Specter177

35, He/They.

[alfea]

consider the first fictional old man you aren't attracted to that comes to mind. that man is now your father. how are things?

very good

pretty good

decent

not great

horrible

Remaining time: 1 day 23 hours

[caffedorzo]

spin the wheel to be assigned a mysterious source of income - who will grant you 10k usd every month without fail!!

will you take the money?

yes

no

bald / nuance

Remaining time: 4 days 2 hours

[rosalinesurvived]

[airmetsierra]

Gundam RG XARX-ZERO brings us even smaller Haros than ever before imaginable. By the end of the 2030s we're going to see Haro nanomachines.

[specter-177]

Haro grenade

[dyk-tv-theme-song]

Visit Original Link

Do you recognize this TV theme song? #744

I know this and can name the series

I know this but can't name the series

I might know this

I've never heard this

Remaining time: 5 days 17 hours

[uptownthots]

what is a normal amount of photos to have on your phone. probably 28,000 right

[uptownthots]

DONT SAY THAAAAAAAAT

[sanrio-stud]

how many pics & videos do you have on your phone?

0-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10,001-15,000

15,001-20,000

20,001-25,000

25,001-30,000

30,001-40,000

40,001-50,000

50,001-60,000

> 60,000

Remaining time: 2 days 6 hours

[anh3-donia]

insane goodwill pickup

[have-you-been-here]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Have you been here?

I have been here

I have not been here

Remaining time: 17 hours 7 minutes

[gabbyp09]

[one-selective-motherfucker]

If I had a nickle for every "a girl from another world comes to earth and now I have to guide her through this new reality" yuri that wasn't tagged as such that came out in 2026, I'd have two nickles...

[yesornopolls]

Have you ever experienced snowfall?

Yes

Yes(artificial, eg ski slope when there isn’t any natural snowfall)

no

Have you ever experienced snowfall?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 26

[lesbianeo]

the Miku custody thing in soccer is kinda funny

but it would be even funnier if Spain ended up winning the world cup

mainly because the development of Vocaloid software started with a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and a university from Barcelona, here in Spain

[planeposting]

What's the current appeal for trijets?

I mean it depends whether you mean among plane fans or among actual companies.

For real purposes: there is none. There is basically no niche where a trijet would be useful. Back in the day when we were ekeing out tiny margins, a trijet allowed you to go farther without the inefficiencies of four engines. Nowadays your dual engine plane can do all that shit, so it's just a matter of "this fucker big enough we need another set?"

From the perspective of plane fans. There has definitely been a collapsing of design patterns as time has worn on and we have developed more and more understanding of efficiency. It's like how modern cars, designed for maximum safety and efficiency, all kinda look the same. We've all sort of decided that a regional jet looks like the CRJ and that a larger longer range jet looks like the 737 and if it gets even bigger it's allowed to have four of the fuckers. It creates a yearn for the unique. And I think because we've seen the MD-11 continue to be used and either mocked or beloved by enthusiasts into the modern era, that nostalgia for trijets is something easier to latch onto than say, a nostalgia for tails with multiple stabilizers or other design quirks.

[dogplane]

Modern trijets like the Falcon 8x (which started production in 2016) claim they do have performance benefits over their 2-engine counterparts including things like better range, better takeoff and landing parameters, and improved safety due to increased redundancy. I'm not sure about the first two points since I'm not a pilot or a dispatcher but I will say, when one of our planes lost engine 2 (the one in the middle) due to damage to the aircraft, the passengers on the flight did not notice that we had lost an engine, and the plane continued to perform as normal until it landed, because that's the main thing they're designed to do. Falcons can't takeoff with only two engines, but they can reach their destination on only two.

These benefits are only realistic in the private / business sector, in my opinion. Also, Dassault (the company that makes Falcons) has released an updated airframe for their two-engine planes this year, but have not updated the trijet design yet.

[planeposting]

Yeah, important caveat that my blind spot is business jets & very small regional planes. I have no doubt that these same benefits that made trijets useful in the 60s also apply to modern, smaller jets with different margins from larger ones. Having three engines all mounted on the fuselage absolutely would make one of these handle like a dream in an engine out scenario.

Though I love redundancy more than most people, I would argue that like, the redundancy benefits of three over two engines are marginal... the circumstances that could cause the loss of two engines at the same time but wouldn't cause the loss of all three engines on a trijet are like, some United 232 shit... or like even worse given that United 232 still had engine control on the two working engines. I'm not crazy about the idea of continuing to the destination with an engine out and passengers on board regardless of how many engines there are, just like, on principle? It would definitely make it safer in a fuckin. Dana Air 0992 scenario. But if you've gotten into that situation in the first place there is a serious fucking problem

[grraveryl]

so ep 5 huh

[raptorific]

[poprocksromance]

A cautionary tale about the growing literacy crisis

[yesornopolls]

is there a regional dish specific to the region you live in or grew up in that you particularly like?

Is there a regional dish specific to the region you live in or grew up in that you particularly like?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 21

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

You are an adventurer in a generic fantasy world and you use this weapon!

Do you like it?

YES!!!!!

yes

Eh it's okay

No

NO!!!!!!!

Voting ended onJul 21

[brchyura]

i forgor to post my day 2 here, so ill post it with my day 3 prompt! kiss/seishun frontier and astronaut!