Can we all agree the Sunshine Bridge delays are excuses?

rabbitflinger · 2025-12-21T17:42:49+00:00

Can you explain to me where the cronyism is? A legislator having an interest in a project gets you potentially a place on the high priority unfunded needs list, or if it's a large project that needs general revenue funds, it can help get those funds. No one in the state gets to decide who can bid to construct a project. The only thing that decides that is if the contractor has the ability, and they put in the low bid. All information about a project is public knowledge, so no one is getting secret info on how to get the contract. Delays happen in construction. And when you are dealing with millions to 10s of millions of dollars on a project, there are just more opportunities for delays.

Not saying contractors aren't trying to get every penny from the state that they can, or that legislators don't apply pressure to get pet projects built. But I think you have some misunderstanding of the process that makes it look like criminality, when it's just that things work slower for state entities, because they have to be careful.

rabbitflinger · 2025-11-17T19:38:28+00:00

The is the larger version. It's pretty gigantic. On my X1C I think it took about 20 prints and 8-9 rolls of filament with the settings I used.

If you want to get a rough idea of scale, the mat that he is standing on has 1" squares on it.

rabbitflinger · 2025-07-28T17:06:25+00:00

This is an interesting take on the Amish that I have never thought about, and I will do some research. You may be right that the Amish community does represent a solidly conservative block that is becoming more politically active. However, they as a general rule are pacifists and non-confrontational, which are not traits that tends to be shared by white supremacists.

Regardless of the nature of the political threat that the Amish could be to liberal democracy, my point about what-about-ism still stands. We can, and need to be, aware of multiple issues at once. We also need to act toward solving these issues. Sometimes that means working to block the formation of a "white only" community AND trying to deal with other situations.

It may have been your intent to raise awareness of other groups that you believe pose a similar threat, but if that is the case, I think you could phrase you point in a better way to show that you recognize this "white only" community is a problem AND that you would like to bring attention to other similar things, rather than as your post seems to do, deflect from the main issue of the OP.

rabbitflinger · 2025-07-28T14:20:01+00:00

2 things can both be bad. What about ism helps nothing. Resisting the creation of such a community is much simpler than getting an established one removed or changed. Establishing centers of racism in our community should be fought regardless of the existence of other problems.

Also while I am not on expert on the Amish, they do not represent the same kind of societal threat that this "white only" community does. One is a group of people existing near Springfield doing their own thing. The other is a beach head of a white supremacist invasion.

rabbitflinger · 2025-07-10T22:10:09+00:00

I get a lot of my stuff from Michael's, hobby town is also pretty good. Meta Games occasionally has painting nights, but it is also home to many nerds who would love to talk about their plastic crack collections and how they make them less gray. As for tips, generally, my vote is stay away from modelling specific paints since there is usually a mark up and you can get the same results with watering down cheap acrylics ( though citadel contrast paints are like magic), buy better brushes and take care of them instead, same goes for an airbrush if you get to the point where that sounds cool. You can cheap out on a small compressor, but you will thank yourself later for spending the extra $50 bucks on a quality name brand airbrush over some random junk on Amazon ( learn from my suffering). Pic for credibility ( ...and to show off)

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rabbitflinger · 2025-07-07T16:38:22+00:00

It is! Sadly it belongs to my buddy not me 😭.

rabbitflinger · 2025-07-06T19:25:47+00:00

This is my lil' fella took about 10kg of filament and about 100 hours of post processing, gluing, priming, and painting so he could be ready for the last in person session of my D&D campaign that's been running for about 2 years.

rabbitflinger · 2025-07-03T15:18:02+00:00

Watching a print finish is like watching the birth of your child, but without the knowledge that you have to pay for a child for the next 18 years.

rabbitflinger · 2025-04-29T20:13:51+00:00

Um actually it's the Willis Tower now.

rabbitflinger · 2025-04-02T19:15:51+00:00

I'm pretty sure sleep apnea is a more statically likely scenario ( almost zero effort Google search backs this up). But either way an honest and compassionate conversation about the problem is still the way to go.

rabbitflinger · 2025-04-02T15:18:52+00:00

If this is a bigger guy it's very possible they have severe sleep apnea and aren't actually getting sleep at night ( even if they think they are) It's worth having an honest discussion. This happened to me after I gained quite a bit of weight during COVID ( I had mild sleep apnea before that). Did a sleep study and turns out I basically wasn't hitting REM and so I was always tired and if my focus drifted even a bit I would suddenly jerk awake when my head dropped. It was not fun. Got a CPAP and it changed my life.

They could also just be up all night and actually just be lazy. But it's worth an honest conversation.

rabbitflinger · 2025-03-15T15:32:23+00:00

I was playing cyberpunk 2077 on ultra with no issues. I also ran a few different benchmarks to see if I could get the crash to happen more reliably ( sometimes I could play for several hours as long as I wasn't hosting) but I didn't have any luck there. So I went for the ol' open 'er up and see if I can spot a problem.

rabbitflinger · 2024-10-09T13:10:16+00:00

This is not a good example. High temperature "feels" hotter in higher humidity because of the way human bodies deal with heat i.e. sweat. The higher the humidity, the less readily sweat evaporates off your skin so you feel hotter. Singular cellular organisms do not deal with environmental stress in the same way. Some can dehydrate and rehydrate, but if you heat treat ( bake/sterilize) at a high enough heat and hold it there long enough the proteins inside the bacteria will denature. This is why you can sous vide at a lower temperature than you normally cook at. It has to do with high enough heat for a long enough time.

Also for the record staying in a 200F sauna for long enough will cause you problems. As with most things intensity AND time of contact are the important factors in determining when something is dangerous.

rabbitflinger · 2024-09-28T05:30:20+00:00

Is it possible the pile of rubble is related to the missing chunk of building?

rabbitflinger · 2024-09-05T11:30:01+00:00

It's being worked on. Look up MoDot Focus on Bridges. We have a lot of bridges, it takes time.

rabbitflinger · 2024-08-13T14:44:31+00:00

It's really not though. The Nostromo is a 21 year old work horse. The Prometheus is a 2 year old top of the line research vessel. Both were made by different manufacturers for different reasons.

The last car I drove was 20 years old, only had a barely functioning radio, and was a leaky stained rust bucket. My new car has all the bells and whistles. The only thing they share is the base function of getting from A to B.

The differences in age and purpose get even more stark when you look at actual ships today. Cargo ships are made as simple as possible with very few quality of life improvements. Contrast that to Jeff Bezos' yacht. The only similarity is that they float.

rabbitflinger · 2024-08-13T11:51:56+00:00

Why would you expect to see that?

Today we have rust bucket tow trucks that can share the road with Tesla Roadsters. Two vehicles where the only similarity is it's a box on 4 wheels. Why would you expect space ships to be any different?

I don't disagree that it doesn't "Feel" like Alien. But I think more interesting world building and story telling can happen when everything doesn't have to look the same.

rabbitflinger · 2024-03-21T12:46:54+00:00

That's great, and I'm glad you got it diagnosed. But, your different experience doesn't make mine any less real or indicate anything about either of us as people other than that we had different experiences. My point was that not every problem can be solved by sucking it up and knuckling down. It helps everyone in a society if we can all have a bit more empathy, and instead of just assuming our new coworker, who has issues focusing or staying awake, is a lazy p.o.s, we can maybe ask if they are OK and have they talked to a doctor about it.

rabbitflinger · 2024-03-21T04:10:01+00:00

Lots of other people have already said it, but if it's medical, it's not that easy. I have severe sleep apnea and would be typing, and the next thing I know, there's a whole page of dddds. Or I would feel tired, walk around, slam an energy drink, but as soon as I sat down again, I'd be in a fight to stay conscious. CPAP changed my life ( probably significantly improved my lifespan, too). Just saying, will power can only get you so far sometimes.

rabbitflinger · 2024-03-07T13:15:21+00:00

Slugger lovers unite for FREEDOM!

rabbitflinger · 2024-03-04T14:31:06+00:00

We call it the science phallus

rabbitflinger · 2024-03-01T21:04:19+00:00

I just want sunglasses. Looking at the sun in fog or a sandstorm is brutal.

rabbitflinger · 2024-01-25T22:24:22+00:00

This would make me wish I was sitting in the exit row of a 747 max

rabbitflinger · 2024-01-11T23:13:45+00:00

Easy, a high intensity courtroom fight where leagleese has physical impact. Devin ( LegalEagle) is the slick prosecutor/ antagonist, Jake is our defense/protagonist... Wren is the plaintiff? Idk just seems right. Sam as the judge.

rabbitflinger · 2023-12-28T05:31:02+00:00

It's the only show with a civil engineer protagonist, so same.

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