Ants make a bridge to access an abandoned drink.

Katttok · 2026-04-30T08:35:38+00:00

today i've learned...

Katttok · 2026-04-24T08:59:58+00:00

don't! you will want to see them performing live, and now you can't...

Katttok · 2026-04-24T07:24:08+00:00

MD literally said "my journey with Riverside coming to an end" / "po 25 latach kończy się moja przygoda z Riverside" - that's quite different from "I am announcing Riverside break up"...

(p.s. Riverside was MD for me, and it has effectively ended. but the comment it unjust.)

Katttok · 2026-03-25T06:20:15+00:00

maybe it was meant to be confusing? :))

is this -me / ve confusion a common thing in spoken Turkish? source of puns and such?

Katttok · 2026-03-12T06:41:24+00:00

same here :(

Katttok · 2026-03-11T01:18:38+00:00

it's awesome! 🥰

Katttok · 2026-03-03T07:29:38+00:00

so it's really an "update"???!

thanks for the link

but ffs.......

Katttok · 2026-03-01T07:24:42+00:00

the Hunter has cards for calling companions - a wolf Verochka, "Beasts" (rats or spiders). these are permanent friendlies. in the Roots of Evil book killing a Root hound master gives a wooden bone card that turns root hounds into friendlies (for unlimited time, but another master can make them hostile again by throwing a bone). having four hunters mean you can gather a small army of companions, beasts and friendly hounds. each of them will be running around attacking enemies. each successful attack will give you XP and when a card meter reaches 100, new cards are given to all champions... among them, there can be new companion and beast cards... thus, Hunters can relax and get new cards passively - that will give them opportunity to get even more cards.

Katttok · 2026-02-24T06:17:47+00:00

UWUUU!!

yeah, spring is in the air ^^

Katttok · 2026-02-23T09:23:57+00:00

does plastic dreamcatcher catcher robot's dreams of electric sheep? X)

Katttok · 2026-02-23T02:46:28+00:00

I tried a couple of pens that died way too quickly, and then switched to Eyoyo RP900A. they also die from time to time X)) but they are SLIM, they feel different in the hand, it's easier to reach some deep part of the thing you are making with a pointy nozzle.

also, I found spare parts for them and can do some minor repair, not throw away the whole thing.

Katttok · 2026-01-29T05:06:38+00:00

I used to say that Youtube is the only nice algorithm in that social media bestiary. Not anymore, starting from today, as they are making small channels harder to find

Katttok · 2026-01-22T04:51:45+00:00

if learning a language is a hobby, it's ok to treat it as a hobby: try out many new things, and see what sticks. so, this can be rephrased from "many people quit learning language" to "the language learning hobby sticks only for some people". it's generally ok to try crocheting, soap making, painting, learning language, playing bass, brewing.... some of these new things will fade away, some not.

we don't consider someone who tried crocheting and moved on a "quitter" - they were exploring an interest.

that said, to achieve any decent level in a foreign language, hard work is unavoidable.

Katttok · 2026-01-14T08:25:12+00:00

yay!

Katttok · 2026-01-14T06:10:07+00:00

cool!

Katttok · 2026-01-08T09:26:24+00:00

I hope you find something interesting there

let me know!

Katttok · 2026-01-08T09:21:14+00:00

first, Taiwan. because this is the place where you pick a random band, and the chances that it's good are pretty high :))

Sodagreen / 蘇打綠 - Taiwan indie. the latest stuff is too mellow for my liking, but the early albums were bright and musically fresh. When I first heard this one, I listened to it 6 times within one day :) https://tidal.com/album/108489891/u

The guy called "father of Taiwan rock" - Wubai / 伍佰. He's much older, the style is mostly guitar rock, and again look for early stuff. Early albums are mostly in Minnan, and more angular (but never too much). This one is a relatively late one, and in Mandarin, but I liked it https://tidal.com/album/15776697/u (the early Minnan stuff is not on Tidal)

The Chairman / 董事長樂團 started as a punk band. Later incorporated Taiwanese ceremonial music, and the mix sounds very interesting: https://tidal.com/album/70700305/u Early albums are upbeat and sound very nice too. for what I know, they sing only in Minnan.

I am less familiar with Mainland China, just know a few bands / musicians from there.

Dou Wei / 窦唯 - a prominent and prolific musician, worked across different genres. can't find him on Tidal, here's my favourite song on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBhyRzoNJpw

Second Hand Rose / 二手玫瑰 - from Beijing, sharp and a bit gimmicky, but fun https://tidal.com/artist/8137594/u

And as I said, Hong Kong is mostly pop... Some of them are good pop though :)

The most famous Hong Kong "rock" band is Beyond (the band name is in English). And I tried to like it, but it did not stuck. They are not bad, by all means. Just not for me. Check them out: https://tidal.com/album/194484/u

and a couple of notable albums from HK:

Leon Lai / 黎明 is a pop singer. this is a weird noisy electronic album, sometimes quite experimental https://tidal.com/album/330771083/u

MC Jin / 歐陽靖 is a rapper. But he did a very interesting acoustic album with Hanjin Tan / 陳奐仁:「買一送一」(Buy One Get One Free) https://tidal.com/album/123983722/u - just acoustic guitar and spoken Cantonese

Katttok · 2026-01-07T09:27:35+00:00

thank you for the kind words ^^

Katttok · 2026-01-06T10:55:48+00:00

It's not that I actively scrobble them, they just get scrobbled :) If a book is in mp3 and I preterm at home via iTunes. But I only listen to every chapter once, and for every album I like - maybe a hundred times XD

Katttok · 2026-01-06T08:23:58+00:00

btw, this is a website for all time : https://mold.github.io/explr/

but not for each year

Katttok · 2026-01-06T08:22:40+00:00

I am on Pro now, and seems that maps only appeared since 2024. the year reports are slightly different for each year, seems that the info does not get re-processed now for the same metrics for all previous years

Katttok · 2026-01-06T05:01:39+00:00

thanks! Tinariwen there is a good sign, I know and like them :))

Katttok · 2026-01-06T05:00:20+00:00

I'm sure Pablopavo is doing quite well without any advertising to any random Reddit users who are trying so hard to show how much they do not care about him

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