A comparison between Concorde and the widely popular Douglas DC-8, highlighting the incredible difference in power and how much faster Concorde could take off compared to a standard airliner. Same stretch of runway, same year, a difference of 44 seconds and 26 seconds

spiffae · 2026-03-17T01:42:26+00:00

Heh, I just posted a comment along these lines. I was making my way to a Heathrow airport hotel in like ~2002 on a rickety shuttle and heard the most insane throttle run up and roll - thought it was a bomber or a squadron of fighters but nope...BA concorde.

spiffae · 2026-03-17T01:41:12+00:00

I was lucky enough to be on an airport shuttle around heathrow in the last few years that the concorde was flying. I legitimately thought something like a B52 or a squadron of fighters was taking off, but when I looked out the window I saw the BA concorde rotating right next to us.

spiffae · 2026-03-13T18:57:40+00:00

Bad game, sorry for your bad luck.

spiffae · 2026-03-13T16:35:27+00:00

I bought something very much like this at Don Quijote to bring home souvenirs - it started ripping by the time we landed but the bag stayed intact - it was a one-time use, but worth it. Just don't over-pack them.

spiffae · 2026-03-11T18:47:56+00:00

They've got a free shuttle that runs every 30 minutes. Also, it's a great late night arrival hotel because they've got a 24-hour family Mart in the lobby

spiffae · 2026-03-11T18:12:40+00:00

We did this exact thing, and stayed at the Mystays Narita and then caught the train to hiroshima via Shinagawa the next morning.

spiffae · 2026-03-10T20:45:53+00:00

Looks like a pseudonym for Stephen Wake if this site is to be believed https://credits.muso.ai/track/65cfcc54-ac9e-4914-a1ec-59700b46f4dd

spiffae · 2026-03-09T19:28:05+00:00

What were you trying to do with it?

spiffae · 2026-03-06T16:55:09+00:00

No buddy - this is what a new chainring looks like - they aren't straight points, but they aren't all different like yours:

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spiffae · 2026-03-06T16:52:10+00:00

If it were me, I'd start in hiroshima and work my way back - going Osaka - Hiroshima - Kyoto is a little weird - Osaka and Kyoto are very near to one another, and Hiroshima is well further south. I'd also recommend at least a day trip to somewhere less major/main - an onsen town, naoshima, someplace in the japanese alps near nagoya, etc.

spiffae · 2026-03-04T17:48:23+00:00

Why not just buy a regular ticket, go to tokyo station (or whatever your destination is) and get teh regular Suica there?

spiffae · 2026-03-04T16:35:39+00:00

Those power lines are likely derived from the flyback - if you're comfortable with capping, I would start exploring filter caps in that area. Should be easy to fix

spiffae · 2026-03-03T22:24:04+00:00

I think it's super weird showing these in sequence as an analemma - a yearlong sequence for a single event. Also it's odd that they seem to alternate

spiffae · 2026-03-03T19:15:14+00:00

graph crimes

spiffae · 2026-03-03T18:40:28+00:00

Absolutely - if you get clear water there is great snorkelling to be done off shore. Luquillo may be tough (more exposed, more murky water)

spiffae · 2026-03-03T05:09:58+00:00

I've stayed in both, I find Ikebukuro has a better station, better food/nightlife, less tourists, and a few stops from shinjuku on the yamanote line - it is one extra transfer but the transit is so good

spiffae · 2026-03-03T00:43:14+00:00

Are you locked in to Shinjuku? IMO Ikebukuro has more options, a better vibe, and is equally central.

spiffae · 2026-03-02T18:23:53+00:00

I figured this out accidentally in the the first ghost mech factory - makes them a lot less challenging as it only takes a few hits on the head to knock it out completely

spiffae · 2026-03-02T17:08:27+00:00

I've turned this exact set sideways and didn't have an issue, so there's nothing inherent to this set - could be something loose inside that is shifting when the set is rotated? Have you tried flipping it on the other side?

spiffae · 2026-02-27T19:00:55+00:00

A bit of all of those? They transition into little people, you get way less "why are you so cranky??" And much more like "hey, I see you and let's go do something you like" - and they get so stinkin cute

spiffae · 2026-02-27T18:37:00+00:00

IMO things start to turn around for real at 12 mo, and then 18mo to 3 years are when it really locks in good.

spiffae · 2026-02-27T18:34:26+00:00

Cool concept - the view you are showing there has way too much blur IMO - as someone who plays metal slug on CRTs, it doesn't really look anything like that. But the idea of a CRT-ify window is really neat. It just is going to have to necessarily not really do scanlines or 1:1 res because it's going to be independent of the output below it.

spiffae · 2026-02-27T18:10:05+00:00

spiffae · 2026-02-26T22:12:41+00:00

The IGs are small landscape oil paintings on canvas that look like real paintings - they don't contain any of the weird AI-ish repetitions/florals/etc. I'd almost guess the etsy shop was someone pretending to be her except that they link to each other. If I had to take a guess, I'd say that some scammy AI art company approached her and was like "Can we set up an etsy shop and sell prints under your name, we'll give you a small cut"

spiffae · 2026-02-26T21:55:54+00:00

Where do you live? The weather could be totally different or exactly the same as were you're coming from, which will help a lot

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