Lurker > shadowsword87

Lokarin posted...

Pictures/art, maybe some clocks

I should be more specific, are you just looking to burn wood/paper or cut metal? A laser is just a way of focusing energy into a spot.

What do you plan on doing with it?

$0.00

I'm a pencil boy through and through.

Blightzkrieg posted...

Doesn't Jon break the no furries rule? You can't tell me he doesn't have his kinks.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4fbda2a1.jpg

ParanoidObsessive posted...

God damn it.

Saying exactly this is the only reason I bothered opening this topic.

This is like that stereotype when the dad feels threatened because their kid beats them at the basketballs.

I've also gotten a legal job too, so I'll randomly start making massive posts if something annoys me probably.

You can probably find a vet to fix them.

Most deforestation that people complain about is slash and burn deforestation, not just tree farms. Where they're going into oldgrowth forests, cutting it down and burning everything. It's irreplaceable forests that people are concerned about.

wolfy42 posted...

I mean I looked up a few energy positive conversions with Co2 in a few minutes but shrug, ain't gonna do enough research to argue that it's possible.

It screams "free energy" to me.

wolfy42 posted...

As far as making another layer this was doing multiple times (In CA where I lived at least), although one of them collapsed due to an earthquake if I remember right. You can actually build a second layer while the primary layer is still being used, you just can't use the second layer till it's finished (but you could put Solar panels on the second layer until it's done to get something out of it).

This is a bit of a squinting moment, I can see things going very badly very quickly, for the logistics reasons I just mentioned.

wolfy42 posted...

Again you could have the most top level be for EV only cars, or just keep themost top level setup just for solar panels (that along with ...the possible fictional Co2 conversion to electricity...would provide power for EV cars as well).

I'm sure an EV-only road over everyone else will go over well, and easy to implement.

It needs some acidity, try a bit of lemon juice.

wolfy42 posted...

just make a second layer to drive on (one the freeway extension is done),

Except the foundation for the road is already set for how much weight the road is, plus cars/trucks on it. So if you want to add a second road, plus some overhang, plus ventilation to move the co2, you're going to have to remake the entire road. Plus if the ventilation system has any sort of leaks, you didn't solve any problems (and who's going to go around checking that system?).

wolfy42 posted...

I looked up a few methods of converting Co2 into electricity

There is no energy positive ways of turning CO2 into electricity. If it already existed, it would have been used already. All carbon capture programs are power negative. They cost energy to use.

wolfy42 posted...

The whole multi-layered freeway though is also mainly to remove/reduce congestion, and is just one of the methods proposed for doing so. Converting just to EV vehicles will not help the problem, which is constantly getting worse. In LA for instance, it was so bad when I visited last that it literally took over an hour to travel 10 miles, and that was every single day I was there. Congestion is crazy in some places and multi-layered freeways could help with that fairly quickly. The whole Co2 capture setup would just be a way to actually use the emissions for something positive (especially if you ALSO cover the top with solar panels, or alternatively have the top layer of the freeway for EV vehicles only which also have solar panels on them (heh).

1. This is unrelated to what you're talking about before.
2. If you're driving on the top side, you also need another thing on top of it to capture that co2, which means you need another thing on top of that, and then another thing on that....
3. Solar panel on EVs are typically not as useful as you would imagine, people like to park their cars in the shade.

wolfy42 posted...

They are planning on making all cars in CA EV I think by some date in the future, but also having a massive problem with the power grid with even the EV cars they have now

It will actually help reduce that, because people charge their vehicles at night. And increasing power demand at night can help reduce the power demand swing during the entire day, so power factories can reduce on/off cycling. At least during the summer when people blast their AC during the day.

wolfy42 posted...

As far as tunnels etc, you would only do it for main freeways

So you're suggesting covering all freeways? Or just highly trafficked ones? That's a whole, whole lot of increased maintenance requirements for a recapture program. Cities struggle to even keep the roads pothole free, imagine if they had to handle thousands of miles of buildings, that if they fuck up, the road's completely unusable on both directions.

Plus, remember that ICE's use oxygen for combustion. Tunnels have a very strong ventilation system to help bring fresh air in, and suck out all of the carbon monoxide and increased CO2. Are we going to install ventilation systems too? Or will recapture plants magically get CO2 to them?

wolfy42 posted...

What if you just had the cars mainly drive under covered freeways, in tunnels etc, so that the co2 emissions would naturally raise up, but instead of entering out atmosphere, you have collectors that grab it in gas form, store it, and allow it to be used afterwards?

How many tunnels do you think we have that this would solve any percent of driving?

wolfy42 posted...

The whole EV thing doesn't seem like a great solution right now

I'm curious where you came up with that perspective though.

Doesn't kenshi sort of do that?

I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin.

I've not read as much as I would have liked, new job new reading habits.

ChatGPT can give you a decent list of names.

What's her opinion on Typhlosion?

Sadly they could only make artsy black and white films full of moody light and character dramas.

How does it feel to be an old man?

Spoilers.

Blightzkrieg posted...

Honestly it's unclear at this point who it was targeted at. It's a super hero film that hates super heroes, a Joker film that hates the Joker, an edgy film with zero edge and a musical with s***ty songs.

That's fairly similar to the draw to The Boys, so, it's not a completely wrong idea.

Melody_JR posted...

If I could get a work from home job paying that much Id probably never leave.

https://www.usajobs.gov/search/results/?l=&k=telework
I'm working over in the patent office and I'm expecting to break 100k in maybe 5 years.

That much storm surge on tampa's going to be very very bad.

pedro45 posted...

$18/hour for data entry? Sign me up! Do they get benefits?

Working as a patent classifier is basically data entry and can be wfh too.

JixHedgehog posted...

*Turns on the TV and sees Milton is already a Cat4*
Dang

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-557c5c512135e0a8661b298e45e17c92
Gotta pump those numbers up.

If you get two $50k jobs, that adds up to $100k.

dragon504 posted...

Is there gratuitous nudity?

There is gratuitous slapstick violence, and also way more sexy things than I would expect for a PG movie.

That's quite a few beavers really.

It is an absolutely beautiful comedy, if you want a laugh, watch it.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h4P-26kHAw

Hey that's great!

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I still maintain, as I always have, that metric is better for science and engineering but Imperial/standard is often better for everyday life.

Engineering uses whatever units are convenient for the situation. We also don't tend to move units around, so it doesn't really matter if someone bounces between Nm of torque on a 1/2in lug nut, because that's just what the tool uses, and that's how design chose the size of the lug nut.

adjl posted...

we_dey posted...

4: England uses the metric system

Not for distances or most volume measures in cooking, and those are the only instances where laypeople actually have to work with measurements systems. Metric is better, generally speaking, but for everyday use it doesn't actually matter all that much (which is the main reason the US hasn't switched over).

we_dey posted...

5: People in the USA drive on the wrong side of the road

Driving side is largely arbitrary. The only important thing is that everybody on a given road chooses the same side.

Both of those are fairly arbitrary, as it turns out.

Damn_Underscore posted...

Is going to vegan restaurants really necessary? If you're going to live a vegan lifestyle you really should be cooking for yourself tbh. Because the food will be much more affordable and you can make sure it really is vegan

I don't know if vegans have an above average price for different dietary restrictions, but, home cooking is always more affordable and you're more aware of what's what. That's not really the point.

I blame anime.

Apparently they've closed the waffle houses around the area.
Good luck everyone around there.

No, I have taste.

OneEyedShinobi posted...

In media, such as children's media, animal characters are easier to relate to than human characters

Nah that's a you problem.

Nothing's been as good as Hardware Wars.

You should start arguing for making it work from home, it's pretty good not going to lie.

Honestly I didn't like it, I'm tired of multiverse.

Yellow posted...

Are minors even allowed in factories though?

16-17 year olds, we had a few kids who would do quality control checks with us. Trimming flash from plastic parts and doing visual inspection.
It was a part time position, and they would mostly work in the summer.

SunWuKung420 posted...

I doubt that considering OSHA rules in the US. STOP LYING.

Please point to the regulation.
https://www.osha.gov/plastic-industry/standards

Factory work you can 100% give people under 18 a knife.
Most of the concerns are more about when they can work than what they're doing.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Factory work is a trade job.

It is not. I have worked in multiple factories of multiple types, nobody has once claimed that it is a trade job. Don't speak for me.
There are trade jobs in a factory, but by default, it is not a trade job.

Blue collar work, yes, but that's mostly what I hear after I joined the office.

I like how sunny's definition of a trade job is:

-Kinda deal with customers
-Drive a fork lift
-Operate a jacklift

Because that's also being just a regular factory worker, which is explicitly not a trade job.

Yeah I don't understand either.

faramir77 posted...

Most of our daily devices are basically magic to the vast majority of us. It's unprecedented how such technology is used by so many but understood by so few.

It's not impossible, difficult sure, but you can actually learn this stuff. These aren't machines spun up by a wizards dream, they're physical things that people have gotten degrees and and have worked hard making efficient and available.

adjl posted...

Broadly, when a photon is absorbed by a conductive surface, it triggers the release of an electron based on the energy of that photon. If you put a colour filter over the surface, that means the electron will only be released if a photon of the right wavelength to pass through the filter hits it. In a digital camera, you've got a large number of tiny conductive surfaces with an assortment of filters on them that means each one corresponds to one of red, green, or blue. Each of those sensors produces an electrical signal when light of the correct colour hits them, which all gets wired up to a computer that processes those electrical signals into an image.

It's functionally very similar to how the eye works: The retina is covered in photosensitive cells that each respond to photons of a different colour. When a photon hits one, it triggers a chemical reaction that sends an impulse to the brain via the optic nerve. The brain takes all the incoming signals and interprets them as an image.

If you want a more technical viewpoint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY8OFp0-UZw

I'm against all nuclear weapons, so, no I wouldn't.

Is there even a reason to get a PS5 in the first place?

OhhhJa posted...

None of this negates cursive writing as being beneficial. In fact, an argument could be made we should write in cursive instead of manuscript since it appears to be more beneficial. Sure lots of things develop fine motor skills. My 4 year old goes to Montessori and they teach cursive because of the prior pros mentioned

I believe cursive is definitely better for motor skills as a child than building blocks or playdough. It takes a lot more skill to write in cursive for a small child than it does to make things with play dough or play with building blocks lol. It takes way more precision

Except unless you declare that all computer systems be required to primarily be cursive, the point is moot and you're training kids to write on chalk tablets without getting dust on themselves.
Train people for how the world is, rather than what you want.