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Watched a KSP2 tutorial on how to miss the ground, aka getting to orbit. Getting to orbit was a big-boss problem for a lot of new players in the original KSP so it is good to see them explaining it a bit better in a tutorial for KSP2. BTW, this is actually how it works irl as well. It isn't so much about how high your rocket goes, it is more about going fast enough sideways that by the time you would have hit the ground you instead miss it and sail over the edge of the world. If you can keep doing that - without hitting a mountaintop or sinking so far into the atmosphere that it slows you down and causes your spaceship to fall to the ground - that's called an "orbit".

Kaguya-sama: Love is War movie to get special 2 day screening in US theaters in time fir Valentines Day https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-27/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-film-screens-in-north-america-on-february-14/.194242

Question, what cakes would you like to eat at a maid cafe? The con im working at in 2 weeks has given me 8 slots to fill and im struggling to think of cakes to make/get rough ideas so far are -black forest gateu -trifle -eton mess -blondies -carrot cake I also need to take these cakes down to the very bottom of the UK. halp me decide or give suggestions

I like all kinds of animation! Especially stop-motion

Seriously, can we stop with the let's-make-everything-isekai program?

I like all forms of animation because it gives the content creator(s) more freedom to share their vision than a lot of other forms of media. It is also cheap enough that more content creators can share their visions. Visual media such as animation is also more accessible to content consumers than other media, such as books/text. (I love books too, but text does require that people know how to read, and have an imagination that can animate the story internally.) That said, I typically dislike content from companies like Pixar and, especially, Disney. Their stories are like something put together by committee, filtered through political-correctness focus groups, greenlighted by the accounting department, etc., etc. Certain topics, characters, and situations are forbidden, even if they add value to the story. Their content is always, always more concerned with the bottom line and corporate image than telling/sharing a good story. I often get the feeling that the only reason that there is any entertainment value at all is because if there wasn't any then there wouldn't be any profit to be made either. The best that can be said for a lot of it is that it is technically well done. Not to say that I think all anime is great of course. In fact, I'll put it on the record here and say that most of it is not. A lot of it is crap and not even worth the time to watch it. A lot of it is low-budget, and it shows. But when it is good it is really good. The best anime is not something that would have ever even been allowed at someplace like Disney or Pixar. With anime I don't feel that there's a lot filtering/distortion (aka censorship) going between me and the author(s) like I do with a Disney production.

Threshold - Lost in Translation https://lyricstranslate.com/en/threshold-lost-translation-lyrics.html

Today, as mentioned earlier, I started watching Non Non Biyori. While the series doesn't have much of a continuing overall storyline each episode is not entirely a stand-alone event but often references or continues events from previous episodes. Overall I'm finding the series great fun to watch.

Yuru Camp and Bocchi The Rock are worlds apart. Yuru Camp is and excellent series and highly re-watchable, and I plan to re-watch it, Bocchi The Rock on the other hand is totally forgettable. I've not seen Non Non Biyori, but I note that it's available on CR so as I want a new series to start watching while I have my meals I'll give it a watch from today.

Still rainy. Can't wait for spring/summer/fall. Winter's a bummer.