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Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Nutty Crab Soup

An epic arc reaches its pulse-pounding conclusion as Ken and Robin confront the wonder and terror of the Sno-Voyageurs Cookbook! (And also talk the system matters debate, Profumo Affair and 1911 Ark of the Covenant expedition)



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Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Killer Pupples

In the latest episode of their chainsaw-handed podcast, Ken and Robin talk comedic horror games, OSS graphic design, Guy Maddin, and sky amoeba UFOs.



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Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street’s Losses. Where Is the Outrage?

Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street’s Losses. Where Is the Outrage?

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: May 7, 2020 ~ Beginning on March 24 of this year, Larry Kudlow, the White House Economic Advisor, began to roll out the most deviously designed bailout of Wall Street in the history of America. After the Federal Reserve’s secret $29 trillion bailout of Wall Street from 2007 to 2010, and the exposure of that by a government audit and in-depth report by the Levy Economics Institute in 2011, Kudlow was going to have to come up with a brilliant strategy to sell another multi-trillion-dollar Wall Street bailout to the American people. The scheme was brilliant (in an evil genius sort of way) and audacious in employing an Orwellian form of reverse-speak. The plan to bail out Wall Street would be sold to the American people as a rescue of “Main Street.” It was critical, however, that all of the officials speaking to the … Continue reading

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Spidey Super Stories #31

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  • char: doctor doom/victor von doom
  • char: spider-man/peter parker
  • title: spidey super stories
  • char: moondragon/heather douglas
  • char: marvel boy/captain marvel/noh-varr
  • publisher: marvel comics

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John Constantine: Hellblazer #5 (2020) - "Scrubbing Up, Part Two"

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Expect evil ravens, hipsters performing pun-magic and John getting drunker than you’ve ever seen him before. Fun. -- Si Spurrier

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Chaty a chalupy zažívají svůj malý boom. Prodávají se dráž než loni

Zájem o nákup rekreačních nemovitostí je letos výrazně vyšší než v posledních letech. Objektů, které se dostávají do prodeje, je naopak tento rok méně. Viníkem je v obou případech epidemie koronaviru a s ní spojená nejistota kolem letních dovolených. To se podepisuje na cenách, často se dostanou výš, než byly inzerované.



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Máte trable s koupeným zájezdem? Poradíme vám, jak nepřijít o peníze

Nová zákon „Lex voucher“ stanovil pravidla pro vypořádání cestovních kanceláří s klienty. Na problematické situace, které mohou být s koupeným zájezdem spojeny, jsme se zeptali advokáta Ondřeje Vokála.



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Raw Zucchini Chips: Super Easy Raw Food Recipe


Zucchini chips are an awesome/tasty alternative to convention chips, which have few nutrients and are laden with fat and salt. Not only that, but before I was raw, I always overlooked zucchini as a "buy and make it in bulk" vegetable. But, when zucchini is plentiful, this is the perfect recipe to use them up.

 

Zucchini season is best in mid summer, because it's a warm weather plant. Even so, zucchini can be found at most groceries through most of the year. Look for firm and glossy fruit with no marks or soft spots.


Simply wash the zucchini and then slice thinly. A mandolin would be the best choice of tool, but I did just fine with a chef's knife. If you want your zucchini chips to have lighter edges, then peel then first then slice.



Put the sliced zucchini in a lidded container and add the marinade. Shake well to coat.




Spread out in a single layer on lined dehydrator sheets. Dehydrate at around 145 degrees Fahrenheit for about an hour, then reduce the temperature to 120 and dehydrate for another 12 hours or so. Overnight is a good way to time it. They're done when all the moisture has been removed. They should be pretty crispy and only a little chewy. The full recipe is below.


Raw Zucchini Chips
one large batch ~ $7.10


ingredients
  • 8 cups thinly sliced zucchini rounds ($5.00)
  • 1/2 cup agave ($1.00)
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar ($.40)
  • 1/4 olive oil ($.40)
  • 2 tablespoons dried oregano ($.05)
  • 2 tablespoons dried basil ($.05)
  • 2 tablespoons dried parsley ($.05)
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder ($.05)
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder ($.05)
  • 1 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes ($.05) 
directions
  • Slice the zucchini, pat dry if needed, and place in a large, lidded container. 
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.
  • Pour over the sliced zucchini, cover, and shake (or just stir) until zucchini is evenly coated. 
  • Spread the zucchini on lined dehydrator sheets and dry at 145 degrees for about an hour and then at 120 for about another 12 hours or overnight (dehydrating time can vary), until crispy. 
  • Store leftovers in an airtight container and pop into dehydrator for a few minutes to crisp them up again if necessary. 







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Boots. Mended. We’ll see how the patches hold up. Now I just need to acquire a sufficiently long raincoat.

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Get up, get up and get down

I work from home, and the marvelous company for which I work gave me a VariDesk standing desk. I can adjust it to either a standing position or a sitting position, and I do so multiple times per day. Sitting now being the thing that’s going to kill us, I try to make sure I […]




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Мексиканская авиакомпания полностью перешла на Sukhoi SuperJet 100

Мексиканская авиакомпания InterJet полностью перешла на использование только российских самолетов Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ-100). По мнению руководства InterJet, SSJ-100 идеально подходят для перевозок в условиях пандемии коронавируса. В настоящее время российские самолеты обслуживают шесть оставшихся маршрутов.




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Quicklisp news: April 2020 Quicklisp dist update now available

New projects:

  • anypool — General-purpose pooling library — BSD 2-Clause
  • avl-tree — An implementation of the AVL tree data structure. — MIT
  • cl-aubio — Aubio bindings for Common Lisp — GPLv3
  • cl-interval — Intervals, interval trees — NewBSD, LLGPL
  • cl-liballegro — Allegro 5 game programming library bindings for Common Lisp — Allegro 5 - http://alleg.sourceforge.net/license.html
  • cl-mime-from-string — A one function library to return a mime-type based on the file extension found at the end of a string. ie abc.txt -> text/plain. The common types implemented are from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types — MIT
  • cl-telegram-bot — Telegram Bot API, based on sovietspaceship's work but mostly rewritten. — MIT
  • dns-client — A client for the DNS protocol. — zlib
  • feeder — RSS, Atom and general feed parsing and generating — zlib
  • perceptual-hashes — Perceptual hash algorithms for images — 2-clause BSD
  • portable-condition-system — A portable condition system for Common Lisp — CC0
  • ten — Template System for Common Lisp — MIT
  • trivial-custom-debugger — Allows arbitrary functions to become the standard Lisp debugger — MIT
  • trivial-with-current-source-form — Helps macro writers produce better errors for macro users — GPLv3
  • vom-json — A json-formatted logger for vom — MIT
  • vp-trees — Perceptual hash algorithms for images — 2-clause BSD
Updated projects3b-bmfont3bgl-shader3bmd3bza-cl-loggeralexandriaaprilasync-processbdefbpccldocchungacl+sslcl-anacl-capstonecl-cffi-gtkcl-collidercl-containerscl-environmentscl-gamepadcl-gservercl-inotifycl-marklesscl-packcl-patternscl-pythoncl-rdkafkacl-shlexcl-sparqlcl-strcl-tuicl-utilscl-webkitclinenoiseclipcloser-mopconcrete-syntax-treecroatoancserial-portdartscltoolsdefenumdeploydexadordiff-match-patchdissectdjuladoubly-linked-listeasy-routeseclectorescalatorfast-generic-functionsfast-ioflexi-streamsflexichainfloat-featuresfsetfuccfunctional-treesfxmlgendlgraphgtirbhu.dwim.computed-classhu.dwim.defhu.dwim.perechu.dwim.presentationhu.dwim.quasi-quotehu.dwim.walkerhu.dwim.web-serverhunchentoot-multi-acceptorironcladkeystonelispqrliterate-lispmaidenmaxpcmcclimmmapmodularizemutilitynodguinumclnumpy-file-formatoriginosicatoverlordparachutepatchworkpetalisppetriphoe-toolboxplumppolicy-condpolisherpostmodernpzmqqtoolsquilcqvmroanrpcqs-graphvizs-http-clients-http-servers-sysdepss-utilssanity-clausescalplsealable-metaobjectsselselect-fileserapeumsketchskippy-renderersnappysoftdrinkspinneretstaplestumpwmsucleswank-clientswank-crewtootertrace-dbtrivial-featurestrivial-file-sizevgplotwoo.

Removed projects: cl-password-store, fomus, rfc3339-timestamp, rpc4cl.

All the removed projects are removed because they no longer build. For the first two (cl-password-store and fomus), I was unable to get a response from the authors. The other two (rfc3339-timestamp, rpc4cl) the author was responsive, but has abandoned the projects.

To get this update, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp"). Enjoy!

A number of people support Quicklisp with a monthly contribution through PayPal. I recently set up a Quicklisp Patreon page as an alternative - if you are interested in supporting Quicklisp, feel free to check it out.




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Nicolas Hafner: Creative Block - May Kandria Update


It's a new month, and that usually means I'm supposed to write a monthly update on the progress with Kandria. Thinking about that though made me feel very depressed because I realised that I hadn't really done anything at all for the game, all of April.

I can blame however much I want of that on the quarantine and university stress, or whatever else, but it won't change the fact that there has not been much progress on any front. While I have been slacking a lot, it's not like I haven't been working at all - plenty of time has gone into Courier, after all.

When I had this realisation yesterday, I tried my best to push myself to work on the game any way I could, but I failed to find anything that I could actually convince myself to do. That isn't to say that there aren't things to do; god forbid there's a tonne of things! Tuning combat, drawing animations, writing the UI, fixing dialogue, starting on enemy AI, optimising performance - just to name a few. And yet, despite the breadth and depth of things to do, there was absolutely nothing that looked appealing to me.

This kind of feeling is nothing new to me. It's a creative block, and happens more often that I'd like to admit. It's also why I often don't like to start long running projects, because I'm afraid of a creative block that would ruin it. The worst part about the creative block is that there's no remedy for it. You just get stuck in a rut, and it sucks a whole lot for a completely unpredictable amount of time. Often what I end up doing, whether consciously so or not, is switching to another project and just working on that.

So far that project has been Courier, but that's at its end and I'm also starting to feel burnt out on it, too. I don't have any other projects queued up that I'd like to tackle, or new ideas on what to do at the moment, so I'm just... stuck.

I suppose the right thing to do in this situation is to take it easy and not fret too much over it, since that's often one of the many factors causing the block. I've never been good at actually doing that, though. Maybe I should try to take a break from programming in general? I don't know.

You may be wondering why I'm writing this all to begin with. Well, partly I feel like I promised to do monthly and weekly updates, and I really hate to break that promise without notice. Another part is that I just feel like I owe you the discretion to tell you what's going on with me. I'm very thankful for the email replies and general responses I've gotten for Kandria so far, I really am! Because of that genuine interest, I feel all the more pressured not to disappoint. Since I have nothing to show though, I thought the only proper course of action is to just be open and direct about it. So I'll just say it again: aside from updating the public demo, no progress has been made at all.

Maybe it would help me to have a more open discussion about this topic in general, instead of just it being me telling you that I'm in a bad place. So please, let me know: have you been in similar situations before? What helped you deal with them? Is there something in Kandria I could try to focus on that you, personally, would like to see?

You can reach me at shinmera@tymoon.eu.




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wraps ups

So I got all my wrap-ups written and here’s the short list libraries visited books read places stayed other events (i.e. timeline of big events in 2019) I’m a few days behind last year but more or less on schedule. And like last year, January is a Wikipedia month, staying busy writing articles and making […]




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Mr. Cupps x Uncrate Vintage Keychain Collection




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1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Coupe




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Support your local body during the COVID-19 pandemic

Event cancellations at local bodies due to COVID-19 will reduce revenue, but not rent and other fixed expenses. Many local bodies already operate on extremely tight margins and struggle to pay their bills even during normal times. All members are encouraged to continue to financially support their local bodies, even if there are no events …

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USGL summer 2020 events update

The in-person annual U.S. Grand Lodge Joint Meeting scheduled for July 2020 in Oakland CA has been canceled. Individual governing bodies will meet online; members of those bodies will receive further information. A decision on whether the Convocation of Lovers scheduled for August 2020 in Cleveland OH will be canceled will be announced by April …

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Listen Up, Gurl…

WQUR: Queer Quarantine Radio • A podcast on Anchor




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Becky Lynch racks up most total days as Raw Women’s Champion in history

Becky Lynch has become the Superstar with the most total days as Raw Women’s Champion, surpassing Alexa Bliss.




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Crazy-seeming research, now and then, turns up something true and beautiful

Crazy-seeming research, every now and then, leads to something really, really wonder-filled. In this case, the discovery of something long-predicted (by Einstein) but seemingly impossible to perceive: gravity waves. (HT Maggie Lettvin)




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Analog Gives Support To Digital

Oh man, this is great! It's perfect for... seeing texts the second they come in? Showing off your cell phone? Watching videos in a horrid orientation? Wait a minute, why is this useful again?

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I Finally Understand Tech Support




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Stop Tilting Upward!

I wonder if the fact that it was St. Patrick's Day had anything to do with this solution.




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Why You Should Use Stumbleupon To Get More Traffic

When it comes to getting people to your site one of the ways you can do this is through social bookmaking sites. And while these all give your site excellent one way back links, there is one site that you should sign up to first to get more traffic, and that site is Stumbleupon. Why you should use Stumbleupon to get more traffic If you’re not familiar with Stumbleupon this is how it works for your site to get more traffic. Instead of using keywords like how you would for a search engine, visitors select categories that interest them such as videos, music, or computers to name a couple examples. Once they pick their categories and click on the stumble button their randomly taken to a site, article, or video that fits that category. They can then decided if the like or dislike that site by giving it thumbs up or down. The more thumbs up your site gets the more hits it will get because it will show up more frequently when people stumble that category. Visitors to your site can also write reviews and share it with other users or add a sites link to their list of favourite sites giving you even more exposure, back links, and that oh so coveted traffic..........




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7 Ways To Get More Traffic From Stumbleupon

In my opinion Stumbleupon is one of the best ways to get more traffic to your to your site, especially if it’s brand new and your looking to get noticed quickly. If you’re not familiar with Stumbleupon it’s a web based service that allows you to discover websites, blogs, and videos without having to use traditional methods such as Google. Instead you can choose what topics you want to look for, click stumble and your randomly shown sites that meet your search criteria, if you like it you can give it a “thumbs up”. What makes this so appealing to site owners is that the more thumbs up your site gets the more times it’ll appear when that topic is searched.




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Stupid Questions On Yahoo Answers (Blog Post)

I like using Yahoo Answers, it’s an easy way to get the word out about your site and build some good back links in the process. I’ve noticed in increase in really stupid questions in the last little while though. And while there have always been people who ask the obvious, or ask questions that make you want to reach through your computer screen and strangle them. Lately it seems to be ever second question. Perhaps it’s because it’s summer, maybe it’s something in the water who knows..........




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8 Ways You Can Speed Up Internet Explorer

Nobody likes a slow internet browser; frankly it’s a royal pain in the ass. We have better things to do then sitting around waiting for a page to load only to stair at a blank page. When it comes to slow internet browsers Internet Explorer has a history of being slow and clunky even with the best connection possible. Even their latest update Internet Explorer 9 is still much slower then browsers like Google Chrome or Firefox............




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10 Ways To Speed Up Your Internet

Having a slow internet connection is a pain in the ass. I hate waiting for pages that seem to take forever to load, videos that constantly buffer, and browsers that fail because it takes too long to open a web page. It’s frustrating and I have better things to do just like you, then sitting around losing my mind because my internet speed is slower then the second coming of Christ. So I put together a list of 10 things you can do to speed up your internet...............




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10 Quick Tips To Speed Up Your Website

So your website loads slower then old people Fu%@ing. Nobody likes a slow website, not the search bots, and especially not people who will leave rather then wait for a page that takes forever to load, let’s be honest our attention span is getting shorter all the time. On top of that Google’s recent Panda update looks at a sites load time to determine where it’s going to site in search results, either way you look at it your website loading time is a big deal............ So how do you speed up your website loading time? Here’s a list of 10 tips for optimizing your website to load faster.........




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Google+ Invite Update (Blog Post)

A little while ago I asked if anyone wanted to an invite to Google , the latest attempt by Google to get into the social network scene. Because Google is still in a beta stage invites can only be done through email by a current member inviting someone............




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Duplicate Content And What You Can Do To Stop It (Blog Post)

The other day while going through my analytics I noticed a referral hit from a blog I’d never heard about. Often when I get referrals from sites I’ve never heard of I like to check them out to see what their about. What I found though was a blog that was copying word for word some of my older posts...............




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Minecraft 1.9 Update

With November being scheduled as the “official” release of Minecraft the team at Mojang are hard at work putting together Minecraft’s 1.9 update. This is possibly the last update before the release and like the 1.8 adventure update will be packed full of new features, crafting recipes and other stuff. Details at this point are scarce, but from the information that’s out there here are some of the things that could be included in the new 1.9 update..........




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In pictures: Last supermoon of 2020 rises on a world grappling to overcome pandemic - DAWN.com

  1. In pictures: Last supermoon of 2020 rises on a world grappling to overcome pandemic  DAWN.com
  2. May's flower moon lights up the sky around the globe  ABC News
  3. Hurry up: Last chance to see a supermoon this year  Euronews
  4. Last supermoon of the year, Photos News & Top Stories  The Straits Times
  5. Stunning supermoon lights up New Zealand's skies overnight  New Zealand Herald
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Early superannuation withdrawals frozen as hacking fallout revealed - Daily Telegraph

  1. Early superannuation withdrawals frozen as hacking fallout revealed  Daily Telegraph
  2. Calls for better superannuation protection  Busselton Dunsborough Mail
  3. AFP investigating 'sophisticated' theft of $120,000 from 150 super accounts  Sydney Morning Herald
  4. Is your super payout at risk? Thousands drained by fraudsters in COVID scam  7NEWS.com.au
  5. Police confirm up to 150 victims of early super access fraud  The New Daily
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Superheroes, from near and far, join Indonesia's coronavirus battle

Volunteers clad as Superman and Spider-Man sprayed disinfectant against the coronavirus on Indonesia's island of Java, flanking a colleague wearing the winged helmet of local superhero Gatotkaca who shouted, "Wear masks, wash hands and stay alert."