classic sign of betrayal. If the moon were waxing, you could see it as an expansion of your circle of friends, but the moon is waning, so back-stabbery it is.
This week,scorpio is having a party and everyone is invited. They’ve got the sun (that’s good!) Venus(retrograde) (that’s bad!) Jupiter (that’s good!) and Mercury (that’s… disruptive but indeterminate)
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Dirt Harry is on the job to stop Scorpio.
Repeating a question I prompted later in the last thread.
Yes, the vikings made it across the Atlantic in basically the same thing, open, and oars
The further above the waterline your deck is, the longer the oars will have to be. Is this a fantasy vessel?
It is a fantasy setting but I wanted to at least be plausible.
I’m worried about the oars having to be too long or too steep
put them on an oar deck of there own, lower CG and shorter oars, the Greeks used 3 different decks, just put them low and cover them, Sail on!
Which them alows storm waves to pour water into the ship.
Seriously, They did figure that out long ago, hatch covers?
Even Naval Frigates in the 18th Century needed to cover the Cannon ports……
The greeks consistantly failed this simple engineering problem. (shockingly). Many early cannon-equipped ships sank when their gundecks got swamped. 18th century is really late in the process of naval technology.
Postulate that they have gearbox technology. The same capstan that raises the anchor can then turn a propellor
I’m not even convinced that the people who built this ship would be able to control the rudder with a classic wheel.
Windmills involving gear ratios were apparently in use in the 12th century, so apparently it’s not impossible.
apparently
But then you have the issue of waterproofing the mechanism, which wasn’t something people were not very good at when there were moving parts involved.
Tallow? Whale blubber? Fantasy animal excretions? Copper plates on the bearing surfaces?
I’m trying to write a story about a guy who tried to run away from his problems and ended up circumnaviating the globe. I don’t want to get too unrealistic now.
/sarc
Is it Our Globe? or an Alien World? maybe a Global westerly or something, eliminating the need for ocean going oars? then a Square sail will suit nicely,
It’s a fantasy world. He sets out as an overland merchant deciding to go to the Palm Coast, because it’s the most distant land he’s heard of. When he gets there, he hears that there’s regular ship traffic to a port east of there. So he books passage for himself, his people and his cargo. There he has a fling with a local noblewoman and as part of the “it’s time to end this” he gets the ship being debated and decides to sail further east along the coast, eventually reaching a spot with an easterly trade wind…
In short it’s not about “how does he cross the seas?” but “do I have to change the boat envisioned in my head?”
Well, in that case, maybe he was just lucky regardless of the design deficiencies?
Depends on how many galley slaves you have at your disposal.
All of them?
/41
What about something like the Chinese treasure ships of the 15th century?
Those were a bit huge.
You Will play Rope with me!!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RESHyWRCbKphCwkD9
Awww
Does she smack you in the face with the rope and force you to plat (coercion!)? My bitch is such a bitch, she’s made me into the bitch. Just had to bitch. She’s bitchin’ regardless.
PlaYYY
Aww, play with her you monster!
Science you can use.
Markov Chain techniques. I can’t even…
Blowjobs suck.
“This entire process took three years.”
Sure, now, but not 20 years ago…
Eh, what do they know? They didn’t even refer to hand position, and no mention of the continuation of the shaft Way up into the man. Gotta work that a bit now and then.
And the classic grip around the thigh for the finale. Stupid programmers.
plus they got their data from porn videos which emphasize the photographicability of the moves, not the effect.
Porn isn’t exactly toy the right place to be trying to pick up technique, unless you are an exhibitionist.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN STEM!!!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN STEM!!!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN STEM!!!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN STEM!!!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN STEM!!!
THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN STEM!!!
Hmmm….
If you had two different teams working on this, one got their data from straight porn, and one got their data from gay porn, would the theams wind up wit the same AI?
Or, maybe Hayeksplosives and Jessee could get trashed and exchange BJ tips?
I thought they said this cost $30k. For three years? I don’t think so.
There were showing an AI bot on the Brazil news this morning. Company from Hong Kong. That was the most amazingly life like bot I’ve seen to this day. She looked close to real. I mean you’d have to do a double take to notice it wasn’t human. The facial movements were amazing also, far ahead of anything I’ve seen. I’d definitely like to see her do that routine. I even made a joke to my wife about how women will be obsolete soon, because that thing has a remote. I got the evil eye.
Can the bot make a sammich? My wife is asking for a friend
I suggested her for our maid, since we can’t afford a human one of those in the USA. Wife looked at it and looked at me. She looked uncertain.
Thinking about going to the range today, should I take the AR or M1 carbine? Or both? Will also be taking the sig p229 and remington 870 (20 gauge)
Take the m1, because I’m jealous.
Is 30 carbine easy to get yours hands on? I dont know af anything else that shoots it so I have always thought the milsurp supply would eventually dry up and the rounds would become expensive.
I picked mine up 5-6 years ago at a gun show for $730, so I’m not sure what the market looks like now. According to some googling, it was made in 1944 by GM. I highly doubt ammo will ever become scarce. I only get to the range a few times a year, but the gun shop always has 30 carbine on the shelf.
The m1 is by far the favorite rifle in my safe, I highly recommend purchasing one if you’re a fan.
Yes
My dad has a 30 carbine revolver. That thing is a fire cracker.
I usually answer this question by asking myself how many do I want to clean.
^^^^
Take both. I had planned to go to Deer Creek range yesterday with a buddy but didn’t feel like shooting in the cold drizzling rain. Could have gone to Vances but we’ve been wanting to shoot outside at a little longer ranges.
You have two hands.
Dear god, Zima coming back has unlocked some terrible things. I’m sorry Milwaukee, Madison, and Minneapolis, I have no idea what you’ve done to deserve this punishment.
Our next song is based on one of our favorite movies! We call it 3:10 to Zima.
They know those markets will drink anything with an alcohol content, make the launch numbers look better.
I like Zima – there, I said it. I haven’t seen it in 25 years, though.
I did not like it at all.
Everything old is new again.
And you are I think you’re the second male I’ve ever “known” to admit liking Zima.
It didn’t hurt that the supermarket where I worked was dumping it for $3 a sixer. Who knows, maybe I wouldn’t like it anymore but I’m willing to give it another try if I find it.
I’ll try anything for 50 cents a bottle.
I like Zima – there, I said it.
I thought the stereotype was that gay guys liked Zima. Or maybe Zima just got lumped in with liking soccer and “GHEYYYY” as generic insults.
Anyway, I’ve never even seen a Zima before.
It’s not like I like wine coolers – sheesh.
What are your feelings on appletinis?
Complete ignorance.
They need to update their reviews but still a good read:
http://www.bumwine.com
Whycome no Taurus? Ever.
Ford sued for trademark infringement.
That’s a bunch of bull.
I don’t know how Ford can horn in on a centuries-old constellation.
Their applications would throw up some red flags if the auditors would only Focus on it.
They seem to be doing okay in Spain.
How? Customers are literally running away from them.
Right now the only thing in Taurus is Uranus, and that doesn’t have any astrological significance, though it would be joke-fodder.
And don’t you remember a few months ago with the “hung like a bull” jokes?
This lack of stuff is why I need to get my Glib Tarot Deck project back online. I’ve been lazy the last couple of weekends. I still need to buy a snowblower.
Speaking of Uranus (Missouri).
Lol
+Brown 25
I thought “The Groove Tube” was forgotten by the whole human race except me.
This Fool agrees
I’ve never seen Aries mentioned, either. Hmph.
I am Taurus on the cusp of Aries (April 21), so I also noticed that.
Just be thankful we have a relatively short orbital period. If we lived on Mars, you could cast a horoscope once every five years what with the lack of planetary motion.
*googles*
Well, Uranus appears to be edging into Aries. That should be good something.
good “for” something
I still need to buy a snowblower.
Why?
New home in Upstate NY. I have ~1200 sq. ft. of driveway I’d rather not shovel every time it snows.
So what you’re saying is, I could park my house in your driveway?
As long as your house’s wheels aren’t more than 17″ apart, yes.
17′
Damn, they’re 25′ apart.
Moving a building: http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/video/20181024/video-odettes-building-moves-in-new-hope
Yes, there is a video. It’s not something you see everyday.
I had (have, just not living there now) a 400 ft. (length) driveway. Not sure what that works out too in sq. ft, but there was no way you were shoveling that. I had a tractor to clear it.
I use a skid steer.
I’ve got a 1000′ driveway. Truck and a plow.
I have an Arien’s 24” that I does a good job for me.
After nearly a decade without it, I kinda miss the occasional snow. My wife says she’s never seen fresh snow firsthand. Sad.
My wife saw snow for the very first time in 2017, here with me. At first she was so excited. Now, 10 years later, she’s very ‘meh’ about snow. That’s what happens when you have to deal with the crap at 7am on a work day.
Whoa! Post from 2027!
G’damnit, 2007!
Needz moar beer.
2008
I’m sorry Milwaukee, Madison, and Minneapolis, I have no idea what you’ve done to deserve this punishment.
Midwestern college girls, I’d guess. And their moms.
Go on…
Pics or it didn’t happen.
I don’t normally watch the so-called “El Clasico” but Real Madrid is down 5:1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Tell me this is not a Cat Lady….
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-27/democrats-get-best-shot-in-30-years-to-put-blue-stamp-on-arizona
They missed.
“Centrist” Sinema is “Woman who can’t stop talking about how Arizona sucks and the people are terrible or crazy”
You wouldn’t guess that from reading the article. The message I’m getting is that the Nazi-supporting Republican wants to push you off a cliff.
But it’s Bloomers, so of course they’re going to omit her constant and repeated insults towards the hoi palloi.
McCain and Flake not blue enough?
They’re looking for DeJure, not DeFacto.
I’m trying to be involved in posting here today. But having to go on a beer run and stop at the market, means I’m half an article + 60 posts behind.
So, you didn’t miss much.
Ever been an oarsman for an intergalactic Galley?
The longest journey?
What about a helmsman?
On the boat of a million years?
I need to catch up on GlibFit. I always lose motivation around week 6 or 7 (now)
I’ve been on a roller coaster. First I lost 32 lbs in 7 months. Then I gained 15 back. Then I lost 20 again. Now I’m about 15 pounds from my goal. Back to it tomorrow.
I’m about even for this challenge. Never really recovered from my two business trips. I’m okay with maintaining for now, but eventually I need to get a workout regimen to stick. I’m simply too sedentary to do anything better than maintain over a long period of time.
Pork Roast seared and in crock pot. Going to have with some Collards for dinner.
Just make my shrimp gumbo soup. Extra spicy.
‘made’ I must need another beer, can’t type. So be it.
Yum! Spicy is good. I have bean soup from yesterday eyeballing for lunch. Usually add chili sauce which isn’t that spicy. Might go with some hot chili garlic sauce instead.
Pheasant noodle soup here.
I had no idea there was enough gluten in pheasant to make noodles.
Just needs more egg as a binder.
Breakfast for dinner. Fried eggs, grits, Cajun sausage, toast, and pear preserves. And of course, lots of butter.
That sounds yummy. I love pears but don’t think I’ve had preserves.
I’d rather not shovel every time it snows.
Snow? What’s that? I have been assured snow is a thing of the past.
*Guy who has to forge a path through the drifts with four wheel drive pickup when he wants to get out of the driveway.
Mahomes seems to have been figured out.
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Pics of midwestern college girls puking up Zima? You are a pervert.
College girls AND their mothers.
“Centrist” Sinema is “Woman who can’t stop talking about how Arizona sucks and the people are terrible or crazy”
She’s so desperate to get out of Arizona, she’s running for the Senate!
This isn’t Canada ya hosers.
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/tourists-facing-10-years-in-thai-jail-over-ridiculously-drunk-stunt
I didn’t know one of them was Canadian. I mean, I expected it from the Scouser.
She looka lika mon.
Gene pool being cleansed. Seriously, these idiots think it’s a good idea to go to a country where people get jailed for tweeting bad stuff about the king and pull some shit like that?
Also, what’s up with the one on the still of the video with the backwards hat? That’s not a man… that’s a… that’s not a woman, that’s a… I’m confused.
Pat?
Pat, they are many, they are legion. Starbucks itself has minion armies of them.
There are so many self-aggrandizing assholes who brag about their travels and worldliness whom I wish this would happen to. Who condescend because I have much less interest in traveling, and less means, who yet still have the moxie to lecture me about white privilege and Progressive virtues.
I know it’s irrational, I know these fools probably don’t fit the mold, but I’m stewing in my misanthropy lately, so lemme fantasize.
Sometimes I wish the graffiti vandals around here faced 10 years for their crap. Totally out of control.
#metoo
The people who do that are low scum.
What’s even more annoying is the upper-middle class hipster asswipes who defend this property crime as “street art”.
As others have said in the past, it’s art, it’s just not necessarily good. In fact, most “street art”—in fact, most art, period—is fucking terrible. And any artist ought to be self-aware enough to live with the obvious consequences of their actions, just or not. Few seem to be. Entitlement mentalities are the bane and disease of contemporary society.
You should see the graffiti in Brazil. Some of the artists doing that stuff in Rio are fucking amazing. I would seriously like to be able to drive around there and photograph it. It’s not like the trash here, at all.
10 Years?!? Here in NYC, they rake in millions of dollars instead. Holy Mackerel, this story made me blindingly angry.
Jezzus H. Christ. I don’t care if it’s “art” or not (it isn’t). The property owner can destroy his property if he wants. And he can charge the criminals with the cost as well. What an upside down ruling. Case should have been dismissed on filing. And the POS lawyers bringing it should have been disbarred.
In my more bloodthirsty mood, I’d like to see the vandals swing from the lampposts with their hands cut off and a rattle can shoved down their throat.
“can”
Apparently not.
I blame society
While the President sends the military to seal the southern border from the external “terrorist threat” caused by thousands of immigrants heading north to escape poverty and violence it turns out that last week the most clear and present danger to our republic was a homeless middle aged American male living in his van.
Initial press reports indicate the bomb making suspect, 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc Jr., was part of the growing underclass of Americans, unmoored from work or family, living on the margins, moving the vehicles they live in as required.
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In this stage of late stage vulture-capitalism we are in there is something simmering out there off the media radar — a growing army of walking wounded we leave to their own devices.
No, these days the greatest threat to public order isn’t coming from south of the border. It’s this disintegration of community from within.
America, what a shithole. It’s a cesspool of late stage vulture-capitalist oppression and exploitation. Why would those people want to leave a jungle paradise to come here, anyway?
Never change, Salon.
“56-year-old Cesar Sayoc Jr., was part of the growing underclass of Americans”
Is this the same guy who has 2 college degrees from universities in Murica?
Sounds like an argument for involuntary confinement to me.
Bob Hennelly. If there is a better candidate for someone to refer to as ‘shit-for-brains’ to their face, I’d like to see them.
No, it’s still the media.
Imagine if this story weren’t covered at all. No one would be the wiser, it wouldn’t matter a whit. It only matters to the extent that the media pretend it matters, and spin it tendentiously, which is their wont.
socially acceptable voyeurism
This is… unfortunate. I just got a whole bunch of “no signal” screens as I was trying to tune in the F1 race on over-the-air teevee. Only one channel is coming in.
Maybe the transponders blew down last night. I haz a sad.
And worse, you’re going to have to re-scan.
Yet another rainy day, at least the house is warm (there are advantages to brewing inside). This batch is pretty hands off, one hop addition at the beginning, then some Whirlfloc near the end of the boil for clarity (the time I didn’t use it, the beer never dropped clear, and looked murky).
But I have spent some time writing up thoughts on yeast wrangling and other things that deal with fermentation.
We must name and shame everyone.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/28/metoo-men-love-movement
No wonder sexbots is becoming such a popular idea. She’s the CNN of wiminz.
This is increasingly becoming about power and the ability to remove people (men) from society at will.
Stay tuned, it’s going to go very badly for the #metoo idiots.
Feminism has always been a special interest lobby for women. They want whatever will benefit women whether it’s deserved or not. They push for entitlements and then invent logic to give it justification. If someone introduced a bill to give every female in America $100, the feminists would roll out a logical theorem of why it’s morally imperative to do this.
Of course, sometimes they miscalculate and push for things that are actually bad for women. Kind of like how the #MeToo shit is going to turn women into a giant liability for employers. If this witch hunt doesn’t slow down, nobody in the corporate world is going to take a business trip, work on special projects, or have one-on-one meetings with women. They’ll probably be hesitant to hire women at all.
Hmm, at the risk of being obnoxious, I would say this more applies to Third Wave Feminism. I think 19th century feminism, and probably early 20th century feminism, were about claiming natural rights.
I’m laughing at the I have a vagenda sign.
That seems like a good plan. If you like cats.
If socialism is to work, we must…
Dogwhistle
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy posted and later deleted a tweet last week that suggested three Jewish, billionaire Democratic donors were attempting to “buy” the 2018 midterm elections.
“We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election! Get out and vote Republican November 6th. #MAGA,” McCarthy wrote in the tweet posted Tuesday and deleted a day later, a reference to top donors to Democratic causes George Soros and Tom Steyer and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Soros, a billionaire investor and philanthropist, is a frequent target of right-wing criticism over his support for liberal causes, and both Steyer and Bloomberg have been politically active of late.
In response to the discovery of a suspicious package addressed to him, Steyer called for Trump’s impeachment.
In a tweet, Steyer wrote: “We’re thankful that everyone we work with is safe. We are seeing a systematic attack on our democracy that extends much further than just one isolated terrorist in Florida. That’s why we are running an impeachment petition to end the culture of lawlessness in our country.”
McCarthy’s tweet did not appear to make a reference to religion, but in Trump’s America, everybody knows who’s a JOOO. That’s what the yellow stars are for.
Buying elections is only bad when it benefits Republicans, apparently.
Once again, leftist agitators and funders are protected people. Fuck Bloomberg with a rusty chainsaw.
There are plenty of legitimate non Jew related reasons to hare those three.
I was not aware that Steyer and Bloomberg were Jewish, until now. And can we really consider Nazi collaborator George Soros to be Jewish?
More important, it’s completely irrelevant. Steyer can go fuck himself.
No wonder sexbots is becoming such a popular idea. She’s the CNN of wiminz.
Speaking of which, where do I send my gofundme contribution to the guys developing the five-axis blowjob machine. I want in on the ground floor.
Steyer said in an interview on the same program that he interpreted McCarthy’s statement as “a straight-up anti-Semitic move. I think that that is a classic attempt to separate Americans. I think that absolutely falls into the category of what I’m describing as political violence. And I believe that what we are looking for in America is something completely different from that.”
That Steyer guy, he’s a uniter, not a divider. He wants us to be united in our hatred of all things Trumpish. Kill all deplorables.
Tweeted about this earlier today – but we’ve had this discussion before re: Gab, etc. Folks are always talking about the free market and creating your own platforms. However, as we’re seeing, the market isn’t working properly. Even if you create your own platform, you’re still artificially constrained by payment services, hosting services, etc.
At this point…you basically need to own/run your own physical server farm and initial infrastructure and maintain a solid funding structure in-house (since paypal and other funding services are being exceptionally arbitrary – Visa and Mastercard both had some issues with conservative folks on patreon earlier this year).
I know this is getting stupid but if it becomes virtually impossible to establish a legitimate alternative platform…does it become an anti-trust or utility issue at some point? Just to put it out there? I’m interested in hearing alternatives, etc.
IMO, this is a modern version of the “black guy in the deep south at the only motel for miles” theory for public accommodations laws. Gab isn’t owed payment processing. Gab isn’t owed hosting. Gab isn’t even owed a DNS entry. ISPs being forced to allow their users to connect to Gab servers is about as far as I go, and that’s because they are government enforced monopolies and thus should be held to a more open standard than market-exposed companies.
These companies are all shitty for their collusive and speech chilling actions, but the correct way to deal with these issues are to patronize competitors, not to expand public accommodation.
How about the fact that the internet is not a free market right now? Would making it more free-market lessen the problem here?
How are you (or whoever is doing it) making it more free-market?
I’m just wondering? trshmnstr just referred to ISPs as “government enforced monopolies”. How would ending that work and would it lessen the problem Fish is talking about?
How would ending that work and would it lessen the problem Fish is talking about?
It’s on its way out right now. The cable/fiber monopoly on internet connection is weakening, and technologies like 5G have the potential to compete. There are already technologies like microwave wireless, satellite, and LTE mobile hotspots that aren’t quite 1-to-1 replacements for the copper or fiber line plugged into the side of the house.
Will it fix Fish’s concerns? No. The fact is that there are many points where service can be denied. However, except for a few critical services (the browser, the ISP, etc.), none of these completely kill the ability of a user to access the site. They may make it highly unlikely that somebody would stumble across the site, but it won’t prevent a user from accessing the site if they’re motivated to do so.
Well the question I have is – at what point does it become physically/financially impossible to enter the market – creating your own motel in a potentially hostile environment is/was physically possible for a “reasonable” buy-in – but with the current market structure, outside of an unreasonably large (google/apple/facebook) funding source – what is the alternative? bitchute, gab, etc are all already crowd-funded or privately sourced – minds.com has an associated cryptocurrency – but if the banks or major credit organizations start refusing to service you….what then?
In accordance with ‘just’ libertarian theory, I don’t know. In practice? Of course. It’s a means to power, and when you force people underground, they’ll eventually leap for any means to power, and when they get it they’ll wield it mercilessly, because that’s ‘justice’—rectification of prior wrongs.
We’re retarded apes, susceptible to the same sophistry as ever. And it becomes worse as we become more hubristic. The most educated among us sure seem eminently susceptible, their voices amplified.
Justice is a fallacy, and our societies’ worldview is built upon it. That’s the basis of Whig history.
“Justice is a fallacy, and our societies’ worldview is built upon it. ”
This.
BTW Nephilium – I called Lake Placid Brewery (bought pre-filled Growlers from them) – and they said that because they put a little CO2 in the growler before filling and sealing it, it stays good for a couple weeks vice a few days – until you open it – at which point it’s down to a couple days.
Does that sound normal? A little less pressure on my end now.
I was reading about kegging yesterday, and that’s essentially what you do with a keg to avoid it spoiling in the keg. Evacuate all of the oxygen and replace it with CO2, then add the beer into the CO2 laden keg.
I guess it makes sense for a small company that does a lot of growlers themselves – still cheaper than a full on bottling/canning assembly line or something. Although for these guys, it doesn’t make much sense to me that they bottle their IPAs for sale/distribution but none of their other beers – unless that’s a marketing thing or something specific to IPAs.
That’s a standard process. I wouldn’t trust a growler for several weeks, since they aren’t really designed to hold pressure.
Gotcha. I’ll work on em this week.