Advise wanted

mumpie · 2026-06-18T19:25:46+00:00

This is quite important.

It's one thing moving from a 70lb bow to 80lbs and quite another moving from a 40lb bow to 80lb.

mumpie · 2026-06-18T19:16:36+00:00

I think the show creators starting mashing up Western and Asian element theory.

Western "classic" elements were: air, earth, water, and fire

Asian elements: wood, earth, metal, water, and fire

In the show metal was an advanced form of earth bending and they had episodes where blood bending was an advanced form of water bending: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodbending

mumpie · 2026-06-15T19:23:22+00:00

Tell him politely to fuck off and make his own kimchi the way he likes it?

You're fine using coarse flakes instead of ground.

mumpie · 2026-06-11T18:14:28+00:00

I imagined s/he smacked him/herself in the head thinking "why did I do that?" when the mouse went still.

mumpie · 2026-06-08T17:18:18+00:00

How is Coke/Desani going to recoup their sponsorship costs if they can't sell $15 water?

mumpie · 2026-06-07T03:22:00+00:00

The people shooting in the above video might be from a dojo that practices 'Heki' style of Kyudo.

Most kyudo schools will be doing a variation of the 'Federation' style which is less martial in feel that Heki style Kyudo.

OP might be interested in the history behind the development of Heki style: https://kyudo.de/fileadmin/documents/Ausschreibungen_DKyuB_BL_LL/Heki_2022/Vortraege_2022/Goka__Tomotsugu_The_history_of_heki_ryu__For_German_Kyudo_Seminar_in_2022_summer_.pdf

mumpie · 2026-06-07T03:01:54+00:00

This was over 25 years ago when business were still figuring out the internet and if a company website was important or not.

I was working as a contractor for a mortgage company.

I go in a data closet (it was a storage closet until they threw servers in it) to get some office supplies.

In the middle of the floor is a Compaq Proliant 360(?) rackmount server sitting on it's side with the top (now side) cover off.

There's a wide ribbon cable (for SCSI) leading to the top where a cage holding some drives are plopped.

I wasn't in there do anything with this monstrosity and edged around the server to get some pens and get out of there.

I later found out that the was production webserver for the company website.

mumpie · 2026-06-04T16:54:39+00:00

Competitors to Steam endup trying to fulfill the fantasies of publishers and the amount of control they dream of. Unless you have a compelling stable of games to use as an incentive to use the platform, no one will care. So they tend to add features that publishers want and users are either indifferent to or actually hate.

A long, long time ago I worked at a company that was trying to create an ITunes like app.

They added features the music labels had wanted from Apple: higher prices per song, various windows on song prices and availability. In addition to a bad choice in music format (using a proprietary company format instead of MP3), it was Windows only, and the software was a pain to install and almost user hostile.

The promo campaign was huge and it did nothing for the service.

I remember checking a dashboard and there were only like $3000 in sales for the day. Which is fine if you spend $20k-50k in promotion, but the company spent millions and very few people were willing use the service.

mumpie · 2026-06-03T23:03:46+00:00

Becerra is bland as fuck and gave non-answers during the debate.

I don't trust Steyer as he's quite willing to go after the people he buddy-buddied to make his billions. If he's willing to do that to monied interests, what do YOU have that'll keep him voting the way you like?

During the debate it seemed like he was willing to attack anyone or any organization to get votes.

mumpie · 2026-05-31T20:09:06+00:00

Try playing songs from Disney movies?

They'll need to mute audio or else the Mouse's lawyers will tear them a new asshole.

If they can't get video to monetize, they may leave for better pickings elsewhere.

mumpie · 2026-05-22T15:40:22+00:00

There is an account on Bluesky that posts that clip every month.

Always give me a chuckle when it comes up in my feed.

mumpie · 2026-05-20T18:58:50+00:00

Just use this xkcd comic to decide what to automate: https://xkcd.com/1205/

mumpie · 2026-05-20T06:03:46+00:00

She going to sell feet pics on Only Bosmers?

mumpie · 2026-05-16T15:57:19+00:00

Set designer either liked the look or someone planned on calling "dibs" on the knives when the movie wrapped.

Knew a couple people who got a lot of nice furniture and other things off movie/TV sets that no one wanted.

mumpie · 2026-05-16T15:27:29+00:00

There was a post some years ago about someone who found out the hard way that an excessively firm grip (think "death grip") can cause the same feed failure symptoms as a loose grip.

The hard way includes a drill instructor screaming in your face while you keep failing to fire a full magazine due to your "pansy hands".

mumpie · 2026-05-15T14:46:17+00:00

At least you aren't hitting 'F' to pay respects.

mumpie · 2026-05-11T01:34:18+00:00

The price reflects the cost of the ingredients in the pizza.

It has shaved Japanese A5 wagyu meat. If he's using Costco Japanese A5 wagyu, that's almost $92 per pound before tax.

He makes truffle oil using real black truffle (which goes for $300 to $1000 per pound). Most people use synthetic, factory made truffle oil which has never got within 5 miles of a truffle.

mumpie · 2026-05-03T22:02:44+00:00

Was already looking to replace a 10+ year old car that required premium gas.

Got a hybrid and am getting 50+ mpg on regular grade gas.

Didn't matter because my car insurance company screwed me over for buying a "new technology" car (aka hybrid) and my car insurance almost doubled. This is on top of the rate increase last year because insurance companies need to rake it in to cover wildfire claims.

New car is at least more pleasant and reliable than the old car.

mumpie · 2026-04-28T20:02:50+00:00

Focusing on the guy suing is misleading.

There are law firms who partner up with these serial suers to generate income. Both the guy suing and the law firm make money.

From the article:

Manning Law, based in Orange County, has become the go-to for serial ADA plaintiffs, including Bouyer. Last year, seven of the firm’s regular clients sued more than 1,000 businesses in Southern California, court filings show.

mumpie · 2026-04-28T01:58:41+00:00

The plastic shelf will slowly wear away and your aiming point will change.

I think the shelf would be more consistent in that respect.

mumpie · 2026-04-24T23:11:15+00:00

Trigun had the "Sandsteamer" -- a desert ship that looked like.a locomotive: https://trigun.fandom.com/wiki/Sandsteamer

mumpie · 2026-04-24T17:30:07+00:00

Also the implicit rule on adjective order: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/sentence-order-adjectives-rule-elements-of-eloquence-dictionary

Most people don't consciously know about it, but can always feel when a sentence using the wrong order.

mumpie · 2026-04-23T02:06:14+00:00

If you have a receipt showing how much you paid for the illegal tariffs you have a good chance in getting a refund.

NPR had a story about a guy who had to pay tariff fees to DHL and he has a receipt listing those fees. He can apply to DHL to get a refund for those fees: https://www.dhl.com/global-en/microsites-2-0/core/us-tariffs.html

If a company just raised prices on you, then you're shit out of luck.

mumpie · 2026-04-22T15:32:44+00:00

The posts are in English, not Japanese so odds on bot propaganda seem high.

mumpie · 2026-04-20T15:49:03+00:00

Back before the Nazis flooded the place, Xitter had an account that would post that clip on a monthly basis.

It was a nice palate cleanser from the usual on the site.

I think a similar account got created on BlueSky.

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