Random thoughts

[Rodney]

If Trump was a real man he would have Putin arrested when they meet in Alaska. I cant stand Trump or Putin for obvious reasons but if trump did do this it would be the only one good thing he has done.

I mean we all know this would never happen as Trump sees Putin as an ally in some twisted Narcissistic way.

Sorry I dont even know why am posting this just has been in my head all day.

 

[cybrguy]

like i took a super small eye dropper bottle i had and turned it into a small ISO container in my satchel... ver the years...

nice.. wouldn't you know it.. had to refill the ISO and top part broke apart on me and went into the dropper.. time to find a new one

I have about 50 1 ounce bottles with droppers that held cranberry extract that I treat my bong water with. I've been trying to figure out something to do with them, rather than just recycle them.

 

[OlfactoryHue]

yeah gotta find something new for my iso now.. i have some empty mini bottles for traveling but they are a bit bigger then desired.

 

[Vitolo]

I always have an unopened bottle of 91% Iso in the trunk, but I also keep a couple boxes of these:

 

[Bakin4Life]

Trump sees Putin as an ally in some twisted Narcissistic way.

He fancies himself as a strongman, so he allies himself with same. Putin, Erdogan, Xi, Kim, Bolsonaro (sp?), etc. And why he disdains the rest of the world.

However, he caves, unlike the others. Thus the name TACO (always chickens out), which he hates.

Putin will always be dear to him bc of the financial (and other) support he received from RU oligarchs when US banks wouldn't give him time of day.

 

[florduh]

he ain't arresting any war criminals

 

[Bakin4Life]

Someone who tells Nuttyahoo to 'finish the job' in Gaza is, by extension, a war criminal as well.

But there haven't been any repercussions for war criminals since... well, when Benji's forefathers were being liberated from places like Auschwitz & Birkenau.

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

arstechnica.com

 

[florduh]

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

arstechnica.com

Random thoughts about this AI bullshit: ALL of the AI companies are setting money on fire. None of them come close to making a profit. Except... the chipmaker, Nvidia. They're often held up as a shining example of innovative American Capitalism. Except... they don't make any fucking chips. A Taiwanese company, TMSC, makes chips for them. NVidia simply owns the IP for the chips.

Now you could argue, "but but NVidia is doing so much INNOVATION". Try telling that to any PC Gamer. They'll laugh in your fucking face.

TMSC could offer graphics cards at a much lower price by cutting the useless rentiers at NVidia out of the picture. They'd likely also do a better job at "innovation" given they manufacture chips for AMD, Apple, Qualcomm etc.

"But NO!", the Capitalist-Cucks will exclaim.
"Intellectual Property rights are sacrosanct and must be enforced by the Gubernment at the barrel of a gun!!!!!! "

Then these same exact cucks will turn around and tell you OpenAI should be able to steal IP from every writer, artist, and educational institution on Earth. Because these AI companies will never have even the slightest chance at profit if they actually had to pay for the Intellectual Property their little chatbots require.

So... which is it, AI Bros and Capitalist-Cucks? Are Intellectual Property rights inviolable or not?????

More info about the AI Bubble:

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble​

 

[Green420]

Highly skeptical that I need a Simrell vortex stem when I already have a titanium XL dynavap stem with titanium extraction engine by Simrell as the cap, and Chill Steel Pipe. I feel like getting a Simrell Stem along with my Dynavap titanium stem would serve no rational use besides just being an extra titanium stem.

 

[budski]

I like extra Ti stems

need is a relative thing I guess.

 

[Green420]

I like extra Ti stems

need is a relative thing I guess.

I'm glad, but what purpose does a new stem actually server? I can 100% see the new cap from Simrell. It's a very large titanium piece of engineering that is more precise and far more efficient than the dynavap vapcaps, which I assume they made some sort of competitor to Simrell with. I recently bought 7 different volumes of Marx's work and Towards a Gay Communism by Mario Mieli in hardcover, along with some things from an arts festival. I have considered buying the stem, but the issue is there's no need for extra cooling, so the inner vortex seems redundant with ice in the Chill Steel Pipe, and my stem is already titanium. I think your stems look very pretty, but as a private archivist, I tend to look at buying a book in a rare edition more of a practical investment of 100+ dollars. But I'm a scientific person, I will accept new evidence as it is presented to me.

 

[budski]

Art for arts sake! I like to load several at once and sip on them throughout the day. It's something different to ogle each time. I don't collect books but most all of us collect something and I do enjoy using my collection daily. enough of a "point' for me.

 

[Green420]

Art for arts sake! I like to load several at once and sip on them throughout the day. It's something different to ogle each time. I don't collect books but most all of us collect something and I do enjoy using my collection daily. enough of a "point' for me.

I agree. I asked my partner what she thought and she said I'm already surrounded by expensive objects. One has to have priorities, while nonetheless it is worthwhile to have beauty for the sake of beauty. It seems it's not really necessarily in the functionality itself that the experience is improved by a stem, but rather the aesthetic experience in terms of a stem upgrade. The only thing else I could see the Simrell stem being useful for is being better balanced than the titanium XL dynavap stem, and maybe if I ever wanted to vape dry, but good lord, taking a Simrell stem anywhere sounds painfully risky. Taking the dynavap titanium XL to a 420 party was already pretty risky. I'm thinking out loud, but I can't seem to justify the purchase for myself at the moment after my previous purchases.

Maybe some day down the line, but it's so frustrating with Simrell, the limited stock because I understand why it's like that, it's a small company, but it means I can't decide a month down the line to get one instead of right now because it's sold out. So the market is competitive, and dependent on having one's priorities contextualized in that specific market, and being ready for drops at any given time. It's a big FOMO sort of feeling, fear of missing out, these limited run products. But it is good to support small businesses, regardless of the way the market demands immediate investment over long term planning.

 

[Flotsam]

yeah gotta find something new for my iso now.. i have some empty mini bottles for traveling but they are a bit bigger then desired.

This is what i got from High Five Vapes for that purpose. Love it and best part they are on clearance for like $7

 

[Green420]

I changed my mind and ordered the Titanium Vortex; it just took me like 5 minutes to actually get the O rings on the titanium extraction engine to fit the dynavap XL titanium stem even with wax. They push up the O rings when they don't align just right, and they make the extraction engine sit at an angle when they push up the O rings and they aren't aligned. The Titanium Vortex stem from Simrell has no O rings, and that's actually amazing. The O rings on the dynavap are my least favorite part. I hate the O rings on the Dynavap so much, I realized that I'd rather never deal with them again than spend another 5 minutes trying to get them to fit the Dynavap stem. That actually is a technical reason to prefer Simrell to Dynavap. I don't want to have to take off the titanium extraction engine and fiddle around with the O rings every time, just to have to order new O rings.

I also want the silicone tube to replace the little wooden one on the titanium stem. I don't like how Simrell asks you to moisturize the wood on it every other week. I'll probably just wear out the little wood piece and then replace it with silicone.

Simrell says you need an adapter so you don't scratch the titanium, does anyone know which adapter it is? I see 14mm to 10mm adapters, but idk if that will fit the Chill Steel Pipe.