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As in: general thread about anything A.I.
Do have a post in mind, but wanted to keep OP neutral, since there seem to be a few Ernsts using and/or interested in A.I.. That way the thread can develop while I don't work on my post.
Maybe just one little thing: A.I. is a misnomer. It is statistics with a pseudo random number generator on top to induce variations; nothing intelligent about it. While popular culture likes to romanticize general purpose A.I. in media, I would prefer if we keep the thread somewhat close to current techniques we attribute the misnomer A.I. to.
A.I.
General A.I. thread.As in: general thread about anything A.I.
Do have a post in mind, but wanted to keep OP neutral, since there seem to be a few Ernsts using and/or interested in A.I.. That way the thread can develop while I don't work on my post.
Maybe just one little thing: A.I. is a misnomer. It is statistics with a pseudo random number generator on top to induce variations; nothing intelligent about it. While popular culture likes to romanticize general purpose A.I. in media, I would prefer if we keep the thread somewhat close to current techniques we attribute the misnomer A.I. to.
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How do you know them and do you actively follow them?
Are there internet weirdos in your country that you might want to share with us?
Internet VIPs
What are some internet weirdos you know of?How do you know them and do you actively follow them?
Are there internet weirdos in your country that you might want to share with us?
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radio.ernstchan.top
It is recommended to switch to this address for both listening and streaming, though the old xyz-domain is still supported from our side. But given what happened on the old chan we can't guarantee that the xyz-address will be kept available for us. Also all technical/festival announcements by radio staff will be made here from now on.
Everything else stays the same: The public stream can be used by everyone (see pic 4 for details), but if you stream regularly, an own account is recommended, write a mail to ernstiwan at protonmail.ch to get one. Include your desired user name and ideally (though optional) an avatar picture for the radio stats page. Reliable and production proven streaming software is butt: https://sourceforge.net/projects/butt/ (lightweight and easy to use, but lacks some features like updating artist/title) and mixxx: https://mixxx.org/ (can do it all, but setup is more complicated).
Also please remember that the radio recently switched from port 8000 to Port 80 (no SSL/TLS) and 443 (SSL/TLS mandatory).
Radio Ernstiwan - TOP-edition
This is the Radio Ernstiwan-thread. The server stays the same, but is now reachable at:radio.ernstchan.top
It is recommended to switch to this address for both listening and streaming, though the old xyz-domain is still supported from our side. But given what happened on the old chan we can't guarantee that the xyz-address will be kept available for us. Also all technical/festival announcements by radio staff will be made here from now on.
Everything else stays the same: The public stream can be used by everyone (see pic 4 for details), but if you stream regularly, an own account is recommended, write a mail to ernstiwan at protonmail.ch to get one. Include your desired user name and ideally (though optional) an avatar picture for the radio stats page. Reliable and production proven streaming software is butt: https://sourceforge.net/projects/butt/ (lightweight and easy to use, but lacks some features like updating artist/title) and mixxx: https://mixxx.org/ (can do it all, but setup is more complicated).
Also please remember that the radio recently switched from port 8000 to Port 80 (no SSL/TLS) and 443 (SSL/TLS mandatory).
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Exercise / Fitness / Weight Loss Diary
Documenting fitness goals, habits and challenges. Went to the gym? Counting your calories? Counting your steps? Post it all here to be scrutinized by fellow Ernsts and future sociologists.
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Cooking & Food Thread
Got Food? Into the thread it goes.
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Dream Thread
Share your dreams, Ernst.
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Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
Or, *The Ernstchan Oriental Studies Thread* (ECOST)
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BTW: Please delete my last thread. Thanks.
It is long past time to address these matters seriously and effectively.
Generations of people have been, and continue to be, inspired by pervasive violence: namely anorectal violence. Many perpetrators of this violence against one or more others especially in public pornography have not faced severe punishment despite both 1) the high likelihood of anorectal injury to a receptive person due to anorectal fragility, and 2) the significance and potential severity (even lethality) of resultant traumatic consequences. What arguably should easily be considered incriminating behavior worldwide is commonly featured in public pornography, in many cases being sold for profit and far too often serving as an example to be copied. This situation is both one of the greatest injustices and one of the greatest contributors to societal decadence in the modern era. Facilitating factors include prevalent (willful) ignorance, apathy, and misinformation about anorectal topics, which are enabling people with (self-)destructive tendencies to have a field day with anorectal violence and to spread disinformation quite effectively.BTW: Please delete my last thread. Thanks.
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Music
thread
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "Aphorism" as follows:
1: a concise statement of a principle
2: a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE
3: an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language
Please adhere to this form and try to stay under 30 words.
Examples:
>The purpose of aphorisms is to keep fools who have memorised them from having nothing to say
Isaac Asimov
>It is not possible to step into the same river twice.
Heraclitus
>Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live: and unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them.
Oscar Wilde
>One sandwich is enough for two
Ernst
Aphorisms
This is a thread for aphorisms.The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "Aphorism" as follows:
1: a concise statement of a principle
2: a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE
3: an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language
Please adhere to this form and try to stay under 30 words.
Examples:
>The purpose of aphorisms is to keep fools who have memorised them from having nothing to say
Isaac Asimov
>It is not possible to step into the same river twice.
Heraclitus
>Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live: and unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them.
Oscar Wilde
>One sandwich is enough for two
Ernst
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News and politics
Previous >>248
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How can I convert from Bernd to Ernst? What is yhe culture here?
How to become Ernst?
Kohl is kill for now, so I am preparing for the worst:How can I convert from Bernd to Ernst? What is yhe culture here?
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This Ernst is currently just throwing everything he can put to the side in index funds.
DAX, S&P and MSCI World to be precise.
If i would actually have a lot of money to invest i could've made a lot of money that way in the last 3 month. Too bad.
Finances
How is Ernst saving his money?This Ernst is currently just throwing everything he can put to the side in index funds.
DAX, S&P and MSCI World to be precise.
If i would actually have a lot of money to invest i could've made a lot of money that way in the last 3 month. Too bad.
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Videogames
Pirates vs Royal Fleet edition
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There is a mod that is eating shit every day and destroys kohlchan, do you guys know about him? He ist the one who is using the term "Waldi" all the time, he himself probably is "Koti".
t. Bernd
There is a mod that is eating shit every day and destroys kohlchan, do you guys know about him? He ist the one who is using the term "Waldi" all the time, he himself probably is "Koti".
t. Bernd
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What can he recommend?
Literature
What is Ernst reading? How is Ernst reading? Where is Ernst reading? And last but not least, when is Ernst reading?What can he recommend?
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Get back to wörk. NOW!
Get back to wörk. NOW!
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YouTube shorts are welcome as well
Tiktok thread
Burning our brain cells, destroying our attention span.YouTube shorts are welcome as well
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Cinema and TV threda
Threda for discussing or just sharing your impressions of movies, TV shows, cartoons and the like.
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>>15058
Today
Follow me into the oceanic depths that is Ernsts psychology and daily life.>>15058
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pseudolingoExample (
🚪
䷅ ≍ 𝍖
∵ 💢 ≡ 🤔
∴ 🗁 🕊🌍🕊🌎🕊🌏
🚮
)
🔰🔰🔰 we need the same [-]-function for into text in posts like [-]wallOfText[/-] 🔰🔰🔰
anyone wanna play cards? https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block/U+1F0A0
🔰🔰🔰 utf-8 is garbage und kann in den Müll 🔰🔰🔰
t. 💁
unicode (U+1F530) Beginner
🔰🔰🔰 we need utf-8 support for thread titles 🔰🔰🔰pseudolingoExample (
🚪
䷅ ≍ 𝍖
∵ 💢 ≡ 🤔
∴ 🗁 🕊🌍🕊🌎🕊🌏
🚮
)
[Door]
[Conflict] is [Equivalent to] [Fostering]
[Because] [Anger] is [Identical to] [Thinking]
[Therefore] [Open Folder] [Dove of Peace] [Earth Globe Europe-Africa] [Dove of Peace] [Earth Globe Americas] [Dove of Peace] [Earth Globe Americas]
[Put Litter In Its Place]🔰🔰🔰 we need the same [-]-function for into text in posts like [-]wallOfText[/-] 🔰🔰🔰
anyone wanna play cards? https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block/U+1F0A0
# Doppelkopp
40 * 🂠
Trumpf (
[
🂺🂺
🃝🃝🂭🂭🂽🂽🃍🃍
🃛🃛🂫🂫🂻🂻🃋🃋
🃁🃁🃊🃊🃎🃎
]
)
Fehl (
[
🂱🂱🂾🂾
][
🃑🃑🃚🃚🃞🃞
][
🂡🂡🂪🂪🂮🂮
]
)
4 Players á 10 🂠
the Player left of the Dealer starts (1st [Aus])
[Aus] = play whatever card
1 [Stich] = each player plays exactly one card in clockwise order
the player winning the last [Stich] is the next [Aus]
[Trumpf] && [Fehl] is ordered
[Trumpf] > [Fehl]
[Trumpf] [Aus] is [Bedienpflicht] -> you have to play [Trumpf], if you can
[Fehl] [Aus] is [Bedienpflicht] -> you have to play the the same [Fehl]-colour, if you can
Ace = 11 points
10 = 10 points
King = 4 points
Queen = 3 points
Jack = 2 points
[Reh] = the players with Queen of Clubs play together
[Kontra] = the players without a Queen of Club play together
the player winning the first [Stich] has to call [Reh] or [Kontra]
[Reh] wins, if their cards add up to > 120 points
[Kontra] wins [gegen], if their cards add up to >= 120 points
[Tack'n] (
90, 60, 30, 0 (0 = [schwarz]) enemy points + one additional [Tack'n], if called.
[gegen] + one additional [Tack'n], if called.
[Doppelkopp] >= 40 points in one [Stich]
[Fuchs gefangen], if you get the ace of diamonds from the enemy
)
[Solo] = 1 [Reh] against 3 [Kontra] (
[Trumpfsolo] = [Trumpf] is [Trumpf]
[Damensolo] = only queens are [Trumpf]
[Bubensolo] = only jacks are [Trumpf]
[Fehlsolo]* = no [Trumpf]
)
* most play without [Fehlsolo]
[Hochzeit] = 1 player has both queens of club (
the player calls 1st [Trumpf]- or 1st [Fehl]-[Stich] going towards someone else to be 2nd [Reh]
if the player with [Hochzeit] gets the first 3 [Stich]s, he plays [Solo]
)
[stille Hochzeit] = 1 [Reh] against 3 [Kontra] without saying anything
[Solo] has to be called before the 1st [Aus]
[Tack'n] has to be called before the 4th [Aus] or directly after the last [Tack'n] call.
if a [Fehl]-[Stich] of hearts gets played, where everyone had to [Bedienpflicht], the next 4 round's [Tack'n] are doubled. If already in a doubled [Tack'n] round, you add 4 rounds.🔰🔰🔰 utf-8 is garbage und kann in den Müll 🔰🔰🔰
t. 💁
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IWO thread
...
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- some people would say it about Ernstchan
- some people even would say it about imageboards as a whole
- in times of AI, some people would say it about manually crafted music
- the appliance in the picture is it for sure (if you exclude German bureaucracy, where it is still used in some places)
- despite all this, we'll always be number 1
There's also a very hard to find easter egg for 200IQ-Ernsts, which will be revealed during the festival, don't worry if you can't find it, it's just memeshit anyway. Please deliver your contributions via mail to ernstiwan at protonmail ch. You can also post them in the thread, but I think Ernstalbum is best when people don't know the songs beforehand when the show airs, that's why sending per mail is recommended. About AI-generated songs: Ernstalbum is a project where Ernst can show off his creativity. It is allowed to submit AI songs, but there has to be a clearly visible creative input from Ernst. A generic 90 seconds suno.ai-song is probably not gonna make it. Depending on the contributions we might do a double album, with side 1 being AI songs, and side 2 the handcrafted stuff.
Looking forward to your contributions :3
Ernstalbum v4
April is nearing its end, and from there it's four months until September, when traditionally it is time to present the new Ernstalbum to the world during the Radio Ernstiwan birthday festival: Time for the new Ernstalbum-thread. The cover for Ernstalbum v4 is already finished, and its title, which might take a second look at the image to spot, describes a property:- some people would say it about Ernstchan
- some people even would say it about imageboards as a whole
- in times of AI, some people would say it about manually crafted music
- the appliance in the picture is it for sure (if you exclude German bureaucracy, where it is still used in some places)
- despite all this, we'll always be number 1
There's also a very hard to find easter egg for 200IQ-Ernsts, which will be revealed during the festival, don't worry if you can't find it, it's just memeshit anyway. Please deliver your contributions via mail to ernstiwan at protonmail ch. You can also post them in the thread, but I think Ernstalbum is best when people don't know the songs beforehand when the show airs, that's why sending per mail is recommended. About AI-generated songs: Ernstalbum is a project where Ernst can show off his creativity. It is allowed to submit AI songs, but there has to be a clearly visible creative input from Ernst. A generic 90 seconds suno.ai-song is probably not gonna make it. Depending on the contributions we might do a double album, with side 1 being AI songs, and side 2 the handcrafted stuff.
Looking forward to your contributions :3
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A quarter of 2024 is already over soon, what does it feel like, Ernst?
Today
>>14564A quarter of 2024 is already over soon, what does it feel like, Ernst?
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The Muslim community in this area has grown substantially in recent years. This year, they had to rent a small stadium. I got there kind of late and had to pray in the bleachers. Didn't take many photos, but it was a pretty crazy event due to its scale.
Prayer was oriented in the long axis of the stadium, and I don't think it pointed to Mecca. But whatever. Note that there were three shifts of prayers - 7:30am, 9:30am, and 10:30am. So this only shows one of the shifts.
One of the things that made an impression on me was the diversity of the ummah. Many distinct phenos were present. Also some serious QT3.14s.
I did the basic prayer (took 3 minutes) and then sat for the basic sermon (4 minutes) and left when the guy started talking about Palestine. He was talking about "war crimes," "international law," "historical norms," etc. Stupid bullshit. I'm convinced such rhetoric is designed to demoralize. I'd have preferred a simple call to Jihad. When I was young, I went to the LA mosque that the 9/11 hijackers went to, and those guys would have called for Jihad probably.
IWO: Eid Prayer
Kohlchan can't maintain a MongoDB instance, and I showed up drunk to Eid prayer this morning. Nobody can tell when I'm drunk or high.The Muslim community in this area has grown substantially in recent years. This year, they had to rent a small stadium. I got there kind of late and had to pray in the bleachers. Didn't take many photos, but it was a pretty crazy event due to its scale.
Prayer was oriented in the long axis of the stadium, and I don't think it pointed to Mecca. But whatever. Note that there were three shifts of prayers - 7:30am, 9:30am, and 10:30am. So this only shows one of the shifts.
One of the things that made an impression on me was the diversity of the ummah. Many distinct phenos were present. Also some serious QT3.14s.
I did the basic prayer (took 3 minutes) and then sat for the basic sermon (4 minutes) and left when the guy started talking about Palestine. He was talking about "war crimes," "international law," "historical norms," etc. Stupid bullshit. I'm convinced such rhetoric is designed to demoralize. I'd have preferred a simple call to Jihad. When I was young, I went to the LA mosque that the 9/11 hijackers went to, and those guys would have called for Jihad probably.
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RAID
I came here from Kohlchan to raid this place. This is a raid. All my buddies will join this raid any minute now. You've been warned.
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Is .top the leftard site or .xyz?
t. forgot
Is .top the leftard site or .xyz?
t. forgot
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Bernd>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ernst
Bernd>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ernst
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Ukraine-Russia War Containment Thread
This is the designated thread to post about the Ukraine-Russia War.
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First there will be "Wanted" by Mark Millar, the edgy scot probably better known for Kickass (though the films are also just rather "free" interpretations of the source material, like Wanted - although that one did indeed barely have anything to do with the comic).
After that we will read "Supergod" by writer Warren Ellis, better known for Metropolitan. Supergod is not exactly "edgy", but it's very entertaining in its own over-the-top silly way.
Please note that I will not necessarily be able to post all of it fast and quick, so prepare for an irregular posting schedule.
Let's start now with Wanted.
ANGLO COMICS THREAD
In this itt thread I will post two comics by anglo writers.First there will be "Wanted" by Mark Millar, the edgy scot probably better known for Kickass (though the films are also just rather "free" interpretations of the source material, like Wanted - although that one did indeed barely have anything to do with the comic).
After that we will read "Supergod" by writer Warren Ellis, better known for Metropolitan. Supergod is not exactly "edgy", but it's very entertaining in its own over-the-top silly way.
Please note that I will not necessarily be able to post all of it fast and quick, so prepare for an irregular posting schedule.
Let's start now with Wanted.
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I planted this windmill palm tree about a month ago. In this pic the weather got down to around -7 C and was obviously quite snowy, and the palm was entirely unharmed save for the tips of a couple west-facing fronds that took the worst of the wind. For future winters, I am planning an evergreen bush to its west for wind protection as well as a removable snow cover. I haven't decided yet if I'll try to add supplemental heat with Christmas lights or similar.
Zone pushing
Does anyone here engage in zone pushing? This is where you grow plants in climates that are too cold (or hot, but that's rare) for the species and employ various tricks to pull it off.I planted this windmill palm tree about a month ago. In this pic the weather got down to around -7 C and was obviously quite snowy, and the palm was entirely unharmed save for the tips of a couple west-facing fronds that took the worst of the wind. For future winters, I am planning an evergreen bush to its west for wind protection as well as a removable snow cover. I haven't decided yet if I'll try to add supplemental heat with Christmas lights or similar.
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I recently found some friends crazy enough to come along! I didn't want to flood the existing IWO thread, so I decided to make my own containment thread.
The rules :
-at each outing, the commune of the day will be drawn from this wikipedia list using a random number generator -> https://fr.wikipedia.org/[...]ommunes_du_canton_de_Vaud
-the designated commune cannot be refused under ANY circumstances
-during the visit, it is forbidden to leave the boundaries of the commune, otherwise the visit will stop
-you can't decide to continue visiting neighboring communes after the fact without having rerolled for a new and completely random commune
-if possible, only consume goods purchased within the commune during the visit
-draw up an exploration report when the commune is drawn, and complete it with photos and anecdotes at the end of the visit.
-Most of the visit are going to be made in the canton of Vaud
-Each time ther's a 20 percent chance that we're going to visit another entirely diffrent welsch canton randomely chosen: Geneva, Neuvchâtel, Fribourg, Valais, Jura or Bern.
-After the random canton have been selectionned, the commune will be chosen randomly using the same rules.
We're going to have a lot of fun!
Swiss IWO threda
I've always had the idea in the back of my mind of visiting Swiss communes as if they were entities in themselves, and carefully documenting the visit.I recently found some friends crazy enough to come along! I didn't want to flood the existing IWO thread, so I decided to make my own containment thread.
The rules :
-at each outing, the commune of the day will be drawn from this wikipedia list using a random number generator -> https://fr.wikipedia.org/[...]ommunes_du_canton_de_Vaud
-the designated commune cannot be refused under ANY circumstances
-during the visit, it is forbidden to leave the boundaries of the commune, otherwise the visit will stop
-you can't decide to continue visiting neighboring communes after the fact without having rerolled for a new and completely random commune
-if possible, only consume goods purchased within the commune during the visit
-draw up an exploration report when the commune is drawn, and complete it with photos and anecdotes at the end of the visit.
-Most of the visit are going to be made in the canton of Vaud
-Each time ther's a 20 percent chance that we're going to visit another entirely diffrent welsch canton randomely chosen: Geneva, Neuvchâtel, Fribourg, Valais, Jura or Bern.
-After the random canton have been selectionned, the commune will be chosen randomly using the same rules.
We're going to have a lot of fun!
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Linguistics thread
Avis, jasmin varnā na ā ast, dadarka akvams, tam, vāgham garum vaghantam, tam, bhāram magham, tam, manum āku bharantam. Avis akvabhjams ā vavakat: kard aghnutai mai vidanti manum akvams agantam. Akvāsas ā vavakant: krudhi avai, kard aghnutai vividvant-svas: manus patis varnām avisāms karnauti svabhjam gharmam vastram avibhjams ka varnā na asti. Tat kukruvants avis agram ā bhugat.
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>have commie government
>live in literal sea of oil
>gas is $40/gallon
If there weren't so many poor cubans getting shafted it would be hilarious.
>have commie government
>live in literal sea of oil
>gas is $40/gallon
If there weren't so many poor cubans getting shafted it would be hilarious.
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Today
Old >>12845
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Jokes thread
I accidentally deleted previous thread (see /meta/).
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We are lucky this year, Feb 17 is a Saturday, so we have a day each for a pre- and post-party, if we want to.
Ernstchan.top birthday party Feb 17
Almost one year has passed since the secession from xyz, on Feb 17 Ernstchan.top will celebrate its first birthday. Since you all are top-oldfags, you obviously knew that and have prepared ideas for the party, so feel free to drop them ITT. Since it's an EC festival, and we already have a dedicated radio festival, my suggestion is that we do some other stuff besides the obligatory radio streaming. One idea was to host a Quake 3-tournament (you DO rememeber that we have our own Q3-server, right?) or simply a Quake 3-evening, depending on how many people would want to participate. Maybe /int/ has some ideas to add their own flavour.We are lucky this year, Feb 17 is a Saturday, so we have a day each for a pre- and post-party, if we want to.
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Mods if it gets too cancerous just nuke it and then ban discussions of whokraine.
Ukraina threada
Let's give this one a try again.Mods if it gets too cancerous just nuke it and then ban discussions of whokraine.
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"let me show you how retarded i am" thread.
A thread to let off steam and take a break from following social norms.
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Today
>>11478
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I am fantasizing about gentlemens clubs as they are portrayed by Jules Verne and others from that time, it would be amazing to have a club where only a selected group of people can go and meet, have nice furniture and lots of books and newspapers and so on. Unfortunately I don't think they would be as nice today, probably attracts arrogant douches only and also I probably wouldn't get into one even if I moved to London.
I heard that hackerspaces are nice for this in many places, but I have been to the local one a couple of times and it is merely okay. Most people go there to use a tool and then go back home immediately without chatting with anyone. The ones who like to talk are not my cup of tea, one can't stop talking about some political bs all the time and some dumb crypto investments like NFTS. Then there are two teenagers who I have helped with a little project once, they are friendly and I like talking to them, but most of the time I don't learn a lot during our conversations myself.
My current favorite place is at work, where we have a small "social room" with sofas and coffee machine and a bookshelf. I often go there for breaks to read, but staying there after work feels weird.
Does Ernst have such places? Or does he not even desire it? For me this feeling is very strong, I would be happy to move somewhere else if I knew that there was such a hangout place. I even considered starting a club myself, renting a small place, getting nice furniture etc but there would probably be nobody to join it.
Places to hangout at
I really long for a place where I can go to read a book, speak with interesting people, just chill and spend my evenings. At home I always think of things I have to do, like cleaning the dishes or fixing broken stuff. Also its kind of lonely.I am fantasizing about gentlemens clubs as they are portrayed by Jules Verne and others from that time, it would be amazing to have a club where only a selected group of people can go and meet, have nice furniture and lots of books and newspapers and so on. Unfortunately I don't think they would be as nice today, probably attracts arrogant douches only and also I probably wouldn't get into one even if I moved to London.
I heard that hackerspaces are nice for this in many places, but I have been to the local one a couple of times and it is merely okay. Most people go there to use a tool and then go back home immediately without chatting with anyone. The ones who like to talk are not my cup of tea, one can't stop talking about some political bs all the time and some dumb crypto investments like NFTS. Then there are two teenagers who I have helped with a little project once, they are friendly and I like talking to them, but most of the time I don't learn a lot during our conversations myself.
My current favorite place is at work, where we have a small "social room" with sofas and coffee machine and a bookshelf. I often go there for breaks to read, but staying there after work feels weird.
Does Ernst have such places? Or does he not even desire it? For me this feeling is very strong, I would be happy to move somewhere else if I knew that there was such a hangout place. I even considered starting a club myself, renting a small place, getting nice furniture etc but there would probably be nobody to join it.
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News
I'm not writing an OP edition.
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Bro I fucking found it.
Bro I fucking found it.
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Today Thread
Christmas Edition
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Of course this is just a cover-up-story, the truth is it was a CABBAGE ATTACK!!!111 THOSE MONSTERS, HOW DARE THEY???
Downtime
Good evening dear sirs, EC and Radio Ernstiwan are back online. Reason for the downtime was - as already suspected - a damaged storage volume at our providers' site. The following happened: Wednesday at about 08:00UTC both chan and radio (which run on different servers, but are hosted by the same provider) went offline, even admin access was impossible. In the late evening I at least could see the servers as online in the VNC console, which can be opened from the admin area of our providers' web page, but all services and SSH access were still offline. The logs on both servers showed complaints about a corrupt file system with the hint to fix it via fsck. I waited until now whether our provider would react to the incident ticket I opened, which he didn't. So I tried the fsck fix, and it worked. I hope the 36 hours without EC weren't too painful.Of course this is just a cover-up-story, the truth is it was a CABBAGE ATTACK!!!111 THOSE MONSTERS, HOW DARE THEY???
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Today
>>10641
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Today thread
>>10221
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Today thread
>>9766 is now officially dead
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An Euro spent is an Euro lost.
God is dead, but it wasn't me.
Wisdom for Suckers
Don't be mad it ended. Be mad how it ended.An Euro spent is an Euro lost.
God is dead, but it wasn't me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks21NXDBRWk [~25min]
she focuses on censorship in that vid, but, since limited length, leaves a lot out. could we call this "censorship", which she applied herself for the goal of creating a cohesive video for the average watch-time of her viewers? I'm sure she is one of those that at least looks at it, prolly even tries to use it.
Anyhow... i wanted to ask about Ernst's opinion about censorship and maybe start a discussion.
mainly because of the following i thought of.
self-imposed censorship.
i'm sure all of us are using some form of ad-blocker script, which pre-filters the content we consume and automatically censors "content", which has been added to a list of "this is content purely put in view because someone paid bling bling".
censorship is fucking useful.
now, there are all types of censorship.
and combining the US/EU focused content of the linked vid with my short writenings still leaves a lot of interesting topics to discuss out. from the top of my heada maybe meta stuff like "how useful is it, achtthuaraly?" or "what about eastern-Ernst?"
discuss. or don't. ..and censor yourself?
censorship
i just watched a Type Ashton t. not a shill yt-vid.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks21NXDBRWk [~25min]
she focuses on censorship in that vid, but, since limited length, leaves a lot out. could we call this "censorship", which she applied herself for the goal of creating a cohesive video for the average watch-time of her viewers? I'm sure she is one of those that at least looks at it, prolly even tries to use it.
Anyhow... i wanted to ask about Ernst's opinion about censorship and maybe start a discussion.
mainly because of the following i thought of.
self-imposed censorship.
i'm sure all of us are using some form of ad-blocker script, which pre-filters the content we consume and automatically censors "content", which has been added to a list of "this is content purely put in view because someone paid bling bling".
censorship is fucking useful.
now, there are all types of censorship.
and combining the US/EU focused content of the linked vid with my short writenings still leaves a lot of interesting topics to discuss out. from the top of my heada maybe meta stuff like "how useful is it, achtthuaraly?" or "what about eastern-Ernst?"
discuss. or don't. ..and censor yourself?
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which will prolly not get accepted/used a lot
Ernst didn't sleep last night and now is tired as fuck. Ernst has problems with sleeping since his teens. a lot of Ernst's problems started in his teens.
Ernst was very paranoid at that time and a lot into conspiracy theories. Ernst feared the emergence of a surveillance state.
Today Ernst isn't paranoid anymore, but suffers from PTSD because of it, which gets triggered every time he sees someone using his or her smart phone. Ernst doesn't trust in others reading the terms of services of commercial application and is aware that a lot of those commercial application demand unconditional access of the microphone and other things in their terms of services for targeted advertising, user experience and such.
A lot of people do not care about that, but Ernst did and still does to some extend. But Ernst can't just go to some stranger and say
> could you please stop using your phone around me, because i do not trust in your ability to read terms of services and make an informed decision based on what you have read.
these "strangers" include Ernst family. Although Ernst already told them how he feels about it, they seem to prefer the comfortability of use over Ernst feelings.
Ernst is aware that the amount of data collected today is way beyond the scope of human-based-supervision, so that it is very unlikely that any of the data is actually looked at by a person.
Ernst also thinks a lot about world politics, human potential, philosophy, how a "just" world could look like, how to define "just" and so on.
Ernst basically is a little autist, who thinks he might be able to "save the world". But Ernst isn't even sure if the world needs saving... and even if, who or what gives Ernst the right to decide how to define what a "saved world" is?
at least, looking at climate, geo-politics and socio-ecological situation of our current system, Ernst doesn't think it looks too good for humanity
Ernst has a few good-ish friends, he can openly talk with about pretty much anything, including his problems. Those help Ernst a lot.
Since Ernst never really felt that he could "support" another human being, because he has enough problems of his own, Ernst never tried to start a serious relationship with a woman. A few women tried to approach Ernst in his life and Ernst had a few, sparse sexual encounters as well. But ultimately Ernst always ended things, before a serious relationship could be established. Hearing the phrase "I love you" triggered Ernst to end at least one relationship.
Ernst fears that his suffering rubs of, if he commits to a serious relationship.
Ernst prefers to suffer alone.
A "good" thing Ernst did in his life:
He promised himself, that no matter how bad his situation or the world becomes, he is at least going to watch it unfold; to at least spectate.
good night, Ernst,
and have sweet dreams of a better future.
Ernst has problems he doesn't want to talk about
since >>6754 suggested, ima start a thread.which will prolly not get accepted/used a lot
Ernst didn't sleep last night and now is tired as fuck. Ernst has problems with sleeping since his teens. a lot of Ernst's problems started in his teens.
Ernst was very paranoid at that time and a lot into conspiracy theories. Ernst feared the emergence of a surveillance state.
Today Ernst isn't paranoid anymore, but suffers from PTSD because of it, which gets triggered every time he sees someone using his or her smart phone. Ernst doesn't trust in others reading the terms of services of commercial application and is aware that a lot of those commercial application demand unconditional access of the microphone and other things in their terms of services for targeted advertising, user experience and such.
A lot of people do not care about that, but Ernst did and still does to some extend. But Ernst can't just go to some stranger and say
> could you please stop using your phone around me, because i do not trust in your ability to read terms of services and make an informed decision based on what you have read.
these "strangers" include Ernst family. Although Ernst already told them how he feels about it, they seem to prefer the comfortability of use over Ernst feelings.
Ernst is aware that the amount of data collected today is way beyond the scope of human-based-supervision, so that it is very unlikely that any of the data is actually looked at by a person.
Ernst also thinks a lot about world politics, human potential, philosophy, how a "just" world could look like, how to define "just" and so on.
Ernst basically is a little autist, who thinks he might be able to "save the world". But Ernst isn't even sure if the world needs saving... and even if, who or what gives Ernst the right to decide how to define what a "saved world" is?
at least, looking at climate, geo-politics and socio-ecological situation of our current system, Ernst doesn't think it looks too good for humanity
Ernst has a few good-ish friends, he can openly talk with about pretty much anything, including his problems. Those help Ernst a lot.
Since Ernst never really felt that he could "support" another human being, because he has enough problems of his own, Ernst never tried to start a serious relationship with a woman. A few women tried to approach Ernst in his life and Ernst had a few, sparse sexual encounters as well. But ultimately Ernst always ended things, before a serious relationship could be established. Hearing the phrase "I love you" triggered Ernst to end at least one relationship.
Ernst fears that his suffering rubs of, if he commits to a serious relationship.
Ernst prefers to suffer alone.
A "good" thing Ernst did in his life:
He promised himself, that no matter how bad his situation or the world becomes, he is at least going to watch it unfold; to at least spectate.
good night, Ernst,
and have sweet dreams of a better future.
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Today Thread
For the finn that is gone anyway: >>9421
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Unlike wholesome Ernst (who apparently has died), in this thread I will reply to every post with an insult, since there is obviously a need for hostility and conflict, so maybe we can draw it away from other threads in this manner.
Please note that if you like Morrissey, you can FUCK RIGHT OFF CUNT
Insulting-
Hello, this is toxic Ernst.Unlike wholesome Ernst (who apparently has died), in this thread I will reply to every post with an insult, since there is obviously a need for hostility and conflict, so maybe we can draw it away from other threads in this manner.
Please note that if you like Morrissey, you can FUCK RIGHT OFF CUNT
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Tabletop thread
Thread for discussing and sharing anything related with tabletop rpgs and/or boardgames.
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Today threda
>>8979 and the mega-structures of tomorrow
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focused on christains, jews, and muslims and how they continue to kill themselves.
may also include current habbenings, like Israel vs Palestine and which side you prefer to die, live or even if you would prefer world peace.
this shizo would like world peace and doesn't know how to achieve it.
i don't think killing should ever be considered an option and believe everyone, who thinks otherwise, is retarded.
so plz stop triggering me in the today threda; i am just reactionary
Abraham shizo threda
in this thread anything related to retarded shizos and discussing genocide.focused on christains, jews, and muslims and how they continue to kill themselves.
may also include current habbenings, like Israel vs Palestine and which side you prefer to die, live or even if you would prefer world peace.
this shizo would like world peace and doesn't know how to achieve it.
i don't think killing should ever be considered an option and believe everyone, who thinks otherwise, is retarded.
so plz stop triggering me in the today threda; i am just reactionary
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Now for the second criterion I see that it is a bit hard to quantify, so let me describe what my past experiences with whiskey are.
I recently had a bottle of Tullamore DEW, I enjoyed it but I thought it was a bit too mild. On the other hand, I tried kind of expensive whiskeys from an uncle, it tasted disgusting to me, there was a strong smoky flavor and what was even worse was that it really did taste like it had been sitting in a rotting wooden cask for a dozen years or so. This rotten taste was very off-putting to me.
So what I am looking for is stronger in taste than Tullamore, but not the smoky kind of taste. Any suggestions? Would also be nice if I could get it from local Rewe or Edeka in Germany, but if there is some rarer brand I could also order it online.
Whisk(e)y Recommendations
I want to buy ans whiskey that does not cost too much (<30€) and tastes good.Now for the second criterion I see that it is a bit hard to quantify, so let me describe what my past experiences with whiskey are.
I recently had a bottle of Tullamore DEW, I enjoyed it but I thought it was a bit too mild. On the other hand, I tried kind of expensive whiskeys from an uncle, it tasted disgusting to me, there was a strong smoky flavor and what was even worse was that it really did taste like it had been sitting in a rotting wooden cask for a dozen years or so. This rotten taste was very off-putting to me.
So what I am looking for is stronger in taste than Tullamore, but not the smoky kind of taste. Any suggestions? Would also be nice if I could get it from local Rewe or Edeka in Germany, but if there is some rarer brand I could also order it online.
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Opinion:
Germans are good people and posters.
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Draw/Shoop-Thread
A draw/shoop-thread, to satisfy Ernsts drawing and shooping needs. Sadly russian draw-Ernst seems to have left us, so it's up to us to uphold his legacy. Everything drawn, shooped or otherwise created can be posted here, no matter if serious or just creative shitposting.
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Taxes + Taxes on Taxes + Taxes on Taxes on Taxes!
We are fleeced by direct taxes pay
VAT, tobacco tax, oil tax, eco tax etc etc
You have to pay for this insurance , than this , than this.
You hav to pay GEZ fee for the heap of crap,which ARD&ZDF
produce.
In the end, you sit on the street as a broke retiree and the
thieves have become thick and fat!
I'm done with it!
Germany is the worst piece of shit country!
You are fleeced everywhere!Taxes + Taxes on Taxes + Taxes on Taxes on Taxes!
We are fleeced by direct taxes pay
VAT, tobacco tax, oil tax, eco tax etc etc
You have to pay for this insurance , than this , than this.
You hav to pay GEZ fee for the heap of crap,which ARD&ZDF
produce.
In the end, you sit on the street as a broke retiree and the
thieves have become thick and fat!
I'm done with it!
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Today
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In case you were wondering: /b/ is per definition NSFW, derailing still not recommended though.
Should /int/ be SFW or NSFW?
Since the question came up: Does Ernst consider /int/ to be a SFW (safe for work) board? In this context declaring /int/ as SFW would mean something like no nudity, no gore and things like that, basically a page that no one who accidentally catches a glimpse will not be offended, as long as it's not your boss and you should have been of wörkenings instead. If we however define /int/ as not safe for work (NSFW) it would still mean that threads shouldn't be derailed with coomerposting and so on, so it either should be related to the thread or put in a dedicated thread.In case you were wondering: /b/ is per definition NSFW, derailing still not recommended though.
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I shamelessly bumped the old one in order to finally open this shiny new one again with a picture of my choice the actually picture I wanted to use gives an error.
I shamelessly bumped the old one in order to finally open this shiny new one again with a picture of my choice the actually picture I wanted to use gives an error.
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TODAY
Women clothed in Sun and shit
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Today
Previous >>6728
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If someone has ideas for other schedule items then let's hear it. It doesn't necessarily have to be a stream, maybe someone has an idea for a fun game or something, which can be done while listening.
Radio Ernstiwan birthday festival Sep 1 - Sep 3
On September 3rd Radio Ernstiwan (est. 2019) will celebrate its fourth birthday. On this occasion we want to have another streaming festival, for which the weekend from Sep 1 to Sep 3 looks suitable. Since the festival covers the whole weekend, we assume that there's no need for two parallel streams. If this proves to be wrong, we'd first double up the prime time slots. Fixed in the schedule are the Weekly Album Stream including pre-stream an Saturday and the Ernstalbum (assuming it will be finished) stream on Sunday. Schedule for now has slots for streams from 10:00 a.m. UTC until midnight UTC, on Saturday until 02:00a.m. UTC. Of course streams can be held any time, but we don't want to schedule anyone into poor slots, so that eveyone has a fair chance that his stream can be enjoyed by a lot of listeners. Streaming slots will be 2 hours as usual, though that isn't set in stone, if you need more just ask. Worst thing that could happen is that you are asked if you can shorten your stream in case we run out of slots.If someone has ideas for other schedule items then let's hear it. It doesn't necessarily have to be a stream, maybe someone has an idea for a fun game or something, which can be done while listening.
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Today
Previous >>6217
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Today
Previous >>5701
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What is truth?
What is truth?
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1. I don't know if existing posts would be affected (probably no), I also don't know if posts made during that period will show countryballs after they are re-enabled (probably also no). We can test this on /test/ beforehand
2. 7 days should be okay as testing period, starting next weekend - if the experiment is approved by Ernst
3. No matter how the experiment works out: We re-enable countryballs after the given timespan, and then we discuss whether they should stay enabled or be disabled
Please share your thoughts on this, thank you in advance.
Experiment: /int/ without balls
On /meta/ the following suggestion was made: Since on /int/ many posters are identifiable by their countryball, those posters might preemptively alter their posting behaviour due to the fact that each post can be traced back to them. Basically only ze germans have the luxury to post anonymously due to their numbers, which means that posters aren't equal. It was proposed to have an experiment where we would disable countryballs on /int/ for a limited timespan, for example a week, and see if this changes anything, for the better or worse. Of course we wouldn't just want to implement this without discussing it first, so please let us know if you'd like to see this, or if you consider this an unpromising approach.1. I don't know if existing posts would be affected (probably no), I also don't know if posts made during that period will show countryballs after they are re-enabled (probably also no). We can test this on /test/ beforehand
2. 7 days should be okay as testing period, starting next weekend - if the experiment is approved by Ernst
3. No matter how the experiment works out: We re-enable countryballs after the given timespan, and then we discuss whether they should stay enabled or be disabled
Please share your thoughts on this, thank you in advance.
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TODAY
Anonymous edition
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Serious question
I am not much of a weeb. At most I might watch an anime episode at night before sleeping. But why does Japanese music, the type I hear at the start/end of anime shows, sound better than English music to me? I am talking about pop music specifically. Occasionally I might hear a pop song on the radio that sounds (music, not lyrics) like a Japanese song, and for some reason I almost always like it more than any other pop song trending in the Anglo-American world. Is there a reason for this?
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The minimum number of songs for a valid album will again be 8. If this number is not reached, the presentation will be postponed. It is recommended to send finished songs by e-mail to ernstiwan at protonmail ch. You can also post them in the thread, but it's more exciting for the listeners if they don't already know the songs at the time of the festival. But it's recommended to mention in the thread when you have finished a song in order to motivate other Ernsts to also get to work.
Have fun making music, Ernst is looking forward to listen to Ernst's contributions.
Ernstalbum v3
We are planning to have another Ernstalbum this year, which again will be presented at the radio birthday festival. The likely date for the festival is the weekend of 1.9.-3.9., which means Ernst can submit his creations until the end of August. Anything that can be described as music is allowed. Since everything is AI-generated nowadays, the cover picture of this year's Ernstalbum is also AI-generated with DALL-E and the input "Lonely mole listening to radio in the style of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner". However, it was colored by hand in the EC colors, and the EC logo was lazily slapped on. The album doesn't have a title yet, but maybe that will change in the future.The minimum number of songs for a valid album will again be 8. If this number is not reached, the presentation will be postponed. It is recommended to send finished songs by e-mail to ernstiwan at protonmail ch. You can also post them in the thread, but it's more exciting for the listeners if they don't already know the songs at the time of the festival. But it's recommended to mention in the thread when you have finished a song in order to motivate other Ernsts to also get to work.
Have fun making music, Ernst is looking forward to listen to Ernst's contributions.
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Today
Off we go
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I never had a problem with Windows but i played with the idea to go full Linux on this ThinkPad.
What are some good distros these days for people that don't want to fix stuff all the time?
Also: Computers general
Computers
I bought a new (used) ThinkPad which came with Windows 11 pre-installed.I never had a problem with Windows but i played with the idea to go full Linux on this ThinkPad.
What are some good distros these days for people that don't want to fix stuff all the time?
Also: Computers general
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Also, share random early internet culture contents e.g. vid related.
Early 2000s internet culture
With rotten, bestgore, efukt, motherless and liveleak dead (to name only a few), where does a /b/rother lurk these days for offensive and edgy contents? Did the widespread availability of smartphones and affordable cellular data kill the fine line between normies and /b/tards for good?Also, share random early internet culture contents e.g. vid related.
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No sex thread
Onlypeople who never evre had sex forever and ever for never ever can post in this thread.
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TODAY
Interesting refrigerator pictures edition
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TODAY
Harryhausen edition
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I am currently stuck with Hitman 3 (new trilogy) Freelancer, "rogue-like" mode where you get random contracts and if you fail you lose your gear.
It has satisfying moments of being a flawless silent assassin, but also hilarious moments of the brain just shutting off and having a run go down the shitter.
I also should get back into FTL, because so far I think I haven't even unlocked all ships.
Truckers are also welcome, here.
Gaming threda
You know the drill, what are you playing right now, what have you played, what are you planning on playing.I am currently stuck with Hitman 3 (new trilogy) Freelancer, "rogue-like" mode where you get random contracts and if you fail you lose your gear.
It has satisfying moments of being a flawless silent assassin, but also hilarious moments of the brain just shutting off and having a run go down the shitter.
I also should get back into FTL, because so far I think I haven't even unlocked all ships.
Truckers are also welcome, here.
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Commiecat is having issues adjusting to her new name.
Commiecat is having issues adjusting to her new name.
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Tonight
Today thread, night edition
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Today
Vastness and Sorrow edition, also cold and dark
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Short stories
Since the short stories thread on /b/ on the old chan was lost, and I don't just want to repost them on /b/ again, where there is already a new short stories thread, I thought I'd translate some of them and post them here, maybe it encourages people to write their own stuff.
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What does Ernst think about tattoos?
Does Ernst have any tattoos or ideas for tattoos?
Does an EC tier tattoo exist?
Tattoo
This Ernst has decided to leave the refuge of reputable society once and for all and enter a life of unhinged criminality by getting his first tattoo.What does Ernst think about tattoos?
Does Ernst have any tattoos or ideas for tattoos?
Does an EC tier tattoo exist?
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Today
and another
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TODAY
Old thread >>1532 just hit Systemkontra and because I am still awake I will promptly make the new one.
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Steam Deck
Do you like Steam Deck?
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This is the best phenotype ever.
This is the best phenotype ever.
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what's the difference between .xyz and .top?
what's the difference between .xyz and .top?
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Today
Yes, Finnland, will you do the reference?