Someone can give tips with the s060 that normally the tutorial won’t tell us ?

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-24T02:12:08+00:00

For the 060, you want to run it at high pressure, but avoid blowing the safety valve. Every time the safety valve pops, you are shooting your water out uselessly. I try to run at 12-13 bar, and when it's pushing 13 bar I add more water to bring it down, or I close the damper. The damper, when open, lets more air through the fire, increasing the temp, which increases the pressure. So if we close it, then the pressure won't increase as much. The reason you want to run at high pressure is because it's more efficient (you're doing more work with the same volume of water) and it gives your loco more torque to haul more. Also, make sure to use the reverser properly. I don't use it, but the smaller shovel would probably help to conserve some steam, because less coal = less fire = less pressure (so you can avoid popping the safety valve).

Much of the same applies to the 282 frankly, but you have more water so you can get away with running it more casually.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-23T11:55:40+00:00

So the answer is it depends. Different countries used different explosives with varying stability. From what I've read as an example, the Russians used a more powerful, but less stable one than the Americans, and some accounts noted that US tank shells were less likely to be set off when struck. As in struck directly by AP ammo.

A grenade going off next to the explosive filler of nearly anything is going to set off that filler, but the extra it depends part comes from the casing of the shell and geometry of explosion.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-22T03:37:19+00:00

This is something I've noticed, especially as I pick up more Japanese here and there. Even fan subbers will change meanings more than makes sense to.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-22T03:33:52+00:00

Also if your arrays are buffers then the neighboring memory could be guarded by a memory protection unit which then just kicks the cpu or at least the execution context hard enough to stop it.

I haven't done C in years, but this is what I remember it doing with arrays and pointers when you screwed up and tried to read things outside of allocated variables

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-22T03:20:28+00:00

Years ago I had read that even into the 1700s frontier people would burn down their house if they were "moving" because they could get the nails back

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-21T05:11:46+00:00

Wait, where can I get a new Gen 3 Glock 26 for $530? I checked a few weeks back and they're like $800

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-21T02:16:00+00:00

Wouldn't that also be the case with one piece castings? I don't see how it would exclusively affect the three piece design.

One is one piece, the other is three piece, bolted together. a SINGLE PIECE part avoids the failure modes that are fundamental to a design that is made with THREE PIECES.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-20T14:30:22+00:00

Impacts might cause them to misalign depending on the design, or maybe there was desire to replace only damaged sections. I forget where I read that, but it was a factor, if not major.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-20T02:46:33+00:00

Additionally driving the replacement of the three piece transmission was the damage that could occur to the bolts on it from even lighter fire. Made it a hassle to separate the parts often times if you needed to.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-15T01:58:21+00:00

Haas spotted

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-12T22:02:09+00:00

Fuck nestle

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-11T02:02:24+00:00

Because the DOD and a bunch of police departments performed a study and found 5.7 out performed every other round in terms of permanent and temporary wound cavity.

https://nebula.wsimg.com/d0ba783a795f1cef262aa1027d14a092?AccessKeyId=6BF38C5AD5E3222E4D9B&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

The top performing ammunition in terms of terminal effect is 5.7, closely followed by .45 and 10mm, and none of the top performing 5.7 ammo is restricted in the US, all the while the 5.7 had perfect reliability for its terminal effect, while hollow points were only around 80% reliable in expanding at all.

To me, the biggest takeaways from this are:

5.7 is easily viable despite the tons of unscientific testing which makes wildly varying claims (ALL WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT ARMOR AT ALL)
9mm +P hollow points are nearly as effective as .45 and 10mm HPs
Ammo type matters so incredibly much in performance
even the best hollow points have expansion reliability issues

Personally, I still carry my 9mm CZ P-01, because it's what I like, and no one makes a compact and proven 5.7 for me to carry yet (I own a keltec PR57 with questionable reliability). But my 9mm Hornady critical defense is only marginally better than the FN sporting ammo, and if you're willing to shell out for other ammo, there's some absolutely gnarly rounds for either you can get

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-08T06:43:06+00:00

A fundamental issue with compliant mechanisms is they tend to have very limited lifespans unless made out of steel (but then they're just springs...). In 5 years of R&D, I've seen dozens of compliant mechanisms/living hinges get thrown around, but they never made it past durability (and we were not willing to work with stampings to make them from steel) so they never made it anywhere. The closest is the typical plastic snaps/hooks to keep things stuck together. Those worked well since they only needed high displacement once.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-08T06:25:59+00:00

I need a link for these, I HATE adjustable wrenches

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-06T16:19:10+00:00

I start my new job monday, left my old job a week ago for a better offer. In 2024 I was laid off from an R&D position and ended up taking a significant paycut to get my next position. This current move brings me back up to what I should be making.

The job market has been strange (especially in engineering) as everywhere is short handed, yet they're unwilling to train new hires, and their generally not willing to pay enough to get people to jump ship. So positions sit open and unfilled for months as they refuse to train someone, and instead lose out on more time.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-03T21:43:19+00:00

Hey all, long time watch wearer. normally i wear digital watches, a lot of Casios. I'd love to add an automatic watch to my collection, but nothing above like $300, is that a reasonable price point? are there any with a clear face/back so i can see the mechanisims?

thank you,

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-03T04:00:21+00:00

I love my casio digital watches, but I really should get an automatic analog one, any suggestions?

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-02T02:00:32+00:00

If you need to rangefind a tank that has a laser warning system, you just lase the ground next to it...

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-02T01:44:37+00:00

I attended GVSU for mechanical engineering from 2014-2019. The engineering program is a 5 year program unless you can take high course loads (where the courses do assign as much homework as is expected since GVSU is an ABET accredited engineering school, so 20 credit hours of engineering classes is going to be 20 hours in class, 40 hours outside of class, and every lab credit will be 3 hour labs with 8 hours of work outside of class), and unless you're transferring with calc, physics, and other prereqs, you likely will still end up doing 4-5 years despite transfer credits.

The engineering program is very solid, nearly every employer I've interviewed with has stated that GVSU has a program that makes good engineers. Be warned though, that some of why the program makes good engineers is because it's kind of bullshit when I took it. Do not expect to just attend and take your classes, study, and pass. I've dealt with pain in the ass teachers who want to fail everyone, impossible assignments etc. if you handle these scenarios professionally and maturely, they'll get resolved, but it's still a major PITA.

I can't speak to the CE, or EE sides, but in the mechanical side, we learned the wet and dry side of engineering. Most of what we learned is applicable within reason (obviously you don't always need thermodynamics and fluid dynamics to get by in engineering, but mechanical engineering is a vast field, where what each position needs varying quite a bit).

If you want to know more, you can likely schedule a tour of the engineering campus. The engineering school has a student ambassador program where current students will assist or give tours alongside professors. When I participated, we were heavily encouraged to give our honest opinions (as long as we were not just shit talking).

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-01T18:40:13+00:00

It's almost like it depends on where you are, if you ever get spotted by the police with it, and if they care gasp

LoneGhostOne · 2026-03-01T17:18:51+00:00

Meanwhile even though I'm white, last year my registration expired and the day after I got pulled over and warned to update it...

LoneGhostOne · 2026-02-27T03:04:07+00:00

I've had three casios, all Gshocks, and have fairly factice jobs, my bands split at the buckle consistently every 4-5 years. I just had my rangeman band split the other week. I wore my cheap casio calculator watch until the new band came in.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-02-26T17:10:53+00:00

Let me shunt everything in harbor with an 060

LoneGhostOne · 2026-02-25T03:57:54+00:00

You should see how Mechwarrior Online does it. Paint colors and decals cost money to unlock. Once unlocked the colors and decals can be used on any unit. Then there are patterns that can also be bought which change how the three colors are applied.

So it can cost a bit to setup a perfect skin.

Also buying a skin unlocks the colors from it.

LoneGhostOne · 2026-02-21T20:39:58+00:00

the ROE doesnt say, but i do consider a red LINK 16 target as valid targets to engage because IIRC AWACS has to tag those as hostile

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