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Bernd 11/01/2018 (Thu) 21:34 [Preview] No. 20411 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
ITT: post interesting sattelite images and what's notable about them.

These are shots from Rondônia state, where human settlement is strikingly clear. Highways -most notably, the BR-364 flowing SE to NE- and their evenly spaced perpendicular side roads flow deep into the jungle, with deforestation, cattle herding, agriculture and urbanization (roughly in this order) following suite. This leaves a light green (mostly composed of pasture) grid dotted with gray points where lines meet, overlaid on a dark green matrix. Few other places have so many clear, sharp edges that can be easily seen from extreme heights.
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Bernd 04/27/2024 (Sat) 10:45 [Preview] No.51928 del
>>51926
>happens in the nearby villages
According to the video they sell it in that one town. Which makes sense as probably that's the center of trade with a market where people form nearby villages go to sell their stuff and buy whatever they need.
I'll read the article later.

>that land did belong to someone, no matter how loose property claims may have been.
The land can be privately owned or by the state. If the state lacks the resources to keep track of whatsgoingon, or lack regulations and people can squat anywhere perhaps they really can just settle and produce what they need.
For me its hard to imagine for I live in this bureaucratic shithole EU, and semi-authoritarian shithole Hungary. For example we have a law that says I can spend max 24 hours anywhere in the woods at one place, and can't erect permanent structures. Maybe Madagascar lacks such law. Could be /out/ist wet dream. Who knows.
>well known by locals, and yet Google has no trace of it
I concur with the implication that while we have the unprecedented power to look at any place in the world, or get information just about anything, this also creates the illusion of all-knowing and makes us blind to massive amount of information that really exists. Language barrier is still there no matter of auto/AI translators, and possibilities to get certain information in governmental databases - which might or might not be accessible online even for the locals - is slim.


Bernd 04/28/2024 (Sun) 10:18 [Preview] No.51930 del
Read that blogpost here >>51926 and I suspect it's a Madagascaran practice of land development to let communities to form themselves, let inner migration free to occupy and cultivate previously seldomly used lands, turning the unused means of production (the land, the soil) to be put to work and naturally allow growth without state investment.
I do suspect there is a merchant in that nearby town who deals in wholesale products and buy fruits and who then exports it.
There is still that chapter from the book he links to be explored or directly the laws of Madagascar. I'm not sure I'll go to either direction.


Bernd 06/26/2024 (Wed) 12:43 [Preview] No.52107 del
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Another line of circles. Lines of circles, many of them. This time in Iran.


Bernd 06/26/2024 (Wed) 12:51 [Preview] No.52108 del
So these are part of irrigation systems, 11 all in all registered at UNESCO. Chains of wells and tunnels to channel water from below the hillsides to the settlements. They idea is some three thousand years old, and they are working and maintained today still. Some article I found said that about 40K people's water is supported by them.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1506/


Bernd 06/26/2024 (Wed) 12:58 [Preview] No.52109 del
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Now it's all nice and good. But what the fuck is this? There are the circles of qanat system at the top of the picture, but that large circle with the 12 circles within. What that might be? Obviously human made that's not a mystery. It's near Yazd, S-SW from the settlement or thereabout.



koryŏ watch threda Bernd 06/26/2017 (Mon) 17:19 [Preview] No. 8410 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
today as I've been reading the best source of PROOFS (I mean, they're funded by a government, they literally can't be biased) I noticed this
https://www.rt.com/news/394082-south-korea-kim-assassination/
>Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was making plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

since koryŏ has been quite busy lately I think it warrants a specific thread
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Bernd 09/12/2023 (Tue) 07:07 [Preview] No.51015 del
Oh wow, such sparkling foreign relations.


Bernd 06/18/2024 (Tue) 17:53 [Preview] No.52070 del
Glorious Leaders visiting each other. Well, at least one visits the other.
Should be in the Syria war thread, since this thing is highly related to Ukraine. With all the ammo Koryo supplies Russia with, and Russia reciprocating with tech and whatnot.
Frankly Russia is the only friend in the region, for China isn't just a friend, but a threat as well. If anyone could take over - if they want directly - that would be China.


Bernd 06/21/2024 (Fri) 06:50 [Preview] No.52078 del
Article says stuff liek:
>Kim Jong Un and Putin took an open limousine amid a sea of dancers sweeping the square.
Must have been very nice.


Bernd 06/25/2024 (Tue) 06:34 [Preview] No.52095 del
While futball many great things are going around like these two in a car. Specifically a Russian made limo, apparently.
>Putin gave the North Korea leader a tea set and a dagger
>and a dagger
Sounds like a very KGB thing to do. I mean I've got knives and pocket knives as presents and I've given too, but dagger. Damn.


Bernd 06/25/2024 (Tue) 07:10 [Preview] No.52096 del
Btw this is pretty much broke sanctions in place against North Korea. They can import anything via Russia now. And anyone can trade now with NK via Russian proxies.



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Vidya thread Bernd 02/08/2021 (Mon) 15:37 [Preview] No. 42507 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Because the previous >>28357 is autosäging.
From the last posts:
>>42501 Crusader Kings 3 first impressions by Rusbernd
>>42504 unkown vidya making fun of Australia due to the lack of certain biome by Ausbernd

Last year I found out there's native Linux version of the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Editions. They are working well but I don't think I'll ever finish a playthrough again. Back then I finished original BG, and BG2, but not the Throne of Bhaal expansion. Damn long games.
Enhanced Edition makes it possible to play this classic DnD based crpg on modern steel, fixes bugs, changes some rules, adds new NPCs with quests, new items, two new expansions (The Black Pits - arena fight generator?, and Siege of Dragonspear - which is a module for the original story, taking part between BG1 and BG2). It seems okay all in all.
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Bernd 05/29/2024 (Wed) 01:38 [Preview] No.52014 del
>>52013
Oh and here's a modernized mod for playing Morrowind

https://openmw.org/

I liek Morrowind, but it feels really outdated compared to most recent elder scrolls games. It needs a lot of improvements IMHO.


Bernd 05/29/2024 (Wed) 07:18 [Preview] No.52018 del
>>52013
>Has this ever happened to you bernds?
No. I rarely play multiplayer. And wouldn't consider playing GTA multiplayer.
>ps
I also don't play on consoles.
>All of the clothes are available from the start of the game
That would be nice feature.
>Storyline with 2 players
Interesting. Now I would consider MP.
>Accessible interiors
Cool. Sometimes I wished I could enter some buildings.
>Second player has a skin selector
Second player should be Cesar
>Both players can drive vehicles at the same time
Very cool.

>>52014

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Bernd 05/29/2024 (Wed) 07:23 [Preview] No.52019 del
>>51998
So. After a couple of maps (and restarts) later. It's a good game.
There are features to get used to for sure. Like artillery don't defend units around them (but AT do help). Or the exit points - and enter points that can serve as exit.
Lot depends on the designer, editor of a map, if events are planned for it, sidegoals defined - and rewards for them -, and if its clear what is expected and should be done.
One thing that bugs me: can't tell which are the main goals, the hexes that needs to be occupied. As far as I can see there is nothing that indicates a hex with elevated importance.


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I bought Resident Evil 1 (a 2015 remaster of a 2005 remaster of the original). Very fun and cool game. Never had console so I never played any RE games until 5 came out, and then when newer titles were coming out I never played them cause fans of the originals werent very happy about them. Anyway this one from what I learned plays exactly like the original, they just refreshed the looks and souns, so its now quite pretty. The "tank" controls are there (there's a more modern control too), there's viewing your character from those fixed angles in the room, you have to stop to shoot, etc. Might sound a bit annoying at first but I see they balanced the encounters around it, especially with zombies who are extremely slow.
There are basically 3 things to do in the game: combat, exploration and puzzles. The real difficulty with combat is that you have to realise that you dont have enough ammo to kill every monster you meet. I actually had to restart the game early on because I got stuck with a basic knife. On higher difficulty levels theres less ammo to find in the game and more monsters so its even more neccessary to avoid enemies. Exploration is quite self explanatory. Puzzles are necessary to progress in the game. They're not super difficult or anything but interesting enough that I might steal their ideas and include them in my tabletop rpg sessions.
The story is about a squad of special forces policemen who are investigating what happened to their missing comrades, who were investigating weird murders where victims were eaten. RE is also one of those games where there isnt much story happening on the screen as we play, but there are notes, diaries etc hidden around the maps that we can gather and piece togher the bigger picture of whats going on.
We can play as either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine. There are slight story differences depending on which character we pick, but also they differ mechanically a little. Chris is faster, deals more damage, has more hit points and is basically focused on fighting more. Jill has more inventory slots, gets access to lockpick so she can get into certain areas faster, is pretties, and generally makes exploration easier.

Once im done with the game I'll be picking the other remasters (RE 2,3 and 4) cause I heard people are generally very happy about them. Although they made 2 and 3 into 3rd person shooters from what I've seen. Maybe I'll get classic 2 and 3 too if its avaiable on PC.


Bernd 06/22/2024 (Sat) 09:41 [Preview] No.52084 del
>>52080
>console
Original was on PC too. And some others.
I have a pal who played 'em, and found it great. I did not have the patience, for the controls sucks. And perhaps for solving puzzles, I think I lacked the English to pick up the clues and had to resort to trial and error.
>you dont have enough ammo to kill every monster you meet
That's for sure. It is a great tool to create the tension they aimed for.
>might steal their ideas and include them in my tabletop rpg sessions.
Keks. Careful perhaps your players played these games as well!
>there are notes, diaries etc hidden around the maps that we can gather and piece togher the bigger picture of whats going on.
One of the Fallout 3 modder used the same technique. He made several stories, with locations, but without much living NPCs. Had to follow clues of events of old, from the time of the bombs, and later years, which lead to interesting stories and stash of rewards. Breddy gud.
>We can play as either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine.
I remember had to play alternately to solve certain situations due to the different skillset and access to resources.



Lets have a weather thread Bernd 04/03/2019 (Wed) 15:16 [Preview] No. 24257 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Starting it off with some recent evens

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pa9Yk1YadkU [Embed]
Flooding in Nebraska and Iowa, USA (March 15, 2019)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YT3XsHAIl5U [Embed]
Crazy flooding in Shiraz, Iran (March 25, 2019)

Lots of flooding in agricultural states in usa wonder if it will affect the food prices
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Bernd 07/04/2022 (Mon) 01:38:39 [Preview] No.48139 del
>>48079
Table grapes, wine or juice? Are those European or American?


Bernd 07/04/2022 (Mon) 07:30:19 [Preview] No.48142 del
>>48139
Wine. White. But we eat it, or drink it as juice, because not enough for wine, and we have neither the tools nor the facilities to make wine although I could give it to a pal who has, or even to a relative, but again, the amount lacks seriously, plus too much bother.
I dunno their actual type. One looks similar to muscat. Others I think Juhfark or something similar, Hungarian cultivars.


Bernd 07/04/2022 (Mon) 07:38:26 [Preview] No.48143 del
>>48142
Could be Hárslevelű. I think last time I tried look it up this was my conclusion.


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Bernd 06/10/2024 (Mon) 08:30 [Preview] No.52051 del
Jesus Christ this weather.
We have rain every day for a month now. Last week and last night we got a storm with constant lightning. I've never seen such thing ever in my life. Last night it kept on lightning for ~25 mins, with constant thunder (couldn't guesstimate the distance), until it passed over. Huge downpour too. Was a bit of blackout. It was weird with the constant lightning when the streetlights went out.
It was fucking insane.
It's raining again, half past 10 in the morn but it's dark outside like in the anus of a mole. Less lightnings luckily. Expecting more blackouts. Or brownouts whatever it is called.



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Bernd 09/24/2019 (Tue) 05:44 [Preview] No. 29294 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
I am the Spaniard that bought the carving knife.
Where should I begin to learn carving skills?
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Whittling a backscratcher.
It's a piece of hazel about two finger thick on the thicker end, 59-60 cm long. The photos differ much, were taken at different times with different light conditions.


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Essentially it is ready. I might make it thinner, and/or coat it with varnish (so the oils it gathers from the skin, the dust that settles on the surface won't build up and make it dirty, so it can be cleaned and kept clean easier).
pic #6 is the butt end where I hold the scratcher.
The "rake" isn't sharp since I don't plan to flay my back.


Drive-by advise experts, LLC Bernd 01/30/2021 (Sat) 16:37:19 [Preview] No.42348 del
>>29294
>Where should I begin to learn carving skills?
Way I hear it these days Washington DC is a good place to start.


Bernd 02/07/2021 (Sun) 19:33:31 [Preview] No.42498 del
Stick it in you're pooper.


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Remember this, Bernd?
Decided to dust off this project and finish it. I changed plan and instead of this >>40038 I just carve notches onto the legs, then drill holes through and fix em with dowels.
The third cross stick is still waiting. I'm hoping to finish it next week.
There are some work to be done, such as flatten the surface, or add a coat of linseed oil.



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Bernd 12/12/2020 (Sat) 14:00 [Preview] No. 41511 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
I'm looking for a car but I don't know much about them. I am thinking of a car like a Fiat 500 or a VolksWagon Beetle. What other cars are there like this, cars that are small so they are easy to park and don't use much fuel but that also look interesting and nice.
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Bernd 04/25/2024 (Thu) 20:26 [Preview] No.51910 del
>>51908
Breddy gud animation.
But I think I have to rewatch it when I'm not sleepy.


Bernd 04/26/2024 (Fri) 14:30 [Preview] No.51922 del
>>51908
I wonder if the routing Korean units could have been stopped and recruited to do fortification works, and perhaps create some reserve from those who are willing to fight. But ultimately Chinese were stopped so.
Bombing own/allied units is a surprisingly common phenomenon.


Bernd 04/26/2024 (Fri) 16:13 [Preview] No.51923 del
>>51922
>Bombing own/allied units is a surprisingly common phenomenon.

Particularly for the US, what was that WW2 Joke again? Something like,
When the British fly over the Germans duck, when the Germans fly over the British duck, when the Americans fly over everybody ducks.


Bernd 05/29/2024 (Wed) 01:23 [Preview] No.52010 del
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>>51740
Ack bernds, the junior developer we hired just ruined the entire code base. I had to spend a long tiem fixing everything up and my boss got angry at me for things not working. So me and my boss just went and agreed that we should just let him go, after explaining to him why the junior dev crashed all the code.

I gave the junior a lot of code feedback and best practices advice, but he never listened to me and did everything all crazy like. Some people just don't wanna hear when you talk with them.

I also was suppose to be getting a new position and raise soon, but nothing really came of it, YET. Some people in charge of handling that are on paternal leave, so dunno what's going to happen next. Maybe I'll wait.?

>>51741
That looks raly tasty bernd. Maybe add some steam around it so it looks like they just got cooked recently.


Bernd 05/29/2024 (Wed) 06:47 [Preview] No.52015 del
>>52010
>best practices advice,
Those are all just routine habits everyone forgot their origin, and circumstances that called them into existence might not exist. Or was a misunderstanding in the first place.



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Jolly Christmas! Bernd 12/24/2019 (Tue) 13:32 [Preview] No. 33383 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
We lacked in such thread.

No snow. Getting used to it but everything looks awful and dull.
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>>51493
>>51493
>Spent Xmas ill...
>But was okay considering.
Hope you're better now though bernd


Bernd 01/19/2024 (Fri) 08:14 [Preview] No.51543 del
>>51531
Fairly good, thank you.


Bernd 03/29/2024 (Fri) 15:32 [Preview] No.51828 del
Easter is here, Good Friday today.
Looked up a bit of folk believes, and traditions related to this particular day within the greater holiday of Easter, which actually starts 40 days before, with the Great Fast.
One group of customs is a type of health conjuration, all related to water, more specifically to fresh stream/brook water. Most often is bathing in it, washing oneself, just face or fully submerging in it. Sometimes done at early dawn. It could help with various ailments, give beauty, or just health in general. It should help with animals too, either the through should be filled, or the animals has to be led into the water. I like the one where girls seek out places where willow trees grow next to the water for bathing in it results in long, thick, healthy hair (on their scalp).
Christianized explanation of this power of brooks: when the soldiers led Jesus, they pushed him into the Cebron/Kidron river.
Another group is the so called "Pilate burning". A literal act is when they burn a figurine made of straw, which they name either Pilate of Judas Iscariot. This has some derivatives. Sometimes they beat the strawman before burning. At places a child was chased around the courtyard and if he got caught, he got beaten. At one place the priest hit the step leading to the altar with the Bible, and the congregation beat the benches with sticks. The custom of Pilate burning should be known in other ex-parts of the Habsburg monarchy - Austria, Czechia, Poland, Croatia, etc.
Banishing pests - such as rats or cockroaches - can be done on Good Friday. There are taboos, such as butchering chicken or plowing must not be done on this day. There are places where they light fires, sometimes young men jump over it, in some regions they hold vigils at these fires. It was also customary to treat the day as if someone from the family died, and act accordingly (like dress in black/dark clothing, cover mirrors, etc.)


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>>51828
Intradesting

Those bernd know if there's a site that lists all Easter traditions around the world? Could be interesting


Bernd 04/28/2024 (Sun) 16:56 [Preview] No.51933 del
>>51916
>site that lists all Easter traditions around the world?
This does not exists. Wikipedia has lots of things but missing even more. And they have biased editing too, they just skip what it doesn't fit in the picture they paint.
What I wrote above for example is specifically for Good Friday, and I found in a Hungarian Catholic lexicon.



Webm thread #3 Bernd 11/15/2021 (Mon) 00:20 [Preview] No. 45569 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
New webms thread. Old one is here >>17541

Just had to make a new one
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Bernd 03/01/2024 (Fri) 08:38 [Preview] No.51718 del
>>51715
I don't think all Bernds would be enthusiastic about it. But there probably are a handful of instances when they did something cool.


Bernd 03/01/2024 (Fri) 08:39 [Preview] No.51719 del
>>51718
*and worthy to remember.


Bernd 03/08/2024 (Fri) 00:01 [Preview] No.51739 del
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>>51718
>>51719

Mayb we can choose what to show and who to feature. Some bernds prefer to keep to themselves.


Bernd 03/08/2024 (Fri) 11:08 [Preview] No.51743 del
>>51739
Also most of the escapades might not be glorious.


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>>51743
>Also most of the escapades might not be glorious.

Ack bernd but that's the entire appeal of KC. Assbergers, srs discussions and the occational mishaps that life gives us. We can't just cover bernd highlights in life. We gotta document Alle!



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/kc/ humour thread Bernd 12/15/2019 (Sun) 22:31 [Preview] No. 33133 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Cause I didn't find one
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sage Bernd 10/30/2021 (Sat) 22:45:41 [Preview] No.45419 del
>>45392
This is cringe


Bernd 01/10/2022 (Mon) 16:55:23 [Preview] No.46094 del
How do you catch a rabbit?
Sit in a bush and imitate the sound of a carrot.


Bernd 04/17/2024 (Wed) 16:40 [Preview] No.51898 del
Yvonne the Terrible


Bernd 04/17/2024 (Wed) 16:44 [Preview] No.51899 del
>>51898
I think I should have expanded on this joge. Liek:
>My mother-in-law is called Yvonne
>I just call her Yvonne the Terrible


Dutch bernd Bernd 04/26/2024 (Fri) 01:06 [Preview] No.51915 del
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>>51899
Yes a punchline for a joge needs a story first bernd



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Bernd 11/12/2019 (Tue) 22:58 [Preview] No. 31619 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Hi Bernd, consider joining this Bernd dedicated board
https://bernd.group
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Bernd 03/16/2024 (Sat) 15:32 [Preview] No.51791 del
>>51118
I'm being really srs now. That chan needs better moderators or more users active in reportings


Bernd 03/16/2024 (Sat) 15:34 [Preview] No.51792 del
>>51791
That site gets hit by the same type of spam that hits this chan too. How curious


Bernd 03/16/2024 (Sat) 18:05 [Preview] No.51793 del
>>51791
Probably mods check on the board not too often.

>>51792
Many chans have trouble with the same spam. For many years now. This is the sad state of things.


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nice board fren


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>>51793
I mean they're probably doing their best, but they probably can't handle everything. At least they get rid of it