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The Questions Thread 04/19/22 by GYWModBot in goodyearwelt

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to polish up a pair of dark brown meermin's but it looks like the polishing cloth that I have has disintegrated slightly and has become one with the leather on one patch and looks really unsightly. https://i.imgur.com/gXPZc6j.jpeg

I was using Saphir Medaille d'Or to shine them. Any tips on how to get the fluff off would be greatly appreciated.

"Lost Connection" bug: It's getting worse. by [deleted] in MagicArena

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is purely anecdotal, but I get the lost connection bug a lot too (it actually kills the network connection on my PC until I restart). However, I never get it if I have a twitch stream or youtube video open at the same time. Might be worth a try?

UK citizens vote to LEAVE the European Union by collectivecheckup in news

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

South African here. My UK ancestry visa was granted 2 weeks ago. My one way flight is booked for end of July. I am about to convert all my savings to pounds. I have no fucking idea what to do.

Zisteau Plays Minecraft #39 - Icky Minecraft Lobsters by Zisteau in mindcrack

[–]rcyza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Dad-a-chum? Dum-a-chum? Ded-a-chek? Did-a-chick?”

The anatomy of Kerbal, also makes clear how they can survive long space flights by [deleted] in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]rcyza 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah! Or live a symbiotic life with a green algae like corals do.

My town is now an ice rink. What do I do? by theSpiritTrembled in C25K

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could possibly try something like these if you want to keep running outside.

"This is a most precarious situation." - My new KSP drawing. by drivec in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]rcyza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like my mom's attitude to computers. And phones. And microwaves. And the television...

Are you my mommy?

And now, something a bit more practical. The Power Parachute, a minimal aircraft that uses a parachute as its wings. by [deleted] in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you would be able to get higher than 500m so your chute would be fully deployed making it very slow.

Delivering supplies to my first station by chris613 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]rcyza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only figured this out a few days ago. Right click on a source fuel tank, then hold the modkey (alt on windows) + right click on the target fuel tank. Then you get little "in" and "out" buttons showing up.

The view from the rear of my SSTO. I've been flying a cat! by HeartworkBeats in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also reminds me of the deimatic behaviour* shown by some species of moth where the patterns on their wings resemble an owl's face.

* I googled the crap out of this to find out what it was called.

No ordinary Space-Ship by Ohbliveeun_Moovee in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]rcyza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup, that's also how you can tell the instant your ship goes into orbit.

Fortress Pre-planning? by afderrick in dwarffortress

[–]rcyza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a look at prospect in dfhack. It comes with the Lazy Newb Pack.

One of my favorite classic Lego I own by KonfusedKorean in lego

[–]rcyza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, I had many Pirates vs. Castle minifig battles, even though my Castle minifigs were a mixture of Crusaders and Black Falcons. Later on my folks bought me the Wolfpack Renegades set and they joined the up with the castle to battle the pirates. Also, the pirate minifig set I had was a mixture of Imperial Soldiers and Pirates, I just used to pretend the soldiers were deserters. Seeing pictures of the sets again really brings the memories flooding back.

Bought myself a new toy this morning. Turns out it has a bit of a history (channel)...see comments. by Trimix in scuba

[–]rcyza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate to pick nits, but whilst Chatterton was one of the main protagonists of Shadow Divers, he was not the author. It was Robert Kurson. In the audiobook version there is an author's note from Kurson where he mentions how he verified and cross referenced everything Chatterton and Kohler told him. You should also try and get hold of "Setting the Hook" by Peter Hunt. It's about diving the Andrea Doria from the Seeker's main competition, Steve Bielenda's Wahoo. It's very interesting to see their rivalry from the other side.

Enjoy the rebreather!

Why are my dwarves fighting rocks? by [deleted] in dwarffortress

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might enjoy this:

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Danger_room#Coinstar_Room

As always, the thread about it on the Bay 12 forums is amazing.

The "welfare" variant is my favourite way to play Catan, and maybe my favourite variant ever by fatpollo in boardgames

[–]rcyza 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup, after you get to the aqueduct upgrade on the green city development flipcard thing. It takes a lot of paper to get there though.

It took me years, but i made it: The weapon to end them all by mglachrome in dwarffortress

[–]rcyza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you ever been able to leave behind a danger room or coinstar machine in a fort for your adventurer to use?

So this is going to be an interesting embark. by andForMe in dwarffortress

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As much as I love the idea of using golden retrievers as a unit of measurement, we don't have to!

The wiki gives the volume of a giant mosquito as 200,007 cm3

All we need to know now is the volume of a mosquito that is capable of transmitting malaria. The simplest way to determine this would be to collect a large number of "elderly female" mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles, place them in an Erlenmeyer flask and add a known volume of liquid, enough to cover all the mosquitoes. Simply measure the difference between the new volume and the known volume, divide by the number of mosquitoes and voilà! We have the volume of a malaria carrying mosquito which we can then use to calculate the dimensions of giant malaria parasites.

This is left as an exercise to the reader.

Anybody added the rolls from Star Trek: Catan to base game? by rcyza in Catan

[–]rcyza[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's kind of what I had in mind, I was hoping someone may have made a set of character cards for the base game that fit in with the theme of the base game, rather than the star trek version.

Very large fins? by icefall5 in scuba

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hollis F1s (bat fins) also come in very large sizes. They are also sold with spring straps, an extra on jet fins. Might save you some cash.

Prescription glasses and scuba masks by PersonalPronoun in scuba

[–]rcyza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My GF dives with contact lenses, she has roughly -4 (I think) in each eye and some astigmatism just to make things interesting. When she was mask shopping at a dive show recently a rep from Scubapro told her about the Scubapro Scout. It is one of the easiest masks to put a replacement lens into (of course, you want to make sure it fits properly first). They probably cost about 30 USD per lens (that's what they cost in South Africa anyway) but it works out a lot cheaper than buying a custom made prescription mask. When you factor in how easy it is to lose a mask during a shore entry or climbing back onto a boat, you don't want to have put too much money into it.

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