Cool Random Internet Stuff

KrunchTime · 2015-11-13 09:07:42

I'm surprised this thread hasn't been started here yet. I'll start off by sharing 32 Stunning Photos of San Francisco in the 40s and 50s

Panda · 2015-11-13 14:17:36

@KrunchTime,

Beautiful photographs of my favorite city! If cities can have a soul, San Francisco must be somewhere toward the top of the list.

Btw, great idea to re-start this thread. smile

ohnonot · 2015-11-13 17:31:17

yesterday i was told that teachers should learn to code, because younger and younger pupils also learn it.
this was the link they gave us: http://learn.code.org/hoc/1
sigh...
not sure what to think of it.

when i was 10, they had home computers on display in every department store.
usually i "programmed" them like this:

10 PRINT "(whatever immature bs came to mind)"
20 GOTO 10

that wasn't so hard, was it?
and completely without tons of javascript or angrybirds...

eight.bit.al · 2015-11-14 12:42:17

ohnonot wrote:

this was the link they gave us: http://learn.code.org/hoc/1.

Well, there goes thirty minutes of my life I'll never get back smile Was fun tho...

pa$$word · 2015-11-14 14:59:06

10 PRINT "web-scale javascript frameworks with mongodb"
20 GOTO 10

pvsage · 2015-11-14 23:41:12

Mane6 is now officially in full development mode on Them's Fightin' Herds.
http://www.mane6.com/
Sometimes a C&D against a fanwork (the game was originally conceived as "Fighting is Magic" and based on a Hasbro franchise) can lead to something better.

KrunchTime · 2015-11-18 09:41:02

eight.bit.al wrote:

ohnonot wrote:
this was the link they gave us: http://learn.code.org/hoc/1.
Well, there goes thirty minutes of my life I'll never get back Was fun tho...

lol

Panda · 2015-11-24 01:17:14

I'm sure many of you are already aware of this site but came across this while browsing Gnome-Look and thought I'd share..

http://www.ravefinity.com/

Really nice GTK and icon themes, beautiful background sets too smile

hhh · 2015-11-24 01:22:45

Posted their flickr page in the Wallpapers thread, thnx!

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 9099#p9099

Panda · 2015-11-24 01:37:03

^ My pleasure wink

Temetka · 2015-11-25 10:40:02

Scale of the Universe
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/589217

Cthulhu Files
http://cthulhufiles.com/

What a Shaman sees in a mental hospital
http://thespiritscience.net/2014/06/16/ … -hospital/

The 10 most dystpoian books and movies of all time
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/dystopia-1 … =social_fb

ututo · 2015-11-25 18:52:34

satellites over your city right now...
http://patriciogonzalezvivo.github.io/L … .20/-29.36

Panda · 2015-11-30 00:01:45

Interesting..

http://cosmology.com/News214.html

Maybe ohnonot bought that Ubuntu Phone after all smile

Temetka · 2015-11-30 05:37:08

Panda wrote:

Interesting..
http://cosmology.com/News214.html
Maybe ohnonot bought that Ubuntu Phone after all

Interesting article.

Radio signals from space, megalithic structures orbiting distant suns.

The makings of a great space opera right there.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-11-30 07:46:11

Panda wrote:

http://cosmology.com/News214.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst

Panda · 2015-11-30 14:13:11

@Temetka,

You never know. The day will come when we actually detect an artificially generated signal, the equipment used gets better every year.. Just a matter of time.

@Head_on_a_Stick,

That's what I thought too but apparently a different phenomenon. GRB's are more energetic, spectrum's completely different. They're single component events typically caused by the merger of neutron stars, Hypernovas from collapsing super giants or white dwarfs going thermonuclear and the events which initiate them are usually detectable by other means. FRB's are a different animal and this event is really weird. Aliens? Don't know but it's fun to be stumped.

brontosaurusrex · 2015-11-30 18:38:49

No need to wait 500 years for idiocracy;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-er0k1YQo

ohnonot · 2015-11-30 20:42:13

Panda wrote:

Maybe ohnonot bought that Ubuntu Phone after all

Temetka wrote:

The makings of a great space opera right there.

???

...

anyhow, http://cosmology.com/News214.html - interesting stuff. sounds pretty scientific and normal (in contrast to the artwork).
i mean, come on, what are the chances that there aren't any aliens out there?

...

brontosaurusrex wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-er0k1YQo

"People will be making poor choices!" lol

Panda · 2015-12-01 03:15:22

ohnonot wrote:

???

Yeah.. It doesn't make sense to me either. lol

ohnonot wrote:

i mean, come on, what are the chances that there aren't any aliens out there?

I think the Drake equation makes it a mathematical certainty of finding 'detectable' civilizations in our galaxy alone.

Panda · 2015-12-01 03:41:39

Google ending support for Linux 32bit Chrome browser in March 2016

http://betanews.com/2015/11/30/google-k … bit-linux/

pvsage · 2015-12-01 07:17:18

Google ending support for Linux 32bit Chrome browser in March 2016
http://betanews.com/2015/11/30/google-k … bit-linux/

By combining say, Ubuntu and Google Chrome, you can have a very secure and easy-to-use platform running the world's best web browser.

I see at least two things wrong with that sentence alone. (No offense intended to Ubuntu, but to the writer's apparent bias for Ubuntu over other distros and his omission of all non-Google browsers.)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-01 07:42:28

Panda wrote:

Drake equation

https://xkcd.com/384/
big_smile

Also: https://xkcd.com/638/

Panda · 2015-12-01 14:41:24

pvsage wrote:

I see at least two things wrong with that sentence alone. (No offense intended to Ubuntu, but to the writer's apparent bias for Ubuntu over other distros and his omission of all non-Google browsers.)

I read an obvious bias by the author of the article as well. Having said that, with so many people still using 32bit systems(including your's truly, on 2 of 3 machines) and so many people using the Chrome browser.. I thought it important enough to post here.

I think it goes without saying(or should), A link offered, does not constitute an endorsement given.

Panda · 2015-12-01 14:51:34

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

https://xkcd.com/384/
big_smile
Also: https://xkcd.com/638/

lol

Yeah, I'm aware some think his equation contains a few liberally applied variables within it. However, even applied conservatively, the results are thought provoking. So much so in fact, these two have devoted their professional lives to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Tarter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Shostak

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-01 20:05:14

We just passed 10,000 posts and @admin says we're distributing more than 3TiB this month. Again. glasses

Lookin' good FBO cool

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