I am not a number! I am a free flashlight!
Anybody else see where this could be going?
M4D M4X had his ‘New Blog’ discussion thread locked, and all posts except for the OP excluded once a Lynch Mob mentality took over, exacerbated by xenophobia and nationalistic slurs.
That was an entirely different situation.
Personally, I think we are far from that and not even headed in that direction.
The Q8 is all but set. There will be no discussion about any changes to amount to anything…… Because there will be no changes.
Read the title &/or the OP if you don’t enjoy the friendly banter & remember Rule 9.
This is not a Space Shuttle launch.
………Q8 turned on its side makes a speech bubble and the symbol for infinity.
It’s a conspiracy, I tell you. This has been the Q8 team’s evil plan all along. There is no light, there is only endless banter!
OMG
Now you’ve gone and done it.
I thought you promised!
What really was that red stuff you signed with?
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So why the lack of respect for this project?
huh what lack of respect, if you are going to have a shot at me at least show proof.
And stop with the excuses of “just read the topic/first post”. You know very well that not everything discussed ends up in there. And that which does often does only after the discussion is done.
I have NEVER posted “just read the topic/first post” so how can I stop what I never started :person_facepalming:
Looks like I had better just sit back and not post as the fun police have spoken :confounded:
Cheers David
teacher: BrianK:The Miller, That didn’t take too long! I wonder what sights it saw during it’s tour of the world?
……. If only #6 could speak.
I am not a number! I am a free flashlight!
Haha, reminds me to this;
But seriously, people may have somewhat shorter fuses than usual with all the stuff happening outside BLF lately… it seems like the whole world is on edge. Hundreds of people waiting together in a cramped space like this is going to cause some friction even on a good day, and there have been a lot of not-so-good days lately.
So as a general guideline, any time you are faced with a decision of whether to escalate or not, please take a deep breath and choose not to escalate unfortunate situations. Strong opinions can be very satisfying to express, and they can attract a lot of attention, but they tend to be divisive and cause conflict.
If you must get frustrations out, direct them toward Moloch, the incarnation of the system itself. Because almost no one is evil; the problem is that almost everything is broken. It’s almost never malicious intent which causes our problems but, rather, the systems in which we live. In almost any complex multi-person system, the system acts according to its own chaotic incentives that don’t necessarily correspond with what any individual within the system wants.
Now, in a relatively small system, individual efforts to go against the flow are important. A few people swimming upstream can have a significant impact on the overall flow of the system. However, in larger systems, individual efforts are mostly irrelevant. The flow will follow the shortest path toward the incentives regardless of individual attempts to divert it in other directions. It does what Moloch wants, not what the people trapped in the system want.
As the thread grows, and as BLF grows, we keep bumping into Moloch in new ways… and we keep having to come up with new solutions for that. The lessons learned here will surely help future projects to run a little smoother, but for now please try to be patient and charitable toward each other.
Alexandra Wentworth was fond of offering during her days at Living Color….
“Chaaaaahh, you know vat???…….Unh Unh !!!
I think that was Mad TV’s Nicole Sullivan doing the Vancome Lady. Good times. Lol
fixed it:snip
So why the lack of respect for this project?huh what lack of respect, if you are going to have a shot at me at least show proof.
That part was not aimed at you specifically. Only the first paragraph was meant as a direct reply. Sorry about the confusion.
And no, I’m not going to name anyone as that’s useless.
For any & all interested…… Here is an on-topic Q8 announcement. Quoted below for any who might have missed it.
Pilotdog68 has received his as well, yay
Tjohn:Alexandra Wentworth was fond of offering during her days at Living Color….
“Chaaaaahh, you know vat???…….Unh Unh !!!
I think that was Mad TV’s Nicole Sullivan doing the Vancome Lady. Good times. Lol
A debt of gratitude.
I went back and edited the post using your correction.
As I added:………clearly I had a fixation (or a physical/emotional perturbation) from the playfully erotic, and more attractive Alexandra Wentworth at that time.
It was so bad, I never even noticed young Jennifer Lopez in the cast of dancers on Living Color back then.
pommie: fixed it:snip
So why the lack of respect for this project?huh what lack of respect, if you are going to have a shot at me at least show proof.
That part was not aimed at you specifically. Only the first paragraph was meant as a direct reply. Sorry about the confusion.
And no, I’m not going to name anyone as that’s useless.
Fair enough,
Cheers David
But seriously, people may have somewhat shorter fuses than usual with all the stuff happening outside BLF lately… it seems like the whole world is on edge. Hundreds of people waiting together in a cramped space like this is going to cause some friction even on a good day, and there have been a lot of not-so-good days lately.
So as a general guideline, any time you are faced with a decision of whether to escalate or not, please take a deep breath and choose not to escalate unfortunate situations. Strong opinions can be very satisfying to express, and they can attract a lot of attention, but they tend to be divisive and cause conflict.
If you must get frustrations out, direct them toward Moloch, the incarnation of the system itself. Because almost no one is evil; the problem is that almost everything is broken. It’s almost never malicious intent which causes our problems but, rather, the systems in which we live. In almost any complex multi-person system, the system acts according to its own chaotic incentives that don’t necessarily correspond with what any individual within the system wants.
Now, in a relatively small system, individual efforts to go against the flow are important. A few people swimming upstream can have a significant impact on the overall flow of the system. However, in larger systems, individual efforts are mostly irrelevant. The flow will follow the shortest path toward the incentives regardless of individual attempts to divert it in other directions. It does what Moloch wants, not what the people trapped in the system want.
As the thread grows, and as BLF grows, we keep bumping into Moloch in new ways… and we keep having to come up with new solutions for that. The lessons learned here will surely help future projects to run a little smoother, but for now please try to be patient and charitable toward each other.
Beautiful! The pic of the guy holding the sign is priceless, pretty much say’s it all!
For any & all interested…… Here is an on-topic Q8 announcement. Quoted below for any who might have missed it.
The Miller:Pilotdog68 has received his as well, yay
7 out of 7!
Yeehoooo!
:+1: ….
teacher:OK…. Thank you for the info. Yeah the “ugly blue” was what I was wondering about?
Come to think of it maybe the blue tinted headlights I am thinking about may not even be LED’s??? I just know when an oncoming car has them they are blinding… to me anyway.Oh my. Your quite out of date aren’t you?
Most of the bright blue lights you see are HID kits that have retrofitted. These have been popular for the last 10 or 12 years ever since the OEMs started using them. People just toss them in and don’t readjust their lights. Or else the light source is not where it should be and it messes up the beam pattern.
Hmmmm, out of date? I don’t think so……
Here is my newest model…….
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Probably a bit out of date on the LED headlights. But not the HID’s.
That is why I included the codicil in the statement you quoted. My memory had started to rear it’s ugly head as I wrote that.
That was some good headlight info you posted, thanks. :+1:
I just know I cuss oncoming cars that have those stark blue/white headlights.
My horse dislikes them too.
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teacher:For any & all interested…… Here is an on-topic Q8 announcement. Quoted below for any who might have missed it.
The Miller:Pilotdog68 has received his as well, yay
7 out of 7!
Yeehoooo!
Pics or it didn’t happen
Any news on the springs? Guess that will be for next week…
No DEL has yet to receive his
Will change title to 6 out of 7 next time I do the list
Thorfire said they can do the spring as we asked:
Or better, I asked for this:
1mm wire thickness
10mm diameter base
6 or 7 mm diameter top
12 or 13mm height
So this means single bigger fatter springs instead of double springs?
Thorfire said they can do the spring as we asked:
Or better, I asked for this:1mm wire thickness
10mm diameter base
6 or 7 mm diameter top
12 or 13mm height
Nice!!!
So this means single bigger fatter springs instead of double springs?
Yep…. :+1:
Better to carry current and easier to bypass.