ThermiteBeGiants

ThermiteBeGiants, 3 months ago to random

Americans wondering how on earth all the Taylor Swift fans got to last week’s concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when there’s no sea of car parking next to the stadium:

ThermiteBeGiants, 2 months ago to random

Boost to curse a timeline with the fish train

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

Someone on Tumblr has made a concept for a Tarot Card deck made out of ISO hazard symbols and it goes hard:

https://www.tumblr.com/medusasstory/749203130036699136/this-is-a-nice-sign-to-look-at-1010-for

ThermiteBeGiants, 3 months ago to random

The DDR (East Germany) invented “unbreakable” drinking glasses for catering that were 5 times harder to break than Western glasses of equivalent thickness. The technology didn’t survive re-unification due to it being “uneconomical” - the “Superfest”glasses were more expensive to produce and because they broke less, you would sell fewer of them.
https://digitalcosmonaut.com/superfest-ceverit-glass-ddr/

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

Original TGV train designer Jacques Cooper has died, age 93. RIP to a legend
https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/04/17/jacques-cooper-le-designer-du-tgv-est-mort_6228363_3382.html

ThermiteBeGiants, 8 months ago to random

Bugger the Roman Empire, what men really can't stop thinking about is seminal UK electronic dance-pop band The KLF, AKA the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, the JAMs, the Timelords, The K Foundation, and K2 Plant Hire

ThermiteBeGiants, 7 months ago to random

Which way, Western Man?

Political compass chart with the signs from the previous photo placed into each quadrant. Sexpo is Left Authoritarian, Animaga is Right Authoritarian, Crypto convention is Right Libertarian, Mind Body Spirit Festival is Left Libertarian.

ThermiteBeGiants, 11 months ago to random

From Elton John’s memoir, about the time he got on a 3 day cocaine bender and bought a Melbourne W2 class tram :dingdingpixel: :

ThermiteBeGiants, 5 months ago to random

Whenever people from Sydney make jokes about Melbourne not having a train to the airport, I’m going to remind them of the time that a bunch of rich NIMBY pricks stopped the Eastern Suburbs Railway from getting extended 3000m to Bondi Beach “because it would let the Westies in”:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-03/curious-sydney-why-bondi-beach-does-not-have-a-train-station/9485454

ThermiteBeGiants, 5 months ago to random

The way to truly honour Franco Cozzo’s legacy is to use this mod/user-made asset of his Footscray furniture store in your game of Cities: Skylines

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1424768956

ThermiteBeGiants, 6 months ago to random

Bus reform in the Yarra Valley is finally being implemented, with big route changes and a new timetable for the 685 bus from Lilydale to Healesville (via Coldstream & Yarra Glen) starting from 26 November. This bus will have upgraded service frequencies on all days of the week and an extension to Healesville Sanctuary zoo, finally delivering usable public transport to the largest attraction in the Yarra Valley.

https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/about-ptv/improvements-and-projects/bus-and-coach/upcoming-improvements-to-the-yarra-valley-bus-network/

(photo: @wongm )

ThermiteBeGiants, 21 days ago to random

News of the Sydney “Tekno Train” being run during Vivid reminds me of when in 1976 the Victorian Railways converted a passenger excursion carriage into a “dance car” with a polished floor and a carpeted area for a band to play on, for use on charter trains throughout the state:

Official “General Arrangement” diagram for Victorian Railways Dance Car 11BCPL

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

I hope they’re having a Bonza time up there

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 year ago to random

Please enjoy this Cat Train on the Aizu Railway in Fukushima Prefecture for #caturday
https://2nd-train.net/topics/amp/40246/
#trains

jimbob, 3 months ago to random

#askfediverse my daughter, 8yo, wants to try playing around making 2D animations in some kind of software, she's essentially talking about ragdoll animation I think (eg. Being able to move limbs and tween between them, rather than having to draw each frame from scratch on top of a transparency).

All my Googling for this just brings me to Unity or Blender, which seem like..overkill for this task for a kid. Does anyone have any other simpler suggestions?

ThermiteBeGiants, 2 months ago to random

Hannibal reading that there are 20,000 surplus elephants available for export to Europe and he immediately starts hooting and hollering

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68715164

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

nice try, however I have already portrayed myself as the chad electric train and you as the sad diesel railcar

ThermiteBeGiants, 2 months ago to random

This is a fantastic book: an official 1978 promotional guide book to the Hammersley Railway in the Pilbara. It’s got frankly autistic levels of detail about the operation and the production quality is :discoursechef:
Easily one of my favourite railway books now and I only bought it a few weeks ago on a whim

Page from inside the book discussing the exact size, operating parameters and train control for a typical train on the Hammersley Railway at the time. Check out that Extremely 1970s timber veneer control room!
Simplified track profile diagram of the Hammersely Railway mainline, including ruling grades and maximum curves for each section, major locations and water crossings

ThermiteBeGiants, 3 months ago to random

90s JR Shinkansen vibes

Various JR West & JR Central promotional videos about the Sanyo Shinkansen line and 1990s Shinkansen trains that ply the route such as the 300, 500 & 700 series Shinkansen trains, all set to vapourwave music to set the appropriate tone

ThermiteBeGiants, 2 months ago to random

Star Trek vs Stargate SG-1

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

Get yer Ding-Ding on, Canberra! :dingdingpixel:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-07/canberra-light-rail-stage-2b-federal-government-funding/103813252

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

After almost 500 days, Victorian Goldfields Railway steam locomotive J549 has returned to Maldon! It has been undergoing a heavy overhaul at the VGR workshops in Castlemaine, and finally ventured out onto the VGR's mainline today as part of a series of load trials as part of its return back to service. Well done to all the people involved in getting it going again!
#HeritageRail

ThermiteBeGiants, 1 month ago to random

If you know who coded Premier Inn's website, please put me in touch. I just want to talk.

liamvhogan, 1 month ago to random

One of the mysteries of rap history is how the Beastie Boys managed to avoid any major diss battles, with anyone, despite being at best really annoying brats and at worst, historically huge misogynists and dickheads. These three should be studied by peace and conflict experts