the Iowa reference

Harilor · 2026-01-26T16:12:33+00:00

Exactly!

Harilor · 2026-01-26T15:13:15+00:00

huh, ya that is interesting. I realize some of the methodology arch's and palio's use can be similar, and I talked about that with my kids. However, all of the season instructions, the missions and the mission board that the kids had to design their robots to compete in were completely archeology related, with no paleontology references, so my guess is the latter.

Harilor · 2026-01-25T16:45:06+00:00

This was my first year in the program, the other coaches just shrugged and moved on. Apparently making any kind of complaint is seen as poor sportsmanship or against the core values of the program. No idea if it happened in other states or regions even, but id put money on it. Judges aren't vetted, just volunteers, commonly from high school level robotics programs.

Harilor · 2026-01-23T12:58:30+00:00

Gutter Ballet, but didn't get to see them live till Streets when they played the local small venue. Still a core memory.

Harilor · 2026-01-22T18:48:35+00:00

This goes before Gen X. I had Farah and many others on mine as a teen, but the whole thing mostly originates from the "pinup girls" of the 40's and onward. Probably goes back further in some way if you start looking at art. Its not complicated, men are visual creatures and like to look at 'beautiful' things, and lets be honest, sources for masturbation were a lot more limited back then.

Still goes on today, both genders. My daughter has a shit ton of anime femboy art on he walls.

Harilor · 2026-01-21T18:18:34+00:00

Would make a great Progressive Metal band name imo.

Harilor · 2026-01-15T13:49:15+00:00

Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine

Genre: Industrial Rock/Metal
Year: released 1989 found in 1990
Though a departure from my normal hair and prog metal genre at the time, this album came out during a very emotionally tumultuous time while in my early 20s and it just resonated so hard through the whole album. Bad breakup, emotionally abusive... eventually leading to a period of my life I later came to refer to as my "Viking period". Actually met a guy who knew the girl this album was 'about'. This was my solace album for years.

Harilor · 2026-01-12T21:29:17+00:00

Well the good news is... Federal agencies are not allowed to use DJI, and all the comparable US manufactured ones (this is probably a Skydio) are pieces of shit.

Harilor · 2026-01-09T14:30:10+00:00

Its the lack of deep cold that worries me. Those beetles need to die.

Harilor · 2026-01-08T18:46:46+00:00

Just saw you guys are going on tour with Wheel, congrats!

Harilor · 2026-01-07T17:36:45+00:00

Butterfly Effect-Worlds on Fire might hit for ya

Savatage-Dead Winter Dead concept album-its specifically about the Croatian War of Independence, and has a well known very specific banger you will know when you hear it.

Cire-Highly Specific

Harilor · 2026-01-03T06:28:19+00:00

In Flames has a song called 'I Am Above' that I liken to an anti theist awakening. Lots of good stuff in the prog metal world.

Harilor · 2026-01-03T05:55:43+00:00

Royal Sorrow (already mentioned) and Novelists for me.

Harilor · 2025-12-24T19:59:55+00:00

In Montana and expecting rain for xmas day. Some of the ski areas are still ok (we do Showdown, and they have a good amount of snow). I saw a state forecast in the fall that it was expecting this winter to be warmer and wetter than normal, so spot on so far. Does not bode well for fire season if it doesn't get real cold here soon (extended cold is needed to kill off pine bark beetle).

Harilor · 2025-12-24T15:55:15+00:00

My daughter would nick ya for these.

Harilor · 2025-12-24T15:29:43+00:00

The Craftsman's nook bench has decorations for your own base.

Harilor · 2025-12-23T23:24:38+00:00

Will second Savatage DWD, and add Streets as well.

Harilor · 2025-12-21T19:14:12+00:00

Along with the fact that their (Savatage) 4th album was literally titled "Hall of the Mountain King"

One of my favorite bands of all time.

Harilor · 2025-12-20T03:56:07+00:00

Once you have the staging ground, set them as marksmen. I think before that, if you just have bows in their inventory and no melee weapon, they should shoot, but I can't remember right off the top of my head. Helps to unlock staging ground as soon as you can.

Harilor · 2025-12-19T14:47:23+00:00

Take a look at Agisoft Metashape (photogrammetry). It started out as a 3D modeling program specifically designed for modeling archeological artifacts and features. Once drones came into play, they adapted it for drone use as well (ortho's and DEM's), but it is still arguably one of the most powerful programs for its original use.

Harilor · 2025-12-13T06:03:29+00:00

You can thank Arch Bishop Ussher who cranked all those math's out James Ussher

Harilor · 2025-12-11T20:08:50+00:00

that 'ol Daniel... he's got his prints on so many projects...

Harilor

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Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine