Derek Lyons
@derekl1963.bsky.social
Anime and other random things.
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Ayup. Steamboat Willie is public domain - but later versions of the mouse are not. Etc... etc...
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ayup. Steamboat Willie is public domain - but later versions of the mouse are not. Etc... etc...
Living in a place with a massive number of DoD employees and active duty military... yeah. It's starting to hit pretty hard.
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Living in a place with a massive number of DoD employees and active duty military... yeah. It's starting to hit pretty hard.
Not gonna claim payday loans don't serve a legitimate purpose... (BTDT a couple of times in my life.) But it's long past time they were regulated and treated as the banks/financial institutes they actually are.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Not gonna claim payday loans don't serve a legitimate purpose... (BTDT a couple of times in my life.) But it's long past time they were regulated and treated as the banks/financial institutes they actually are.
Ah... the beverage of my youth. Still one of my favorites and I drink it when I can get it.
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ah... the beverage of my youth. Still one of my favorites and I drink it when I can get it.
Lazy, and for us probably a mindless comfort anime on the TV...
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Lazy, and for us probably a mindless comfort anime on the TV...
I'm guessing "No Bones" is the equivalent of my wife and I's "brainless couch flop" days.
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm guessing "No Bones" is the equivalent of my wife and I's "brainless couch flop" days.
Which implies the censors were briefed on the atomic bomb, or at least it's projected effects... which seems odd for a top secret project.
Main audience was probably intended to be soldiers on their way from Europe to Japan via leave and then retraining stateside.
Main audience was probably intended to be soldiers on their way from Europe to Japan via leave and then retraining stateside.
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Which implies the censors were briefed on the atomic bomb, or at least it's projected effects... which seems odd for a top secret project.
Main audience was probably intended to be soldiers on their way from Europe to Japan via leave and then retraining stateside.
Main audience was probably intended to be soldiers on their way from Europe to Japan via leave and then retraining stateside.
It's a popular way to add flavor to the sear among the sous vide community.
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's a popular way to add flavor to the sear among the sous vide community.
It’s fat and protein and reportedly sears up nice and tasty.
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s fat and protein and reportedly sears up nice and tasty.
And being in an airtight container won't do @$#@$% against ice cream's main enemy - the defrost cycle.
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
And being in an airtight container won't do @$#@$% against ice cream's main enemy - the defrost cycle.
Small talk is Not Important and doesn't get shared/liked/whatever and thus doesn't earn you fake internet points. Of course they're down on it, they've been trained to seek the dopamine hit those fake internet points produce.
Little mice on a billionaire's algorithmic treadmill.
Little mice on a billionaire's algorithmic treadmill.
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Small talk is Not Important and doesn't get shared/liked/whatever and thus doesn't earn you fake internet points. Of course they're down on it, they've been trained to seek the dopamine hit those fake internet points produce.
Little mice on a billionaire's algorithmic treadmill.
Little mice on a billionaire's algorithmic treadmill.
It's not "tech brain"... it's that the 'net is filled to the brim with ignorant nit picking pedants with a head filled with the equivalent of a post Panamax container ship's worth of loose screws, bees, and bonnets.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's not "tech brain"... it's that the 'net is filled to the brim with ignorant nit picking pedants with a head filled with the equivalent of a post Panamax container ship's worth of loose screws, bees, and bonnets.
Or just tossing them in the sink now and again with a couple of tablespoons of bleach. (I don't like exposing plastics to UV if I can avoid it, many don't react well.)
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Or just tossing them in the sink now and again with a couple of tablespoons of bleach. (I don't like exposing plastics to UV if I can avoid it, many don't react well.)
They're both very expensive to have - and it's very f*cking expensive to have both!
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
They're both very expensive to have - and it's very f*cking expensive to have both!
I have more than once made breakfast from the tops of the cake where they were trimmed to make the layers sit flat.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have more than once made breakfast from the tops of the cake where they were trimmed to make the layers sit flat.
And many happy returns!
a girl wearing a party hat holds a cup in front of a blackboard with chinese writing on it
ALT: a girl wearing a party hat holds a cup in front of a blackboard with chinese writing on it
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November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
And many happy returns!
*nods* I do photograph a lot of hands of people using their hands, but they're usually too busy concentrating on whatever they're doing.
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
*nods* I do photograph a lot of hands of people using their hands, but they're usually too busy concentrating on whatever they're doing.
See, this is why (as a photographer), I rarely photograph people. Landscapes never complain I'm taking too long to dial in my settings.
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
See, this is why (as a photographer), I rarely photograph people. Landscapes never complain I'm taking too long to dial in my settings.
Increased draft (depth of keel on the surface). Increased vulnerability to damage (reserve buoyancy helps keep you afloat if a ballast tank is damaged or the pressure hull is partially flooded). Possibly reduced ability to operating in ice conditions?
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Increased draft (depth of keel on the surface). Increased vulnerability to damage (reserve buoyancy helps keep you afloat if a ballast tank is damaged or the pressure hull is partially flooded). Possibly reduced ability to operating in ice conditions?
Well, it's in the trailer, so I guess they thought it had to be in game somewhere lest people bitch and say mean things on social media.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Well, it's in the trailer, so I guess they thought it had to be in game somewhere lest people bitch and say mean things on social media.