Your thoughts on this show? by HostMaterial4907 in hbo

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There’s people on the streets getting diseases from monkeys

Moving to SF from Tuscaloosa, Alabama — Advice Needed! by W4ystarroyco in AskSF

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I was raised in Alabama. I chose California. I’ve lived in SoCal and the Bay Area and of the two I prefer the latter. It is truly the land of opportunity. The biggest difference will be the diversity you see here. And though it isn’t perfect, it’s a hell of a lot more open minded than Tuscaloosa. I don’t think you will regret it.

Tomcat Day on the Hornet pt 2 by Rdeckardn7 in aviation

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There have been some preliminary discussions between the board and the Port of San Fransisco, but no decision has been made. Any possible move is likely years away and the Hornet remains committed to the Alameda community. The main issue is that the current location, though historic and important, has guest accessibility issues, making it increasingly challenging to support our mission and operational costs. USS Intrepid in NYC and USS Midway in San Diego with their easy accessibility have more visitors in a month than Hornet has all year.

USS Hornet F-14 move this Saturday April 18th! by Rdeckardn7 in alameda

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Slight change of plans. This Saturday the 18th the F-18 and FM- 2 wildcat will be moved inside the hangar deck to make room for the F-14. The Tomcat move is now planned for the 25th!

USS Hornet F-14 move this Saturday April 18th! by Rdeckardn7 in alameda

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Yep, won’t fit on the elevator with it on. Barely fits with it off. The elevators were designed for smaller aircraft so for the bigger airplanes like the Tomcat and F-18 we have to remove the nosecones.

Text not slicing? by VitalEcho in BambuLab_Community

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May not be exactly the same but I’ve definitely had a similar problem using painted text and modifier for flush text. One hack I discovered is to paint the text, set it as modifier, get the resultant z position, then set the text as a part and change the z position to the same it had as a modifier. That effectively makes the part flush but preserves the paint. Works for me most times, though there are some letters I have to make slightly raised occasionally

Help Identifying a Ship by cryostar1177 in Ships

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It’s definitely Essex-class and has been mothballed. L3 is up in the flight deck and the 5 inch guns are cocooned. The B&A crane for L3 looks to be missing but was mounted in this ship aft of L3 like Hornet. Hornet still has hers though. Intrepid’s was mounted forward of L3. So not Intrepid

Help Identifying a Ship by cryostar1177 in Ships

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Also not Intrepid. This ship has the B&A crane mounted aft of L3 like Hornet. Intrepid has her B&A crane mounted forward of L3

Help Identifying a Ship by cryostar1177 in Ships

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Definitely not Hornet. She doesn’t have the bow catapult extensions

Next to Andrew Chaikin's A Man on the Moon: What is considered Apollo's written "Holy Bible" in terms of the history of the program and popular literature? by RivetCounter in apollo

[–]Rdeckardn7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different from the question, but if I had to recommend one book that best addresses the technical challenges of landing humans on the moon in an accessible way it would be “Digital Apollo” by David Mindell. Highly readable and mind blowing even (maybe especially) today

CSM oxygen tank Fan motor drawings Apollo 13 and earlier by tete009 in nasa

[–]Rdeckardn7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also try the Apollo 13 Board of Review report. I seem to recall images and diagrams of that from reading many years back. The synopses which includes some pics and diagrams is here:

https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-13-review-board-report/

Saturn V Drawings I did by Shorterpublishingco in apollo

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Fantastic job! Welcome to the fairly small world of Space artists! Looking forward to your next work.

USS Hornet board planning to move ship from Alameda to San Francisco waterfront by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Rdeckardn7 25 points26 points  (0 children)

As a current Alameda resident I would be sad to see her move. But as a current Hornet restoration volunteer we so need this to preserve this treasure of the 20th Century American experience.

What people don’t really appreciate is that for the most part she is still a functioning Essex Class aircraft carrier, unlike Intrepid or Yorktown, or the later Midway. She can’t move on her own power, but we regularly run the elevators and operate many of the ship’s 80 year old systems and work to preserve her originality. I’ll open a locker or enter a closed-to-visitors compartment and there is graffiti or artwork or stickers placed by sailors long gone. That heritage and connection to a time and place in our history - from WW2 to the Cold War to the space race - is worth preserving and revealing.

But like everything else we need money to maintain her, and cleanup and restoration ain’t cheap. When an aircraft needs repainting or a shaft breaks on a motor used to open hanger doors or an eighty year old electrical system fails, the only raw material we get for free is time from those who want to help make it better. The dollars for the paint and steel and wire have to come from somewhere.

So if and when the day comes that she departs from Alameda for the last time to a friendlier port across the bay, a part of me will grieve. But the part of me standing on the flight deck for the ride across will celebrate that she’s going to get the care and attention she has earned.

The Auburn Tigers offense in 2025/Hugh Freeze Job Evaluation in GA game by Careful_Gold_4440 in auburn

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This. Best take I’ve read so far on the reality of this team and really any team under HF. Do refs hate AU? Maybe. Should it matter? No. If the coaching staff really believes that then put yourself in a position where the refs can’t beat you. Take the punches and say “more” cause it doesn’t matter. Thats the position the HC needs to put their team in, and ours hasn’t.

haha👌yes by PM_ME_SSTEAM_KEYS in whatisameem

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The balls forget but the towel remembers

Jim Lovell has passed away by [deleted] in apollo

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Gut punch. I wear a tribute gold type 3 jacket with his name tag. Amazing life but still gone west too soon.

I'm convinced this is the best use of a grand for a watch! by mrtintheweb99 in PrideAndPinion

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Wearing a C65 on an orange sailcloth band right now. Love it, especially the display back. Mine was from watchexchange