I have a limited edition cell from the Justice League animated series signed by Bruce Timm. Got it about 15 years ago for about $900AUD, it's worth about $2000AUD now.
https://www.animationartgallery.com/product-p/wblcc1212.htm (plus I got it shipped with a proper frame and UV perspex etc.)
I just came back to this thread. What did I start?! :)
Australia is the most expensive place in the world for cigarettes so... The latter. But they won't ban it because it makes the govt. so much money.
Good week overall I think. Work has been a bit crazy which I'm trying to sort out with management to slow things down a bit for the sake of my team and my own mental health. Plus being at conferences doesn't help...
Been losing a decent amount of weight too, about 10kg in the last 3-4 weeks and starting to 'regain' the muscle I had when I was younger and a gym freak. I think this is more just getting my muscles used to regular exercise again so it'll plateau soon. Just trying to get in to a health(ier) routine all in all.
Sadly missed the weekly online co-op gaming session with friends since someone messed up the days. Also bought some new furniture to make the place feel a bit more homely.
So all in all, doing pretty well.
I live right near the MCG and a decent number of people still drive in. I'm not sure why though since the city council makes a fortune by doing the rounds 2 hours in to a game and ticketing everyone without a parking permit (which is a lot of people) and the number of vehicle break-ins is pretty high too.
Plus his incredibly stupid comment of "The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia". As someone with a passing knowledge of cryptography that made me head-desk.
I can't believe I actually read the full transcript, but the interactions between Hunter and Matt Gaetz are hilarious
21 Mr. Lowell. Will the record show that we're all laughing?
22 The Witness. I mean, are you kidding me? No. I don't -- again --
23 Mr. Gaetz. So do you --
24 The Witness. I'm sorry, Mr. Gaetz, I'll take you seriously. And it's hard to do --
It's because he's wearing a double-breasted suit. Not really in fashion anymore.
(Useless fact for you :))
Being the petty person I can be at times, someone on ye olde reddit posted a list of people who "died from the vaccine" and listed... 23 names I think it was? I looked up all the information I could on all 23 and concluded 2 of them I couldn't definitively say what their cause of death was, but not a single one pointed to the vaccine (and a not-insignificant number wouldn't have even had access to the vaccine in their country at the time they supposedly died from it.)
I know it didn't change their mind because hand wave reasons
I've done a bunch of transcoding of things to x265 in the past (as I'm sure everyone is aware transcoding isn't GREAT but cuts down on storage costs). With that said I've now moved to AV1. I don't use GPU encoders at all as I found the quality to be pretty terrible. I just use a custom written ZSH script to go through and check the current format (it also converts audio to OPUS too)
A bunch of friends and I have been playing Sniper Elite 5. It's a mixed bag of varied experience. Some are terrible but just enjoy the shit talking (I'm one of those) and others just kick the crap out of the rest of us. But it's a fun bonding experience too since you can have up to 4 teams against each other and just need to make sure there's a fairly even balance.
Ocean Lab - Breaking Ties (https://youtu.be/g13nsQaCxbg )
Great breakup song if you want to just let it out
John Farnham - Help (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dv54giOSRKs )
This is a cover of the Beatles song. Very different vibe to the original
Realising now my music tastes are a bit weird...