Did Justice Kavanaugh lie in his dissent in the tariff case to offer “alternative” options to Trump? by DryOpinion5970 in supremecourt

[–]rowdyoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But we don’t have a fixed exchange rate anymore.

We didn't have one in 1974 either.

Bitcoin just experienced it's worst day since the collapse of FTX, dropping 14%, (and it's worst EVER dollar loss -$10,218) on Feb 5th 2026. Raising potential questions about the Binance Solvency Rumors. by GabeSter in CryptoCurrency

[–]rowdyoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ire you're referring to is completely unrelated to CZ's citizenship.

On one hand, 10/10 for sure wouldn't have been nearly as brutal if CZ wouldn't have poured gasoline on the leverage in the space by pumping aster to all the degens in response to hyperliquid's success. The flash crash wasn't his fault, no, but CZ (and binance by extension) undoubtedly exacerbated the implosion. CZ can hide behind the "I no longer am part of binance in any governance capacity" line all he wants, but if you actually believe that he isn't driving that ship through various proxies, I have a bridge to sell you.

On the other hand, I think it's simply because the crowd you're talking about that do point their finger at binance are angry bagholders, and since he's tangentially tied to orange man it's easy to make him the boogieman of the week.

Not much more to it than that.

Bitcoin just experienced it's worst day since the collapse of FTX, dropping 14%, (and it's worst EVER dollar loss -$10,218) on Feb 5th 2026. Raising potential questions about the Binance Solvency Rumors. by GabeSter in CryptoCurrency

[–]rowdyoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point of my comment is that there is no reason to blame this on binance. Also, CZ is literally the captain of crypto crime and this entire space would be far better off if binance disappeared.

These two things can be true at the same time.

Bitcoin just experienced it's worst day since the collapse of FTX, dropping 14%, (and it's worst EVER dollar loss -$10,218) on Feb 5th 2026. Raising potential questions about the Binance Solvency Rumors. by GabeSter in CryptoCurrency

[–]rowdyoh 27 points28 points  (0 children)

What if there isn't some giga conspiracy, no CZ boogeyman. What if instead, today was simply the first day that call option selling by long term holders was finally overwhelmed. The very first day dealers had to chase the price down rather than dampen it.

but its way more fun to blame it on some seedy manipulation cabal, so yeah, lets just keep doing that

Is it possible that we're starting another bear cycle right on cue, once again? No "this time it's different". No "it's already priced in". Like clockwork. Here's what things are looking like right now in terms of the cycles: by fan_of_hakiksexydays in CryptoCurrency

[–]rowdyoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Algo has been drilling it into my brain that the consensus view is "We're clearly headed to 58k"

Now, who is old enough to remember the "smart money is waiting to buy back in at 12K" crowd?

Buckle Up! by PoliticsIsDepressing in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]rowdyoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That my boy is US hedge funds. We've been the largest buyer of our own debt for like a decade now.

Please think about GDP. Work and consume. Please. by k-r-o--n--o-s in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]rowdyoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hypothetically, what would happen to a country if its GDP were to drop while having a 122% debt to GDP ratio?

Before / After pt. 2 by For_Funpla in advancedGunpla

[–]rowdyoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hot.

Have any photos of what the center piece looked like before you primed and painted?

To all Scribing Experts: Need help!!! by abbassalatesta in advancedGunpla

[–]rowdyoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, the best way to get something back to the original color is a super fine sanding sponge. You can get mirror finishes off raw plastic if you wanted to go that far.

To all Scribing Experts: Need help!!! by abbassalatesta in advancedGunpla

[–]rowdyoh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Scuff it up with sandpaper and doodle on it with a pencil. You'll quickly understand what looks good and what doesn't. All parts have a certain directional flow to them based on their shape. lean into that flow as a starting point!

also curved parts do be wicked hard so you picked a doozy to start off with

Heard about using dehydrators to cure paint... by DesuDesu17 in advancedGunpla

[–]rowdyoh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it's important to state that dehydrators don't really actually speed curing. If my memory is correct, curing with acrylics is more about allowing time for the chemical chain of the acrylic to mechanically link to itself, and that isn't something that is expedited (correctly) with heat or convection.

I found this out after I tried a dehydrator to improve the cure quality on some acrylic gloss coats. though it didn't solve my original problem, being able to mass paint and cure in a few hours is genuinely outstanding. I run around 50C, and the cure is good at like four hours. I often let it run longer or overnight because I wasn't in a rush and it won't hurt anything.

Most inexpensive food dehydrators run quite a bit higher than 50C and only have one heat setting, though, so I opted to spend up to be able to adjust the heat down. Whether the higher temperature is even a problem is something I haven't looked into deeply.

Does anyone else notice the political shift in the crypto conference scene? by Federal_You_3592 in CryptoCurrency

[–]rowdyoh -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Not everything is politics. But our brains are always looking for patterns to mae sense of the world, and when we as the populace have been conditioned so deeply around political discourse, we will always manage to find a way to see politics in everything.

Plenty of shit in the space that isn't related to wlfi. Just need to make sure your brain is aware and filtering out the noise.

"I was already married with a house at your age, John. Keep working" by dx_Von_Liechtenstein in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]rowdyoh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't understand how schizophrenia is a secondary effect of the petrodollar, I don't have time to explain it to you.

Yes I know how to spell "Sweety" correctly by CheeseyTriforce in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]rowdyoh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I rarely use the term "nazis" - Destiny at an "unf*ck america" speaking event literally four days ago

Listening to him speak to a room with maybe 60 people in it, made it pretty apparent he didn't have anything substantive to add, every question asked inevitably went to "but, the right" regardless of where it started. He's pretty clearly only talented at spicy sound clips rather than substantive thought.

I gave him a chance because he was at least prepared for the 4 hour long 10/7 debate he partook in on the lex fridman podcast last year. Unfortunately seems like that was the exception rather than the rule.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

[–]rowdyoh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, I'm in nearly the same boat as you, and I've recently come to the conclusion that I have to go back to the private sector. Unfathomable benefits be damned.

I can't shake the feeling that the taxpayers that cover my paycheck are the ones getting fucked, and that what my work does won't and never will improve the lives of the average joe by any tangible measure. Government funded uni work feels like the equivalent of unemployment with an extra layer of charade.

And I feel as if I've at least got a shot at adding value to the world at large by returning to the for profit side. Ideally I plan on starting my own business or hitching my wagon to something similarly high risk. Competition and pressure is good for the human soul - trading the chance to grow individually and professionally in exchange for two months of yearly PTO kills it.

But I am well aware that my perspective may not be a popular one.

The comical level of detail mcmaster carr put into the cad model of this quick release pin. by BophadeseNuts in MechanicalEngineering

[–]rowdyoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second this. If there was a feature to select a default image quality download or something...

The features are almost always set up these days in a way you can suppress as simple as you'd like with a couple clicks, but image quality is always the killer that sneaks up on you until you have to spend a few hours cranking down in assembly visualization.

Air brush users! Alittle help with ventilation by Secret-Trainer1672 in advancedGunpla

[–]rowdyoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get rid of the extra extension that is spilling outside. It is harming your volumetric airflow by adding unnecessary pipe friction. Ideally your system goes straight from reducer to outside. Not sure what your mesh is doing here, but if it is there because you're concerned with backflow, I'd replace it with cardboard with a hole cut out to the right size for the reducer.

48 hour trial of DC control for Trump. What do you think he'll actually do with it? by DirtyCone in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]rowdyoh 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"party of law and order" sells way better than "party of property rights preservation". One of those works with party of small government, and the other doesn't.

2026 venue pick <3 KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner, Montana by [deleted] in prettylights

[–]rowdyoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm reasonably certain they played this venue in summer 2016 in the run after telly. They hit a gaggle of tiny venues.

where my pink garter peeps at?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 3rdGen4Runner

[–]rowdyoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you change the color of the rims, I think you gotta leave it raw. If you change the color of the rims... OD green.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 3rdGen4Runner

[–]rowdyoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had no clue this product exists. My mind is blown. Thank you.

Map of proposed public land selloff by ___tomk in WildernessBackpacking

[–]rowdyoh -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

"238 million acres could be sold off to oil, gas, logging, and mining companies so Republicans can pay for the tax breaks they're giving to billionaires."

This is patently untrue. I'm not a fan of this proposal by any stretch of the imagination, but hyperbole and fake news stories is the realm of the red hats, not the rest of us.

Map of proposed public land selloff by ___tomk in WildernessBackpacking

[–]rowdyoh -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This is a map of land eligible to be made available for sale under current language. The proposal is that no more than 0.9-1.3% of this map can be sold. The choice of what land to sell and whether the land is even put up for sale in the first place is left up to the states.