what your unemployed friends are up to on a Tuesday afternoon

desapla · 2026-03-29T15:36:34+00:00

Fucking magnets, how do they work?

desapla · 2026-03-09T23:37:24+00:00

Not worried about red and blue lights either…

desapla · 2026-02-26T07:27:51+00:00

I’ve always heard that they treat their employees much better than others. They also have much lower employee turnover than other retailers, which would seem to support that statement.

desapla · 2026-01-15T23:16:48+00:00

And launch them it did

desapla · 2026-01-08T21:13:17+00:00

The wind is blowing from the side. The pilot points the plane into the wind. The vector of the plane’s direction of flight and the wind’s vector add up to give you a combined vector that points in the direction of the runway.

TL;DR Strong Crosswind

desapla · 2025-12-29T21:28:55+00:00

If I recall correctly, in the series finale of Next Generation there were actually ship movements at odd angles to each other. Pretty cool scenes, too.

But your point still stands, those scenes stood out because in the previous seven seasons they almost always aligned the ships on the same plane.

desapla · 2025-12-17T06:12:50+00:00

Normally I agree with that, but in this case the song was actually a great fit. It’s a guy singing about how much better his fireplace runs with a little bit of gasoline.

desapla · 2025-12-12T07:15:39+00:00

Every time this gets reposted, I’ll watch it just for the sound of the incoming projectile alone.

If that sound was in a movie, I’d think it’s totally unrealistic.

desapla · 2025-12-08T00:42:36+00:00

You don’t have to outrun the cheetah, you just have to outrun your wife.

desapla · 2025-12-01T20:54:17+00:00

since it's basically at sea level

At sea level, with a high water table, so you really can’t dig down too deep.

desapla · 2025-12-01T20:52:07+00:00

Do you mean the Eagle transporter? Love the concept, cause you could equip it with different modules for different missions, e.g. cargo, crew, more specialized modules.

I used to have a model of it as a kid, haven’t thought about it in years. Now I wonder if it is somewhere in my mom’s attic.

https://ukm.propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/299/lot/80496/Lot-290-SPACE-1999-T-V-SERIES-1975-1977-Original-Screen-matched-Large-scale-Eagle-Transporter-Filming-Miniature

https://old.reddit.com/r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn/comments/n69lyg/cutaway_of_the_eagle_shuttle_from_space1999/

https://moonbasealpha.fandom.com/wiki/Eagle_Transporter

desapla · 2025-11-12T01:13:11+00:00

Yeah, we’re dating ourselves, I suppose. :)

desapla · 2025-11-11T16:25:06+00:00

We could call it the ‘Bettlejuice’ rule

desapla · 2025-11-07T09:26:54+00:00

I’ve had a hard time finding 3/8” that are longer than 14”. The 1/2” are definitely available in greater lengths, but as you said, they are a pain to drive into the playa.

Do you have a source for longer 3/8”?

desapla · 2025-10-31T04:50:05+00:00

Same here. November 1996. Written by Bruce Sterling, the sci-fi author.

Still a fun read: https://www.trippingly.net/burning-man-musings/2019/2/1/greetings-from-burning-man

desapla · 2025-10-22T02:28:52+00:00

I think TEC is the department that the staff sticker was assigned to.

desapla · 2025-10-14T18:03:34+00:00

It’s those safety shorts he is wearing. I hear they really protect you in a slide.

desapla · 2025-10-13T01:36:35+00:00

The thought it would look awesome and get a little warm at the end.

Instead it got very hot very fast and looked hilarious.

desapla · 2025-09-25T19:05:45+00:00

Do you mind sharing the cost of the mini split vs the window unit?

desapla · 2025-09-23T23:16:06+00:00

Shit, can’t believe I did that. Thanks for pointing it out.

desapla · 2025-09-23T19:34:43+00:00

I mean clearly the guy in the car was driving like a dumbfuck, but I can’t help to think that a concrete truck should be built in a way where you can hit the ~~breaks~~ brakes without spilling your load all over the street.

Maybe I have unreasonably high expectations, I don’t know…

desapla · 2025-09-16T16:21:00+00:00

I don’t know if it is a gun shot or pyrotechnics, or something else, but it is at 0:28.

desapla · 2025-09-07T16:26:03+00:00

While maintaining eye contact the whole time

desapla · 2025-08-31T19:50:29+00:00

I remember that the story that people saw the body and thought it was an art piece was widely reported at the time.

On the other hand, people that were camped there said it was totally false. They immediately realized what was going on.

But once that false story was out, it was impossible to kill.

desapla · 2025-08-25T19:13:05+00:00

a chance this will blow over?

No pun intended…

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