@Иван
Linux enthusiast, Emacs fan, gamer, and cat lover. Enjoying coffee, tea, and wine. Orthodox Christian. Disabled.
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> На «Поле чудес» спели о том, как хорошо жить без интернета
Да уже об интернете и не мечтается, тут бы Reticulum наладить, да в Meshtastic популяцию повысить.
Да уже об интернете и не мечтается, тут бы Reticulum наладить, да в Meshtastic популяцию повысить.
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Why are the basic Japanese pencil lines all green? It's very simple.
Green was the color of premium German pencils. The Japanese made their basic lines green to show that even their everyday pencils were equal in quality to the German premium ones.
#pencilstr
Green was the color of premium German pencils. The Japanese made their basic lines green to show that even their everyday pencils were equal in quality to the German premium ones.
#pencilstr
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А помните... Видеосалоны, Чак против Брюса... Эх... 😭
Не помню. Ну то есть я те фильмы смотрел, но не запомнились они мне. Больше помню его по дебильному сериалу Курой Уокер и то только потому что там снималась некая Шири Уилсон которую я путал с Сибилл Шепард, и тогда казалось, что героиня Детективного агентства Луннын свет, бросила Брюса и уехала доживать до пенсии на ранчо.
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Ты же в курсе истории, как еще в 1953 году США свергли демократического президента Ирана, и поставили Шаха, кото...
Какие-то вайбы Стругацких прям
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A bad script cannot be fixed by any neural network, and cinema is dead.
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Дальтоники - ебанутые всё-таки. Вот знает человек о своих проблемах, но всё равно напишет, что цвет зелёный (спойлер: он не зелёный). А всё почему? А потому что...
Where did all those millions of homegrown monarchists in Iran disappear to? Why don't they seize power themselves and restore the royal dynasty they've always dreamed of? Or was it all just a shitshow to devour the bitcoins handed out by Western funds and the CIA?
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#tunestr #gamestr #3do
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I bought a pack of Viarco pencils. They're the ones who made those unusual pencils. Viarco is a small pencil manufacturer from Portugal - the only pencil manufacturer in the country. Take a look at this video about the company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uwpt2DJv54
In the video they say they have 25 employees, but I recently read on some forums that they're down to just 10 now. Still, they skillfully turn their disadvantages into advantages. They offer tours of their factory, and you can even stay there. Their old machinery allows them to produce small batches. This also lets them collaborate with artists and run experiments that even the Japanese manufacturers aren't always willing to try.
Это от них подарочная коробка химических карандашей, карандаш-волчок и т.д. Я так понимаю кормит их не карандаш и даже не волчок, а как раз вот эти их странные штуки для художников.
Graphite Play-Doh is the best gift for your enemies' children.
#pencilstr
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Pricing of collectible pencils. Is a pencil Bitcoin?
You and I see just two packs of ordinary pencils here — indeed, the most ordinary kind. The classic image: a yellow pencil, a pink eraser.
The first factor that increases the price is age and condition. Mitsubishi has been producing 9852 since 1955. The golden era of Japanese pencils was the 1950s–70s. Here we have the 1980s. They’ve lost a bit of value, but also gained some. Japan had not yet felt the consequences of Black Monday in 1989 — the first major shock that permanently changed the country’s economy. After that, pencils made in Japan did not get better. And here, almost all of them are intact; only one has been sharpened.
Second, let’s look at the hardness grade. H is a fairly hard pencil. Neither Japanese nor American users generally favor such hardness due to writing styles in Japan and the U.S. This is an office series, meaning there’s no marketing focus on artists — and artists don’t often need this hardness either. So have we lost value because it’s an unpopular grade? Even now, there are plenty of such pencils, and Mitsubishi still produces the office 9800 in H. That’s true — but the yellow-with-eraser version, specifically the 9852 in H, is no longer produced. There was no formal discontinuation announcement, but they’re not available for sale. This has strongly boosted collector interest. If we had HB, we would have lost value, because HB hasn’t been discontinued — but we have H, and we’ve gained.
Did you notice that the hardness grade is printed in royal blue? Do you think that’s some unique feature? No — quite the opposite. More rarely, the grade was printed in silver or even black. Which is more valuable? Royal blue —because it’s the classic. If the grade were in silver foil, the pencil would lose about $10-20 in value. People like the classic look.
Now notice that one pack has a black ferrule, whereas the classic ferrule for the series is usually copper-colored. That’s a plus for the price. But didn’t I just say people like the classic? By that logic, copper should be more valuable. Not exactly. People like classics — but they also like limited versions.
Finally, let’s relax a bit and watch this nice cozy video about... these same pencils.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwY_sc7KYfQ
Did you notice anything strange? No? You should have: a barcode on every modern pencil.
They weren’t used in the past. Pencils without barcodes are more valuable than those with barcodes.
So, in total, we can now sell these two packs for $80–90. How much did they cost when they were released? Hard to say. If they were made before ’85 — about $1; if after — about $2. In today’s money, that’s roughly $3–6. That’s an enormous return — more than 15× inflation.
Is a pencil Bitcoin? Yes. A pencil is Bitcoin.
#pencilstr #bitcoin
You and I see just two packs of ordinary pencils here — indeed, the most ordinary kind. The classic image: a yellow pencil, a pink eraser.
The first factor that increases the price is age and condition. Mitsubishi has been producing 9852 since 1955. The golden era of Japanese pencils was the 1950s–70s. Here we have the 1980s. They’ve lost a bit of value, but also gained some. Japan had not yet felt the consequences of Black Monday in 1989 — the first major shock that permanently changed the country’s economy. After that, pencils made in Japan did not get better. And here, almost all of them are intact; only one has been sharpened.
Second, let’s look at the hardness grade. H is a fairly hard pencil. Neither Japanese nor American users generally favor such hardness due to writing styles in Japan and the U.S. This is an office series, meaning there’s no marketing focus on artists — and artists don’t often need this hardness either. So have we lost value because it’s an unpopular grade? Even now, there are plenty of such pencils, and Mitsubishi still produces the office 9800 in H. That’s true — but the yellow-with-eraser version, specifically the 9852 in H, is no longer produced. There was no formal discontinuation announcement, but they’re not available for sale. This has strongly boosted collector interest. If we had HB, we would have lost value, because HB hasn’t been discontinued — but we have H, and we’ve gained.
Did you notice that the hardness grade is printed in royal blue? Do you think that’s some unique feature? No — quite the opposite. More rarely, the grade was printed in silver or even black. Which is more valuable? Royal blue —because it’s the classic. If the grade were in silver foil, the pencil would lose about $10-20 in value. People like the classic look.
Now notice that one pack has a black ferrule, whereas the classic ferrule for the series is usually copper-colored. That’s a plus for the price. But didn’t I just say people like the classic? By that logic, copper should be more valuable. Not exactly. People like classics — but they also like limited versions.
Finally, let’s relax a bit and watch this nice cozy video about... these same pencils.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwY_sc7KYfQ
Did you notice anything strange? No? You should have: a barcode on every modern pencil.
They weren’t used in the past. Pencils without barcodes are more valuable than those with barcodes.
So, in total, we can now sell these two packs for $80–90. How much did they cost when they were released? Hard to say. If they were made before ’85 — about $1; if after — about $2. In today’s money, that’s roughly $3–6. That’s an enormous return — more than 15× inflation.
Is a pencil Bitcoin? Yes. A pencil is Bitcoin.
#pencilstr #bitcoin
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