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ala @cygaj.cc · 03/09/2026

not sure what "candy bar" actually means in english so its either a bar of plain dark chocolate, or if that doesn't count as a "candy bar", a kinder chocolate

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ala @cygaj.cc · 30/07/2026

this man is an only child. for all intents and purposes

Spock; going through it during "The Naked Time"

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ala @cygaj.cc · 28/07/2026

deleted another reply about custom spock hair bc changed my mind: after seeing 40240 bowlcut hairpiece irl i no longer think it viable, and also seeing how the classic 3901 smooth hair works v well for spock in lego animations, i arrive at the notion that its either that or the other one i found

custom lego spock featured in "trouble with tribbles" re-creation by lucky horseshoe films on youtube. he's wearing hair part number 3901, the classic 70s short smooth hair

the pigtails hairpiece number 3625 is even more retro than the 3901. it is back from 1975, several years before the version without pigtails, and from what i gather it's the first minifigure hair lego ever made. the pigtails are these thin protrusions jutting downwards to the sides. don't make me explain this pick, its all vibes, i am being silly with it

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ala @cygaj.cc · 28/07/2026

i just saw someone posting about "wharton school of business" "best countries index" study and i noticed some extremely silly results on the map attached in the post so i look at the methodology and lol

A set of 73 country attributes – terms that can be used to describe
a country that are also relevant to the success of a modern nation
– were identified. Various attributes and nations were presented in
a survey of 15,131 people from across the globe from December
15, 2025 to late February 24, 2026. Participants assessed whether
they associated an attribute with a nation.
Each country was scored on each of the 73 country attributes
based on a collection of individual survey responses. The more
a country was perceived to exemplify a certain characteristic in
relation to the average, the higher that country’s attribute score,
and vice versa. These scores were transformed into a scale that
could be compared across the board.
Attributes were grouped into 10 thematic factors that rolled
into the Best Countries rankings: Adventure, Agility, Cultural
Influence, Entrepreneurship, Heritage, Movers, Open for
Business, Power, Quality of Life, and Social Purpose. Factor scores
for each country were determined by averaging the scores that
country received in each of the attributes comprising that factor.
To determine the weight each factor had in the overall Best
Countries score, the factors were correlated to 2025 gross
domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita – a
measure of inclusive prosperity comparable across countries – as
reported by the World Bank. The standardized correlations served
as the weights for each of the factors.

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ala @cygaj.cc · 23/07/2026

dude, only now that they released the official pics im seeing that they actually made all the bridges red trimmings / railings "reddish orange" instead of "red"!! that's actually inspired! my new fave thing about this thing next to the corridor greebling. i cant wait for the full list of parts!

lego star trek tos bridge set (an official "lifestyle" photo)

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ala @cygaj.cc · 23/07/2026

okay, yo, whew, the star trek set is available from preorder on lego. i think that confirms no exclusive gwp evil nonsense. anyway, lol at this picture bc i was wondering what space bugs are supposed to be represented by these cheese slopes before i realized they're for changing the alarm level

official product photo (i think, or a render) of the star trek tos bridge set. there's a trans-red cheese slope on the navigation console representing the red alarm going off. on the table surface between the sub-builds of the model there lay a trans-clear and a trans-yellow cheese slopes. they're just chilling on the ground like if they're some kind of space slugs

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ala @cygaj.cc · 22/07/2026

genetic mutation

While Ani looks almost completely identical to Lilo, the biggest difference is her dress. Both of which are the same red, but Ani’s dress has a white flower pattern whereas Lilo’s is patterned with leaves.

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ala @cygaj.cc · 20/07/2026

also there's part 24791, last seen in 2022. wish it already existed in "medium nougat", like the one above. also looking at part 98726 with a superman curl but man, 24791 has a widow's peak! anyway, there were like… multiple options already in the parts catalog!! why 23186! too spiky!

lego hairpiece 24791: presented on the top of Pixar's Mr. Incredible head, with a fluffy tuft of a widow's peak… i dont know how to describe hairstyles…

lego hairpiece 98726: a fuller head of hair with a wavy lock coming down on the face

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ala @cygaj.cc · 20/07/2026

except there was no need for a new mould bc part 35699 was last seen in 2024 so im sure its still available…

lego hairpiece representing short hair. mostly smooth but with a tuft at a front

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ala @cygaj.cc · 20/07/2026

i like the ball joint tribble quite a lot. i think its a bold choice, round big. so i dont know if could come up with anything better but i am itching for someone to try the hedgehog mould from friends as tribbles to see how they work in context

baby hedgehog from lego friends looks sorta like a fuzzy pinecone. this one has no face so could be used for a tribble right away

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ala @cygaj.cc · 19/07/2026

i find it amusing for them to bring up the idea of playing out trouble with tribbles but there's only four tribbles in the box and they're not even pregnant

minifigure scene from the leaked box: uhura, mccoy, kirk, and spock standing near the turbolift, each holding a tribble—according to the leaks so far there's supposed to be four tribbles in this set of 1701 pieces total

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ala @cygaj.cc · 19/07/2026

i hope the set provides a tile shooter so you can recreate the classic star trek scene of spock shooting that plomeek back at chapel

closeup of minifigures on the leaked box art: chapel is carrying a bowl-full of a trans-purple round tile towards spock

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ala @cygaj.cc · 19/07/2026

my favourite details of what i can see of the model itself at this moment, so far, is that they added appropriate greebles to the outer "walls" to suggest enterprise corridors

series of closeup details or red and yellow lego greebling on segments of light gray walls

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ala @cygaj.cc · 19/07/2026

enough about the figures i knew i wouldnt care for. i said i might be safe but obv i still need to see more of this set before i decide whether im immune or "wistful but the thing is too expensive to act on it". like i think these actually might be prints, i mean the consoles

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ala @cygaj.cc · 19/07/2026

good news y'all. photos of the tos bridge box dropped on the lego leak subreddit and it seems like i might come out of this alive. also this man is only 4cm tall yet i still want to punch his lights out

official lego kirk minifigure. it's holding a tribble. the tribble is just a technic ball joint with a print suggesting fur

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ala @cygaj.cc · 18/07/2026

mind, i dont remember the details of the plot bc it was a while since ive seen it, but im googling "tng drumhead office chair" and there's like a klingon in this office chair and arrggghhh amazing (i forgot what his deal was; ill never do a full tng rewatch, but i need to see this one again badly)

worf is talking at another klingon who is seated on a chair and its this tense situation and the klingon, or whatever his deal was, has a combadge, but not a starfleet uniform but some traditional klingon fashion i guess, anyway he does not look like he works in an office, but the chair he's seated in is a generic rolling office chair, and in this shot you can clearly see the outlines of all the ergo adjustment levers and its killing me

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ala @cygaj.cc · 11/07/2026

my neighbour had one like this: you put the cartridge in the slot covered with a flap over the keyboard; there was like 500 8-bit games on it and it was my only mario exposure as a child

GLK-2002: a clone of a Pegasus console which itself was a Famicom clone. I mean this is like innards clone I guess because on the outside this particular model is simply a PC keyboard with a cartridge slot. There are two gamepads styled after the original PlayStation pads. And a light-gun, styled after… an actual 9mm gun???

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ala @cygaj.cc · 07/06/2026

i assembled a playmobil tree for this plastic plant display but its a dubious addition because my cat will soon knock it over and i wont pick it back up for months on end

same toys on shelf as photo above but now theres also a playmobil tree in the mix. the lego mentioned but not described previously includes a scene on a green mini baseplate that has a vintage elephant, horse and bunch of plant pieces. lego palm interplays nicely with the leaves on the venusaur's back

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ala @cygaj.cc · 07/06/2026

speak of the devil, look what i brought back home from the flea market today (i mean the papa venusaur; the bulba is "my other plastic toy bulbasaur" i've mentioned and have had for years)

venusaur and bulbasaur sitting on a shelf; both are decently sized plastic toys. some lego here as well

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ala @cygaj.cc · 07/06/2026

i also enjoy the squircle squirtle in a car but the msrp is larger than bulbasuar, and those large plastic wheels take up good part of the bulk of the set, and there are stud shooters, so i dont think i could justify that one when the part list is out (unless someone sell it for silly change online)

official lego sets: bulbasaur and bidoof

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ala @cygaj.cc · 12/05/2026

'Captain, you almost make me believe in luck.'

Passage from a book:
'As you may know, in the service our Commodore is known as Lucky Jack Aubrey. I am not prepared to enter into the concept of luck, as it is vulgarly called: philosophically it is indefensible; in daily experience we see it to exist. All I will say is, that Captain Aubrey seems to possess it in an eminent degree; and it is that which cheers my sometimes pensive nights.'

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ala @cygaj.cc · 26/04/2026

i think i payed more attention to whether a force toggle exists for non-boolean attributes but i dont see it still, rn. i see a 'force' attribute on toggleAttribute but thats only for boolean attrs, and i mean this (tho i gotta remember to use builtin toggle for boolean ones now)

Element.prototype.boolAttr = function(test,attr,val) {
test ? this.setAttribute(attr,val ?? '') : this.removeAttribute(attr);
return !!test;
};

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ala @cygaj.cc · 26/04/2026

jesus christ how did i not read the part of the docs that say its already the feature of the builtin toggle function… i mean ofc it is, its nobrainer, but i thought i was looking at it but i apparently i forgot to look, on multiple occasions

force (Optional): If included, turns the toggle into a one way-only operation. If set to false, then token will only be removed, but not added. If set to true, then token will only be added, but not removed.

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ala @cygaj.cc · 23/02/2026

a little extreme but you're the boss

1. This database is getting too big, lets remove all movies that were released before 2005.
2. Andrew Stanton has also left the studio, so please remove all movies directed by him.

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ala @cygaj.cc · 23/02/2026

learning SQL, taking over pixar (i can use any director)

Add the studio's new production, Toy Story 4 to the list of movies (you can use any director)

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ala @cygaj.cc · 08/11/2025

i like having a hobby bc im like "im home alone for the evening, maybe i should watch a movie, lets see if there's anything i want to see on arte" and then i get distracted with inspecting their hamburger icon. i should make mine out of css instead of material symbols too

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ala @cygaj.cc · 08/11/2025

this is what happens when i run `window.open([path], "_self", "opener")`. i dont know what the top line in the console represents or how to access it because window.opener returns null

at the top of the console a reference to previous window can be seen, but i dont know how to access it, `window.opener` is null itself

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ala @cygaj.cc · 08/11/2025

UPDATE!!! i accessed window . opener when using window . open to open… very same page im currently on… ????

firefox console messages. `window.opener` is null at first. then i run `window.open("", "_self", "opener")`. afterwards `window.opener` value is the same as `window.self` value

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ala @cygaj.cc · 02/10/2025

LOLOLOLO"LOLL they're moving from forums to discord! !! lots of have been said about discord being a plague bc nothing is searchable online and its all gonna disappear but this feels like it could be a perk for them; you wouldnt be able to google angry forum discussions

Hi,
On October 6 2025, we’ll be transitioning the forums to read-only mode.

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ala @cygaj.cc · 02/10/2025

its fortunate affinity suite is perpetual license bc it sounds like it's going very downhill very soon

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ala @cygaj.cc · 29/09/2025

On its birthday, share one image from your favorite #TNG episode.

The married couple from season 3 "The Survivors"

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ala @cygaj.cc · 27/09/2025

but like… the other element dont have a negative margin to collapse that one. there's just no gap, and web inspector shows the margin like… just tucked under the previous element??

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ala @cygaj.cc · 11/07/2025

in scare quotes bc its for attracting millennials

"Hannah Montana Linux – a live Linux distribution based on Kubuntu with a Hannah Montana theme. It has been created to “attract young users to Linux”."

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ala @cygaj.cc · 07/07/2025

hal did this in 2001 a space odyssey and then he killed everyone

"For example, AI-driven diagnostics can alert users to failing components before they break down, extending the useful life of devices and reducing premature replacements."

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ala @cygaj.cc · 03/07/2025

tone deaf 🙄

spam email timestamped July 2, titled "Warmest greetings to you dear"

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ala @cygaj.cc · 23/06/2025

okay i registered a domain for a year for 1 dollar, and added it to cloudflare and it validated, and created a digital card inside account i have no money in and connected it to this r2 thing and if i decide im scared of it i can cancel the subscription

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ala @cygaj.cc · 23/06/2025

anyway, can you explain this to me like im 5???? im trying to figure out if i just put my portfolio images into a bucket and leave them there unattended i risk incurring any fees. its gonna be sub-1mb files, im never gonna hit 10gb when it comes to disk space, but i dont understand anything else

breakdown of the free R2 object storage tier: zero egress fees; 10GB of storage per month; 1 million Class A operations per month; 10 million Class B operations per month. Due monthly: 0 USD + additional usage

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ala @cygaj.cc · 12/06/2025

omg which ai sent me this spam email??? aladunfemusic is a real instagram person btw. did it just took my email address and fetched an instagram account that was closest in spelling???

Hi aladunfemusic,

I recently came across your Instagram page and I was really moved by your gospel music. Your latest single, KÒ GBÀGBÉ MI, is a powerful and uplifting track that I'm sure will resonate with many people. I appreciate the passion and dedication you put into your music and I wish you all the best in your career. Keep up the great work!

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