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Bernd 07/01/2024 (Mon) 12:00 [Preview] No. 52138 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
>nigger :D



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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.



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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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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Bernd 01/18/2024 (Thu) 00:48 [Preview] No.51531 del
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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.)


Bernd 04/26/2024 (Fri) 01:07 [Preview] No.51916 del
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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.


Bernd 04/26/2024 (Fri) 01:13 [Preview] No.51917 del
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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.


Bernd 04/11/2024 (Thu) 19:41 [Preview] No.51884 del
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



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Blengo and 3d modelling thread Bernd 08/23/2021 (Mon) 16:08 [Preview] No. 44822 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Ok, dedicated thread is opened.

Major update with the ship, I have to get used to modifiers again. I run into problems. Solved it but was fiddly.
Also I really don't like that baby blue water. Something has to be done, but not a priority. Many, many details and possibilities to add, still wanting to keep it simple.
I did not want to overcomplicate the boat neither, so no rigging just for the jib or how the triangle sail is called, so it don't levitate in the air.
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Bernd 03/30/2024 (Sat) 07:50 [Preview] No.51834 del
>>51830
Impressive. So the rig with the model more or less works. Shoulders need some working on?

>>51831
>Spoilered
Oh well.
Spoilering is tricky. I have to retest it because I don't remember at the moment. I think the big checkbox needs to be checked all the time, and only those small which images need spoilering.


Bernd 03/30/2024 (Sat) 16:17 [Preview] No.51836 del
>>51834
Yes, I fixed the shoulders as well as some other issues. To make the rig I had to merge vertices at a further distance than I normally would as it would not let me make the rig with Vertices too close. I didn't notice until afterwards but that ruined the mouth and navel, so then I had to fix that but in doing so even more issues came up with faces that were facing outwards thinking they were facing inwards and refusing to be corrected when I tried so I had to do more work to fix that so I could paint them again. Somewhere along the line that failed to translate into Unreal when I re exported it and so now she has red marks on her lips. I guess what I would have to do is reunwrap it in Blender to get the image texture fixed.


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>>51836
Sadly I can't give suggestions or tips on how to form such model. I chose to model Capn. Bernd as a lego figurine for a reason. Each limbs are separate meshes themselves.
>now she has red marks on her lips.
Looks like a chink with big teeth.


Bernd 04/01/2024 (Mon) 19:34 [Preview] No.51848 del
>>44822
I think this ship looks /comfy/ and homely in a possibly nostalgic r low poly shot of way.

>>44916
I wounder how easy would it be o make a pseudo-3D game with still screencaps of 3D assets in RPG maker? Like Donkey Kong on the SNES.

sorry for Tor posting and replying to something a bit old, just wanted to show my love for that ship. Have a great day, Bernds!


Bernd 04/06/2024 (Sat) 19:34 [Preview] No.51870 del
>>51848
>I think this ship looks /comfy/ and homely in a possibly nostalgic r low poly shot of way.
Thanks.
>how easy would it be
In case of RPG maker I guess a lot depends on the creation of assets. If it goes well, the rest is given by RPG maker. Okay writing is another thing.
>Like Donkey Kong on the SNES.
On RPG Maker?



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Syria Thread - Salty Stoltenberg edition Bernd 05/25/2023 (Thu) 08:51 [Preview] No. 50296 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Previous threda: >>48765

A new thread, a new offensive.

In Sudan fights continue, it seems largely thanks to the Rapid Support Forces cease-fire violations. Millions of people is getting displaced, guess where will they end up? Now that the situation is Syria starts to get normalized and people from refugee camps can return. I wonder on who's payroll on RSF is.

In Syria the situation is much the same. Except now Israel and the Hezbollah fights over the Palestinians. The first one don't need those people, just the land under their feet, the second one just wants to kill Jews.

On the Ukraine the AFU's counteroffensive is roaring. I cannot hear it due to the liveuamap only showing Russian action. But at least the Deepstate map shows nothing as well. How will they be able to tell people that this much promised offensive is on? Well I saw one article writing about the "tactical encirclement of Bakhmut, now the Russians are in trouble". Anywhere where the front is not perfectly straight one can claim there is an encirclement, but okay. Whatabout Avdiivka?
Here's a cool article from Reuters contemplating about the capture of Bakhmut.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-important-is-claimed-capture-by-russias-wagner-group-ukraines-bakhmut-2023-05-20/
Don't worry they establish right at the beginning U.S. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and NATO alliance head Jens Stoltenberg, and all the western experts say it's nothingburger. And they are right in a way, the high ground at Chasiv Yar and the ridge which separates Bakhmut from the chain of towns with Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are more important. But since god knows how many Ukrainian fighters were torn into pieces (I guesstimate it between 25K and 100K, maybe I'll make a post about how I reached this) Bakhmut was a very important battle.
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Bernd 02/19/2024 (Mon) 08:09 [Preview] No.51672 del
There is some movement between Orikhov and Tokmak near Robotyne. Now in reverse direction.
Youtube mappers and sitreppers noted yesterday that the Russians might have started an offensive in Zaporozhia oblast too.


Bernd 02/20/2024 (Tue) 20:04 [Preview] No.51675 del
>>51667
>It seems that facility isn't that strongly fortified to hold, or perhaps there is no good route to supply anyone there.
It used to have the O0542 road and another one from Orlivka. They must've abandoned the coke plant because Russian pressure was unbearable, the local garrison had been hollowed out to reinforce other areas and/or general confusion had taken over their forces in the area.


Bernd 02/20/2024 (Tue) 20:31 [Preview] No.51676 del
>>51675
I suspect that the northerly road is a dirt path (like the "second road" to Avdiivka) along a gully. Soggy to borderline boggy.

In the past couple of days I had the feeling the Ukrainian army is done. It's retreat from now own. More cracks will follow and they'll have to fall back, and then from elsewhere to avoid encirclement. And then there will be very little prepared lines at all. And then Ukraine will be "demilitarized".
The AFU run out of trained men (especially experienced), weapons, and ammunition. It is still a relatively capable army but not for the task this size anymore.
Then perhaps NATO involvement will happen, and some of the NATO countries will enter Ukraine to establish a security zone in the most Western areas. Perhaps they'll cite humanitarian reasons, for there will be another flood of refugees that the control of Kiev breaking down, and people can leave.
I can't say I can support this with hard facts. The freshly occupied patches of lands aren't significant enough. It just seems more rapid this year.


Bernd 02/20/2024 (Tue) 21:50 [Preview] No.51677 del
>>51676
>In the past couple of days I had the feeling the Ukrainian army is done. It's retreat from now own. More cracks will follow and they'll have to fall back, and then from elsewhere to avoid encirclement. And then there will be very little prepared lines at all. And then Ukraine will be "demilitarized".
I think it's still far too early for that. Russia has been clearly winning for the past few months, and yet it can only manage slow, incremental territorial gains at a high cost. If it tried to mass troops for a "big arrow offensive", there would be no element of surprise and any deficiencies in officers, combined arms coordination and so on would become apparent. So slow advances like those taking place right now will continue, but maybe they'll happen in wider sectors of the front.


Bernd 02/20/2024 (Tue) 21:52 [Preview] No.51678 del
>>51677
It is not a big arrow offensive what I described.