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[sphinxsix]

What about some sports.?

The BBC sports commentator Andrew Cotter who, bereft of actual sports to commentate, has turned his attention to his two labradors: the older Olive and the younger Mabel..

 

 

[Allan F]

4 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

What about some sports.?

The BBC sports commentator Andrew Cotter who, bereft of actual sports to commentate, has turned his attention to his two labradors: the older Olive and the younger Mabel..

 

For those unable to view BBC feeds, here is the clip on YouTube.

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Quite often overlooked aspect of the whole corona thing is the fact that it triggers some people's creativity. The result isn't always top notch art but IMHO it's often quite interesting 

 

I'm sure @christopher3393 will love this one.

 

Smells like latex.

 

For hard core 'Alien' fans.

 

Next two seem to have a similar source of inspiration. 

 

 

Some love their cars.

 

Some love their pets.

 

Some love to dive.

 

Some believe in garlic. Simple and effective I guess. 

 

Others believe in onion. 'Organic' category winner.

 

This one OTOH wins in the category 'minimalist design'.

 

[sphinxsix]

This IMO is pretty cool (after 'The Guardian'):

'Single men and women in the Netherlands are being officially advised to organise a seksbuddy (sex buddy) after criticism of rules dictating that home visitors maintain a 1.5-metre distance from their hosts during the coronavirus lockdown.

In a typically open-minded intervention, official guidance from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has been amended to suggest those without a permanent sexual partner come to mutually satisfactory agreements with like-minded individuals.'

“Discuss how best to do this together,” the RIVM suggests. “For example, meet with the same person to have physical or sexual contact (for example, a cuddle buddy or ‘sex buddy’), provided you are free of illness. Make good arrangements with this person about how many other people you both see. The more people you see, the greater the chance of (spreading) the coronavirus.”

'The Dutch institute’s change of mind on the fate of singletons follows the expression of immense frustration in some quarters at the rules for single people. In an opinion piece written in the Het Parool newspaper, Linda Duits, a journalist specialising in gender issues, squarely criticised the RIVM, arguing that sex was a human right.

“Proximity and physical contact are not a luxury, they are basic needs,” Duits wrote. “If we have learned anything from the Aids epidemic, it is that not having sex is not an option.”'

 

Dutch official advice to single people: find a sex buddy for lockdown.

 

The Dutch are quite famous for their straightforwardness. This is probably the only government in the world which tends to be more let's say modern, pragmatic and straightforward than I am  (BTW disabled citizens in the NL get money from the government as part of the 'Hookers for the Handicapped' program which as it has proved has e.g. drastically reduced depression among the disabled).. I'm not a traditionalist nor I am particularly shy with women yet I wouldn't be able to say to a woman e.g. 'You know, I have some deficits in this field nowadays, if you have them too maybe we could meet on a regular basis till this goddamn corona thing is over' 

Maybe I'm just too old fashioned for the Netherlands..

 

[Superdad]

4 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

I'm not a traditionalist nor I am particularly shy with women yet I wouldn't be able to say to a woman e.g. 'You know, I have some deficits in this field nowadays, if you have them too maybe we could meet on a regular basis till this goddamn corona thing is over' 

Maybe I'm just too old fashioned for the Netherlands..

 

Well you just have to ask while wearing that mask you told us about.

I'm sure she'll agree then! 

[sphinxsix]

36 minutes ago, Superdad said:

 

Well you just have to ask while wearing that mask you told us about.

I'm sure she'll agree then! 

 

I guess in such circumstances it would be advisable to also have this 

[Superdad]

42 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

I guess in such circumstances it would be advisable to also have this 

 

Talk about being horny...

(Sorry, just too obvious, but I'm in the mooood.)

[Confused]

[sandyk]

[elcorso]

 

Old Bill ... I remember when he created viruses in Windows to later sell us his antivirus, what times those ...
What will I do now?

 

Roch

[sandyk]

A Bad Day at the Office .

[sphinxsix]

12 hours ago, sandyk said:

A Bad Day at the Office .

 

This clip made me actually think of rats fleeing a sinking ship 

Was glad to see the assisting guy taking off his clothes, clearly going to help one of the guys in the water, maybe we, the human beings aren't that bad after all. 

A rat for example would do the same.. 

 

The Washington post:

 

"We’ve all heard how rats will abandon a sinking ship. But will they attempt to save their companions in the process? A new study shows that rats will, indeed, rescue their distressed pals from the drink — even when they’re offered chocolate instead. They’re also more likely to help when they’ve had a dunking of their own, adding to evidence that the rodents feel empathy.

Previous studies have shown that rats will lend distressed companions a helping paw, says Peggy Mason, a neurobiologist at the University of Chicago who was not involved in the work.

In a 2011 study, for example, Mason and colleagues showed that if a rat is trapped in a narrow plastic tube, its unrestrained cagemate will work on the latch until it figures out how to spring the trap. Skeptics, however, have suggested that the rodents help because they crave companionship, not because their fellow rodents were suffering."

 

As a guy who knows a thing or two about rats and who has a strange sympathy for these intelligent, outcast animals I'd be skeptical about the suggestion that the reason for this behavior is craving for companionship, not that they don't like it 

 

"The study: Ben Vermaercke and his colleagues at KU Leuven gave two cognitive-learning tasks to lab rats and students. With both tasks, the subjects were trained to distinguish between “good” and “bad” patterns and then tested on their ability to apply that know-how to new types of patterns. In the first task, the patterns varied on only one dimension—either orientation or spacing—and rats and humans performed it equally well. In the second, the patterns varied on both dimensions, and the rats did better than the humans. A more complex brain isn’t always a better one. In information integration tasks, rats applied what they learned more quickly."

 

Rats Can Be Smarter Than People

 

 

And just like us they know that protein is the basis of a healthy diet..

 

 

 

[elcorso]

Talking about rats and Coronavirus quarantine

 

 

 

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2020
DEFINITELY 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE RAT

 

1.- We live hidden

2.- We only go out to get food

3.- If someone approaches us, we go out on the run

 

Roch

[Superdad]

21 hours ago, elcorso said:

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2020
DEFINITELY 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE RAT

 

Here in the USA it is the year of the bat.

This new quarter coin--latest in the series part of "America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008" is real:

[sandyk]

Free pee test.

 

This will save a ton of money ... no need to go to a specialist.A simplified Do-It-Yourself Urine Test may be helpful:   

Go outside and pee in the yard:

If ants gather, it's diabetes.

If you pee all over your feet, it's prostate.  

If it smells like a barbecue, it's cholesterol.

If you shake it, and your wrist hurts, it's osteoarthritis.

If you go back with it dangling out of your pants, it's Alzheimer’s.

 

[sphinxsix]

On 5/6/2020 at 1:03 PM, sphinxsix said:

Did Elon Musk and Grimes really name their baby X Æ A-12?

 

 

An update - their kid isn't called X Æ A-12 anymore, they've changed its name to 

.. X Æ A-Xii. 

 

“Roman numerals. Looks better tbh,” Grimes wrote on Instagram.

 

Elon Musk and Grimes change baby's name

 

Musk credited his partner for the creative leap:

“First of all, my partner is the one that, actually, mostly, came up with the name,” he said. “Yeah, she’s great at names.” 

 

I wholeheartedly agree with him, she really is. Maybe X Æ A-Xii isn't as easy to memorize as R2-D2 but nevertheless it's a great name  

What do you think guys.?

 

Ps. Sh..t I just realized that 'sphinx VI' would be a much cooler nick...

 

[manueljenkin]

Time for an intellectual meme.

[Digi&Analog Fan]

Does anyone consider being on a perpetual audio equipment upgrading cycle a vice? Like gambling?

 

 If anyone ever gives you ten thousand to one odds on anything; take it!  If John Cougar Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar for best actor; I am going to be one rich dude.       Kevin

[Digi&Analog Fan]

What sound does a tape deck make before...... and after noise reduction?

 

 To read the answer below, first turn your phone upside down or the equivalent with your computer screen. Then for the 2nd part of the answer turn it rightside up again.

 

 

....HhhhS

 

 

Quiet

[Digi&Analog Fan]

It should have been:

 

 

.....HHHHS

 

QUIET.

[sphinxsix]

I didn't think young people are so brilliant.

 

 

 

 

[sandyk]

Royal Flush (or how to offend everybody)

[sandyk]

TOPICAL.

How To Not Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police - Chris Rock

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvMc-K8XHY&feature=share

 

[sphinxsix]

Pretty cool IMO.

 

 

 

New Zealand government TV ad

 

 

[manueljenkin]

I wrote this master-piece (or so do I call it) some time ago. I was a cable skeptic back then.

 

Seeing people talk about cables making a yuuuuuuuge difference I think I've found my next venture.

 

Make 24carat gold cables. Also design air conditioners and purifiers that increase conductivity around the wire... They'll have elements that'll grab and push electrons falling out of the cables back into right path.

 

Terminations are presicely aligned graphite that allow wonderful conduction in one direction only. So yeah none of the garbage backward electrons that rebound out back of headphone won't enter your amp.

 

The first thing you'll notice is that the lower mids get way cleaner for more powerful midbass moans (I know that's the first thing you'll notice 😏).

 

Warning: don't touch the cable, you might be shocked 

Same will be the case when you look at the price. (Starting price: only 1,99,999 $/cm of wire)

 

I bought an aftermarket cable for my headphone, because the stock one was too long. I went back to check their marketing page. Turns out they are "quad-core ", "OCC silver plated twisted pair" whatever that may mean. Too bad its not octa core, not sure about the number of threads or the architecture either. I wanted a short cable, got a short cable - end of story. Unfortunately they are not oil soaked. Hence I can't hear any difference (oil makes a big difference you know). Costed 45ish dollars. I'd pay 100$ for a cable if it has nice artwork (pink and blue maybe), just like I'd pay extra money happily if a shirt had better design and was comfortable😋. Or can soaking these cable in some snake oil make them better?