December Chat Thread : SANTA WITNESS ME

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Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

POSTIN FROM THE PAST WHATUP

# ¿ Nov 30, 2015 21:26

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 07:36

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

BrokenKnucklez posted:

Where is a good site to go look up the strength of square/rectangular tubes. I am wanting to build a cycle-kart and try to keep it as light as possible, aluminum is out the picture (I dont have the equipment to do so) and chrome-moly is possible. Though I know the NHRA says chrome-moly is only tig weldable, but I have heard that mig welding is possible. I am not building a hot rod or drag car, just a small cart with a 6.5 HF predator engine.

Basically, its got to haul itself and my fat rear end around in it, with a small engine. I am guessing the whole project will end up around 600 lbs with rider, cart and every thing.

You want to calculate the bending stress of a uniformly distributed load on each beam segment. Use this page to calculate each segment.

Or get someone to design it in an FEA environment. Honestly that's probably your best bet, come to think.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2015 16:23

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

You guys, seriously.

CANCER CAN'T BEAT THE ROCKET

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 16:37

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Was reading about a planning meeting in my hometown of Richmond, VA:

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_505f3ead-ec97-5267-8c9f-c83dbbb60af6.html posted:

Michael Parsons, 27, said he moved to Richmond about 2� years ago and described himself as the kind of person whom officials would say the region wants to attract � young and interested in settling and raising a family. But Parsons, a social worker, said he is troubled by the segregation that he sees and urged the audience and presenters to break down those barriers. �Mix things up. � Raise people up from poverty,� he said.

Johnson said he believed race relations here are at �an all-time low.�

�We have to find a way to have that real conversation,� he said. �That�s where we�re lacking.�

Yes, Michael Parsons seems to think that race relations are at "an all-time low" in Richmond, VA, the former capital of the Confederate States of America.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 19:54

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Safety Dance posted:

Local minima can look an awful lot like global minima on the right scale.

Agreed. Dude bro needs to zoom out a ways

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 20:54

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

leica posted:

[e] How freely should it spin? I have no clue if it's spinning like it should be.

If you feel any gravel, non-uniform resistance, or catching, replace it.

If there's a decent amount of axial or longitudinal runout, replace it.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2015 00:01

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

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# ¿ Dec 5, 2015 10:56

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

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# ¿ Dec 5, 2015 11:12

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

some texas redneck posted:

Adiabatic posted:
oikownwrifht. fick if thsid fgoetting poo poo shfoir me ijantomoyre anfterkm toneits

The sad part is I can actually figure out most of what he's saying.

I'm pretty sure this one reads "Oh I know right. gently caress if this [bitch] getting poo poo [from] me anymore after tonight"

# ¿ Dec 6, 2015 00:27

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

GO PANTHERS

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 01:49

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Just got a performance bonus at work!

...and then immediately went out and bought this

GOOOODBYYYYEEEEE SHOOOOUULLLDERRRRRR

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 17:26

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Safety Dance posted:

You see many Cape Buffalo in your neck of VA?

I'm gonna make one out of Tannerite.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 17:58

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Ozmiander posted:

loving hipster caliber in an awesome CZ rifle.

It can shoot .458 Win Mags if I'm feeling like a pussy that day.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 18:31

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Some people don't like uniqueness and just want bang-for-buck. This is okay and A Good Thing.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 19:50

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Yeah seriously, it's like me saying "I love my .45-70 and all you dudes that actually hunt with .30-06 are sheep".

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 20:05

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

CommieGIR posted:

AR-15s: The LS of the Gun World.

Ohhh so you're just contrarian about everything, got it.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 20:10

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Well in that case you do you, boo boo :sun:

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 20:12

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Aaaaaaand now I have to get into reloading.

The cheapest I can find .458 Lott is $4.50/rd. That's $90 for a box of 20.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 20:20

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

The Locator posted:

Welcome to the world of Dillon!

Well, unless you want to do single stage reloading like old codgers and load like 30 rounds in an hour. Maybe.

I'm perfectly okay with reloading 30 rounds per hour of .45-70 Government, .458 Win Mag, and .458 Lott.

Just ran the numbers, and here's the reloading breakdown, per round:

code:

.458 Lott             New:              $4.50
                      Reload w/ shell:  $2.63
                      Reload w/o shell: $1.39

.458 Win Mag          New:              $4.50
                      Reload w/ shell:  $2.44
                      Reload w/o shell: $1.34

.45-70 Gov't          New:              $1.50
                      Reload w/ shell:  $1.04
                      Reload w/o shell: $0.52

If I could find some super cheap 500 gr .458 bullets, I could cut the first two prices by 25 or 50% probably.

Only costs $800 up front to get started reloading, too :sun:

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 21:24

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Yessssssssss

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 21:44

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

some texas redneck posted:

Goddamnit. People do not need to be calling me at 1 loving 15 in the morning unless their house is on fire or someone just died. That's nice that you're drunk, and I'm really happy to hear you got laid tonight (no I'm not actually, it's been way too long for me and Rosy Palmer's brothers and cousins and friends have lost their touch), but don't wake me up to tell me.

I'd just fallen asleep too.

This happened to me too last night, except somebody actually did die :smith:

Best bud from college died in his sleep unexpectedly.

Rest in peace, buddy

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 15:08

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Hey AI, look at this website for your non-AI-but-wanna-be-AI buddies!

NEAT

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 16:13

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

jonathan posted:

Me too but the joke is on them for I do not have a house phone.

Dad's aortic valve replacement had to wait until morning.

In all seriousness, sorry about your friend. This is a bad week for cat and friend deaths.

Thanks dude. My family is putting my childhood dog friend down this afternoon too, so this week has been interesting to say the least.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 16:14

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

2015 has been great to me. It's lovely for a second but it's been overwhelmingly positive.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 20:20

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

2015 was awesome and I won't hear otherwise :colbert:

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 20:28

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

I'm building a cat shelf for my sister to store her cat on. Pics soon!

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 23:29

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

CAT SHELF

STORE YOUR CATS

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 23:47

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

To be fair, they're playing the Panthers.

Go Panthers :sun:

# ¿ Dec 13, 2015 20:07

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

SuperDucky posted:

e: Adiabatic, because gently caress the Braves for being awful people for loving over the city of ATL like they did, the Panthers' regional influence is interesting to me. You're in VA aren't you? Why a Carolina fan?

I was born in Charlotte and lived there for 15 years. Went to their first game against the Falcons and watched their 13-0 lead get walked over. Seems like a fitting payback game today :sun:

# ¿ Dec 13, 2015 22:30

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Super Aggro Crag posted:

Boo. We had a pretty sweet NYE party past year but none of my roommates wanna do it again. I loving hate going to the bar on NYE. Elbow to elbow everywhere and it takes 45 minutes to get a beer. Not to mention cops every 50 feet. Already in a pissed off mood about it.

Super Aggro Crag posted:

If I know of a party I will go. But I highly doubt my girl is gonna wanna stay in on NYE with me doing jack poo poo. I get super anxious at crowded bars. I hate it.

I too had fun once. It was awful.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 01:39

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

God damnit, Rhyno

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 04:06

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

iwentdoodie posted:

Please no. Last time this just devolved into guns and OBUMMA and I lost respect for a lot of people.

DID SOMEONE SAY GUNS

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 14:50

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Super Aggro Crag posted:

Still haven't heard back abiut my piss test yet. Freaking me the gently caress out.

You generally only hear about them if you're caught. Don't go asking about it like a dummy.

They've probably just gone forward with their internal checks and schedule, and the next you'll hear anything is when they need to contact you about something else.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2015 15:27

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

mariooncrack posted:

Not surprised. There's a lot of students who aren't ready for college and it doesn't help that some of the first semester courses are designed for students to fail.

With engineering school this occurs the same as any other, but then it's the 200 (sophomore) and 300 (junior) level courses that REALLY gently caress you in the rear end and make you change to business.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2015 16:30

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

kastein posted:

I dunno, I did better in 3000 and 4000 level classes than I did in 1 and 2, because they weren't so goddamned boring and I actually did my homework because it was fun.

Yeah you also built your house over again for funsies

# ¿ Dec 16, 2015 16:38

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

As long as we're showing off our course-load dicks:

Should be a fun semester :sun:

# ¿ Dec 16, 2015 20:22

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

corn in the fridge posted:

(⚠ lool contrarian opinion alert ⚠ close your eyes kastein)

Hi hello I think it's super dumb that you have been made to feel you need to do this here.

Kastein quit going off on corn in the fridge he's not trolling you (anymore) he just has differing opinions and an English sense of humor.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2015 16:05

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

A CHALLENGER APPEARS

Good luck to the next fuckin elephant that comes in my backyard.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 02:02

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

scuz posted:

My feet are shuffling down the self-made plank of occupational ultimatums. Below, the stagnant three-shades-of-grey Neapolitan doldrums of tech support, business casual, and acceptance by my family and loved ones. Behind, wheezing from debtees. Their breath reeks of rotten goat's milk and reminders that nobody else is to blame but me. I've made this plank and the decision to get poked and prodded down it towards my monochrome future of email updates to and from hedge fund managers and financial industry half-wits. Parking ramps. Power lunches. Paychecks. Sadness.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 18:48

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 07:36

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Hi Im back from Xmas whatup y'all

Can a cracka get a TL;DR on the past 6 pages

# ¿ Dec 27, 2015 01:49

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