>>441294

> but if it's something soft like MDF

Probably best to use solid hardwood as a backdrop for steel tip darts, if you really want something durable. Some good 18mm pine wood should do.

>>441295

>hardwood
>pine

Sort it out m8.

>>441296

I stand corrected. I somehow thought pine was hardwood.

Go on then. English oak. Or something.

>>441300
Oak's nice.

Going through my Arduino parts bin again here at the moment, looking for something to throw together to kill the boredom of being stuck at home.

I've got several ATtiny microcontrollers and an ESP32 dev board, as well as temperature sensors, a gyroscope/accelerometer, PIR sensors, two miniature TFT colour displays, a whole bag of assorted resistors and capacitors, a few LEDs, and miscellaneous parts like transistors and MOSFETs, and a 1.5'' paper cone speaker with a 3W amplifier.

I could make a burglar alarm with the PIR sensor and the speaker and the amp, the only question would be the whole point of it, when there are days at the moment where I don't leave my flat at all.

>>30290
>chatting up some stranger on a dating app
Don't understand how you could possibly cheat on someone via a dating app. You'd have to be certain it would never get back to your partner via her single friends who would recognise you. If you're caught they'd have screenshots and the like, it's impossible to deny.

>>30300

Pretty easy, just set your location somewhere the other side of the country, and have a girlfriend with no single mates. If they catch you, you've also caught them.

I know I'm still a cunt, but it's this time of day that's most difficult to put off these thoughts. Work is all done, on my tod, just me and a grinding feeling I should be talking to girls.

>>30332

Is there any reason you can't just chat up your missus like she's a random tinder match too? I'd recommend you try it. One of my favourite things about my ex was that when we were apart, she'd still sext me like a two week long tinder fling.

I wish I hadn't caved into exactly the urges you're enduring right now, or else I'd still be enjoying her incredible sex drive. Instead I ended up foolishly trading her in for a model which looked much more exciting at first, but ultimately turned out to have a clapped out three cylinder that has trouble starting up.

>>30333

As wonderful as our chemistry is when she's here, she has expressed absolutely zero interest in sexting or phone sex, and even less in sending pictures or anything to keep me occupied.

I kind of understand, it's not my favourite thing, either. I will maybe bring it up with her when she returns.

>>24732

>Painting the Warboss or various cool Trukks and making conversion is fun and interesting. Painting a squad of 20 boyz is boring and potentially laborious.

Exactly.

Ultimately batch painting is how I do manage to get around it, over the course of a week or two I'll tackle a squad in chunks, just doing one colour a night. Sit down and do all the little pouches brown one day, do all the little gun casings black the next, etc.

I think part of the trouble is just that with Marines, they're clean and chunky enough that you can't get away with cutting corners. It's more obvious on an individual Marine than it would be on a horde of Orks or Tyranids that you can credibly knock out in an afternoon with some washes and drybrushing. Each guy demands a neat, precise finish that sometimes I just haven't the attention span to keep up. I think that's why I prefer the characters, where I can just focus on the one model.

It's funny, I used to hate rimming five guys, but now it's the part I look forward to the most.

>>24733
>The key is to make it easy for you to pick up where you left off - have your painting supplies handy and easy to set up and clean away.

This is one of the big advantages of using a wet palette. The ability to just close the lid on it, wash your brushes and it's easy to get started again the next day.

>>24734
>I think part of the trouble is just that with Marines, they're clean and chunky enough that you can't get away with cutting corners.

I've got to disagree with that a little bit since the majority of the chapters are one solid colour with maybe a contrasting bit of colour on their shoulder pads and knees. Like a lot of the time you can get away with a dark base colour then just drybrush the entire thing a lighter shade before tidying up the wings on the chest.

Admittedly still not as easy as Tyranids where you can get away with 2 colours and just dip them in wood stain. https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dipping_Tyranids

>>24733
>The key is to make it easy for you to pick up where you left off - have your painting supplies handy and easy to set up and clean away.

This is one of the big advantages of using a wet palette. The ability to just close the lid on it, wash your brushes and it's easy to get started again the next day.

>>24734
>I think part of the trouble is just that with Marines, they're clean and chunky enough that you can't get away with cutting corners.

I've got to disagree with that a little bit since the majority of the chapters are one solid colour with maybe a contrasting bit of colour on their shoulder pads and knees. Like a lot of the time you can get away with a dark base colour then just drybrush the entire thing a lighter shade before tidying up the wings on the chest.

Admittedly still not as easy as Tyranids where you can get away with 2 colours and just dip them in wood stain. https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dipping_Tyranids

>>24735

It's going down the rabbit hole a bit, but marines become piss-easy if you learn to airbrush. You can put down the base colour perfectly in seconds and easily do shading and gradient effects.

>>24735

>Like a lot of the time you can get away with a dark base colour then just drybrush the entire thing a lighter shade before tidying up the wings on the chest.

I agree, but if you want them to look really nice it takes a bit more effort. There's a lot of steps you don't have to do, but once you know it's within your ability and you've done a few squads that way, it's hard to justify putting less effort in with the rest. That's probably just me having some degree of OCD mind you.

>>24737

I tend to feel like airbrushes are a slippery slope, I've seen lots of painters fall into the trap of starting off with base coats, and before they know it they're doing everything but edge highlights with the fucking thing, and always swear blind it's not a crutch, even though half their army looks like the side of a gypsy fair waltzer.

That said I would really like one for priming and basecoating, but I don't think it's viable to use one in my flat. Is there some kind of extractor hood contraption you can get to make them more viable in small, enclosed rooms?

Anyway here's the latest set I've done, first batch of the new year. I don't make resolutions but if I were to make one it'd be to have this full army playable by... Well, whenever covid is over.

I've scrolled up and seen people recommending not Overclockers due to them being big racists or something, so fair enough there.

>>24721

They used to be racialists, but they aren't any more. They are still quite expensive.

>>24721

Why would racism stop you buying from them?

>>24725

Some people don't want to give money to racists.

>>24725
Oh Simon!

Yeah. I get this too, but only on /cash/

I think it has always been this way. I'm not no computer fixer man, but I've deduced that brian probably doesn't like the currency symbols.

>>15605
It worked until about 6 months ago.

>>15606

I did say I was no computer fixer man.

>>67774

Is it critical of trump? It looks like a random collection of vaguely political symbolism. Honestly it could mean anything.

>>67775
It's easy to read his cartoons as surreal nonsense, but helpfully he gives commentary to each one on his website.

For this, he says Trump must not end the Republic by allowing "our election to be stolen by domestic criminals aided by foreign enemies". He must "use the Insurrection Act and arrest the traitors" which will regrettably but "inevitably lead to bloodshed". He also reiterates his long-standing wish for Trump to pardon Snowden and Assange which he is perennially disappointed about.

Even the planets have a meaning: "the Christmas star (Jupiter and Saturn aligned) portends an urgent need for action".

If there's one thing we're hopelessly behind Americans on it's political cartoons.

Oh, speaking of Assange:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55528241

>>67778

>wearing his facemask under the nose

Let the Yanks have at him tbh.

>>27714

I would assume the hold out on using skype probably isn't them but the people they are talking to through it.

>There is no point to this thread other than to say I am thoroughly annoyed.

Then this is not the board you should be posting on, motherfucker.

>>27719

Fuck, you've rumbled me. There's even the minor rants and pissoffs thread. What do I do, modlads?

>>27720
We'll forgive you this time, but go and stand in the corner and think about what you've done.

>>27721

Otherlad might forgive you but I don't. Ruined my day you have.

The hivemind strikes again, because I've come to the same conclusion recently - I've had a couple of MX5's before and I love them, but I'm not going to pay three grand for a "mostly" rust free mk1.

As far as I can tell, the MK3 mr2 is massively overlooked, mostly just because it doesn't look at good or interesting as the two that came before it, and it's also a little underpowered because Toyota didn't want to piss on their Lotus deal by putting the Elise engine in it, though it's a simple enough swap for those inclined to a bit of wrenching.

It will be very reliable and I just can't see how it wouldn't be fun, I'm definitely going to get one. I've narrowed my search down to one from 2003 or up, that's the facelifted version, with 6 speed box instead of 5, and a few engine improvements that will help with reliability. Really the only thing to be worried about on the engine are the pre-cats, which can deteriorate and be sucked into the engine and cause damage - the facelift fixes this, but it's a quick and well advised job to look into doing anyway. But it's a toyota, it will run forever.

I can't really think of anything for 4 grand that would be any more fun for any less hassle, honestly - there will be nice Celicas, GTO/FTO or maybe even 200sx's in that range, but I wouldn't advise most of them because they probably won't be as well sorted as a MK3. Really if you want to spend 4 grand, find a nice Mk2 MR2, the 170bhp version - they're getting on in age but still feel like a proper sporty car, and you don't see a lot of them about they're a lot of fun, but finding a good example you will be spending at least 3 or 4k.

I have a feeling the MK3 will be noticed by more and more people in the coming years, as MX5s start to dwindle in numbers, and they'll shoot up in price.

I don't know anything about cars but I've always wanted an MR2 ever since I saw an MK1 about thirty fucking years ago. One day I'll get one and no doubt spin out and fuck myself into a lamppost thirty seconds later like Richard "The Hamster" Hammond because I have no idea how to drive a real car whose course isn't being constantly corrected by a dozen different computerised units .

>>441346
I'm not saying he's an angel but you're still putting a lot of effort into this.

>>441347
Remember, lad. He's not the angry one.

>>441348

I think it's clear we're all angry, it's just one of us is angry because he's outed himself as a mental hat woman aficionado.

Christ this takes me back, I've not seen a cunt off as caustic (and funny) as this in years.

>>441350
It is the season, after all.

Try IFTTT

I want to start an album, and get it about half done. I don't care about the musical quality or if anyone else likes it -- as long as what I make amuses me, I'll be satisfied.

I was considering making losing weight my resolution, but fuck it, my mental health's still too iffy (and food is a real crutch). Next year.

Does anyone know what the average dry seed yield of a mustard plant is? I'm tempted to grow one to make my own mustard but I'm not sure how many I'd need for it to be worthwhile.

>>441218
>Does anyone know what the average dry seed yield of a mustard plant is?
African or European?

>>441222

Are you suggestin' mustard plants migrate?

I want to win money in a Kaggle competition. The analytics ones are probably the best shout, but the only one available right now is just a terrible ML challenge in disguise.

>>9077
It's ethnocentric cultural imperialism. Preach about respect and tolerance whilst making no effort whatsoever to understand cultural norms from elsewhere in the world.

>>9075>>9077
But he lives and works in the UK - therefore needs to follow our cultural norms.

>>9080
Exactly! How dare he speak Spanish.

>Karen Carney deletes Twitter account after abuse over Leeds comments

>Karen Carney said last season's coronavirus suspension benefited Leeds in their Premier League promotion push; Leeds shared footage of Carney's comments on their official Twitter account; Bethany England and Megan Rapinoe have voiced their support for Carney

>>9082
"I actually think they got promoted because of Covid [because it gave them respite as Bielsa sides can suffer from burnout]" has some merit at face value but Leeds had a 7 point lead, and 12 goal difference advantage, over Fulham in third place and had won five games in a row before lockdown so I can see why Leeds have called out lazy punditry. This seems like another storm in a teacup that'll mainly be discussed by those with little interest in football.

>>441208
>Happy New Decade

You'll be needing the "Resting Actors" thread.

I guess I'll tell you about a subject I know about... mountaineering.

Specifically moutaineering coats... North Face summit series. A lot of north face stuff has become just overpriced branded 'streetwear' clothing. But the summit series is one of about 5 brands that makes outdoor clothing you would want to wear whilst facing off death on top of an Alp, and of they are the best value and probably the only one you might find on a normal high street. Arc'teryx is actually the best mountaineering clothing brand but they cost twice as much as anyone of the other real brands and everyone else was already charging way more than you would think these things should cost. The others are Rab, mammut, and the uncreatively named mountain equipment and mountain hardware.

Anyone else selling you clothes that look similar are usually of dubious quality or practicality.

I think brand-name tea is worth the additional cost. I switched to Lidl's generic tea for a while when I was unemployed and proper skint, but if you buy commercial-brand tea in bags or leaf, then the little bit of extra cost is absolutely worth it.

I was a real tea snob though for a while. There was a small Indian tea shop in my old neighbourhood where you could buy loose leaf and where they had about 25 different black and green tea flavours in boxes behind the counter. Always smelled delicious when you walked in. If you didn't mind paying up to £7 for 125g of their finest Earl Grey, it was your kind of place.

>>441214

Echoing this sentiment for motorcycle clothing. Fashion trends will regularly cycle in and out of moto-looking aesthetics, but it should go without saying that their protective value is virtually zero. It sounds obvious, but sometimes even clothing manufacturers will deliberately blur the line between fashion and riding leathers (Barbour, Belstaff, and Schott spring to mind).

There is a growing market for motorcycle gear that looks more like every day clothing and a lot of little leaps forward have been made in achieving decently protective gear that it doesn't feel odd to wear off-bike. Knox is a good place to start. The YouTube channel "FortNine" also has some very good videos on safety ratings and clothing recommendations that meet a decent standard.

>>441214

If I can add to your list Buffalo and Montane - their pile and Pertex smocks and salopettes are phenomenally good in extreme weather. Not cheap, not attractive, but virtually indestructible.

>>441216

Co-op 99 > *.

>>8067

It's a different risk/reward tradeoff, that's all. Training as a mechanic will provide you with a reliable income that you can raise a family on. Getting a degree might give you a start in a great career, but it might also end up being an albatross; that's especially true if you don't have the wealth and family connections that are all too often essential in getting your first break. Middle-class kids can afford to aimlessly shamble through their 20s until they figure it out, but working-class kids don't have that kind of safety net and need to hit the ground running.

It's also worth pointing out the hidden pitfall in student funding - maintenance loans. Even if you're entitled to the full loan, it's nowhere near enough to live on in most cities. That's no real problem if your family can afford to send you a few quid if you can't find a part-time job, but it causes a lot of working-class kids to drop out in their first year because they just can't make ends meet.

The people I know from school who are doing best tend to be the ones who trained to be electricians and plumbers and the like rather than those who went to university. We left school in 2004.

I suppose it's about getting some decent career advice early on in your life. There are people who didn't go to university and learned a lucrative trade and those that have a menial minimum wage job, just like some people who went to university and have carved out successful careers and others who didn't have a clue what they were doing and are still working in call centres. What really matters is having a career plan and direction towards being successful.

>>8067
Actually all careers in trades require a ridiculous amount of time to break into earning proper money and most don't because of the significant informal barriers for independent plumbers, carpenters etc.

Mechanic is especially bad because you're working in a freezing cold garage paying off debts to big-toolbox with a sketchy employer. My brother did it for 10 years and was miserable while his mate went to uni to study engineering so he could get a cushy job working for Mercedes.

>>8069
This is the opposite experience for me because I left school before the Great Recession. Maybe I just didn't grow up in as big a shithole as I remember but a fair few went on to be solicitors and the like.

Although I'll agree that if you have shit-for-brains and don't pull your finger out then you're going to have a hard time. I suspect daddy's money is being a bit overstated here as you can dodge call centre bullshit by securing internships or just being aware that places like the government are always hiring. Obviously university should also be about learning and doing what you want to do because ultimately I'd hazard most don't end up in their career path and struggle in something shite because they feel they have to. Who knows how much talent has been wasted this way.

>>8070

>a fair few went on to be solicitors and the like

Between an oversupply of graduates and cuts to legal aid, a lot of solicitors are really struggling financially. Top graduates can still find entry-level jobs paying £100k+ in a top London firm, but at the other end of the spectrum you've got people doing Legal Aid work earning less than minimum wage.

>>8071

I've also read recently (>>29347) that background matters a lot. Students from poorer backgrounds who go to the same universities and earn the same grades (e.g. earning a first at Cambridge) still earn considerably less than their more well off peers.

>>29639

Her husband is proper posh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_(family_from_Krefeld)

>>29639
Not sure but it's just German for "of" or "from".

>>29608

How about this https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/uk-eu-agreement-parliament/

How about that N. Ireland is in the single market and the rest of the UK isn't? This threatens the break up of the union, with Scotland asking why it can't be part of the single market too.

How about the fact the 80% of the UK economy is services and it is not covered under this deal?

How about the fact that wasn't Brexit meant to be about cutting "red tape" but this deal has instead created a bunch? Notably in trading certain goods (which need certificates), travel of pets, driving abroad etc

>>29639
It did and they did, but you still see it in surnames from time to time.

>>29646

I just read up on it. Both Germany and Austria lost their distinct social class of nobility when their respective emperors abdicated after WWI, but Germans were allowed to keep their surnames and titles. Austria went a step further and by law stripped people's surnames of anything indicating nobility. In Austria, a former Count of XYZ was thereafter only Mr. XYZ.

But apparently, that loss of class status mainly hit insignificant noble families, who weren't wealthy or influential and had little more than their surname itself to distinguish themselves from the rest of the general population. Whereas the household names of Austrian higher nobility largely continued their lifestyle, even though they lost their class privileges on paper, and still form a tightly knit group today.

>>5540
6 times I have seen this image, and I have had to go for a wank. I think it is the thighs...

I need to block it.

>>5553
I've been thinking the same for the past couple of days about her, if it's any comfort.

Mirtazapine isn't any good for concentration either. It sent me to sleep quite well and promoted some crazy dreams, but also made me really hungry during the day. Don't think I've ever eaten so many Tunnock's caramel wafers.
As for shagging and wanking, it was the same for me as before, during and after taking it.

>>5554
'Her'?

>>5556
Yes.

>>91889

I can't wait until Chuka Umunna joins!

>>91889
It's almost like he's creating more problems than he's ever solved.

>>91885
>THIS MAN HAS SAVED THE UK
From...?

>>91903

Himself, by fucking off to America to lick Trump's arse.

>>91885

"Brexit impact on food prices 'very modest'" is a fun way of saying that food is going to become more expensive due to Brexit.

>Cadbury has reduced the size of its selection box Fudge bars by 12 per cent in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/fudge-bars-shrink-size-selection-box-obesity-b1634992.html

BROKEN BRITAIN

>>13916
>bid to tackle childhood obesity

And it just so happens that Cadbury already tried to get rid of Fudge a couple years back. Fucking bullshit, it's been a death spiral ever since the Americans bought it.

>>13917
It's since the Kraft takeover that all these additional party flavours came out. 'Fruit and chopped nuts' are just the last grains from the bottom of the barrel, as are the crossover varieties which ingredients failed to pass quality control for the main products. It's good to reduce waste and all but to sell it as a new product at full price? disgraceful.
I rarely buy Cadburies nowadays. Kraft can suck a dick.

>>13916
a box of roses by any other name...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation

These are proper shit.

>>5532

We don't know who wrote the gospels, but we're damned sure it wasn't any of the apostles. The gospel of Luke literally admits to being a second-hand account in the first paragraph.

>Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

https://www.bible.com/en-GB/bible/111/LUK.1.NIV

>>5534

There are multiple references to swimming in the Old and New Testaments, but yeah, sure, whatever, your theory is perfectly reasonable.

>>5526
Jesus had miniature boats on his feet for buoyancy. He was a master carpenter, after all.

I think what this proves is that some pricks want to appear so intellectual from pouring scorn on religious scripture that they will make up explanations for miracles that are almost less believable than the miracles themselves.

>>5538
Indeed, I'm as irrelgious as they come, but thinking ancient Levantines had never seen a man swim before is straining credulity far more than even Genesis does. Also the fact the bloke who brought this up mentioned Christ traveling Europe makes me think it's some weird far-right thing, but I'm wired about that sort of thing.

Unless OP is unable to control his magical water walking abilities I don't think it needs discussing here anyway.

>>41862

Why's she singing in american?

>>41862
I never thought it would happen, but the day has come when I am no longer excited by a new rose video. It should be a relief, but instead I feel somewhat mournful.

>>41882

It was a teenage crush 10 years ago, if you were the same person now there would be something wrong with you.

>>41862

haha nice utopia get to tractor production

(A good day to you Sir!)

>>41863
Cultural hegemony.