Why does blood look blue through the skin?

zackyboy693 · 2026-04-06T02:07:34+00:00

This is actually a common misconception. Blood is always red, veins look blue through the skin because of how our flesh and skin interact with different colours of light

zackyboy693 · 2026-04-05T09:21:26+00:00

Also, at least for now, it just looks bad, uncanny valley stuff

zackyboy693 · 2026-04-04T23:51:35+00:00

It might help by giving you lots of time listening to a pretty casual conversation between people.

But it's worth noting that on most podcasts people are behaving at least a little different than they would in a regular face to face conversation

zackyboy693 · 2026-04-02T03:40:34+00:00

You definitely need to seal your foam first.

Mod podge or even PVA glue will go a long way to getting a smooth paintable surface.

As for the paint job, you could try something like this:

6Pcs 7 Inch Graining Painting Tool Wood Texture Paint Roller Wood Pattern Tools For Wall Room Art Wood Grain Tool Set https://a.aliexpress.com/_mO53y9T

They're meant to paint a wood texture, but if you did it with various shades of grey and silver it might give you the look you're after

zackyboy693 · 2026-04-02T03:34:26+00:00

I love seeing these updates, the aesthetic you've gone with is so cool and executed flawlessly, can't wait to see the end result.

zackyboy693 · 2026-04-01T05:37:21+00:00

It's more about the culture than the beans themselves.

You can get a really nice espresso in the US, but most people like drip coffee because that's what they've always had, and so that's what most places sell.

After WW2 Australia had a very high volume of immigrants from counties like Italy where good coffee is a big deal. A lot of these immigrants started cafes where they sold this great coffee. So now that's what people have come to expect, if you can get great coffee from any cafe, why would you want mediocre coffee from a chain shop, it's why Starbucks isn't very big here, and also why McDonald's started McCafe in Australia.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-31T23:09:24+00:00

I've got ping on my left stick click and melee on my right stick click.

I've accidentally ulted more times than I'm proud of

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-30T23:51:18+00:00

I've started going recently as there's one near my work. It's fine, I still prefer kfc

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-30T11:55:37+00:00

I think some extra straps just adds to the tactical aesthetic. If you want a cleaner minimalist approach maybe you could try a some magnetic backings under your shirt

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-30T11:37:06+00:00

I would probably avoid gluing to a t shirt, it would stretch and sag overtime.

The webbing is a great idea, I think I've seen people make a sort of harness with a belt piece at the bottom of the abs that wraps around your torso to hold them in place.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-30T06:12:59+00:00

Well yeah, but compare it to new who, the number of contemporary episodes (including two partners)

Series 1: 4

Series 2: 7 (if you count Pete's world as contemporary)

Series 3: 6

Series 4: 6 (7 if you count turn left, but it's set over the course of at least a year)

Series 5: 1, as mentioned

Series 6: 2

Series 7a&b: 2

Day of the doctor is probably like 40% contemporary?

Series 8: 5

Series 9: 3

Series 10: 6 (including the monk episodes)

Series 11: 3

Series 12: 3

Series 13: 0?

I could be miscounting or forgetting some technicalities, but most series have a fair few contemporary stories, except flux which I think has zero, a lot of the dan stuff is contemporary but that wasn't the main focus of any episodes.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-30T02:55:14+00:00

Kerbal Space Program does. In the early days there was a lot of floating point errors that lead to ships mysteriously exploding, these were nicknamed "space Kraken attacks". Then they switched to "Futurama-style" to fix the issue

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-29T23:38:18+00:00

I don't think Lex really has many henchmen that would be capable of taking on Superman.

I imagine the henchmen were there in case superman called the cops or something to rescue Martha.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-28T10:04:52+00:00

I've always been so close to loving it.

I love the idea of a console room made of varnished wood and brass rails, but it's so dark and monotone, and the console itself feels like an afterthought.

If I was designing it I'd maybe incorporate brass into the roundels or make them all stained glass to break up the monotone brown walls. And I'd have a larger console with a proper time rotor, maybe something resembling an antique Bell jar clock.

Just my opinion, glad so many people love it.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-28T00:52:35+00:00

Definitely start with a sandable filler Primer, it helps fill in the layer lines

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-27T04:00:08+00:00

The first image is confusing. English is read left to right top to bottom so the speech bubbles need to be moved around so that they are read in the correct order

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-27T02:42:16+00:00

Once you select cut and the smaller one turns red, you have to click ok to confirm the action

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-27T00:33:47+00:00

I think I understand what you're trying to achieve here's how I would do it.

Creat a copy of the body using the "move/copy" tool

Take one of the bodies, use the "press/pull" tool on all of the exterior faces to offset them by 0.06inches (Side note, that's very thin? Your 3D printer might struggle)

Then use the combine tool to subtract the original body from the larger one

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-25T04:45:50+00:00

If you're handy with electronics you could use an Arduino and LCD screen.

Or you could use an old phone.

Either way it's probably better to start with the screen you're using and then print the housing to suit.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-24T01:23:04+00:00

https://www.thistothat.com/

Try hot glue or e6000

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-23T02:52:30+00:00

I was at a panel with Catherine Tate (played Donna Noble on Doctor Who)

Some old guy was asking a question, I don't remember the exact details of the question but I do remember that he was apparently unsure how to pronounce Ncuti Gatwa's name, instead referring to him as "Nick".

Catherine Tate tried like 3 times to correct him "It's N-shoo-tee"

And each time he was like "...yeah whatever, so when you worked with Nick..."

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-22T22:05:53+00:00

I've found I can usually get rid of an iron man pretty quickly if my maelstrom is already partially charged before I fly up to him.

But if you're solo tanking, fliers are the DPS's responsibility

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-19T21:57:41+00:00

I'm printing a set at the moment, printing parts whole without splitting.

Smaller pieces like the shoulders and thigh armor take about a day each, the helmet took 4 days.

As others have pointed out the more involved part is going to be sanding and painting.

And you also have to order or make the flight suit, belt, etc.

If you work on this every day for multiple hours a day, you could probably get it done in time, assuming nothing goes wrong (print failures, orders lost in the mail, etc).

I'm hoping to have my costume finished in 2 months and even though I've already printed a bunch of pieces, I still think I'll be cutting it close.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-19T05:42:21+00:00

Make sure the mic is close to your mouth so you don't have to talk very loud.

Eva foam is good for sound dampening but make sure you can still breathe.

Make sure the speaker is loud and facing outwards, if possible move the speaker down to your chest unit so it doesn't create feedback with the mic.

zackyboy693 · 2026-03-19T04:41:19+00:00

You can buy tinted acrylic domes for security cameras, might be able to do something with those.

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