I signed up for it last night for exactly that reason.

Not an answer I was expecting, but one I’m glad to see

I appreciate that John Ottiver is packing heat.

Nope, not at all! You’ve got it right.

I’m definitely a 1, and generally I don’t. I do, however, really like interactive fiction in both work safe and non work safe contexts. I think I really enjoy being able to visualize it in my mind more than I do watching it.

I’m not sure if it factors into your pet theory, but I’m asexual so the appeal of physical forms is also very lost on me. That’s a different can of worms that I’m happy to open if interested, but I’ll leave it be if not.

Oh rad! Keep your eyes peeled for conventions!

Speaking of, Anthrocon actually just wrapped up this year. You should go next year! It’s always a blast!

Hey, I hear repeated sounds of exoskeleton bumping into glass. You wouldn’t know anything about that, would you?

In all seriousness though, that’s a very cute piece!

I bought my parents a laser printer after years of them being incredibly frustrated by inkjets. I got them the same model as me, as well as a spare toner cartridge.

I’m still on my original toner cartridge, and I’ve had it for probably six years or so.

My parents are in their late 40’s and early 50’s. I think I might have accidentally gotten them a lifetime supply of printing.

Yeah, thank you! I poke my nose in here now and again and it’s always good to see this community active!

See, I’m cool with millipedes - mainly because they fall in the camp of “not venomous”. And if they actually are venomous, I don’t want that information haha.

The basement centipedes creep me out but I’m not necessarily afraid of them.

Giant centipedes actually present a roughly equivalent danger as a venomous snake. It can be treated with antivenom (I think anyway), but left untreated can actually be fatal.

Spiders fall in a camp of genuine phobia for me. It’s a pure lizard-brain fear reaction when it comes to them and it’s really hard to overcome.

Insects are ok. Mostly. I have a thing about the combination of “too many legs” and “venomous”. Centipedes are a no-go for me, genuine visceral terror. Same with spiders - except jumping spiders, they’re bros.

Worth noting is that the feeling of being or doing something “wrong” without much evidence to support it suggests a little bit of imposter syndrome. It’s a very, very, very common feeling and is almost expected in any sort of a technical field. I have dealt with it personally and it sucks. The thing that helps me is the knowledge that if I was doing something that wasn’t up to the standard or wrong, someone would intervene. Even if it was to just sit me down and tell me “Hey, this sucks and you need to do better”.

I’m willing to bet they’re probably still here. I know that life has been kinda busy lately and I’ve been dealing with some difficulties so I haven’t really had a lot to post.

Sounds like a law office. That’s the only place I’ve ever heard of six minute chunks.

Check out the Tarmo project. I’ve been wanting to put one together for a while.

When I hear “glue rocks to it”, I feel the urge to post the steering wheel picture. Because that one lives in my head rent free.

It’s only tangentially relevant, but still.

I think most generally it’s because naval analogues are probably the closest when you’re talking about large space-based fighting vessels. The air force doesn’t operate aircraft carriers, battleships, or destroyers. The navy, however, does (or did in the case of battleships). Those large sea based vessels often class quite nicely into a lot of sci-fi media for large ships.

The small ships you see are often based off of a carrier equivalent. Even when they’re terrestrially based, it makes a lot of sense to streamline your military structure to have just one “space force”, rather than trying to break it up into two entities like the “space navy” and “space air force”, each with their own standards and logistical supply networks.

Thank you! Yeah, there’s a fair bit to it but it should be achievable

Thank you! Yeah, I’ll be careful with it.

The book I’m working off of is from a whole series called “Build your own machine shop from scrap”. I opted to skip book one where you build a charcoal foundry, and opted to buy a propane one instead. Mainly so I don’t make a ton of charcoal smoke that floats around the neighborhood.