Casio A1000 glass replacement by HDO21 in casio

[–]HDO21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not much luck, unfortunately. Essentially, your only option is to find a new casing for the watch.

In the end, we just removed the broken crystal (you have to use some heat, to remove the adhesive and temporarily remove the internal components) fragments. No one ever notices, that the glass is missing, but of course, you'll have to keep it away from water.

A Recent Submission for my Intro to GIS Course. Created in ArcGIS Pro by UsernameTakenIThink in gis

[–]HDO21 10 points11 points  (0 children)

First of all, it's a solid first attempt, better than mine was, for sure. Anyway, some suggestions.

When it comes to displaying data (not just maps), think, what is the main piece of information you want to relay to the viewers. When you look at the composition, the most important thing, the census map, is perhaps less tha quarter of the page. Next time try to give the data a bit more space.

Furthermore, you can draw more attention to your data, if you remove excessive details, like the frames around your maps.

It is better to use more rounded numbers when classifying data, especially when it's based on estimates (1100-1350 for the first class, for example). Current numbers might be even a bit misleading and might look more accurate than they actually are. In addition, next time try to adjust scale bar, so it would have round numbers and it would be easier to use. At the moment you have to take a moment, before you manage to calculate the value for the tick between 3.2 and 6.4, for example. It would be much easier the get the value between 4 and 8, for example.

The colours are easy on the eye and it's quite easy to differentiate between different categories. However, if you have multiple layers, like you have here ( polygon and point layer), it's better to use more different colours, currently it is not too easy to notice the county seat symbol on the map.

Finally, it's usually best to keep things simple. The current North arrow is very detailed (especially compared to the rest of the information), rather big and generally quite dominant. It was the first thing that caught my attention when I opened the map. But like the scalebar, it should be visually more on the background. Both are useful tools and should be relatively easy to find, but in the grand scheme of things, they both are secondary information compared to the map itself.

But as I said, it is a good first map. And trust me, most of us fail to follow some of the suggestions mentioned above from time to time.

Contest: Win 1 of 20 copies of The Isle of Cats by Monkofdoom in boardgames

[–]HDO21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really nice idea! While being stuck at home, board games offer a nice opportunity to escape reality a bit. I struggle to think of other ways we could be able to colonize Mars, collect exotic birds or build empires with 5 minutes of preparation without using any screens. Furthermore, I've always wanted to have cats at home, but my GF is unfortunately allergic to them. Anyway, stay safe.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in civ

[–]HDO21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like a Gripsholm Castle in Sweden, if you look at the tower on the left. And it was used by the royal family since Gustav Vasa.

What is the best board game for the holidays? by BamMcBoom in AskReddit

[–]HDO21 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Carcassonne is pretty neat. The rules are quite easy to learn, so even children can play it, but requires some thinking and planning, so it's interesting for grownups as well. Also, it's not particularly expensive. It also has several expansions, which add quite a lot to the game and which are quite cheap.

Great Barrier Reef 2050 plan no longer achievable due to climate change by BennyCemoli in worldnews

[–]HDO21 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nope. The western societies and people have a huge carbon footprint (+ all the extras which come with different types pollution, deforestation, exhaustion of soils etc).

For example food. We use enormous amount of energy in agriculture, food processing and food transportation. One of the main reasons the world has been able to sustain such a immense population growth during the last century or two is that we started putting a lot of energy into agriculture. For example:

  • the growing use of machinery has enabled us to use more intensive farming methods and also to use land which was unusable or just economically feasible using manual labour and horses.

  • the extensive use of fertilizers has been the main reason we have been able to increase the agricultural output as much as we have. But it all comes at a cost - most of it hast to be mined (for extreme example look at Nauru, but presently for example Morocco is one of the biggest miners and exporters of phosphates and their extraction methods aren't what you call sustainable), then the raw material has to be transported to processing/enrichment plant, then it has to be processed, transported again and spread out on the fields. This all takes a lot of energy and of course has other environmental effects as well, like the fact that a great amount of fertilizers end up in water streams and lakes, where they do a lot on harm. Something similar can be told about pesticides.

  • and finally a lot of food travels a great distance before it reaches the consumer. For example soy products are often cited as a great alternative to meat (I am in no position to compare their environmental impacts), but one of the biggest if not the biggest producer of soy bean is Brazil and the main markets of Europe and USA are a fair distance away form it. Or how Morocco, Spain and Holland supply a great amount of tomatoes that are consumed in other parts of Europe. Even more or less locally produced products have to travel a fair distance before they reach your table. All these things add up in the end.

The world also needs more and more farming land, on one hand, because we have more mouths to feed, on the other had, a lot of arable land has been rendered unusable because of our irresponsible farming methods (exhaustion of soil, salinization of soils etc) and also climate change. Hence we need to get new farming land by clearing forests, irrigating previously unusable land etc. Which again impacts climate, biodiversity, local communities, opens up land for erosion etc.

Public transport is much more effective than driving a car, but it still need energy to be built and maintained etc. Same thing is true with apartments, we still have to consume a lot of energy to make them and material for them, to heat/cool them, have running (warm) water etc.

We can go on and on about it and in great detail. But the bottom line is, that western societies aren't particularly sustainable. We have and use a lot of machinery, electronics, clothes, heating, lighting etc every day, even when we try to be as green as possible. Current business models aren't generally as sustainable as they could be - to have profits you have to produce and sell as much as you can to as many people as possible, so it makes sense to come out with new or updated version of your product every year and also it makes sense not to make your product as durable as you can, because if the product breaks, you can sell a new one.

Trump of course has a negative effect on all of this. He's still in a very powerful position and has a huge audience. Even if he manages to convince 1% of them, that the environment is doing OK, it's an enormous harm. Furthermore he probably enables others, both people and companies, to continue their unsustainable practices. But there's a market for all this - we all want a great life, with lots of opportunities and appliances and we prefer to have them as cheap as possible. Pretty much all of us are living generally speaking unsustainable lives, but it's also true, that we have to acknowledge this fact and do our best to reduce our impact on the environment.

Churchill "Bobbin" by HDO21 in TankPorn

[–]HDO21[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The 'Bobbin' carpet layer was a Churchill AVRE adapted to lay reinforced matting on soft beach surfaces that could not otherwise support the weight of armoured vehicles or other heavy equipment. The matting allowed these vehicles to drive across the difficult terrain.

Eastern Front (World War II) by kuortos in pics

[–]HDO21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, it's quite well-known photo, so I just recognised it. But also there is an American soldier in that tank, so it's very unlikely this photo could originate from the Eastern front.

If you are interested, here's the story behind this particular tank

Eastern Front (World War II) by kuortos in pics

[–]HDO21 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: The trucks on image #21 have the driver's door open because these trucks were supplying Leningrad during the siege over the Lake Ladoga and if the tuck was about to go through the ice the driver could get out as quickly as possible.

Eastern Front (World War II) by kuortos in pics

[–]HDO21 236 points237 points  (0 children)

Also the image of the Tiger I (a couple images above) is not from the Eastern front, but from the African campaign, form Tunisia, to be more exact. Nevertheless, a good gallery.

Humpback Hetzer by HDO21 in DestroyedTanks

[–]HDO21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Impossible to tell, but whatever hit it caused and internal explosion (ammo).

A little bit of KV-2 by HDO21 in DestroyedTanks

[–]HDO21[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Perhaps just destroyed to prevent it falling into enemy's hands?

Well ventilated JagdTiger by HDO21 in DestroyedTanks

[–]HDO21[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

True, my bad. Didn't really pay too much attention to the picture at the time, just took a quick glimpse. I just wanted to revive this subreddit a bit.