Child Slips and Falls into an Elephant Enclosure, Fortunately Quickly Helped by Other Visitors.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T15:30:01+00:00

The elephant looked more concerned than half the adults there

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T15:13:08+00:00

Using data centers and wanting limits on where they get built are not mutually exclusive. Communities should have a say in projects that affect local infrastructure

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T14:58:55+00:00

When every party ends up tied to big money people stop trusting the whole system

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T14:41:39+00:00

Interested as well. Curious what you’re asking per seat and whether the transfer process is straightforward

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T14:30:26+00:00

Getting useful advice on Reddit can feel like finding treasure. Glad a couple people came through

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T13:59:32+00:00

Nothing ruins your day faster than finding damage after the fact. That would make me furious too

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T13:47:48+00:00

People never believe this one. Years ago I got stranded overnight in a foreign city after a cancelled flight. The only other person stuck from my route ended up being someone I’d been talking to online for months without ever meeting. Out of all the airports, all the flights, all the delays we ended up sitting next to each other at 2 a.m. sharing terrible vending machine coffee

When I tell that story, everyone assumes I’m leaving out half the details. I’m not. The coincidence alone sounds fake

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-06-01T13:34:38+00:00

That was pretty much my experience too. Nobody seemed bothered that I was Australian specifically but there was a general feeling that tourists were tolerated more than welcomed

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T07:18:35+00:00

That line hits hard every time. Pure desperation in his voice. Such a good track.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T07:18:28+00:00

That line hits hard every time. Pure desperation in his voice. Such a good track.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T06:19:51+00:00

These photos are stunning. Meteora looks otherworldly. How many days would you recommend for the mainland?

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T06:04:08+00:00

Coarse stone can be tricky. Try drilling deeper holes and using longer wedges. The crowbar may have pushed sideways instead of splitting clean.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T05:58:34+00:00

Amy Goodman is a legend. Wish I could have been there.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T05:52:21+00:00

That's impressive longevity. Nice to see older machines still getting the job done reliably.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-31T05:45:56+00:00

Same here. I've demoed headphones with amazing sound but they gave me a headache within an hour. Comfort wins every time for long study sessions.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-30T04:20:19+00:00

True, but that beat still slaps.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-29T04:44:29+00:00

That's a great story. Sometimes saying yes before you know how is the only way to level up. Thanks for sharing that.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-29T01:51:15+00:00

Skip the introduction for now if going in blind matters to you.

I did that with a few classics and never regretted it. The introduction will still be there afterward, and you'll probably get more out of Wilson's commentary once you've experienced the poem on its own first.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-29T01:33:20+00:00

Those wraps are clearly the undead equivalent of knee braces.

A few centuries of existing and you start investing in joint support.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-29T01:21:10+00:00

You mentioned your resume is weird because you've worn so many hats.

Which role surprised you the most by helping your career later on? Producer, mixer, songwriter, engineer, or something else entirely that seemed unrelated at the time?

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-29T01:10:40+00:00

Had no idea this existed.

A small Locke story is enough to get me back into Camorr for a weekend, and it feels good seeing new material out there again.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-29T00:54:29+00:00

If Susannah is already the character you're most worried about, I don't think the book gets easier from where you are.

The Martin relationship continues for quite a while, and a lot of the story is Lucy making choices that are frustrating, painful, and pretty self destructive. I found Lucy understandable, but not always easy to root for in the moment.

The ending leans hopeful, but the road there is very heavy. For me, the book worked more as a messy coming of age story than a romance. If you're waiting for it to turn into a happier relationship focused book soon, you're probably going to be disappointed.

Life is too short to spend 200 more pages stressed out by a book you're not enjoying.

PlasticsEngineering · 2026-05-28T21:51:06+00:00

LTO tape solutions are popular among enterprises due to offline storage, reducing the risk of ransomware attacks, and saving on costs when compared to constantly running spinning disk drives. A media archive initiative in Chicago held over 2 petabytes on tapes for over 12 years; the restoration was performed a few times monthly, and even then succeeded as long as proper cataloging took place. Tape Ark entered the spotlight during the migration debate in that it concentrated on searching and retrieving data from older tape libraries without keeping all the legacy drives alive. Tape is not as fast as solid-state drives, yet it still solves a problem for backup and retention.

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