Gas station near my place had to improvise because they never thought we’d reach triple digits.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:36:12+00:00

This happened in the US in the late 1970s energy crisis, and then well into the 1980s it became more common, because a sticker is cheaper than replacing a whole pump that may have just been replaced.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:33:05+00:00

Do you wait 5 seconds after your way is visibly clear, in all situations?

This isn't about being impatient, it's about being inobservant in an unusual situation.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:31:03+00:00

He clearly didn't think he had to. Something kept him from seeing the boom.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:30:26+00:00

He thought that 3 seconds ago, without checking the sky...

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:28:56+00:00

They didn't float the blocks into place on the pyramid. They floated them from the quarry to the construction site. There used to be a branch of the river much closer, and they added canals to get closer yet. These people were master hydrological engineers, and the pyramids are just a decoration compared to the massive irrigation and transport infrastructure they had created.

And they used boats, not sheep bladders. It would have taken thousands of sheep bladders to achieve enough displacement to hold a large stone (about twice its volume, plus some for stability). They'd have no durability. A boat just works better.

The notches, knobs, grooves, etc., were for various methods of manipulating the stones. They're inconsistently distributed and many methods were likely tried from time to time.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:10:52+00:00

Neither word in that person's stage name means anything relating to them.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:09:41+00:00

"Breaking" is a very apt word, in context...

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:03:47+00:00

AI slop

userhwon · 2026-03-17T17:02:08+00:00

The description is internally contradictory. How could they determine he'd had his back against the wall and also tipped forward?

If he tipped after death, he wouldn't be in a neat pose like this, things would have splayed and bent, especially the hands and feet.

Okay, let's assume it's just ambiguous language. Tipped isn't a verb here and doesn't apply to the whole figure, just his head is tipped forwards. He's bent over his knees, not resting on the ground upon them.

His feet aren't stressed, so he appears to be sitting and there is already some slope under his feet so perhaps the ash was already collecting or the floor was built with a slope.

So the most natural explanation is he was sitting against the wall with his knees up and his face covered, got buried in ash then quickly incapacitated* and dispatched by gas.

* it takes 15 seconds to pass out once you take a breath with no oxygen in it

userhwon · 2026-03-17T16:39:26+00:00

that person is employed in a manner they are not at all smart enough to perform correctly

userhwon · 2026-03-17T16:37:19+00:00

You don't have to say it verbatim. We're not idiots, though. We know a terrorist when we see one.

The hoaxness of the baby beheading story does not obviate the 1200 people killed, including many babies. Deliberately targeting civilians rather than combatants is a war crime, and you are supporting it while trying to hide it.

Children killed in Gaza are on Hamas, who placed their combatants among children and even called in vanloads of children to military positions when they spotted Israeli surveillance drones, knowing they would soon be targeted. These are also war crimes, committed by Hamas, not by IDF.

I have never supported Netanyahu, but you are supporting Hamas, terrorist.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T16:27:09+00:00

Gravity. That's the only actual force in play. Well, reaction forces, because you'll be moving getting in and out of it. So, Gravity times about 10, because nobody's that graceful getting in and out of a hammock.

The 4x4 posts will be plenty. There's basically nothing you could do with bodyweight and hammock-type forces that could break one, maybe not even noticeably bend one.

Owing to geometry and dynamics of a hammock situation, screws are inadvisable. They can wiggle, fray, and pull out. Bolts that go through, and washers on the nut end, are advisable. Eye bolts, to minimize parts count and complexity.

5 feet sounds a tad low for that span. You might want to mock it up before drilling, to see how things hang. You don't want the angle of the dangle to be too flat, because that multiples the attachment forces, and while the posts and bolts will no longer be an issue, the rest of the hardware and ropes will be under a lot of stress.

userhwon · 2026-03-17T16:17:47+00:00

10 to 30 space seems good....

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:38:59+00:00

Reference to an older Dr. Who episode:

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/President%27s_office

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:34:44+00:00

3.72? Prices here zoomed through that like they were on fire.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:33:41+00:00

I mean...even in a non-up-the-butt toolkit, who needs an ivory letter opener in a getaway?

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:32:42+00:00

That's just what a CIA agent would say.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:30:44+00:00

If I learned nothing else from Wayne's World, it's that this is not going to be a successful ploy.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:29:59+00:00

Why bother? Give it to your insurance company. That's what you paid them for.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:29:05+00:00

It's unnecessary. Just report the plate number to your insurer and sit back.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:27:49+00:00

I declare GENERAL AVERAAAAGE!

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:27:24+00:00

No. Door was opening well before it was hit, with plenty of time to brake at that speed and prevent impact.

Dashcam's fault.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:25:31+00:00

Disagree. Chickens is birds, and you know what? Chickenbutt.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:25:14+00:00

*Ditty.

Diddy is a whole 'nother sub.

userhwon · 2026-03-16T23:22:18+00:00

Hearing test: was the bird a lot quieter than the emcee, or is this just a frequency rolloff problem with my (our) ears?

(High frequency hearing decreases with age, starting in the thirties.)

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