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I love Crowley's gardening expertise
Quote: “He had heard about talking to plants in the early seventies, on Radio Four, and thought it was an excellent idea. Although talking is perhaps the wrong word for what Crowley did.
What he did was put the fear of God into them.
More precisely, the fear of Crowley.
In addition to which, every couple of months Crowley would pick out a plant that was growing too slowly, or succumbing to leaf-wilt or browning, or just didn't look quite as good as the others, and he would carry it around to all the other plants. "Say goodbye to your friend," he'd say to them. "He just couldn't cut it. . . "
Then he would leave the flat with the offending plant, and return an hour or so later with a large, empty flower pot, which he would leave somewhere conspicuously around the flat.
The plants were the most luxurious, verdant, and beautiful in London. Also the most terrified.”
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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For those that don't recognize the quote; read Terry Pratchet. All of his works.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Everybody should have been given that advice at the beginning of the lockdown(s).
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On that topic, kind of: Is Good Omens, the tv series any good?
I don't have Amazon Prime, and I wouldn't want to get it unnecessary.
Also does it follow the book reasonably well?
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I liked it - but that's no recommendation, just ask Herself...
It followed the book as well as these things can: some things just don't translate well from print most of of it did. And a few "good bits" were left out, probably for space (or not to confuse the watcher).
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I doubt Mrs Wife would watch it with me. 
Will check with my son though.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Is Good Omens, the tv series any good?
Compared to what?
Jörgen Andersson wrote: I don't have Amazon Prime,
Ditto, it's on youtube. As is "Going Postal".
Jörgen Andersson wrote: Also does it follow the book reasonably well?
It did.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Well, according to your own taste I suppose. It's anyway a matter of taste and opinion.
Really didn't expect it on youtube. Will check.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Well, according to your own taste I suppose.
It is.
<edit>Yes, I an idiot.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
modified 17-Jul-21 17:56pm.
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Given the expense of the custom space-suit, I hope he comes back in one piece: [^]
Looking the Part
Developed by Under Armour Inc., the Virgin Galactic spacesuit comes in royal blue with gold trim. The outfits are lightweight and personally tailored, with a name badge and country flag. There’s also a patch unique to each mission that can be attached to a limited-edition flight jacket for everyday wear once back on the ground. The spacesuit also sports a pocket for a picture of loved ones (another holds a sick bag).
A tight-fitting base layer will enhance blood flow during the high- and zero-gravity portions of the mission. The get-up is completed by lightweight, foam-cushioned and flame-retardant space boots like those of racecar drivers. Pilots get additional black trim and a wings emblem.
Pre-Flight Pampering
Space voyagers will begin their journey by relaxing in the Virgin Galactic Gaia lounge, the centerpiece of the Spaceport America complex in the desert scrublands of southern New Mexico. ...
Champagne, caviar and seared tuna are featured on the menu at the $200 million edifice designed by U.K. architects Foster + Partners. With Sunday’s spaceshot expected around 7 a.m. local time, a strong espresso from the lounge’s marble-clad "barista island" may be more in order.
imho, he should be eating a pre-flight 'Happy Meal' with supersized soda and fries.
Or, how about renaming "VSS Unity" "VSS Brexit," and having flown-in fish-and-chips ?
Then, if he survives, lay on the caviar and hi-so spread.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
modified 11-Jul-21 10:35am.
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For the record, I fully support shooting billionaires into space. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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I agree with you, and, I think we could learn something from Kim Jong Un's economy-class use of a single howitzer shell to send his latest class enemies spacewards.
In the conversations I have with Space, She often tells me She is sick and tired of so many people, and, satellites, and stuff, coming and going ... then, nobody cleaning up the junk left behind.
It's been all downhill, She says, since these rumors of Her warping, and having ripples, have been circulating ... put out by people (maybe QAnon ?) who are jealous how cozy She gets with Time, and Gravity.
She tells me climate warming, solar flares, ozone holes, earthquakes, and drought, are all minor examples of what She can, and will, do ... if we humans continue disrespecting Her.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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BillWoodruff wrote: spacesuit comes in royal blue with gold trim
Thunderbirds are go!
FAB Richard!
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America Almost Made a New Route 66 With 22 Nuclear Bombs | The Drive[^]
Found this link on a Discord server I'm a member of.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Possibly less worrying than Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) - Wikipedia[^] which was envisaged to use atomic bombs to get a rocket to take off and head for space ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Would the last to leave please turn out the lights,,,
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I think that the EMP (electromagnetic pulse) generated by such a large number of explosions would do a very good job of turning out the lights - and everything else that wasn't hardened.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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'ol Boom Boom was effectively DOA since it's Environmental Impact Statements were written on the assumption that pure fusion bombs would be available to power it.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Back in the seventies a mad German scientist (Friedrich Bassler by name) suggested Egypt should flood the Qattara Depression using 'nuclear engineering'- i.e. blow a damn' great hole in Egypt so the Med could flood into Qattara. It would have used a modest 213 atomic bombs in boreholes  to dig the trench. I used the sobriquet 'mad' because it would probably have made North Africa uninhabitable for the foreseeable future.
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Well, with the glow-in-the-dark effect, the whole thing wouldn't have needed streetlights...
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@jsc42 I got it working! Woo
Let me know if you'd like me to adjust the size or anything. It won't look too good much smaller than this though. Such is the nature of ASCII art. It's still neat though.
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That is awesome!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Thank you! It was quite difficult to code that, even I had a lot of help from some public domain code. I wound up retooling most of that code so it could stream directly from the font file, and render via callback instead of using bitmaps, which was part of why it wasn't working in the original code - the bitmaps overlapped each other.
I still have a lot of refactoring and more testing to do but pretty soon my open_font class will be in GFX
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Thanks! Trying it in a sig with font-size: 10%
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