The thread of learning something new every day
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I learned that Louis XI commissioned a pig organ.
basically arrange a load of pigs in a line
When someone plays a note on a keyboard it causes a sharpened stake to poke a pig so that it emits a squeal.
Each note on the keyboard relates to a different pig.
Each pig produces a different note / squeal
and there you have the pig organ.
15th century France sounds like a barrel of laughs
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Stuff can be interesting.
That’s so interesting, thanks! I just look at tide tables, but that makes me realise why sometimes I can’t make sense of them
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Hidden underwater village resurfaces for first time in 40 years as UK heatwave dries lake - The Mirror
Beautiful Lake Vyrnwy in Powys in Wales is the site of the abandoned ruins of the lost village of Llanwddyn - the UK's intense heatwave conditions have exposed them for the first time since 1976
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@Bones yeah I was reading about that yesterday, plenty of places in Europe 'exposing' old/historic sites...cool but worrying also
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Assuming legit, the ABs have a 0% win record vs someone!
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@taniwharugby Plumtree was an inside man
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@taniwharugby pedant alert- if you draw a match you cannot have a 100% winning record.
This is the side that lost to Rhodesia
K. L. Skinner
N. L. Wilson
R. A. Dalton
M. J. McHugh
C. Willocks
L. A. Grant
P. J. B. Crowley
N. H. Thornton
W. J. M. Conrad
J. C. Kearney
P. Henderson
F. R. Allen (C)
G. W. Delamore
E. G. Boggs
J. W. GoddardApart from Kevin Skinner and The Needle I only recognise Ray Dalton (Andy's Dad) and Eric Boggs (Akl coach of the mid 70's)
Six of the team backed up fpor the second game, three days later
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@dogmeat said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Apart from Kevin Skinner and The Needle I only recognise Ray Dalton (Andy's Dad) and Eric Boggs (Akl coach of the mid 70's)
Maybe is that Norm Wilson at hooker? (Used to do a bit of TV in the 70s.) Otherwise yeah. Not many big names.
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@Bones Elena Mukhina added a variation in that she performed a full twist while doing the back flip.
She won the World title in 78 but broke her leg the next year.
As she was the next great thing the Soviets rushed her back so she win gold and glory for the rodina. The pressure to compete coupled with a rushed recovery meant she broke her neck in two places, aged 19, and became a quadriplegic a fortnight before the games. She died of complications from her injury in the early 2000's
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OpenAI can now extend images and pictures. It's insane.
also, see second link for lolz ... artists are seriously pissed.
https://openai.com/blog/dall-e-introducing-outpainting/
An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
Jason Allen's AI-generated work "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" took first place in the digital category at the Colorado State Fair.
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Thought this was mildly interesting.
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The Cartoon Mystery That Stumped the Internet
Do you recognize this elf-like man? No, he’s not from “The Littles.”
McDonald’s failed in these countries and had to leave, here’s why…
