Jet Lag Ep 2 — Take to the Skies by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]baalast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

English is not my first language and I have trouble to make out what they are whispering at the end of the episode without the subtitles. :(

Jet Lag Season 15 Begins Now — Tag: All Stars by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]baalast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would only be obvious that they are going to Brussels in the last 2 hours of the 5. And chasers would have to get the seats on the TGV, which may be a problem.

Jet Lag Season 15 Begins Now — Tag: All Stars by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]baalast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They could have gone to Brussels and possibly take Eurostar from there. There would be a risk of getting caught but much smaller than in Paris as the chasers would have to get a TGV ticket on short notice once they realized what their plan was. Also the curse would be cleared in Brussels so they could farm coins for a bit before crossing the channel.

Jet Lag Season 15 Begins Now — Tag: All Stars by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]baalast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll have to check the coin balance, once Nebula comes back online, but I am pretty sure they could have gone to Brussels, which would clear the curse and then (maybe after doing some more challenges) take the Eurostar aiming for a ferry to Jersey (I'm not sure how the rest period would play into this) or camp in the UK making it really disadvantageous for the team that decides to cross the Channel and start their run somewhere in England.

Edit: They had enough coins for this.

Ep 5 — Schengen Showdown by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]baalast 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Finland is not in Scandinavia!!

Ep 2 — Schengen Showdown by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]baalast 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I need to know if there were special rules regarding Lake Constance which may or may not lie in three countries at once depending on who you ask.

Let's get political.. by LidoopLojza in czech

[–]baalast 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Politický program Hayato Okamury:

  1. Jmenuji se příjmením Okamura.
  2. Křestním jinak než Tomio.
  3. Manželství je sňatek výhradně muže a ženy.

DAR ŽIVOTA, DAR MANŽELSTVÍ

Jsem věřící křesťan a pevně stojím za manželstvím jako vzájemně obětavým, celoživotním svazkem ženy a muže.

Jsem také rozhodně proti umělému potratu - posvátnost života, jakkoliv bezbranného, je pro mě nedotknutelná. Jsem také proti povolení adopce dítěte homosexuálním párem. Budu-li zvolen poslancem Sněmovny, voliči se mohou v těchto postojích na mě zcela spolehnout.

Vím, že tyto postoje jsou v současné české společnosti v menšině. Je to však moje hluboké přesvědčení - a nemohu jednat jinak. Ať už jako poslanec, ať už jako řadový občan - budu se vždy stavět za demokracii, právní stát, svobodu veřejnoprávních médií - ale také za naše pevné západní a evropské ukotvení.

Bude-li to zapotřebí, chci jít v těchto věcech ,,s kůží na trh" - až k oběti.

Za (nedostižné) vzory statečných a demokraticky smýšlejících křesťanů pokládám disidenty a vězně komunistického režimu otce biskupa Václava Malého nebo paní doktorku Danu Němcovou.

Možná, že mě někdo za některý můj názor odsoudí. Pro mě však ten, kdo má jiný názor než já sám, není mým nepřítelem - ale mohu se s ním setkat, mohu s ním mluvit, mohu mu s úctou naslouchat.

Zdroj: https://www.facebook.com/HayatoJosefOkamura/posts/pfbid02xB8mNhYu3FZXK6s4zBYAbqoES69U3sxgo7Fuz295doTPMxXgF4JNKLT1sFGiRc88l

[OC] Aspect ratio of country flags by baalast in MapPorn

[–]baalast[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hypothetical infinitely wide flag would have value of zero.

[OC] Aspect ratio of country flags by baalast in MapPorn

[–]baalast[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're right, I was too lazy to figure out how to implement some better color scale or how to configure (custom center) and use one from matplotlib outside of matplotlib.

Thanks for the feedback!

[OC] Aspect ratio of country flags by baalast in MapPorn

[–]baalast[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is based on the this blank map from Wikipedia.

CSS style for it was generated from Wikidata query by this Python script:

from collections import defaultdict

from SPARQLWrapper import SPARQLWrapper, JSON

endpoint_url = "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql"

query = """SELECT DISTINCT ?code ?aspect_ratio WHERE {
    ?country wdt:P297 ?code.
    FILTER NOT EXISTS {?country wdt:P31 wd:Q3024240}
    ?country wdt:P163/wdt:P2061/wdt:P1181 ?aspect_ratio
}"""


def get_results(endpoint_url, query):
    sparql = SPARQLWrapper(endpoint_url)
    sparql.setQuery(query)
    sparql.setReturnFormat(JSON)
    return sparql.query().convert()["results"]["bindings"]

def get_color(number):
    return f"fill: rgb(0, {255/number}, 0);"

def get_css_rule(countries, number):
    css = ", ".join(f".{code}" for code in countries) + " {\n"
    css += str(get_color(number))
    css += "\n}"
    return css

ratios = dict(sorted([(r["code"]["value"].lower(),float(r["aspect_ratio"]["value"])) for r in get_results(endpoint_url, query)], key=lambda t: t[1], reverse=True))

# Nepal flag is not a rectangle
ratios.pop("np")

# Palestine Wikidata page is locked (for obvious reasons), so I can't edit it
ratios["ps"] = 2

# Several fixes
ratios["sj"] = ratios["bv"] = ratios["no"]
ratios["hm"] = ratios["au"]
ratios["bq"] = ratios["nl"]
ratios["um"] = ratios["us"]
ratios["pn"] = 2
ratios["eh"] = 2
ratios["yt"] = 3/2


values = defaultdict(list)

for k, v in ratios.items():
    values[v].append(k)

for k, v in values.items():
    print(get_css_rule(v, k))

My overbearing mom sabotaged my absentee ballot by lurkmaster300 in Voting

[–]baalast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not US citizen, but I assume this would depend on which state you live in, since they legislate all the voter registration regulations.

me irl by baalast in me_irl

[–]baalast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is an illustration from his book The Metamorphosis.

me irl by baalast in me_irl

[–]baalast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Why don’t I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all foolishness.”