Mbourgon

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UFO breakthrough as UK's most famous case 'finally solved' with bombshell claim in c/forteana@feddit.uk
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Some nice detective work, looks like.

The Apple Polishing Cloths compatiblity has been updated for iPhone 16 in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 37 points 12 hours ago

Oh, I think we’re all laughing at the inanity of it

Bird flu could become a human pandemic. How are countries preparing? in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

“I don’t think I’m going to do it”. Don Trump on wearing a mask. April 3, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007070943/trump-mask-coronavirus.html

Bracken Cave tonight! in c/bats@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

If you can’t make it there, the Eckert James River bat cave in Mason, TX has 4-8m bats!

these boobs would be in a vegas back room having their hands broken by a pit boss with a hammer by now... in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As a “casual”, what happened? Full price on top of pay-to-win? Something else?

Costs Less? When That Happened? in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Since I got downvoted on this - among other things, Patreon is removing the “per post” subscription model. One of the people I follow sent: “This is the second time in as many years that Patreon has screwed up my business”

Man stunned after spotting UFO with white and red strobe lights above Scots town in c/forteana@feddit.uk
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, it’s the Daily Record, but unsure why you got downvotes.

Nothing But Trouble cover art, by Boris Vallejo in c/traditional_art@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

There are several good stories on the making of, but holy crap was that a scarring experienced for any kids unfortunate enough to be brought to a Chevy Chase//Candy/Ackroyd “comedy”. https://filmschoolrejects.com/nothing-but-trouble-is-weird/

Costs Less? When That Happened? in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It’s also PATREON fucking up. I’ve got a couple people i follow that are moving to Ghost as a hedge.

NSA releases copy of internal lecture delivered by computing giant Rear Adm. Grace Hopper in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

So very glad they were able to release it. The whole ‘um, we don’t have that kind of equipment” was lame

(Win 10) Move all windows of a single programme to a different screen? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve been using persistent windows for the same reason, and it does t seem to play well with multiple browser windows on multiple screens. Just FYI

Has there ever been anything originally dismissed as pseudoscience that was later proven to be legit? in c/askscience@lemmy.world
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

The truly horrifying part is that the guy who proposed it showed it worked, made people do it… and then when he died they stopped and the rates went back. He was committted to an asylum for his effort and died there 2 weeks later, due to…infection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis

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Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care” (www.propublica.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12229237

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Seen in /memes (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15931203

nothing like pushy maniacs to make my day complete

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iPad Pro 2022 13" vs iPad Air 2024 13"? (lemmy.world)
 

I am looking at these two, trying to find a deal on the Pro 2022 that makes it close to the price of the 13" 2024 Air. Right now the "deals" are still in the $999 range for it, as opposed to $800 for the Air. Which sucks - seems like the 2022 is still better, but $200 is $200. I have a pro 10.5" now, but the lure of bigger has finally won out, years later. Trying to see if I'm missing anything - on paper the 2022 is still better, even if older.

Advantages of the Pro 2022:

  • FaceID, not TouchID
  • Promotion display (120hz vs the Air's 60hz)
  • can run external display

Advantages of the Air 2024:

  • Cheaper
  • Newer - supported longer?
  • ? Anything else?
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"Programming Sucks" (www.stilldrinking.org)
 

Don’t know how I’ve never come across this, but this made me laugh and cry and nod appreciatively.

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my Bandcamp haul for october (lemmy.world)
 

Today’s Bandcamp Friday haul was pretty good! Some math/djent/post, and some retro prog

  • Floral - The Second Floral EP
  • Strawberry Girls - Prussian Gloom (big chunk of the budget this month)
  • Pictures of Wild Life - fell into floating (single)
  • Jordsjø- Salighet (folky Finnish retro prog)
  • Jordsjø - Nattfiolen Suite (single)
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Exuro & Empress - playing around with Fire fire fire (lemmy.world)
 

Decided to play around with Exuro tonight. The turret itself seems cool, but what I was REALLY hoping to find was an ungodly Firestarter Chem Launcher build. My current build doesn't t do a ton of damage (260k), in part because I run Creeping death and Eclipse Protocol, which means they're on fire for a while, which means others can kill them while they're running around.

Getting everything together for comparison is tougher than I thought. Skill tiers, specialization, skill damage vs fire damage, etc. I was originally hoping I could use Eclipse + NJB + Exuro, but that only gets me to 249.6 (but will spread for 15 seconds) with 1.3m armor, running firewall. Which is not any better than my current Eclipse + Fire + Vile build which does 260k, so... oh well.

What I've got so far Specialization: Firewall

  • St Elmo's Engine (shock)
  • Exuro mask (status effects)
  • Exuro kneepads (status effects)
  • Exuro holster (status effects)
  • Empress backpack with Creeping Death (skill dmg; status effects)
  • Empress chestpiece (Trauma so it kicks off bleeding, skill dmg/)
  • Empress gloves (skill dmg; status effects; Armor) 5 skill tiers, 913k armor.

When it procs (body shot, no trauma), I'm doing 321.6k fire (303 once it eats through armor), 49k bleeding, and the fire lasts a little over 13 seconds (bleeding lasts a touch longer). Obviously Creeping Death only procs every 15 seconds, and trauma is 30 sec refresh for bleeding. But you can also blind them, further keeping the fun times going.

Curious what y'all think. Thanks.

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woohoo! new night verses album is out! (youtu.be)
 

The video for one of the new tracks. But another stellar album. Still instrumental, still some crazy drumming and playing, still some nice atmospherics and quiet bits.

https://nightverses.bandcamp.com/album/every-sound-has-a-color-in-the-valley-of-night-part-one

And that title had me wondering how long until Part 2. Enjoy!

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The volcano Mount Etna (Sicily) blowing a smoke ring (i.imgur.com)
 

Was lucky enough to see this!

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Ice Circles (a different kind) (www.wbay.com)
 

Ice circles were the first kind of BMF that I ever came across. I figure since nobody else has posted here, it’s the perfect type of thing to “start” with.

Enjoy!

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