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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 1:07 pm
Oh good, that means that the asshole that I had a crush on when this song came out is probably dead by now or close to it.
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 2:13 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:02 am
I think I may be synesthetic. I strongly associate sounds with tastes/smells, to the degree that in fact the name of a food can affect how it tastes to me. The strongest taste association is between labial and retroflex sounds and peanut butter. One of the reasons I enjoy languages with a lot of retroflexes (for which the association is strongest) is that they "taste good" to me. Interestingly I think this is part of why I don't like German, it "smells" like hot rubber/plastic a lot of the time, which gives me a headache. Not sure which sounds are causing this exactly.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:12 am
What does your titular phoneme taste like?dɮ the phoneme wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:02 am I think I may be synesthetic. I strongly associate sounds with tastes/smells, to the degree that in fact the name of a food can affect how it tastes to me. The strongest taste association is between labial and retroflex sounds and peanut butter. One of the reasons I enjoy languages with a lot of retroflexes (for which the association is strongest) is that they "taste good" to me. Interestingly I think this is part of why I don't like German, it "smells" like hot rubber/plastic a lot of the time, which gives me a headache. Not sure which sounds are causing this exactly.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:17 pm
Today I learned there are fonts that style '&' in a shape that resembles its origin 'et', like this:
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 4:38 am
That's a lot nicer than a lazy curly "E" with a vertical line through it, which I've always disliked.quinterbeck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:17 pm Today I learned there are fonts that style '&' in a shape that resembles its origin 'et', like this:
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:00 am
Random: I actually got hired to work on a commission for banknote designs that this person's going to print. It's my first commission like this in a very long time, and I'm having a lot of fun with it...
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:11 am
People typeset the ampersand in all kinds of interesting ways:quinterbeck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:17 pm Today I learned there are fonts that style '&' in a shape that resembles its origin 'et', like this:
(from http://shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/th ... rt-2-of-2/)
(from https://99designs.com.au/blog/tips/hist ... ypography/)
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:36 am
thats very cool. kudos and congratsdoctor shark wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:00 am Random: I actually got hired to work on a commission for banknote designs that this person's going to print. It's my first commission like this in a very long time, and I'm having a lot of fun with it...
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:02 am
Is it Christine Lagarde?doctor shark wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:00 am Random: I actually got hired to work on a commission for banknote designs that this person's going to print. It's my first commission like this in a very long time, and I'm having a lot of fun with it...
Anyway, congratulations!
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:40 am
Congratulations!doctor shark wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:00 am Random: I actually got hired to work on a commission for banknote designs that this person's going to print. It's my first commission like this in a very long time, and I'm having a lot of fun with it...
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:00 am
Thanks, all! Hopefully I'll be able to show results in a few weeks...
I wish. :Phwhatting wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:02 amIs it Christine Lagarde? ;-)doctor shark wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:00 am Random: I actually got hired to work on a commission for banknote designs that this person's going to print. It's my first commission like this in a very long time, and I'm having a lot of fun with it...
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:10 am
Congratulations, doctor!
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:11 pm
Cheap idea for a Halloween costume: wear a business casual attire, and claim to be the CEO of a tech company. Now that's scary.
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:23 am
Related: I saw pictures of Elon Musk's halloween party this morning and to be honest I'm not sure I'm going to sleep well tonight.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:50 am
Munchkin Digital will be available on Steam in about 10 hours.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:06 pm
In Gaming news, there's also a new Sonic thing, and Pokémon Generation IX is probably about to get spoilered all over the Internet.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:30 pm
I've played games in both series. Sonic is fast and probably less fun then in remember. Pokemon is grindy and repetitive so i've never finished it (not that i finished sonic but i at least think i would be able to finish a pokemon game) but i do like the creature things the game offers (i like the eeveelutions i particular). The retro game i've probably sunk the most time into is Golden Axe 3 (i had a disc which contains a bunch of old games from Sega and that was one of the games on it).
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:15 pm
I never found Pokémon that grindy, but I didn't try to "catch 'em all", I just played through the games with a team I liked.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:05 am
I don't know much about Pokemon, but Steam will release Dwarf Fortress on December 6. Not sure I can afford $30, honestly.
Munchkin will become available on December 1.
Munchkin will become available on December 1.