I don't consider that abusing art. Rich people's games like NFTs bother me because they abuse the environment, taking exorbitant amounts of energy to ...
That figures because the photographer is a surf photographer and when I asked if he had any seascapes that's the only one he had. Below is some of his...
Hawaiian-style classical music, interesting. I used a photo that a guy from Ohau sent me. He didn't say where it was and I guessed NE Ohau, judging by...
:lol: No, not that there's anything wrong with that. He can remit however he likes, I don't care. I have a much simpler understanding of art. Nice wor...
South of the Border, West of the Sun, Haruki Murakami My least favorite Murakami so far. Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, Robert Sapol...
Thanks! Been doing a lot of these small paintings with big brushes. I figure that if I keep at it I'll eventually develop a looser technique and some ...
That's how I get when meditation practice is going well. No resistance to good robothood. https://designpraxis.biz/img/zenrobot.jpg I just finished re...
Wasn't complaining, I admire a winning strategy. :starstruck: Anyway, I'm not sure which is of greater urgency, a chess tournament or a thread dedicat...
Hanover is the reigning chess champ of the forum. His strategy of boring his opponents into complacency, taking days or weeks to move a piece, and the...
Both binary code and DNA use finite set of symbols or elements to represent a wide range of sequenced information. Perhaps real artificial intelligenc...
I don’t know. Three eggs in a 12” skillet I guess, with plenty of butter. Btw, not long ago I figured out that the trick for not getting the egg stuck...
MAGA morons may publicly bemoan the separation of church and state but that's because they want the influential power of an ultimate authority in thei...
The concept of the transient nature of existence is core to Eastern religion, sure, but I don't see how that supposedly makes them more open to change...
We started with me asking about "the inevitable devolution of events from 1963 to the present". I'm still curious about that. From Wikipedia: Liberali...
I asked my personal assistant to help explain… Progressive liberalism and conservative liberalism are two different ideological perspectives within th...
The rise of progressive liberalism? I think it would take more than a contrived ‘culture war’ to instigate an actual civil war. The funny thing econom...
Well if we're going to be loose with our distinction let's call it a crustless quiche. I'm not entirely clear on that myself. My wife says no soap so ...
Frittata for breakfast made with spinach, broccoli, onion, tomatoes, cheddar, and various herbs. Wanna try a frittata? I think you otta. https://desig...
Curious. There are conservative and liberal elements in the East and the West. Maybe it appears that Easter traditions are more liberal because you mo...
I was in a 7-Eleven gas station filling up and, inspired by all the weiner talk, I went inside the convenience store to get a hot dog. I stood there l...
On the contrary, individuals in high leaderships roles will jump on any opportunity to rope in the masses, and with the help of GAI it could be easier...
Like so... https://www.omnihotels.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/100x700_stock_hotdogs.jpg The store-bought squeeze bottles don't offer that cont...
When they're hot off the grill I slice the dogs open and add wedges of cheddar. That alone melts, and homemade chili on top of that would surely finis...
My personal assistant wrote up a bit about the painting: What the hell is yours about? Welcome to the forum! 1st post and already demonstrating excell...
My utopian world is a spin on Forbidden Planet. It’s a world with civilization so technologically advanced that all instrumentality has been made obso...
City folk can simply swallow some of these fecal transplant pills pictured below. https://d2jx2rerrg6sh3.cloudfront.net/image-handler/ts/2021020506593...
If I recall correctly, Pern is a planet where floating acid stuff regularly rains down and must be burned up by dragon riders before it reaches the gr...
I guess it doesn't make sense to us because in the Americas we flush-and-go and also wash our hands, and therefore post-flush aerosolization of contag...
Common sense for not closing the lid: Convenience: Some people might find it more convenient to leave the toilet lid open, as it reduces the step of o...
To be perfectly clear, Dawkins does not claim that "Science disproves God." Wayfarer "paraphrased" him saying that, presumably to disparage Dawkins an...
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