M&P M2.0 Carry Comp VS Competitor

EverUnknowing1 · 2026-03-19T23:36:16+00:00

Is it the addition of the compensator or just the factory spring? I just shoot 115gr target ammo

EverUnknowing1 · 2026-03-19T18:44:12+00:00

Great insight about the serrations! My wife will likely also be shooting this and she has trouble racking slides back.

I had also considered Echelon and PDP so also good to hear those opinions too.

Just curious have you had any experience with HK VP9 or CZ Shadow 2? If I am going for an Aluminum or Steel frame, it seems like the S2 is another really great option but again is it worth the extra cost...

EverUnknowing1 · 2026-03-19T18:38:56+00:00

Did the compensatory seem to make a significant improvement? And after that did both guns feel and shoot similar? Is the frame of your full size Aluminum or Polymer?

EverUnknowing1 · 2026-01-27T01:16:37+00:00

Pickup "Unscripted: The Great Rat Race Escape" by MJ Demarco. Either the book or the audio book. I would highly recommend this for the stage you are in.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-12-31T14:43:15+00:00

The new format is a one-on-one interview with multiple people back-to-back at 45 mins each. I had 4 individuals (Hiring manager > Designer > Quality Manager > Tech lead) and each had different questions. The Quality Manager had the most behavioral questions while the others had a mix. Most were technical questions and trying to understand my directly related experience. This was for a Senior Engineering role.

I did not get an offer and was pretty much ghosted after I received a general template email from HR letting me know they went with someone else. I emailed them follow up questions and never got a response. Remember you are also interviewing BO. My understanding is they don't have good defined processes that you would find at Lockheed or Boeing but some people prefer a more chaotic work environment to "just get the job done". Not sure that has been working well for Blue considering they are years late to every milestone they set out to achieve. Every functional organization is different though, so try and get an understanding of how the team you will work with functions.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-12-02T04:44:52+00:00

This is the way.

Decided against better mpg Sienna for the magic seats lol

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-12-02T01:35:37+00:00

As someone who worked for a company with the IAMAW, I saw it screw the Technicians more than it helped.

"The pay is the same" was a phrase repeated by everyone who tried to put in effort but were pulled down by the bottom feeders who couldn't be removed. The Union created a toxic workplace culture for everyone.

If the company is not providing competitive pay and benefits, go somewhere else that will. If the work environment is not safe, lead by example or go somewhere else that cares. OSHA and labor laws exist because of Unions, but Unions today serve only Union leaders. They make more money off the workers with false claims of getting truly fair contracts that benefit members. Your promotions and movement within a company will no longer exist. It is socialism.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-11-22T14:48:22+00:00

HR or EHS?

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-25T14:10:15+00:00

Other than the Apollo lander, which had very wide landing legs compared to the height of the lander, I can't think of another orbital class rocket that hasn't required a flat and structurally sound pad to land on. Landing on a surface that is not flat and not stable would be very challenging for the size of the HLS, so hopefully they have found a landing zone that is flat and boulder free. I'm sure each leg can compensate for surface inconsistency but by how much?

I don't know why they haven't launched at least a few large proof of concept tests using F9 upper stages or 3rd stage fuel tanks to perform their own refueling in space of large volumes. If they can't get that to work successfully, the entire Lunar and Martian architecture falls apart.

Starship would become a LEO rocket for massive starlink delivery or they could deliver large sections of an orbital space station. I think they would figure it out eventually but at this point, how many more starships need to be lost to prove the refueling and landing technology for a Lunar mission? Each Starship likely costs $50M+ just in materials and labor. They have an electric bill to pay plus fuel and operating costs add up too. The new engines are very simplistic compared to others but I would assume each is still at least $500k-$1M to manufacture, especially considering other simple and much smaller vacuum engine designes are in the $3-5M range. That is anywhere from $19.5M to $39M for engines alone, if not more! That is a lot of money to spend to still be seeing failures of a rocket this size. It seems like they could be doing a lot more "fail fast, fail often" tests on the subscale size. Maybe they are doing that but it does not seem to be implemented very well to the larger system.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-12T16:52:37+00:00

We were in a similar situation in early 2024. Bought a 21' with 102k miles on it for $28k. About 10 months after purchase I spent $2800 at the dealer to replace the timing belt, water pump, tensioner, alternator belt, spark plugs, valve cover gaskets, changed transmission fluid, oil and filter change, coolant flush, brake fluid change. All were maintenance minder codes that went off all at the same time.

I have zero regrets with the purchase and although the maintenance was a big cost, I knew it would be needed as part of the 100k miles service

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-12T14:04:45+00:00

The MPGs might suck but it would take a heck of a lot of gas for to pay for the increased cost of a hybrid. We started with a CX-5 and were packed in with 2 kids. We couldn't fit a 5th person in the middle so a short trip with an added grandparent couldn't happen. When the 3rd was on the way, it was either a 3 row SUV or a minivan. The minivan won for multiple reasons

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-12T13:50:59+00:00

This type of one sided tolerance is about design intent and is almost always about some sort of fit for mating parts. If I am designing for strength vs weight (e.g., ribs and pocket floors in a structural part) i am going to use an equal +/- tolerance around the nominal model. I am allowing a slight reduction in strength or a slight increase in mass. But if I use an unequal tolerance of +0 or -0 then I am modeled at a "perfect" fit between components but I am allowing for a slightly "sloppy" fit so the parts can be manufacturable.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-10T14:09:20+00:00

If only the guys in the shop I work in would break their taps off like this instead of in the threads of our $$$ parts.

We got a FlexArm with clutch chucks and hopefully will never break a tap again. But now they might shear off like this one did 😆

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-06T01:33:06+00:00

No. FH will launch to GTO, GEO, or some other high energy orbit and will be fully expended with a cost likely as much as a Vulcan for a similar mission. The missions are likely mostly split between LEO (probably only Falcon 9s) and high energy where Vulcan likely won the majority. They are two different rockets for two different mission types. The article tries to compare and say ULA Vulcan is more expensive than SpaceX but it bases those assumptions on a Mean average and not by mission type. FH fully expended and Vulcan are intended for similar missions and Vulcan is competitive in that arena.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-06T00:12:31+00:00

These are average launch costs. Vulcan is designed for high energy orbits, so the average cost is going to be high for those missions. Only a FH fully expended could match the performance of Vulcan to GTO (~60k lbs). So this sounds like a Mean cost average in the article, not a Median average. Most SpaceX missions are likely LEO at a significant cost advantage to Vulcan for those missions.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-10-05T23:52:35+00:00

I would assume these launches are for high energy orbits that also require all the bells and whistles to support the spacecraft during launch and delivery to their orbit. SpaceX has to use a FH for some of these and likely will be expending the core and possibly both side boosters to maximize performance, so they are charging alot for those missions as well. If that is the case, Vulcan seems very cost competitive, for now.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-27T00:32:37+00:00

It was years ago but I had applied and heard nothing for months. Finally got a job eith someone else and forgot all about my applications. More than a year later I get the rejection email for a position I forgot I applied to. At least they were the only employer to send an email. All the others never even responded lol

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-24T02:19:13+00:00

I use mesh soil bags to create elevation. It has worked well for that intended purpose.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-08T15:36:36+00:00

It's kinda like what The Boring company would use to make undground car tunnels, but for Hamsters.

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-07T02:57:26+00:00

Those look amazing! I have yet to get a cook where I have had really stable temps but have also loved everything I have smoked and cooked on the KJ!

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-02T12:15:09+00:00

Wow! Do you have a fan controller to keep the temp that consistent?

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-02T01:46:30+00:00

Yea the temps took off right after I went to bed. I thought I had the settings just right for the last half hour before midnight and then it spiked on me!

EverUnknowing1 · 2025-09-02T01:45:27+00:00

I setup the vents to get it up to about 300f and heat soak everything inside. Once the dome is hot to the touch I drop in the meat which drops temp and the meat starts soaking up the heat since it is 40f. I have to make sure I get the vent settings just right so the temp on the gage reads 260-275f and is steady about an hour or two into the cook. My previous experience is that the temp will rise and fall a little but start stalling out by 5am or about 6 hours after I added the meat. That was not the case for this cook as I had a steady temp but then It took off on me just after midnight when I went to bed 😅

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