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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 8 Oct 2023, 18:20 last edited by
    #1353

    You were warned.

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 11 Oct 2023, 11:25 last edited by
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      Topological map of South America.

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      You were warned.

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        8 Oct 2023, 18:20

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        George K
        wrote on 11 Oct 2023, 11:31 last edited by
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        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

        I have a "blind corner" in my kitchen.

        There are solutions for that...

        Link to video

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          George K
          wrote on 11 Oct 2023, 12:00 last edited by
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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            11 Oct 2023, 11:25

            Topological map of South America.

            IMG_0579.jpeg

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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on 11 Oct 2023, 16:14 last edited by
            #1357

            @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

            Topological map of South America.

            IMG_0579.jpeg

            That is quite interesting. I mentioned in another thread when talking about if there was a military invasion of Taiwan by China and how many mountains there are. Below is the same type of map for Taiwan.

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 11 Oct 2023, 23:41 last edited by
              #1358

              You were warned.

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                George K
                wrote on 12 Oct 2023, 01:54 last edited by
                #1359

                Calibration

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 12 Oct 2023, 23:25 last edited by
                  #1360

                  At the Tri-Delt house...

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 13 Oct 2023, 00:44 last edited by
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                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 15 Oct 2023, 17:20 last edited by
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                      Population density of the US.

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                      You were warned.

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                        kluurs
                        wrote on 16 Oct 2023, 01:50 last edited by
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                        • G George K
                          12 Oct 2023, 23:25

                          At the Tri-Delt house...

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 16 Oct 2023, 02:10 last edited by
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                          @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                          At the Tri-Delt house...

                          IHT.

                          And so would all of you guys. I just had the gumption to say it out loud.

                          You were warned.

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                            George K
                            wrote on 16 Oct 2023, 02:14 last edited by
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                            Thanks for your comment. Actually, you'd hit any of that, right?

                            I was waiting, and for a while, disappointed, that you didn't.

                            You've restored my faith in you.

                            Let's hear it for the Tri-Delts!

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              Horace
                              wrote on 17 Oct 2023, 04:34 last edited by
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                              I like to imagine the driver intentionally got my dog center frame.

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                              Education is extremely important.

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 17 Oct 2023, 12:47 last edited by
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                                @George-K Regarding the holdout property owner who won’t sell to the developer, we have a case of that here. An older brick house sits surrounded by a big commercial development.

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                                You were warned.

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 17 Oct 2023, 12:54 last edited by
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                                  It's certainly convenient for them.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    17 Oct 2023, 12:47

                                    @George-K Regarding the holdout property owner who won’t sell to the developer, we have a case of that here. An older brick house sits surrounded by a big commercial development.

                                    IMG_0584.jpeg

                                    IMG_0584.jpeg

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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 17 Oct 2023, 16:12 last edited by
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                                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                    An older brick house sits surrounded by a big commercial development.

                                    Wasn't there something similar to a Trump casino or something like that?

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 17 Oct 2023, 20:25 last edited by jon-nyc
                                      #1370

                                      Travel times from NYC for different years.

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                                      You were warned.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 18 Oct 2023, 18:51 last edited by
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                                        Two enormous gyroscopes being installed in the USS Henderson as a roll stabilizing system during its construction in April 1917 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in World War 1.
                                        The Henderson, a transport of 80 ton displacement, was the first large ship to be gyroscopically stabilized to prevent the ship from rolling from side to side with ocean swells.
                                        The gyros, built by Sperry Rand, consist of two 25 ton, 9 ft diameter flywheels which during operation are spun at 1100 RPM in opposite directions by 75 HP AC electric motors.
                                        Each gyro case is mounted on a vertical bearing which can be turned by a 75 HP servo motor. When a small sensor gyro on the ship's bridge sensed the ship roll, it ordered the servo motor to rotate the gyros about the vertical axis in a direction so the gyro's precession would oppose the ship's roll.
                                        During trials they were able to keep the ship roll down to 3 degrees in the roughest seas.
                                        This technology was replaced by roll stabilizer fins and is not used today.

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                                        You were warned.

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                                        • J jon-nyc
                                          18 Oct 2023, 18:51

                                          Two enormous gyroscopes being installed in the USS Henderson as a roll stabilizing system during its construction in April 1917 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in World War 1.
                                          The Henderson, a transport of 80 ton displacement, was the first large ship to be gyroscopically stabilized to prevent the ship from rolling from side to side with ocean swells.
                                          The gyros, built by Sperry Rand, consist of two 25 ton, 9 ft diameter flywheels which during operation are spun at 1100 RPM in opposite directions by 75 HP AC electric motors.
                                          Each gyro case is mounted on a vertical bearing which can be turned by a 75 HP servo motor. When a small sensor gyro on the ship's bridge sensed the ship roll, it ordered the servo motor to rotate the gyros about the vertical axis in a direction so the gyro's precession would oppose the ship's roll.
                                          During trials they were able to keep the ship roll down to 3 degrees in the roughest seas.
                                          This technology was replaced by roll stabilizer fins and is not used today.

                                          IMG_0589.jpeg

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                                          taiwan_girl
                                          wrote on 19 Oct 2023, 13:11 last edited by
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                                          @jon-nyc Not only mildly but very interesting.

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