# random **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/talk/random/36.md?page=5 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [Creating a bootable USB drive for installing MacOS Big Sur (Beta)!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-bootable-usb-drive-for-installing-macos-big-sur-beta/643651)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-bootable-usb-drive-for-installing-macos-big-sur-beta/643651 "2020-07-24T03:02:48Z")
Since I run into this all the time and most of the articles I find are filled with ads and unnecessary information, I’ll post this here :stuck\_out\_tongue: First, make sure you have the Big Sur beta downloaded via Softwa… --- ## [Wierdest Yet Awesome Twitter Account!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wierdest-yet-awesome-twitter-account/643419)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wierdest-yet-awesome-twitter-account/643419 "2020-06-30T22:11:43Z")
Example from the mondomascots Twitter account: I am not an active Twitter user and don’t follow too many accounts, but this account is one I make it a point to check whenever I get a chance! Cheers, Kirupa … --- ## [Cool AR Plane Takeoff/Landing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-ar-plane-takeoff-landing/643347)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cool-ar-plane-takeoff-landing/643347 "2020-06-24T00:19:39Z")
This was really cool to watch…and watch…and watch some more :grinning: --- ## [Really nice profile of Weird Al Yankovic!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-nice-profile-of-weird-al-yankovic/642448)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-nice-profile-of-weird-al-yankovic/642448 "2020-06-22T04:50:29Z")
Something lighthearted and fun! I’ve always been a big fan of his music. Amish Paradise is something I hum internally every time I see a field or am taking butter out of a fridge :stuck\_out\_tongue: Cheers, Kirupa … --- ## [Predictive Spam Fighting / Spam Hall of Fame](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/predictive-spam-fighting-spam-hall-of-fame/642066)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/predictive-spam-fighting-spam-hall-of-fame/642066 "2020-06-16T05:56:55Z")
Just like the predictive policing shown in Minority Report, I think a bunch of us have developed the skills to identify a spammer from tens of miles away. This thread will be a place to document our nearly 100% success r… --- ## [Using Generators to Animate FTW!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-generators-to-animate-ftw/642960)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-generators-to-animate-ftw/642960 "2020-05-24T05:20:33Z")
The latest tip by @senocular around using generators to animate the sorts of things you could never animate has solved a problem that has been bugging me for several years. I had been unsuccessfully trying to animate the… --- ## [Can’t stop watching this video!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-t-stop-watching-this-video/641812)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-t-stop-watching-this-video/641812 "2020-05-19T20:08:07Z")
:duck: --- ## [History of the Red Dead Franchise!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/history-of-the-red-dead-franchise/642842 "2020-05-19T03:29:32Z")
This was a long-ish but fun read. I was never a fan of Westerns or Red Dead Redemption itself for that matter, but the history behind it is a different story haha. --- ## [This doesn’t make me feel old at all 😇](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-doesn-t-make-me-feel-old-at-all/642725)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-doesn-t-make-me-feel-old-at-all/642725 "2020-05-18T11:46:28Z")
In the comments for this video, I ran into this comment: I am looking forward to the day when the grandkids of someone who used the site in the late 1990’s ends up commenting haha. :partying\_face: --- ## [Countries of the World (Picture game)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countries-of-the-world-picture-game/642668)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countries-of-the-world-picture-game/642668 "2020-05-11T18:21:45Z")
Don’t scroll down beyond this post if you don’t want the answers :stuck\_out\_tongue: Each picture represents the name of a country. For example, number 1 is a picture of a can and an adder. Can…adder…that’s Canada! How m… --- ## [One step closer to having themes on KIRUPA](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/one-step-closer-to-having-themes-on-kirupa/641532)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/one-step-closer-to-having-themes-on-kirupa/641532 "2020-05-09T07:09:33Z")
What the top of the CSS looks like currently: :root { --primary: #0798ff; --primaryDarker: #0267af; --primaryLighter: #aadcff; --primaryLightest: #EAF7FF; --light: #f3f3f3; --inputBackground: #FFF; --inputBorder:… --- ## [Xbox Series X - Boot Screen, Game Trailers, etc.](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xbox-series-x-boot-screen-game-trailers-etc/642722)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xbox-series-x-boot-screen-game-trailers-etc/642722 "2020-05-08T22:17:18Z")
While my time to play video games is quite limited these days, I’m excited for both the next generation Xbox and PlayStation! :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Digging all the way to China!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digging-all-the-way-to-china/642663)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digging-all-the-way-to-china/642663 "2020-05-02T20:08:46Z")
Totally worth the 5 minutes to watch till the end: :grinning: --- ## [Remove "articles for you" on Android chrome](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-articles-for-you-on-android-chrome/642533)
**Author:** [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-articles-for-you-on-android-chrome/642533 "2020-04-21T23:29:06Z")
Chrome on Android has this “articles for you” suggested content feature, where it spams the chrome initial start page with trash news like its an AOL homepage in 1997 In the past you could disable it with flags. It appe… --- ## [I accidentally learned C++ (or C...or Both!)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466 "2020-04-18T12:44:38Z")
These online tutorials are dangerously effective :stuck\_out\_tongue: (Thanks to the awesome hackertyper.net) --- ## [Has it been 21 years already?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/has-it-been-21-years-already/641849)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/has-it-been-21-years-already/641849 "2020-04-13T22:24:01Z")
Time does seem to fly when you are having fun :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Putting all of the site’s content on Github](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/putting-all-of-the-site-s-content-on-github/642405)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/putting-all-of-the-site-s-content-on-github/642405 "2020-04-11T20:16:25Z")
Maybe it is the quarantining, but I have been fiddling with some random ideas in-between meetings and watching my daughter nap. One idea that I keep coming back to is having all of this site’s content up on github and t… --- ## [Random Numbers Frequency Visualizer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-numbers-frequency-visualizer/642351)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-numbers-frequency-visualizer/642351 "2020-04-06T05:48:33Z")
I was spending some time revising some old articles, and I decided to build this little tool: Random Number Frequency Visualizer It allows you to visualize the random numbers that get generated between 1 and 5. Why is t… --- ## [Making of a Murderer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-of-a-murderer/641864)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-of-a-murderer/641864 "2020-04-02T03:27:46Z")
Has anybody else here watched this series on Netflix? We just finished watching the two seasons today, and this has to be one of the best documentaries I have seen. It definitely had some moments where I was jumping betw… --- ## ["Youngest" raptor fossils found!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youngest-raptor-fossils-found/642234)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/youngest-raptor-fossils-found/642234 "2020-03-28T21:50:04Z")
Turns out they were partying it up right until the asteroids struck :partying\_face: --- ## [Not-so-serious Timeline of this Site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-so-serious-timeline-of-this-site/642127)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-so-serious-timeline-of-this-site/642127 "2020-03-27T03:26:42Z")
The site hasn’t had an About page in what seems like forever. As part of fixing that, I wanted to provide a fun little timeline plotting some of the major developments on this site: Are there additional things that I… --- ## [\[Video\] The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-the-coronavirus-explained-what-you-should-do/642151)
**Author:** [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-the-coronavirus-explained-what-you-should-do/642151 "2020-03-21T19:19:48Z")
A well done and informative video about covid-19 --- ## [Coronavirus Simulator](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coronavirus-simulator/642105)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coronavirus-simulator/642105 "2020-03-17T15:51:54Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/ This is a series of nice visualizations that highlight the spread of the virus :microbe: across different scenarios! :mask: --- ## [Be yourself?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/be-yourself/642004)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/be-yourself/642004 "2020-03-12T05:02:23Z")
Can’t stop laughing at this :rofl: --- ## [Provide feedback directly on a web page!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/provide-feedback-directly-on-a-web-page/641973)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/provide-feedback-directly-on-a-web-page/641973 "2020-03-10T18:04:35Z")
Alneo (member of these forums from 2007) pinged me to take a look at Pastel, a product that makes it easier for developers/stakeholders to leave comments directly on a live web page: I actually thought his product wa… --- ## [Sketch is a great app for UI design and…sketching! :P](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sketch-is-a-great-app-for-ui-design-and-sketching-p/639997)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sketch-is-a-great-app-for-ui-design-and-sketching-p/639997 "2020-02-24T12:04:12Z")
For the past few weeks, I’ve started to use Sketch to create illustrations for tutorials and so on, and it is such a nice tool. It takes all of my favorite features from Illustrator and Flash/Animate that I’ve used for m… --- ## [How the Seinfeld theme song is made!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-the-seinfeld-theme-song-is-made/641820)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-the-seinfeld-theme-song-is-made/641820 "2020-02-19T05:27:41Z")
Mind blown :hamburger: --- ## [Adobe fuse bug, application won't open](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-fuse-bug-application-wont-open/641795)
**Author:** [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-fuse-bug-application-wont-open/641795 "2020-02-13T14:45:22Z")
I laughed pretty hard at this when I realized it’s actually a real solution. Adobe fuse (which Adobe bought and then abandoned :pensive:) does not launch, but if you frantically click like a psychopath for like 60 seco… --- ## [Amazing Indoor Sportball Action!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/amazing-indoor-sportball-action/641748)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/amazing-indoor-sportball-action/641748 "2020-02-05T02:00:16Z")
:partying\_face: --- ## [Return and First Commercial Game Attempt](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-and-first-commercial-game-attempt/641111)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Rahl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lord_Rahl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-and-first-commercial-game-attempt/641111 "2020-01-15T11:47:19Z")
Hello all. So a long time ago I got into computers and programming and eventually game design through the use of Flash MX (student edition) back when it was owned by macromedia. I learned so much in my time doing that, … [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/talk/random/36.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/talk/random/36.md?page=6)