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#instructions

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Nicola

These pictures are part of the instructions for a new fridge freezer that arrived where I live this week.
These pictures are too weird even for me.
Interpretations welcome, sensible or silly.
I can't see that a bear roaring scares a fridge, or that a very cold cat makes a fridge happy.
#Instructions #Art #Weird

The feature is a picture of two, upright rectangles. One has a neutral face and the other a sad face, this might represent the fridge freezer. To the right of them is a bear and above the bears head is a volume icon.
The feature item is a blue cartoon style silhouette cat with the word Brrrrr above it. To its right is a dark blue upright rectangle, possible the fridge freezer with a smiling expression and to the right of that is what I know as a car engine warning light icon.
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Karsten Schmidt

For anyone interested: Here's an ambiguous set of instructions (in the spirit of Sol leWitt or conditionaldesign.org) for (re)creating a simplified version of the infinitely evolving De/Frag piece (see beginning of this thread).

Preparations:

0) You may use any suitable medium.
1) Create a pixel-based canvas of arbitrary dimensions.
2) Create a palette of random choice of 4 colors, plus black and white.

Repeated steps:

3) Choose two random colors from the palette, giving black or white priority.
4) Using the chosen colors, create a random pixel pattern in one of four sizes (e.g. using percentages of the longest side of the canvas as pattern size, e.g. 1%, 2%, 5%, 10%, or 4x4, 8x8, 16x16 pixels...)
5) Choose a random pixel position on the canvas and a random color tolerance.
6) Perform the flood fill algorithm[1] from the chosen start position, selecting all connected pixels within the chosen tolerance.
7) Apply the new pattern (created in step 4) to the pixels selected in step 6, in an order and speed of your choosing.
8) Repeat from step 3

[1] The Flood Fill algorithm is described here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_fi

Still frame from De/Frag (custom ZKM version) showing an abstract composition of fractured, semi-destroyed, overlapping zones of repeating pixel patterns in black and white, grays, yellow, magenta, cyan and green.
Still frame from De/Frag (custom ZKM version) showing an abstract composition of fractured, semi-destroyed, overlapping zones of repeating pixel patterns in black and white, gray, cyan, yellow, magenta and green.
Still frame from De/Frag (custom ZKM version) showing an abstract composition of fractured, semi-destroyed, overlapping zones of repeating pixel patterns in black and white, grays, yellow, magenta, cyan and green.
Still frame from De/Frag (custom ZKM version) showing an abstract composition of fractured, semi-destroyed, overlapping zones of repeating pixel patterns in black and white, grays, yellow, magenta, cyan and green.
#Art#GenerativeArt#ArtMaking
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Robin

I have just found this a most useful article that will help those who (like me) need to get their books off their kindle fast, with as little pain as possible (being that it is an unfamilar operation, and I don't have time to noodle around the idea, with Feb 26th fast approaching)

techyorker.com/how-to-de-drm-k

TechYorker · How to De-DRM Kindle Books Using Calibre [2025] - TechYorkerGuide to De-DRM Kindle Books with Calibre in 2025
#Kindle#Books#Calibre
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C.

Saw this in the "Care" instructions for some clothing (a parka), after all the precautions about washing, it talks about drying:

> Tumble dry low. Do not hang to dry. Do not iron or steam. Do not dry clean.
> For best results, dry with clean tennis ball.

Is this an easter egg or other joke? What on earth does "dry with a tennis ball" do?

#weird#EasterEgg#instructions
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robertgibbons

So we went to IKEA today, and it struck me that they, in a polite way, not rude, not abrupt, not direct, but very softly give us easy instruction to follow. Like this one,'turn left'

In 2025, I'm going to be less black and white, I'm going to be more blue and yellow. 

Calm, Soft, and Polite with any instructions I need to give out. 

#Ikea #Instructions

blipfoto.com/entry/33198352699

BlipfotoSimples | robertgibbonsSo we went to IKEA today and it struck me that they, in a polite way, not rude, not abrupt, not direct, but very softly give us easy instruction...
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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]

Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, November 5 2024

North Korea receiving cash, food, space technology from Russia in return for soldiers -- As Russian losses in Ukraine pass 700,000, the Kremlin runs low on non-mobilization options -- Russia distributes manual for digging mass graves to soldiers -- Ukraine, Lithuania to produce drones, electronic warfare -- and more

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, November 5 2024North Korea receiving cash, food, space technology from Russia in return for soldiers -- As Russian losses in Ukraine pass 700,000, the Kremlin runs low on non-mobilization options -- Russia distributes manual for digging mass graves to soldiers -- Ukraine, Lithuania to produce drones, electronic warfare -- and more
#геноцид#Luhansk#losses
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