razark Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 hours ago, DDE said: Funny you'd mention a ship. That poor Hunagyan Spirit. Is it falling off the edge, or just sinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I saw Mars last night over a lightning storm. It's a lot of space between here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I wonder, how did the Martians send those lightnings through space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 13 hours ago, razark said: That poor Hunagyan Spirit. Is it falling off the edge, or just sinking? Slowly being moved across dimensions. Don't worry, perfectly normal occurrence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Sitting out here enjoying a smoke and this small fluffy dinosaur keeps trying to eat it. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Sitting out here enjoying a smoke and this small fluffy dinosaur keeps trying to eat it. Soooo - it's playing chicken with your cigar...? I'll show myself out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 I passed out during a marching band practice, fell over, hit my head on a trombone, and was transported to a dream world, it felt like I was there for far longer than I was, and I don't remember much of it, but it may have involved past memories. I came back a few seconds later, my vision coming back in a way I can't quite describe, but for a few seconds I didn't know where I was, or what this life was, and when I finally started to get it I was shocked at the fact that I was in college and not waaay younger. The best I can describe it is waking up and not knowing if this world is reality or a dream. I was fine mentally about 5-10 seconds after and fine physically about 5 minutes after. Craaaazy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: passed out during a marching band practice, fell over, hit my head on a trombone, Whoah. In all seriousness, if you haven’t yet you may want to have a doc check you out. Hitting your head and losing consciousness like that can be indicative of a concussion, even if you feel fine after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Whoah. In all seriousness, if you haven’t yet you may want to have a doc check you out. Hitting your head and losing consciousness like that can be indicative of a concussion, even if you feel fine after. Good idea. I would like to point out that the loss of consciousness was due to an overdone breathing exercise and potentially dehydration, and not as a result of the fall. However if any concussion symptoms come up soon I will seek medical attention. I am aware that it could be more serious than what I think it is and I will definitely keep that monitored, but I was posting here more about the mental experience than the fall itself. It was a real "woah" moment. I have an epic idea for a poem loosely related to it that I might write if I have time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I just need a few cables from my friend tomorrow, and our rocket will be fully constructed and ready for flight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I turned 15! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore_32 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lewie said: I turned 15! Happy birthday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Just now, Commodoregamer118 said: Happy birthday! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Camping 2020, with an Xbox and two laptops, streaming video, etc. Expecting pouring rain tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Ever feel like it’s all you can do not to fall off the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I built something that is, let's be honest, completely useless... ...but it was a pretty nice start for me to get back into working with an Arduino and electricity in general, after not having touched one of these things for almost 2 years. The idea here is that the display's update frequency is driven by a potentiometer's output. Basically, the larger the voltage, the longer one digit would be lit, and therefore the fewer times the display as a whole would update per second. It became very amusing once I realized why the display wasn't showing what it should (I made a lookup table for each digit and I got the segment order wrong). But I would say that I had a few bits of fun building and programming this. And I got to learn that potentiometers don't like behind put on a breadboard. I think I "permanently altered" 6 points today; they're still working fine, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 My wife wanted to do something with other humans tonight... have cocktails or something. Her friend she wanted to do this with was post call, and couldn't... so she was sorta bummed, and I told her I'd find someone to come over... then when we communicated during the day, I had nothing, she was more bummed (thinking I had blown it off). She got home, and her friend from out of state was standing in the kitchen, we had worked it out a couple weeks ago, and she flew in this afternoon, and I picked her up at the airport, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) I made this rocket motor in Wings 3D. I plan to make it into a proper KSP mod part at some point. It's not very detailed (though I plan to change that) and I'm only learning 3D modelling at the moment so it's probably not that good, but can anyone guess what it's meant to be? 100 nerd points up for grabs Edited August 22, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 2 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: can anyone guess what it's meant to be? A KSP part? It looks somewhat like a BE-4 or a Merlin to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Entropian said: A KSP part? It looks somewhat like a BE-4 or a Merlin to me. It's a Merlin, though extremely simplified. I need to add some extra details before I try to put it in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 It's the top of Merlin's wand in shape of some open-cycle rocket engine. But the snaky branch/root is very recognizable. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 What funny/interesting thing happened in my life today? FOUR Fuzzbutts, that's what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Not funny, and far more annoying than interesting, but someone pulled the fire alarm at 3 AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I made some more progress on my Merlin 1D, it should be more easily identifiable now. I still need to add a bunch of tiny pipes but I smoothed out the edges so it looks less jagged and made the gas generator exhaust pipe more realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 A week ago I've read that they had to replace the forward docking port on Salyut-7 from welded one with the milled one to let the 20 t ships dock, instead of the 6 t Soyuzes. Today I've read that the International Berthing/Docking Mechanism used in some places of ISS allows just 30 docking/undocking cycles. Such fragile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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