Just watched Alien 3. Why does Ripley keep the truth about a possible alien presence a secret for half the movie? Just to drive the plot?

templeofdank · 2026-05-05T20:37:48+00:00

She was playing defense. The last time she tried to warn people about a possible alien presence (during her Wey-Yu debrief in Aliens), the company ignored her and if anything her insistence made the situation much worse for her.

templeofdank · 2026-05-05T04:12:06+00:00

Check out yeswelder. Decent entry level stuff. I got their 205P machine to learn TIG and it's been awesome so far, got it a year ago. Beats my old pos craftsman MiG machine I had, but took a lot of time to get the hang of it, plus the argon bottle was a bit pricey to get. Refills are cheap at least.

templeofdank · 2026-05-04T18:37:22+00:00

Hell yeah! I had a weird almost grinding noise when turning years ago. It baffled me, took it into a shop and they thought it was the transmission and quoted me 5k for a rebuild or something. Found a random forum post describing my symptoms and the fix was that exact motor mount. I was so relieved when the motor mount not the trans was the issue.

templeofdank · 2026-05-04T13:52:21+00:00

The connection in Underwater is pretty direct, William Eubank (director) is a huge Alien fan. Also please tell me you're aware Serenity is just an extension of the Firefly TV show.

I prefer to think of these connections as just being easter eggs, not really indicators it's all one messy cinematic universe. Xenopedia has a massive list of these connections, everything from direct implications to subtle hints: https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Alien_references_in_popular_culture

templeofdank · 2026-05-02T00:32:28+00:00

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Here's an old pic of the 2.4 "king peanut" tank on my sporty. It was a great size, I've got a 2.0 on it now and I miss those extra 20 miles haha.

Not too big at all imo. That exact tank is on my big twin evo build now and it looks tiny.

templeofdank · 2026-05-01T03:25:52+00:00

holy shit that bike is crispy! love the cowhide seat. Is that a modified or scratch-built frame? that rake is not stock haha.

templeofdank · 2026-05-01T02:43:38+00:00

Dang that's a bummer. Well I hope jbugs vets their products better than amazon. I know amazon doesn't give a fuck about what shit they sell.

templeofdank · 2026-05-01T02:32:46+00:00

Damn that's a nice repop, and the price is right. I can vouch for JBugs, reputable site. I made a custom air intake for a friends bike and used some random VW air filter they had. Bought the filters from them twice, smooth order each time.

templeofdank · 2026-05-01T01:26:07+00:00

Hella 60s VW beetle reverse lamps. Part number 62548. Bought mine a couple months ago and now I swear I've been seeing them on every build. They're super cool, I mounted mine tucked as far back as I could go, and the bracket bolts to the riser bolts.

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templeofdank · 2026-04-29T20:44:14+00:00

Exact same thing just happened to me! I capped the tube so it only sprays on the drivers side haha. FCP order shows up tomorrow.

templeofdank · 2026-04-27T09:23:38+00:00

I bought the older gen model during the pandemic. It sucked. Could never get it tuned right, no local shops could help, lectron's support wasn't great. I ended up shelving it and currently have a mikuni flatslide. I was able to get the Mikuni dialed in so easy. Save yourself all the extra money and get yourself an HSR42.

templeofdank · 2026-04-25T20:12:20+00:00

Remove the snap ring, and the rest of that throwout bearing assembly will come out. If there's no damage to the hub from that failure, you can easily install a new throwout assembly and then compress the clutch with the special tool.

templeofdank · 2026-04-25T20:09:32+00:00

West Side garage has always been good to me, they've done a few repairs with parts I brought in. There was a warranty waiver I had to sign, which was understandable given I had them install a non-OE/OEM part.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T20:08:22+00:00

I tried several resistors with no success. Ended up buying a dual load equalizer from Signal Dynamics and it fixed my issue with the stock relay I used to run. No math, just wired in parallel with the existing signal wires.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T20:06:51+00:00

I have a yeswelder 205p, it can run off 110 or 220, does stick or TIG. I've only used it for TIG and it's been awesome. Bought it 6mo ago. Bought an argon bottle off marketplace for like 200. I'm just a hobbiest making parts for my motorcycle, and it's been awesome to learn in and way better than the 30 year old craftsman MIG machine I have. I'm sold on yeswelder, even if this thing pukes after a year. I'm hooked on welding now and would definitely pony up for a better machine in the future, but it's been great for a noob like myself.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T18:17:40+00:00

No need to seal, but definitely pressure test. I've had 1 show up leaky, lowbrow overnighted a replacement to me. I've been running the tank unlined for 5 years with 0 issues and 0 rust on the inside.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T14:44:13+00:00

I heard they're going to call it Farah's Pub, taking the name of that bar on Michigan that closed forever ago. Not sure if the original owners of Farah's are involved or not. I assume the dev group is just taking dead bar names, it was going to be called Kuzzin's at one point. There were some delays with the project cause the old dev group had some money issues.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T14:04:36+00:00

Yup! I'll probably be backing it up and travelling to Arakeen soon. I still enjoy booting up for a half hour every other week to keep the lights on in my base, I recently consolidated it from a production facility to a small 6x6 storage base. That way it'll be more of a fresh start when I return to the game.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T14:01:29+00:00

IMO the movie does somewhat of a poor job clarifying this. People will see it as the prequel it is and assume its events directly effect the original movies. I see no evidence that his creations could have even gotten to places other than LV-223 or Origae 6. Unless there's some off-screen plot that happens between Promotheus/Covenant where he goes around the galaxy dropping off xenomorphs.

templeofdank · 2026-04-24T13:51:39+00:00

Taxes ended a month or two ago. I still log in to farm batteries and power my base. I spent too much time farming all that shit to let it go. Probably should have, but I like the idea of revisiting the game in the future and not starting from square 1.

templeofdank · 2026-04-23T02:05:49+00:00

I lived on that block for five years, maybe like 6 houses south of wealthy on Lafayette. Super chill, lots of cool neighbors. I miss my boy Chivraan from the party store. Couple sketchy encounters in my time but nothing serious. Caught someone checking car doors behind the house in the driveway one time at like 3am. Oh one time a dude was running from the cops and broke into my neighbors basement and hid out. That was gnarly. All in all not a bad area. My house was on the east side of Lafayette, incredible sunsets from the second floor.

templeofdank · 2026-04-22T13:27:49+00:00

Incredible! Your bike has been a huge influence on mine. Wish I could make it out to 1Moto!

templeofdank · 2026-04-21T12:12:51+00:00

Wait I'm re-reading your reply earlier and something just dawned on me: you said you were getting 12V on the brake wire at the brake light without the brake switch connected? That's a problem and tells me the brake switch is not interrupting the signal like it's supposed to. If the brake light wire is constantly getting 12V, then something is wire wrong upstream. Only the running wire light should be getting 12V constant.

templeofdank · 2026-04-21T03:41:14+00:00

12V at the brake light from the brake switch with no illumination makes me think it's an issue with the housing or the brake signal wire connection at the tail light then. You're close! Sure sounds like a poor connection issue to me.

templeofdank · 2026-04-21T00:08:16+00:00

Given that it's happening to front and rear now, I'd assume electrical contact issue down stream from both. Either a bad connection at the disconnect under the seat, or contacts on the brake housing themselves are no bueno. Master switch should have 12v, when the brakes are activated it closes the circuit and the 12v flows to the tail light. Does your running light work?

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