I'm watching an episode of Modern Marvels from season 2 in 1996, where they are talking about the New York City Water Tunnel No. 3, which was then under construction with a completion date of 2025.
Well, 30 years after that episode aired, the tunnel still isn't finished, and won't be until at least 2032. The project was authorized in 1954 and construction began in 1970.
11/13/2026
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Preparing her for what comes next. Training the trainer. Well, training someone's trainer. Don't worry, she won't keep that title for long.
The N-300 has A, B, C, D, CF, DF, CI, CIF, S, T, L, LL₁, LL₂, and LL₃ scales. It doesn't have a K scale. The resolution is about half that of the N-500, with 50 subdivisions between 1 and 2 instead of 100, but it's also about half the size, about 6 inches total length compared to about 12 for the N-500.
I picked up another Pickett N-500-ES bundled with an N-300-ES pocket slide rule. I really only wanted the latter, but the price was cheap enough that it was still a bargain. The new N-500 has a magnifying cursor, which my old one doesn't have; the N-300 has one as well.
They were being sold by their original owner and are in really great shape, other than needing a bit of lubrication. Pickett recommended Vaseline for this, but I've ordered some dry bicycle chain lube, which is basically Teflon in a carrier fluid that evaporates, leaving behind a dry film. It's supposed to work great for metal slide rules and is a lot less messy.
My last load of photos taken at Furrific 2026! Taken on the Sunday.
Don't do trigonometry with me or my son ever again
I'mma go eat lunch then do some errands.. then prolly nap
Actually nah. I'll just nap. The errands and lunch can wait...
Last video for now from Furrific 2026. Sunday video will premiere at 8pm this evening!
I kinda miss lo-fi. Used to listen to 'em a lot when I was starting out streaming for fun.
It's been close to 6 years huh. Even tho I'm a no commentary streamer most of the time, I still had fond memories, like when I modded L4D2 like crazy and played custom campaigns and somebody raided me lol. Or when I did NPC battles on gmod and people were actually watching..
Or the time I was building gentoo on stream for the first time, or somebody asking for help and guidance on Linux.
Too bad I don't think I'll experience any of those again. The world had changed these past years and the platform had gone worse. I mean it was already bad before but it's worse now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYq51w1FlY
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ok, it's kinda moving. but it's very very stiff. gonna douse it all in WD40, stick it in a garbage bag and let it soak over night. hope I'll be able to get it apart tomorrow so I can clean it properly
What really amazes me about slide rules is how the scale labels are almost universal. Even Russian and Japanese slide rules, languages that don't use Latin characters, still used the same standard labels that every other American and European manufacturer used.
Even if some of them are a bit illogical, like C and D for the primary scales, and A and B for squares and square roots. K is sort of logical, for kubes and kube roots.
O número de brasileiros passando por falhas no fornecimento de eletricidade vem crescendo ano a ano no Brasil desde 2020. Mas bora instalar data center, causar mais ansiedade climática. As concessionárias privadas demoram em média 7h para responder, às vezes demoram dias.
"Why does she get breakfast in bed?"
nOSe
and yes, I did check to make sure this thing doesn't have a focus stiffness adjustment where you counter rotate the focus knobs on either side that's locking it in place and it doesn't seem to have one. or it's also stuck in place.
I think I'll just try so soak it all in WD40 and then hit it with a heat gun to see if I can get the old grease unstuck
hmmf… while the fine focus moves it just seems to be free spinning through a friction cluch. the coarse focus and the actual main dovetail and rack an pinion are completely seized…
