Month: August 2021

Right now. Second floor, by the way

In 1966 over the territory of Spain, an American B-52G failed to manage mid-air refueling, crashed, and in the process lost four B28RI thermonuclear bombs in the air, each with a yield of 1.5 megatons (i.e., 70-100 times greater than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki). The bombs fell without exploding (of course) onto Andalusian territory, contaminating it slightly with plutonium. Decontamination of the area was carried out, including soil replacement, etc. There were compensations for those who lost crops, and

“…Another $14,500 was paid to a fisherman who witnessed the bomb falling into the sea.”

An interesting thread on nextdoor. It seems we have a janitor who appeared out of nowhere, works well, and whenever we see him, we give him some money. He says he works just because he wants it to be clean, and doesn’t ask for money for the work, but accepts it gratefully when given. The thread continues with about 60 replies, indicating that many people help him. Some have given him a place to live, others clothes; some help with money, some regularly, others whenever they can. Hence, a local story – all sixty responses are from neighbors, and he only cleans one block and the nearby park.

And I, for one, have never seen cleaners in our neighborhood. Previously, when I lived in an apartment, someone would clean the floors, but now, as I walk my dog around the neighborhood, I see that it’s just clean everywhere, because cigarette butts and empty bottles don’t just appear out of nowhere. The “broken windows theory” really does work.

Decided to upgrade my first 3D printer (FDM) to an Ender 3 V2. Highly recommend, it’s great! 22x22x25 cm. Resolution – about 0.1 mm. The print quality is simply an order of magnitude higher than what I had with Da Vinci. I can also print on ABS/TPU/PETG. And the XYZ DaVinci was successfully sold yesterday on the FB marketplace at the price I paid for it in February. This one took a couple of hours to assemble from a plethora of parts, but that even added to the intrigue. It hardly required any adjustments.