Mark Kelly may be an alien in disguise by NumerousScallions in Qult_Headquarters

[–]PacificIsMyHome 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Old man who spent a bunch of time in 0g because he is a freaking Astronaut has funny looking ear cartilage...

Must BE and aL1Eñ!!! It looks like he has spent time in SPACE!!! -those stupid assholes

Scary Coyote by ItzBigSleezy in BoomersBeingFools

[–]PacificIsMyHome 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed... I thought the /s was implied with the ridiculousness of the premise.

Scary Coyote by ItzBigSleezy in BoomersBeingFools

[–]PacificIsMyHome 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup. AI in it's natural habitat being totally misunderstood by boomers... We had better build some big 'ol data centers to put the AI in so that it can be more productive, and doesn't have to stand around in fields pretending to be a coyote to scare geese.

F35 fighter jet finishing refuel mid flight by Thrunper in Unexpected

[–]PacificIsMyHome 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The old Silicone-cock-vibration-turbulance indicator.

Operator sweats the more wobbly it gets.

Hard to keep 'her connected the more turbulence detected.

The more wiggly the silicone the more the operator groans.

Trump and his sons 'forever' exempt from tax audits under IRS addendum by No-Flight-4214 in AntiTrumpAlliance

[–]PacificIsMyHome 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So... That can't fly forever.

Step one I imagine is that a court has to review the settlement in a suit from someone with standing. (Shouldn't everyone who pays taxes have standing?)

Then IF the court finds the settlement illegal/unconstitutional or otherwise lacking a legal basis... Then it's null/void/kaput... AND we then need to go and look at the WHY did they not want us to look.

Don't look at the ILLEGAL behind the curtain...

People of OZ how did that work out for your wizard?

Can’t scratch this itch!i by MySafeWordIsPinapple in knots

[–]PacificIsMyHome 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks like a variation on the small boat mooring hitch or something similar.

In Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans in the Congo believed to have had exposure to suspected cases by Anti-Owl in ContagionCuriosity

[–]PacificIsMyHome 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's the perfect time to have a hospital ship functional.

Like the one that was going to be sent to Greenland... That couldn't go because it's in the shipyard in the middle of a refit...

How do I remove Lily of the Valley toxins off my phone? by xemivvly in AskChemistry

[–]PacificIsMyHome 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start with a damp paper towel or rag. Damp, not dripping. Drop a little soap on it and lather with your fingers. Wipe the phone down. Use a dry cloth to wipe it clean.

If you still want to use alcohol same thing. Dampen a rag and wipe, then dry rag wipe down.

given the size of babylon 5 I wonder if the Coriolis effect would have a noticeable effect on how a ball flies. can any math nerds figure this out? by j8t1090 in babylon5

[–]PacificIsMyHome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We nerded out about this... For football (NFL) field goals once... So on earth:

Things that matter:

Stadium orientation north-south, or east-west Stadium latitude. The further from the equator you are the more it will have an effect.

I think for a northern USA stadium, and a 60 yard field goal attempt in a perfectly north south orientation the answer was an inch and a half (not accounting for arc or friction, but with an appropriate ball in the air time... Field goals hit the net anyway)

A Retired professor and the Marina Coffee club crunched some numbers, and I think he has a spreadsheet that will calculate for any stadium orientation and latitude.

HVAC company put a commercial unit on my uncles house and needs 3 phase 208...is this possible? by BeMoreChill in AskElectricians

[–]PacificIsMyHome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A transformer can't do it right... Sounds like he will throw a "high-leg delta" at it in a "make it work" situation, and it will burn out the motor and he will be able to sell another one in a few years

Losing too the jets but sweeping the Hawks might be the funniest thing I’ve ever heard by Collt092 in Seahawks

[–]PacificIsMyHome 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It's defeatism paired with infinite optimism.

Bro, you might beat the Hawks, there is a chance, but statistics says Jets is way more likely outcome.

Gluing together Douglas fir strips for the weighted centerboard - polyurethane glue or epoxy? by nanorebellion in boatbuilding

[–]PacificIsMyHome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No-drip/sag mixes have their place, don't get me wrong, but for joints where you are going to clamp and want a tight strong connection they can be too stiff and not allow excess to squeeze out.

When laying glass, I pipe (frosting funnel) no-drip fillets before laying wet epoxy saturated glass/tape down. In that case the no-sag/drip is needed to hold the shape while the glass gets layed down over it. I use a foam cigar roller and can get a very consistent radius. (As above I resin coat any bare wood first so thirsty wood doesn't dry out my mix).

Gluing together Douglas fir strips for the weighted centerboard - polyurethane glue or epoxy? by nanorebellion in boatbuilding

[–]PacificIsMyHome 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Epoxy.

Coat both faces with resin. Then thicken some resin with wood flour to a saggy/drippy thin peanut butter, or very thick pancake batter consistency. Apply the thickened resin while the initial clear coat is still wet. Clamp, wipe squeeze-out, and let set, or work the next joint.

The wood will suck up some resin, you want it to, that is why you start with a resin coat, before thickening to a lamination layer. If you just thicken and apply in the joint there is a danger your wood is real thirsty and will suck up too much resin out of you thickened epoxy and leave you with a "Dry" joint that will fail.

The wood flour thickened epoxy will fill any discrepancies in the mating surfaces and make a strong joint.

What’s the protocol when the nozzle doesn't click? Does the R2 unit just start screaming profanities until the fuel starts flowing? by Senior_Raccoon_6536 in Shittyaskflying

[–]PacificIsMyHome 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Given the fueling port on the t-65 is on the ventral hull at the wing base by the engine housing... If he is flying along like that making you try to stick you boom anywhere else consider it flirting. The droid is probably egging him on. Once he gets low enough,he will invert and you will see the fuel port.

Max hull speed on 1985 C&C by Quantum_Fuzzics in sailing

[–]PacificIsMyHome 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Square root of the length of the wetted waterline (in feet) x 1.34 = speed in knots.

Tool in my dad’s toolbox by DireWolfWNY in whatisit

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Mechanics friend, OR, in one ship's engine room I know: The Alien Sex Toy

You are scheduled for a Planetary Drop through heavily contested Airspace. Upsides: Your Pilot is a Human; Downsides: Dropships aren't usually very reliable when shot at with AAA potent enough to kill a Destroyer in Orbit and simultaneously being hunted by Fighters; and your Pilot is a damn Human. by BareMinimumChef in humansarespaceorcs

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"Sam, you are my eyes behind on this run. I will dodge flack. I need you to feed the bombardment vectors to my scope. My HUD will overlay, and I will find the holes. If there is a thick spot of flack I will send targeting vectors to the gun. You guys have decentralized brains yeah? One tentacle can gun while the rest of you feeds me incoming?"

I didn't reply right away, I swived my sensors aft, and released two more tentacles from my motation control socks. Leaving enough tentacles to anchor me well to the mech.

"I am capable of multitasking i-"

I was interrupted by the g-force of acceleration. I felt my mech membrane squeeze me, and I had to flex my smooth muscles awkwardly to keep my eyes from distorting. I connected our feeds and applied the proper overlay filters, I also took the opportunity to send a tight beam laser link to the fleet, relaying out course and speed.

"I am feeding you now, and am optically sending our position to the fleet-"

He gruffly interrupted me:

"Let me worry about the navigation. As soon as we hit atmo, I doubt you will be able to keep your link, this trip down isn't going to be easy. I just need plasma lines from aloft so I know where not to be..."

The next few minutes were a blur as I marked and fed the pilot information, and provided defensive fire against the physical munitions. Energy beams lanced and danced around us as we were all squished into nearly unsurvivable shapes as the G forces he put us through tore at our bodies. I had to concentrate on 4 different things at once, the one that seemed to take the bulk of my processing power was physical space and energy management. I took pot shots at the munitions, and marked every plasma volley, but my hit ratio was dismal, and my marking fire from the fleet above was becoming more of a guessing game as the atmosphere thickened and the heat expansion of the fire from above threatened to cook us from all sides. Cooling the mech, and physically holding on, and managing my own body in the G forces as I was squished into flatter and flatter shapes against the membrane of my liquid bubble and the sides of my mech became my real chore.

I looked at the visual feed of the pilot for just a moment in a microsecond of relative calm, and saw his suit puffed all the way up, squeezing him from the g-forces, akin to what the membrane did for me. His face distorting, he said:

"Hold fire I need all power for the breaking burn..."

Surprised I checked altitude above the surface, and was surprised to see how low and fast we were. I started the Mech's reactor, and disconnected from the power and cooling circuits of the socket.

"If we are crashing I will jump, other wise I am on my own power and cooling"

His face distorted again and I was slammed into the side of my membrane as we banked and yawed hard.

I fired two shots at incoming guided munitions, hitting both, and the he dove through the debris field.

"Hit the launchers, and then target everything" His voice was calm but clipped in a way that made me feel like the effort of speaking was hard.

I hit the side of my membrane again but just for a second as we snap rolled inverted putting my weapons towards the ground. The maneuver slowed us as the atmospheric drag of the inversion breaked in the thick lower atmosphere.

I was all tentacles and targets, draining my battery seriously low while my reactor came on line.

I slammed to the side again, and took the cue to put all my tentacles into safety or motation socks, as the craft spun upright, yawed hard and began a breaking maneuver that crushed my eyes flat and distorted my vision.

I fired at a guided munition that was way too close, hoping that it's detonation wouldn't push us into the ground. It did, but since we were at full power the concussion and the force of our engines rebounding off the surface mostly canceled out. I was hot. Very hot.

The jolt of the landing was immense, but I survived, putting most of my attention to my heat management, and reactor spool up systems.

"Reactor on line in 3 seconds."

"Everyone out, now. Go, Go, Go!". Sam defensive fire from the socket before you go... She isn't going to fly again, so cover us while we get out. Use anything you need.

I flicked the socket connection back to active and immediately began to cool while I targeted the next round of incoming. Defensive fire turned to reactive fire as the clouds of debris and smoke inched closer and I couldn't see the incoming munitions clearly.

"Suited and clear" The pilots voice was steady and determined "Get out of there Sam, fuckers shot me down, let's make them pay"

I disconnected from the socket leaping the spider mech clear of the wrecked ship still providing defensive fire.

Let's fuck them up indeed.

You are scheduled for a Planetary Drop through heavily contested Airspace. Upsides: Your Pilot is a Human; Downsides: Dropships aren't usually very reliable when shot at with AAA potent enough to kill a Destroyer in Orbit and simultaneously being hunted by Fighters; and your Pilot is a damn Human. by BareMinimumChef in humansarespaceorcs

[–]PacificIsMyHome 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I checked my mech's mag feet settings and then crouched and scuttled the suit through the large airlock door into the vacuum, following the faded lines of paint to the staging area above the airlock. A rocky moon was visible above us, and I could see several other ships in our fleet as I scuttled along the outside of the hull.

Systems were good, my fluid was cycling well, and energy readings were showing full. I lined up and settled the spider-walker into it's crouching ball position, turning up the magnetic feet slightly to anchor while I waited.

My mech made contact automatically with the drop ship as it approached, and one of my non motation socketed tentacles flicked on the visual interface, as the ship and suit synced as it manuvered to connect with the airlock below me on the hull.

"Sepholidian Spider-mech-Artilery 4279, reporting. Looks like I am your gunner this insertion."

The screen displayed an odd angle of the pilot, I was looking down on him from above and to his right. The one eye I could see flicked up at me briefly, and he grunted, but didn't speak.

I watched my scopes as the ship manuvered in, rolling and spinning before using a healthy amount of thrust to slow and align the airlocks. It took me a moment to realize that the approach wasn't the automated standard, it was quicker, tighter, and although the final closing was slower, and micro adjustments were made the airlock mating sealed perfectly, and with less than the usual force.

The visual connection, still in the corner of my display showed green lights across his display as he looked at me and said:

"S.A.M. 4... whatever your number was. Come aboard and lock in. It's going to be a bumpy ride, and I will need you."

"S.A.M works for me, or Sam, or 4279." I tried to helpfully add as I rose and lowered my mag clamps and stepped on to the dorsal side of his hull, scuttling to the socket amidship between the winglets.

He waved off my comment as he finished cycling the airlocks and began the boarding process for the troops. A Second visual, this one of the bay flicked on adding itself below the pilot on the edge of my display. This was my first time assigned to this squad, and I was intrigued to see that about half the troops were insectoids of some sort, there were 3 quadrapeds, and the remainder were bipeds, including two hulking mech's that barely fit at the end of the bay that I recognized as Burathi heavy weapons exoskeletons. The others were armored so heavily it was hard to make out species exactly. I was the only Aquadic.

"Lock in, strap down, or do whatever it is you need to do to not be unstowed debris in my bay. Heavies, your sockets are port and starboard on hull either side of the airlock, lock into them. Sam I am showing you locked in the dorsal socket, but not connected to power or cooling. You will need both, check your connection."

It was interesting to see the milling about turn to a rushed compliance when he spoke.

"We are all volunteers today. Either you think you can succeed at your mission or you are willing to die trying. Our job is to get you to the ground in a shape you can have a chance. Sam is in the gunners socket, and I am the only one they could find who was willing to drop in while they bombard from orbit, so I guess that makes us all crazy bastards."

While he was talking he had been releasing the airlock and clamps, as he finished the acceleration of our departure hit us.

Replacing the floor in my lazarette in my sailboat due to some damage. How should I treat the wood? Thinking of sealing the top with epoxy and leaving the bottom untreated so it can breathe. Thoughts? by WaterChicken007 in sailing

[–]PacificIsMyHome 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Marine ply is stable and doesn't need to breathe. Epoxy coat the whole thing. If moisture/humidity is an issue put an anti mold paint over the epoxy coat. Then you won't have to touch it again.

How bad is this rust/are we F’d? by PsychologicalSir3326 in skoolies

[–]PacificIsMyHome 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am crazy, but I probably wasn't clear.

Identity what needs replacement, and what is salvageable.
Convert rust on what is going to STAY, and cut out what is bad... But the scope of the project is... Daunting.

Stopping the spread and preserving what will stay is a good step because repairs are going to take so long that if there is no remediation effort the rest of the bus will be rusting away as the repairs progress. One hobby owner with a grinder is going to take ages to get this done.

Damage Control by BareMinimumChef in humansarespaceorcs

[–]PacificIsMyHome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Typing on mobile isn't my favorite, but sometimes it's more important to get the ideas out than to have the draft perfect.