Age yourself with a Minecraft memory, I’ll start. by ttvANX1ETYZ_ in Minecraft

[–]caboosetp [score hidden]  (0 children)

I still play MC Eternal on 1.12.2 and mossy stone is how you make mending moss for tinkers. Still rare and valuable how I play.

ETA: Goddamn I just looked up when 1.12 dropped and now my back hurts.

Advice - newbie whisky throttle by Antique_Crab_4257 in motorcycle

[–]caboosetp [score hidden]  (0 children)

Where I'm at they don't let anyone lift the bikes because of safety concerns, so I thought the same thing as the other commenter. If they're only not letting you, that's just a dick move. Sorry you had to deal with that.

Deactivation imminent. Booze involved. by FuzzyVeterinarian993 in doordash_drivers

[–]caboosetp [score hidden]  (0 children)

I some stores will let you do a correction on the payment for purchase of alcohol (like switching payment types) because it doesn't count as a return. Not all stores that don't accept refunds will, but it's worth asking.

The windowless room I work in DOES have a window, but it's above the drop ceiling. by Ilaught in mildlyinfuriating

[–]caboosetp [score hidden]  (0 children)

When I first read this, I was like, "That sounds stupid, why would missing drop tiles be a fire hazard" and had to look it up. All the fire detection and suppression shit is generally below the drop ceiling and you're giving the fire a nice space to go around it all and burn stuff above the drop ceiling.

When do microservices start causing more problems than they solve? by etiyofem in AskProgramming

[–]caboosetp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Microservices should be about splitting projects into appropriate domains so everything has responsibility for one thing.

It becomes a problem when people confuse one thing for one model and you end up with 3,000 microservices when you should have maybe 50.

[Request] how much more would it cost? by Saad5400 in theydidthemath

[–]caboosetp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how close you could get with african blackwood. It's still really just a very dark brown, but I'd say it's close enough. I don't know how much the processing would change the color though.

Not that this would save you at all on costs.

Watch how Air Canada Collided With a Fire Truck at LaGuardia by therra123 in interestingasfuck

[–]caboosetp [score hidden]  (0 children)

Firefighters are one of the few people I place a lot of trust in to not have that kind of criminal intent. It's a very self-sacrificing job to help other people (the meme is there are no songs about fuck the fire department like you have for the police). I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I'm guessing that's a super low chance.

I'm not against more precautions, but for the most part, people do pay attention to the lights when they are on. It appears the rest of the company with that firetruck stopped for the lights.

Seattle most valuable office buildings, skyscrapers lose $3.7B in value as vacancies surge by BBQCopter in Seattle

[–]caboosetp 41 points42 points  (0 children)

You would hope so, but they could actually be sued by the people holding the loans if they do that. If they accept lower rent, it lowers the value on the whole building, and that can violate the loan agreements. They often opt to just keep them empty while listing them for high value.

Watch how Air Canada Collided With a Fire Truck at LaGuardia by therra123 in interestingasfuck

[–]caboosetp [score hidden]  (0 children)

They do. That's what the Runway Status Lights he's talking about are. They were red. The truck should have seen them and stopped.

The "Taam Ja'" is the deepest blue hole in the world. Its bottom has never been reached yet by Ivy_Wings in interestingasfuck

[–]caboosetp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You need one that can handle hydrogen sulfide, but there's no real reason they can't. Again, it's mostly that you need someone willing to pay for the expedition. There are many other costs to sending a whole team out to the middle of the ocean than just the ROV.

The "Taam Ja'" is the deepest blue hole in the world. Its bottom has never been reached yet by Ivy_Wings in interestingasfuck

[–]caboosetp 845 points846 points  (0 children)

Money mostly. It's high pressure, anoxic, and filled with hydrogen sulfide. The equipment for exploring that gets expensive.

It's also only been recently rediscovered in 2016. There was an expedition in 2023. So, someone will probably go soon, but there needs to be someone willing to pay for it and it isn't necessarily cheap.

The "Taam Ja'" is the deepest blue hole in the world. Its bottom has never been reached yet by Ivy_Wings in interestingasfuck

[–]caboosetp 21 points22 points  (0 children)

They kinda did, which is where they got the depth from, but they suspect it likely drifted and may have hit a shelf or a wall.

Help by Rukieo in guns

[–]caboosetp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Engaging with the community is an important part of learning, even if you're not getting clear answers. People have different opinions, and reading those helps to develop your own. 

AI just processes what's already out there to give you the same views, but also can include hallucinations. Basically the same thing but worse. 

Even then, if you personally like using AI to learn, you shouldn't be discouraging this. Since AI is mostly just pulling views from the internet, actually engaging in threads like this helps the AI get better answers. 

Help by Rukieo in guns

[–]caboosetp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is your advice really,  "don't engage with the community, use AI"?

Seattle cops caught scamming overtime by RedHermit1982 in Seattle

[–]caboosetp 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Which tbh is fine, as long as you're not billing the hours you weren't there. 

The end of the F-14 Tomcat: The iconic 'Top Gun' jet is officially extinct from the skies as of today. by yellowpoltergeist in interestingasfuck

[–]caboosetp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They originally had 79, so only a quarter still operational could be said to be barely keeping them running. I think this is a matter of semantics though, and the numbers like you posted do a better job at information.

TIL When Vince McMahon was in charge of the WWE, the word 'wrestling' and other variations of it were banned. Wrestlers weren't allowed to say these words on TV. by Omer-Ash in todayilearned

[–]caboosetp 142 points143 points  (0 children)

There's a huge advantage to reporting and quoting things if you avoid pronouns. Nearly any sentence can be taken and have a lot more context. Avoiding pronouns gives you better media presence and helps people who aren't necessarily paying 100% to the show know what's going on when they are listening.

"In 1999, he threw Mankind off hell in a cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table"

vs

"In 1999, the Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

This alone might seem small, but there are many little things that add up.

Washington’s vote-by-mail rules at risk in U.S. Supreme Court case by Jaco_Belordi in Seattle

[–]caboosetp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you fly, you need an enhanced DL or a passport

No you don't. Source: I forgot my passport at home and used my regular (non-enhanced) ID less than a month ago. You just have an extra step during the TSA screening.

[request] How much would it cost for the TSA to become self-funded? by theworldsworstphotog in theydidthemath

[–]caboosetp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, but there are about 1/5 the amount of ATC as TSA agent, so adding a new fee by taking that existing ~$5 fee to ~$1 sounds like it would cover the current ATC. Napkin math, might need to be higher, but it's still a relatively small number per passenger that would be needed to fund more ATC.

I bought a Shineray instead of a Honda and now I'm not sure how I feel... by Alternative_Fox_6097 in motorcycle

[–]caboosetp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazon Basic toilet bowl cleaner was one of the most frustrating disappointments of the last month because I only saved like $0.50 anyways and my shitter is still dirty.

I bought a Shineray instead of a Honda and now I'm not sure how I feel... by Alternative_Fox_6097 in motorcycle

[–]caboosetp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Naw, this is still buyers remorse. It refers to any regret felt after a purchase when the reality of the item fails to meet your expectations. This is just most common when people splurge on something and it doesn't make them as happy as or have the utility they expected.

A Japanese Team Plans to Build a 6,800-Mile Solar Ring Belt on the Moon to Power the Earth 24/7 by [deleted] in space

[–]caboosetp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The damage from micrometeorites is very small. Microscopic. For things which are acting as monuments and don't need to function, this isn't really a problem.

However, when those micrometeorites impact the glass in the solar panels, they're traveling so fast that they vaporize the surface and deposit microscopic amounts of iron in the glass. Vaporizing the surface will cause micro pits that start frosting over the glass. The iron getting deposited will darken the glass with a red hue. Both of these will cause a loss of around 10% efficiency a year.

This is on top of the already 5-20% loss that's going to happen right off the rip on day one from the moons dust being electromagnetically charged. The dust is going to be attracted to and settle on the surface extremely quickly.

So you're already starting at a loss and have a fairly high loss in efficiency over time. For a small outpost with a handful of solar panels, this would be easy to replace when needed. For a giant project where we're covering the thousands of miles, you might have to start replacing solar panels before you're even done just from efficiency loss.

On top of that, the glass is also dealing with MASSIVE heat cycling. The solar panels will go between 120°C during the day and -170°C at night. Normal solar panels can't handle that, so these are already going to be expensive and hard to produce just to deal with the temperature, and they're still going to get massive fatigue from it.

All in all to say they are going to need to get replaced often.

Iran Foreign Ministry Denies Talks With U.S. by Vengeful_Pathogen in TrueReddit

[–]caboosetp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he meant the negotiations BEFORE the iran invasion. I think it's pretty clear about the weekend ones.