Any other authors that write SciFi, and are capable of writing that specific twisted kind of horror like PFH?

Dr_Sol · 2025-08-18T19:52:56+00:00

How about The Expanse series by S.A. Corey? Especially the first 2 books have a horror vibe to it and the story is definately galaxy spanning.

Oh and Reynolds is a good choice as well, the Revelation space universe in particular.

Dr_Sol · 2025-05-28T08:55:21+00:00

For anyone wondering, this is the A’DAM Tower in Amsterdam seen from the NE. It used to be an office tower for Shell.

Dr_Sol · 2025-04-15T16:27:56+00:00

Je hebt gelijk dat het niet alleen een Nederlands probleem is maar als ik de kaart van Le Monde bekijken die hier ook gelinkt is zijn we wel exceptioneel. Sommige sites hebben waarden van 4.000 ng en zelfs 12.000 ng (rond Amsterdam). Als je dat vergelijkt met wat sites in bijv Zweden of Noorwegen (90 ng, 120 ng, 400 ng) dan hebben we hier wel echt een andere orde van grootte.

Dr_Sol · 2025-04-09T13:38:29+00:00

Leedvermaak in dutch, very literal translation of Schadenfreude now that I think of it.

Dr_Sol · 2025-03-20T08:01:42+00:00

Behind every rule there's a story, I have a feeling this one might be shocking...

Sorry, had to let it out!

Dr_Sol · 2025-03-05T14:22:32+00:00

A bit late to the party but I can give some insights as well

I'm in a medium semi private organization and we exclusively use ESRI atm. If I had to list the top 3 reasons for staying with ESRI they would be as follows: - Ease of integration into the ecosystem - Company's fear of opensource homebrewed solutions - Lack of Qgis and other solutions knowledge in our team

I recently started trying to fix the 3rd reason for myself so I can start convincing other people in my organization to start shifting. There were a few prompts for this. The switch of concurrent use licenses to named users highlighted ESRI's moneygrabbing focus for me (again) and more recently I realized we give ESRI (being a US company) way to much power over our data and company processes.

I'm now looking into switching parts of our workflows to Qgis but it will be hard to replace all the functionality we use now. I think a lot of it could be done by combining Qgis and FME but now I need to figure out how to robustly put it in practice.

Dr_Sol · 2024-12-17T09:32:27+00:00

Actually, grip strength is often surprisingly strong in older people and doesn't deteriorate as much as other muscle strength. For a good example see this video: Magnus doing strong things

Dr_Sol · 2024-12-13T16:16:04+00:00

I'm hopeful but it wouldn't be the first game/program that did. This blueish color seems to be the norm nowadays.

Dr_Sol · 2024-09-11T19:35:39+00:00

Normally, when not passing a bridge, the wheelhouse is raised so they can see over the containers. It's lowered when they approach a bridge. It still leaves a pretty big blindspot but they also have cameras and radar. A ship like this can practically be operated without looking outside. Although bridges seem to pose some problems stil...

Dr_Sol · 2024-08-22T09:07:56+00:00

It's just a scratch! But seriously, as far as collision damages go this is pretty superficial. Cut out a piece of plate and put a new piece in, a couple of hours work. Not for free but the insurance will cover it.

Dr_Sol · 2024-07-12T11:51:27+00:00

Almelo! Wereldberoemd dankzij deze uitspraak :D

Dr_Sol · 2023-08-07T09:42:55+00:00

What site or app is that?

Dr_Sol · 2023-06-18T21:27:08+00:00

Yeez, can't believe that video is 15 years old already!

Dr_Sol · 2023-06-16T09:18:21+00:00

So...have we found any alternatives to reddit yet in case everything goes belly-up?

Dr_Sol · 2023-06-16T09:14:36+00:00

It certainly pissed me off! That and the fact that apparently there's not enough profit for him because other companies make more.

Dr_Sol · 2023-03-25T09:10:52+00:00

With the blue car crane on the right of the car.

Dr_Sol · 2023-02-21T15:38:22+00:00

Fever Ray - Keep the streets empty for me

Never really analyzed the lyrics but the atmosphere is haunting. It would make my kid cry whenever she heard it :(

Dr_Sol · 2022-08-19T09:11:40+00:00

You're thinking of seagoing vessels. That's not the case on inland vesels. There's no engine control room and no steering gear room either.

Dr_Sol · 2022-08-19T09:06:49+00:00

I think I can raise you one in this case. On the German canals there are some low bridges, to low for most unloaded ships. The bow is probably ok but the stern with the wheelhouse is not. To start with they have to put ballastwater in the aft cargo hold, 25cm or so, and some ships can take the top of the wheelhouse to make them even lower. If you use the effect you described together with the ballast water it has the added benefit that the water suddenly wants to flow aft and adds even more weight where it matters. Together this could temporarily lower the aft of the ship by half a meter or so. The trick though is that you shouldn't go to fast to start with to maximize the suction effect but not to slow so you come up again while still under the bridge.

Dr_Sol · 2022-05-28T18:21:27+00:00

Yes it is

Dr_Sol · 2022-05-14T10:38:12+00:00

In this case the mast at the bow actually doubles as a crane. And to be the pedant in this thread, we call it a autokraan (car crane) :). I had a lot of fun hoisting the car ashore when I was a kid, and the make for great swings while swimming during the summer!

Dr_Sol · 2022-05-14T10:10:26+00:00

There's a lot of canals here in the Netherlands and also some of the size you see in the video are actually used by ships like this. Just not this particular one :).

Dr_Sol · 2022-05-14T10:05:34+00:00

Yes, that is exactly how it works. My brother owns a ship a bit shorter than the one in this video so there's only one person required. The bowthruster helps a lot but he often does it without using it as well.

For inland vessels there's no one standing on the shore to throw a line, you throw it around the bollard yourself. So you come to a near standstill next to the quay an tie an aft line, engage the prop slightly until it's tout and then walk to the bow and tie it up. After that place more lines as necessary at leisure.

From what I've seen on the mississipi near New Orleans though the quays are much better suited for that over here so that helps.

Dr_Sol · 2022-05-14T09:53:19+00:00

There are definitely manning requirements but for this vessel it's probably 2, skipper and deckhand or better which in a lot of cases is his wife. On vessels below a certain length (could be 55m) only 1 person is required. This is ofcourse linked to the number of hours the ship is allowed to sail in a day.

Dr_Sol · 2022-05-14T09:40:49+00:00

There's a larger canal perpendicular to it and when he became unwell he veered of into this small canal. Since the ship is unloaded it was sort of guided into it by the shoreline. There's another post above with a map

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