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Canopyflyer

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  • What is the most controversial TV finale?

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  • I introduced my wife to Farscape in 2008 and she absolutely fell in love with the series, as had I when I first watched it. We binged watched the entire series inside of two weeks.

    We got to the final episode of season 4... And...she... was...piiiiiiiiissssssed. She absolutely abhors cliffhangers. I cannot count the number of times we've had to stay up late to finish on an episode that didn't end on a cliff hanger.

    I might have forgotten to mention "The Peacekeeper War" mini-series... evil laugh.

    She stomped off and made herself a cup of tea, as I was "getting Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica 2004 ready to watch". wink wink

    She came back sat down on the couch and I hit play... "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!" She only uses the word "fuck" when she's truly angry BTW.

    We then stayed up late to finish "The Peacekeeper War".

    As to it being a mess... Yeah, I can see your point. An entire season was rammed into the equivalent of 4 episodes. I think it was done about as well as it could of been. With that said, it would have been great to get that 5th season.

    It still remains as my all time favorite Sci Fi series. There was just too much creativity and uniqueness through out to just throw it out at the end as a fan.

  • Hot Take Time: What is a popular long-running franchise that just needs to stop?

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  • How about a bit different perspective?

    What long running franchise should be taking out of the hands of idiots and given to people who are actually talented and creative?

    The one exception is the MCU, that is definitely one that needs a break. I feel I've been watching the same movie over and over since the second Avengers.

    The worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars are so vast that there are tons of stories that could be told. It just needs to be in the hands of someone that is actually good at their job and not a profit crazy committee.

  • Why the fuck is Ticketmaster allowed to be this awful?

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  • I SOOO want to see Rush's tour next summer. Not seeing them for past tours is something I really regret.

    Signed up for the pre-sale, signed on the day of AND... FUCK THAT.

    I'm not spending the equivalent of my mortgage just to get decent seats. So I fired up the R40 tour video and cranked it up. I'll just be happy with that.

  • A single DNS race condition brought AWS to its knees

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  • But but Bezos has to pay for another rocket and yacht and he just got married!!!! Think about his quarterly statement! My god are you heartless!!!!!!!!

    /s

    (just in case it's not obvious)

  • Can anyone recommend a good food processor? Mine broke. Specifically I want it to be able to make hummus with alacrity.

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  • It can, kinda. If you have a lot of spices to grind, it will work. If you just need a tablespoon or so, then it's a bit bulky for that.

    For spices I use this one: KrupsKRUPS F203 Grinder

    It works for any amount.

  • Can anyone recommend a good food processor? Mine broke. Specifically I want it to be able to make hummus with alacrity.

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  • I have the following two food processors:

    Cuisinart Food Processor, 14-Cup

    Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus Food Processor, 24-Ounce Mini Food Processor

    I have owned a 14 cup Cuisinart food processor for quite some time. I bought the one linked above back in 2018 to replace an older Cusinart that was exactly the same, except it had a white base. The older one's motor died after 25 years. The newer one is going on 7 years and it still looks and works like new. It comes with the grater and mandolin attachments, as well as the normal and dough blades.

    The smaller 24oz processor is indispensable in my kitchen. It does a much better job than the large one when I have to cut a recipe in half. It's easier to setup, use and clean. However, it is not quite as heavy duty as its larger brother. I have to replace it about every 8 years or so. It actually sees a lot more use than the larger one in my kitchen.

  • What's a song you like with a killer beat?

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  • What's a subject you (think) you know more about than the average Lemmy user?

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  • Depending on the size of the canopy, there can be a fair amount of pressure required to pull a toggle. Tandem rigs, which have 500ft^2 mains are somewhat difficult to guide by one person. Most TM's that I know require their passenger to help out. Not that they cannot be flown by one person, just that doing that 10 times a day wears a person out.

    My personal mains: PD Spectre 150 and 135, and Sharp Chuter (used for demo jumping) all had very different toggle pressures. The Sharp Chuter being the heaviest. It was also 90ft2 larger (240ft2) than my Spectre 150. My 135 had almost negligible toggle pressure. The smallest canopy I've ever jumped was a Velocity 103 and that thing has almost no toggle pressure what so ever. Plus with such high wing loading made it down right twitchy. Personally I was never one for ultra high wing loadings. Having 40mph approach speeds to landing was never appealing even when I was young.

    Also skydiving canopies are a LOT more square than a paraglider. While I could not explain the physics there, it seems to me that a thin wing would have lighter toggle pressures. Canopies that I've jumped that were more tapered seemed to have a lighter toggle pressure of equally sized non-tapered canopies. A paraglider canopy is extremely tapered compared to a skydiving chute.

    Also, don't you folks have 6 risers? While there have been 6 riser skydiving rigs, they are very uncommon. So each riser requires a lot more pressure to pull... I'm assuming paraglides do riser turns and other maneuvers with them.

    There is a Paragliding club here where I live. Even met one when he landed at a local park when I was out walking. I currently have one kid in college and another going to be there in a couple of years, so it's not going to be anytime soon, but I would love to try it out. I'd love to get back into the air. Skydiving is pretty much out, as I have a back injury that could be made really bad with a hard opening.

    To make a short story long... Yeah, I can see a skydiver being ham fisted with a paraglider. A jumper with a lot of experience with very high wing loading (over 2.0 to 1) might not, but me? Yeah, I'd probably ham it up for the first few hours. It would be interesting to learn just how much skydiving canopy experience would translate. I'm sure some would, but definitely not all.

  • What's a subject you (think) you know more about than the average Lemmy user?

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  • Skydiving

    ~4500 jumps that included; night jumps, competition 4-way and 8-way, a couple of record jumps (I was on the a team that set state records in 3 different states back in the day) , Demos into various stadiums, air shows and a couple of NASCAR races.

    I might know a thing or two that the average Lemmy user has no idea about.

  • Americans, what do typically have for breakfast?

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  • Typically: Bowl of cereal, milk and glass of OJ. Cereals I rotate through: Honey nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Chex, Mini Wheats

    Once a week: I make malted waffles for the family. Usually on Sundays.

    Once in a great while: donuts. I love donuts but at my age I need to restrict how many and how often I eat them.

  • What is your favorite version of FTL in science fiction?

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  • Moya could travel at Hetch 9 The Locket. She was faster than a Marauder (Hetch 7) and only slightly slower than a full Command Carrier.

    Starburst was actually travel through another dimension of space. Self Inflicted Wounds

  • What is your favorite version of FTL in science fiction?

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  • Warp Drive in Star Trek. Largely because there is modern day physics that points to the possibility of it being an actual possibility.

    From a story telling, fits into the narrative version, the FTL in the newer Battlestar Galactica series. Look no further than the Battle of New Caprica. That was fracking awesome.

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    Which is worse: drunk driving or illegal street racing?

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  • Based upon the negative impact to society: Drunk driving and it's not even close.

    That is not to say that illegal street racers deserve any kind of award. They are a special kind of fucking idiot. They just don't tend to kill as many people. Back in my teens, I was one of those fucking idiots. Until I witnessed a girl, about my own age, being struck and killed by a street racer.

    That was the last time I ever raced on the street. I still raced, I just took the time to get my licenses and spent the money to do it on a track. Honestly, once you race on a track you realize just how stupid street racing really is on so many levels.

  • Let's talk popcorn.

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  • Popcorn is by far my favorite snack.

    List of Ingredients:

    Popcorn of course. I usually use locally grown red hulled popcorn, although lately I have two kids with braces so I've been using a "hulless" popcorn that is relatively safe to eat with braces.

    Coconut Oil

    Flavacol: The secret ingredient.

    Finally the popcorn popper that I use is THIS ONE: It takes more attention than most other poppers, but it does a really great job

  • Anyone else live somewhere that has had people joining in a WiFi naming joke?

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  • Fortunately, not too many people are going to see it. I have two WAPs. The upper one is on the first floor and runs at just enough power to cover the 1st and 2nd floors. The 2nd WAP is in the basement.

    Get much past 100 feet from my house and it's very difficult to pick up. While some of my neighbors 4 or 5 doors down are broadcasting their WiFi at full power, one is even completely open. LOL

  • Anyone else live somewhere that has had people joining in a WiFi naming joke?

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  • Mine is: ITHertzWhenIP

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  • My wife and I had just moved 400 miles the previous year and bought a house. She started a new job and we had our first child, who apparently is the same age as you.

  • Have you aged out of playing sports? How did you handle it?

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  • It was sand volleyball during the summers and hard court in the winter for me. This was in Cincinnati, which surprisingly is a HUGE volleyball town. There are a lot of places that offer summer and winter leagues of all types. I started out playing on the Cincinnati Ski Club's rec league in 1992 and played on it til 95. Post Ski Club league I played at the Cherry Grove Bowling center's sand courts, which were great. By that time I had a permanent team and played with them until I moved away from Cincy in 2006.

    While sand is easier on you landing and falling, being only 5'8" I had to jump that much harder to block and spike. Kind of a trade off.

    In all hard court was easier for me to play on, where I could see someone north of 6'2" would like sand.

  • Have you aged out of playing sports? How did you handle it?

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  • 55m here.

    Was an avid volleyball player, even though I'm 5'8" (1.72m) tall. I have very strong legs and could meet a lot of 6'2" plus guys at the top of the net.

    Skydiver with 4500 jumps, spent a few years doing it professionally.

    Now, my knees and back are shot. I can still play volleyball, but my jumps are about half what they used to be and I need to wear knee braces. Skydiving is almost completely out, unless I jump a very soft opening canopy as I have a disk bulge that is pressing on a sciatic nerve. If I get slammed on opening that could present a LOT of issues for me.

    Now I focus on those things that I can do. I've always been an avid hiker and there is a nice state park nearby. I try to hike the trails there every day. Also I keep up with working out. Weights and other exercises. I'm not trying to build muscle, just keep what I have.

    Right now, I'm sitting here with a very sore back and aching muscles, due to helping out my wife's Figure Skating Club to setup for a competition this weekend. That involved moving a lot of tables, chairs, podiums and other things for 4 hours last night.

    I think I'm going to take it easy today.