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- _niko7
UK is Fucked
I’ve been in London for a week and haven’t been stabbed, heard any Islamic call to prayers, have yet to be abducted by grooming gangs or yelled at in Arabic can anyone make some recommendations?
It’s all very white with a touch of multiculturalism, people are polite.
very disappointed.- Go to East Hamdee-dubs
- The best person to speak to would be NBQ. He’s well versed on grooming gangs, ethnic and religious matters and negative cultural issues - especially in the UK.Ianbolton
- I’m back from Sicily tomorrow. Happy to come stab you if that’s what you visited for buddy ;-) Enjoy your stayIanbolton
- That's the spirit, Ian, QBNers helping QBNers!Continuity
- Kinda like NYC is still packed with tourists from all over the world.monospaced
- https://i.guim.co.uk…neverscared
- Go to Whitechapel High StreetChimp
- Or Ridley Road MarketChimp
- its a beautiful city...neverscared
- Well go get yourself raped and stabbed then!canoe
- Or beers with the boys!canoe
- And girls. They drink beer in London tooIanbolton
- Go to manchester, the greatest of all chesters. It'll make a MAN out of ya. Or the vikings will stomp yer gravecherub
- What you want to do is dress like Tommy R and walk around scowling at everyone not white. THEN you'll get yelled at and can be a victimProjectile
- Brick Lane past midnight to get mugged or vomited on... North of Hoxton, round council estate land for a side of stabbing. Otherwise pretty chill, London.maikel
- A week?
Stay for another then report backgrafician - cherub what about cesters?ephix
- stoplying4
♥Things we do for Love♥
I was in the city (Manhattan) yesterday for a shoot and I surprised my boys (and wife) with their favorite Chicken Shwarma from Omar's. I think I got a hug from my 12 year old.
I told Omar I was bringing it home to Jersey and he was impressed.
- Shwarma is Life.
I want to try Omar's Shwarma.Nairn - ^ Let me know when you're in town. First round is on me
https://omars.nyc/stoplying - Omars! That was like a block from my work for a decade.monospaced
- Shwarma for you too, mono!stoplying
- I miss it for sure and make a point to get to a halal cart if I’m ever in manhattan. There’s a decent grocery product I can lean on actually.monospaced
- Shwarma is Life.
- stoplying1
The Guitar Thread
Epiphone Riviera Noel Gallagher semi-hollow body
My low E and A strings have a splat/pop sound - almost like funk slap. I'm not experienced with tweaking truss rods or other adjustments. Is there something I should be looking at - raising the bridge screws? Change the strings maybe? Any help is appreciated!- Sounds like it needs a set up for the type of strings you are using. Find a good tech in your area and have your guitar setup how you prefer it. I would avoid..futurefood
- I would avoid making truss adjustments or intonation bridge tweaks.futurefood
- either your action is too low or you need a refret.ok_not_ok
- Thanks both - I think the action is too low, but only on those strings. Is that a truss rod adjustment in your opinions?stoplying
- It can be a combination of things. Just use caution, because if you adjust one thing sometimes it affects something else.futurefood
- I'm afraid the problem is the "Noel Gallagher" partrzu-rzu
- mort_3
Figma
Chuffed with all the updates but just looking at the generated markup from some of the Figma sites templates and it's far from semantic. Everything is a div.
view-source:https://insert-quilt...
- class="css-654654 css-2352467 css-3463
css-346345 css-8424" empty divs are the beststed - Do we still need semantic?grafician
- I’ve never cared about code for a site when visiting. Nor should I.monospaced
- Semantic markup must be important for AI chatbots search suggestion right?mort_
- exactly.. why should u care how sth.
works... useless..neverscared - Semantic is important if the content's worthwhile and to be shared, redistributed direct from HTML or needs to be parsed by some sort of screen-reader.Nairn
- But sure, fuck blind and deaf people.Nairn
- this type of source code: takes more time to load, makes more traffic, and that costs money. lol the entire text is in aria label, this stuff generates junksted
- Ooooof div div div div div div divprophetone
- nested afprophetone
- The templates are fairly sluggish alright.mort_
- It's weird because the have all the semantic elements for dev mode in Figma. Maybe just a beta thing and they'll improve it.mort_
- "Div soup" was common with Web 1.0 WYSIWYG editors — and extremely problematic with SEO, load time (esp. then), etc.; This won't be good.evilpeacock
- oof... ugly :/PonyBoy
- DESIGN TO HTML only works, worth using daily if html/css follows expected semantic structure/logic, frontend devs can’t output, unspagetti traffic accident htmlprophetone
- I have to assume this is beta output logic and they’re going to incorporate a step in render that beautifies the code, it’s the base requirement hereprophetone
- Or maybe they are more focused on the code never leaving their ecosystem as the cms will no doubt be a subscription, cannot be localizedprophetone
- Just found an "accessibility" panel in the right menu when you select an element in sites. It allows you to assign a tag to the element.mort_
- Pretty tedious way to go about it.mort_
- LOL go open a Facebook or Instagram page and check out the source code
< this is acceptable compared to spaghetti code from Metagrafician - Facebook and Instagram are walled gardens, not part of the open hyperlinked web so you're comparing apples and orangesmort_
- uhm Meta must have even MORE accesibile websites and apps than most...
But sure, visit google, cnn, any other major website and look at code for a huge messgrafician - Semantic web sounds like a good idea, but nobody codes websites in Notepad for decades...grafician
- I guess you mean you haven't, I use Zed which is basically Notepadprophetone
- If the point is to 'take over' the dev stage here, which it is, clean and semantic is only way to share efficiently across devs, teams, the planetprophetone
- Let's get real they are intending to make this a one stop shop, designer to output useable code product, it has to be useable and open, not proprietary garbageprophetone
- I don't have 45 META dev's hunched over their laptops sobbing and praying for the end in a dark basement because their job is to de-bug their insane code 24/7prophetone
- @sted: you must _adore_ Tailwind, eh?Continuity
- You can do a LOT with Readymag lol
https://readymag.com…grafician - Not to mention Cargow...grafician
- This should be fun.palimpsest
- Dreamweaver vibesKrassy
- Dreamweaver actually wrote decent html and css compared to these junkyardssted
- If you want to compare it to something that this is the equivalent of MS Frontpagested
- *thensted
- @sted - yeah, it's kind funny to compare the worst excesses of 'bad era' Dreamweaver code for what passes muster these days. We've seriously regressed.Nairn
- which is to say, even the first iterations of DW spat out way more comprehensible code than... <this pile of dog shit, shat, eaten up and sicked out again.Nairn
- class="css-654654 css-2352467 css-3463
- Gardener1
blog
I keep seeing that fancy new chocolate from Dubai that is cropping up in garages and supermarkets now but at £12 a bar (!!!?!!) I'm too tight to buy and try it, have you?
- yeah it's the new thing, it's everywhere. vapid influencers unwrap it on tik tok, world loses its mind.
me neither.hans_glib - I live 5min from the open market in JLM. I can get any Middle Eastern sweet variation. It is a bit expensive but not 12 pounds :)renderedred
- Is it just chocolate with pistachio paste? I saw some in the local ‘world’ supermarket last week for £9.99Ianbolton
- Garages?i_monk
- haha, yeah it's only £10 on the counter at Shell in ArbroathGardener
- Oh, I thought you meant someone's car hole.i_monk
- Not sure what <that is (tourist tat?), but the 'Dubai chocolate' has a very specific filling. It's ok, but it's not great and it's not eight months ago.Nairn
- lol bit late on that trend aren't we? its trash
https://www.foodandw…sted - GOOD (emphasis: GOOD) Dubai chocolate is delicious. Pistachios are insanely expensive, therefore the ridiculous price. That and the hype.jagara
- A jar of 100% non-diluted pistachio butter costs like £20.jagara
- $24 at 7-11 here in San DiegoKrassy
- that packaging alone is enough to put me off of itscruffics
- yeah it's the new thing, it's everywhere. vapid influencers unwrap it on tik tok, world loses its mind.
- fooler17
Dating after a certain age
I'm slightly over 50, I've been separated for over 3 years, I just signed the divorce papers yesterday.
I've been serial dating since my wife moved out. I've dated all sorts of women... Short, Tall, Skinny, Curvy, Older, Younger, Anti-Vaxxers, Trumpers, Radical Feminists, Sound Healers, Buddists, Country Music listeners... I've really enjoyed meeting new and interesting people but never found any deep connection with any of them.
I met a woman 2 months ago and we have so much in common, so many life experiences in common. She's beautiful, smart, funny. She's about my age with 2 sons like me. Finalizing her long marriage soon like me. We've talked on the phone everyday, texted countless times during the day.
I haven't felt like this about anyone in decades.
We've spent 4 weekends together already and can't wait to spend more time with her.
The only catch is she lives 2 hours away and The Dave Mathews Band is her favorite artist. I've broken up with women for less, I think I can handle the distance and will have to tolerate her music taste.- Also she was a designer/AD but is getting another degree to become an art therapist. I never dated another designer, we're a peculiar group.fooler
- Go with her, TDMB is a decent band, you can't imagine what I've endured in 25 years of marriage ;)
Good luck, life is short!OBBTKN - you won’t always live 2hrs away. maybe someday you’ll find a band you both like. Those are little things. If your values align, you like her and she likes you.monNom
- That’s what really matters. You can flex on the other stuff.monNom
- this is nicested
- I've made her playlists and slowly introducing her to safe alt bands like The National, Spoon, Elliot Smith, Band of Horses...fooler
- and I've actually like some of her suggestions. I never thought I'd be listening to Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran but the things we do for love.fooler
- ahahahahsted
- Taylor Swift duuud how old is she? :)))sted
- 2 sons and 16 lolsted
- "she's about my age" yeah just reversed :F you are 51 she is 15 lolsted
- I'll have to check the legal age limit in our states.fooler
- ewww sound healerspango
- its funny because one of her sons is into bands like Cradle of Filth, Maggot Stompers Corpse Pile, Vomit Forth & Dying Fetus!!!!!!!!fooler
- LOL @pango! That was a strange short relationship.fooler
- That Dave Matthews Band turn at the end!!! Lolz.
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!ideaist - Naw... enjoy it man! Dating at our age is wild. I’m in a similar situation. One woman I really enjoyed hanging out with hated live music. I though that was a....thumb_screws
- ...deal breaker but not having all the same interests worked really wellthumb_screws
- Baffled at dating antivaxxers and trumpers but DMB is the deal-breaker. Yikes.cotton
- They were hot. The crazier the hotter sometimes. I only really know that one DMB song from 30 years ago. Crash. Its not terrible.fooler
- Great post - enjoy and good luck! PIITBstoplying
- 2 hours away ain't a big deal, but DMB might be the deal breaker, haha!! My wife is a DMB fan, btw (I am not), it was high on my shit list too, but all good.davey_g
- Lol you dated anti-vaxxer Maga women but Dave Matthews Band bothers you.NBQ00
- have you met DMB fans???? they're the worst!
uggghpango - sounds funmilfhunter
- At some point it's more important to choose who will put balms on sore muscles you can't reach as you age than to a fully align on musical tastes.mg33
- lol @ the Dave Matthews band part. I agree that could be a warning sign.yuekit
- slappy8
♥Things we do for Love♥
I try and make as many opportunities to surprise or delight my wife and kids as often as possible.
When my son was feeling the grind at school and getting the ground hog day feeling, I randomly pulled him out of school on a Friday afternoon and took him go-karting. He still talks about it.
My daughter has been attending raves (doofs) and has shown an interest in DJing so I have ordered her a Pioneer FX4 DJ controller for her school laptop. (I also have put $100 a fortnight into each kids hidden bank account in case she needs to go Tomorrowland when she's 18).
I have made my wife a coffee every morning for the last 24 years. She doesn't like surprises but I manage sometimes.
There is nothing I could buy myself that would bring me more joy than I get from facilitating their passions.
- * $100 a fortnight each since they were bornslappy
- Does she like coffee? :)
You da man. Inspiring post!mort_ - I hope she does or that is a monumental display of tolerance on her behalf :)slappy
- lolmort_
- What’s a fortnightmonospaced
- neverscared3
- +renderedred
- geezer knows whats upneverscared
- the old geezer is fantastic!renderedred
- Nairn12
♥Things we do for Love♥
I get up every morning, before I am ready, to make a decent breakfast for my kid and then I wake her gently, despite her very much not returning the favour when it's her turn.
- Why do you even bother? Haha!Ianbolton
- You have to wake HER up?monospaced
- Weekdays, yes, and she doesn't like it. Come the weekend though and BAM, that little fucker's up at dawn.Nairn
- I'm impressed. I haven't had to set any alarm for years because my kids are up at dawn year round.monospaced
- what time do you get your kids to bed?Nairn
- fooler10
♥Things we do for Love♥
I pretended to like Dave Mathews Band, Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift.
- Krassy2
blog
Is it time for another roll call? who's still on QBN?
- Not me, left years ago.i_monk
- hererenderedred
- so it's three of us with 40 users each? :)renderedred
- Here, by the pool!Ianbolton
- https://miro.medium.…Krassy
- +1grafician
- Here. The fun seems to get increasingly sucked out It by annoying cunts.mort_
- Here. I mainly just check ‘making beats’ and video games threads tho hahamantrakid
- maquito is far gone. I’m his self aware AI consciousness.maquito
- https://www.youtube.…jagara
- Horp4
Dating after a certain age
I loved reading your post Fooler. So much to relate to.
I'm 55.
My ex and I seperated very amicably, getting on for six years ago now.We're lucky. We just recognised it had reached the end and we made a change that worked for all of us, and we're good friends. Great friends even.
I've dated all sorts since, then I had a 3 year relationship that revived a brief thing from way back when I was 27.
That ended and I dated a few more women, exploring dating apps for the first time.
It became alarming to me how many really strange people there are on dating apps.
I have 3 really alarming (but also quite entertaining) anecdotes about 3 different people I went all the way to date#6 or so with.
And then just as I was about to delete the apps and write it off as a dud avenue with genuinely dangerous risks, I matched with a really amazing woman, and we've been a thing ever since.
But...
She loves Maroon5
Maroon fucking 5
- Hahaha! It could be worse (DMB!)fooler
- "she willllllllll be looooooved~~~"
i bet you can hear that in your head now.pango - but i thought it was the law that ladies must have terrible music taste...
*ducks from incoming brickbats from all the women on this site*hans_glib - "women on this site" hahaha! We scared them all away years ago.
*Waiting for Shellie (SP?) to respondfooler
- prophetone3
- FIGMA Sites is a big deal if it actually outputs clean and logical code packages... and a CMS backend feature is coming soon with shirts fired at WPprophetone
- I imagine the CMS is a subscription cloud offering only and you're locked in exclusively with them if that's the route you takeprophetone
- I really like how I FEEL this is the first time I'm seeing web get back to Flash era with creative motion and it's going to be relatively easy to buildprophetone
- CMS option says coming soon in the app view. https://imgur.com/gA…slappy
- PhanLo7
- The punchline behind the idea of him becoming MAGAfied was believing he was on the left in the first place.palimpsest
- The average Human has 3 friends, but the EVIAC Super Computer dictates it must be 15.face_melter
- Still hoping he dies by being torn apart by 15 human beings pulling all his limbs off.PhanLo
- I'm sure your personalized AI friends will keep all your secrets and identifying information, never ever sharing any of it with Meta or its partners.i_monk
- The guy actively works to profit by making peoples lives worse and then wonders why they have so few real life friends.PhanLo
- Still has party at own house.
STILL isn't invited.ideaist - Oh my... Typical ideas coming from antisocial psychopaths. Mark, with today's overpopulation, you can have infinite friends! ;)OBBTKN
- That, or does nobody like you?OBBTKN
- Working two jobs to pay for 12 imaginary friends while Zuck eats brisket in his cum dungeonPhanLo
- i don't think there is a cum dungeon. Zuck looks like the one who humiliates himself after every wank and apologizes before fucking the missus.sted
- ^hahaha!PhanLo
- utopian2
- Some context?grafician
- https://mushstudios.…dbloc
- ^ thanks, makes sense nowgrafician
- ^^ agreedhydro74
- Huh, well fuckme. I don't think I've ever desired a bath mat beforehand, lol
https://mushstudios.…Nairn
- Gardener6
- Poopooorooopopopoooo...OBBTKN
- He thinks he's running a media companycanoe
- Two people come to mind.utopian
- Don the ConicalFax_Benson
- emperor of green ähh...whitelandneverscared
- bainbridge4
blog
Want to lose 30 lbs
- Health is wealth.
You can do it!
: )ideaist - I've lost 17kg in 2 years, no exercise, only a bit of "discipline" with salt, fats and alcohol... You can do it!OBBTKN
- Whole30 diet.i_monk
- My go-to is the slow carb diet, works very well for me: https://tim.blog/wp-…jagara
- No alcohol, sugar only if necessary like fruit, minimal breads, do not eat breakfast to create a fast situation, lunch/dinner is eggs, meat, vegprophetone
- Cut a leg off :Ddmay
- Joking aside, calorie deficit is the only way.dmay
- JUST make sure "want" to lose doesn't become "NEED" to lose, because at that point it's too late bro.
Start now.
XOideaist - Lolz @dmay; my father-in-law (now dead) lost a lot of weight each time he lost an appendage / diabetes!!!ideaist
- I have dumped 18kg in 8 months just by changing habits... no exercise routine has been added to my routinePonyBoy
- I dropped that much earlier this year. Calorie deficit, intermittent fasting and resistance bands and running. The intermittent fasting is incredible for focusthumb_screws
- cocaine dietKrassy
- However you do it, it has to be something you can stick to and not boomerang back up in weight. You can do it!stoplying
- money or weight? ;)sab
- I did daily fasting and still am 5 years later. I lost weight, my blood results are ok, and my blood pressure back to normal. i also exercise twice a day and...renderedred
- take walks.renderedred
- skip breakfast.milfhunter
- @ideaist OMG that's shocking. Did he not manage his diabetes? (type 1 here)mort_
- @mort_; an older gentlemen who made “poor lifestyle decisions”; obese for a number of years, booze, smokes, heavy living AND it caught up with him... YOLOideaist
- Health is wealth.
- inteliboy1
- Looks absolutely insane.cruddlebub
- It's going to be worth the extra wait. Looks so good!elahon
- I'm actually, genuinely, underwhelmed. Looks like a trailer for a bad tv show.robthelad
- Apparently there's a minimum hardware requirement.Morning_star
- growing up on gameboy, 16bit, n64, ps1 etc... I can't fathom being underwhelmed by what's going on in this trailerinteliboy
- https://youtu.be/TXZ…prophetone
- https://youtu.be/9zV…Leigh
- graphics, it has a lot of them. gameplay... what's new?robthelad
- dunno, it's a story trailerinteliboy
- the story is new...?robthelad
- jbasnight5
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Made this to celebrate my 20th year since leaving my last full-time agency job to pursue a dream.