#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #fun with loopholes #overly literal interpretations #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
God I hate the take of “Lmao computer programmer are literally heckin wizards!!!!” But Jesus fucking Christ sometimes it feels like I could tell people their computer is literally haunted by demons and they would believe me.
#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
#i like to think data took him all the way to the brig tossed him in and left#and then came back 60 seconds later and was like ‘i believe i have successfully played a ‘practical joke’ on you :)’#riker loses it & claps him on the back like ‘wow. good job u rly had me going. dont ever fucking do that again’
Actually it’s 73 seconds. Data, knowing something of how human minds work, estimates that Riker will give him 60 seconds to come back (because humans prefer “round numbers”, however arbitrary the units). After 60 seconds it will take 4 seconds for Riker to fully process the conclusion that Data is, in fact, not coming back after all, and an additional 9 seconds to build to the optimum level of anxiety.
#Star Trek #TNG #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #embarrassment squick #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
firefox just started doing this too so remember kids if you want to stream things like netflix or hulu over discord without the video being blacked out you just have to disable hardware acceleration in your browser settings!
for the people saying this might be too difficult: idk about chrome but in firefox it just goes
> open settings
> search “hardware acceleration” and there should only be one result
> uncheck use recommended performance settings
> uncheck use hardware acceleration
done!
Since I’m looking at the comments and seeing a lot of people asking what hardware acceleration is and getting wildly incorrect answers, here you go. This is what hardware acceleration is. It’s not DRM, and it’s not placing a limit on memory usage (unless you have weird definitions for both “memory” and “placing a limit”).
This is what hardware acceleration is:
“Do you just have a graphic for this on hand at all times?”
Yes. For this precise reason.
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#PSA #the more you know #discourse cw? #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
As to whether the Gavle Goat’s consumption should be seen as a good omen or a bad omen, I’d say good. Traditionally the Yule goat is made of straw from the final harvest and as a talisman against hard times, and there are unproven theories that its shape is inspired by Thor’s goats, who are constantly killed, eaten, and reborn to provide endless meat for Thor and whatever guests he entertains. Therefore, its use by birds as a food store and safe harbor is an affirmation of its original purpose and truly in the Christmas spirit of generosity in lean times. What’s more, the birds eating it seems to be have been the one outcome to unite both goat burners and goat keepers, as they have decided not to scare the birds away from their safe harbor and not to harm the goat, a decision that has been universally lauded.
As omens go, this one’s all positive: safety, plenty, and unity between previous ideological opponents through a creative third solution built on shared values (birds being fed and sheltered is a good thing). May more birds find their way to the Gavle Goat next year.
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#Gävlebocken #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
You know that thing where you see a gorgeous view (left) and try to take a picture of it, but your phone camera is a joyless fucking nihilist who refuses to see the beauty in anything and only sees this (right)
ok im gonna explain it anyway bc of this sO HERE IS MY QUICK BREAKDOWN
[please note my breakdown IS android specific bc that’s what i have, however i know that the settings should be SIMILAR for an iphone. i just couldn’t tell you the exacts]
GO TO THE “MORE” SETTING (should be visible as soon as you open your camera)
GO TO “PRO”
PLAY WITH THE ISO, THE SPEED (shutter speed) AND THE WB (temperature)
a HIGH ISO will help brighten your photo, a LOW ISO will help dim it.
a FAST shutter speed will DARKEN your photo, a SLOW shutter speed will make it LIGHT. this will also have an effect on how your photo takes!!! the slower your shutter speed, the steadier you need to hold your phone or it WILL become blurry, but it allows more ambient light and is thus recommended for taking photos of, say, stars. a fast shutter speed is how you take photos of objects in motion, but it lets almost no ambient light in (this is where you would want to up your ISO!)
the WB/temperature will shift your photo from being more warm toned to more cool toned.
here are some examples i took of the same sky. each photo has a different ISO, Speed, and WB:
and here is a much more subtle example where I was messing only with the ISO and shutter speed:
finally, here is one compared to a photo I took at the same moment with just my phones normal camera:
(you can REALLY see the sun rays peering out over the clouds in the photo on the right, which is what i was trying to photograph!)
As you can see, the difference are HUGE even when they’re subtle!!!
your regular phone camera SUCKS but it DOES come equipped with the right settings to take gorgeous photos. you just have up know what to look for!!!!!
[sidebar: NONE OF THESE PHOTOS ARE EDITED BTW!!! this is exactly how the phone took them!!!]
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#the more you know #art #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
Ok, so that poll about sleeping with the door closed because of The Killer had one obvious flaw. So, I present an alternate poll:
Do you sleep with your bedroom door….
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#airflow #my bedroom is small enough that there might actually be a significant amount of carbon-dioxide buildup otherwise #(nothing *obvious* happens when I leave the door closed overnight‚ but I’d rather not risk it) #surveys #is the blue I see the same as the blue you see #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
Brinens and Things 