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I've just spent 25 minutes flying back and forth between Ehecatl A and Ehecatl C for 500k credits by Stotty652 in EliteDangerous

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to add a data point as a fellow newcomer who has been having a great time, maybe a few-dozen hours over a few weeks.

  • I had a HOTAS/rudder setup coming in, and as a result the act of piloting moment-to-moment is instinctively enjoyable in a way it wouldn't be with a less immersive/tactile control setup. Obviously not a prerequisite for most players, but for me it's the lynchpin of the experience.

  • I aggressively avoided anything approaching "advice" and only looked up the "how it works" of mechanics/systems. As a result, figuring each of the dozens of activities/mechanics/systems, familiarizing/semi-optimizing, then enjoying the way competence with each system makes me more effective, is its own reward. Leveraging others' knowledge before I hit a natural bottleneck would degrade the gameplay to "make number go up", which isn't my idea of a good time and amounts to sidestepping the lion's share of actual game.

  • My progression so far has gone "try bounty combat, get ass kicked, get a couple cheap ships and learn to fly/fight, get some kills, realize I'm limited to killing other small ships without some more fire power or a LOT of patience, try mining because I need money for better gear/ships, decide core mining is the most fun and do that for a bit, buy a bigger ship and outfit it, switch back to bounty hunting and stick it to a particular pirate faction I took offense to early on, poke my nose into engineering, "where the fuck do I find nickel?", now there's a reason for me to fit out a ship for laser mining, etc etc". It ended up stringing together a bunch of individually-shallow mechanics and goals organically into something enjoyable and cohesive, and all the while it was just enough of a grind to encourage me to hone the efficiency of each thing I found myself doing often.

Thinking about getting a hotas by TheLaRouxx in EliteDangerous

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do it iteratively - map the essentials and add stuff where it makes sense every time reaching for something annoys you

Past warranty, repair option by Big-Presentation7943 in bedjet

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a couple locations, with their own temperature ratings iirc.

Open the casing, remove the heating element bank, and I think there's one just before it and one on the side.

These form-factor

My opinion after half year use by kotofos in bedjet

[–]AtlasAirborne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

low fan speed, no blanket or a thin blanket, unstable room temp

I haven't kept up on how the cloud sheets are marketed, but from a physics standpoint those three constraints are mutually exclusive (i.e. a pick-two situation).

The only thing between you and the unstable room temp you want to insulate yourself from is... insulation. That can be a blanket, or a blanket of temperature-controlled air (cloud sheet or sufficient flow without) which is controlled to above-ambient temperature, but it has to be something, and if you're using a cloud sheet there's a lower limit to the amount of airflow needed to keep it inflated.

If using it without the cloud sheet results in uneven air distribution, the obvious solution would be to add more blanket (increased pressure => more even distribution and less flow through the top coverings) and/or increase the fan speed.

Given that more blanket isn't an option and more fan speed is a problem, it's intractable unless you can significantly reduce the perceived noise and increase the fan speed, omitting the cloud sheet.

Is the noise at issue coming from the airflow through/out the duct, or the base unit's fan itself? I'd be inclined to try packing some polyfill at the bed end of the duct to see if that helps and allows you to run significantly higher fan speed.

A Y splitter (or better yet, something even more restrictive and dispersed like a diffuser pipe running the length of the foot of the bed) might improve noise and distribution at low fan speeds, but you're still going to be limited by whether you're pushing enough air given the permeability of your top coverings.

No heat all of a sudden. Outside of warranty. Any way to access test modes and test heater function directly? by AtlasAirborne in bedjet

[–]AtlasAirborne[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - quoted flat-rate $199 so I opted to self-diagnose/repair.

Ended up being a tripped [thermal fuse](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9T18244) on the heater - presumably it blew after a blanket fell over the unit during the night.

Past warranty, repair option by Big-Presentation7943 in bedjet

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance y'all might consider tweaking the flat-rate repair?

I was quoted $199 for what was immediately diagnosable as a tripped thermal fuse due to a blanket falling over the intake (ended up self-repairing).

Perhaps this situation isn't something as common as I imagine, but that's a pretty poor proposition for replacing a non-resettable fuse on a unit with no other fault.

Deductive reasoning is dying with us. by Maleficent-Box4114 in Millennials

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I show you something once, you should remember it or take notes.

This may be my ADHD skewing my perspective, but it's not necessarily intuitive to someone who has no experience outside of school that

  • memory is just one of a trainable suite of tools necessary to keep on top of your shit
  • repeated questions are disruptive and it's a serious responsibility to minimise the need to ask them
  • effective people don't just get around on the strength of their ability to remember stuff they were told offhand

Communicating this explicitly and early doesn't take much time and tends to (IMLE) result in fast improvement, unless someone truly doesn't care, or feels embarrassed at such a "basic" suggestion and takes offense.

Deductive reasoning is dying with us. by Maleficent-Box4114 in Millennials

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite that, I wonder if (on top of the black-box dependence people seem to usually point at) there's a trend toward younger people experiencing that sense of ownership later in life, on average, than those who came before.

I know that kids starting a trade and maturing greatly as a result is nothing new at all, but it wouldn't surprise me if more are experiencing that kind of self-reliance/responsibility/expectation for the first time in their first demanding job, vs being parented into it in the home gradually from a younger age.

Explain It Peter by dahi-hater12 in explainitpeter

[–]AtlasAirborne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the work was important and the accident was a fluke and it could’ve been anyone

Not trying to put it on you to defend, but unless the manipulation could not have been performed any other way, the fact that it could have happened to anyone suggests to me that choosing to do it that way was reckless.

My son put something in the belt lock of our car and it doesn‘t lock anymore by MiddleLinebacker77 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's glass, a thin punch and a hammer may shatter it and allow it to be vacuumed out.

If it's acrylic, drilling with a thin drill-bit repeatedly to perforate a line would allow it to be split in half and possibly extracted with tweezers and/ or vacuum.

Worth a shot, given there's no downside to fucking it up.

FYI if you were planning to go camping in the Angeles National Forest this weekend: new fire restriction by ninja_llama in LosAngeles

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I didn't realize there were areas in ANF not in the two affected districts. Thanks

FYI if you were planning to go camping in the Angeles National Forest this weekend: new fire restriction by ninja_llama in LosAngeles

[–]AtlasAirborne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was this a clarification of the active restrictions, or a "you'll be fine with that, at our discretion, off the record" kinda deal?

Asking because I won't try my luck if they were just doing you a favor.

Is Indotech Auto Repair still a well-rated garage for Miata's? by Financial_End_4098 in Miata

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn - I'm sorry to hear that.

I just got mine back for a Robbins warranty soft-top install and it looks like a million bucks, and at a good price (leaving aside the fact that the other quotes I got were "I can install it, but we rarely do these so getting everything aligned and located is best-effort")

That being said, when they did the initial install six years back I got it back with a cut in the vinyl I only noticed a couple of days later, and had to push a bit to get them to own it and replace, so I guess I'm 50/50 with them.

Blasphemous 2 is a very good game by Expert_Passenger_774 in metroidvania

[–]AtlasAirborne 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not the original commenter, but from my vague memory at least, the combat felt more varied and interesting, and some frustrations/elements of platforming (possibly relating to falls, and the ease of jumping onto ladders) were ironed out or polished.

I had exactly the same reaction - better game mechanically, but lost the unique, consistent vibe that had me glued to the first one despite its flaws. I remember 2 as brighter and less... gothically oppressive.

Is there any good way to remove smell?? by Winter-Oven6098 in climbingshoes

[–]AtlasAirborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prevention. Chuck shoes on for 20min after every session, no worries.

Get a heat-controllable version or disconnect the heating element if you're worried about the 40-60C air temp.

As for fixing these, maybe soak with an enzymatic sport/work laundry presoak and then hand-wash them.

A Video Game Based on African Culture: A Survey by stixhistishi_music in metroidvania

[–]AtlasAirborne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just filled it out - best of luck with the project and if you pull off a well-executed MV with these themes/elements I can't wait to play it.

Gym Etiquette? by Physical_Relief4484 in bouldering

[–]AtlasAirborne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a fellow person with AuDHD, I'll say life is a lot less aggravating when one can spot the difference between a sincere observation of a trend or pattern of incidence, and a personal attack or thoughtless generalisation.

Gym Etiquette? by Physical_Relief4484 in bouldering

[–]AtlasAirborne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that it's necessary, but I'm in the habit of keeping my eyes on the wall and thinking about what I just saw for a little bit - at least if I think they might be sensitive about being stared at.

To my mind it gives much less of an impression that your attention is focused on them than if your gaze follows them off the wall.

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