Dusty Chalk

Oh man, Dubliner on a cheeseburger? (Hint : I love Dubliner so much, I eat it 'neat'.)

Want pork buns, now.

First of all, if it lights up, then it was encoded. It's determining whether or not to decode HDCD (the same condition that causes the light to light up) directly from the digital audio stream (the bottom-most bit, to be specific). There are a variety of encodings, that might be what is throwing you. Secondly, are you sure the "doing the opposite" thing isn't an indication of a bug -- specifically, what I interpret that to mean is that when you check 'use 24-bit-audio', you're enabling upsampling, and it might be upsampling the undecoded stream (as many DACs did, back in the day, which is why I always wanted a digital means of decoding the bitstream, like the Pacific Microsonics Model One or Two), hence destroying the encoding bit pattern? In other words, how are you confirming that the decoded stream is decoded when it's supposed to be and not when it's not (and please don't tell me, 'by ear')?

Thanks for the reminder (wanders off to buy Notes Falling Slow -- which turned out to be surprisingly cheap [US$16 for a box set worth of music] for lossless download version from their website...hour download though). In the meantime:

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

I bet spinach is delicious in a smoothie like that. I'd rather have spinach than ice cream (lactose intolerant).

...says the non-gold-star homo who almost had a beard. Yes, I am trying to assimilate ( ) the lingo. Pip-pip and all that, guvna! Trying. Can't unthink the image, though. If it was carp, I'd be able to go back to that way of thinking, because then it's a mashup of slapping someone upside the face with a fish, and arrow to the knee, but I distinctly remember him saying 'eggplant', so I just assumed he threw in whatever random word tickled his fancy at the time.

Just understood someone's post elsewhere. Thought he was being random. Something to the effect of, [I used to be good looking...] "...until I took an eggplant to the face."

Shit, they're already on Season 6?

No, what does it symbolize as an emoji? https://www.google.com/search?q=eggplant+emoji+meaning&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Oh. No, I didn't know that. You caught me with my pants down. ( ) I meant actual superfood eggplant. Makes a great secret ingredient in vegan-transitional ( ) chili (part meat, part vegan). I do <3 my eggplant, though, so there's that. You know what they should do next? Make it so you can superimpose emojis. Then I'd superimpose an eggplant on the facepalm, 'cause that would be some funny shit right there. What's the one for pussy? Bagel? Donut? Kitty?

RIP Sushi Condolences to you and yours And yes, 19 is a great run

I <3 eggplant.

Favourite comment from where I saw this posted: "I want the one that's retarded!" http://imgur.com/yqXTbWM

(squints) We haven't even successfully made Taco Trucks a thing, and they're already trying to make them obsolete? WTF, man...?

The following snippets of conversation and thoughts happened: "Put this on. It opens in the front." "In the front?" "Yes, in the front. Take off your shoes and socks and pants. Leave your underwear on." ... "Lie down here." ... "I'm going to raise this, for support." (does so) "Is that better?" (I rearrange myself to be more comfortable) "Is that okay?" "Yes." ... "Turn on your right side. So that your right leg is sideways." (I turn my leg sideways without completely turning on my side.) "Is that okay?" "Yes, that's fine." ... "I'm going to have to really get in there." ... (my, that goo is hot, a lot warmer than I thought it'd be) ... (now it's running down my leg) ... (I think it's K-Y Jelly) ... "I'm going to press down on your thigh, like this." (makes fist) ... "Try to relax" ... (giggles, tenses up involuntarily) "What's wrong?" "It tickles." ... "I'm not seeing anything. Don't worry, nothing's wrong, that's perfectly normal." ... "Now let's do the other side." ... "No, don't wipe it all off..." ... "Okay, I'm finished, but just stay like that for a minute, I want someone else to look at this." (I was on my left side, with my right leg in front of my left leg, trying to keep the left leg relaxed for several minutes...it was rather awkward, but now I have a little bit of sympathy for those ...erm...models) ...So, pop quiz: was I modeling for a director, or having a sonogram taken of my legs?

Well that explains a lot...

Happy birthday, John! Pip pip, guvna! That'd be the sound of a party favour, or as you call them, digestives.

More listening than watching, but thought I'd post it in here, just in case any o' y'all wanted to watch it:

Vaguely, but no. (wanders off, looks it up, returns)

Jacob, now that you're back, will you please share with me your instructions for consistent caramelized onions? I vaguely remember you telling me once, but I think that post got nuked. Do you use water or not? Garlic, too, if you do caramelized garlic. Al, that looked great, I'm sure it was fine. What rub are you using? I wouldn't compare yourself to the brisket fairy, that'd be like me comparing my guitar playing to David Gilmour or Al Di Meola. Yeah, I just called Naaman the guitar hero of brisket.