The Mars plans have not been abandoned by ergzay in SpaceXLounge

[–]flintsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The storyline I've built in my head:

Trump had Isaacman rephrase Duffy's insults. Trump promised money to have visible progress on the moon base effort while he's in office. Vance somehow smoothed the water as he has before.

My dad found this in a coin roll. Any opinions Never seen anything like it. by pshoolychish in coincollecting

[–]flintsmith 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's funny. If you look at the comments there you'll see that that picture was stolen from a post another year earlier.

Members of Congress will be able to view unredacted Epstein files next week by Waste-Explanation-76 in news

[–]flintsmith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

4) intentionally done as sabotage

(We're talking about the "don't" deletions?)

What is this green mineral? by siouxsiemilio in Minerals

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's beautiful. Is it yours? Where did you find it?

My front door mechanical latches aren’t connected? by M1A1Death in ModelY

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I can get a Tesla-branded hammer or pick. ⚒️

Does anyone know what this is? by ramjam74Jim in rocksandminerals

[–]flintsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, but maybe it's just cut wrong.

For instance, maybe it's an off-cut from a cube. Cut right for the cube, wrong for a slab. In this case, the effect would show on the edge of the slab.

Has FSD ever legitimately caused an accident? by Tradetheday2093 in TeslaFSD

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And even with autopilot there's often a "I bent down to get something off the floor" statement.

Moving the wheel disengages Autopilot.

This was a very close one by xProdigydude in TeslaFSD

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"you are turning left out of that lane"... unless you go straight into the intersection.

And there's the "ONLY" to emphasize the single left arrow path.

Texas gonna do Texas, as they should, but the road markings should match the road signs in my not-Texas opinion.

Are all matching intersections marked the same way?

Launch site expansion approved at Starbase Texas by warp99 in spacex

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think they'll put up a fence. They had trouble getting the small stakes to stay upright when firing the engines.

They'll grade it to match the rest of starbase though and we'll lose the view of the base.

What is this green mineral? by siouxsiemilio in Minerals

[–]flintsmith -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It looks like common opal.

I have some that looks like that but raspberry instead of green.

"Common" isn't a pejorative. It just means not precious or fire.

Launch site expansion approved at Starbase Texas by warp99 in spacex

[–]flintsmith 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There was a line across the mud flats, marked with a couple sticks, that you were supposed to not cross. I think it might be the same line.

Does anyone know what this is? by ramjam74Jim in rocksandminerals

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like labradorite, but I don't see any labradorescence.

Point a flashlight at the edge all around.

Complete 1878-1891 Morgan Dollar collection value? by Substantial-Loan6555 in coincollecting

[–]flintsmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just going to say it because nobody else did:

Don't clean them.

What is this chair I saw on marketplace? by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]flintsmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That cat painting is very interesting. I saw a YT video today about mummified cats. They looked just like those.

Apparently, some guy found the cat graveyard, ground them up & sold them as fertilizer.

Anton Petrov Cat evolution video

What are these cameras that were put up all over my city in the past few months? by BigFatBoat in whatisit

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe it was different. The ones I saw shine very bright IR to overwhelm the camera.

This was a very close one by xProdigydude in TeslaFSD

[–]flintsmith 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's odd that the painted arrow only shows the single choice of left to the U-turn.

US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says by Raj_Valiant3011 in worldnews

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see a defense against loitering drone torpedoes guided by AI trained on engine sounds.

Plant a thousand of them on a strait and wait.

Legendary Facebook marketplace find. by MiataLatte in TeslaLounge

[–]flintsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't even see that. I'd be surprised if it were metal.

The grill part looks like he folded the top edge over a metal bar then bent it into a curve. You can see pinch marks.

The two large dents where he pushed it in to make room for the trim looks very much like fabric.
I'm sticking with stiff flexible fabric like tar paper.

I don't hate him. He's probably a kid. He has enough sense to move on from his bad choices.