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Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

pseudorandom name posted:

our sexual fantasies are all about conceiving children in a house that we own

gently caress, same.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 03:36

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# ? May 24, 2024 22:53

Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

FMguru posted:

basically mass-market pg13-rated versions of strip clubs for people who cant be seen going to strip clubs (to maintain their work/family/church/community standing)

the saddest dudes are the ones who insist that hooters in fact has these totally killer delicious chicken wings, omg you have to try them, and thats why theyre regulars there (brandishes hooters card)

my gf's mother swears by this, and she tried to get me to go with her and my gf, which was, uh, :stare:

# ? Aug 20, 2018 03:50

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

yeah hooters is just the place for dudes who "aren't allowed" to go to the strip club.

what i'd be curious is, how are the strip clubs doing? like if they're raking in at least as much if not moreso, i'd wonder if ~~*~""millennials""~*~~ are just more willing to go into the actual titty bar

strip clubs aren�t so much for young people and trend has been downward but it depends where you are. most I know would sooner go to parties, more communal sorta spaces and queer spaces that are at least a bit about expression and bringing people together. the money burnt to hang out with weird old gross dudes in stale desperation can buy you a lot more fun in other seedy spaces

# ? Aug 20, 2018 03:58

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

OldAlias posted:

strip clubs aren�t so much for young people and trend has been downward but it depends where you are. most I know would sooner go to parties, more communal sorta spaces and queer spaces that are at least a bit about expression and bringing people together. the money burnt to hang out with weird old gross dudes in stale desperation can buy you a lot more fun in other seedy spaces

what, you don�t think hanging out with yospos is fun?

# ? Aug 20, 2018 04:07

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

OldAlias posted:

strip clubs aren�t so much for young people and trend has been downward but it depends where you are. most I know would sooner go to parties, more communal sorta spaces and queer spaces that are at least a bit about expression and bringing people together. the money burnt to hang out with weird old gross dudes in stale desperation can buy you a lot more fun in other seedy spaces

yeah i think millennials are just saying �why not go to a fetish club and (potentially) participate kinky poo poo while also spending less of my I-work-at-a-grocery-store money� rather than go to a breastaurant or a strip club

# ? Aug 20, 2018 04:14

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

goddamnedtwisto posted:

# ? Aug 20, 2018 04:43

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Mr. Nice! posted:

there is some truth to the idea that quarterly reports provide incentives that are bad for society as a whole, that is only focusing on quarterly goals over long term strategy.

i�m certain this is not trump�s reasoning.

hillary wanted to do that too btw

# ? Aug 20, 2018 04:46

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

lock him up!!

# ? Aug 20, 2018 04:55

the talent deficit: Dec 20, 2003; self-deprecation is a very british trait, and problems can arise when the british attempt to do so with a foreign culture

i don't know anyone who goes to strip clubs but there's an amateur strip night weekly at one of the dive bars here that has a huge lineup every week

# ? Aug 20, 2018 05:07

Shifty Pony: Dec 28, 2004; Up ta somethin'

pseudorandom name posted:

our sexual fantasies are all about conceiving children in a house that we own

there just has to be porn out there where the plot is a celebratory orgy in response to the star paying off their student loans.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 05:11

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

https://twitter.com/motiongestures/status/1029400447071739909

# ? Aug 20, 2018 06:27

bob dobbs is dead: Oct 8, 2017; I love peeps; Nap Ghost

Shifty Pony posted:

there just has to be porn out there where the plot is a celebratory orgy in response to the star paying off their student loans.

doesnt that mean that they can quit doin porn now

or is there like a coke habit, too

# ? Aug 20, 2018 06:35

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

# ? Aug 20, 2018 06:54

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

FMguru posted:

*opens a chain of restaurants catering to fans of mpreg inflation vore*

oh man the the mpreg inflation vore restaurant in fact has these totally killer delicious chicken wings, omg you have to try them, and thats why i'm a regular there (brandishes card)

# ? Aug 20, 2018 07:16

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Shifty Pony posted:

there just has to be porn out there where the plot is a celebratory orgy in response to the star paying off their student loans.

nice to know that people can still have a sex life well into their 130s. :unsmith:

# ? Aug 20, 2018 08:33

Moist von Lipwig: Oct 28, 2006; by FactsAreUseless; Tortured By Flan

pseudorandom name posted:

our sexual fantasies are all about conceiving children in a house that we own

# ? Aug 20, 2018 09:03

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

pseudorandom name posted:

our sexual fantasies are all about conceiving children in a house that we own

been married for a little over a year, can confirm this is basically true

# ? Aug 20, 2018 09:18

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Taintrunner posted:

been married for a little over a year, can confirm this is basically true

you: hurt me
your partner: we didn't get the house
you: what?
your partner: we got outbid by a boomer

# ? Aug 20, 2018 13:43

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Wheany posted:

you: hurt me
your partner: we didn't get the house
you: what?
your partner: we got outbid by a boomer

but they'll let us rent the place at 2x what our mortgage would have been, so we can still live there.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 13:49

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

heres a fun dumb idea (that might actually work) for energy storage

https://twitter.com/tomstandage/status/1031535967616856064

# ? Aug 20, 2018 15:42

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

FMguru posted:

heres a fun dumb idea (that might actually work) for energy storage

https://twitter.com/tomstandage/status/1031535967616856064

i didn't see anything in there that talks about how efficient it is. like they can store 20 megawatt hours, but how much does it cost to charge it?

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:21

Gynocentric Regime: Jun 9, 2010; by Cyrano4747

FMguru posted:

heres a fun dumb idea (that might actually work) for energy storage

https://twitter.com/tomstandage/status/1031535967616856064

Not a bad idea, and since it's not really affected by weather it would perfect for desert climates.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:25

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Mr. Nice! posted:

i didn't see anything in there that talks about how efficient it is. like they can store 20 megawatt hours, but how much does it cost to charge it?

quote:

The round-trip efficiency of the system, which is the amount of energy recovered for every unit of energy used to lift the blocks, is about 85%

also i like that the giant concrete block hoisting crane is controlled by "algorithms"

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:26

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

you know someone in china is already building a scaffold for people to stand on and chuck bricks into the air

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:26

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

quote:

Pedretti�s main work as the chief technology officer has been figuring out how to design software to automate contextually relevant operations, like hooking and unhooking concrete blocks, and to counteract pendulum-like movements during the lifting and lowering of those blocks.

Energy Vault keeps costs low because it uses off-the-shelf commercial hardware. Surprisingly, concrete blocks could prove to be the most expensive part of the energy tower. Concrete is much cheaper than, say, a lithium-ion battery, but Energy Vault would need a lot of concrete to build hundreds of 35-metric-ton blocks.

So Pedretti found another solution. He�s developed a machine that can mix substances that cities often pay to get rid off, such as gravel or building waste, along with cement to create low-cost concrete blocks. The cost saving comes from having to use only a sixth of the amount of cement that would otherwise have been needed if the concrete were used for building construction.

oh boy not only are they algorithmically controlled cranes but they're lifting lovely sub-par concrete made of garbage :allears:

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:27

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

quote:

Once the crane arm locates and hooks onto a concrete block, a motor starts, powered by the excess electricity on the grid, and lifts the block off the ground. Wind could cause the block to move like a pendulum, but the crane�s trolley is programmed to counter the movement. As a result, it can smoothly lift the block, and then place it on top of another stack of blocks�higher up off the ground.

one point twenty one jengawatts

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:28

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

ate all the Oreos posted:

also i like that the giant concrete block hoisting crane is controlled by "algorithms"

thank you for reading more thoroughly than me.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:29

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

ate all the Oreos posted:

oh boy not only are they algorithmically controlled cranes but they're lifting lovely sub-par concrete made of garbage

their efficiency claims are almost certainly bullshit but this is pretty much a perfect way to utilize recycled concrete. its not structural so who gives a poo poo if it breaks and it was just gonna sit in a dump.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:31

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

i can't help but feel you could do it a bit better by not having to continuously attach and detach new blocks. just use a single heavier block with more cables and gearing? same mass over the same height, but all at once instead of a bunch of trips

though i guess that would mean you'd have to discharge it (by putting the weight down) before you could do any maintenance. hmmm.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:31

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Shaggar posted:

their efficiency claims are almost certainly bullshit but this is pretty much a perfect way to utilize recycled concrete. its not structural so who gives a poo poo if it breaks and it was just gonna sit in a dump.

finally, a use for elon's dirt bricks!

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:31

mrmcd: Feb 22, 2003; Pictured: The only good cop (a fictional one).

flakeloaf posted:

one point twenty one jengawatts

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:33

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

the diagram kinda makes it look like the concrete bricks are load bearing because they're just piled into a big tower. but if they're independently supported then yeah it's a great use for garbage mass with no other purpose

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:33

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

also if someone wants to play around with concrete and cranes I don't give a gently caress as long as we aren't wasting taxes on it.

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:34

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Shaggar posted:

their efficiency claims are almost certainly bullshit but this is pretty much a perfect way to utilize recycled concrete. its not structural so who gives a poo poo if it breaks and it was just gonna sit in a dump.

i'd think the workers maintaining the robot crane would care if the bottom-most block crumbles and sends the entire tower down on their heads

like using recycled concrete is probably fine, but the whole "one-sixth as much cement" thing seems a bit... eegh... maybe if they had an actual engineer and not a "CTO" and a "serial inventor"

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:35

Glorgnole: Oct 23, 2012

flakeloaf posted:

you know someone in china is already building a scaffold for people to stand on and chuck bricks into the air

the elevator in wind-up girl powered by a bunch of dudes running up a staircase and riding a platform back down as counterweight

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:35

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Shaggar posted:

also if someone wants to play around with concrete and cranes I don't give a gently caress as long as we aren't wasting taxes on it.

who do you think will be funding the pilot plants

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:36

fritz: Jul 26, 2003

hifi posted:

Ol railroad track ear motherfucker

* hyperloop ear

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:36

Truga: May 4, 2014; Lipstick Apathy

Gynocentric Regime posted:

Not a bad idea, and since it's not really affected by weather it would perfect for desert climates.

in the desert they're already storing power in those solar steam power things though

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:38

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

ate all the Oreos posted:

who do you think will be funding the pilot plants

by taxes I mean taxes that matter. I don't give a poo poo if foreign governments waste money on this.

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Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

if it works then we can have the Chinese subsidize manufacturing and we can get it dirt cheap

# ? Aug 20, 2018 16:40

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