The Random Image Thread (keeping it PG-13 at the worst)

Pithecanthropus · Post by **Pithecanthropus** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:47 am

W00t! 1000 pages!

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:58 am

sean · Post by **sean** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:03 am

This thread was started (about) a decade ago.

maurvir · Post by **maurvir** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:30 pm

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:10 pm

DEyncourt · Post by **DEyncourt** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:15 pm

ukimalefu wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:10 am
Posting this here so most people will see it

In Poland, People Are Roleplaying As Americans, Here Are The Best Photos

[snip of sample pics]

Many pore pics at the link

Interview with the Polish man inspired to LARP Ohioans on the Fourth of July.

There are also a few comments from Americans.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:00 am

So you like pictures of old tech?

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

ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)[1][2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one package. It was Turing-complete and able to solve "a large class of numerical problems" through reprogramming.

DEyncourt · Post by **DEyncourt** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 1:34 pm

"You Can Run Doom on a Chip From a $15 Ikea Smart Lamp":

Question: why does a LAMP require this much processing power?

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 1:47 pm

DEyncourt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 1:34 pm
"You Can Run Doom on a Chip From a $15 Ikea Smart Lamp":

Question: why does a LAMP require this much processing power?

"Smart" must mean bluetooth, an app on your phone, possibly wifi and some internal memory to store settings and allow control over the internet, like turn on the light from your phone before entering your house. I don't know.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:57 pm

obvs · Post by **obvs** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:42 pm

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:41 am

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:47 am

Sorry if this hurts your eyes

Want more?

https://butdoesitfloat.com/She-was-no-s ... ntuitively

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:35 am

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:44 am

Maurice Calka Desk + Chair, 1969.

The only computer worth having on that desk would have to be a hologram

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:20 am

The iMac G4 would work.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:01 am

NEC PC-100 (1983)

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:45 am

Vodaphone // Mobira Transportable (UK, 1985)

obvs · Post by **obvs** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:03 pm

ukimalefu wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:44 am

Maurice Calka Desk + Chair, 1969.

The only computer worth having on that desk would have to be a hologram

I honestly thought it was a toilet at first.

It looks really hard to use. Usually I'd scoot my chair back when going through drawers, and that wouldn't be possible with that desk.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:18 pm

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:43 am

Sendata 700B Acoustic Coupler (1985)

I mean, really? "Send Data"?

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:03 am

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:01 am

That's a thing now

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/press- ... k-cocktail

But if you must, mix coke with rum, and not an expensive one.

DEyncourt · Post by **DEyncourt** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:10 am

I woke up early today. I took a peek out my bedroom window and saw...CLEAR SKIES.

I got up and got these edited pics of the sky using my iPhone 11 Pro handheld set to take 2-second exposures.

Mercury had JUST faded out of view (I was able to see it just seconds before taking this pic), Venus and the Moon:

Those brighter blue-green objects in the sky are internal reflections of the bright lights on the ground. Venus is the dimmer light above the telephone pole near the bottom-center.The slightly dimmer star to the left of Venus is Aldebaran in Taurus. Yes, I was standing in my street. I did add a white box over the license plate of that white car near the bottom right corner.

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn:

Saturn was close to straight south of me.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:28 am

Cool

I've been wanting to try and take a pic like that, but it's all clouds around here. All I could do was open my astronomy app and see what I was missing.

DEyncourt · Post by **DEyncourt** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:37 am

BTW just about 2 hours later: June Gloom again.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:33 am

obvs · Post by **obvs** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:12 am

ukimalefu wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:01 am

That's a thing now

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/press- ... k-cocktail

But if you must, mix coke with rum, and not an expensive one.

I mean, this is one product which makes A LOT of sense.

It's been a well-known drink for a long time.

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:19 am

People are lazy.

maurvir · Post by **maurvir** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:35 pm

That isn't a new product, though it apparently has been updated with the newer variants of Coke. I remember a guy in college drinking premix Jack and Coke out of a can 25 years ago because they were easier to pass off as a soft drink while walking to parties.

As I recall, they weren't that great.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:56 am

Again, cola+rum, not any kind of whiskey, add a squeeze of lemon.

Anyway, I was just surprised by coca-cola selling booze.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:18 am

Apple released its first printer, the Silentype, in 1980. The thermal printer was a successful product for Apple, as it was much cheaper than the majority of its rivals at $699 and was silent in operation. It had a great reliability record, was small in size and had a decent print speed. It had to use a special paper, but could provide 80-column output, while most rival products could only provide 40-column output.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:25 pm

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:31 pm

I'm using this as an explanation when someone complains about how they“changed the classic aesthetic”

DukeofNuke · Post by **DukeofNuke** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:15 pm

It still bothers me that the turbolift door is off center

j_tso · Post by **j_tso** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:21 pm

ukimalefu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:18 am

Someone on reddit found a roll

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:37 am

Post by dv » Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:09 pm

ukimalefu wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:01 am

That's a thing now

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/press- ... k-cocktail

But if you must, mix coke with rum, and not an expensive one.

For those in the US, Costco's Kirkland brand has a pretty good (and cheap) rum. $14 for a 1.75L jug.