[Tiste Simeon]

Yesterday was the annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire and honestly the sheer insanity of it always makes me laugh (yes we watched the BBC live feed with commentary and everything for a while)

https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG

[Abyss]

 Tiste Simeon, on 27 May 2025 - 06:36 AM, said:

Yesterday was the annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire and honestly the sheer insanity of it always makes me laugh (yes we watched the BBC live feed with commentary and everything for a while)

https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG

looks like a gouda time was had by all.

[Tiste Simeon]

 Abyss, on 27 May 2025 - 01:18 PM, said:

 Tiste Simeon, on 27 May 2025 - 06:36 AM, said:

Yesterday was the annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire and honestly the sheer insanity of it always makes me laugh (yes we watched the BBC live feed with commentary and everything for a while)

https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG

looks like a gouda time was had by all.

I know right it looks like brielliant fun!

[Tiste Simeon]

Went to watch some of the TT racing over the weekend with my son. It's such an insane race and while I'm not really a motorbike guy, it was a lot fun.

[QuickTidal]

I had a bunch of really good friends in Grade 7, and 8, who I lost touch with after I left private school, and I could not recall any of their names to try to re-establish links with them now....but the other day my dad handed me some stuff he found, and one of the things was the program from our Grade 8 class play and EVERYONE was listed there so I was able to find a few of them on social media and catch up. Made me feel all fuzzy to see them doing well and thriving. I never had friendships even in high school like the ones I have in Grade 8...we were tightly knit.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM

[worry]

Wow that sounds like a blast from the past.

[Slow Ben]

 QuickTidal, on 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM, said:

I had a bunch of really good friends in Grade 7, and 8, who I lost touch with after I left private school, and I could not recall any of their names to try to re-establish links with them now....but the other day my dad handed me some stuff he found, and one of the things was the program from our Grade 8 class play and EVERYONE was listed there so I was able to find a few of them on social media and catch up. Made me feel all fuzzy to see them doing well and thriving. I never had friendships even in high school like the ones I have in Grade 8...we were tightly knit.

To quote Stand By Me

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.

Jesus, does anyone?"

[Tsundoku]

 Slow Ben, on 04 June 2025 - 05:13 AM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM, said:

I had a bunch of really good friends in Grade 7, and 8, who I lost touch with after I left private school, and I could not recall any of their names to try to re-establish links with them now....but the other day my dad handed me some stuff he found, and one of the things was the program from our Grade 8 class play and EVERYONE was listed there so I was able to find a few of them on social media and catch up. Made me feel all fuzzy to see them doing well and thriving. I never had friendships even in high school like the ones I have in Grade 8...we were tightly knit.

To quote Stand By Me

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.

Jesus, does anyone?"

Not really. Although I'm quite proud of the fact I've stayed good mates with a guy I met in grade 7, when I was 12 (cough1984coughcough).
I was his best man in 1993 and we text often and our families get together for dinner every 6 months or so.

My regular Friday fortnight TTRPG has been running since ... October 1996. Myself and a couple of others are originals, but a few others have come and gone.
The "new guy" has only been with us since about 2001 or thereabouts. It's all blurry back that far.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 04 June 2025 - 07:41 AM

[amphibian]

Had a very social Saturday starting off with flowers to my partner, who received a title bump and a pay raise, some work, seeing a friend for his daughter's birthday, over to help other friends put together a giant swing set (7+ hours they did, my partner and I put in a couple hours that was mostly organizing and distracting the kids), then an early bed for a train trip today to NYC to see more friends for lunch.

Really enjoying the personal side of life lately.

[amphibian]

I should add that we've been so busy that my clean laundry is 3 piles, my dining room table is overflowing with things that need to be put away, and my basement isn't organized at all. Yet I'm happy.

[Tiste Simeon]

amphibian, on 15 June 2025 - 12:08 PM, said:

I should add that we've been so busy that my clean laundry is 3 piles, my dining room table is overflowing with things that need to be put away, and my basement isn't organized at all. Yet I'm happy.

Full life. I'm happy for you

[worry]

Yeah that's rad. I had a cheapo metal tube swing set as a kid and had lots of fun, but those massive wood ones with the clubhouse or whatever look like kid heaven.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

amphibian, on 15 June 2025 - 12:08 PM, said:

I should add that we've been so busy that my clean laundry is 3 piles, my dining room table is overflowing with things that need to be put away, and my basement isn't organized at all. Yet I'm happy.

Sounds like a lovely, full life which is a nice thing to have

[QuickTidal]

For Fathers Day my kids (read: my wife) got me three 27" x 40" frames (not usually cheap or easy to find) to FINALLY house and display my three theatrical LORD OF THE RINGS teaser posters that I bought about 20 years ago (back when Toronto still had a movie poster store). I've never displayed them because: A. We didn't have the space t the old Condo and B. I wasn't about to put tacks through them and they are too heavy for museum putty, and 27 x 40 frames have always been nonsensically expensive compared to 24 x 36. But lo and behold Michaels (craft store in Canada) was having a deal on them, so the normally $50+tax EACH that they cost, was halved so she found me three for $75 total. A steal.

Anyways, it will be nice to finally get them up....they've been rolled in a protective cardboard tube since the early noughts.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 16 June 2025 - 11:36 AM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Deepseek is actually proving extremely helpful for learning rigorous advanced mathematics. (Not just the formulas, that is, but the proofs demonstrating their logical validity.)

So much better than Google search.

Granted, that's partly because of the enshittification of search. And it's made occasional errors (including at least one simple algebra error), so I've had to check its logic carefully. But since the latest update it's made very few errors. Probably a lower error rate than the average math textbook (which even in ebook form tend to be shockingly full of errors...).

If the justification behind a step isn't clear, you can ask it to explain its reasoning and it will do so clearly and (most of the time) correctly (and even when it's made errors, most of them have been minor and easily corrected). I'd imagine it's comparable to hiring a math professor as your personal tutor. Available at all hours of whenever. For free. (For now, at least...)

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 17 June 2025 - 02:27 PM

[QuickTidal]

Tall Ships this weekend! This Age of Sail Naval nerd is going to be in heaven.

[Briar King]

Just a one more thing before I sign out. In January I got to experience a lifelong dream! I ll post pics if I still remember how. That dream was to see moonlight(unfortunately not full but still) on a snow covered ground. With it all came my areas very 1st….blizzard warning. I’ve never seen anything like it before but it was fucking jamazing as all fuck! 8 inches of snow. Complete mindfuck to see in person. 6F lows killed our new satsuma trees though. That was so pleasant to be out in under multiple layers since there was no wind. I walked all over the hood on snow covered roads at 4am enjoying every single second. I would not go out in the 2021 cold snap of 15F cause the wind was like cold knives, this 6F was heaven. Dog went apeshit playing in it during daylight when it was falling but each sundown was a struggle for him after about 2 minutes. Lots of limping any longer than that in it. Skinny legs.


Let’s see I think I have to spoiler and img brackets hope this works.

Oh well I tried. I tried to get my shadow in moonlight fist pump pic but I can’t get it unerror. Sorry for the big size I can’t get the spoiler shit to stick it inside.

I’m outtie 5 thougty. Duces.

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[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Cool!

[Slow Ben]

Making a sandwich for lunch. Only the heel was left, so I got to get the heel from the new loaf. Double heel sandwich baby.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Deepseek saved me from the evil humans again.

Stupid MIT official course notes had a major typo that had me trying to prove something that wasn't true (greater than instead of greater than or equal to). Deepseek provided a counterexample that I could easily verify. And proving greater than or equal to was trivial.