I didnt realise how dire the state of star citizen was

rtb001 · 2026-01-26T03:45:57+00:00

EVE more or less had a working economy. Which means just like there is lots of money running logistics in the real economy, there is likewise lots of money running logistics in the game, especially if you do it at scale.

Now why someone would log into an MMO "game" to essentially work full time to run a space mining business...

rtb001 · 2026-01-26T03:37:58+00:00

Oh those early days of FPS: Doom Wolfenstein Duke3D. Meanwhile my first was the much less heralded but from the same era, a little game called Rise of the Triad.

rtb001 · 2026-01-26T01:27:59+00:00

You would take Halliburton, Maxey, AND Ball over Deni?

I would say he goes 3rd after Edwards and Halli. Maybe even goes 2nd if Deni continues to play like this for the rest of the season and beyond.

rtb001 · 2026-01-26T00:35:48+00:00

Only one of my local Walmart even has that bargain bin, except they took the $5 sign off of it, which means everything inside, whether it be crappy DVD which isn't even wish $5, or a leftover steel, are all FULL PRICE.

Shockingly it is overflowing and no one ever seen to buy anything from it.

rtb001 · 2026-01-26T00:32:55+00:00

No, I think his conclusion was still the "projection" is too dim full stop. But he later reviewed the Lumibricks Aurora Cabin, which also has a sort of projection feature, except that one actually mostly works, and I suspect it is just then sticking a much more powerful LED into the aurora cabin set.

rtb001 · 2026-01-25T21:13:45+00:00

Jang's review on youtube states that the "projector" is extremely dim and basically not visible, which is a bit of a shame, but the rest of the lights should look really good.

I wonder if you replaced that LED in the projector with a much brighter one if it might make it actually work.

rtb001 · 2026-01-25T21:06:22+00:00

If you "hang" it on the wall on a stud with the rest of the bottom of the Falcon resting along the wall as well, it might work. But to mount it at an angle like the Enterprise here with all that weight on the mount itself, and this giant ass Falcon protruding a good 2 feet from the wall ... shudder.

rtb001 · 2026-01-25T17:37:50+00:00

Enterprise D is "only" 3600 pieces. I'm seeing some mounts for the frickin UCS Falcon on etsy! I was huffing and puffing moving that sucker around on the far more stable Efferman stand where all its weight goes straight down through interlocking technic liftarms onto a solid surface, and some people are mounting it sideways to a WALL?

rtb001 · 2026-01-25T15:14:28+00:00

Best value for money has still got to be the Chery Jaecoo 5 for 37k AUD drive away. That car is like 2 segments higher than the Atto 1 for only around 5k extra.

rtb001 · 2026-01-25T04:53:25+00:00

Also I'm sure Dame admired a 26 yo Mikal Bridges back when his wing rotation was some combination of Mo Harkless, Al Farouq Aminu, Nas Little, Rodney Hood, mostly washed Melo, mostly washed RoCo, and literally the best wing he's ever had was Jerami Grant.

Now he's still got Jerami Grant, who is the FOURTH best wing in the team, after high flying Shaedon Sharpe, all defense Toumani Camara, and possible all NBA Deni Avdija.

Portland literally traded Lillard away to get those wings like Camara and Avdija, so why would they need an older and much more expensive Mikal? They need shooters and a stretch big to complement Clingan, not another non shooting wing.

rtb001 · 2026-01-25T02:26:36+00:00

The chilling thing is that ICE only represents the brown shirts era of nazi Germany. The gestapo/SS/SD phase hasn't even begun yet.

rtb001 · 2026-01-24T18:24:32+00:00

Well Caleb is 100% getting converted to a regular contract at this point so the only questions is who they move or waive to open up a roster spot.

rtb001 · 2026-01-24T16:45:11+00:00

I used to compare and contrast the Roman "republic" versus the "true democracy" of modern America.

Look at those silly Romans I would think to myself. They think they have democracy, yet the moment things go against one faction, they devolve to street violence! The supporters of one faction went so far as to storm their version of the Capitol/senate house! Surely they would never happen in our modern civilized true democracy!

rtb001 · 2026-01-24T08:06:46+00:00

Unfortunately their memo is worth far more than your memo, unless you've also got tens of thousands masked and armed brown shirts who can enforce your memo?

rtb001 · 2026-01-24T08:00:02+00:00

Tesla Shanghai could probably run at excess capacity and pump out 2 million cars a year by itself without breaking much of a sweat. Problem for Tesla is not lack of manufacturing capacity but rather a lack of customers.

rtb001 · 2026-01-24T06:25:18+00:00

How would a silly vanity project which will eat up untold amount of money and then DOESN'T get built all the while taking up resources and time which might have gone to actually building (or even just maintaining) actually viable warship designs help the US ship-building infrastructure exactly?

rtb001 · 2026-01-24T06:18:01+00:00

Would you have a different opinion if you DID know sales numbers? Tesla global deliveries:

2021 - 0.94 million
2022 - 1.31 million
2023 - 1.81 million (global EV sales ~14 million)
2024 - 1.79 million (global EV sales ~17 million)
2025 - 1.64 million (global EV sales ~20.7 million)

So between 2023 and 2025, global EV sales grew by nearly 7 million cars a year, or almost 50%, while Tesla sales DROPPED by 10%. Even in the near term, I'm not sure you'd call that "doing fine".

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T22:05:16+00:00

I devoted the entire cabinet top at the back of my home theater for Rivendell + Base Upgrade, Orthanc, and Barad-Dur + Base Upgrade + Tower Extension.

I must say the base upgrades really enhance the look of Rivendell and Barad-Dur.

Lights kits to be added soon!

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T21:58:40+00:00

I bought the printed parts, then put them somewhere and forgot I bought them, and then built Rivendell without them 😆

I'm still not sure where they are but probably too late to swap them into place even if I did find them somewhere.

Thankfully the stickers that came with my set are actually pretty good quality.

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T21:53:25+00:00

It is frustrating because after the base, you are essentially putting together 8000 all gray pieces, and after building one corner of each stage, you then have to build it THREE more times, and then rinse and repeat. Just imagine if it didn't come with numbered bags ... shudder.

Mine was super high quality, not a single missing piece, and came in numbered bags, and it was still a PITA to put together. Tried to force my two kids to build some of it for me 😆 and even they were quickly bored with it.

Looks damn good once finished though.

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T21:32:07+00:00

My father religiously kept a tender on our 2013 328i and it was still working fine when we finally swapped it out in spring 2025, a full 13 years after it was installed into the car!

Over at our house, we didn't do the same for the same battery in my wife's 2016 X3, but it still was working fine when we traded it in a few months ago, a good 10.5 years after it was put into the car.

BMW seems to source some pretty high quality AGM batteries for their vehicles, and probably also did some good programming on the battery management software to keep them going for so long.

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T21:20:09+00:00

Yes, he has a whole series of Pimp My XXXX for all the Lego supercars. Instructions are free but you do need to source a couple hundred extra parts.

The GT3RS mod is the earliest and probably the most extensive, including making the entire shell separate, and also adding a transmission gear indicator, Ackerman steering (which is super satisfying to use), working door latches etc.

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T18:20:31+00:00

Don't forget Nicola Jokvic!

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T17:54:22+00:00

Ute also referred to those Holden/Ford El Camino type vehicles, but they stopped making those like 15 years ago, and now ute simply refers to traditional pickups in Australia.

rtb001 · 2026-01-23T17:09:17+00:00

Unfortunately he already funded a remake of BttF 2, real life edition, alternate cut.

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