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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 18m

This is world class trolling by Putin. Openly insulting Trump, who's too dumb to realise.

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 21m

Do you guys exchange old-film-restoration information with PeriscopeFilm (over on YouTube) ?

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 6h

My hobby (of 15 years or more) is genealogy. If you'd like me to trace your family back to about 1800 (barring unusual difficulties), just ask.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 6h

(I grew up on a farm in the 1970s - "Gramoxone" was thing)

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 10h

Anyone else have the impression that Trump wouldn't bother trying for peace in Gaza if he wasn't *desperate* for a Nobel?

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 11h

No wheat has paraquat on it. The paraquat would kill the wheat.

It's a non selective plant killer, used to clear land of living plants before sowing next year's seed.

It's a key part of some "no till" growing systems.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 12h

I think your sample of "kids" may be skewed.

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 12h

Possibly, but only a bit lower (perhaps 12% versus 14% protein in the flour)

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 12h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auntie_...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0106...

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 12h

The dragon head is magnificent!

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

Extensive range of period costumes?

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

It's like a group of songbirds following a snake, chirping loudly.

Makes it REALLY hard for the snake to sneak attack other songbirds.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps there were Good People on Both Sides...

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

What I'm suggesting is you can have rectangle (perhaps viewport? Scanner?) clipping for free!

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

Happisburgh

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. The thieves used to be teenagers, now it's tech bros.

But the victims are still the people creating Good Stuff.

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

Screen clipping *is* rectangular clipping.

Worst (dumb) case is to have rectangular clipping followed by screen clipping.

Just clip to the correct rectangle!

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 1d

(experience)

If you have rectangular clipping, you don't need screen clipping.

Just initialise your clipping rectangle to the screen, and intresect later if other rectangles come along.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 2d

Making code readable is much more fun than fixing bugs in ugly code, and often has the side effect of fixing bugs.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 2d

Can I offer you...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28683806...

Pardon our interruption...

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 2d

If you're right, he's had it a LONG time.

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 3d

I've got a good feeling about the average IQ too.

bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 3d

A is inspirational, B is a list of almost bare facts

A by a mile.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 3d

If you put a sign at eyeline level, only the people at the front can see it. Everyone not at the front will see the back of the front people's heads, blocking any view of the sign.

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bugbear6502.bsky.social @bugbear6502.bsky.social · 3d

Perhaps I can partially repay the favour; this post (and the things it links to) talks about photographing memorials in order to read them. It's mainly about light.

www.facebook.com/paul.womack....

Paul Womack

Photographing gravestones Old, worn gravestones can be challenging to photograph such that they're readable. The main technique is to use light that comes across the writing at a low angle ("raking.....

www.facebook.com

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