@WoodshopHandman @nugger A steel piston head would have a lot of mass that needs to slow down, stop, then accelerate again in the opposite direction every stroke. Less mass being flung around is more efficient and produces less forces on the rods. There's probably some small cooling improvement as well since aluminum is extremely heat conductive.
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@BlinkRape I think I'm going through a western phase. That, or this is a sign I need to buy another wheelgun.
@TeaTootler Insurance needs to be reformed. Insurance is the only industry that can take your money and not legally be obligated to provide any service. I'm loath to say it, but the Muslims may be on to something banning usury.
@TeaTootler Some sort of IP protection is needed otherwise we'll end up like China where the only original invention is the knockoff. Our current system is broken and subverted but I'm doubtful that removing all IP protections will make things any better.
Who remembers when actors in TV shows actually showed people of virtue and civic sensibility? Been watching Gunsmoke and the Andy Griffith Show. It's a refreshing change of pace from the garbage on TV lately. They made those shows on much smaller budgets, too.
@Dan_Ramos At least they both saw something actually exciting happen. Lord knows the movie wasn't.
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JUST IN - Ukraine's Zelensky is leaving the White House, and the press conference has been canceled.
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JUST IN - Trump says that Zelensky is not ready for peace and disrespected the United States of America.
@mitchconner Did the tattoo artist have to straddle its gunt when he did its chest? Absolutely disgusting.
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Lego had a study done about how young girls and young boys play with dolls and toys because they wanted to expand their market beyond appealing to young boys. Simply painting the Lego blocks pink didn't work in gaining a new audience of girls. What they found was that young boys want to become the character while young girls want the character to become them.
This explains a lot of current and past events and it also proves that if you want to absolutely tank an IP made for boys, you put women in charge of it, because they will inevitably steer it towards themselves and their own idiosyncrasies instead of respecting the fanbase and the IP it grew around. This isn't related only to toys but anything women touch and any field women enter into, because they're fundamentally, at a genetic level, beings which have evolved to be preoccupied with themselves and their children first, the rest doesn't matter, it never did and it never will, unless it serves them and their interests somehow.
They cannot and will never understand men because they're not men, they don't understand the hero's journey because they're born with intrinsic value to society and don't have to earn it by becoming, they simply are, that being their greatest advantage and their biggest curse because they look up to people they consider men without ever looking down at men they don't consider people, and when they get in charge of an institution or in this case an IP which was created for men they don't consider people, they have zero tolerance for their protestations, because social class is the only hierarchy women truly understand.
This explains a lot of current and past events and it also proves that if you want to absolutely tank an IP made for boys, you put women in charge of it, because they will inevitably steer it towards themselves and their own idiosyncrasies instead of respecting the fanbase and the IP it grew around. This isn't related only to toys but anything women touch and any field women enter into, because they're fundamentally, at a genetic level, beings which have evolved to be preoccupied with themselves and their children first, the rest doesn't matter, it never did and it never will, unless it serves them and their interests somehow.
They cannot and will never understand men because they're not men, they don't understand the hero's journey because they're born with intrinsic value to society and don't have to earn it by becoming, they simply are, that being their greatest advantage and their biggest curse because they look up to people they consider men without ever looking down at men they don't consider people, and when they get in charge of an institution or in this case an IP which was created for men they don't consider people, they have zero tolerance for their protestations, because social class is the only hierarchy women truly understand.
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I feel if you can post an exception in Slack that no one's seen since the project began 28 years ago off a fresh clone + init scripts, you should win some sort of prize. Bonus points for if it's also not on the sharedrive, XWiki, SharePoint, or massive email chain that's been auto-forwarded to you as part of onboarding.
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@ins0mniak It's annoying that those of us with impulse control get inadvertently lumped in with retards pulling dumb stunts. Support your local businesses.
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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
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