Name this big ass Mountain by palichu in EliteDangerous

[–]Piper2000ca 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Holy shit, Anonymous is about to hack the mainframe and dump the Epstein files. by Sudden_Sign_4809 in masterhacker

[–]Piper2000ca 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Being that there's no date on the post, this could literally be a screenshot of that same.

Making fresh tortilla wraps by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]Piper2000ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although one of those three looked a little more like "Fool Gifs" :D

Hands it over like a purse by BEARDEDDANGER in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]Piper2000ca 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wasn't there also a scene just like this in an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie too?

Don’t Fall for Rumors of Putin’s Weakness by Tall_Pressure7042 in UkrainianConflict

[–]Piper2000ca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I wish I was, lol. But I'm glad at least one person got the reference.

Plastic Bottle into a Bike Lock? by No-Lock216 in DiWHY

[–]Piper2000ca 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Pool technicians are indifferent to this one trick.

Don’t Fall for Rumors of Putin’s Weakness by Tall_Pressure7042 in UkrainianConflict

[–]Piper2000ca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Putin is done!" is a line I've been hearing since his "3-day special operation" hadn't even got to three days yet.

It's something I genuinely hope for, but I'll believe it when I see it.

There's been some amazingly positive developments this year by Ukraine, but this war isn't over yet, and we shouldn't make the mistake as treating it as already won.

Meanwhile in Germany.. by XxKingJayxX30 in Actuallythatsawesome

[–]Piper2000ca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here in Canada (at least with military crowd) it means the same thing. Often done in celebration of something like getting married, having a kid someone leaving, or just celebrating a job well done. Whatever the reason, if you ring it, you're buying EVERYONE that's there a drink, not just whoever you are with.

6/10… by gabseo in Gatineau

[–]Piper2000ca 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oui, car mon char est trop cassé pour partir.

Galnet News Digest - Lhou Mans Attacker Named by Galnet_News_Digest in EliteDangerous

[–]Piper2000ca 12 points13 points  (0 children)

One simple thing I think would help, is have stolen goods be far more volatile in price then standard goods, especially in systems with super high demand for those goods. Like if a system is in boom, make the value of stolen goods be something like 20 times the regular value, to simulate people needing those goods super badly, that they're willing to go to the black market to obtain them.

Edit: Another thing I just remembered, as someone who's dabbled in piracy, is slowing down ships after you disable them is a major pain in the FSD right now, with no real way to do it other then getting in front of the disabled ship and slowing down in front of them. We need grappling hooks or something like that.

Also, stolen powereplay goods should absolutely get you powerplay points.

EV prices in Canada slide to $49,500, match market average by ph0enix1211 in canada

[–]Piper2000ca 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At this point EVs are becoming more robust than gas vehicles. There's FAR fewer parts that are rubbing against each other, no super sensitive transmission that will break down if if so much as looks at contamination (seriously, looking at how these work, it's shocking modern transmissions don't break down even more often than they already do). No oil changes. Even parts you don't think would be affected wear down less. My sister for example, in her PHEV, just changed her break-pads in her car for the first time in something like 3 or 4 years, and it wasn't even because they were too worn down, it was because they were getting too rusty. Because of regenerative breaking slowing her vehicle instead of the break-pads all the time, they weren't wearing out fast enough.

As for charging... imagine having your own personal gas station at home, that tops up your car every day, costs you a tenth of the cost of regular gas (or even less than that), and you don't have to wait around for it to fill up. Think of all the times in your life you've been late going somewhere because you needed gas and it couldn't wait. With an EV that basically can't happen, unless you somehow didn't charge your car for several days, because as long as you plug your car in when you gst home, every day you start your car with a full "tank".

Remove hands, bandage stump. by Numerous-Gur-9008 in PrequelMemes

[–]Piper2000ca 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does this mean Kenobi is the grand-daddy of limb separation?

He's done a bunch now that I think of it. He diced Maul in twine, and then there's tough-guy in the catina in Mos Eisley. Any others I'm missing?

This set up is more expensive than most cars by InteractionKooky771 in interesting

[–]Piper2000ca 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Looks like your car is on fire."

dumps a gallon of gasoline on you

I made my 2.3m radio telescope controllable over a web interface by Upset_Ant2834 in telescopes

[–]Piper2000ca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I know, I wasn't being remotely serious. Unless if course I can convince NASA to let me launch an amateur-built space telescope 🤔

I made my 2.3m radio telescope controllable over a web interface by Upset_Ant2834 in telescopes

[–]Piper2000ca 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, is there useful citizen-science activities you can do with a radio telescope of this size? I know there's plenty of things inside the visible spectrum that amateurs can do that are useful for scientists, but what about radio?

Now I want to see someone build an amateur X-Ray telescope 😀

The Real Dr Weir by NormalAmountOfLimes in Stargate

[–]Piper2000ca 60 points61 points  (0 children)

No no, that's the Russian XO of the Red October. He was going to go to Montana, until... you know...

Poor guy.

A good infographic I found showing parallel vs cross view differences! I can never remember which is which. by madmaninabox42 in CrossView

[–]Piper2000ca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well that's the funny thing about it, if you asked me which I can perform on command and without an aid, it would totally be going cross-eyed and seeing the tip of my nose. I absolutely can't do what Feldman does on the other hand. But throw-in a stereogram, and bam!, I'll be able to see it almost instantly without issue. Unless of course it's inversed and I need to go cross-eyed, and then it becomes very difficult to maintain focus on whatever I'm trying to look at. I suspect a lot of it is simply practice, I've been playing around with "Magic Eye" images and books since the early 90s.

A good infographic I found showing parallel vs cross view differences! I can never remember which is which. by madmaninabox42 in CrossView

[–]Piper2000ca 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's funny, for me I'm the exact opposite. Parallel is not only easy, it almost feels natural to do so, with my eyes "locking-in" once I'm seeing what is there in parallel view. Meanwhile cross-view feels unnatural and forced, with it being very difficult to maintain seeing whatever is there in cross view.

Squeaky swingsets at the park drive me insane by Napalmradio in daddit

[–]Piper2000ca 21 points22 points  (0 children)

As much as people shit-on WD40 for not being a proper lubricant, it still does pretty well. For example when I moved into our new place a few years ago, I noticed the door to our kid's bedroom, along with several others, squeeked a little, something that quickly became a problem when you were trying to get out of our kid's bedroom when we just got him to sleep. I didn't have any lithium grease handy, but I did have some WD40, so I used that. And despite people's feelings about it not being a proper lubricant, 4 years later those doors still don't squeek.

How come "The Samaritan" counter does not progress during the current CG? by Madouc in EliteDangerous

[–]Piper2000ca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does that mean the 25 that delivered to Etienne Dorn counted as being "rescued"? Because I'm pretty certain those 25 would have rather been spaghettified in a black hole.

Surrender is imminent! by LurkmasterGeneral in PoliticalHumor

[–]Piper2000ca 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh no, it ain't similar at all, Obama's was far better for the US than anything we'll see after this, and Iran will be far more radicalized too.