StrandedonEarth

Yes, there are a few of us having issues, esp. with mobile. Weirdly limited and frustrating with clumsy workarounds. Details: Yes, I remember the event. Just seeing "Booster 7" was enough to know it wasn't recent. I think heads rolled for that one (shakeup for sure), but fortunately it wasn't as catastrophic as it could have been.

A quick Google look for FM transmitters (for either streaming radio or a playlist) seems to only turn up the type meant to transmit to car radios, which I doubt have the range we'd need. I did find this: (From: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf02087.html#q4) In Canada, low power FM transmitters that produce a field strength of under 100μV/m @ 30 meters can be operated legally without license, as long as they comply to Broadcasting Equipment Technical Standards 1. I don't know how that translates to what the effective range of a legal transmitter is i.e. is a strength of 100μV/m sufficient for consumer stereos to tune in to? 30m would be plenty of range for the shop. Apparently I need to start digging deeper than a surface Google search to find specs on power/range for the offerings out there. I suppose they are cheap enough to experiment with.

If only we could get the bigwigs to agree to that. Speakers would certainly need an upgrade; near my post I can barely hear the PA, although it's better elsewhere. Thanks for the input!

Thanks, but my days of twitch-style gaming are long behind me, and I've never been one to fret over a little latency. The simplicity of the SRP solution should suit me just fine for KSP2. As an aside about latency, I used to play Motor City Online (classic mismanagement example; if they ran it like they did while winding down it would have fared much better) back when that was a thing. It was interesting how I could be racing against my roomie on the other side of the room, going around Dead Man's Curve, myself passing his car on the inside of the curve. I swear I never touched his car, but I could see his car swerve and crash as if nudged, as he starts cursing me out for hitting him. Yeah, trying to race online with collisions on is a very difficult proposition to iron out, which leaves me leery of ever finding a decent solution for KSP multiplayer.

Just like the title says. Where I live, the local stations that come in perfectly are not the type of music most employees care to listen too, and/or being too into the "power rotation" format of repeating the same songs 5 times a working day. But there are 2-3 other stations that come in less-than-perfectly with a much better music rotation. Usually these stations fade in and out of crystal clarity, presumably depending on the local weather and/or electromagnetic environment. Naturally there are several older second-hand-grade stereos placed around the shop floor, with the general agreement they stay on the same station to avoid stereo wars. Some have better reception than others, naturally. Much time is spent fiddling with antennas to get the clearest reception to little avail, as the reception changes as soon as the meaty bag of salty water moves away. Some stereos have the old telescopic antenna, while others have the flexible wire (I know the loop antennas are for AM). Presumably the best solution is to convince the boss man to install a master receiver / repeater, similar to what is commercially available. The transmitter would probably need to be mounted up on the roof truss to avoid interference from the machinery, and higher-power than the commonly available consumer-grade solutions. So probably not the simplest/easiest solution. What I've learned from playing around with antennas is the grounding them is bad. It often seems that touching the antenna is not the best, but being inches away from touching it with a meaty bag of salty water often brings in perfect reception. Getting away from metal objects seems to be helpful (I'm well aware of the Faraday Effect), but is complicated by being inside a standard truss-roofed warehouse building. So, if anyone has any tips and tricks for improving reception on cheap stereo antennas, I'd love to hear them!

That sounded intriguing, so after looking into it I found it's currently called Steam Remote Play, at least in this region. It sounds like just the perfect solution, thanks! And yes, I have a couple points where my laptop can wire into the ethernet, and it certainly makes the hassle of running a cable to his room last year worthwhile (so much whining about the wifi quality no matter where in the house he is lol). Now If only someone would give me KSP2 or a Steam Card for Christmas already! (pretty sure it's coming, but the wait feels like for-ev-er)

Well, with For Science out in time for Xmas, I’m left dithering between KSP2 and Starfield, although I really can’t imagine myself not going for KSP2. The downside is my ASUS ROG laptop with i5 9300H, a respectable 24GB of RAM, but a meager GTX 1650 for graphics. I expect I’m in for a bit of a slideshow, but at worst I can use my son’s much more powerful desktop PC, but then I’d have to sit in his room…

@Gargamel Can confirm, this is still affecting me as well. My last reprieve only lasted a day, sorry I didn't report it was back out for me sooner. It hasn't worked since. Aside from using the Edge browser on PC; that's the only way S&SF works for me. But on mobile, nope. Such an odd bug...

*adds another photo to the wallpaper folder*

Resuscitated by/for Science! Clear!

With an orbital Christmas tree, of course! Sorry about the rehashed pics from six years ago, but I don't have the time to create a new scene. But I did like the comment about a fireplace based on a low-thrust SRB...

The longest five letter word in English is “smile.” There’s a mile after the ‘s’

Once they have the Chomper payload bay door operational, that would be ideal, yes

I work in a retread plant. One of the steps is skiving, where damaged spots on the buffed casing are smoothed out, much like a dentist preparing a tooth for a filling. Using air-powered grinders, so it tends to be hard on the hands and wrists (my hands were like claws when I woke up, took a bit of working to flex them). A skiving post takes about 5x5’ square, about the size of an half-bathroom. I’ve been told they’ve created a machine for skiving, which takes up about the same space as a room. A large room. I have no idea how long it takes compared to a human. There doesn’t seem to be any hurry to get these machines (which I bet will break down a lot) into widespread service. And I’m sure a human will still need to make sure the machine didn’t miss anything

Part of the issue with anthropogenic climate change is that it's happening much faster than "natural" causes, and evolution and migration in many cases can't keep up.

Um, Curiosity is very much alive. Are you thinking Spirit/Opportunity?

None* of them want to talk about it, which means remembering it, when they'd just as soon forget it * - (in general, I'll assume there are exceptions).

Wait what? It’s Saturday night and S&SF is working again! This, after a brief? period early this morning when even the forum home page was giving me the white screen on mobile. Although, KSP1 Discussion still doesn’t work for me yet.

I’ve pondered that myself; the biggest issue is that staging happens faster and farther away, making recovery of SuperHeavy more difficult. And to what end? Launching an even heavier payload? I suppose it may be one way to get a nearly-fully-fueled Starship to orbit in one launch, at the expense of a SH

Sure about that? https://www.space.com/sun-coronal-hole-earth-auroras-dec-2023 https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/BvRMiGEE

And after working all day, in the last hour or so S&SF went back to the white screen again

Well, the early landing was explained by a wiring error causing a drogue malfunction; fortunately the main chute was up to the task. OSIRIS-REx parachute deployment affected by wiring error - SpaceNews

I think the main frustration with SLS is that it doesn’t have the payload to do a truly useful lunar mission, hence the current architecture. The obscene amounts charged by the contractors just adds insult to injury, especially when it could be spent on other things. The lander should have been included for that price

I think what is becoming the commonly-accepted term for that in North America is Dustin, which is another private nickname for the resident dumbS.

Oh, we tried, we tried, bent over backwards, but we can only pound our heads against a brick wall for so long. You can lead a dumbS to knowledge but you can't make it think! But yeah, crazy story, why tell her to quit a job she enjoyed and was good at? Ulterior motives?