>ywn explore the ocean abyss in a private submersiblewhy even live?
>>2068277literally every single deep sea submersible other than the titan are completely safe
>>2068503>>2068277just hang out with Gay Ben of Valve Software, he famously has a modest(for a gazillionaire) yacht and a deep diving scientific sub and does literal deep dives as a hobby. im not even kidding except for calling him Gay Ben and using Gape Newell instead of a real pic, that nigga is REALhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Limiting_Factor
>>2068532James Cameron famously had a sub built specifically to explore the Mariana's TrenchJeffery Epstein also had a sub that he was apparently using to go exploring off the coast of Florida to search for signs of Atlantis (I'm not kidding about that, man was autistic as fuck by his own admission)
>>2068401> subs are actually fairly safe, moreso than a car in fact
>>2068582its true oceansgate was a company making objectively shitty subs so they dont really count (imagine if some guy made a car from scratch and the engine blew up killing 4 people, its the same thing). you probably cant name a single other submarine accident. you can probably name people hurt by cars though, you probably also know a few in person. subs are the same as planes here, if something goes wrong probably its a fast death for everyone involved but its also incredibly unlikely. basically, if you get total kms traveled and divide that by total injuries/deaths for both cars and subs youll see that subs harm less people per km
>makes public transportation irreleventYou're welcome.It's scientifically demonstrable in transportation modeling if your population density is low enough, local government should just subsidize rideshare and it solves all transportation demand
>>2068278why does the right wing hate putting a bit of commercial zoning near the residential zoning? does it truly infringe on your freedoms if every tenth house is a little convenience store instead of yet another hoa-compliant bungalow? you can still drive to it if you want, you just drive less
>>2068445It's not the "right wing" that's demanding it, it's a simple matter of economics and quality of life. For something like a convenience store you're going to need a LOT more than just ten households supporting a store, it would require outside traffic. So it would need to go on a larger road, at the very least the main "trunk" road that the smaller streets are built off of. On top that, it would create a LOT more trash than a typical household and trucks for delivery. All the traffic, the noise, the smells, those aren't desirable to live right next to.That being said, there are a lot more of these convenience stores (often paired with gas stations) than people like you would like to admit and many can be accessed within a 15-minute walk even in a highly suburban area.
>>2068477the real problem is the "convenience stores" you're describing are usually attached to gas stations and don't sell any domestic shit at reasonable prices or quantities. you don't need a full on Costco every three blocks but it would be nice to have a place you can pick up milk and eggs on your way home rather than windshield wiper fluid and one Bang Energy for 7.99
>>2068593But neighborhood convenience stores (as opposed to truck stops) that have gas DO have milk and eggs, and many of them even have kitchens. The real difference between New York's "bodegas" and convenience stores is that they don't have attached gas stations, and maybe not much in the way of other perishables (not that any these shops have great quality on those), which are located in the supermarkets 5-6 minutes by car and offer a far superior selection for a lower cost.
>>2068593the reason the prices are "reasonable" at the larger grocery stores is because they aren't delivering and displaying product in smaller stores closer to you home.
Cyclists of /n/, do you wear a lot of loud obnoxious advertising logos on yourself when you ride?
>>2068376A foam hat will protect me if I fall off at <20mph because I zoned out and hit a kerb
>>2068377that doesnt happen unless the nazis intentionally draw fresh new bike lane lines that lead directly in to a curb at night x(
>>2068377yes, it is common for helmets to be assigned to retards. most people can pilot a vehicle competently, though
>>2054271Mine lasted several years but they did indeed eventually die. Levis did cheap out in the last few years of the commuter jeans though. They did away with the gusseted crotches without telling anyone.>>2055796I was riding on a shitty old schwinn original saddle. Those '70s-90s plastic saddles seemed 'okay' on pants esp if you ride out of the saddle (use saddlebags)
>>2051742
What could have been.
nooooooooooooooooooo you dont see bro they were infiltrated by the russians bro the foxbat looks just the same its the same fucking plane the canadians are compromised thats why we have to tarriff their F35s!!!!!!!
>>2068454I had a landlord in Calgary who saw the Arrow at that airshow. He took a picture of it. Unfortunately the air-show was cancelled, I think for weather reasons. A few hours later it took off and went back to its hanger. The only time an Arrow landed outside Malton, ON.>>2068460This could've changed everything.>>2068464>were infiltrated by the russiansYep, and it was a Mountie (surprise, surprise) that tipped them off.https://historynet.com/canadian-interceptor-program-cold-war/
>>2068260They were obviously racing.
>>2068244As the one who posted the above story, this gives me very complicated emotions. Been watching it loop for like 5 minutes now. Makes me feel like have a serious karmic debt to pay off and I don't even believe in karma, it just gives me this feeling I can only describe as being in the red as far as things between me and the universe are concerned and I really need to balance the scale.
>>2061591I was going down a hill and had to turn at a crossroads. As soon as I entered the turn, I realized I am not making it at that speed. Hit a barrier and flew over it, somehow managed to get into a roll and avoid serious damage.
>wet icy late winter / early spring forest gravel road>fwd corolla with unstudded tires>can't see much around sharp corners, blind hill up>logging truck right behind, getting closer and closer, going fast> reach uphill, see this road cleaner tractor across the bottom of the icy hill, it's stuck and can't get up the hill nor get out of the way>oh shit>luckily manage to stop by driving off right side of the road to get traction on snow>logging truck barely stops before sliding down, pinning me behind the truck and the tractor
ganked a guy with a train going 60mph
I did not see another thread on this so here we go. How does /n/ feel about downtown city airports? I know most world class cities such as London, New York, Washington DC, etc. Have proper downtown airports. It looks like Toronto is going to get one as well. Until now, the Billy Bishop island airport, so named after a Canadian WWI fighter pilot ace, could only accommodate turbo prop aircraft. The Province of Ontario is now looking to extend the runway to allow Jets. This would greatly expand the range of the airport, especially to far cities in western Canada and the southern United States. Potentially even western Europe. Is this a good move, or a short sighted volley?https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/03/09/ford-doubles-down-on-toronto-billy-bishop-expansion-plans-calls-island-residents-squatters/
>>2068220>>2067479Close the airport and build some housing there.
>>2067479>>2068220Keep the airport and build some housing elsewhere.
>>2068416
>>2067784Agreed. Also intercity rail would eliminate most of the <1 hour regional flights that clog up airports and overwhelm ATC./thread
A bike-friendly country considers cycling to be both a way to get around and a way to have some fun while getting exercise. It's a country that has both rich people and poor people on bikes. It's a country where people use bikes for a purpose, rather than to win a culture war online.By this metric, Colombia is the true model for cycling and cyclist culture. And the Netherlands is the most anti-bike country on earth. In the Netherlands it's a status symbol that rich inner city snobs use to dunk on poor losers who don't live in the historic center of town. Biking for fun is illegal. Biking outside of the designated bike-riding zone is illegal.In Colombia you have poor peasants in the country on bikes, and you have rich urban sophisticates on bikes.How is your country when it comes to bike culture? Is it a culture war item that no one has any genuine interest in, or is it actually a universal way to both have fun and get around?
>>2068354I'm not sure if the "universal way" is a real thing. In Hong Kong, people used bicycles but switched to cars as soon as it became readily available, and the same holds true for a lot of the poorer countries that still use bicycles.The Netherlands, or at least Amsterdam, is an interesting case in that it's extremely anti-development, the road network is underbuilt and inadequate, the city still has a bunch of medieval streets that have never been properly upgraded, and it faces an enormous housing crisis with a fund that prices people out by design, yet no one's willing to sprawl out or go up.
>>2068354>How is your country when it comes to bike culture?canada sucks ass. bikes are still considered toys and commuting on one makes people laugh at you at your destination and most drivers actively try to kill you
>>2068354What do you mean? > In the Netherlands it's a status symbol ...Hardly common. Most are still commuting (at least shorter distances) using bikes, if not to work, to other daily destinations (eg groceries or the train station (up to ~5km is common)), w/ a sharp increase the closer you get to prime-ages. >Biking for fun is illegalIf about cyclists, a poor reputation, sure, but not illegal.>Biking outside of the designated bike-riding zone is illegal"Examples: The highway"
>>2068354>Biking for fun is illegal.I take it to mean that street takeovers are frowned upon.
Do you ever take a transportation because a "deal" is offered? I feel like a sucker but I do whenever I see one
Yes, but the problem is modern day travel pricing is demand based, and prices go up and down constantly making what is a "deal" very unclear (YMMV)
I started buying random train tickets and going on day trips to random places when my local train company was nationalised, because I was such a huge supporter of this being done. I never went anywhere when the trains were privately owned.
In both cities I've lived, bus service on New Year's Eve and Day are free, so I usually get over my fretting about whether to go or not by telling myself at least it's free to move around.
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>2045557>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specsImpressive
Graffiti is for low life losers. Carving your tag shit into a public toilet seat is a whole lower level of low life loser holy fuck I hate people like you
>>2066378I still find the seething over this guy incomprehensible
>>2045557>day labour Ah, an English poster!>at LowesHmm, we don't have that in England...>>2045559>x-acto knifeWe don't call them that either. OP must be Canadian or something.>tesco supermarketFOR FUCK'S SAKE NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE
>>2066378>>2067914lit. whomst
The other thread about logging aboard active seagoing vessels is focused on commercial employees, not owner operators. Might as well have a thread for people who sail or motor around, since it seems significantly different from being part of a large crew with a contract.I am a poor retard with a job that could be performed remotely, but I own a set of tools and don't mind working on machines or cleaning things. Housing is expensive and I can't move quickly if section 8 baboons start acting up, but boats from the 1990s and 2000s seem like a great idea, plenty of those for less than a condo. Does or has anybody live on their own boat? Any tips for budgeting, getting started, what to look out for on an inspection? Pic unrelated but I was looking at a couple of 90s grand banks and a couple of hatterus 50 footers - idgaf about seaworthiness beyond being able to migrate over the course of the year
>>2068236Keeping your speed bellow hull speed will help a good deal on fuel economy, but don't judge this by the optimums people achieve, those only happen in ideal condition when you don't have any currents or winds to deal with and you can't rely on ideal conditions. Half what they say and you will probably come out ahead. The free anchorages generally have time limits for how long you can stay at them unless you are away from cities, and even then, the longer you stay anchored the more the anchor digs in and the harder it will be to pull up, Expect to drop money on a night in a marina at least once a month for groceries and the like and you can do laundry and take a real shower while you are at it, which is quite nice. If you want reliable power, you will want a generator unless you give up all the modern convinces, the sun is not particularly reliable at anchor, you will often have trees, hills, mountains, and buildings blocking much of the sun. The more you give up on modern convinces, the more reliable solar will be. You can charge the batteries with your engines but a generator is far more efficient and will pay for itself, and will turn itself on when needed. I would skip heat and AC and dehumidifier, you get used to life without them pretty quickly. Refrigeration is nice but not a must, especially if you are planing on stopping at marinas every few days, ice is cheap and easy enough to liv. e with only occasional ice in the icechestWhy do you think you need at least 50`? How much stuff do you need? Big boat just means more expensive in everyway and more work.
>>2068254Didn't really explain that bit about stuck anchors, it is just another thing that eats up gas and may eat a considerable amount of time and gas those first time as you learn to unstick it.Starlink I don't know about other than it was not great on small boats in the early days. I have not heard complaints in quite some time, that either means most have given up on it or the problems were worked out. Do your homework on this one if it is a hard requirement, make sure things like swinging on your anchor and rolling in a chop does not render it too unreliable.Also, I am mostly trying to get you to be less optimistic about fuel costs and the like, if you want this to work you need to plan for the worst, not the best.
>>2068254>>2068263Yeah the plan would rely on regular to constant travel to reduce generator costs, but the migration would also be fun (hopefully) and make it feel like living in a boat instead of living in a really floppy trailer. Fuel costs would be an issue, but I'm content to cruise slowly and enjoy the scenery - I've only really been looking at trawlers and the like between 35 and 50ft. Would barely trust myself to be able to handle 50, but could probably manage something like a grand banks 46 with the bow thrusterIf I made sure to have a combo washer/dryer and more than just a small drawer fridge, I could probably get away with a twice a week marina stop for pump out. I just wish there were more boats focused on a single cabin and leaning into the floating condo idea
>>2068298You are going to be staying at marinas twice a month but still need a washer and dryer? you can't go two weeks without washing clothes? Clothes are cheap and there is not anyone you need to impress while you are alone on your boat. If you are going to travel slow a motorsailer or sailboat will give you more usable space in a much smaller package and for what you are looking at spending you will have a lot of options. The hulls of these boats are not made to go above hull speed which means they are designed to be more efficient at those speeds, the engines are picked to work best at those speeds so are more efficient.Before I decided I wanted to be able to cross oceans and was looking at doing what you want to do, the Irwin 37 was one of the boats on my list, was going to gut the aft cabin and have it turned into a office/work space, turn the aft head into a closet and storage for a bike or two. It has enough sail to often not need its engine but still has a big enough tank for having a good range under power so I did not have to rely on the sails. These can generally be found for $30-50k in good shape, add on $10-20k for any work/updates a 50 year old boat needs and still cheaper than a Hatteras 50. Need to learn to sail but you can spend the first 6 months living at a marina and taking lessons, join a sailing club so you can practice in their dinghies, and still come out cheaper than the Hatteras. If I were going to do this now, I would go smaller simply because it makes the traveling part far easier and more enjoyable. I would recommend getting a copy of Voyaging on a Small Income, they were not doing what you are doing but they do a good job of showing boat life at the opposite extreme, as cheap and as simple as possible so they can travel the world. It will help you in figuring out compromises to make and the compromises you will have to make. It also has a lot of very useful information for anyone living on a boat out of the marinas.
>>2068312Thanks for the reading suggestion, I'll find a copy and think on it some more My main reasoning for wanting on demand laundry is so I don't need to spend as much space on clothes and bedding, and ideally I'd install a combo washer dryer so I could do literally anything else besides babysit my chores. It seems as though there's always something to maintain on a boat and that I'll be kept busy as an owner operator doing what I can by myself while also working, so if I can power an appliance to reduce my workload, like with a solar pergola setup, I will strongly consider it
>mfw cleaning my bice and saw that my 45mm wide knobbies were chewing through my chainstay on my gravel bice for some timeordered some 40mm wide hutchinson overide (currently running 45mm Tundra), scared to ride as not to damage my frame further...the manufacturer said up to 46mm wide...be honest...am I retarded??
>>2062118let's drift!
>>2065375https://youtu.be/i8LVMhzgO-Q
>>2065375You can drift on a fixie when it gets icy, best is when cars pack the snow to almost but not quite ice. Lean just a tiny bit into the turn then backpedal, you will be able to actually pedal backwards with no effort if conditions are right and it will swing your ass out in the opposite direction of your lean. Once your ass has swung out to the direction you want to go, start pedaling forward like mad, you will drift the corner. Probably not a smart thing to do but it is good fun.
>>2062991soft
>>2062118wide tires for grip & stability but there's a point where it becomes a detriment to speed.
5ch.net is dead. Where will all the seething railfans go now? How can Hiroyuki lose 2ch.net, then 5ch.net, and now forced to move to 5ch.io? Is he just lazy or incompetent?
Rip
>>2068038It's not fair that 1chan died. I loved it. Although Cornelius Vanderwreck has been dead for 12 years, I miss him terribly too.
>>20680315ch.net and 5ch.io are Jim Watkins, not Hiroyuki.
>>2068031now that the oil crisis will further jeopardize the stability of rails the world can see an end to all forms of public transport MWHAHAHAHA
>>2068038The first chan I ever saw, I think that was around 2007?. I do miss it but understand maintaining it for a handful of regulars while fighting off the cheese pizza spammers finally exceeded the sysops patience. I really enjoyed Paravoz's rail stuff.
SS United States to be sunk, creating the world's largest artificial reef. RIP to one of the greats.
>>2065529Damn, I would totally buy one of those
>>2064879They've also hired or convinced Erin Brockovich to complain about chromate primer paint left on the ship as an environmental reason not to sink it.
Do we have a date when they're going to sink her yet?
>>2067593Nothing more specific than "April"
>>2067889aaaaand now it's sometime in May
The Lime scooter riders of the sea
SNUBA is actually pretty fun without the hassle of SCUBA
why dont we make the opposite of this for fish so they can see what its like up here
>>2068121>>>/wsg/6113337I can't be arsed to remove sound
>>2068121https://youtu.be/1vgNOYfp_sY?si=rCXJjwNQzFnhjkdy
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2042017Get a tandem and drag her along. People figured this out 100 years ago.
>>2047118I've been thinking this since I was a kid. Being gay must be the greatest thing ever. I still love my beautiful wife though
>>2041981women ruin cycling, you can't relax, and they don't sincerely enjoy it, it's just another thing they do to have power over men
this thread has a severe lack of train girls
