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Marylander, talk to me about skiing, dinghy sailing, science fiction, GIS, politics, transit/safer streets. Not an exhaustive list. I don’t really post outside of replies. Feel free to follow but the account will seem dead most of the time.

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foone , an Random Englisch
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I wanna see a 3d printer designed by woz.
No limit switches, it just bangs the print head against the casing on boot up like an apple II drive

odd ,
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@foone why use limit switches when you can just monitor the amp draw from the stepper motors trying to rotate the entire bolted frame of the printer around itself

notjustbikes , an Random Englisch
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It's annoying when people complain that my content is "too eurocentric". And after making my Shinjuku station video a lot of people are saying that "finally" there's some "non-eurocentric" content. 🙄

I make videos about MY experiences in cities. I don't summarize a bunch of facts you could easily find on Wikipedia, Twitter, or news articles, and then lazily recite it over stock footage.

I actually GO to places, experience them in person, and over 90% of my videos is footage I filmed myself.

odd ,
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@notjustbikes It could be worse; they could be complaining that your urbanism channel is city-centric

foone , an Random Englisch
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Bad idea for a scifi story:
In 1860, a paranormal investigator discovers that there's a sun-worshiping cult that sacrifices a virgin to The Sun every year. It turns out last year, they messed up the ritual, and the victim escaped at the last moment.

Cue the Carrington event. A massive geomagnetic storm that caused auroras as far south as Colombia.

The investigator is then paid to infiltrate the cult and disrupt their ritual every time, as it saves Western Union a lot on electrical costs.

odd ,
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@foone I want this, but set in another star system in an alien society. It’s still 1860 and the telecommunications company is still Western Union

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