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BaseBaal

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About BaseBaal

Batting 1.000 since 10,000 bce.

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    Comment #49203051

    Like the idea, but can't drag any element. Managed to build a lobby by double tapping. Elevator apparently needs to be dragged so I'm stuck. On Android & Waterfox.

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    Comment #49185779

    Reminds me of string art. On my long list of things to try. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_art

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    Comment #49185404

    Very cool, but the images are too pixelated. Project Gutenberg to the rescue: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77400/pg77400-images.ht...

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    Comment #48992570

    The US distilled this from the Russian model.

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    Comment #48985653

    Much nicer than my usual zoom & pan routine, love it. Hope this gets widely adopted.

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    Comment #48977016

    Cool pics. Direct link to the archive: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=mrg&st=gallery

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    Comment #48975183

    Do you happen to remember the channel name or have a link? Would love to see some OG service videos.

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    Comment #48936711

    Natural science illustration returns reasonable results. I think most are done traditionally in some type of watercolors.

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    Comment #48935860

    Add the following line to ublock origin in "My filters" & make sure the "Enable my custom filters" option box is checked to get around this: https://radio.garden/api/geo

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    Comment #48152962

    From the newest releases page I stumbled into "Some Nigerian fertility cults" by Percy Amaury Talbot & am enjoying it so far. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78684

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    Comment #47951242

    https://archive.is/4kiwg

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    Comment #47893426

    Anyone who saw Night of the Living Dead knows this won't end well.

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    Comment #47781264

    Vector Pinball is a must have.

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    Comment #45039565

    For the lazy it basically means as embryos our anus forms before our mouths do. So we have to talk out our asses before we even leave the womb!

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    Comment #45013521

    Forget cones of shame, what we need are cones of silence.

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    Comment #44995659

    90's me was poring over TigerDirect[0] catalogs like they were porn. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDirect

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    Comment #44932386

    Is it just me or does that sound like Garfield?

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    Comment #44887111

    Which sects of Buddhism? Just curious to read further about them.

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    Comment #44869223

    Thanks, that helped.

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    Comment #44866573

    Mind boggling. Wish they included images of the scale compared to our sun, solar system, galaxy etc to help me wrap my head around this beast.

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    Comment #44866142

    I vaguely remember reading somewhere about people seeing warriors on horseback for the first time calling them four legged demons or some such thing. I wonder what it would take to…

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    Comment #44863535

    Even if the ruling class was high off their tits on whatever substance probably had little to do with anything. Most likely the drug that had the most influence was, and still is, …