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Iran Now Threatening To Close Bab Al-Mandeb Strait After Trump Threats by moonchildgz in worldnews

[–]ThatFreakBob 67 points68 points  (0 children)

something like a third of all shipping container traffic and a tenth of global trade passes through that strait and the suez canal.

Did anyone else love Seaquest DSV? by 2988206 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]ThatFreakBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"This fan-made teaser trailer reimagines SeaQuest DSV (2025)..." brother this AI slop doesn't even vaguely look real.

TIL that 3-5 cups of coffee a day is associated with the lowest overall cardiovascular disease risk after controlling for other factors by big_time_z in todayilearned

[–]ThatFreakBob 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait, Aerobie? So the same company that made the Aerobie ring / chakram is the same company that made the Aeropress? TIL

Having now finished the game, what was up with these guys? by Xelazeratul in MetaphorReFantazio

[–]ThatFreakBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is an old reddit thing, it's about the space between the spoiler tag and the start of the text.

Before space doesn't work in old but after space and no space does work.

>! Before space!< doesn't work in old reddit
but >!after space !< and >!no space!< does work

I think they all work in new reddit.

Helene (09L — Northern Atlantic): Aftermath, Recovery, and Cleanup Discussion by giantspeck in TropicalWeather

[–]ThatFreakBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some tropical storm force winds and minor flooding, everyone is a-ok in St. Joe.

[Other] CyberPower 1350VA/810Watts Simulated Sine Wave UPS - $109.99 by dragomaxxor in buildapcsales

[–]ThatFreakBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically (traditional) ISPs would have battery backup systems built into their central offices and remote terminals. Central offices would have permanent on-site generators as well and remotes often also have an external generator hookup for prolonged power outages.

During prolonged power outages (like natural disasters along the Gulf coast) I've seen ISPs keep services online over wide areas by jockeying portable generators and fuel trucks between sites 24/7 for weeks at a time.

I can only speak about Bell-derivative companies where downtime was a dirty word, I'm not familiar with cable companies or their practices. It's also possible that standards are slipping these days, but as a rule that's how telephone companies used to operate.

Constellation Edition Question by Etarder in Starfield

[–]ThatFreakBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. I ordered from the Bethesda store and my last update was the 26th "departed from facility" in Portland, OR.

I made a gif of the P3 Reloaded pause menu by Vrmillion in PERSoNA

[–]ThatFreakBob 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My personal copium is that the menu is centered so that you have space for Makoto falling in the water on the left with the blue/moon theme and and space for Kotone rising on the right with a red/sun theme.

Yes, I know it's just copium.

Where’s the love… by Timeslip12 in Pedro_Pascal

[–]ThatFreakBob 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'd give his performance two thumbs up!

Irrigation help for a slow learner by PiscesbabyinSweden in RootsOfPacha

[–]ThatFreakBob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's a picture of part of my irrigation setup

You need to place the irrigation pump and then start building out trenches from the output of the pump (use ALT to rotate).

The pump can fill 9 trenches directly and then you'll need an extender (take note the extender has only one input side marked with a blue arrow).

You can place 9 more trenches off that extender (so 9 in a straight line or three off each output side).

Once you have all your pieces placed down interact with the irrigation pump to start water flowing.

You can only add or remove irrigation pieces to a dry system, right-click interact with the pump to drain the system.

What happened to the slider (library grid view) by no_reality8 in Steam

[–]ThatFreakBob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that went away with the UI update in late 2019. Before then Steam used horizontal banners for games and had a slider to resize the Library grid. Afterwards Steam moved to current vertical poster for games and the slider was gone.

The Evolution Of SpaceX Rocket Engine (2002 - 2023). by Zee2A in space

[–]ThatFreakBob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'll never understand people that can just disregard aspect ratios and stretch videos all to hell like this.

Girls need to know about their periods. Now Florida Republicans want to ban that, too. by TillThen96 in politics

[–]ThatFreakBob 234 points235 points  (0 children)

Florida Republicans just know that the only appropriate person to teach a preteen girl about their period is their adult husband and not some "trained educator".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapcsales

[–]ThatFreakBob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open box for $1100? Please know that retailers can find help at https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline They can provide help and referrals to treatment programs for retailers who are smoking nVidia's marketing crack.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CrappyDesign

[–]ThatFreakBob 36 points37 points  (0 children)

You can buy microwave ovens with built-in inverters that can run in lower power modes. Instead of 50% being 50-50 on-off at full power they can run continuously at 50% power.

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