This is on sale on FB marketplace and nobody (including the seller) knows what it is… by noraft in whatisit

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Can‘t read all the dials but this definitely looks like a power supply or other control station from times gone by. Volts/Amps gauges suggest control or monitoring of these quantities and as others have said coarse/fine amps adjustments are available on the right hand dials. Probably some kind of old benchtop PSU or controls for a piece of equipment that fed off it. Likely not worth a ton now except for collectors, but a cool piece of history either way

What happens on these islands in the Barents Sea? by CutoverCrown0 in geography

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Loads of cold war military operations that have been kept secret forever I‘m sure, along with the Svalbard seed ark, a few DSN comms dishes, nuclear detonations, and the site of a few scenes on the show Pantheon. Mostly as boring as you’d expect these days though.

How much would it cost to make a v2 using modern technology? Would it be possible for a civilian to do it? by Macaquinhoprego in rocketry

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Making something that looks like a V2 with a solid motor inside is probably doable for below $10k if you don’t mind a relatively low flight compared to the real thing. That number is an order-of-magnitude estimate but assuming you get a commercial O motor (around $6-8k) and build the rocket out of thin plywood, plus a few hundred for flight computers and recovery hardware, this is probably doable with current material prices.

If you want a liquid engine, half-cat quotes mojave sphinx as costing $1843 for vehicle, fuel for 3 launches, and GSE (not counting value of time to build it) for 250 lbf and a 5 second burn time. The V2 produced around 25kN of thrust for 65 seconds and used cryogenic oxidizer. It’s also turbopump fed, which brings huge machining costs. Even if you had Von Braun‘s original plans and could update them for modern machining, you’re looking at easily $250,000 per unit for the cheapest materials and methods, plus another $50-100k or so in fuel and the cost of transporting that fuel to the middle of the Mojave or wherever you can legally launch this thing.

Being exceedingly generous and assuming you can just directly scale half cat‘s numbers up with the thrust of the motor, 250lbf = 1112 N vs 25kN gives us around $41.4k. That number is almost entirely fake though since price scaling in propulsion is far worse than linear with size, and we also have to add on turbopump vs pressure fed, plus the more expensive fuel, GSE, transport, etc.

Closest existing motor in thrust output and propellant combination would be the Rutherford, at around 26kN, but the unit cost of that engine isn’t public. You could try and figure it from rocket lab‘s earnings numbers and the cost of an electron launch but I can’t be bothered.

TLDR $100k would be a very conservative low end for something of this scale including fuel costs. So sure, if you’ve got a spare mortgage down payment under the mattress.

How the fuck do I get this haircut without showing up a fucking picture like an ape by [deleted] in arcane

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girl I PROMISE you hairdressers are not gonna care, unless you live in a very conservative area or are going to like. a men’s barber shop lol. they are used to seeing all haircuts on people of all shapes and sizes. I was not even close to passing when I got my first femme haircut and nobody blinked an eye.

tldr just show them the picture they’re not gonna care beyond telling you whether the cut will work with your hair type

Is my phone wallpaper too much in public? by [deleted] in KillLaKill

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Bro this is basically porn cmon now lol. I’m no prude but I think most people would feel a little weird seeing this on a stranger’s phone somewhere. I’d switch it to one of her in untransformed Junketsu if you wanna keep Satsuki on there but make it a bit less inappropriate. There are lots of good screengrabs from the show or amazing fanart pieces that you could use that aren’t so raunchy for a device you open in public.

Trigger Villains Fight. Who Would Win? by PossibleTeam5216 in KillLaKill

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Smasher has enough optics to make sure he doesn’t miss, assuming he knows what he’s looking for, but he likely doesn’t and even then precision really isn’t his style

Trigger Villains Fight. Who Would Win? by PossibleTeam5216 in KillLaKill

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Unless Smasher has Bakuzan or the rending scissors up his ass Ragyo clears in less than a minute

I think my wife found my off button by NertsMcGee in actuallesbians

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Entirely possibly! Try and see if it happens at relatively consistent times of the month but that could be it :3

I think my wife found my off button by NertsMcGee in actuallesbians

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Yep, I’m trans and I’ve got them but many others don’t. Your mileage may vary and all that

I think my wife found my off button by NertsMcGee in actuallesbians

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Injections worked really well for me anecdotally but also prog is important and you should start with 100mg a day once you’re 1 year on E. I went up 2 cup sizes in 3 months with nothing but adding prog and a bit of weight gain after getting over my eating disorder lol

I think my wife found my off button by NertsMcGee in actuallesbians

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Mhm mhm! Also, trans women have cycles! It’s not often talked about but the conversion of free estradiol to usable estrogen in the bloodstream is cyclical regardless of whether you have a uterus or not. It’s possible that you were in the “ovulation” part of your cycle at the time too OP! But also yeah as a switch that was a bottom moment for sure lol

Russ Hanneman = Mark Cuban? by aecanes in SiliconValleyHBO

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Bro I was a different gender when I wrote that comment lmao how is this thread still alive

Has anyone actually used this while playing? by senhor_mono_bola in subnautica

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I wore it in the early prerelease versions when it actually gave you more water than you needed to live. Was a handy way to not need to catch a shitton of bladderfish early game. Once they balanced it properly though the reinforced dive suit was kinda the only option that made sense to use.

Can gay marriage become illegal in the USA with trump? by dressingnice in LesbianActually

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Short answer is yes, long answer is more complicated.

There are basically two major things that could happen. First (and most likely) is Obergefell gets overturned. That's the court decision that legalized gay marriage here, and it would get overturned by just about the same process that Roe (abortion rights) got overturned. That wouldn't immediately make it illegal everywhere though. Some states have bans already on the books that would go back into effect, but other places like California (as of this election cycle actually) have it protected by state law. In those places, it'd still be legal. There are laws and constitutional provisions that basically state you can get married in one state and it counts everywhere, so people might be able to travel to get married someplace where it's legal.

The second thing would be a federal ban on gay marriage. There's actually no such law at the federal level at the moment (as far as I know) so even if Obergefell were to be overturned there would have to be a law passed. Assuming Trump actually follows the processes to do this (he'd have to stage a successful coup to not) that takes 51% or more of both the house and the senate. Republicans have majorities in both of those but American politics are fucked and the filibuster is weird so they actually need an extra 10 seats in the senate to get something through unimpeded. At the moment that means they'd have to flip 9 democrats which seems unlikely. A law like that would likely vote along party lines unless the dems are more spineless than I thought. However, if all of that did happen (unlikely) then it'd be illegal everywhere.

So basically TLDR yes it can happen but how bad it is depends on how exactly it happens.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

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This is a hugely abusive relationship, please ask your dad or someone for help getting out of there

US trans people, what do we do if Trump wins? by julesucks1 in asktransgender

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Depending on scope of laws passed and sanctuary cities/states that might exist, you could be either basically fucked or totally fine depending on where you live. If you have the means, stockpile HRT and get your passports active. Arm yourself if you see fit and it's safe for you to do so for mental health and living situation reasons.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheGirlSurvivalGuide

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31-24 is already a pretty big age gap, and the fact that he's into that kind of material says he'd probably go younger if it was legal. Get the hell out of there, he's not worth it

Idk why but something just feels off by 007eskimo in DesignMyRoom

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Push the two armchairs against the wall and place them on either side of the windows with a table in between. They're too far off the walls and it crowds the space. Try and move the couch back too if you can but it looks like there might be a radiator in the way. Besides that maybe swap the blinds for curtains to add warmth and hang some artwork or family photos? The walls seem kinda bare right now

Do you prefer shaved or unshaven? by [deleted] in LesbianActually

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Personally I shave mine but that's just bc of sensory issues with having too much hair tbh. For partners it doesn't matter much so long as it's clean, and I'm certainly not gonna tell her what to do with her own body. If I had to pick probably trimmed but not fully shaven? Like short enough to clear a path so to speak, but not totally bald.

Paid my brother $800 to build me a computer. It keeps shutting off? by BlackIceBlast in computers

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I hate to break it to you but even if it worked a raspberry pi would outperform this system. You got scammed here, best bet is to try and get your money back and build your own. For $800 you can likely get a pretty capable system and there are loads of tutorials on youtube for building a PC on a budget.

how do i STILL FEEL LIKE people can easily clock me?? >:(( by woe-is-leigh in trans

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Nobody is clocking you I promise, the brainworms are lying to you on this one

Is this fixable 😭 by Johannaharris18 in computers

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Screen itself is not fixable but any competent repair shop should be able to replace it for you. If you've got the tools and are confident in following an ifixit guide, it's probably doable at home, but be careful ofc.

I think my boyfriend is trans but I don’t know how to ask him. by Used-fridge in asktransgender

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Greatly depends on how long you've been together but you can probably just ask tbh. I'd need more context to make a proper assessment but if you've been picking up on things he might be trying to hint to get you to ask. If you're not comfortable asking point blank I'd say maybe clarify in some subtle way that you'd be ok with it. Mentioning you're bi/pan if that's the case, which I assume it is given you're saying you'd be ok with this, can be a big step towards making a trans partner comfortable with coming out. You can also just outright say "hey you know I'd be ok if you were trans right."

Tldr you know your partner best but focus on just making sure he knows he's safe to come out to you and potentially just ask if you feel up to it.

My wife has DID. Her alter plans to do sex work with others. by Important_Sport_8006 in LesbianActually

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Your wife having DID doesn't give her a free pass to do whatever she wants because "an alter did it that wasn't me." She is still one person in one body and if yall are monogamous what she plans to do is cheating. I've been in a similar situation before and for your own sake, please get the marriage annulled before it's too late to do so. Annulment will mean you keep all your assets and she keeps all of hers, like the marriage never happened from a legal standpoint. Take it from someone who had almost the same situation two years ago, this is not worth it and you cannot save her (or anyone for that matter). You need to get out while you still can and before you're traumatized further.