I have been on this site for 10 years and I only noticed this board today. Since I'm already here, I'd like to ask a question:Why are train autists so much more hated than other autist brands?
>>2069954but the type of train it is looks like they don't make it anymore
>>2072462It's a GEVO. They're still widely built all around the world.
>>2072472Gesundheit
>>2057954Part crazy, part envy.If I hit up the museum catalog of photos, the best ones are always of trains or railroads. Some irrelevant track bend has more photos than royal castles. Train autism became photo autism.
>>2077253That's because foamers rae smarter than royalists, this is not rocket surgery
Starting work as an Able Seaman this week, 3/1 months on/off. Going for two rotations. Got basic STCWs and Marine Emergency Duties, but first time on a ship. It's actually floating worker accommodation outside a remote natural resource facility under construction, not actually going to sea.Any advice?
don't open the car deck when out at sea
>>2079043I think I know where you are. Check out the local skil hill to the north of you if you get "shore leave" and are into that sort of thing. Otherwise try not to get too bored.If you're further north than i'm assuming, yikes... good luck. Enjoy the rain and a dingey town with nothing much to do.But fill us in on your accomodations etc and antics of the workers being housed. I'm sure there'll be some stories. :)
>>2079043>3/1 months on/offGrimIf I were you I'd ran away and look for a more humane offer
It's either a container ship or a tanker, both named as blandly as possible.
>>2077240ask the people with some weird language to name them.Which one do you prefer for tanker ships?>llong dancer>safinat naqila>vaixell cisterna>petrolŝipo
>>2078313llong dancer is the shit
What's more important nowadays is the navigation chokepoint a ship can safely sail throuigh, so we have panamax, suezmax and mallacamax sizes. There's also ro-ros for vehicle ships. Sounds playful.
>>2078313As long as you don't ask a Chinese speaker, they'll just give you Junk!
>>2077198But boats still do have charming names. We just don't use sails anymore on our transportation and business sector ships anymore. Ships were primarily named for their rigging, their hull shape, and their ability to use oars or other alternate methods of propulsion. We have no galleys or schooners anymore, because boats no longer have oar ports or masts for sails. At most a boat will have a tower for communication. Names like frigate, destroyer, corvette, and battleship are still around because they were more dynamic in their rigging and designs, and thus the role they played in war stuck rather than being defined by what was a product of the time. But regardless, you can still own a sloop, a ketch, a yawl, or a schooner. Nobody is stopping you. Maybe someday we'll return to partial windpower and we'll see nuclear clipper ships or something. I do think sails really set older ships apart in terms of aesthetics, since the flowing fabric did so much to complement the seas they sailed on, but ships still have plenty to appreciate in the modern day as well
I am a railway fan from Moscow. In my free time, I make videos of trains, subways, and transportation. Ask questions about my activities, and the transport of my country, stereotypes, in general, everything that is interesting, I will try to answer.
>>2060832I think most of those are "soft power" propaganda videos but idgaf, I will literally watch manchurian candidate brainwashing videos that turn me into a BNWO sissy as long as it's comfy and train related and there are no ads or loud noises and as long as the brightness level doesn't vary too much throughout the video and there's no music
>>2051893wheres the one with a lady holding a baguette vs one holding a rocket launcher
>>2038819Sounds based as fuck, intellectuals get the rope
>>2060832Link?
>>2054986While searching Google sat-view looking for Wildberries targets for an upcoming mission, I noticed that there seems to be a respectable rail museum in Nizhny Novgorod.
What is the intent behind statements like "I'm not a cyclist, I'm just a person who gets around by bike"?At a surface level it is obviously meant to (proverbially) throw other cyclists under the bus, but to what end? Would it somehow appease the anti-bike people if the person "blocking traffic" didn't agree to be referred to by the word "cyclist"?
>>2077229Chaffing, but I thought that's only for marathon runners. Your nips will literally bleed.
>>2077189They have separate bike roads, tho
>>2077231Didn't know that was a thing. It's pretty sad how people who aren't physically active manage to find reasons to resent people who are and try to make it out to be a bad thing to have an activity they enjoy that gets them outside and having fun.
>>2000001It's just to separate yourself from the wannabe lances. You don't have to wear lycra to have fun or get around.
>>2077279I'm more of a wannabe sagan personally t b h senpai
hey /n/ this is my cat rupert i was thinking about taking him on the bus to see the sights of the city but i couldnt find any rules on it, do you know if can cats go on busesi have a cat carrier but would he be allowed out to see out the window?
>>2065584Terrible movie, nothing but a collection of clichés and trend following.
>>20566855pBpHe should stay home.
>>2071627Eh some cats are fine with it especially when they're young or if they're accustomed. When my cat was smol I used to take her to the park on a leash and she didn't mind much
>>2071626The only reason anyone went to see it was because it was christina ricci as a nympho getting chained up by a large black man
>>2077182There is LITERALLY nothing wrong with 26 year old chrstina ricci in a basement wearing only panties and a heavy cast iron chain while a black man in a wifebeater who is old enough to be her dad tells her she can't have her clothes until she embraces jesus and they have a deep spiritual bonding session about sin
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I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river.
>>2077004BUT I NEED INSTANT ENGAGEMENT
>>2074727I got a dollar store party air horn and strapped it to my bike. Works wonders. Best time was using it on a convertible that was blocking the bike lane in an underpass for no good reason. The acoustics of the underpass amplified the sound of the horn and I saw that asshole jump up in his car and get startled, and he moved out of the way. Would recommend.
>>2077015Actually the optimal engagement degrees is 6 not 0
>>2074733fucking this.i feel like i'm imagining my bell sounds or something. and it's the ringing type not the ding ding type.
>>2038727BAD TO THE BONE
Let me guess… you NEED more.
>>2078715same as every 2x and 3x derailleur setups. people still say "ten speed" or "twenty-one speed" even though there are lots of redundancies. it's just another way of saying 2x5 or 3x7
>>2078800Yes, like I said, that's bot very sensible. But there is a difference. If you have a 500% range and 3x9 there will only be very few gears that can be considered redundant, depending on how close they have to be for you or anyone to be 'the same'.Meanwhile the '252 gears' bike can not simply have a much greater total range, as there exist very practical limits at either extreme. This leads me to suspect that if you apply the same definition of redundancy to this case you'll find that speeds are not simply redundant but even redundant severalfold. And probably occurr at very unpredictable intervals through the common sequence of shifting that is a nested loop. This is not the case with a 3x9 and this makes 252 speeds pretty retarded.On a sidenote: I guess most amateurs, probably including myself, can not even accurately assess which of two very similar speeds is physiologically optimal and results in faster pace or better endurance.
>>2078571why ai? there are actual seatless unicycles. they dont even have cranks
>>2078618I kneel
>>2078618
I’ve always wanted to live the mid-20th Century experience of riding a Pullman Sleeper hauled by a steam locomotive roaring through the night and while I have been fortunate enough to ride steam excursions many times and even do an overnight ride on an original Pullman car, I’ve never been able to do them together.Is there anywhere in the world where I can actually still take an overnight train hauled by a steam locomotive? The closest I’m aware of is the modern Orient Express being steam-hauled through Hungary as a one-time thing in 2017 and the Cumbres and Toltec possessing a restored tourist sleeper coach (idk if it’s ever been used in that role).
>>2067924Steamy, dreamy... creamy?
>>2067924Long story short: insurance kikes and bean counter kikes.
>>2073307Yikes
>>2073167heh
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
>>2078101no need to be a dick m8
>>2078101you'd be lucky to have a Somec
>>2075850what is the name of this bar?
>>2075028is that a fish grill basket?
>>2075346This.
>wears a rolex daytona while driving, just like paul newmanFine>wears a rain coat when it's raining, just like gene kellyFine>wears gym shorts at the gym, just like wilt chamberlainFine>wears aviators just because, just like val kilmer in top gunFine>wears tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants when working, just like steven seagal in under siegeFine>wears cycling shorts when cyclingWhoa wait WHAT NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU TRYHARD WHAT IF SOMEONE THINKS YOU'RE LANCE ARMSTRONG AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL RACING CYCLIST THEN THE UNIVERSE WOULD EXPLODE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>>2073670I only wear 100%s because I wanna be like sagan
>>2018683I just don't want to dress like a faggot, desu.
>>2075681>wearing moderately expensive "cycling" clothes that keep you comfortable>wearing absurdly expensive "not for cycling" (actually, pretty much for cycling) clothes that don't really keep you comfortable but appeal to your sense that "cyclist" is a bad thing and you don't want to look like you're riding a bike, while riding a bike>dressing like a faggotHappy pride month!
>>2071534>as long as you didn't impregnate them.What did they mean by this
I typically wear mtb shoes bib shorts an German army surplus t shirt I got for 3€ and a "gravel" helmet which is just a mountain bike helmet with the peak removed
>*combines the aggressive solipsistic entitlement of an exurban helicopter parent SUV karate lessons karen with the sanctimonious humblebrag better-than-you instagram mentality of a childless upper middle class urbanist in your path (literally in your path because it's in your physical path being as expensive and space-hogging as an actual car, while being as slow and annoying and needy and pointless and "look at me" as a dutch bike, in everyone's path) in your path*>*heh, nothin' personnel kid, as in, look at these kids of mine that I am effectively using as human shields, so give me everything in return for nothing or you're a monster and I will have you cancelled for not buckling immediately and catering to my massive sense of entitlement, kid*When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels?Also, cargo bikes hate thread, and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder though
>>2070133yeah but they dont sell to (you). they make ice cream carts and coffee vending trikes and shit, not vehicles designed for personal use
>>2074851I had that set up, but after blowing several spokes and finally having my freehub open like a flower, I bought something purpose built for 550 lbs.
>>2074851>motorFaggotry. Pure unbridled faggotry.
Wine moms and toddlers on e-cargo bikes have now taken over the UWS/Manhattanville transition zone. I assume at least they paid for something expensive enough that it won't burn down their co-op building in the dead of night because the charger didn't have the 3C stamp of approval
>>2077151Most of those are like $8k+
Want to show my new vibe coded London rail app at https://navlndn.com It an unnecessarily detailed enhancement for your Citymapper/Waze/Google maps. Has real time lift guides, visualized route disruptions, step-free wheelchair user info, all sorts of other things most people won't use but it's there if you want to nerd out.
Why are you begging for money for a vibe coded app where you're contributing nothing new and it's off the back of other peoples hard work and data?
When are we getting nuclear powered ocean liners?
>>2076073I hardly knew him
>>2063465>When are we getting nuclear powered ocean liners?1. You would have to make the reactor a non-serviceable modular unit that you simply plug into the ship as if it were a container. Split this power requirement across multiple containers if you have to in order to meet the average limitations of dockside container cranes.2. You would then have to convince every country with an international port to amend their port laws and regulations to allow nuclear-powered vessels to moor in them. This is a bigger hurdle than any of the technical requirements of actually making a sea-faring vessel.3. You would probably have to forcibly declassify the Navy's nuclear power DoE manual. So it could be used for training operational and safety requirements for that class of small reactor.
>>2077785You'd also have to make the mariner's union somehow accept an upper caste of nuclear technicians, with more privileges compared to the average seafarer.
>>2063465>how to make ocean liners even worseKYS
>>2078973>he doesn't want to be luxury zooming across the oceans at 40 knots
