SunlitZelkova Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 I have made the momentous decision to major in anthropology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Me in a discussion about naval warfare: "You know, I'm somewhat of an expert myself..." Me in a two-seat kayak on a lazy river: "AAAAAHHH!!! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, DDE said: Me in a discussion about naval warfare: "You know, I'm somewhat of an expert myself..." Me in a two-seat kayak on a lazy river: "AAAAAHHH!!! " Cool, you’re an expert in naval warfare? I’m something of an expert myself, in composite submarines. A few months ago I wan expert in concrete, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 23 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Cool, you’re an expert in naval warfare? I’m something of an expert myself, in composite submarines. A few months ago I wan expert in concrete, too. ...and everyone here was a virologist at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 9 hours ago, DDE said: ...and everyone here was a virologist at some point. An optimist detected. C-19 was just a test run. I mean the "was". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I lost count of all the MiG variants... ...but the Mielec M-15 Belphegor actually existed. I've seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 For almost ten years I've been hoping he'll keep his word and return, and once in a blue moon I would check, just in case he did. For ten years no joy. Well, today I checked again, and he's back! Zogg from Betelgeuse is back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/6/2023 at 8:09 PM, DDE said: Mielec M-15 Belphegor actually existed. I've seen it. I've seen them in vivo. The pilots were disliking them, this was lasting for a while, then it had been dismissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/6/2023 at 10:09 AM, DDE said: lost count of all the MiG variants... What’s the prop-driven seaplane with that bizarrely elegant tail wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Бе-12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbalsaurus Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Our hotel room has satellite, and while watching a baseball game, an ad about fighting drunk driving came on. And right after it, an ad for Twisted Tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Was looking for an image for another thread over in the games section and (when you see it ) 043707112023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHACK4142 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Listened to the 9th Feynman lecture- I KNOW HOW KSP WORKS NOW!!! UNLIMITED POWER!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 7/9/2023 at 4:34 PM, Kerbalsaurus said: Our hotel room has satellite, and while watching a baseball game, an ad about fighting drunk driving came on. And right after it, an ad for Twisted Tea. Now available at your local liquor store drive-thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerodynamic Kerbal Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) I solved a Rubik's cube for the first time on my own! ... For around 8-9 minutes. ...And I just did it in 4 minutes and 43 seconds (including the cube's bad quality and some spatial disorientation) Edited July 12, 2023 by Aerodynamic Kerbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Aerodynamic Kerbal said: I solved a Rubik's cube for the first time on my own! ... For around 8-9 minutes. ...And I just did it in 4 minutes and 43 seconds (including the cube's bad quality and some spatial disorientation) Congratulations! I think you'll soon be averaging 55 seconds or so with whichever method you're using. Is it layer-by-layer, or Roux, or something like edges-corners, or another method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 18 minutes ago, cubinator said: Congratulations! I think you'll soon be averaging 55 seconds or so with whichever method you're using. Is it layer-by-layer, or Roux, or something like edges-corners, or another method? 55 seconds?!? Back when I could solve them, (when they were new) I think the best I managed was 2 minutes, with a layer by layer method from a book I took out of the library (which had a rotary payphone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerodynamic Kerbal Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 hours ago, cubinator said: Congratulations! I think you'll soon be averaging 55 seconds or so with whichever method you're using. Is it layer-by-layer, or Roux, or something like edges-corners, or another method? I only know layer by layer, everything else sounds a little (very) complicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Aerodynamic Kerbal said: I only know layer by layer, everything else sounds a little (very) complicated Awesome, that's definitely a tried-and-true method. I hope you enjoy your cubing journey! 2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: 55 seconds?!? Back when I could solve them, (when they were new) I think the best I managed was 2 minutes, with a layer by layer method from a book I took out of the library (which had a rotary payphone) The first cubes were quite sticky, that may be a contributing factor. I got down to averaging maybe 40-50 seconds with a lucky best time of 21 seconds before going all in to CFOP (which had already been invented ). Nowadays if I try solving using only layer-by-layer on a modern speedcube I can almost crack 20 seconds. In any case, people will call you smart no matter what speed you solve it at, and they will say: "You can solve it in (X) seconds/minutes? It would take me (X) years!" Edited July 12, 2023 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 13 minutes ago, cubinator said: In any case, people will call you smart no matter what speed you solve it at, and they will say: "You can solve it in (X) seconds/minutes? It would take me (X) years!" Indeed. But I got all y’all beat, this is how I solved them. More or less… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 39 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Indeed. But I got all y’all beat, this is how I solved them. More or less… Well, I first learned to “solve” it by disassembling it and putting it back together in the solved configuration… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 8 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Well, I first learned to “solve” it by disassembling it and putting it back together in the solved configuration… They're just stickers, you know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 In school years, I was shocking others by solving it less than a minute, by learning the sequence of rotation formulas from "Science and Life" magazine. It was a pure cheating, as I have no idea how to solve it in honest way. https://www-pscraft-ru.translate.goog/kak-sobrat-kubik-rubika-zhurnal-nauka/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Also, but in Russian, several veideo instructions . https://playlab.ru/club/instructions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Believe me or not, that's really the first time on me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) On 7/12/2023 at 8:06 PM, TheSaint said: They're just stickers, you know.... Yeah, my kids tried solving it that way, but they never stick the same again… @cubinator well, you got this thing beat… https://imgur.com/gallery/crFWetK But maybe not this one… https://i.imgur.com/jAw07sw.mp4 Edited July 15, 2023 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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