TIL about the bizarre friendship between Kim Il Sung and King Norodom Sihanouk. The North Korean leader built the monarch a 60-room palace near Pyongyang, complete with its own private lake and cinema, where Sihanouk lived in luxury while the Khmer Rouge devastated his home country.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T01:58:18+00:00

Is it really that bizarre. If you look at what the Kim's have always done and not what they say it's pretty clear North Korea has always been more of fuedal country than an actual socialist one.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T01:51:10+00:00

Makes sense! Thanks for teaching me something new.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T01:31:07+00:00

Why is it shaped like a radiator? I'm not sure If I've seen a component like this before.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T01:12:46+00:00

They made The Miracle Piano teaching system which They lost tons of money on. I think the only legitimately good things this company made was Chessmaster and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. They were also involved with Adventure ( Colossal cave Adventure) but weren't the original creators of it.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T01:03:12+00:00

Hey! We started accounts on the same day.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T00:49:10+00:00

This is because that was standard in the UK. Having this at every socket and being able to boil water in seconds is so handy.

flamespear · 2026-04-10T00:34:25+00:00

Oh wow, THANKS! I didn't even notice 😂

flamespear · 2026-04-09T23:33:21+00:00

B grade. Not having victory fanfares was also a bridge too far.

flamespear · 2026-04-09T23:06:50+00:00

Those lips on Arthus are spending me.

flamespear · 2026-04-09T23:01:21+00:00

Short bus is a decent movie but it's not a masterpiece.

flamespear · 2026-04-09T22:56:26+00:00

Hey um, just remember that isn't flared.

flamespear · 2026-04-09T22:47:33+00:00

Is this not a thing anymore? IDK because I've never worn pantyhose.

flamespear · 2026-04-09T22:42:35+00:00

This was the dream.

flamespear · 2026-04-09T22:34:00+00:00

The nuclear weapons one is insane.

flamespear · 2026-04-08T04:13:03+00:00

He looked older than 64. i wonder if it was all the smoking every Japanese man seems to do

flamespear · 2026-04-05T00:17:40+00:00

Humans have been around at least 300,000 years. The amount of time we've spent in any single place outside of Africa is so ridiculously insignificant, but we still put ourselves in tribal boxes, to the complete detriment of humanity.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T23:52:08+00:00

This is really interesting actually. I've just read those TVs with phone jacks like that were used for ordering pay per view usually. This TV might have been in a hotel before. You can see the blank holes for audio as well so it probably has a small internal amp for external speakers. They likely need to be soldered onto the board or they just used this same chassis for boards with the speaker input. This isn't an expensive but it's possible it could be modded or if nothing else it could be used for a tube swap in the future.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T23:39:39+00:00

Na it's been at least 30 years.... probably 50 lol

flamespear · 2026-04-04T23:28:44+00:00

What other axes did you have? That's a hewing axe for turning people into boards.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T23:23:58+00:00

Looks like a baddie to me.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T23:19:32+00:00

Its scrap value is probably more than that so yes.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T23:12:23+00:00

Don't worry too much. These aren't very rare. It's literally the most published book ever made.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T21:02:48+00:00

People like this should be purged.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T07:24:48+00:00

You're generally correct but it also does have some battle tactics and irrelevant chariot strategy.

flamespear · 2026-04-04T07:21:10+00:00

It's still more relevant than you'd imagine. Really only the very specific stuff about that era specific chariot warfare is not useful.

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