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Outdoors thread Bernd 12/28/2019 (Sat) 23:54 [Preview] No. 33559 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Let's start off with a little game. Guess which countries each photo was taken in.
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Bernd 08/04/2024 (Sun) 14:08 [Preview] No.52285 del
>>52282
I'd make fun of you to find -1 a challange but I'm sure I would be the same in -30C. And climbing a mountain 2-3000 ms tall is not nothing. My greatest climb was from 2-300 ms to 900+. Tho I was in the Tatra as a kid and I can't recall the specifics.
In cold being wet is a real dread. Cold itself is meh, but the water just sucks the heat out of a person. So sweating has to be avoided as much as possible - but sometimes it's impossible a change of t-shirt can come in handy in case the worn one is sweated through. When I go for a walk into the woods I often take off my jacket, hat, scarf/shemagh and if I have gloves, and climb in a t-shirt and a hoodie well not counting my pants and boxers, and socks, and boots. Around -1 is an ideal temp for general hiking. No insects, no mud. But I think between +10 and -10 its okay.
A thermos full of warm tea, and a chocolate bar can also make all the difference.
I can't even imagine a first experience you had with cold and ice. Perhaps if I visited the Sahara, that would be similar environmental change.
>We soon figured that ice was immune to cloth but could go away with water from our flasks.
You mean you tried to rub the frost off the car with cloth?
>At least I have bragging rights now.
For sure. But you still have to walk on snow, and feel how it crunches under your feet, and wash your face in it.


Bernd 08/04/2024 (Sun) 14:10 [Preview] No.52286 del
Now you could make fun of the fellas on >>>/ausneets/.


Bernd 08/06/2024 (Tue) 13:27 [Preview] No.52290 del
>>52285
Sweat was the number one concern all the veterans warned me of, and I brought a spare shirt in my backpack precisely for this reason and I switched into it at the top. I managed to remain mostly dry, the strong winds were a blessing. I spent much of the descent wearing no coat at all, just relying on the sun and a constant pace to keep me warm and the wind to keep me dry. When I saw the dry vegetation and dusty roads around the camp, my instincts told me it was 30 °C, even though it was much colder.

>You mean you tried to rub the frost off the car with cloth?
Indeed. We also figured trying to forcefully break the ice would be stupid.


Bernd 08/07/2024 (Wed) 07:41 [Preview] No.52292 del
>>52290
A common wisdom here that when going out people should dress layered, so they can shed or put on clothing depending on the need. They never actually tell it how to do it properly and when - because they never actually go out. But the basic truth is in there.
Supposedly wool insulates even when wet. In the past years I read wool and synthetic blends are a good pick for the first layer. I don't know I never tried, all my crap is cotton and cotton/synthetic.
>When I saw the dry vegetation and dusty roads around the camp, my instincts told me it was 30 °C, even though it was much colder.
Heh.


Dutch bernd Bernd 08/08/2024 (Thu) 02:55 [Preview] No.52293 del
>>52286
>>52286
Ack bernd.

Neeties are gud lads, so I'd rather not



Politics Serious Discussion - Getting out edition Bernd 04/24/2020 (Fri) 17:54 [Preview] No. 36217 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Justice Minister Moro resigned. He is immensely popular and was doing a good job. There have been high-profile arrests and in 2019 the number of murders dropped by 10 thousand compared to the previous year, a decrease of a fifth. This is a result of many factors: in the Northeast cooperation among cartels reduced violence, but the reduction happpened in other states. Legislation wasn't a factor as there was next to no real change in this regard. He retains much prestige despite the scandal with his leaks, eternal hate from the left due to being Lula's nemesis and repeated disempowerment of the anti-corruption struggle by Congress and the Supreme Court.
What caused this was Bolsonaro's elimination of Federal Police director Maurício Valeixo, who had been picked by Moro. In his final address he noted that:
-There was no legitimate reason for this as he had been effective in his post
-This was a violation of the promise Bolsonaro made upon naming him Minister, that he'd have freedom to handle subordinates
-Bolsonaro also intends to replace a subordinate of the director, the Rio de Janeiro superintendent, and possibly other superintendents, which goes against his spirit of giving autonomy to subordinates
-A replacement now would create confusion and harm the Federal Police's functioning
-Bolsonaro personally told him this was a political choice

Why political? He did not say this straight, but what everyone says is that it was to protect Bolsonaro's sons from investigation, and hence why the Rio de Janeiro superintendent is also involved. Their corruption accusations are petty for Brazilian standards but what's bigger are accusations they might be tied to militias. As always Bolsonaro's sons are his priority. This behavior doesn't come out of nowhere as he has few contacts in Brasília, having lived his career in the sidelines, and many reasons to be distrustful. Moro isn't someone he has a reason to distrust but his sons still came first.
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Bernd 07/08/2024 (Mon) 07:05 [Preview] No.52171 del
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French election happened yesterday. Charts by lemonade.
Comfortable win for all but not RN. Macron wish to show "democratic" powers are still strong as written here >>52055 is fulfilled.
RN fell not just short from the necessary ~300 seats, but way short. They got about half of it.
I highly suspect Macron and co. (and even Le Pen) already knew what will happen. I think this is also a media stunt to chill those who would side with the "far-right", to put back into their places.
The greatest joke is this alliance of all the socialist parties, from communists to socdems. Really show how socdems babbies will always run to the tanky daddy to defend them from evil fascists.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2024/07/07/2024-french-election-results-chart-and-map-of-second-round-winners_6676976_8.html#


Bernd 07/08/2024 (Mon) 09:04 [Preview] No.52172 del
>>52171
What a mess.
So basically France is going to be without a function government for several years. Though theoretically the centre could ally with the right and form government but that does not seem likely. The central PM already resigned.

So then there is probably going to be a PM form the left who is representing a coalition of various factions that can't agree on anythign and on top of that need the support of the centre or the right to do anything anyway and on top of that the centre and the right can potentially up end everything and form their own legislation without the left agreeing to it at all(maybe, I am not sure how French government works and whether opposition parties can put forward legislation or not).


Bernd 07/08/2024 (Mon) 09:38 [Preview] No.52173 del
>>52172
The left (purple and pink) with the liberals (center, yellow) will form a grand coalition, perhaps including with the "conservatives" (on blue).
Fascist brown shirts will be left out.
It would matter if there would be ideological differences, or different views in key questions, but they all agree on everything.
Besides a modern democratic state in the EU doesn't need functioning government at all, and perhaps not even a functioning parliament (they'll all vote yes on the matters the economical factors want them to vote yes anyway).


Bernd 07/08/2024 (Mon) 10:58 [Preview] No.52174 del
I was wrong, the PM always resigns, that's just a formality. So he could still come back as PM. But yes I don't think it will be in a Centre-Right coalition. Maybe the Centre will work something out with the left or at least parts of the left.

>>52173
I honestly didn't check what the campaigns and proposals of each party were. So I am not sure how different they are.

Like the UK France is also heavily in debt but the French government is also much more integrated into the economy than it is in most nations, both of those aspects are fairly left wing so in theory there would not be much change to it. I certainly don't see a left wing government reducing government debt and reducing government integration in the economy.


Bernd 07/18/2024 (Thu) 11:01 [Preview] No.52218 del
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The EU Parliament votes soon if von der Leyen gets another term as a prez of the EU Commission (which is basically like a government, its the executive branch within the EU institutions). The term is for 5 years.
Result will be in about two hours.



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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/


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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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Bernd 01/30/2021 (Sat) 16:10:12 [Preview] No.42346 del
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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.


Bernd 06/08/2024 (Sat) 16:05 [Preview] No.52045 del
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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.



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?