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MoonMelon

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  • We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser

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  • You're welcome, that book is actually the second in a series, the first being "Dreamland". They were both great reads (and popular enough that I had no problem getting them at the library).

  • We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser

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  • Wikipedia has an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl#Synthesis

    It's not new. It was developed decades ago as a medical opiate by a renowned scientist. New, easier methods of synthesis have come around since, and abuse is exacerbated by the general opioid crisis in the USA, thanks essentially to the Sackler family.

    From what I got reading The Least of Us the chemicals involved in the Gupta method are used in industry and essentially impossible to ban. There was some sort of breakthrough a few years ago that made this (relatively easy) method the standard way street fentanyl is made, although I don't remember the details. Also until fairly recently it was straight-up legal to export fentanyl from China and from there import it into Mexico or have it drop shipped to basically anyone in the USA. Direct import into the USA was illegal but easy to do.

  • Autodesk is a monopoly! We need FOSS for AutoCAD desperately

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  • Media and Entertainment side sucks too. No hate on the actual devs, I know a few of the Maya devs personally and they are competent and want to help, but M+E is like 4% of Autodesk revenue so management doesn't really give a fuck. At least there's still Houdini and Blender is getting better as the time as well.

  • hallelujah

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  • The same thing happened to me with a few memories:

    • People turning into blocks and interlocking to form a city. It turned out to be Unico: Island of Magic.
    • Some evil guy crawling into a painting, and something about hair growing. This was a fucked up movie called The Peanut Butter Solution. This one legit scared the shit out of me as a kid and I had nightmares about it.
    • A guy being surrounded with evil looking puppets. This was a stage show called In Search of the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo. I didn't remember this one until the youtube channel RedLetterMedia made fun of it.

    These must have just been random VHS tapes my parents got in some bargain bin. I have no idea how we got them or what became of them.

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  • This episode also has the most poorly acted sneeze ever put to film.

  • People younger than 30, what advice would you give to people over 30?

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  • I've "rolled" a couple 401ks into a Vanguard account. Just set up a Vanguard traditional IRA (or Fidelity is good too) and follow their instructions. In both my cases my old 401k admin sent me a check and I forwarded it to Vanguard within a certain time frame. If you don't know what fund to choose just pick "Vanguard Target Retirement XX" for whatever year you turn retirement age (Fidelity has equivalents).

    The reason I say Vanguard or Fidelity is because they have rock bottom fees and also they are huge so they've worked this out with basically everyone.

  • They're next...... Maybe

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  • DisneyToon, BlueSky, Circle 7, Imagemovers Digital... could be a lot more doors.

  • Hazmat transportation be like

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  • I've taken the Cardinal four times and the only upsides were no TSA inspection (which they're talking about changing) and no size limits on luggage. Other than that everything was a fucking nightmare. Like, overflowing toilets with turds sliding around on the floor of the bathroom, 8 hour delays, departure time at 3am... bad. The first time I took it for the experience, the second time I took it because, "well shit happens right? Maybe it was a fluke." It wasn't a fluke. The only way it would be worth it would be if tickets were like $30.

    Nationalize the rails.

  • never turn off uBlock

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  • Or I click a link to story about a cat stuck in a tree and it takes me to small, local newspaper I've never heard of called "The Sawfly Gazette - serving South Western Maine since 1975!", then it immediately tells me I've hit my "article limit" and must subscribe for $14.95.

  • Software Archeology

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  • Repair forum version:

    • Here are the exact bolts you need to loosen:

      <dead photobucket link>

    • After that make sure you note this gasket:

      <another dead photobucket link>

    • The replacement part is very hard to find but they carry it here: <404>
    • You'll find the torque spec here:

      <domain sold to online casino advertiser>

    Bonus points if the only schematic you can find is a 256 resolution jpg on pinterest that leads to a wordpress site were a bot only posts random schematics to farm pinterest engagement.

  • These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them

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  • Check your regional Craigslist, mine's full of them. This is also why the fair exists (besides funnel cake).

  • In the US, did Amazon kill the mall, is everyone too broke, or a combination of other factors?

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  • Anecdotal, but I grew up in the heyday of malls and my local mall was one of the largest, and is now one of the most famous dead malls. The mall was in decline when Amazon was still in its infancy, mostly still selling books. Buying clothes online was considered lunacy at the time because there was no fitting rooms to try things on. Still, vacancy was on the rise in the mall and once a few violent crimes started happening inside that was all she wrote. "Big Box" stores like Walmart became more of a draw than driving all the way to the mall.

    I think the reasons for the death of the mall are more complex, just like the death of the department store. There were lots of weird tax incentives, both for developers, and for (mostly white) residents fleeing the urban core during the 90s. Those were not sustainable. Malls themselves were a bit of a private equity shell game which couldn't last. The story of dead malls is more about capitalism and land use policy than just Amazon.

    I'll never forget Forest Fair Mall in those first years though. It's 1.5 MILLION square feet, and it was absolutely packed, especially during Christmas. Humongous fountains, sand sculptures, live music... every single spot of its airfield-like parking lot was full. The only thing today that I think comes close, if younger people want the experience, is the main concourse of a top ten airport.

  • They lied to you about car surveillance

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  • That sucks to hear, at one point I was really hoping it would become a viable yt alternative. Not that I ever expected their cryptocurrency to "moon" but it was at least an interesting idea to compensate people for seeding video.

  • What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned?

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  • When I was a child in the 90s I somehow scored a voice role in a hotdog commercial for the radio. I was paid a king's ransom for this, half of which my parents made me put in savings (wise), and half of which I spent on a brand new Sega CD (not wise).

    The magic of postage stamp-sized full motion video took about three days to wear off, at which point all that was left was basically pure shit. They jacked me. At least I learned that lesson early.

  • Using The Wind And Magnets To Make Heat

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  • The article doesn't really do Tim justice. He's a bodger who is basically a genius for what I can only describe as Goblin technology. His projects are as much about fun and experimenting as having a result. In the first windmill video he acknowledged that he could just buy a small electric windmill, but that's not the point.

    I mean, this is the dude who made a narrow gauge railroad and a compressed air locomotive to transport wood to his terrifying biochar chopper and crucible.

  • Ironing

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  • Yep, old shirts came out of the wash looking like a fucking Calabi-Yau manifold, even casual wear.

  • Rule people

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  • Wait, it's all just Arthurian legend? 🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

  • What industry do you work in and what are the LPT the general public should know about it?

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  • Thank you. It's a new construction and the builder seems to generally pick really good subs, and I'm pretty sure whoever installed it did the entire house, so they should be familiar with it. I'll give them a call.

    Edit: Update to this. I cut the circuit breaker and opened the unit and something was clearly wrong with the blower motor. Mountings and bushings etc all looked fine, but rotating the blower manually was rocky. It seems like a bad bearing or something but I'm no expert. The tech came out and confirmed in about 15 minutes the blower motor needs warranty replacement. Unit is less than 8 months old, he said it's rare but he's seen it before. I kind of want to do a teardown but not enough to buy it. Tech said it was OK to run, and I did that up until yesterday when it sounded so bad I was afraid it was going to grenade the whole box and stopped using AC. Temps close to 100F so hopefully he gets to it soon. I'll be sure to have him run it before he leaves. Thanks again.

  • What industry do you work in and what are the LPT the general public should know about it?

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  • Can I pester you with a question? Feel free to tell me to get bent because I know your time is worth money and this is just the internet. We have a new Trane system that was flawless when it was first put in, but over the past five months the blower has started making louder and louder vibration noises. Almost like it's slightly off balance. If it was an older system I wouldn't think twice, but it was dead quiet at first, just the sound of moving air pretty much.

    Part of me wants to open up the cabinet and just see if there's some sort of vibration pad that's gotten loose, but I also don't want to to void a warranty, or something. It seems so trivial a thing. We live in the boonies and a service call is pretty onerous for a tech. I thought maybe there could be balancing weights, like a car wheel or a lawnmower blade, but your comment about motors being sealed is making me think twice.