Jeakams's recent activity

  1. Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    This immediately brings to mind the episode of Broad City (S3 E5) where Jaime is discovered to be a secret hoarder. You're doing the right thing by not touching their stuff... That's all I'll say.

    This immediately brings to mind the episode of Broad City (S3 E5) where Jaime is discovered to be a secret hoarder. You're doing the right thing by not touching their stuff... That's all I'll say.

    3 votes
  2. Comment on New ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie From Stephen Colbert and his son in development at Warner Bros in ~movies

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    Orlando Bloom Closet is a set of words I didn't expect to ever read.

    Orlando Bloom Closet is a set of words I didn't expect to ever read.

    12 votes
  3. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    I’m on your same level w the V5s. Once you get one tho, you’ll know what’s up. At least that’s how I felt when I got my first five a year ago… That leap is harder for me than the one between 3s...

    I’m on your same level w the V5s. Once you get one tho, you’ll know what’s up. At least that’s how I felt when I got my first five a year ago… That leap is harder for me than the one between 3s and 4s.

    The gym I go to has rowing machines, and I do 2000m every day. Hopefully my split is 2:20, but it’s a good way to get set and warmed up to climb, then lift weights afterwards.

    3 votes
  4. Comment on What small thing made a big impact on you? in ~talk

    Jeakams
    Link
    Fishing with my Popop in Wyoming, just down the stream from the Cabin there in Story. He taught me that we needed to be quiet and patient to catch the fish. His advice worked, and we ate Rainbow...

    Fishing with my Popop in Wyoming, just down the stream from the Cabin there in Story. He taught me that we needed to be quiet and patient to catch the fish. His advice worked, and we ate Rainbow Trout for lunch.

    That patience lesson has reoccurred in my mental theater hundreds of thousands of times, and while I do sometimes lose my patience, the good ole fish definitely comes when I don't .

    9 votes
  5. Comment on Recommendations needed: Favorite “comfort” movies in ~movies

    Jeakams
    Link
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou This is my favorite movie, and I could watch it on repeat it’s so touching and funny, and happy, and sad, and red beanies, and Seu Jorge.

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    This is my favorite movie, and I could watch it on repeat it’s so touching and funny, and happy, and sad, and red beanies, and Seu Jorge.

    3 votes
  6. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    Taking Tri-Met to work at the Bullseye Glass Factory in Portland the final year of me living there in 2022 was nothing short of a rough awakening that the decriminalization of drugs was a bad...

    Taking Tri-Met to work at the Bullseye Glass Factory in Portland the final year of me living there in 2022 was nothing short of a rough awakening that the decriminalization of drugs was a bad idea.

    I used to see people nodding off and hitting foilies right as strollers and kids alike walked past. It became part of the reason I left that beautiful city. I do hope when I visit this coming summer I’m surprised by the difference since, but from my friends still there, it hasn’t much :(

    5 votes
  7. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

    Jeakams
    (edited )
    Link
    Cyberpunk 2077 - Phantom Liberty At the point of no return in the main story of CP, I downloaded the DLC and left it installed on my system, burnt out from gameplay and just casually roamed Night...

    Cyberpunk 2077 - Phantom Liberty

    At the point of no return in the main story of CP, I downloaded the DLC and left it installed on my system, burnt out from gameplay and just casually roamed Night City doing side missions here and there for a year.

    Then I finally had the time to sit and play this thing properly over the holiday break. I mean , my mind is blown. I wish I had the guts to write like a Choom or whatever but it still makes my shoulders go up and my face to scrunch in disgust when I read it, so…

    Man, this story is out of control. Living through such a movie/theatre play made me love the game all over again. Dogtown being a shithole wrecked by the Unification War has pockets of beauty, but overall just feels like a garbage heap. The cast is outrageous, and the diversity in missions… ghaddamn.

    I got the King of Cups trophy at the end. I guess I can finally finish the main story now, but that was incredibly satisfying.

    5 votes
  8. Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    The milkman, much like the newsman is probably dishonest still, breaking up marriages left and right... and bought and paid for by Big Milk. (I don't know all the facts, but I do hear that most...

    The milkman, much like the newsman is probably dishonest still, breaking up marriages left and right... and bought and paid for by Big Milk. (I don't know all the facts, but I do hear that most milk farms are terrible for the cows...)

    4 votes
  9. Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    Shame! big Shame. You're right. Editing now lol

    Shame! big Shame. You're right. Editing now lol

    2 votes
  10. Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk

    Jeakams
    (edited )
    Link
    Predictability? The milkman, the paper boy, and evening tv? So sorry, fellow Tildenoids. It was right there. (Edit: newsman - milkman, thank you @AnthonyB)
    • Exemplary

    Predictability? The milkman, the paper boy, and evening tv?

    So sorry, fellow Tildenoids. It was right there.

    (Edit: newsman - milkman, thank you @AnthonyB)

    10 votes
  11. Comment on Lord Of The Rings author's writing desk up for auction in ~books

    Jeakams
    Link
    £3-400,000 for the original Warhammer cover art too? I feel like the Tolkien desk going for around £70k is more important, but maybe my bias is showing. It's all incredible either way.

    £3-400,000 for the original Warhammer cover art too? I feel like the Tolkien desk going for around £70k is more important, but maybe my bias is showing. It's all incredible either way.

    8 votes
  12. Comment on Do you feel like you’ve had many lives so far? Why, why not? Which? in ~life

    Jeakams
    (edited )
    Link
    So many lives and so many deaths, rebirths, growing pains, deaths. There could be an argument that my first life was childhood to 18, then drinking for almost 20 years straight and now sobriety…...

    So many lives and so many deaths, rebirths, growing pains, deaths.

    There could be an argument that my first life was childhood to 18, then drinking for almost 20 years straight and now sobriety…

    Another group of lives could be career, from college, studying music in advertising, being in a band, becoming a sincere piano tech, then a bartender yoga bum, and then sincerely a piano tech again…

    Or maybe the four significant others I’ve loved and almost married, from the two year college love, to the band girlfriend, to the piano tech/composer girlfriend, to the actress/writer fiancé, to being single and lonely again.

    My musician lives too? Is this thing on… piano as a child, concert and jazz band as a student, indie rock band as a young adult, classical piano and an r&b electronic album as an adult, and now all of the above?

    What about my lives in different states and countries?

    What about the life I lived as hiker trash SOBO solo on the AT? It was only six months but it was a lifetime…

    That’s too many lives, man.

    I also believe in past lives.

    17 votes
  13. Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    Would love to see more stuff on climbing. Most of my life has been involved w that world, and it seems to be one of the most positive communities in general. All on one team, ready to help, and...

    Would love to see more stuff on climbing. Most of my life has been involved w that world, and it seems to be one of the most positive communities in general. All on one team, ready to help, and happy to. Thanks for posting!

    2 votes
  14. Comment on Weird Al Yankovic 2026 tour of ninety cities in ~music

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    It's one of the most entertaining shows I've seen! Definitely go!

    It's one of the most entertaining shows I've seen! Definitely go!

    4 votes
  15. Comment on Weird Al Yankovic 2026 tour of ninety cities in ~music

    Jeakams
    Link
    I saw him this past summer. My 70 year old dad came with me too. While I grew up on Weird Al, my dad had no idea what was going on. We laughed so darn much, my face was sore the whole next day. He...

    I saw him this past summer. My 70 year old dad came with me too. While I grew up on Weird Al, my dad had no idea what was going on. We laughed so darn much, my face was sore the whole next day. He really rocks like a star, and his band is outrageously good. We sat next to a family with kids in their early teens who knew every single word to every single song. Needless to say it's worth every penny.

    2 votes
  16. Comment on Pennies are being canceled and the US Mint won't make any more. What does that mean? in ~society

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    I charge $195 for an in home piano tuning service... In that same vein, it does seem to ease the mind to have it be $195 instead of a straight $200. Or am I just being a part of the problem with...

    I charge $195 for an in home piano tuning service... In that same vein, it does seem to ease the mind to have it be $195 instead of a straight $200. Or am I just being a part of the problem with that pricing scheme?

    11 votes
  17. Comment on What are your favorite casual puzzle games? in ~games

    Jeakams
    Link
    On Apple Arcade, the game Stitch. is worth all the time for casual puzzling. I apologize if it’s not available elsewhere but this game has had me in its clutches for over three years.

    On Apple Arcade, the game Stitch. is worth all the time for casual puzzling. I apologize if it’s not available elsewhere but this game has had me in its clutches for over three years.

    2 votes
  18. Comment on AI content warning label in ~creative

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    That was my fear, and I suspect my proposition will never be reality. I'll just have to know it in my heart I made something myself, and those providing my content are trustworthy. Soon it will be...

    That was my fear, and I suspect my proposition will never be reality. I'll just have to know it in my heart I made something myself, and those providing my content are trustworthy. Soon it will be unnoticeable though.

  19. Comment on AI content warning label in ~creative

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    Ah I see the confusion. My suggestion for watermark is only in context of signifier, not physical or apparent on the art itself. Say you write a song and release it through CD Baby, it goes...

    Ah I see the confusion. My suggestion for watermark is only in context of signifier, not physical or apparent on the art itself. Say you write a song and release it through CD Baby, it goes through whatever test (this is where my question gets too technical) to signify it’s human made, and it’s digitally imprinted with some code that can only be significantly detected. Like when you bought something on iTunes two decades ago and it was coded with piracy software… I’m still in the weeds thinking about this so I’m trying to make sense of it too.

    Edit: in rereading your comment, I think we’re talking about the same thing. My bad!

    1 vote
  20. Comment on AI content warning label in ~creative

    Jeakams
    Link Parent
    Tool was meant to signify what AI I had assumedly used (ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Dall-E, etc). I like the idea of your suggestion, labeling, as it's proven to work in the museum/gallery world for...

    Tool was meant to signify what AI I had assumedly used (ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Dall-E, etc). I like the idea of your suggestion, labeling, as it's proven to work in the museum/gallery world for however long. Fraudulent art and recognition of craft is the more prescient task unfortunately, and the near future will show us that we won't be able to discern human vs robot content.

    3 votes