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  • Gardener13

    Chuffed to bits my 10cc mix has gone to #1 in the Mixcloud Charts!

    https://www.mixcloud.com/Gardene…

  • pockets-13

    can i get some downvotes too?

  • garbage8

    Judging from ads, Youtube wants me to be a high-flying leather daddy?

    Geronimo, I guess.

    • paging scarabinmonospaced
    • lol needs the red ballfuturefood
    • No goggles? Where are the fucking goggles?
      2/10 would not buy
      Continuity
    • +1 @monospaced; i'm sure he's on some form of "spirit quest(s)".

      : )
      ideaist
    • For Apple Vision Pro?whatthefunk
    • For buying a Morning After Pill in a southern state.garbage
    • Kanye West fashionKrassy
    • No leather daddy would wear this.i_monk
  • pockets2

    what is beta.qbn.com for?

  • jagara3

    I tried potato milk alternative. It's not great. It tastes okay, slightly acidic. Potato water background taste definitely there. Might work fine on cereal or cooking. NOT for drinking.

    It's awful in coffee, which seems to be its intended use. It separates, makes your coffee look like a cup of brain matter. Blech.

    The verdict: stick to oat milk, the unrivaled king of dairy alternatives (so far).

    • "potato milk alternative"
      https://giphy.com/gi…
      palimpsest
    • I don't know what you expected from something called "potato milk" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯OBBTKN
    • WELL, ACTUALLY it's called "potato drink" or "potato-based dairy alternative"
      *adjusts nerd glasses*
      jagara
    • Wood based dairy alternative is comingjagara
    • Of course, this might have untapped potential in some vegan food concoctions.jagara
    • I'm reassured because potato milk alternative would be an alternative to potato milk. And in that world potato milk would be norm.palimpsest
    • po...ta...to... milk......
      .......
      pango
    • Don't throw it away.
      Ferment it and make vodka.
      At least then it would be good for *something*.
      Continuity
    • THE GENIUS POTATO!hans_glib
    • Mix it with potato flour, shape goop into French fries, deep fry it. Voila! Reconstructed French fries.thumb_screws
    • Potato water cold-soaked instant potato powder. #loopthelooppalimpsest
    • Oh god no. Oat or Almond if you can't have dairy, 100%. Potato milk is fucking disgusting.garbage
    • @garbage tried it, or just assuming?jagara
    • Have you tried Badger Milk (tm)nb
    • Go on, pali.
      You know you want to.
      Continuity
    • What if you just hold a fist full of dehydrated mash potato powder in your mouth and drink this hot potato milk?
      #thepangomethod
      Continuity
    • Who the fuck named this? Yeah I want to think of dirt when I drink this barely drinkable milk and alternative_niko
    • Just use Coffee Mate. I can’t imagine it’s any less healthy than this concoction.monNom
    • I've not had this brand, but DIY potato milk that was enough to scare me off.garbage
    • Should be in the NOPE thread. Barf!sab
    • call me heartless, but I'd rather puree a cow than milk a potatorzu-rzu
    • Potato teats, you say?Continuity
    • I hate the design more than anything. Cut off the cumshots and keep the letters clean. Potatoes don't spurt.garbage
    • Almond milk is where it's at but everything, literally everything sucks in tea and coffee other than actual milk.kalkal
    • I'm all for alternatives that taste the same or better, but there isn't one for milk yet.kalkal
    • Been using it on cereal. In that case, it works fine. Coffee, no. Interesting to try, won't buy again.jagara
    • I like how committed you are to this, jagara.palimpsest
  • WhiteFace0

    Looking for a design book for an intern, something similar to 'How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul', but she's French so ideally something without lengthy text? Any ideas?

  • i_monk19

    The salaried (with raise, and two week retroactive back pay) position (with promotion) offer letter came in.

  • HAYZ1LLLA0

    Anybody actually use Adobe Express? I've had a dreaded email from a client. It seems to be very basic and limiting for a non-designer client. We produce web ads, video, press ads and social graphics for them. I'm struggling to see how they can effectively use it and I'd also have to learn it.

    "We are seeking a way to streamline our review processes and a system that will allow us to create some of our own graphics in-house. Adobe has a platform called Adobe Express. I recently watched a webinar hosted by Adobe that explains how agencies and clients are using these tools to streamline projects."

    • I've used it, my mom asks me to help with invitations from time to time. But I prefer canva.com. It shouldn't take too much time to learn (for the client).palimpsest
    • ^ Sure it looks great for mums party invite but do you think it's feasible for a campaign with all those elements I mentioned. Like 14 different gif web ads?HAYZ1LLLA
    • No, I wouldn't use it for anything serious, only for internal or really small urgent stuff.palimpsest
    • But not because of the tool but because of the person behind it. It's a tool when you don't want to invest in ideas not as tool for the execution of ideas.palimpsest
    • Understood. Thanks.HAYZ1LLLA
  • mg331

    Anyone have a tutorial or guide on how to make gradient shapes like these? I'm referring to the subtle corners of the echoes section and the UI elements in this:

  • Ianbolton7

    i love how we have a whole thread constantly ripping the shit out of Donald Trump, but the probability of him being president AGAIN is actually quite damning of where we're at right now. What the fuck is going on in the world as this morning I was driving to work and the live radio phone in was discussing whether we're likely to be conscripted to go to war. Whether we should all stand up and fight like our fathers and grandfathers. We should support our countries. We should show some backbone and fight for our fellow countrymen. For our freedom.

    I was like, wtf is actually going on?

    • They have been pushing us into a war for years, nothing new...OBBTKN
    • I think the problem is thinking that the arguments that Trump is a clown and a nazi are serious political arguments.palimpsest
    • There are more and more rumours that a major war will start within a month.pablo28
    • The "long-awaited" WW3, perhaps?pablo28
    • We wanted more expert opinions in the media so the expert on UK army, the UK's army chief says more army. The expert on Trump, Donald Trump says more Trump.kingsteven
    • "live radio phone" - there's your problem.Fax_Benson
    • *phone-in. Twitter with sound.Fax_Benson
    • ye tell me, what the fuck is going on in the states?milfhunter
    • People are selfish, short-sighted, willfully ignorant, and quite frankly... dumb. Add a dash of “don’t tread on me” then anything “liberal” becomes weak.imbecile
    • Trump had no interest in starting wars like all the other presidents because he's not tied to the war machine that profits billions off warnewcunt
    • And you dumb fucking brainwashed cunts hate him simply because the TV told you to. Wtf is going on indeed...newcunt
    • habits are hard to break...depattern is an artform not easy achieve. on micro and macro levels of society..neverscared
    • If they give Donnie boy and his brood a cut of the war machine profits, he’ll be in a tank Dukakis style in a heartbeat_niko
    • Sweden's military ghouls have been whistling about war recently and our 'Total Defence' strategy. no country is worth dying for, especially this fucking dungeonface_melter
    • well, no Western country.face_melter
    • He stepped on toilet paper.
      Bwahaha.
      palimpsest
    • None of use will be marching into war.
      I'll take bets.
      palimpsest
    • you mean us geezers on QBN?_niko
    • Yes, us Chicken Lil's or our Chicken Lil kin.palimpsest
    • @face_melter No-one is forcing you to stay in Sweden, right?Continuity
    • lol newcunt you fucking idiotmonospaced
    • lol intelligent argument there you mindless fucking empty headed half wit brainwashed cunt.newcunt
    • Those were definitely words, no doubt about it.palimpsest
    • oh hey set is back! they finally let him out!pango
    • some of us have been familiar with the old cunt Trump's behavior WAY before he was president, new cunts are just getting to know him...who's brainwashed again?!whatthefunk
    • fuckin' centrists. pfft.Nairn
    • I thought between G5 and The New World Order Cabal killed Set?utopian
    • It’s so funny when a trump supporter calls someone else brainwashed. Fucking idiots.monospaced
    • But calling them idiots doesn’t help any of us. These are some crazy times and by the looks of it the idiots are actually winningIanbolton
    • The idiots are definitely winning. And I'm no trump supporter. That's the low level binary thinking at play. This is or thatnewcunt
    • if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck.pango
    • It must be a rodent.palimpsest
  • mg332

    Not sure how this suddenly turned on or got activated, but I just discovered the "Allow your pointer and keyboard to move between any nearby Mac or iPad" feature.

    In my home setup, I have 2 monitors. Left is connected to my Mac mini, right is connected to my work MBP, and I can go dual monitor on both. I always have two keyboards and two mice out on my desk.

    Pretty nice how I can go down to one. Thank you, Tim Apple.

    • its greatkingsteven
    • a weird one i noticed recently if you put a tiny gap between monitors in displays it still lets you move between monitors if you move the mouse quicklykingsteven
    • i have a small monitor below my main monitor, can still use the dock at the bottom of the big monitor or bash through to the monitor belowkingsteven
    • idk how long thats been a feature but it works so wellkingsteven
    • How would it know how far apart monitors are though? How is that even a factor in this?mg33
    • yeah not really a factor, the monitors don't appear the correct size anyway
      https://i.imgur.com/…
      kingsteven
    • https://i.imgur.com/…

      lol
      kingsteven
  • OBBTKN0

    I have to confess... I love it, and friends tell me that I am good at illustrating, cooking, designing, "talking at" women...

    But, I would give up ALL that, to know how to play the trumpet well!!

    Goosh, to be CAKE's trumpet, yes, that's what I want!!

    • And, I'm serious... A bit drunk, but serious ;)OBBTKN
    • FOLLOW YOUR DREAM! YOU CAN DO IT!pango
  • kingsteven12

    Dreamt i kept accidentally linking my body parts to after effects layers rather than the character i was animating. Every time i pressed play my arms would flail around painfully hitting the desk and launching the mouse across the room. I was going through frantically deselecting like "Steven-Leg" from the wee menu. Woke up in a cold sweat and had the longest piss of my life.

    • short movie materialmilfhunter
    • Yes, excellent short idea about the dangers of taking work home with you.shellie
    • Signs of you needing to take more breaks. I used to have dreams where something is annoying me and I think: "Ripple, Trim or Razor?".garbage
  • OBBTKN6

    Lately I have the habit of calling my wife MOTHER, when I talk about her with my daughters... like a mainframe in a sci-fi movie.

    MOTHER is home soon girls!!

    I think the hundreds of comics and books I read have left their mark on my battered brain, lol.

    • DAD aproves.uan
    • Use the diminutive, problem solved.palimpsest
    • "You have 15 minutes to reach minimum safe distance," is my favourite MOTHER quote. (Aliens)i_monk
    • I call my wife Momma around the kids... way less creepy/ kinda sexy.BK
    • Mike Pence approves.Akagiyama
    • You should always say the word like Danzig sang itd_gitale
  • d_gitale12

    Roofing starts tomorrow


    • looks sweatyhans_glib
    • nice!YakuZoku
    • mosquito coastmisterhow
    • Wow. Is there a Thai word for bayou? Also I'd totally live there.garbage
    • Fuck yes - Good luck! Please post more progress photos, if only so I can feel even more envious.Nairn
    • How often do you encounter venomous snakes? And what kinds?utopian
    • I was worried about mosquitoes but have been there many times at dusk and dawn. Surprisingly I have seen very few. Maybe because of the breeze, the sea is onlyd_gitale
    • 2.5km away. And there are a lot fish in the ponds eating all larved_gitale
    • @utopian King Cobra, Malaysian Pit Viper, Banded Krait are all domestic species. Yet to see any snakes there. But I have seen a few harmless and venomous onesd_gitale
    • In more urban areas, outskirts of bkkd_gitale
    • All doors and windows will have flyscreens of coursed_gitale
    • Fishing video requestgarbage
    • Have you done tests with light at night?Miesfan
    • Regarding bugs ? It is definitely wise to have a bright light away from the house to lure them away. Mainly flying ants, mosquitos are not attracted by lightd_gitale
    • Go redneck and get a zapper. Mosquitos mostly go for your smell, but it will kill the others.garbage
    • Flyscreens, blacklight traps, zappers, mosquito net over the bed. All sorted :)d_gitale
    • haha, respectgarbage
    • Nice! I have family in BKK. Where are you building?a_aachen
    • Rayong provinced_gitale
    • Great! Been there a few times. Nice spots there. All the best for the building process!a_aachen
    • Thank you !d_gitale
    • I am truly happy for you.
      And at the same time I'm happy that it's not me.
      Nothing but love.
      palimpsest
    • Lold_gitale
    • Wow super cool!stoplying
  • SimonFFM2

    Are there QBN people living in Portugal? Currently thinking of moving there.

    • I think Projectile is still there. Oey is no longer there but can give you info. And last but not least: shapesalad!palimpsest
    • thought SS was in UKpango
    • @SimonFFM ask me anything you want or you can even ask comparatively to Germany specific things.oey_oey
    • I don't know if I can answer all your questions but I will do it gladlyoey_oey
    • I will write you an email later so you can write me freely and just ask.oey_oey
    • but for the record just let me say this, if you have patience for bureaucracy and if you can afford private health insurance then great choiceoey_oey
    • and get used to "it's just 5 minutes" meaning actually half an hour.oey_oey
    • I'm here, what do you want to know?dmay
    • @dmay: Thinking about the same area of PT that you are in. Questions will come up once I have been there.SimonFFM
    • @oey_oey I am not that far with insurances yet. German people aren't on time either, so I don't mind.SimonFFM
    • @SimonFFM Ok, glad to helpdmay
    • Bruce Henderson, former creative director at Agency.com/ogilvy/et... lives there nowriteshpatel
    • Simon, don’t ask me anything. I’ve never been there and don’t know shit.HijoDMaite
    • LOL, what a CLINT!palimpsest
  • Gardener5

    Saw this mag in the newsagents this morning, I wondered just who this is targeted at, teenage girls obsessed with Last Of Us, middle aged ladies with a thing about Narcos? It's quite unusual to see a 48 year old bloke honoured with a fan mag along with 7 FREE GIFTS (forgot to check just what they might be) but hey, "You Can Call Him Daddy".

  • Morning_star-2

    Things your kids say #2345

    On completion of the latest episode of True Detective: Night Country, Morning_star junior remarked...

    "It's like a counterfeit Rolex. It may look like True Detective but everyone knows it's not the real thing"

    I reluctantly agreed.

    • is it quite far removed from the original?Ianbolton
    • There are only 2 episodes so far and I may be being completely unfair BUT the characters are lacking intrigue and charisma. The series...Morning_star
    • ...is meant to connect in some way to season 1. So far we've seen the spiral graphic several times and the Tuttle name has been mentioned. I will keep...Morning_star
    • ...watching but the depths of character we experienced in season 1 and 3 just haven't materialised yet.Morning_star
    • I can't watch it, those cheek piercings make me want to vom.i_monk
    • I finished season 1 for the second time last night. It's some of the best TV i've ever seen. Expecting that to be topped is expecting a lot.Ianbolton
  • pockets5

    what are you up to qbn... ?

  • Wordsworth4

    I like using the word Twat. That's it, you twat.