Most of the smartphones sold in US are not iPhones.

This is just a demonstrably false statement that’s very easily fact checked. I’m not saying that to defend Apple. I’m a Google Pixel guy myself.

Those thrusters were hard as hell! I tried using the tip of a pencil to roll it round but it didn’t work very well. I just ended up using the very tip of the tweezers and carefully fold each corner the best I could. They’re certainly not perfect but they look ok.

This was actually my second one. The first one I did was the Millennium Falcon. This was WAY harder than the Falcon. My advice is to check the metal earth website for the difficulty ratings and start with an easier one first. Get a good set of tweezers. Read each step very carefully more than once. Get a lot of light on your workspace. I used a desk lamp. Don’t bend any piece more than twice because you risk snapping it. I made a few mistakes. I actually broke one panel on the LM that you can see pretty clearly in the picture. I’m going to glue it.

Flags painted on aircraft are always supposed to appear like they are blowing in the wind. So it’s backwards on one side. They usually paint it on the tail. It’s also sometimes worn that way on patches that military service members wear.

Nice shot! I was just reading about how the pilot who dropped the bomb, named the plane after his mom. He just had some Airman paint it on right before the mission.

Here’s a few more photos from my visit.

Yeah the B-29 is a beast! My Grandfather worked on them.

Yes it is! I got a pretty good shot of it too.

Yeah I’ve been to all the ones on the mall several times. This was my first time at Hazy though.

If I’m on my computer, I use Push Bullet. It sends the link directly to my phone but I can also go back to the Push Bullet app anytime and find it. If I’m on my phone, I just keep that tab open on Chrome until I read it.

I wonder if they’ll try to get Perseverance close enough to get some photos to analyze what happened. I was looking at the Map on the mission page and it looks like it’s in an area of sand dunes so maybe a little risky to try and go through that.

Side note: If you google “mars ingenuity” you can click on the little guy and see him flying around mars.

Sorry. I fixed it. For some reason when I added the image it removed the link I had.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends/

Same. I would definitely be one of the people complaining if I wasn’t getting it for free.

Here here!

I just cut up an old VGA cable to make some of these tonight. Surprisingly not that hard to take apart. I’ll need to use my dremel to cut the screws off of their little blue thumb grips so I can glue them on.

I never paid for prime. I hate paying for shipping though so I usually wait until I need a couple of things to get over the minimum. I recently ordered a pair of ear buds. They were $34.95 so I added a box of $1 Kraft mac and cheese to avoid paying the $8 for shipping. haha!

I’m definitely not taking any lessons from someone who wears socks with sandals no matter their credentials.

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When I was younger, I had really only experienced console games and maybe a few basic PC games at school. My uncle showed my this FPS game on his computer called Redneck Rampage. Basically you’re running around farms trying to kill aliens. I don’t really remember playing very many FPS game before that and it opened up a whole new world for me. But the really crazy part was how “adult” the game was. You could drink beer in the game and your character would get drunk. I also remember some graffiti in the game of a naked woman with huge tits. At the time I could not believe something like that would be allowed in a video game! Blew my mind.

That’s usually what happens in war unfortunately.