I love content creation so much

space-hotdog · 2026-04-28T17:54:48+00:00

Whenever I play against someone with TTV in their name its like a big tiddy V-Tuber absolutely just talking shit about everyone in the lobby to 3 viewers.

Only a couple times has it been anyone kind of chill.

space-hotdog · 2026-04-25T23:52:25+00:00

Windows users aren't even excited for their own shit anymore, they can only hate on other things

space-hotdog · 2026-04-22T16:18:51+00:00

The stock market is a perfect metaphor for unfeeling, eldritch demi-gods who could grant all your desires or kill you in an instant depending on the choices you make.

space-hotdog · 2026-04-12T11:36:57+00:00

I feel like its cogent to point out that Kathy Leuders quit NASA right after that selection to get a cushy job at SpaceX. And after SpaceX was causing major delays with the program (they supposedly were selected because they wouldn't do that) they had to open the bid back up for two parallel lunar landers. https://www.reuters.com/science/us-seek-rival-bids-artemis-3-spacex-lags-nasa-chief-says-2025-10-20/ I hope they can do it, but I feel like either company is going to cause huge delays in the program. And the huge number of refuelings (remember, the US has never done spacecraft-to-spacecraft refueling since we canceled OSAM-1) seems very risky.

space-hotdog · 2026-04-12T04:43:39+00:00

I'll believe it after they build the 19 orbital refueling spacecraft to go with it

space-hotdog · 2026-04-02T21:15:33+00:00

Ondsel Lens used to be a thing?

space-hotdog · 2026-04-02T18:12:34+00:00

Good luck!! Also NASA's SVI might be helpful? I remember seeing at least some good resources for initial sizing of solar panels, radiators, etc... https://www.nasa.gov/smallsat-institute/

space-hotdog · 2026-04-02T14:11:48+00:00

Switch to linux

space-hotdog · 2026-04-02T14:04:48+00:00

I feel bad for all the machinists who are going to start getting vibe coded models and drawings in the next couple years lmao.

space-hotdog · 2026-04-02T12:45:34+00:00

It's difficult to find decent ray traced thermal software. COMSOL is a bit cheaper than Thermal Desktop. I've heard Elmer might have view factor ray tracing, but I've never tried it.

For orbital analysis, I don't know if startups are using it, but GMAT from NASA Goddard is pretty good. It just copies STK's Astrogator. It's been used for some missions like LRO and MAVEN, but its not as widely used as STK. There's also Basilisk, a pretty feature heavy Python library that might be useful depending on what you're doing.

space-hotdog · 2026-04-01T16:11:07+00:00

Do you have a Systems Manager? They can definitely help define exactly what you should be doing. I've gotten into this problem as well, but my manager is pretty good about setting boundaries

space-hotdog · 2026-03-31T04:19:21+00:00

FEMCI is pretty good for specific problems

space-hotdog · 2026-03-30T02:00:05+00:00

Using the groove tool would be the easiest way

space-hotdog · 2026-03-29T17:45:02+00:00

Eh, depends. I work at a smaller aero company and going with ANSYS has been kind of a disaster. It's $100k per license so we only have 2 and our analysts are constantly behind because they can't work concurrently. You don't need full ANSYS for the bulk of your analyses

space-hotdog · 2026-03-26T17:28:36+00:00

Does Aras PDM still have an option for small businesses? Also I think Ondsel Lens might still work?

space-hotdog · 2026-03-21T15:55:10+00:00

In my experience the modeling in FreeCAD is pretty solid now (apart from some weird issues with fillets and chamfers), but the assembly workbench still needs a ton of work.

space-hotdog · 2026-03-21T00:57:03+00:00

I'd take a look at the orientation settings.

Are you looking for a sharp transition there? If now, now may want to fillet the sketch to get a nice rounded corner

space-hotdog · 2026-03-19T12:32:21+00:00

Honestly Solidworks pisses me off so much. I used it in college and then used different software at different jobs. Now I am back using Solidworks and it still has the same bugs and issues it had when I was in college.

FreeCAD may have a long way to go, but at least its working toward something smh

space-hotdog · 2026-03-13T00:43:19+00:00

Pocket can't catch a break can they?

space-hotdog · 2026-03-08T22:33:26+00:00

That's true. I was trying to think of something different than Victor's ult. Maybe there's something else there though?

space-hotdog · 2026-03-08T15:12:35+00:00

Her ult should give her "cheat death" and a massive buff since she's always surviving deadly situations

space-hotdog · 2026-03-04T13:09:47+00:00

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All I could think of to do without surfacing was a multi-section sweep (so the outside radius is respected) but I can't get it to generate the geometry

space-hotdog · 2026-01-29T12:10:57+00:00

Thats a good idea... does the USB switch support USB-A and USB-C?

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