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I feel ya. I am having a hard time doing anything lately. My therapist once said "The mind of a depressive introvert is like the bad side of town. You can visit family or friends & it doesn't seem scary. But it's a terrible place to be after dark." I had a hard time when my wife dragged me to the Ren Faire last week. The Ren Faire here is 6 weeks and pretty huge. I'm in a protracted down period and trying to find some dopamine kick that will start the up swing. It's been so friggin blah. So what if I have a cavity it's fine, so what if I just slept all day I worked hard for 10 hours, it's the weekend why bother getting out of bed. I wish they made motivation and energy in pill form.. oh wait that's what got me into trouble to begin with. Dungeons and Dragons and lately I've finished a couple short stories.. the D&D helps me connect with people and the writing is an escape outside game. Hope you feel better.
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the biggest tutorial of ksp the world has seen!
Fizzlebop Smith replied to billyspace's topic in KSP1 Tutorials
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[KSP 1.8 - 1.12+] - Probes Before Crew [PBC] Version 2.93
Fizzlebop Smith replied to _Zee's topic in KSP1 Mod Releases
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What is your most facepalm-worthy moment regarding KSP?
Fizzlebop Smith replied to MaverickSawyer's topic in KSP1 Discussion
I once had the same issue. Forget if it was a fuel cell or what but the original upgrade mission was missing the engineer and screw driver... the flow up personall mission went smoothly, but I still forgot the screwdriver. -
What is your most facepalm-worthy moment regarding KSP?
Fizzlebop Smith replied to MaverickSawyer's topic in KSP1 Discussion
So I have been playing a twisted Probes First playthrough.. my space company automates EVERYTHING they can. A few worlds first to after extensive UA adventures. I am only really doing probe and tourist missions that don't require a pilot. A particular probe lander was my primary science collector. The final compenet to return to kerbin was a single cargo containers / probe core with a storage module. Upon recovering my vessel from the first moho fly by had me realize I forgot to collect the science Jr data before jettisoning it. Did I mention I don't really time warp... that concurrent missions are designed around a maximum 24 hour warp window. Ugh. I got sad just remembering. That model now uses action groups for staging with a collection set up before staging. -
Launching to specific LANs
Fizzlebop Smith replied to FTLparachute's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
I do not recall where I found these instructions. The have been saved in my notes for 18 months now and thought they would be helpful. Forgive me but I asked an automation tool to clean it up for a form post. 1. Understand Key Orbital Terms: Longitude of Ascending Node (LAN): This is the angle, measured from a reference direction (in KSP, typically from the prime meridian at longitude = 0°), indicating where your orbit crosses from south to north over the equator. Inclination: The angle between your orbit plane and the planet’s equator. 2. Planning Your Launch Window: The trick to hitting a specific LAN is timing. You need to: Launch when your launch site passes directly underneath the intended orbit plane. Use KER (Kerbal Engineer Redux) or MechJeb (optional but highly recommended) to see real-time orbital data and planet rotation relative to your target orbit. Optimal Timing: Warp time until your launch site aligns closely underneath the orbit line on your map. (This is the most critical part. Launch site alignment with end goal. I ALWAYS have to perform minor orbital maneuvers to get the LAN perfect) If you're launching from Kerbal Space Center (KSC), wait until KSC rotates under your target orbit’s path on the map screen (watch from the Tracking Station or Map view). 3. Setting Inclination at Launch: Before liftoff, note if the orbit line moves slightly north or south relative to your launch site. If the orbit line moves northeast, launch into a heading slightly northward of the standard eastward (typically around 90°) direction (e.g., heading of 50°-70°). If the orbit line moves southeast, aim slightly south of eastward (e.g., heading of 100°-120°). A rough heading-to-inclination guideline: 0° heading: Directly North 90° heading: Directly East (equatorial orbit) 180° heading: Directly South 270° heading: Directly West (retrograde orbit, rarely useful) Adjust heading slightly during ascent to match target inclination precisely. 4. During Launch (Gravity Turn and Adjustments): Start your gravity turn normally (around 50-100 m/s vertical speed), but angle immediately towards the determined heading (north or south of the 90° standard East). Watch the Ascending Node (AN) and Inclination indicators provided by KER or MechJeb during ascent to fine-tune your trajectory. Small adjustments early on save huge delta-v later. 5. Circularize as Close to AP as Possible 6. Achieving Exact LAN: For precise LAN targeting, remember the planet rotation: Kerbin rotates roughly 1° every 60 seconds (1°/minute, 360° rotation every ~6 hours). Adjust your launch time if your first attempt misses the LAN by a known angle. Example: If your orbit ends 10° off your desired LAN, adjust launch by ~10 minutes forward or backward. I usually eye ball the intersect for a normal / radial translation to the proper site but you can relaunch until you get better at it. Example (Practical Summary): Check contract: Inclination 30°, LAN = 120°. Open map view, find when KSC aligns under orbit line (around LAN=120°). Launch at this exact time, aim for approximately 60° heading (30° inclination). Fine-tune on ascent. Minimal circularization burn to stabilize orbit. Hope this Helps -
Faulty sensors
Fizzlebop Smith replied to leroidangleterre's topic in KSP1 Suggestions & Development Discussion
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Soup Appreciation and Discussion thread
Fizzlebop Smith replied to timmy kerman's topic in The Lounge
Your definition is still inadequate to fully encompass the glory of soup. Scandinavian & Central European countries have fruit souls Spanish and Mediterranean cuisine includes Gazpacho & Tarator bot soup by definition of the dish, but excluded by the cooking portion. There are no exclusionary provisions mentioned in the definition that would still include soups of tomato or cream. Soup is so amazing you cannot contain it with such a simple definition. Proposed All-Encompassing Soup Definition: “A liquid-based dish, typically intended for consumption by spoon, in which water, stock, dairy, or other fluid serves as the primary medium for distributing flavors, textures, or suspended solids. This includes both hot and cold preparations, with or without cooking, and may incorporate meats, vegetables, fungi, legumes, grains, dairy, or emulsified ingredients to achieve varying consistencies- 40 replies
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Soup Appreciation and Discussion thread
Fizzlebop Smith replied to timmy kerman's topic in The Lounge
Mushrooms are absolutely not vegetables. The posited definition obviously fails to encompass soup. Saying so things is a foreign dish and therfore exists as some kind of nebulous outlier is asinine. Soup exists across an array of culture. Those that truly love soup do not usually stop there, it extended to bisque, chowders and stew. Consume as well as Gazpacho. As proven by the very inadequate definition, all the above is *qualified* by the accepted lay meaning of soup.- 40 replies
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Fizzlebop Smith replied to timmy kerman's topic in The Lounge
Yes. Indeed the semantic Olympics can make an argument for many non traditional soups like cereal. Stew, Porridge, Soup, Broth have a deal of overlap with the constant goal of any culinary enthusiast to challenge the established norms. Noodles have long been staples in many soup like dishes. Noodles have many similarities to my cornflake. No meat / veggie Egg Drop Soup Consume Cream of Mushroom Legume based soup- 40 replies
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Fizzlebop Smith replied to timmy kerman's topic in The Lounge
THIS The vegetable need not resemble anything remotely close to it original shape, but i argue most cereal is processed wheat or corn. Ah, lucky charms my new favorite Gazpacho.- 40 replies
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Fizzlebop Smith replied to timmy kerman's topic in The Lounge
I love soup. Mostly during the colder months, but a poor choice for my first attempted life companion in the game r/outside saw me shouldered with 95% of the tasks related to domesticity. Combine this with a 60+ hour work week for the majority of my Early adult experience and I developed a healthy love for soup and all things single dish. My Current Favorites Chili will always rank at the top. While typically more of a stew in traditional compositional make up, I feel the 10 million variations of this recipe give it a great deal of traction in the race. (I even put beans it it despite what the entire state of Texas proclaims subjectively as an objective truth) I am also in love with Cauliflower bisque with black beans. Omg. If I'm feeling froggy I roast some Cauliflower with cracked pepper to go in the soup as a *fixin'* One of the things I made a great deal when .. not quite as old.. Cabbage stew. A timeless staple of the poverty stricken since the potato tried to slay Ireland. Simple Tomato based stock. Chicken Broth, Celery, Carrots and Onions for the base. (Mir Paise or something). Cook it down in a pot while putting a good sea on some seasoned chicken. After sear put in oven until temp. Add tomatoes and yummy stuff cooking with chicken (musshies, green peppers, what evers) into pot. Add kidney beans and simmer with tons of cabbage. Best part do immersion blender needed. I probably forgot something as coffee was not part of my soup fueled reverie.- 40 replies
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This is my big fear as well. I see teaching I initiatives locally and curriculum where classes teach children how to prompt. There as a little bit of research showing correlation in cognitive decline / creative decline. Before the current shift in things, there were some interesting reports and people linking the inability to "fight" back in two generations & this was way before AI. This is of course in my country.. but common core distanced children from parents. Made parents feel stupid and opened a gap. Not all.. but the majority of overworked, underpaid, exhausted masses that utilize public schools. The younger People are using AI for everything.. menus, productivity guides .. it is obviously a subject matter expert on everything ever. Might as well take it as gospel.
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We will move to using these complex algorithms for more and more and less and less will be recorded on hardcopies. The solar flares will return us to a dark age when those bibliophiles with large collections will be Venerated and heralded as the prophets of the new age .... Sorry, my primary coping mechanism lately has been writing short stories and I keep seeing visions of this in my daydreams.
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I wish you the best. I dripped out of the discord a while back because there was no chat in months. Is development have an open portal that public might view ideas and discuss things? I primarily use discord to manage my D&D group and a server I host. I know alot of people younger than myself LOVE the thing. I honestly expected a bit more shade and general negativity to be tossed your way. I applaud your effort to continue to improve something you love. I had a discussion that I think captured the sentiment that this effort was founded upon.. We were lamenting what KSP2 might have been without scope creep. If it were approached more like a KSP1 remaster plus. With the mods that are available and how repo hand offs have went.. I can almost see the Title kSP continued Watch out for legal and do not get to hurt if you have enjoy it from a small circle and word of mouth dissemination. I think it equally likey thay anything that is well done.. would be incorporated under the MIT with appreciation. I imagine the modders are more familiar with the game than new owners and think it highly unlikely they would ever continue the project. Go do You. (I may even reinstall the game one day)
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Using stock Parts only...for or against?
Fizzlebop Smith replied to Callisto's topic in KSP1 Mods Discussions
You are responding to an 11 year old comment. Keep that in mind while waiting for a reply. Also, being unable to sample the glory of mods has likely led to an established bias. How can I tell you ask? The Superfluous negativity & repetition with which you qualify your own accomplishment without the need for mods. The mention of console & "never gonna play with mods" would have been more than adequate. Sharing some of the marvelous Modless creation would be better. Not all engineers use dismissive language and most utilize formatting due to the volume of document control and need to present things in an easy to follow manner. -
totm march 2020 So what song is stuck in your head today?
Fizzlebop Smith replied to SmileyTRex's topic in The Lounge
Some weird a## mash up between And Gotye is on a backtrack with reduced vocals. I've recently started changing a few eating habits and can't remember the dream.. just the music playing. -
JNO lacks story and depth. The missions do not lead me to any feelings of overall accomplishment. Most recent updates suggest a slight direction shift with persistent payloads on the horizon.. I like building space stations and bases. I like sending my Kerbals to explore the countryside. Even if it's just randomly placing some waypoints along the ScanSat verified resource deposits. The things that I enjoy about KSP do not even get an honorable mention in Juno. It isn't about realism for me but immersion.
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Traditionally Trajectories has been compatible with mechjeb. In so far as both mods would function, some variations with auto land and projected path depending on respective settings. Recently I have encountered an issue where trajectories changes my resolution when I select the icon, the icon will then vanish from stock & Blizzy toolbar. At this point using trajectories requires a restart. The mod author maintains a rather large library ans will not even entertain the idea of assisting in troubleshooting until logs are provided. It has been my experience that if you are not at least somewhat technically proficient and knowledgeable in folder hierarchy you will get acerbic or terse responses if any at all. It felt easier to go with a previous version of trajectories. Have you tried an older version? If that does not work look up how to compose the question and upload the logs.
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This might have been true when my grandfather moved to the steel mills, but my argument is that America was built around the idea of the automobile. The publication Arizona highways came put and still runs today because of the glorified concept that the highway (by extension the automobile) represents... freedom. That is the heart of the American appeal.. it has purposefully been equated to concepts of freedom. The argument you make is often the one that justified the lack of public transportation.. but I claim it is a logical fallacy. I know plenty of people that rent a vehicle each year for vacation. 11% of America have never ventured beyond their state. Half of those have visited less than 10 states. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lealane/2019/05/02/percentage-of-americans-who-never-traveled-beyond-the-state-where-they-were-born-a-surprise/ Its something there aren't whe lot of metrics on, but the majority of American have lived in fewer than 3 states and some crazy high percentage lives within 100 miles of where they were born. There are some people that drive all over the place and work over the road in some capacity. But my argument is that most people relocate once.. or twice. And since this is a topic of public transportation it's more of a discussion regarding urban centers. Now thag Uber is a thing, there a ever more and more people that do not drive (for whatever reason) inside these urban centers.. and there is really no argument (that I can see) outside policy reform for the crappy public transportation infrastructure in most places. 1 in 10 do not drive at all https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/14/1-in-10-americans-rarely-or-never-drive-a-car/ i gaurantee this metroc is skewed at least marginally by a number of people that would prefer not to.
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I think this should be a more sustainable approach and depending on where you live, it can be pretty difficult. there are a ton of cool designs with collection tanks that use radiant energies to heat the water. This causes pressure difference allows the water to heat the floors. Used it for gardens as a kid. I am amazed when i see homes that are so very expensive but do not really offer any sustained worth beyond that of status symbol. The area where i grew up. We had plywood floors (no carpet) for years as a child and the house had very low monetary value, but the natural gas company gave us free gas for using the land to run a line. We had a generator and all appliances run on gas. The generator was only for hurricane season. We had septic and windmill. We used rain reclamation systems and a well. Its so weird, i think so much of it is on purpose here. Building US cities around the Idea of the automobile was terrible. Few American cities have stellar public transportation part of the consumerism mentality? There was a king of the hill episode where all the businesses had to switch to low flow toilets. Come to find out the local congressman owned the low flow toilet company.
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There are many provisions in place where I live that prevent more of what I meant. Solar is subsidized but still required to be piped back into the grid in most places. Wind is very much behind on policy on what is allowed. A few people locally have tried to install some highly efficient wind generators.. but policy in place is to regulate people slapping up windmills with large blades. It's illegal to reclaim rain water in nearly every state I've been in. Cheap is a word that can have vastly different implications depending in the policies in place. I was contracted do to some work in Tennessee where someone was wanting to build a home completely "off grid" .. no plumbing connections. Very low carbon imprint. It was crazy what was allowed and what was not.
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Aside from legislators being heavily invested in fossil fuels I don't understand why there hasn't been a drive toward equilibrium. There are always going to be situations where combustion engines are optimal. We have an EV for our commutes and city driving with a fuel efficient gas drinker for cross country / off road scenarios. Why hasn't there been more progress toward a blended infrastructure. It went from "let's decrease our reliance on fossil fuels" to "we have to be green by tomorrow!" I read something the other day about using diamond lattice around carbon to create a low grade RTG power source...or low density organic batteries that are supposed to me ideal for affordable housing type solutions. that stuff should have come out 20 years ago.