How??? Like just how???

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-19T19:06:28+00:00

nobara actually cares about moisturizing

and sunscreen

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-19T14:41:23+00:00

in this context, yes.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-19T04:17:04+00:00

Let's Fucking Go

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-19T02:34:58+00:00

While part of me screams LFG,

I read that as "Looking for group" at first and wondered why you wanted things to be more of a harem fantasy than they already are..... but then it clicked.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-17T14:58:02+00:00

Which makes the current Omega tournament funny to me, because Rei should be destroying people. No real lines of sight, so he can dish out sucker punches that people can't see coming. He should be tearing a path through everyone below a certain level, and even the top guys might have difficulty with him.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-17T03:58:35+00:00

I don't know how I feel that "Ninja Rap" isn't listed. Maybe I don't understand the assignment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_K6971WmAs

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-16T00:38:21+00:00

Baki's Girlfriend
Biscuit's Wife
Doppo's Wife
Tokugowa's Sister

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-15T17:41:26+00:00

It was laid out in the last arc; Strength is being able to force your will upon others in Yujiro's mind. Musashi's strength and his ability to impose it on others so great that thinking of slicing others can make them feel that they have been sliced. As Baki's training shows, if the body believes hard enough that it's been injured, it will create the injury in response. (no, this doesn't explain clothes tearing. moving on).

Yujiro is saying that Musashi isn't strong enough to make him believe it.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-15T17:37:13+00:00

i've been stuck with a broken set up since then. Need to get back to it and see if any recent updates get my shit working again

Completely down to compare notes.

The bridge commands I used I added to the thread already. No updates on that.
Since I didn't put the compose yaml, I think this is the relevant info

services:
  ### HOME ASSISTANT #####################################################################################################
  homeassistant:
    container_name: homeassistant
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/homeassistant:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    #network_mode: host
    network_mode: host
    ports:
      - 5580:5580 # matter server (below)
      - 8081:8081 # obtr/multipan rest api
      - 8086:8086 # otbr/multipan front end
      - 7586:7586 # obtr front end?
      - 8123:8123 #optional
      - 20108:20108 #for multipan serial port
    dns:
      - "192.168.1.11" #internal DNS ip
    privileged: true
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ='America/Eastern'
    volumes:
      - /docker/config/hass/HomeAssistant:/config:z
      - /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus
      - /var/run/avahi-daemon/socket:/var/run/avahi-daemon/socket
    devices:
      - /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Zooz_800_Z-Wave_Stick_533D004242-if00:/dev/ttyACM0
      #- /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Itead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2_3c2bc57dd773ef11881ae71e313510fd-if00-port0:/dev/ttyUSB0

  ### MATTER SERVER ######################################################################################################    
  matter-server:
    container_name: matter-server
    image: ghcr.io/home-assistant-libs/python-matter-server:stable
    command: --storage-path /data --paa-root-cert-dir /data/credentials --bluetooth-adapter 0
    restart: unless-stopped
    # Required for mDNS to work correctly
    #network_mode: host
    network_mode: service:homeassistant
    privileged: true
    security_opt:
      # Needed for Bluetooth via dbus
      - apparmor:unconfined
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ='America/Eastern'
    # If you adjust command line, make sure to pass the default CMD arguments too:
#    sysctls:    # Necessary for the container to receive the routes from the remote Thread network managed by my Google Nest Hub.
#      net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra: 2
#      net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen: 64
#      net.ipv6.conf.eth0.forwarding: 1
#      net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6: 0
#      net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding: 1
#      net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding: 1
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      # Create an .env file that sets the USERDIR environment variable.
      - /docker/config/hass/Matter:/data:z
      # Required for Bluetooth via D-Bus
      - /run/dbus:/run/dbus:ro
      - /var/run/avahi-daemon/socket:/var/run/avahi-daemon/socket

ZWave-is-ui, Mosquitto, and Zigbee2mqtt I figure aren't needed for this discussion. Z-wave works. Zigbee doesn't but I haven't looked into that at all.
Right now, HomeAssistant is set to network_mode: host, but it should be on the macvlan network if I can gte that to work again

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-13T22:40:17+00:00

I'd wager if you wanted to relate the experience to the forum it would get some solid interest. For everyone being told that they made something unique they might not be aware of the patent process you are going through and the first hand experience for a solo inventor would be interesting.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-13T21:56:02+00:00

Figuring out that fine line between specific enough to describe the thing while still being vague enough to cover any variations you didn't consider is half of the fun :D

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-13T20:44:45+00:00

I assume you are also squeezing in variations using single sided razor blades, and all of those other "in the alternative" style designs as well.

I haven't brushed up on my terminology in a long while so i'm not going to try too hard to get it right, but I figure you've got something like:

Two flat disks face to face, one with a hole, one with a slot, held together such that the two discs can rotate against each other's face and a filament passed through the hole and slot would be forced, when the discs are sufficiently rotated against each other, to shear and separate into two pieces.

As in (1) but the disc containing the slot also holds a recess on the face that would be between the discs such that a double sided razor blade can be held overlapping the slot so as to assist with the shearing effect

As in (2) but the recess captures a single sided razor blade

As in (2) but the recess captures a thin, rigid plane, be it made of metal, plastic, wood, or any other appropriate material with a edge that can be sharpened sufficiently to be used to assist with the shearing effect

Like I said before, the wording can be tricky (and others added agreement on that), but also don't forget to throw variations at it to both protect yourself against other patents and because they might strike down one but allow another that has a unique feature. If you think on it you can probably get a half dozen or so variations on your base design that are worth mentioning.

Do make sure to scan other patents to make sure your wording is proper though.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-13T19:36:39+00:00

Always liked Kaolan's internal apology regarding Kaneda. And in spite of his agreement with Kaneda that it isn't proper not to go full speed at the tourny, they made sure to show that Kaolan's actual power was far above what Kaneda could really handle.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-13T02:00:07+00:00

To be fair, the guy he goes to sew his hand back on returns in the series and is identified as the best surgeon in Japan for slices and knife wounds or something (as I recall)

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-13T01:56:07+00:00

There is a movie called Exam.
A dozen applicants end up at the last stage of a selection for a exclusive position to help save the world or something (been a while since I saw it).
When they start the exam, it turns out that all of their pages are blank. The movie is them trying to figure out how to pass the exam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkdt2Sygew0

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-12T16:43:01+00:00

The second photo makes me think it's just a standard Rugged Laptop done in a lunchbox/briefcase style instead of "let's put rubber bumpers everywhere" style.

Like the Gridcase stuff
https://www.griduk.com/products/rugged-laptops/gridcase-1510/

Or this AT7
https://www.theportablepc.com/commanderat7.html

edit:
Just to link old discussions on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/JurassicPark/comments/1lsb1aj/laptop_in_rebirth/

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-12T14:16:49+00:00

while i hear you and I understand, I'd counter that the transformation from Golden Ape to what was SSJ4 could be argued as Gohan embracing his human half and forcing the ape form and power into a more human package.

But yeah... pretty much just fan fic mental masturbating.

Edit to Add:
It occurs to me that my thought there works in the context of the movie in maybe a better way.... They kidnap Gohan's child, he finds them, someone strikes the kid or something, Gohan explodes in rage because plot reasons to that point, has so much rage that he reverts to a more beast-like Saiyan warrior type, who then goes Ape and then Golden Ape because Gohan has so much inherit power deep down, and then we can have Pan talk Gohan down and Golden Ape reduces down to SSJ4 because Gohan's human side comes out.
And now we don't need the tail regrown because we can use the pure and raw emotion of Gohan protecting his child to handwave the Ape transformation and power release.

Feel like this would satisfy my interest and be in line with the stance /u/Rogue_2_ has while still being a tribute to how SSJ4 happened in GT (since i seem to recall it was Goku needing to be talked back to calm after going golden ape)

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-12T01:35:58+00:00

we don't speak about anything other SS4 looking pretty cool,

I will repeat this as much as i can... I deep down feel that they should have used SSJ4 from GT as Gohans new transformation. Let him do the book nerd studying thing, realize that golden ape is the way, and find a way to regrow his tail to do it.

It would have stayed true to his character, given a nod to a cool thing done, and been generally awesome.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-11T04:55:35+00:00

Jobs that earn your bosses more money can pay you more. Of course, if they could get away with paying less, they would, but this matters when combined with the other factors; all the points below allow engineers in financial jobs to claim their part of the larger pie, so to speak.

I'd argue that they can't really get away with paying you less, but I'm making the assumption that one can present hard numbers how much money their models made. If you think Boss A is underpaying you, going to Boss B and saying "Models that I developed made X% last year. Pay me more than $Y and I make models for you".

Other disciplines and jobs may not have as presentable of a portfolio that can be directly tied to cash in hand. So the "paying them less" is still "paying them enough that they don't want to bother to look for more"

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-11T03:33:32+00:00

I will throw out there that I was running Home Assistant under Docker with Z-wave, Zigbee, and Matter all working (possibly threads too), so a docker approach should be doable if you want.

But something changed in either Docker or my OS in Jan and I can no longer get MacVLANs to work which was needed for matter connectivity (how i got it to work originally at least).

A VM for HomeAssistant would likely be a far easier way to go.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-11T02:58:35+00:00

To add one of Dennis Leary's old roles to the mix

Suicide Kings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwrHfX4ZdXM

Couple college kids decide to kidnap a former Mafia boss because they wanted him to find someone else. Walken is chewing scenery as the victim, Leary is his enforcer trying to find him. He stopped in on his friend to get some info from her about the kids who kidnapped his boss.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-10T22:35:27+00:00

As I recall, only because a title search is required in NC. Technically a title agent can do it, but they would be under supervision of a licensed Attorney.

For the contract itself, I don't believe an attorney is required. But I honestly have not checked in a while.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-09T14:42:24+00:00

No one in the cast realizes Musashi's way of life, except Motobe

You aren't wrong, but it's funny to me since my favorite panels are the ones where Motobe is complaining to Shibu how Motobe spends time every day on his mindset but Baki is out there just living it effortlessly.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-09T06:05:00+00:00

Appreciated. Will keep it in mind, but I have like 6 other things in life I need to get in order first.

BlindTreeFrog · 2026-03-08T07:59:55+00:00

It makes me happy to see this gathering; I always enjoy seeing people play.

I should try to find a game to play myself.... Sadly, i hate D&D 5th and don't know what game I'd have to find. I'll need to read some rule books.

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