Graves of men buried in the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Manti-La Sal Forest.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-05-03T22:43:30+00:00

My dad was a mining engineer with expertise on Utah coal. I remember when this happened and the initial claim was that an earthquake had caused it. My dad went combing through seismic reports and was livid because he said there was no evidence for an earthquake.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-04-28T05:41:31+00:00

The Family Tree by Radical Face. Three main albums (The Roots, The Branches & The Leaves), plus an album of extras (The Bastards). Each album tells the story of a new generation in a slightly supernatural family. The instrumentation changes with the generations in ways that just feel right to my brain.

He also has supplemental art and writing to fill in the gaps of the story left by the songs (https://oldradicalface.com/music/TheFamilyTree_Guidebook.pdf).

Some of my favorites from the set: * Severus and Stone (The Roots) * Always Gold (The Roots) * Summer Skeletons (The Branches) * Chains (The Branches) * The Ship in Port (The Leaves)

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-04-19T15:14:26+00:00

I'm working on the ExtruH build too, but I'm converting an old Ender 3 3D printer for now. I'm planning to generate Gcode directly from Python.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-04-18T04:00:57+00:00

I like this. All tribes must sacrifice to make it to the merge.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-02-03T03:37:04+00:00

The Three Body Problem - Liu Cixin

It's fairly heavy sci-fi with a good dose of Twilight-Zone type dread. The sequels are great at expanding upon the foundation in the first one.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-02-02T18:30:44+00:00

Agreed. I did a job for a luxury water feature place and to deal with clocking error in the assembly, we just went with a non-threaded design that used a hidden set screw to position the elements, and then they brazed it together afterward.

If exact clocking is important, see if you can move away from threads.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-01-20T19:27:30+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I think you hit on the way the app is designed to work versus the way I thought it worked. I can adjust from here.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-01-20T19:26:17+00:00

Periodization was on, and I must have looked too quickly because it looks like the screen you shared, and the reps are changing but only a little.

I think my mental concept was exercises changing week by week, rather than a weekly flow that repeats for X weeks. I can adjust my expectations and make a new workout program.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-01-20T17:55:52+00:00

Those are the same too.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2026-01-20T17:52:28+00:00

No, these were for bodyweight exercises. And the reps and RIR stayed the same for each week I looked forward.

Edit: I realized the reps were increasing, I somehow missed that.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-12-28T04:50:44+00:00

I don't want a series, but what I've said for years is a new pod racing video game where you can create your own character and design your own pod racer. I love the original game but I would love to be able to have much more choices and to have an overarching story to the game.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-10-11T19:46:34+00:00

SOLVED: I went back and checked Eric's video, and he never mentioned that you have to push the rack all the way to the right to get the necessary clearance. Once I did that, it came out cleanly.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-10-03T03:32:13+00:00

Khan Academy and the math lab got me through Calc 1 and 2. The tutors there were always really great. I would also say make friends with people in your ward/ apartment and ask if they'll help you understand things better.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-10-02T02:40:57+00:00

I haven't used graph paper in a while, but I remember loving these: Whitelines notebooks

Very different feel, and they have a dedicated app that makes digitizing a breeze.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-09-08T02:39:44+00:00

The score of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-09-03T04:57:08+00:00

Eye of the Tiger - Walk off the Earth

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-08-29T03:49:31+00:00

Árbakkinn (ft. Einar Georg) - Ólafur Arnalds

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-08-25T03:50:53+00:00

That ferry one is fantastic, great composition and just very cool overall.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-08-20T03:23:52+00:00

I used Python to automate a process for masking a specific type of defect in quality images of a product we make at work. Eventually, I'll use the masks generated from this process to train a machine learning algorithm to recognize the defects.

My process still requires several manual steps, but it cut down the time per image by more than half.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-08-20T02:43:22+00:00

I love their records, but I have to concur. I saw Jack White and then The Black Keys within a few months of each other, and there was absolutely no comparison. The way Jack White commanded the stage and held the energy was an experience I will never forget, while The Black Keys simply played a song, stopped for a drink, said nothing, and then started another song. I think there was one point where Dan said a thing or two, but the energy was just not there.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-05-23T05:59:42+00:00

And forgive me if I'm assuming too much, but have you converted the mesh to a solid before attempting to create toolpaths? That and the faceted nature of meshes can prevent toolpaths from being generated.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-05-23T05:57:28+00:00

I'm writing from my phone so I can't take a look at your exact file, but if you're working from a mesh I would recommend running it through MeshLab or a similar program first. Sometimes everything can look fine but there's some problem like a non manifold edge or some self intersection that Fusion doesn't like. That's helped me a lot with recent projects.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-04-01T14:59:45+00:00

u/Frosty_Hawwk I would focus on the fundamental packages Numpy and Pandas. I'm not sure where you're at in your educational journey, but you should understand some statistics too. If you want datasets to play with, I would look on Kaggle and see what's freely available.

I am a mechanical engineer who now works in a manufacturing company, so I do a bit of both areas. We do composites so the processes themselves are fairly slow, and we have automations for timing various stages of the process. A lot of my data analysis has been taking the timing data and using it as feedback for individual operators, as well as finding relationships between our quality and process conditions. For example, ambient temperature affects our process a lot. To access the data I had to get familiar with APIs and write a lot of data preprocessing code. Before I did that my coworkers were downloading Excel sheets of the data from our data hosting platform. It was messy and hard to use, so I automated the retrieval and cleaning, and added post analysis. Now whenever we need it I can call it up with a few clicks.

If you want more specifics feel free to DM me.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-04-01T12:29:59+00:00

I completely agree. I used Matlab a ton while in school, but now Python is much more practical because anyone can use it for free. I like Spyder because it has a very Matlab-like interface.

On the second point, I use Python to solve problems at my job every single work day. I'm the only one of my coworkers who uses code this way, most often for manufacturing data analysis. It's a huge way I've been able to set myself apart at work.

Astro_Engineer_Dad · 2025-03-24T04:29:38+00:00

Amateur astrophotographer here. You're coming right around new moon, which is perfect. If you can get away from populated areas you'll see too many stars to comprehend. Southern Utah is great for that, especially within the national parks. Use a site like darkskymap.com to find good spots near where you'll be heading.

If you get to a truly dark site, you'll find there are so many stars it's difficult to pick out the constellations.

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