All my life I have watched construction crews screwing around
on the job. This is the very first time that it was a good thing! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LQYuKfYX4oM
Elon would be spinning in his grave if he heard that his brain
chip was being used by a military. I say “in his grave” because
I’d doubt he would survive the fall, too much mindless hate
towards him.
Suck it up Alssya, at least now you will get paid regularly. Being
a vetted station rat is far better than being a street kid stuck on
a space station far from any street. Or having to hide in an area
with an airlock…
This is fantastic. I worked one summer for my dad and uncle pouring
concrete foundations for townhouses built on steep slopes in northern
Arkansas. Foundations had to be poured in one go, no seams, and
each section had to be exactly one brick or concrete block higher or
lower than the ones next to it. Mistakes cost money. These would be
easily adjustable for such things. I could see a possible need for ground
radar to map out soil depth, density and big rocks, but that would be
faster and cheaper than exploratory trenches. This is great.
Oh yes, and it’s far more practical than 3D printed walls/floors.
They try to make a big deal about that but in truth it only helps
with maybe 30% of the work. Plus they did clearly say it can be
taken up easily and reused elsewhere. Rocks, loose or sandy soil
would cancel their use, but in areas like mine where it’s mostly
clay it makes perfect sense.
Wouldn’t surprise me any, I didn’t bother to do
any research because of that. It’s a pity, it’d
noticeably lower building costs in areas that
setup would work well in. Like the dryer, dense
ground where digging is difficult.
Our property is mostly forest land, black dirt about
14 inches down. Turns to muck during the rainy
season, so I doubt it would work here. Great for
veggie gardens, sucks for the cows though. One
of the bigger farms actually has a “cow wash”
setup, they actually like it during the summer heat.
sprinkler heads top and sides in a tunnel they just
walk through. Farmer turns it on, they come a-runnin’.
There’s a dense layer of brown clay under the loam
here, when we dug the drainage ditch, you could
hear the SLUUUURP! every time the back-hoe would
pull up. That’s why we get the muck, the water
doesn’t drain well through clay. The water table is
only 12 feet down, so yeah…
We’re at the lowest point of the valley so water
tends to collect quickly, and can take a week to drain off.
Guys, my wife is sick, laryngitis, cough, sleepiness,
I won’t lie I’m a bit scared. More so since I lost most
of my hearing on the side that she’s on in the bedroom.
I have to lean over her with my good ear facing her.
I’ll keep you updated.
Figures that jarheads (with a left hand thread) would immediately
figure out how to watch pron with new battle technology. LOL!
In their defense, we (the commo shop) would listen to TV channels
(this was back in the dark pre-digital analog days) on the old
GRC-12 series radios (RT524, PRC-77, etc). IYKYK.
Which is why I had that scenario with the ice machine, feeder,
and fridge. 😉
None are dangerous, but damned funny IF you’re not the target…
Thankfully, our fridge is about 30 years old…
It was down to -2 C a couple of nights ago, but has been a +4 to +12
range in the daytime for the last week or so.
We hardly ever get snow here in Plymouth UK, because of a combination
of how far south we are, plus the city’s on micro-climate,
given how much sea we have around us.
Of course, the Gulf Stream messes with the UK’s weather overall,
and many places in other countries on the same latitude as us have
significant snow in winter, but we usually only see it on the high
parts of Dartmoor National Park, which is a few miles due north and
500-600 feet higher than Plymouth city center.
I’m in the “heartland” of the USA, about 200 miles south of the great lakes.
Land-locked, so no help from the warmer waters. I used to live farther north,
lake-effect snow all the time. Here, people forget that traction and ice don’t
mix. I use delivery services, I really can’t leave my wife and father alone
these days.
Here in Central Texas, we’re having fairly typical weather. Saturday had a
high of about 72. We were lucky that it was benign enough that we drove
our hot rods in our annual Santa Rod Run Toy Drive. My car is open, no
heat, no A/C. Sunday would have been impossible; stiff north wind and
50 degrees. Today it’s about 25 degrees, probably our first hard freeze
of the year. Driving an open car at 60 degrees will teach you all you need
to know about the concept of “wind chill factor.” We HAVE driven such
cars at below freezing temps, but it wasn’t fun.
For my last two years in High School, I rode a motorcycle year-round.
In central Missouri.
I made a set of chains for it, in fresh snow it was okay. On ice, it would
stop and go just fine, but I had to walk it around corners.
Ah, to be young and tough… And completely lacking common sense.
…
My first year here in Georgia, it snowed. All I had was a Kawasaki 1300-6cyl.
On the highway, cars were in the ditch everywhere.
People watching me go by, thinking “Look at that idiot on the motorcycle!”
Me going by, thinking “Look at those idiots in the ditch!”
Heh, I hear that,I put screws into the knobby’s I had
on that old 100cc bike I had, I was doing the same.
but when I tried to ice race with them, the screws
worked they way out, which was why I wound up
buried in the deep snow bank around the track…
Caseless, 3 round burst so fast that it sounds
a single round, with a kick like a 10 gauge. I
think it’s another gun that was made with the
military in mind but was rejected for cost.
To be honest, if it ever hit the streets, it’d be
a cop-killer. Like the teflon-coated AP rounds were.
No cop has ever been shot with so-called “Cop killer” bullet, much less killed by one.
Efforts to ban vest penatrive bullets in general would have outlawed most rifle rounds
and some handgun rounds like the .30 Tokarev.
Which the gun-control fanatics knew,
but hoped that people who understood ballistics wouldn’t.
They hold intelligent people in so much contempt.
I had read that, the public outcry over them was so
much that few were ever made outside for the military.
The only reason I had heard of them was a cop movie.
Although the blue-tipped rounds my son got with his
5-7 Rock looked a bit like Teflon…
cost was one.. but it had so many problems, that they could not fix.
over 140 moving parts, no NATO cross over, complex maintained,
over heat, (rounds would cook off, if fired rapidly.) and so bulky.
Prelude to war?
All my life I have watched construction crews screwing around
on the job. This is the very first time that it was a good thing!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LQYuKfYX4oM
Elon would be spinning in his grave if he heard that his brain
chip was being used by a military. I say “in his grave” because
I’d doubt he would survive the fall, too much mindless hate
towards him.
Suck it up Alssya, at least now you will get paid regularly. Being
a vetted station rat is far better than being a street kid stuck on
a space station far from any street. Or having to hide in an area
with an airlock…
This is fantastic. I worked one summer for my dad and uncle pouring
concrete foundations for townhouses built on steep slopes in northern
Arkansas. Foundations had to be poured in one go, no seams, and
each section had to be exactly one brick or concrete block higher or
lower than the ones next to it. Mistakes cost money. These would be
easily adjustable for such things. I could see a possible need for ground
radar to map out soil depth, density and big rocks, but that would be
faster and cheaper than exploratory trenches. This is great.
Oh yes, and it’s far more practical than 3D printed walls/floors.
They try to make a big deal about that but in truth it only helps
with maybe 30% of the work. Plus they did clearly say it can be
taken up easily and reused elsewhere. Rocks, loose or sandy soil
would cancel their use, but in areas like mine where it’s mostly
clay it makes perfect sense.
one thing i found… check local ordnances.
US is testy on non us items.
one place won’t allow since it replaces concrete.!
Wouldn’t surprise me any, I didn’t bother to do
any research because of that. It’s a pity, it’d
noticeably lower building costs in areas that
setup would work well in. Like the dryer, dense
ground where digging is difficult.
.. my area… concrete is softer.. o.0
also have to get zone variance, to use.
and special order,. not at any ‘local’
home store.!
Our property is mostly forest land, black dirt about
14 inches down. Turns to muck during the rainy
season, so I doubt it would work here. Great for
veggie gardens, sucks for the cows though. One
of the bigger farms actually has a “cow wash”
setup, they actually like it during the summer heat.
sprinkler heads top and sides in a tunnel they just
walk through. Farmer turns it on, they come a-runnin’.
Concrete is softer?
You must live down in south Arizona with caliche soil.
That stuff takes dynamite to break it up.
i sed i do live in hell.!!
other states have it,. AZ just happened to build a city on it…
and unless done just so,, dynamite laughs at it.!
There’s a dense layer of brown clay under the loam
here, when we dug the drainage ditch, you could
hear the SLUUUURP! every time the back-hoe would
pull up. That’s why we get the muck, the water
doesn’t drain well through clay. The water table is
only 12 feet down, so yeah…
We’re at the lowest point of the valley so water
tends to collect quickly, and can take a week to drain off.
Guys, my wife is sick, laryngitis, cough, sleepiness,
I won’t lie I’m a bit scared. More so since I lost most
of my hearing on the side that she’s on in the bedroom.
I have to lean over her with my good ear facing her.
I’ll keep you updated.
prayers…
My thoughts are with you.
Take of yourself so you can
take care of her.
I’m trying, I caught it from her now…
She’s on antibiotics, she can talk a little better,
still like an excited Danny DeVito lol.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1dFoxskssU4
I saw that one coming.
Still funny.
Keep ’em coming.
Heh, I love puns and dad jokes, YouTube’s AI finally picked up on it 🙂
Figures that jarheads (with a left hand thread) would immediately
figure out how to watch pron with new battle technology. LOL!
In their defense, we (the commo shop) would listen to TV channels
(this was back in the dark pre-digital analog days) on the old
GRC-12 series radios (RT524, PRC-77, etc). IYKYK.
Desert Sheild – intel was using
satellites to scope nude beaches…
Hey, when the only things around you to look at is sand, camel spiders,
snakes, scorpions, and locals and their camels, you improvise.
Who’s the little one tagging along
with (Alyssa?)? Haven’t heard her
speak a word yet.
Name? Age? Relationship to (Alyssa?)?
Back story?
kat. baker street illregular. age unknown
one of the kids “hired” by Matthew
Matthew sent two of his best.
What did we learn? Don’t debate with a true AI, especially not one
that understands and has emotions.
The worst enemy you could make is an AI with a sense of humor.
They never sleep…
Which is why I had that scenario with the ice machine, feeder,
and fridge. 😉
None are dangerous, but damned funny IF you’re not the target…
Thankfully, our fridge is about 30 years old…
It’ss 11 degrees outside, but the snow is stopping.
How is everyone holding up?
No precip here, just cold. Up to 21 degrees now from high teens.
(That’s minus 6 in Canadian. Not that bad.)
It hit -4, there’s maybe 5 inches of snow here.
WAY too early for January weather there.
It was down to -2 C a couple of nights ago, but has been a +4 to +12
range in the daytime for the last week or so.
We hardly ever get snow here in Plymouth UK, because of a combination
of how far south we are, plus the city’s on micro-climate,
given how much sea we have around us.
Of course, the Gulf Stream messes with the UK’s weather overall,
and many places in other countries on the same latitude as us have
significant snow in winter, but we usually only see it on the high
parts of Dartmoor National Park, which is a few miles due north and
500-600 feet higher than Plymouth city center.
I’m in the “heartland” of the USA, about 200 miles south of the great lakes.
Land-locked, so no help from the warmer waters. I used to live farther north,
lake-effect snow all the time. Here, people forget that traction and ice don’t
mix. I use delivery services, I really can’t leave my wife and father alone
these days.
-4f is -20c, it’s -12.7c now. (9f)
your gonna hate me…
record high today.. 81f (27.22c)
It’s -1F now, the forecast is for -6f. Here’s the funny thing, by this Thursday
it’s suppose to hit 51F! W..T..F..
Here in Central Texas, we’re having fairly typical weather. Saturday had a
high of about 72. We were lucky that it was benign enough that we drove
our hot rods in our annual Santa Rod Run Toy Drive. My car is open, no
heat, no A/C. Sunday would have been impossible; stiff north wind and
50 degrees. Today it’s about 25 degrees, probably our first hard freeze
of the year. Driving an open car at 60 degrees will teach you all you need
to know about the concept of “wind chill factor.” We HAVE driven such
cars at below freezing temps, but it wasn’t fun.
For my last two years in High School, I rode a motorcycle year-round.
In central Missouri.
I made a set of chains for it, in fresh snow it was okay. On ice, it would
stop and go just fine, but I had to walk it around corners.
Ah, to be young and tough… And completely lacking common sense.
…
My first year here in Georgia, it snowed. All I had was a Kawasaki 1300-6cyl.
On the highway, cars were in the ditch everywhere.
People watching me go by, thinking “Look at that idiot on the motorcycle!”
Me going by, thinking “Look at those idiots in the ditch!”
Heh, I hear that,I put screws into the knobby’s I had
on that old 100cc bike I had, I was doing the same.
but when I tried to ice race with them, the screws
worked they way out, which was why I wound up
buried in the deep snow bank around the track…
Judging by the recoil, I’d be going to the hospital….
But I still like to give it a try 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CaRJOAOPMAU
it’s like firing a 12g, 3 inch magnum.!
the rounds were never production made,.
so at (about ) $200 a round,. firing the
minigun seams cheep.!!
Caseless, 3 round burst so fast that it sounds
a single round, with a kick like a 10 gauge. I
think it’s another gun that was made with the
military in mind but was rejected for cost.
To be honest, if it ever hit the streets, it’d be
a cop-killer. Like the teflon-coated AP rounds were.
No cop has ever been shot with so-called “Cop killer” bullet, much less killed by one.
Efforts to ban vest penatrive bullets in general would have outlawed most rifle rounds
and some handgun rounds like the .30 Tokarev.
Which the gun-control fanatics knew,
but hoped that people who understood ballistics wouldn’t.
They hold intelligent people in so much contempt.
I had read that, the public outcry over them was so
much that few were ever made outside for the military.
The only reason I had heard of them was a cop movie.
Although the blue-tipped rounds my son got with his
5-7 Rock looked a bit like Teflon…
cost was one.. but it had so many problems, that they could not fix.
over 140 moving parts, no NATO cross over, complex maintained,
over heat, (rounds would cook off, if fired rapidly.) and so bulky.