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This is a link post Birds On An Amplified Fence
This bloke is a lovely genius.

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This is a normal post See also: Ewe Tube
vimeo.com/437706343
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This is a normal post Amazing stuff he's done.
Great find Fred.
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This is a normal post Thank you - I've been a fan/friend since the early 2000s
culminating in a visit to his Musical Fence in the Middle Of Nowhere QLD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5RwaA2dH40

but wasn't aware of his recent stuff in Scotland.
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This is a normal post Also boirds on twangy gits...
youtube.com/watch?v=Gi_BBe8vfE4
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This is a normal post Yeah!

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This is a normal post Fantastic

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This is a normal post Pew pew pew pew

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 16:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Marvellous
I've wanted to try something similar with spider webs for a long time - they sometimes go to the middle and pluck the radial strands in turn which I'd love to be able to hear. I didn't know if it was to check for prey on the web or to see if there was any damage to the web - having just looked it up it appears to be both.
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This is a normal post There are optical pickups for guitars
that way you wouldn't need a physical connection to the web (real web, not interweb, obvs).
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 17:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant idea!
A home made piezo contact mic would be cheaper though (a piezo cell is like 10p, plus some wire and maaaaybe some glue or tape), and anything left in proximity to a cobweb is likely to become attached anyway...

But a laser or optical pickup would make for a cleaner signal, certainly. I wonder if it's possible to make an optical pickup from an old CD player....

*researches*

Conclusion: It would be easier to genetically engineer a spider to produce metallic webs so you could use standard electric guitar pickups.

Also optical pickups for guitar might not notice the presence of a cobweb, what with it being about a thousandth of the diameter of an E string.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 19:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe simpler to look for existing video of spiders plucking webs
and then adding sound in time with the plucking?
Possibly vary note with the length of the part of the web plucked?
Montage of random notes and spiders going 1,2, 1,2 before the music starts
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 20:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Simpler, yes
but the objective is to hear what the spider's web actually sounds like.

My guess is it's less of a springlike PEW and more like a membranous wobbly scratchy noise.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 21:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post What might an optical pickup do with a screen image?
Presumably altering contrast/brightness/etc. to suit.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 21:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post You'd need a phd and a high enough screen refresh rate to get accurate audio from a video of vibration, I think.
Consider CD audio is 44,100 'frames' per second, while HD video is between 24 and 60 frames per second, so there's just not enough information to work with to reproduce high frequency sounds.
(, Wed 20 Jan 2021, 14:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Of course, the display is the limiting factor, irrespective of the camera speed.
I imagined if a high speed camera was used, the footage slowed, then corrected for frequency after. As you say, not easy.
(, Wed 20 Jan 2021, 17:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDk4UtCOQ5E
(, Wed 20 Jan 2021, 13:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post I imagine they would sound like a slack rubber band
They aren't taut and when something got stuck it would dampen resonance
(, Wed 20 Jan 2021, 17:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post
arachnophilia.net/sonifying-the-web
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 23:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good site, they really are dedicated to it.

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This is a normal post Ooh!

(, Wed 20 Jan 2021, 1:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 18:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post That sounds like it would make for an interestingly resonant convolution reverb impulse.

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This is a link post Mention of reanimated reminded me of this scene
Herbert West has trouble with a reanimated cat
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This is a normal post rCac

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This is a normal post A blast from the past

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 14:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post it was *only* 1985
same year as Commando and Back to the future
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This is a link post Frontier Psychiatrist Reanimated
A bunch of 70 very talented animators have remade individual elements of the Frontier Psychiatrist mucic video and they have been combined to make a new video.

Amazingly the original is now 20 years old but still looks fresh.

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This is a link post Make made up people say stuff
Seems to work well with crazy Trump tweets! Pick a character and enter a (small) amount of text to speak out loud.

Currently make Spongebob curse fluently

15.ai: Natural TTS with minimal data


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This is a normal post Seems to work quite well
But what a poor selection of voices.
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This is a normal post Yeah, I know only a couple

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This is a normal post The Source Filmmaker crowd will love this.

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This is a normal post Oh

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 23:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post No onward chain

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This is a normal post I'm scared to redo my decking now.

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This is a normal post Check for a brass nameplate.

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This is a normal post I’d have thought that counted as bio-waste
And was illegal
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 23:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post It could count as composting.
(the deceased was probbly ashes)
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 0:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Actually
I hadn't thought of that. I reckon you are right, it was probably ashes.

That's OK, it will feed the fruit bushes lovely.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 11:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah but it specifically said “buried”
Rather than “sprinkled over” (or a slightly more appropriate description like “scattered” etc)
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 12:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh well
it will still feed the fruit bushes.

And the worms.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 22:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently it's quite a straightforward process to get a permit
quite a few people are buried in their own gardens.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well it’s one step up from leaving the house to the cat in the “fuck you, kids” stakes.
Pretty much ensures that they won’t be able to sell it.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why not?
Would you genuinely care?
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 9:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post There was a bit of land up for sale near me recently
On the conditions was to allow access to the current owners as their parents are buried on the land. Did sell though.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 9:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Now that is a bit weird.
Although it does obviously depend on the land in question; and to be fair, it's presumably not the kind of stipulation that'd have all that long a shelf-life.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 9:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post On both a mental and practical basis, yes.
I’d be forever worrying that I couldn’t dig in the garden lest I accidentally desecrated a grave. Not only that, can I grow grass over the top? Is it disrespectful to run a lawnmower over a grave? Can I build a patio or deck in that bit of the garden? How about a shed? Will it be a problem if I want to extend the house?

Nope, not for me.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 12:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post And there's the ghost problem as well

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 12:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post A really annoying ghost that tuts at your choice of decor.

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 15:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post The description on Rightmove says
"We have been advised that part of the garden is currently rented from Leeds City Council" - I'm guessing that's the bit with the grave in it, if so you wouldn't be able to do anything with it as it'd be classed like any other plot in a council cemetery.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 15:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well that covers off this specific instance.
I’d still rather not have a corpse in my back garden, whether the council own the plot or not.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 15:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post
If you really want to go down that route, ask for your body to be placed in the front garden, in a gibbet for the birds.
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This is a normal post Yay, haunted lolz

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Very productive veg plot.

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This is a normal post The grass grew lush for years where we buried the dog
It was a good dog, should’ve knocked it out first
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 9:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Find me a dwarf lady, a couple of tennis balls, some rope
AND GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT CAROL ANN!!!!
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think that's pretty sweet

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 10:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post And it's gone
did you screenshot it?
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 12:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's still on right move
see below
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 15:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post So this one then....
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/76868103#/

"We have been advised that part of the garden is currently rented from Leeds City Council...

...Please be aware this property is being sold by family members as part of a relatives estate. It was the deceased's wishes to be buried in the garden as he was born and died in the house. This wish has been carried out and the property will be sold as is".

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(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 15:23, , Reply)
This is a link post Just a nice little jump back to 1989


(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nice :)
Smooth McGroove's videos always had such a calming aesthetic about them.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 0:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nicely.
I often play the entire original MARIO theme in DJ sets. It's a frickin genius song.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 12:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've been known to drop
this into VG-related DJ sets.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 12:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post A few years ago,
my wife managed a shop in Sydney (sort of place that sells yoga mats and Buddha heads to rich housewives) and this girl (singer in the glasses) was one of the team. Nice girl.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Amiel Daemion, who appears to have escaped from the music industry to live her own life, good for her

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 11:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post If I'm listening with speakers
I prefer this version - I can't work out if it's just been mixed with the bass boosted. Either way, different video.
youtu.be/EhZWQ5_dcNY
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 20:01, , Reply)
This is a link post New cheery video from Bill Wurtz
Seems to have gone 3D...
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 21:28, , Reply)
This is a link post How much food should actually be in a £15 free school meals parcel?
The conversation about food parcels and free school meals is an emotive one, but it misses the point.

It's not about value. It's about an ideological distrust of and disdain for the poor, from the people ruling the country.

Sobering stuff.

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 20:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I am an idealist.
You are an ideologue.
He is an idiot.
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This is a normal post God, the two Ronnies and Cleese have jumped the shark.

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This is a normal post WTF is going on in Britain?
Why do some of you expect the state to feed your offspring?
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 1:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Because legally minimum wages and / or the state's intended social safety net doesn't provide enough funds to do so.
Once you've decided to have a social safety net, it really ought to be up to the job.
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This is a normal post Wtf is going on in Holland?
Not very much it seems given that you're up at 3am railing against poor kids getting a square meal in another country
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 7:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post If the parents can't,
then yes. Obviously we expect that.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 9:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post We expect
to live in a country that is not so heartless that we would watch them starve just because we judge their parents to be wasters.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 11:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Taking the time to cut an onion in half
We can't have them getting addicted to onion
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 20:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I feel you may be asking the wrong question of us
I suspect the real question should be:
"Why do you live in a country where a company can see money intended to feed hungry kids, and thinks 'We can grab well over half of that', and why do you have a government that abets such behaviour?"
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 16:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Because your Mum ate all their food

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This is a link post Anticipation -> delivers, along with silkygold commentary.
GC says no. Probably wrong but ehh.
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This is a normal post If ever there was a resonance with the last days of Trump
this is really fucking IS IT.
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This is a normal post Fucking hell

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 15:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Classic hahahaha

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This is a normal post Well if shooting it with various guns doesn't work, of course dynamite is the solution.

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This is a normal post
There's a blast from the past. I'm pretty sure last time I saw this video I had to download RealPlayer to get it to work.
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 17:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yay!
Much better quality than the over compressed version I saw 20 years ago!
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 20:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Isn't there a Vera Lynn song about this?
Whale meat again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know whale meat again some sunny day!
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post You’re only supposed to blow the bloody dorsal off!

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This is a link post This reminds me: it's Captain Beeheart's 80th Birthday today.
And I like it.
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 11:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post enjoyed that

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 14:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Better than expected

(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 0:05, , Reply)
This is a link post Parasite extraction porn NSFW
NSFW because revolting
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 2:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Just delete this
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 5:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't get what I just saw.

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 13:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Related to this
www.medicaldaily.com/science-behind-why-videos-popping-pimples-cysts-and-blackheads-are-so-popular-right-333454

My personal hypothesis is that it is also related to grooming behaviours.
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 19:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's really grubby hair.

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 14:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus wept.
That is fucking horrific, and I didn't even play the video.

Peeps, you may just want to scroll on by this one.
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 8:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Er, people do realise that those videos are not what they claim to be?
Constructed for the hits and sweet, sweet ad revenue...
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 11:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I know that hair doesn't naturally extrude cold porridge for multiple species to nest in. You want the real thing, look up mango worm extraction videos (don't).
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 11:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jigger flea extraction can be pretty grim
This channel is a charity working in Kenya, some very nasty videos
www.youtube.com/channel/UCwJZiyiR1aDwEL3Gkm7entw
(, Tue 19 Jan 2021, 17:41, , Reply)
This is a link post Robot Chicken | Children of the Popcorn NSFW
NSFW for animated gore.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 21:28, , Reply)
This is a link post Comedy in it's purest form NSFW
Don't click if you don't like to see genitalia
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha!
Perfect, this will be cited in many an A and E dept.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bit of a bum note

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Arf!

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 21:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post A lot of people saying it's a masterpiece
don't give one tiny fuck about towel continuity.

The towel is 20-40% of the entire visual element, it's the 3rd most important plot device, and the film maker didn't fucking care.

And the sound sucks.

At least it was shot in landscape.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 20:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post You are a hoopy frood
AICMFP
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 20:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm a hoopier frood than most.

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 21:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Also modest and self effacing.

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 21:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post He's so hip
he can barely see over the bloke in the towel's pelvis
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 20:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post The towel doesn't care.
It's been offered a better part in the next project.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 20:52, , Reply)
This is a link post Remote handcuffs
If this catches on, perhaps fewer of our brown brethren will get shot by cops in the US.

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This is a normal post Nice idea, whether they will use it is another thing...

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post they should make the gun magenta and cylindrical

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 21:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post What a load of bolas

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 14:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Magnavolt is the obvious solution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtqRir7dco
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 14:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cartridges are a nuisance if you miss
Needs to be rapid fire.

Also, the two weights being fired about 3ft each side of the suspect may well be... Dangerous, so don't fire if you are near any short people or kids.
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 23:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is there a way to try this?
I'd like to give it the input "A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat"
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 17:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't think there's a public point of access yet.
I think they want to keep the trained AI relatively cock free for the time being.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post They can try
48hrs from release it will be full of nazi cocks.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post
you can change the options further down in the black boxes, but only from a predefined list
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This is a normal post Penguin made of cucumber is very good.

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This is a link post Map of the Capitol site with locations of videos and sound recordings uploaded to Parler.
"The uploading location isn't always the location of the filming. It's very interesting."
(*title, description and link courtesy of faithle55 on Reddit.)

Parler Video Uploads – Google My Maps


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This is a normal post exit through the gift shop

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This is a normal post That disappeared quickly

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 19:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Probably the whole FBI is connected to it.

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 19:49, , Reply)
This is a link post It's all about the shanties now...

(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 14:08, , Reply)
This is a link post How to draw an owl NSFW
1. Draw some circles

2. Draw the rest of the fucking owl

Marked NSFW just in case but probably is fine.
(, Sun 17 Jan 2021, 12:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I'm going to go with "that absolutely didn't happen they way it was described".
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