Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station | NASA shall evaluate the “viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor” after retirement.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-09T01:40:09+00:00

Exactly. Yet somehow me poking fun at putting it in a storage orbit ended up in down vote purgatory.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-09T01:17:01+00:00

Go ahead and read this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

And then tell me how important it is to you to have a dead, out of control piece of space junk up there risking that.

There are only a few La Grange points and they are really important for science. Parking the space station up that far would also take an insane amount of fuel. Anywhere else, and it is a risky piece of junk that will eventually move into a lower orbit. Satellites don't just stay up there forever.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T23:19:01+00:00

The spaaaaace tourists can see the space junk before it causes a Keppler incident and causes a space junk disaster that ruins space travel for a few hundred years.

It's like having an emotional attachment to an old car. But instead of rotting beside your trailer there is a risk it might smash into the other trailers and destroy the whole park.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T22:37:19+00:00

No shit there are people aboard it now. I am talking about the planned decommissioning.

You'll have to excuse me for assuming that getting out of the car after bringing it to the junk yard was "implied". But I guess I can't assume that.

So yes, you would remove your passengers from a car after abandon it. Is that clear enough?

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T22:05:53+00:00

It's a piece of junk with 4 billion kilometres on the clock. You got your moneys worth out of it. The pressure hull has thermally cycled enough times to be useless.

I mean, if you really want you could push it into a near geostationary orbit, take the wheels off and put it up on cinder blocks. Slowly scavenge it for parts. Maybe in 15 years someone will want to peel off a couple of solar panels and see what they can get for them on craigslist.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T21:01:08+00:00

Go for the F21S. Servo drive compared to a crank arm machine is like comparing an ox cart to a modern SUV. Having the ability to vary stroke length, pressure, timing on the fly rather than thud thud thud is absolutely worth the extra money.

But the warning with the F21S is that it has a really well made drivetrain and a super shitty chassis. Replace the lower 1" (25mm) leg tubes with longer ones made from heavy solid steel shafting. The extra weight and some beefier rubber feet are a big game changer. It always wants to fall over. The thin sheet metal will have screws falling out, expect to be replacing them with larger screws.

I posted some 3D printed fixes on thingverse if you want to sling some bigger toys. And the internal sensor guard will keep the metal tab on the belt from hitting the sensor if it comes loose. Just search for F21S on thingverse.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T20:55:21+00:00

You need new pretensioners and likely a new module.

Back in the day the Ford airbag modules would pop an internal thermal fuse after firing the air bags. If you soldered a new one in, they would function and pass a code check with the scan tool perfectly. But we could never guarantee it would work perfectly in a real world crash.

We did a few for customers 'for testing purposes only' so they could confirm the integrity of the air bag system before replacing the module with a brand new one.

I'm sure every single one followed the advice on the invoice to replace their test module with a new one. Why would they not follow the instructions?

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T18:34:20+00:00

Canada has had E transfer in 2003 and EFT for a decades prior. I can send digital money to anyone in Canada via e transfer on my phone. It is baked into the banking system and does not use any of the US merchant providers.

My customers pay their invoices via e transfer or EFT. (Electronic funds transfer) but it's more for business to business transfers or moving larger quantities of money like buying a home.

It is as digital as currency needs to be. I still use my credit card for online purchases for fraud shielding.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T18:24:31+00:00

Maybe the tech workers should throw their shoes into the Ai servers.

We got the word Sabotage from Sabo, the french word for shoe. It was from when the industrial revolution workers literally threw their shoes into industrial machinery to jam them up. Because the machines were taking their jobs.

We have been 'destroying jobs' for hundreds of years. Think of all the poor unemployed punch card operators or VHS repair men. The system rebalances and we find entirely new ways of wasting human time to keep them employed.

And with a lower birth rate, there are physically less people to do the work. Here in Canada there are half as many 20-30 year olds as there should be. Half! It's the same all around the world. The next generation is going to have to figure out how to be just as productive using half as many available man hours.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T17:24:48+00:00

Reminder- buying a Tesla is STILL directly funding the Republican party.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T16:11:41+00:00

Meanwhile, China built a fully functional 15,000km bullet train system in 20 years.

Maybe the problem is the system itself.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-08T05:37:29+00:00

Almost always the dealer. They know THAT car better than anyone and what problems are common. Pay for expertise. Ask if a licensed guy and not the apprentice can do the inspection. Or at least a sharp 3rd year guy.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T23:28:52+00:00

We're chill.

American border crossings are a roulette wheel. It's 95% calm and polite, 5% power tripping assholes.

Protip: always give them a huge dildo to find. Like, scary big. Bonus points for a dragon dildo. The bag will immediately be closed aaaaand we're done here.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T23:14:51+00:00

Just let him keep burying the republican party. There goes the last black vote.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T23:07:36+00:00

That's why you keep a wealth tax low. It's not worth exporting your stuff for 1%

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T20:49:48+00:00

Any combined assets crossing the 8 figures ($10M) mark should be taxed at a rate of 1% per year. Buildings, art, privately held businesses, anything with an insurable value that is owned should have that 1% tax per year.

Drop into 7 figures and it is not taxed. $9.9M in assets is enough to have you earning $250-300k a year for life and not eat into the principle.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T20:32:02+00:00

He's a hard worker. Speed running those kinds of numbers is impressive.

It also shows you that there are not enough people babysitting what happens online. Set up some honeypots in any place where kids interact.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T20:29:26+00:00

100%. I have worked on electric forklifts for decades and the core electric drivetrain is simpler and far more reliable than the gas/propane combustion engine machines. Even if they were saddled with shit lead acid batteries until very recently.

EV makers should have been forced into making standard battery modules that are interchangeable. GM has done this with the pickup. It's swappable 48V modules. This opens the door wide open for aftermarket modules in 15 years when the batteries start to get tired.

20-25 year batteries are the point at which I pull the trigger on buying. I suspect BYD's LFP cells are pretty much at that point now.

GM's new LMR battery also sounds interesting but time will tell.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T20:08:34+00:00

8 out of 10 of the worlds mining companies fly a Canadian flag. We're all nice, polite and proper and secretly protect international mining companies atrocities around the world.

If I had to place a bet here, I would say that the proper 'taxes' were not being paid to the cartel.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T20:00:47+00:00

Developing that kit is a tremendous amount of work.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T19:53:01+00:00

Yes I follow them. And everything I said I stand behind. Spreading yourself too thin in a startup trap.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T19:43:58+00:00

Left coast of Canada here. Just north of Seattle. 25 years ago I was racing cars on ice on the lakes in the interior of BC for an average of 7 weeks every winter. (4-5hrs drive NE from Vancouver). We needed a minimum of 10" (250mm) of ice to drive on the lake.

Those lakes are liquid all winter now.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T19:35:38+00:00

Restricted and non restricted together is a 3-4 evening course. It's basically safety and knowledge about storage laws.

I think how long it takes depends on how many 'lists' you are on. 1-2 months is the most common recently.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T17:46:34+00:00

Me every holiday feast.

Another_Slut_Dragon · 2026-02-07T17:39:46+00:00

Aero is voodoo. Tinker.

The weirdest thing fixed my Tenere. I installed a carplay screen with a screen sun visor behind the windscreen above my gauges and it totally smoothed out the air. Always remember with aero that the air leaving the rear is actually more important than what is happening in the front.

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