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Re: Passing the time

#661 Post by Scurra » Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:19 am

This video made me smile a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Gq7Q3B9xU
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Re: Passing the time

#662 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:44 am

:lol: Oh dear!
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Re: Passing the time

#663 Post by Wulfruna » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:39 pm

Wow!
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Re: Passing the time

#664 Post by Bunnylump » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:26 am

Try this. It's too weird. http://www.iflscience.com/brain/image-c ... e-it-color
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Re: Passing the time

#665 Post by eirian » Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:06 pm

The brain really does do strange things at times :shock:
Perseverance: - the courage to ignore the obvious wisdom and carry on anyway
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Re: Passing the time

#666 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:50 pm

This is quite cool.
http://creativegenie.uk/index.php/2016/ ... ndwriting/
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Re: Passing the time

#667 Post by Scurra » Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:47 pm

Here's a silly one.

https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com#

Try and see if Google's "neural net" can recognise your drawings of things. (Probably not, if my efforts were anything to go by!) But it then uses your drawings, along with other people, to try and get better at recognising what it is supposed to be.
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Re: Passing the time

#668 Post by LAT » Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:19 pm

Just like buses, here's another one especially for those who like the Waitrose Christmas ad
http://waitrosechristmasgame.com/
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Re: Passing the time

#669 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:07 pm

The drawing one is amusing. Although I couldn't get it to recognise any more than 4 drawings each time. And I was completely and utterly hopeless at the robin one! :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#670 Post by LAT » Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:52 pm

I was useless at both - but I knew I would be. :roll:

I do like the advert though. :D
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Re: Passing the time

#671 Post by Wulfruna » Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:57 pm

I got the hang of the robin after a few goes.......
But the drawing annoyed me no end as it didn't recognise anything - not even my ladder and banana which were exactly the same as most others (not to mention the ones they showed that were terrible) and my bridge which was considerably better!
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Re: Passing the time

#672 Post by LAT » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:27 pm

Just found this website which is quite good fun
http://www.wordjigsaw.com/
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Re: Passing the time

#673 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:37 pm

Blimey, that is surprisingly difficult for the larger ones!
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Re: Passing the time

#674 Post by LAT » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:39 pm

Oh I've not attempted beyond a medium one yet!
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Re: Passing the time

#675 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:41 pm

This was a medium one! :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#676 Post by LAT » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:43 pm

Like I needed to find more ways to pass time! :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#677 Post by katsmom » Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:32 am

I should be working on PuzzleBrains, but George and I bought a book and just love it. www.Journal29.com

We've managed half the book in a day. Good fun though.
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Re: Passing the time

#678 Post by chazzie » Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:28 pm

Thanks for the recommendation - just ordered myself a copy
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Re: Passing the time

#679 Post by maisie ladybird » Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:45 pm

Sounds interesting - ordered mine, too.
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Re: Passing the time

#680 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:10 pm

Just in case anyone is here in the next few minutes...live rocket launch.
https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveSc ... 947060407/

Ooohh, hasn't gone yet. Not enough vodka?

...Some of the comments are cracking me up.
"Check the dilithium crystals, Scottie!"
"Russian space launch - "you're fired!"
"Come on guys just start the engine.... It's not rocket science!"
"Have they tried switching it on and switching it off again?" :lol:

:( Delayed until Saturday 3 46 am central time.
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