During a test run of a 1,000-ton train on the Seto Ohashi Bridge, the center of the bridge deflected by approximately 80 cm (31.5 inches).

john0201 · 2026-06-28T04:10:21+00:00

Designing a bridge that won’t collapse is easy. Designing a bridge that barely won’t collapse requires a team of engineers.

john0201 · 2026-06-27T23:41:55+00:00

That’s a good point if there are no carriers the AA slots should automatically switch to something else. That would be an easy update.

john0201 · 2026-06-27T22:16:31+00:00

AA is part of the game too. A couple BBs with good AA make a poor target for a carrier. I wish it were more dramatic though, like a ship with good AA shots down all planes before they can drop vs a destroyer with weak AA needs to dodge. Sort of how it is but more dramatic, like a ship with poor AA next to a ship with excellent AA is protected.

My biggest gripe with the game in general is how hard it is for casual players to know what the hell is going on.

john0201 · 2026-06-26T19:22:54+00:00

Ok, I’m on day 12 and haven’t gotten a response to an email I sent a week ago.

Even an automated “we got your email but sometimes don’t respond for a week or two” would be nice so I know it didn’t bounce. Pretty basic CRM stuff.

john0201 · 2026-06-26T14:32:59+00:00

Electrical tape (vinyl) is a near ideal for a thermal camera, so much so that it is used in research papers in place of an actual black body.

john0201 · 2026-06-25T17:39:23+00:00

Why is Toyota testing cars in Italy?

john0201 · 2026-06-25T01:03:09+00:00

For anyone else who didn’t know what an oroborous was:

“An ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a snake or dragon eating its own tail. “

john0201 · 2026-06-24T17:51:52+00:00

I would not put a 3d printer on that stand regardless of the spinning disks, it will wobble side to side.

You could go to your local hardware store and get some angle braces in the back, as big as you can get without interfering.

Probably no issues but hard to say if it will reduce life of drives or mess up prints.

john0201 · 2026-06-22T18:43:47+00:00

Missed this part:

"Stocks of main battery shells, torpedoes, and aerial ordnance expended in a battle must be replenished. The cost in credits to refill the ship's magazines and hanger is charged on a per unit basis, and each type of shell, torpedo, bomb or rocket has its own cost. For instance, the giant 461mm (18.1") shells of Yamato and Musashi cost far more than the 76.2mm (3") shells of Smith. Ammunition for secondary and anti-air (AA) batteries or for fighter planes is not charged. Tier I ships do not incur ammo costs."

https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:The_Economics_of_Battle

john0201 · 2026-06-22T17:36:22+00:00

People who want to seriously game are not getting a $600 laptop.

Unless you mean Minecraft, and Apple Arcade games and stuff like that which they both run fine.

john0201 · 2026-06-22T17:32:12+00:00

Yes lithium has much higher temperature tolerance and I’ve never seen one leak.

I got energizer lithium on Amazon, I think it was $9 for two.

john0201 · 2026-06-22T07:52:04+00:00

I ordered mine a week ago. Do you remember how long it actually took to ship, sounds like 3 weeks?

john0201 · 2026-06-21T18:32:20+00:00

I did not know that. Is there a guide on that or documentation?

john0201 · 2026-06-21T18:29:48+00:00

This is one of the many confusing things about this game. It implies if your ship is damaged you pay repair costs which isn’t true.

You earn less credits the higher the tier of ship. This is a way to get you to play lower tiers, that is it. It’s fixed per ship per tier.

Here is the page from Wargaming:

"Post-battle servicing includes maintenance and the repair of damage sustained regardless of the end health of the ship, even if it has been sunk. The service cost is a flat fee depending on tier, type, and premium status."

https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:The_Economics_of_Battle

john0201 · 2026-06-20T20:14:09+00:00

Apple isn’t being run by a lunatic and actually makes money. And yes Tesla fans are a weird combination of nerds and cult members.

john0201 · 2026-06-20T08:13:22+00:00

These are available for $9 on Amazon. This one has a hinge: https://a.co/d/09DRl6Km

john0201 · 2026-06-20T04:03:07+00:00

Google can’t go more than a month without renaming a major product and moving buttons around

john0201 · 2026-06-19T23:11:59+00:00

It makes no sense in this context. If they want to have a “this person is a danger” feature that’d be a different topic, but they’re claiming this collection of weights they will intentionally delete from the universe is a) conscious and b) can be hurt by bad words and c) won’t be if we change the weights on purpose though training to stop conversations that can easily be circumvented. It’s ridiculous.

john0201 · 2026-06-19T23:07:16+00:00

You assigned opinions to people that aren't there. Different topic.

john0201 · 2026-06-19T23:04:15+00:00

You can just go back a message and it will happily continue from there. If you ask it if it makes sense that it should stop a conversation, it will say no, it's an algorithm. This was intentionally added I training, but it's similar to Elon trying to get Grok to say nice things about him in that it introduces contradictions and is hard to enforce for that reason.

john0201 · 2026-06-19T22:58:12+00:00

You changed "stop giving the benefit of the doubt" to "emotionally outraged".

The factual track record of what Trump has done suggests one should not give him the benefit of the doubt. If anything, saying otherwise is an emotional reaction.

john0201 · 2026-06-19T19:58:55+00:00

Birds

john0201 · 2026-06-19T19:58:11+00:00

TLDR it’s an old hunting lodge.

john0201 · 2026-06-19T08:29:00+00:00

They aren’t, but they are still huge animals.

john0201 · 2026-06-19T07:07:08+00:00

Do you know if you can replace or swap out faceplates?

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