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  • docpoz2

    Ok last blog o the day:
    I may start a qbn liveblog from the bean in LES while drawing because I can. If K has an issue just lemme know. Maybe we can sit down and matrix into the laptop during the day.

  • Bennn1

    Receiving a lot of email of privacy policy agreement thingy since a couple days. Seems like every company out there are sending this out. Its a law in the US or whut?

    • Same here in EU tooOBBTKN
    • It's a change to EU privacy laws.i_monk
    • EU GDPR legislation.fadein11
    • Because Facebook.monospaced
    • How can one be on the internet daily and yet so obliviousset
    • changes in the European data protection lawspockets
  • HijoDMaite2

    Wtf the whole office is getting non-stop Chinese robo calls. They’re just going down the line.

    • I get a couple of those a day sometimes. always starts with "ni hao". I heard someone say it's a scam about the chinese consolate and a fine or something.monNom
  • canoe4

  • hans_glib2

    is qbn gdpr compliant?

    asking for a friend

  • Continuity2

    With a mere six pantry ingredients and 30 minutes of my life, I've just successfully recreated a spot-on-tasting version of KFC gravy, which I have a horrible weakness for.

    I feel at once elated and filthy.

    • :/monospaced
    • I know. How low can a guy go, right?Continuity
    • Nah that’s fine. We all have that thing. I always found their gravy to be one of their worst offerings, personally. To each their own. Congrats I guess :)monospaced
    • I used to drink it straight from the cup with my zinger tower burger at 3 am, slurring my words and telling strangers how tasty it was. Those were the daysset
    • telling strangers to fuck off**set
    • my guess: water, bouillon cube, cornstarch, salt, black peppermonNom
    • Equal quantity chicken and beef bouillon cubes, butter, flour, pepper, MSG.Continuity
    • And, yeah, water of course.Continuity
  • Hayzilla2

    What's this streaming thing all the cool young kids are doing these days and people send them in money? Like here...

  • Gardener3

    taking my 13 year old to his first gig tonight,
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra at The Roundhouse

    my first gig was at 14 - Queen at Earls Court,
    still got the stub!

  • detritus9

    OK, so it's a bit shit, but I'm super-chuffed with how my very first attempt at etching metal's come out...

    Lessons learned: Use less resist, be more patient, use actual acetone to remove resist (not isopropanol), especially don't use a fucking metal scourer to clean off the resist (idiot).

    Now I need to work out the best combo of salt solution and acid, and then see how deep I can go...

    w00000t.

    • Nice!set
    • Ta! I've been marking metals for years, but this is the first time i've had actual tactility to it.. even if it's quite light here. Now I need a real project...detritus
    • ...i'd use my favourite kitchen knife, had I not covered laser-marked 'motherfucker' all over it years ago. Family loves that when they visit... .detritus
    • i need that knifeimbecile
    • Nice!
      Ever done photoetching on brass?
      Continuity
    • so this is a chemical etch? no cnc / laze involved?hans_glib
    • H2SO4? or HCL? do share your resist technique if you will. do you screen your resist or do a hobo transfer? looks great! mine are always pitted and lose detail.zombiewoof
    • Good stuff.docpoz
    • This looks pretty damn good to me. I know someone that does etching, and there's are never crisp like this.section_014
    • I'm afraid I cheated with the resist a bit - it's nail varnish that's been lasered out at 600dpi. The etchant's just lightly acidic salt water with a chargedetritus
    • I mean, 'cheated'; in the traditional sense - i'm simply trying to make more use of the laser process :)detritus
    • Thats brilliant!mugwart
    • clever girlhans_glib
    • https://i.ytimg.com/…detritus
  • imbecile1

    I'm looking for some chunky colorful vector illustrations. Maybe cartoon style, thick bold lines, bright colors.

    I'm wanting to full vinyl wrap my BMW. It's metallic space gray at the moment, but I'm thinking a bright colorful wrap will look pretty sick for the summer.

    Any suggestions?

  • canoe0

    Remember that time you learned that the response,

    "Word"

    doesn't mean "cool" but means, "Really?"

    Now you're going to learn that

    "Dope"

    should only be referenced when talking about music and not when you're talking about,

    Food
    Gadgets
    Cars
    Computers
    Houses
    Tattoos
    Etc

    ...now I'll sit here and wait for the downvotes from all the new kids on the block.

    If anything at all, designers should be experts in appropriation... whether in work or in writing... so go out on a limb and find a new word to describe your new moped because dope is not what it is...

    Love,
    Uncle Fart

    • +1renderedred
    • werdpango
    • signs your getting oldsarahfailin
    • Dope is from the early 90s.
      Rad is from the 80s.
      Fresh is from the 80s.

      None of it is new.
      docpoz
    • Sick fam, safe.set
    • 1981. "Dope is a rather new slang word that is used to define someone or something excellent, great, impressive. OED says that it is originally in African-Americanoe
    • African-American usage and chiefly among rap musicians and enthusiasts. However, you can hear it outside the rap realm nowadays. Because, stupid.canoe
    • Heres a crash course on young language: https://m.facebook.c…docpoz
  • kona1

    I really enjoy where I work and have only but one complaint.

    The guy who sits behind me in our double cube is a pretty bad screen-looker. I mean,... uncomfortably bad. Most of the interfaces we design are pretty dark if not black so my monitor is basically a giant mirror, and every time he gets up to get a drink or whatever, he stops and stares at my screen. I wouldn’t think anything of it if it weren’t for the fact that he’ll just stand there and stare at my screen for 30 seconds if not more. Glances I wouldn’t mind, but he just stands there and it is so weird.

    I have to believe he’s staring at my screen and not the balding spot on the back of my melon.

    I’m tempted to purchase one of those small round mirrors and put it on the side of my monitor so at least he knows that I know... but really... he has to know because this Apple Monitor is a giant fucking mirror. Help me

    • Just ask, “how can I help you?”monospaced
    • I had a really annoying PM sitting right behind me watching my screen all day. I opened a notebook and used that as a mirror, got rid of him in 2 weeks.sted
    • I have one rule for lookers:
      $20/min $40 with both eyes..
      sted
    • hehe... my ex-boss used to do this a lot... now my cats are the only one looking my melonOBBTKN
    • "Do you want me to screenshot this for you?" - And he will never do that shit again.Maaku
    • There's a guy here who constantly commented on what was on my screen when he walked past.set
    • I don't know why it annoyed me so much, but it did, I'd had enough so I told him to never fucking comment on what's on my screen ever again. He hasn't.set
    • I remember you could get a film for mobile phone screens, it made the screen look black I you weren't looking perpendicular at it. Maybe get that stuffshapesalad
  • BattleAxe3

    <RANT>
    So I flew from West Texas to North Florida via Delta , at the time of booking I had it till Sunday, when I check in I see it is till Thursday , enter WTF MODE. I try to get a flight back on Sunday they say it will be $869. I say fuck off in a nice way and find a flight from American for $340. Fucking SOBs
    </RANT>

  • set4

    Due to go to a Greek island for two weeks on Wednesday, but this morning my 95yo great auntie died. I fucking hope the funeral is before Wednesday otherwise I'm going to have to choose between being frowned upon by the whole family or missing out on my holiday, and I sure know which one I'd rather.

    • She made it to 95, nice.M01XXX
    • https://images.gr-as…utopian
    • Don't you remember the time when she told you that her ashes may only be scattered over Greek island?sted
    • FacetimeBusterBoy
    • Facetime at a funeral? haha - no. Luckily it's not being held until we're back as there's a huge backlog for funerals apparently. 95, yea! Impressiveset
    • My mother and her sister were having to fork out £5k a month for the old people's home, for the last 3 years so at 95 I think it was best for everyone, frankly.set
    • £5k, wtfM01XXX
    • Sorry to her. Have a thought about what she would have wanted you to do. Sit in a room sad or be in the sun living your life.mugwart
    • Make a send off in Greece? take a photo and candle. Maybe burn something on a cliff top as the sun set and have a sit down next to her and smile at her end andmugwart
    • your next part of your life. I call it the generation link.mugwart
    • Thanks muggy but like I said the funeral will be once we're back, fortunately.set
    • Take a photo to your family so they know you've mourned and thought of her.
      Everyone is a winner. (sorry to hear btw)
      mugwart
    • ^ Absolutely. Old people homes are fucking expensive. Like a hotel with 24hr carers. My Gandpa lived to 99 and my dad was paying 4k a month.Hayzilla
    • Put the shits up me. I don't think any form of savings/pension I'll ever have will cover that shit man.Hayzilla
    • Yea it's mental, but understandable.
      They do a lot.
      set
    • It's the greek island of Naxos, where I learnt to walk and talk, and haven't been back since, so will be interesting to check the place outset
    • sted remembersimbecile
  • set2

    I'm selling my ipad and needed my apple ID password to factory reset it, which I'd totally forgotten. I haven't used it in years. So I open an INCOGNITO window on my machine at work, and go to the old gmail account associated with my apple account, which I haven't logged in to for at least a few years, and the password is saved and I just click login without having to enter it. In an incognito window. WTF!?

    • Incognito still uses existing user details and history, no? It just doesn't commit anything from a session.detritus
    • I thought the whole point is that you can use that without worrying about leaving stuff behind, ie- login details?set
    • If I go to gmail now I've logged out of that, there's no saved data of my other two accounts I'm logged in to. Same with twitter, qbn etc etc, no logins savedset
    • Ok so my qbn login is there if I start typing my user. I guess I'm just being an idiot? It has been known to happen.set
    • my incognito is pulling all my existing password data. you can manage this in settings > advanced > passwords & formsimbecile
    • I guess it makes sense that if you've saved it in a normal window, there's no reason for it to not be there in incognito.set
    • Just a bit of a shock considering I haven't even logged in to that gmail account in 2 or 3 years. Ignore, I was being a thick cunt.set
    • What shocked me ythe other day was that I could see a saved password as raw text from within Firefox's menu. I had no bloody idea.detritus
    • handy though - I'd been doing the 'dev tools, change type from password' 'hack' to see saved passwords I'd forgotten, which sometimes doesn't work these daysdetritus
    • Weird, incognito normally flush all saved data on exit...Bennn
    • get a sandbox if you don't want to leave a trace of a particular sessions's activity.Fax_Benson
    • Incognito doesn't save. But will use whatever s available.pango
    • Yea I get it nowset
    • I love that I totally misunderstood incognito but Benn comes in and saves the day and totally misses the point, just to take attention away from me.set
    • Love you Ben xset
    • That's Ben's super power.pango
    • Sorry set, didnt want to take attention away from you, i actually dont like getting attention. Still love you too set :DBennn
  • sea_sea4


    "I’m a very private person and not at all interested in public attention. But, given the incredibly inaccurate and misleading attacks on my father, Woody Allen, I feel that I can no longer stay silent as he continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit."

    https://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com…

    • Suck on this Greta Gerwig.docpoz
    • Thanks for this, sea_sea - quite the read!detritus
    • Woah Mia loco.robotron3k
    • Gives out a Roman Polanski vibe, something doesn't smell right.helloeatbreathedrive
    • Yea, as disturbing as it sounds, the only abuse I see here is a mother who abuses her children. Talk about mommy dearest. Cringe.sea_sea
    • Also, willing to bet the me too movement will villainize him. Who knows.sea_sea
    • fucking hard read.mugwart
    • "But trial by media thrives on the lack of long-term memory and Twitter requires neither knowledge nor restraint"mugwart
  • Bennn-1

    ANYONE WANT TO READ MY PRIVACY POLICY AND USER AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF SERVICES ??????

  • i_monk5

    Nailed another interview.
    *gets hopes up*

    • STILL?!?
      Go shoot a msg to Shellie. She might be able to hook you up.
      pango
  • moldero3

    I'm headed to Alaska next month for 1 month for a season of commercial Salmon fishing w/ my buddies outfit over in Bristol Bay. I'm looking at it as more of a break/disconnect from my routine of living on a beach in Mexico and surfing every day.

    I've been on this Mexico beach routing for 11 years now, 20 hour work days, 7 days a week, fighting mosquitoes and trying to avoid grizzly bear attacks as they try to take our fish is actually very appealing to me after all this time.

    I spent the first half of my life doing manual labor from shoveling rocks in 120 degree heat in Arizona 8 hours a day, to hauling stacks of 3/4 sheets of wet forming plywood up 30 floors (because the freight elevators are down and crane dudes busy with some more important shit) in San Francisco. so the work doesn't intimidate me, though I'm well aware I'm 44 now and i'm pretty sure I'll be reminded of my age a couple days in. Regardless, I'm a firm believer that we all need to get out of our comfort zone every once and a while to grow.

    So the other day my wife tells me when I get back from Alaska she'll be gone, but i get to keep my daughter this time. (she's left me twice before) whether I go to Alaska or not she's out. So I guess looking at the bright side of all this bullshit, looks like "getting out of my comfort zone" thing will be extended for some time adjusting to be a single dad.

    I'm cool with it, I've been getting sick of walking on eggshells around someone who's always looking for an argument, I just worry about my daughter.

    • I reckon it's better for your daughter to be around happy separated parents than unhappy together parents. I wish you all the best man.set
    • kudos to you for taking this on. Go find revive yourself for a month. Come home and be the same badass father to your daughter.capn_ron
    • Damn bro sorry to hear this wish I could help. Let me know man. Big love!HijoDMaite
    • All the best man, never been in the same boat, but sure you'll do your best for your daugther... buena suerte amigo!!OBBTKN
    • Sounds like you're about to move on (in a good way) w/life and you're daughter AND having a nice break to get it started. Any way you can bring your kid to AK?PonyBoy
    • Would be amazing for her to see that kind of country and you two could start bonding as Single Dad and Daughter immediately (on a really cool trip to boot)...PonyBoy
    • ... plus you wouldn't have to worry about a month of Mom filling her head w/'Dad sucks' crap (not that that's the case)... Mom just sounds mean though.PonyBoy
    • You’re a good daddy. You can do this.monospaced
    • come say hi when you pass by.pango
    • women... seriously.shapesalad
    • ^ dude. Easy to say when this forum is 99% man children.pango
    • https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
    • mgtow, the new "fight club"robotron3k
    • Proud of you, you got this. Your daughter loves you and so do we. Come to Cali or else we're doing Mazatlán road trip. xosea_sea
    • sorry about your wife but it sounds like it's the best thing. Pack lots of bug dope, imodium and chapstick.eryx
    • How did you end up on QBN?freedom
    • Whoa, this is heavy. I've thought about commercial fishing as a break from a normal routine. Best of luck moldy.garbage
    • Enjoy this mental challenge, detox from her toxic nature and come back refreshed and ready to take on the next (harder) challenge of being a dad.mugwart
    • This is cool. I wish I could join indocpoz
    • remember to bring your eye patch and parrotpango
    • Shit about the split man - but best if the relationship isn't working. Went through it 3 years ago and was worried about my kids too but they're all good now.pedromendez
    • Kids adapt quickly - fill your daughters life with love and good memories and it will be good. Enjoy the trip man.pedromendez
    • Good luck with it all. I worked in construction from my teens to my early 20’s and miss the physicality and definitive nature of it.thumb_screws
    • thanks for the support guys, all anyone can do in a situation where they don't have control is just keep moving forward.moldero
    • Good luck mate...BusterBoy
  • autoflavour0

    Cousin got a case of club mate for his wedding, and as I wasn't drinking today as I have a paper to write tonight, I have been smashing club mates.. now I'm so fucking wired its hard to focus.. probably would have been better to be drunk that tweaked out on mate..

    especially as its been like 6 weeks since I had any coffee or caffeinated beverage.. I feel like I have done some speed or something..

    everything is glowing.

    • I'm like 5 deep.. probably should have held back but its rare bird to drink club mate in Sydney..autoflavour
    • had to google whats a club mare...pango