Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

[Frindis]

Just watched a video of some British bloke pointing a laser at a police helicopter. Cops knock on his door and he explains:

"I was watching the aircraft, a couple of guys outside pointing lasers. It was not me! I'm 45 and too old to do this stuff, and I am also eating dinner. He is saying this is the most British street slang, so it was hard to hear half of it. Then he says:

" Search the house, I don't have any laser pointers."

Police then do a short search of his sofa and find a laser pointer under one of the sofa cushions

Him:
"I guess I am fk'd then."

 

[Frag Maniac]

Just watched a video of some British bloke pointing a laser at a police helicopter. Cops knock on his door and he explains:

"I was watching the aircraft, a couple of guys outside pointing lasers. It was not me! I'm 45 and too old to do this stuff, and I am also eating dinner. He is saying this is the most British street slang, so it was hard to hear half of it. Then he says:

" Search the house, I don't have any laser pointers."

Police then do a short search of his sofa and find a laser pointer under one of the sofa cushions

Him:
"I guess I am fk'd then."

I live in a city where people are utterly stupid with way too much hatred toward police, so I can relate. As far as I'm concerned anyone who goes to the extreme of trying to make a service chopper of ANY kind crash ought to be put on a national list of domestic terrorists, seriously.

 

[Charagma]

Well wish me luck. I am the one always complaining about exchange rates etc and today spend A LOT of money on software. Because of my new direction I am following I was in need of cutting-edge software that is not copyrighted and easy to use.

I spent $299 on Kontakt (8) and then an additional $139 on Ethera gold Atlantis (3).

Following was made inside Ethera

View: https://youtu.be/yvGdHfGyszs


Can multiply that by 21 then you will get 9198 ZAR. On average that is equal to just over two months wages here. Let's hope it is a good investment for me. The wife, well she is furious about it. ....... Oops, Guess the doghouse is my future. Least I will have something to do while scooting the dog over to the other corner.

 

[Frindis]

The wife, well she is furious about it. ....... Oops, Guess the doghouse is my future. Least I will have something to do while scooting the dog over to the other corner.

"Hon, you know how I was furious about your last investment?"
Yes, dear *coughs*
"Would you mind go upstairs and opening my sock drawer?"
I don't think I follow you...
"It's a surprise!"
Ahh, I LOVE surprises

Walks upstairs and opens the sock drawer:

"Hoooooooooooooooooooon!"

 

[Charagma]

View: https://youtu.be/yvGdHfGyszs

Just went through the new software. Installation.....yeah ummmm they need to work on instructions (Version compatible instructions) or maybe do it with pictures. I am still looking for a spanner Icon, that by mistake eventually found out it to be a gear Icon because I have a newer kontakt version.... So installation is fast if you know where to go.

I do not have words really. Spot checked here and there, mainly wanted the polyphonic samples and obviously tested them out first. Nice part which I wish all of the VTS's (Virtual instruments) would have is that you have a stand-alone version and a plug-in version in one installation. So, when just testing or checking on things, you can run it in stand-alone and when working with it you can run it as a plug in to FL Studio. The above video, everything you hear in it comes from the software. I will have to confirm the drums but did find a few drum loops in there (I just spot checked some of the things so there will still be some surprises for me). In addition to now having over 32GB's of Legato's and Synths, it comes with an instructional manual of how to work with legato's (Tested it as per the manual and works on all versions (LMAO)).

After the wife heard me tinker on it a bit (Made a small test-run demo with a few vocals blending) she told me it sounds as if it was worth it. So, I still have my side of the bed and hopefully no funny things in the socks drawer (LMAO). Also spoke to an artist (friend of mine) and told him I bought it, and he asked if he can be first to get something from it. He will be dropping off his new idea's tomorrow. Thinking maybe a dramatic stage intro........or a filler somewhere....(Think, think, think.....probably not going to sleep because of this now) See if I can work it in there somehow. Obviously, this was the point where my wife started smiling again and offered me some coffee.

Once I am done with the school and other 3 (Now 4) tracks, then maybe I can try Pathfinder again. Wonder if I will remember what I was busy doing or even how to play........that is if my PC can still play it since I had to delete many things to get the space for Ethera. Might not have enough space left.............

 

[Zed Clampet]

You'd think we would have automated mapping technology by now.

I'm not sure what would be involved in that. I can picture several options that all get thwarted by caves being impossible to traverse for bots or because it's impossible to communicate while buried under tons of rock. I suppose I could get around those barriers, but this is a project that would be better undertaken by the military since there's no money in it But maybe we could convince them that they could use it to map out underground bunkers?

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Con the World, Class 1:

Before you post your AI garbage (because you can't actually create anything of value yourself) that you are sure will make you rich, be sure to turn off the comments.

*Just finished listening to more AI slop on YouTube (posted a link in another thread). I really think we are getting to the point where we should just make posting anything AI without clearly noting that it is AI illegal. Penalty: firing squad.

As far as I know, Valve was one of the first places to require this sort of disclosure.

 

[BeardyHat]

My daughter came to visit her dad this weekend, so it wasn't her Ranger story: They have two large caves in the park. One of them has been mapped out, the other one hasn't because it's considered too dangerous and difficult to navigate. The University of North Carolina came out and put sensors in the cave that isn't mapped, presumably because they knew no one would disturb them. I don't know what they were studying with the sensors, but this cave is very hard to explore. There are large sections of Army crawling as well as other challenges. A few months later, the university called the park and asked them if they could send the sensors back, so the park asked them if they had mapped out where they put the sensors, but they hadn't, so my daughter was sent to try to recover them (my daughter was designated as the spelunker who takes guests through the mapped cave). Apparently she was in the cave for several hours, and she found all but one of the sensors and miraculously, to me, found her way back out of the cave. They told the school if they wanted the last sensor, they would have to come get it themselves

So did you get to use all the stuff you printed out?

Seems like they ought to have had their own people go in there to get their stuff and not the Rangers, jeeze. I'd be kind of pissed off if I were her.

I did get to use pretty much all the stuff I printed. Unfortunately, my one buddy lost interest in the game because it was taking quite a long time. Which is definitely an issue with Battletech; it's not hard necessarily, just takes awhile because there's lot of bookkeeping. But there were 3 of us playing, so...

I'm not sure what would be involved in that. I can picture several options that all get thwarted by caves being impossible to traverse for bots or because it's impossible to communicate while buried under tons of rock. I suppose I could get around those barriers, but this is a project that would be better undertaken by the military since there's no money in it But maybe we could convince them that they could use it to map out underground bunkers?

Wired drones? They still do this with submersibles, I believe.

Penalty: firing squad.

This should just be more of a general penalty, honestly. Do something stupid on the road? Firing Squad. Try to use an Out of Order gas pump? Firing Squad. Say something stupid to a Cashier? Firing Squad.

Been kind of a busy week getting all my stuff sorted after camping. Ultimately, at the last minute also decided to go to this Tournament happening tomorrow. I had decided not to go a few weeks ago, because I just didn't feel like being obligated to paint stuff I've been working on. But got an email on Monday or Tuesday from the TO saying he only had 7 sign-ups and asking if anyone else still wanted to come.

Well, I know the TO lives about an hour away (been to a several of his tournaments now and played him personally at a different one he didn't setup) and I know he works hard to set these things up because it's a passion of his, so I figured I might as well suck up my whiny butt and go. But what really cinched it is that I looked at my other army, which was fully painted and realized I could easily field a list with what I had, which meant no painting, so why not? It'll be my whole day Saturday, but it should be fun. Plus I'm excited to get my 1942-era British 8th Army on the table again, it's been awhile.

Edit: Also ordered the army book I need to for them and had it delivered overnight from Amazon. Unfortunately, gotta send the thing back, because wouldn't you know it, this "new" book has quite a few scuffs on it and smells like chewing tobacco.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Working with AI is kind of like using mods in that most programs are just written by random folks who lose interest over time, so I've had a number of "essential" AI programs that have stopped working recently. I have gone in and redownloaded old versions of different things and gotten them working again, but I'm thinking about making my own versions of these so that I have more control over them. This should give me plenty to do since, as usual, I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing.

You can teach an old dog new tricks, but you should be aware that at various times during the training, you'll experience a sincere desire to strangle the old dog.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Does anyone have a shopping extension or app that actually finds discount codes when you check out from a digital store?

 

[Frag Maniac]

"Hon, you know how I was furious about your last investment?"
Yes, dear *coughs*
"Would you mind go upstairs and opening my sock drawer?"
I don't think I follow you...
"It's a surprise!"
Ahh, I LOVE surprises

Walks upstairs and opens the sock drawer:

"Hoooooooooooooooooooon!"

If those are made from repurposed socks, I just hope they were washed well first. You know how much people love to cuddle with their plushies!

 

[Charagma]

Does anyone have a shopping extension or app that actually finds discount codes when you check out from a digital store?

The bank I am with have that built into their app. They call it "Live better" where they have a list of discounts at certain stores online. Also, If I pay online, I get a discount for using my banking app. Not exactly what you are talking about but similar. I deal with Takealot often and all my purchases are discounted. The discount goes out with the payment (When I check out) but then return into the "live better" account that I can later transfer back into my main account.

 

[Charagma]

If those are made from repurposed socks, I just hope they were washed well first. You know how much people love to cuddle with their plushies!

I was in the military for a long time and I pretty much wear socks until they are referred to a holey sock. A hole here and a hole there. So, if you find one in your sock drawer with lots of patches it is probably one of mine that escaped in the washing machine. Still do not know how you wear pairs of socks but when you hang them out to dry there is one missing. always just 1........

Edit: Just realised......now I know how they make those. Someone runs around stealing 1 sock out of every washing machine and makes millions out of it ........... I should have thought of that plan years ago!

 

[Charagma]

So entered a music competition today for an American metal band (All holding thumbs?). My Demo went in at probably around noon. There is so much talent out there I doubt I would even be in the top 10. But let's see. Maybe......

The artist for the first Ethera project came round today. He is not keen on the stage entrance thing I had in mind. He dumped around 7 possible new song on my desk and said I should play around with it and see what I can come up with. I thought I was clever and asked, "Should I track all of them?" and he said "Yes, finish all of them I will sort you out" The part of the work I hate most started after sending in my Demo and that is to take whatever he gave me and get it into musescore. So, my "3" now became "10". Will have to put in some overtime or hire another person. Think after I recover from the Ethera "expense" I should invest in a MIDI keyboard. FL Studio is great, but why did they have to place the piano keys vertically. Takes me few minutes to figure out middle D every time because I am looking at the keys from the wrong direction. I have searched but there is no "mod" or "patch" that can rotate the piano's keys. So, either you have a MIDI instrument OR you spend time figuring out where you are on the instrument on the screen. Fortunately, I know the secret of Majors, Minors and Diminished 7's, so adding those are easy, it is when it gets to the other chords where I start struggling. Just because of the way the keys are displayed.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Someone runs around stealing 1 sock out of every washing machine and makes millions out of it ...........

Amount of work-High, Amount of pay-Low

This misses the whole point of being a criminal Plus, in the US you'd be shot dead within the first 3 houses. Hmm, I wonder if the pawn shop buys used socks (unpaired)? This might make a good move--the world's dumbest organized crime family...or a game, lots of fighting as you try to take out other sock stealing organizations.

 

[Zed Clampet]

@Charagma After having time to think it over, I'm going to pass on making that software. Reason being that it is likely copyrighted.

If you just want to make one for yourself, I've heard that the Github CoPilot does a good job of coding, but I've never tried it. What I would do, I think, is ask it for one small thing at a time as opposed to describing the whole project to it. You could do it in Unity. What you are wanting is very simple, so I would think Github CoPilot would be able to do it well enough.

 

[Charagma]

Amount of work-High, Amount of pay-Low

This misses the whole point of being a criminal Plus, in the US you'd be shot dead within the first 3 houses. Hmm, I wonder if the pawn shop buys used socks (unpaired)? This might make a good move--the world's dumbest organized crime family...or a game, lots of fighting as you try to take out other sock stealing organizations.

Capture the "sock"....mean flag .....LMAO. Someone owns a huge number of single socks. That is if I go on just the ones I am missing. Multiply by everyone..........

@Charagma After having time to think it over, I'm going to pass on making that software. Reason being that it is likely copyrighted.

If you just want to make one for yourself, I've heard that the Github CoPilot does a good job of coding, but I've never tried it. What I would do, I think, is ask it for one small thing at a time as opposed to describing the whole project to it. You could do it in Unity. What you are wanting is very simple, so I would think Github CoPilot would be able to do it well enough.

That is perfect. Yes, it is probably copyrighted. There is nowhere to actually track the copyright on t so yes would be a dangerous path to walk on.

I am not a programmer, would not know even where to start with something like that. Only co-pilot I know is the one in windows and one of the things I avoid (as mentioned before). I will simply just carry on in Word like I always have. It is a working system after all. LMAO I just figured a drag and drop feature would be nice.

Thank you for looking into it though. Much appreciated.

 

[Zed Clampet]

My sister-in-law had an accident. She broke her arm and lost a tooth

Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to put the laugh emoji with that.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I have discovered a crook in the indie AI scene, one of its biggest stars.

I'm not naming him. I'm not telling which of his "local" programs is not actually the miracle he's making it out to be--not by a longshot. I don't need the hassle. All he's doing is chasing people's adoration, and I don't think that is worth a fight. I'm not your momma. If you believe his latest program uses less than 10 percent of the resources of the next most efficient program, it's not my problem. Of course, people are donating money to him, but I figure they must be happy with his work, so that's none of my business, kind of like the AI TikTok girls. You want to sign up to an imaginary girl's OnlyFans? That's a "you problem".

 

[Frindis]

When I moved to my new flat, I had one large plastic bag with a lot of socks in it. After I settled, I found everything, except the bloody socks! The only thing you can do to be really sure socks never disappear is if you wear just one pair ALL the time. I think I might buy large wool socks as they clean themselves. Heck, I'll even shower with them. I occasionally sleep with socks on, so why not? Then when that pair is to worn out, I'll buy a new pair. Rinse and Repeat, middle finger to you sock thief, monster or whatever thing you are!

 

[Zed Clampet]

When I moved to my new flat, I had one large plastic bag with a lot of socks in it. After I settled, I found everything, except the bloody socks! The only thing you can do to be really sure socks never disappear is if you wear just one pair ALL the time. I think I might buy large wool socks as they clean themselves. Heck, I'll even shower with them. I occasionally sleep with socks on, so why not? Then when that pair is to worn out, I'll buy a new pair. Rinse and Repeat, middle finger to you sock thief, monster or whatever thing you are!

I'm trying to think of the last funeral, wedding or graduation that I've been to so I can tell you when the last time I wore socks was.

 

[Pifanjr]

I have resorted to wearing mismatched socks. It's so rare for me to find a pair that I've simply given up. The colour of the socks does not impact their effectiveness.

 

[Charagma]

My sister-in-law had an accident. She broke her arm and lost a tooth

Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to put the laugh emoji with that.

OOOOoohhhhhhh you one of THOSE!

Do not worry me too. If someone gets hurt next to me, I am not much help, since I am the one who is lying next to him/her holding my stomach laughing. The ambulance is usually there for me since I struggle to breath when laughing so hard.

When I moved to my new flat, I had one large plastic bag with a lot of socks in it. After I settled, I found everything, except the bloody socks! The only thing you can do to be really sure socks never disappear is if you wear just one pair ALL the time. I think I might buy large wool socks as they clean themselves. Heck, I'll even shower with them. I occasionally sleep with socks on, so why not? Then when that pair is to worn out, I'll buy a new pair. Rinse and Repeat, middle finger to you sock thief, monster or whatever thing you are!

In the military we had an excellent "sock" test. So when you finally have your boots off (Very important step), you remove your leading foots sock. That be left side if you are left-handed and right foot if you are right-handed (Again very important step). You then proceed and throw your sock against the nearest wall (This be step 3). You then proceed to remove the remaining sock. Once this is done, you look at where you threw the sock against the wall. If it is still stuck to the wall they need to be washed. If it fell off but left a mark, it is time to turn the sock inside out and good for another week. If there is no indication of marks or it fell straight to the ground, it's probably a new pair of socks and is still good to go for a few months. If it is stuck to the wall and looks as if there is still a foot in it, then you throw them away since they will never be ok again.....ever.

I have resorted to wearing mismatched socks. It's so rare for me to find a pair that I've simply given up. The colour of the socks does not impact their effectiveness.

I do the same. When the students ask me, I act all confused, look and say, "You will not believe it, but I have a pair just like this in my sock drawer" Some catch on quick, others walk away confused. LMAO

 

[Frindis]

@JCgames @dxchase On my bucket list

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAFnjTz-KrI

 

[Zed Clampet]

@JCgames @dxchase On my bucket list

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAFnjTz-KrI

I fell asleep watching this video, and I slept for 4 hours. That's miraculous for me.

Anyway, I'm going to "re"watch it now.

 

[Zed Clampet]

@JCgames @dxchase On my bucket list

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAFnjTz-KrI

holy cow, how many people can they put on that ship? It looks packed