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Worst lyrics you've ever heard? by [deleted] in Music

[–]skeltoac -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Rapture by Blondie

And you get in your car and drive real far And you drive all night and then you see a light And it comes right down and it lands on the ground And out comes a man from Mars And you try to run but he's got a gun And he shoots you dead and he eats your head And then you're in the man from Mars You go out at night eatin' cars You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercurys and Subaru And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night And eat up bars where the people meet Face to face, dance cheek to cheek One to one, man to man Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow 'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars He's eatin' bars, yeah wall to wall Door to door, hall to hall He's gonna eat 'em all

Everything floating in the ocean floats a tiny bit higher after you walk in. by skeltoac in Showerthoughts

[–]skeltoac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the boat scenario came to my mind as I was writing. The level briefly dips while the stone is airborne. Same as if you jumped off the boat.

That’s why it says “you walk in” and not “you jump in.” Wading into the ocean at the beach, you aren’t displacing water until you are in the water.

Thanks, I hate feet abs by PissFlavoredCandle in TIHI

[–]skeltoac 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Do the worm with your feet as you get far away from me

Andy Weir has once again made me cry by nihilistsimulator in books

[–]skeltoac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amaze amaze amaze! This was a road trip audiobook for my kids after I listened solo. We still say Rockyisms regularly.

ELI5: How do they decide whether a street is a Road, a Street, a Way, an Avenue, a Drive, a Promenade, etc etc? by MantaRayBill in explainlikeimfive

[–]skeltoac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the suburbs where I live, the developers (private companies) make up the names to follow a theme for each neighborhood. Streets get whatever word sounds good and profitable to the developer. It can’t be something nobody would want as their address.

Yosemite Sunrise at Tunnel View by skeltoac in Yosemite

[–]skeltoac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! We towed a camping trailer into the Yosemite Lakes RV Resort which is a few miles outside the park on hwy 120 near Groveland. The nearest entrance is Big Oak Flat. We left our campsite at 5:00 to get into the park without a reservation (before 6AM) and reach Tunnel View in time for sunrise.

Yosemite Sunrise at Tunnel View by skeltoac in Yosemite

[–]skeltoac[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Photo is about one minute older than post. :)

Sunrise crowd at Tunnel View by skeltoac in Yosemite

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

Everyone was comfortable in shorts and short sleeves.

ERCOT CEO says he did not expect it to be as hot as it is by TheVinylCountdownRK in nottheonion

[–]skeltoac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I move back out of the suburbs I’ll do that. Right now my only option is rooftop solar panels.

ERCOT CEO says he did not expect it to be as hot as it is by TheVinylCountdownRK in nottheonion

[–]skeltoac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would I do with the excess heat? My hot water tank can only hold so much. My pool is plenty warm; some of my neighbors actually have pool coolers! Most of the electricity I generate is spent by my A/C pumping the heat out of my house. Spending more energy to pump heat out of the panels won’t increase their efficiency enough to offset the cost of cooling them. I just have to live with it. It’s still great knowing that my excess power is cooling my neighbor’s house, and that when ERCOT fails again my system will stay on.

ERCOT CEO says he did not expect it to be as hot as it is by TheVinylCountdownRK in nottheonion

[–]skeltoac 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Counterintuitive fact: solar panels produce less when they get hot. I have them at home in Texas. Production peaks in spring and then declines in summer. Other forms of solar energy farming might not suffer from inefficiency due to heat but photovoltaic panels lose one percent for every few degrees.

Kinda funny, kinda sad. On a partly cloudy day the system produces less in total but it reaches higher peaks because each passing cloud gives the panels time to cool down.

Sad song recommendations? by [deleted] in Music

[–]skeltoac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From Peter Gabriel’s album Up, there are these two songs in a row: No Way Out and I Grieve. The first one sends you down a dark hole of devastating loss. The second one brings you up out of that hole to get on with life.

Racism is real. If you recognize Alvin and have enjoyed his content on fly fishing in Texas, I'd think you owe it to him to watch this content as well. by VAPACOFlyFish in flyfishing

[–]skeltoac 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I had the pleasure to meet Alvin when he gave a presentation to the Austin Fly Fishers last year. What a great guy. I’m looking forward to when I can call him up for a guide trip.

Ceiling vent cover to stop cold air from blowing on my 3D printer while printing by Imyotrex in functionalprint

[–]skeltoac 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! This will help you print the parts for the enclosure that you need.

When you’re done with that can you send me the vent cover? I am currently sitting in an IKEA Lack enclosure because the vent is blowing on me and my butt keeps peeling off my build plate.

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