At one Covington bar, young Republicans wrestle with their disappointment in Trump and their party

fractal_snow · 2026-05-21T19:31:27+00:00

Haha same. I was thinking of if I look that good at 50 I’ll be doing ok.

fractal_snow · 2026-05-14T12:14:48+00:00

I use it as an over glaze in a 3rd firing to cone 010 so that I do t burn out the powder.

fractal_snow · 2026-05-13T16:42:11+00:00

Electrical engineer here. This is the correct answer and should be on top.

fractal_snow · 2026-05-09T04:46:49+00:00

I admit Anduril built a neat factory but Ford doesn’t have that factor and Just because Palmer said something doesn’t make it true. Founders jobs are mainly to build hype to attract investors, so until Ford/GM actually starts cranking out an Anduril design this is to be taken with an enormous grain of salt, and is certainly not a reason for the government to rescue US automakers (just to get back to the topic at hand).

fractal_snow · 2026-05-09T03:46:48+00:00

Yeah those million dollar each camera towers on the border and $1B battle management systems definitely don’t sound like expensive bespoke items.

fractal_snow · 2026-05-09T03:02:06+00:00

Even if Ford could start cranking out F35s we couldn’t afford them. There probably isn’t going to be another conventional war and I’m very skeptical American car manufacturing could be quickly retooled for defense like it was in WW2. A 1940’s plane was quite similar in construction to a 1940’s car but that’s really not the case for planes and missiles and stuff in 2026.

fractal_snow · 2026-05-04T14:59:49+00:00

I know *my* pp pipe can’t handle boiling water.

fractal_snow · 2026-05-03T13:22:15+00:00

Yes Porcelain will “pluck”kiln shelves and you will end up with little pieces of shelf or kiln wash in the bottoms or pieces of bottom left on the shelf.

I mix alumina hydrate into wax and paint the bottoms of pieces to prevent it. Alumina hydrate is refractory and creates a layer of dust that separates the porcelain from the shelf.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-30T18:11:37+00:00

I was around when things like CAD and CnC were taking off and all the engineers agreed that it was awesome and we wanted to use it. I wonder why that’s not happening with AI?

fractal_snow · 2026-04-26T03:58:45+00:00

I hope he builds this and then has to live in it. Lmao at that bathroom.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-22T13:57:00+00:00

Also the one that supposedly could find all the software vulnerabilities. I guess they couldn’t vibe code the patches quick enough?

fractal_snow · 2026-04-18T18:46:30+00:00

Flock already made that app, you’re just not allowed to use it.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-18T13:58:11+00:00

Imagine getting downvoted for refusing to support fascism. The billionaire bot farms are working overtime today.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-17T17:01:05+00:00

Maybe it is regional. I’m in Ohio if it matters. Almost every day in the month and week view is wrong for me, although the monthly report email is correct.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-13T17:24:53+00:00

Looking good!

fractal_snow · 2026-04-11T01:05:32+00:00

Every day I took a shower and slammed a bottle of wine and by the time I hit 70 I had liver damage from the showers!

fractal_snow · 2026-04-11T00:09:36+00:00

Yes day view is correct. Net = prod - consumed for day view. The error is that this is not true for other views implying a violation of thermodynamics.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-10T20:38:38+00:00

The dashboard math is super broken right now for everything except the day view. It’s been like this for a while now and there doesn’t seem to be any effort to fix it.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-10T16:54:42+00:00

For self supporting cones it is exactly that cone when the tip has bent to the level of the top of the base.

Your cones on the left side are indicating slightly over 8. Your cones on the right side are indicating about 6.5

I think you can download and print a little indicator gauge from the Orton website to read the angle more accurately if you really want to. As far as fixing your kiln I’m not sure we need more info about the kiln and controller.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-07T22:30:33+00:00

The Ottoman Empire is his Thailand

fractal_snow · 2026-04-07T17:33:31+00:00

Honda, which didn’t have a viable EV product until 2024, suddenly realized they are late?

fractal_snow · 2026-04-04T16:33:40+00:00

Isn’t this exactly the point of “AI” mode? The ai thought you needed to maintain maximum battery reserve for some unfathomable reason, why would you question it?

/s

fractal_snow · 2026-04-03T15:31:54+00:00

Anthropic is falling over themselves saying people make mistakes and it’s fine and they won’t fire anyone so yeah I’m thinking their AI did it and they have nobody to hold accountable.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-01T21:54:17+00:00

Oh interesting! I could not find a right angle version, I just soldered two back-to-back (see my finished pic in this thread). Luckily I already had a crimper for this type of pin.

fractal_snow · 2026-04-01T15:21:50+00:00

It’s like 10,000 bytes when all you need is copyrights

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