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Daniel Lane
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Consultant, volunteer, engineer, pilot, loving dad & husband; inventor of the stuffing crouton, child chauffeur, cat servant, and mustachioed lefty. 30+ years in renewables. Dr/Lt/he/him
Christmas lights started going up yesterday! 🎄
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Wait, you’re telling me there is already a system in place to prevent the fraud they’re claiming exists?
a group of men in tuxedos and bow ties are sitting at a desk in front of a microphone .
ALT: a group of men in tuxedos and bow ties are sitting at a desk in front of a microphone .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And I’ll bet actual dead people on the rolls aren’t actually using the benefit, so…is it really waste?
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Some friends have been talking about the Bambu printer on sale right now and I’m back to researching 3D printers, thanks man
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Every last one, indeed. Used to sit on the floor and read a random volume of the encyclopedia to see if I could get ideas for the next year’s science fair (übernerd). My first modem was 300 baud. I can *still* hear the screech.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The legend lives on from Whoville on down
Of the big fake they call Grinchy-gooey
His heart, though, they say grew three sizes that day,
When the gifts of December came sledding…

wait

needs work

I have time to work on this, right?
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
These are great! I need to look more into this; I had a filament printer yeaaars ago (early adopter got frustrated by poor tech) and now I want to go with resin to get the higher resolution and smoother prints … I just have no idea where to start!
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The only way this is acceptable is if it’s done at birth, à la Richard Condon’s A_Talent_For_Loving. Otherwise it’s sheer buffoonery.
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thermal batteries can supply heat to lower temp processes, such as district heating; it’s not limited to high temps. This isn’t an ideal case, but successful commercialization should be lauded [see: “Pornainen sand battery”], and *any* offset of fossil-based heat (e.g. nat gas boilers) is a win!
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Okay, Beej, on your recommendation
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Finescale Modeler has a forum with a pretty diverse group of builders, I know some do wooden ships…
FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products
FineScale Modeler magazine - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products.
finescale.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM