Stearn Vault | Site-Wide Activity https://www.stearnvault.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:22:29 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9fe81a45637b66c5f9eb6f13d0054625 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5379 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:35:23 +1000 Good idea, always used to put the open sleeve in the cover first, might be ok for 50 years or so – before the plastic starts to degrade. πŸ˜›
Getting quite a few 1A bug checks with parameter 3f. Performed all the usual checks, memory looks fine. CRC problem likely points more to HW though – time for pasture? The guy in town might be interested in…[Read more]

]]> a12056a66897c41223a43a5f9e7493fe Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5377 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:36:44 +1000 Time for a new keyboard or just going to stick with a red key? No reason to discard it if it still works! πŸ™‚

Yuck. Motherboard battery is easy to fix: just a coin cell battery. As for the rest, no idea. Data corruption, maybe?

I may start double-sleeving my records for extra protection. I already do that for my TCGs so why not records, too?

]]> 4fb360285fd0bd26cff82d8918b0880e DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5376 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:44:49 +1000 The little Redragon Kumara K552 has developed a red “F” key, backlighting on it works as with the others, but with a rouge intent. Stay tuned for other developments. πŸ™‚
So back with the old W10 clunker with a rather unpleasant shock of the date hard on 2055. Apart from the CMOS on the blink and the event logs all messed up, authentication out the…[Read more]

]]> 33699425fb5e7524231dddcb184d2695 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/16/#post-5374 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:43:22 +1000 Johnny Carson had a show in the fifties:

He comes across as rather engaging, which compensates somewhat for the low/med humour output.

]]> 44d70b9e537ca364d429fadaa1785579 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Software: On & Off the Web in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/software-on-off-the-web/page/10/#post-5372 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:23:00 +1000 How odd, given there’s no hibernation issues. Ddoes the machine boot up automatically when shut down by the power manager. Or can the machine shutdown process circumvent the power manager at all? A recent Reddit thread:

Why is my screen flickering
byu/HorroSdennis inpop_os


Might be relevant:…[Read more]

]]> 671a5dd5fc64c2e1a834cdb40f865066 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic SETI in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/seti/#post-5370 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:14:25 +1000 Fond memories of Skeptic. Probably should start reading their articles more πŸ™‚

Not a whole lot of information on Disclosure Day but most things by Spielberg are worth a watch!

Most of the UFO sightings the government clams up on have to deal with military experiments or other unknown craft, such as homemade drones or the like. Our government is…[Read more]

]]> 873cc94e3ae558c932f8114ea95e398b Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5367 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:56:51 +1000 Yeah, I’m sure some of them have fallen into disrepair by now. There may be others opening up over the course of the next few decades as the USAF builds new silos. And let’s not forget all of the fallout shelters! Atlas Obscura has a few articles πŸ™‚

iNaturalist is currently down for maintenance so will need to read it later πŸ™‚

]]> 9046e7993db28d0d8d4c32fd32e55e07 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5365 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:14:09 +1000 Wonderful, the bamboo grove a first on the bucket list:
Arashiyama bamboo grove
The caves are spectacular, too, and as with the Recycle Nation spread, no updates from the author as to current status. Let me guess though, terrific. πŸ™‚
This one came through recently, a spider that uses a fungus-like appearance as camouflage. The fungus is surely going to take that…[Read more]

]]> 3abf5f40818f7fa4d1733a7b2d09f6d0 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic SETI in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/seti/#post-5364 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:52:34 +1000 On state FTA they played The Westall UFO Mystery. Any direct recollection of reports of the sighting are dim, it must have good publicity for one of our TV channels at the time.
Funny how the locals, especially the science teacher fared during the “hush up”, and the television archival footage going AWOL, with the Department of Defence remaining…[Read more]

]]> 4aac9779e43492d99be024102c05e001 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5363 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:52:19 +1000 Trying to find an old article about a family that converted a missile silo into a residence slash museum. Was unsuccessful in tracking it down but I did come across this one: https://recyclenation.com/2010/11/repurposed-nuclear-missile-recycle-silos/

I do miss being able to easily get interesting articles. Sites moving away from RSS has really…[Read more]

]]> b3b7eb2779256d0ed22c99bc2183b704 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5360 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:31:25 +1100 Okay, I just finished moving the macros from common/dl_base.h to the proper files. Now I need to go through the entire codebase and correct all of the includes, making sure everything is where it needs to be.

This is a downside to making heavy use of the preprocessor: it can cause conflicts due to how compilers work.

  1. The preprocessor runs,…

[Read more]

]]> 16207b596833bc07f9553100cc321633 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5358 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:08:32 +1100 Oh, cool. Didn’t realize Skeptic was still around (sorry, haven’t had a chance to catch up on the SETI thread yet). Have fond memories of seeing their ‘zines on the newsstand years ago, back when they were still a thing here. Looks like a physical sub isn’t a whole lot: 36 USD annually. May be worth it πŸ™‚

My mom has started relying on AI for some…[Read more]

]]> 5c93f4894c1b5ad9c9b09840e2554171 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5357 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:36:05 +1100 Parade Day itself might be a bit silly, for on that day one can parade without a theme, purpose or masthead behind the activity. Until they ban it of course, upon which there is now a purpose!

“Maxwell’s demon”, an omniscient being that can separate a gas into hot and cold by watching the speed of the individual molecules.

Now sure to be armΓ¨d…[Read more]

]]> 2477f11fd320fc76ff5f13709fe01b3f Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5354 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:15:52 +1100 Ooh, lookie. MAD is going to be riffing on DC in a few days: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mad-about-dc-1-preview-dc-universe-gets-a-comedic-wedgie/

May need to pick up that special!

British comedy is some of the best!

And while we’re talking Benny Hill:

youtube.com/watch?v=m8iWgoOxaYU

πŸ˜€

FiM is a blast!

]]> 7c0646331181288fc83ad7d10653af75 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5353 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:04:26 +1100 Okay, community threads have been updated πŸ™‚

]]> d7976d4a7a2c669d95c8287588e1430d DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/films-tv-shows/page/16/#post-5352 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:31:21 +1100 Nothing too cheesy about Significant Other, a nicely scripted sci-fi flick with a few twists and turns too keep up the tension. Nice effects to embellish the low budget production, too.
A good number of movie classics are to be found in YouTube such as Free Primetime movies and Bigtime – Free Movies. One of them is Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a second…[Read more]

]]> c5ab90d621b45f94260fbf0e2a085ec2 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/17/#post-5344 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:43:10 +1100 Yep, changing the include order fixed it. Going to need to fix the rest of the places where it shows up. We’ll want to fix things up at some point to make sure that we don’t run into this problem again. We’ll want to move the string functions over to the proper file, for instance.

]]> bdd8d7eee8cd924c75815485da64ca88 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5339 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:57:44 +1100 Yep, CMake is correctly setting things up properly:
Run mkdir builddir; cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -B builddir
mkdir builddir; cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -B builddir
shell: C:Program FilesPowerShell7pwsh.EXE -command ". '{0}'"

Directory: D:aMWEditMWEdit

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
----…[Read more]

]]> dacf7bdb19284cd83ae1df1f48223afb DeVaultSetter replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5337 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:15:51 +1100 The video is back from the departed:

Anything from Tati is a scream:

Here’s Star Schtick 1 of 4, we kn ow you’ll be rushing for 2,3,4.

A memory overhaul:

Odds &…[Read more]

]]> 83eb85f7e67a93dd8b878eb9a5f53d03 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5333 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:57:04 +1100 Just paranoia, are we absolutely sure MSVC compiler is detected?

if(MSVC)
message(STATUS “MSVC compiler detected. Adding specific flags.”)
# Blah target_compile_options(MyApp PRIVATE “/EHsc”) # Enable standard C++ exception handling
elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES “GNU”)
message(STATUS “GNU compiler detected.”)
# Add GNU…

[Read more]

]]> bdec3db1508629961f411d623f76729e Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5330 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:28:27 +1100 Fixed it! For some reason, MSVC wasn’t bringing in tchar.h from common/dl_base.h. I added #include <tchar.h> to common/dl_str.h and the error went away. Looking at the new error log, it looks like _WIN32 isn’t being brought in from MSVC for whatever reason even though it’s a compiler level macro. That should be easy enough to fix: I’ll just add it…[Read more]

]]> 992538388883a35993fd2f8fced405f4 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5329 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:35:23 +1100 It’s the default_int error mentioned above. It’s the very first error the compiler emits when it is “parsing” the entry point, although it’s only level 1, which can be turned off.
The second error is because windows.h is absent, #include <wchar.h> may resolve the issue. Hopefully. πŸ™‚

]]> fcf6f62bef30f0d708f570468972d94e Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5319 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:42:03 +1100 Yeah, it’s missing the Run() function and uses the inherited one instead. I noticed it during the initial audit a year ago but I don’t think I put it on the tracker. Sorry about that. Pretty sure that would have given us a different error, though, but it’ll need one or the equivalent anyways for GTK support since it does thing in a standard C++…[Read more]

]]> e3692f1db5c056681ef321ba304f6c6a DeVaultSetter replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5318 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:02:47 +1100 Looks like it isn’t seeing a main at all- gives this a shot: #include main_frm.h in stdafx.h and see how it goes.

]]> 5a13a4deb5457cb13c4f4d6d4d72673e Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5316 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:04:03 +1100 The syntax error may or may not be there. Oftentimes, during an error, the compiler craps out and spits out bad data after the initial error so it’s very hard to debug things all at once. C++ is a lot more type safe than C and requires that you specify the return and parameter types everywhere πŸ™‚

I was getting that error in common/dl_str.h for…[Read more]

]]> 6d9c10f5271565c2757a17df8bf6a463 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5315 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:26:54 +1100 Looks like it doesn’t like default_int either.
There’s a suggestion as per this post. There’s a syntax error followed by a bunch of other errors:

C2146: syntax error: missing ‘;’ before identifier ‘WCHAR’

Could be windows.h related as well – further investigations on-going.

]]> 7486d99eaf5401e476dd922c96c31b8c Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5313 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:17:16 +1100 Something’s broken with the TCHAR implementation: https://github.com/deathssoul/MWEdit/actions/runs/23533305041/job/68502145150

It started by complaining about the TCHAR typedef in common/dl_str.h not being a type so I added the winnt.h header to it since the typedef wasn’t being picked up from common/dl_base.h (probably being overridden…[Read more]

]]> f1ef7533cf638c5311a754c34050981f DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5312 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:28:26 +1100
You’re really in a pickle if Nobody Knows you when your are up and in! πŸ˜›

She had such well controlled vocalising:

Never entertained any feelings for or against this song until…

More! More!…[Read more]

]]> 521bae595cf9bf2b4c2beb5f013b05ce Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5311 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:17:53 +1100 game/morrowind/sub_name_fix.h is currently set up to only be a typedef to CEsmSubName. That’ll need to be investigated to see if the disabled code needs to be used at all. If not, we can remove the file and remove the includes and symbols referencing it.

]]> 73e1451e62d9c0a99eab37768a6dddc7 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5309 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 07:49:30 +1100 Yeah, we’ve been really dry too. Several of our creeks have completely dried up!

The critters certainly looks happy! πŸ˜€

In Futurama, we have Parade Day!

The International Day of Forests doesn’t get much press over here: we mostly do Arbor Day and Earth Day.

Wasn’t aware of World Frog Day. I have noticed a decrease in the ribbits around here in…[Read more]

]]> 7522bc9bf6462e5d7ed3019d7f450509 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5308 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:42:38 +1100 Here’s a short flick of the dam:

Its level is rather low (from the the dry last year) also likely for a slow leak somewhere, application of bentonite might help that. πŸ™‚
Missed World Frog Day 2026 and yesterday was the International Day of Forests. There should be a day set aside to commemorate every day…[Read more]

]]> 82ce992190e7323be08dca964b92483b Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5307 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:09:27 +1100 There are also foilboards in addition to jet boards. They look a bit top-heavy!

My favorite is the VW Bug with a jet engine: https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/7241823593.html

Bring your own wings, though!

Feel like going out in the snow in style? Take a Snow Cat!

Lots of automobile related posts in the “Best of…” list. How about a smo…[Read more]

]]> 69f175d59e399d002a372001832b4bc0 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic The Long Hall of Hilarity in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/the-long-hall-of-hilarity/page/2/#post-5306 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:54:33 +1100 Oh Craiglist, oh humanity!
Well he didn’t include a piccy of the movie projector for the picnic – maybe he’s offering a projectionist as well? All we need now is something good on the 35mm film to take us away from those broken biscuits.
Ah yes, a wonderful thought it is that rocks of the cosmos are on an odyssey, for our craigslist poster all…[Read more]

]]> 62c672581c7071ed5f3e6bfb7eb991b5 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5300 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:26:09 +1100 Things are moving right along. I hit the game/morrowind/ directory the other day so we’ll be able to do another test build soon. Once the push is done, we’ll see if anything else needs to be fixed to get things working without using the windows.h header.

Any luck with getting VS up and running?

It’s possible things will build on MinGW now (or at…[Read more]

]]> 948035948b260ead5d2637e3b539867a DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5299 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:19:04 +1100 It’s almost as if he wanted special Kermission just to be one with green!
Bing also had a habit of running into the odd neuro divergent and sang:

She was of the same opinion:

]]> 9dcc1095783fbfb2d0f7c169938dd4dd Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5298 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:37:52 +1100 I once had the idea of playing a roar on a speaker system by the front door for fun, triggered by a motion sensor. Never did follow through with it πŸ˜›

]]> f11fecf38dea16e63b9a4d165fd4628f Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/5/#post-5297 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:19:49 +1100 I’m partial to grey or aluminum cases myself. They’re really good about not being obtrusive. While nice to have a window to read the error codes on the motherboard without having to open things up, I’m not overly picky about such a feature πŸ˜›

Haven’t seen that feature on a microwave before. Mine just blows the circuit when it goes too long and…[Read more]

]]> 013743daeea39e0e771db17abbcae64b DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/4/#post-5296 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:05:11 +1100 Quoting someone from there:

Beige was the only color case available until around 1992

Yep, the best you could do then in RGB was Rich Glossy Beige. πŸ˜›
Although having submitted a rather glowing review of the oven, it doesn’t seem to have exhibited any of the smooth breaking in of the previous model. Did ask about the magnetron, – from that there…[Read more]

]]> 524e88fff026298ae10f4eb9379269b1 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5294 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:15:06 +1100 Most of the debug functions in common will go away as they longer serve a purpose. All they do is test the existing functions to make sure they work with set data. Looks like they were used for checking to make sure the code was correct during initial development. Since they only check pre-defined data instead of checking for current, they’ll…[Read more]

]]> 62124a5670292b3755c1031b2eabad96 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/computer-setup/page/5/#post-5293 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:58:50 +1100 Yeah, I wasn’t able to come up with much either. For some of the other problems, there were some open issues but no feedback on them.

Thanks, will try that soon. πŸ™‚

Also going to try messing with the Proton settings to see if that helps when I’m not so tired. Don’t want to risk messing anything up!

]]> 67fd3f121934cb900c4f1c3c39880dd0 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Hardware Relics in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/hardware_relics/page/4/#post-5291 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:07:26 +1100 Some interesting insight here regarding the RGB trend: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375085

Personally, I avoid it when possible as it tacks on about 10 to 20 USD for a feature I’ll never see. My keyboard lives in a tray, my mouse is always covered (why it needs lighting when your hand covers it is beyond me), my case is solid…. πŸ˜›

]]> abdc6298c7d8a04bd435ec85578eeddd DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/computer-setup/page/5/#post-5290 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:45:47 +1100 That’s … nice. Only this recent Reddit link mentions protondb:

Steam games not launching when they were yesterday
byu/Critical_Bonus_7589 inpop_os


Somewhere else mentioned concerns with Wayland – sorry not much help. πŸ™

]]> 5d11da80da604b9665601668d5693fbf Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Computer Setup in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/computer-setup/page/5/#post-5288 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:58:39 +1100 As I mentioned elsewhere, PopOS was updated the other week with COSMIC and Wayland as the default. Things haven’t exactly been going swimmingly. There are a few bugs in the combination, such as screen flickering after the display gets blanked by the power settings. The fix is to log out and back in again. Additionally, mouse scrolling in the pager…[Read more]

]]> c16a2e216cd76a834544803f2833d283 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5287 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:25:35 +1100

200,000 living human neurons grown on a microelectrode array

They need a name! Very interesting – wonder if there is a pattern to the variation in learning if using a different number – 50,000 or 500,000 for example.
Only recently picked up on the Carlsen–Niemann controversy huh – what’s the difference between “no determinative evidence” and no .…[Read more]

]]> f1fbf09d8d5f5613709f35d28337102b Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5286 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:02:27 +1100 I’m going to set common/dl_base.h aside for now as it’s hard to tell if the string macros are coming from Microsoft’s string library or the standard as they lack the leading underscore. I’ll take another look at them after I’ve gone through the rest of the files.

]]> f7ced7e3caaad5c0613aca2ce32672f0 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5284 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:15:23 +1100 I’m working on contacting the xEdit folks for information. As with most of these projects, discussion has, unfortunately, moved almost exclusively to Discord. Would prefer a more public platform but I’ll copy the information here once I get it

]]> 4e24e20f34682061d3953a390cbb1f79 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/22/#post-5278 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:02:11 +1100 Wonderful! If I ever get to New York, The Met is high on the list of places to visit. πŸ™‚

We’ve had a few cases of flesh-eating bacteria here. Not many, admittedly, but enough to warrant some concern.

Had this come in the other day: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/08/neurons_doom/

]]> 24934448a8756bf5fd3f583d3e6a02d8 DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Sounds and Music in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/sounds-and-music/page/5/#post-5277 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:48:34 +1100 I’m dreaming of … the ultimate Godzilla sound.

Leather glove on double bass as explained here. A FreeSounds subscriber contributed this – question is – will playing this very loudly and on repeat be enough to shoo those noisy kids, unwanted hawkers or pesky neighbours?

]]> f4dc94425194c8e9ff4b506a8d5f37dc DeVaultSetter replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/random/page/21/#post-5276 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:36:02 +1100 Now showing is Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages – nice piccy as well.
Met Museum- Spectrum of Desire logo
On a totally unrelated note, we have been urged to watch for sign and symptoms of the flesh destroying Buruli bacillus, the effects of which are eminently irksome. πŸ™

]]> 1417522f27f49b559cebb120bf251091 Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic MWEdit in the forum Projects https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/mwedit/page/16/#post-5273 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:33:50 +1100 common/file/gen_find is written to be partially cross-platform. It does have _WIN32 checks for some of it but it still breaks on non-Windows platforms as the required typedef is itself in a check. I’ve made a note of the problem in the code.

]]>