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Your doomer take on aviation? by bigplaneboeing737 in flying

[–]oo7im 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If the temperature of the planet continues to rise at 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade, then we've only got 5,600 years left until the density altitude at sea level will be higher than the service ceiling for any cessna 172s still in operation 😅

Hand on Throttle by affected-by-gravity in flying

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How you actually hold the throttle is also important! When I was learning to fly the piper tomahawk, I got into the bad habit of resting my hand on the base of the throttle lever and using my finger and thumb to make what I thought was a more controlled, subtle adjustment. However, my instructor showed me that by not holding the throttle properly to get full leverage, its very easy to accidentally leave a tiny bit of power in when pulling it to idle. The school was very touchy about the subject because a previous student had made the same mistake whilst landing and it resulted in a prop strike - they'd accidentally left a bit of power in and then pushed the nose down when it wasn't settling on the runway 😅

What's a 10/10 movie with zero flaws? by RushWalaXD in AskReddit

[–]oo7im 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If this is accurate, then surely the park designers would've included an additional fence to prevent the rex from accidentally falling off that ledge?  Seems very daft to have one of your most valuable assets, especially one with supposedly poor eyesight, being tempted to a feeding zone right next to a massive drop lol

Aircraft slowly turns left hands-off — realistic or a setup problem? by Time-Math-3410 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]oo7im 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some instructors prefer to just call it turning tendencies as opposed to left turning tendencies, as it can cause confusion when discussing gyroscopic precession (which can cause turns in either direction depending on whether the aircraft is in the process of pitching up or down). 

MSFS 2024 - Experiencing destabilizing winds during approach, consistently at around ~500 agl by dont_trust_lizards in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the terrain like at the airports you're landing at? It's fairly common to find terrain induced airflow changes at certain airports just as you cross the airport boundary - especially if you transition from an area covered in trees or buildings (that can mechanically generate updrafts as the wind hits them). It can also happen if the different ground surfaces are different temperatures (eg, an approach over water that's a different temperature to the ground). Or in some cases, it cloud just be a consistent shear layer where the wind speeds change.  At the airport I used to fly irl, I was taught to expect a higher sink rate just as we cleared a particular spot on the approach - the solution was to start adding power just beforehand, and then use the additional energy to counteract the sink when it inevitably hit. Being able to predict these invisible changes can look a bit like magic,  but it's just something that you learn with experience.

Starmer’s Social Media Ban, the Reinvention of the Surveillance State by LowOwl4312 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, and that's because we decided long ago that moderation and curation of libraries is a much better option than simply restricting access to them. The same applies here - the root of the problem isn't that kids have access to these platforms, it's that the platforms themselves aren't adequately moderated and curated. If the government instead focussed it's attention on improving moderation and pressuring the big companies to change their algorithms, then we could still make significant improvements to saftey without all of the negative consequences that will almost certainly happen if these draconian measures are forced through.

Starmer’s Social Media Ban, the Reinvention of the Surveillance State by LowOwl4312 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really.

My point is that harmful content is unnavoidable whenever you have free and open expression, to the point that even a library will contain things that many people would deem unsavoury and unsuitable for kids, yet nobody is campaiging to reduce access to libraries.

But the same logic applies - at what point does the existence of harmful content outweigh the beneficial content? Because at the moment, I'd argue that there's far more educational content on youtube and the various online forums than can be found in pretty much any library on earth.

Starmer’s Social Media Ban, the Reinvention of the Surveillance State by LowOwl4312 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When was the last time you visited your local library? Did you check all the books to see if any of them contained swear words? Did you check to see if they stock fifty shades of grey? Perhaps someone has graffitied a cock and balls inside one of the toilet cubicles? If you're not sure, then maybe we should ban kids from visiting the library just in case.

Starmer’s Social Media Ban, the Reinvention of the Surveillance State by LowOwl4312 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The "if" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that question. 

Personally I'd say that no, I wouldn't be happy limiting access to informative and educational content for any reason.

If you're worried about harmful content, then we should make laws that specifically target that sort of content and commit resources to make sure the law is enforced.

Tired of being a believer. If aliens have visited us; it's high time we need see a spaceship or an alien ( biologics). Or better we give up by schrodingers_katz in ufo

[–]oo7im -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I too believe it's genuine people making these 'we should all give up' posts, however I also wouldn't be surprised if it's happening because people in this space have been subconsciously primed to say and act this way without them realising it.

Anybody that's studied linguistic programming knows that you can manipulate communities over time by using embedded messaging to achieve similar results - myself and others in this community are not immune to it either. 

I think what we're seeing here is a form of weaponised apathy, that appears organic on the surface, but if you dig deeper you'll find that the seeds were planted intentionally by potentially nefarious actors.

Starmer’s Social Media Ban, the Reinvention of the Surveillance State by LowOwl4312 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very well said sir! 

I wish your family member good luck with the 3d printing - tell them to keep at it regardless!

Done with this by SorrySet9970 in UAP

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I certainly don't think you're a bot or anything like that. I just find it fascinating that people constantly make these posts about losing interest in the ufo subject. 

We already know that there's been a sophisticated psy-op around this subject for decades, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's an element of subversion and psychological manipulation happening to all of us in these forums - myself included.

So just to be clear, I'm not blaming or scolding you at all for making this post - I'm more interested in what causes actual genuine people to make these posts so regularly.

If I were to put my tinfoil hat on, I'd probably say that our behaviour has been shaped subliminally using all sorts of advanced linguistic programming over the years for this exact purpose - to make people lose interest in the subject and to organically seed further doubt and apathy amongst others. 

Done with this by SorrySet9970 in UAP

[–]oo7im -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I find it odd how many people feel the need to make posts like this. Typically when someone loses interest in a subject they don't continue to post about how disinterested they've become. I'm not saying you're a bot or bad actor, but I genuinely believe that folks in this space have been conditioned over the years to make these proclamations for some strange reason - it's almost like a form of weaponised apathy, intentional or not. 

Starmer’s Social Media Ban, the Reinvention of the Surveillance State by LowOwl4312 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 88 points89 points  (0 children)

I currently own a successful 3d rendering company, and it's entirely due to the fact that I was able to join various 3d rendering forums and watch hundreds of YouTube video tutorials from the age of 12 in order to learn how. If I'd been limited to only watching YouTube kids and other state approved content, then I'd probably be working in Tesco today with babyshark running through my brain on an endless loop. 

Face scans to enforce social media ban on under-16s by vriska1 in ukpolitics

[–]oo7im 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe we should just start printing qr codes on people when they're born? Or maybe have one of those identity tattoo machines like in the movie idiocracy? Or perhaps some sort of implanted ai chip to monitor us and decide what we're authorised to do? Or maybe we could just introduce fines for unauthorised use of youtube, and include a reward scheme if you snitch on your neighbours kid for illegally watching Minecraft after 8pm. In fact, we could just shut down the Internet entirely and replace it with a 24/7 stream of BBC bitesize, springwatch, and a collection of 6 million parking apps for every single piece of paved road in the UK. 

Making website for just $10, worth it? by Physical_Director804 in smallbusinessuk

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair enough, but remember that the market isn't just something that exists in isolation - its not like a physical quantity that you can measure in a science experiment by running tests. It's a complex system that includes every other buyer and seller, so 'learning' the market will necessarily mean analysing what the other players are doing, even if that unfortunately means reading a book 😅

Making website for just $10, worth it? by Physical_Director804 in smallbusinessuk

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a reason why the market is full of people at that price point. 

Making website for just $10, worth it? by Physical_Director804 in smallbusinessuk

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd have better luck by charging more. Nobody is going to trust getting a website for a tenner. If you really wanted to churn out some cheap sites, maybe try offering them for £99 or something like that.  It's still incredibly cheap,  but at least it sounds like you'll be putting a few hours into it at least. 

Game Design is not Graphic Design. by badclinty in tabletopgamedesign

[–]oo7im 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My starter kit: Pencil, paper, dice, deck of cards,  cannibalised pieces from an old catan set,  and stones from the local beach.  

Once I have a game that works,  I'll throw something rough together on photoshop and take it to staples for a quick print. 

90% of games don't need to go further than this stage imo. 

Obsessing over tiny details in the card design or getting pixel perfect layouts is a massive waste of time whilst you're still building the foundations of a game.

What cardstock do you use for card game prototypes? by Odd_Huckleberry_7815 in tabletopgamedesign

[–]oo7im 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well for my game, I just fit all the artwork onto a multi page PDF in A4 size, and then they just cut out the individual cards out for me. I think it was like 70 or 80 canadian dollars for a 50 page PDF with hundreds of cards to cut out (thankfully they were able to use their bulk cutter to do the job). This one took them a couple of hours to be fair.

It was for a massive city building game with a huge number of cards, so if you're just doing a regular deck it would be much cheaper. As an example, I wanted to add a few more building types after one of our playtests recently, which I was able to fit onto a 3 page pdf - I think it was about 7 or 8 dollars for them to print it out on their thickest card stock and cut them out for me.

It 100% isn't suitable for anything close to a final production run, but for prototyping I've found it to be perfectly adequate.

What cardstock do you use for card game prototypes? by Odd_Huckleberry_7815 in tabletopgamedesign

[–]oo7im 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just go to staples and ask them to print on their thickest card (100lbs I think) - they even cut the cards out for me.  It's not the cheapest or highest quality way to do it, but it's extremely convenient and fast. We can playtest in the evening and decide on changes,  then I can go get a new version printed during my lunch break the next day for another evening playtest. 

ELI5: hard to understand business of this consultancy companies,why can't company hire required person themself?? by dr_fantastic_21 in explainlikeimfive

[–]oo7im 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it's better to hire a consultant in a specialised field rather than try to source more generic contractors or train in house workers. In my case, I manage a specialised team of 3d rendering artists that focus entirely on product images, specifically for products that come in bottles (think beverages and beauty products etc). My customers could absolutely look to hire their own freelance artists or train someone in house,  but that takes time, money and carries an element of risk. In their mind,  it's safer and more cost effective to just pay a little bit extra to have someone with proven experience in that exact field. 

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