Ryan

... for as long as my body physically lets me, in attempt to push my physical and mental limits and to speed up my weight loss journey? I did such a thing today a few times in a row, and my lungs felt like they were on fire, my heart felt like it was going a million miles a minute, my legs felt like rubber, and I felt like I was going to pass out. I’m using dramatic words but to some extent that was literally what it felt like. My watch claims my heart rate was at 182bpm. For someone who clearly doesn’t work out, I therefore have no idea if that is too high for a couch potato’s heart to run at. I don’t think my symptoms were anomalies for an out-of-shape person by any means. I just want to know if I can keep pushing my ultimate limits at such an early stage in the process of getting back into shape (use to be an athlete believe it or not).

They both seem to have the properties of speeding up the braking application. The quick release releases air faster as it has a exhaust port that’s located close to the brake chamber, whereas the relay valve has the property of releasing and applying air brakes faster, yet does not have an exhaust port (of my knowledge). Why have a quick release valve when you could just install relay valves and have best of both worlds— that is, fast brake application AND fast brake release.... 

I’m studying for my class 1 commercial vehicle license and noticed there’s a spring between the left side hard wall and the soft wall but don’t see a spring on the other side. 

Why is that a thing? Shouldn’t credit score be solely about how well you pay off your credit—and not also about how often you or someone else checks your credit score? I don’t get it. You’d think you’d want someone to be actively checking their credit score? 

Bishops move “diagonally”. Rooks move “horizontally or vertically”, a Queen moves “diagonally, horizontally, or vertically”, etc. Is there a word that describes the movement pattern of a Knight? 

I’m really bad. Like really really bad. I’ve only played for 3 weeks now but I should be a lot better for how much I’ve read about chess. I’ve read into how to open my chess board so my pieces have mobility towards the start, how forks and pins work, how to pile up attackers on crucial squares, when to make good trades, and etc, and I still really suck. Everyone I play against on chess.com always beat me. 

Someone told me I need to check the king before I deliver a checkmate but there’s been times where I win against a computer without having to do a check first. But then other times I’ve lost executing the win because the king was not in check first

Using Blender

I’m selling a couple guitars across the country to some guy on craigslist who’s interested in them. He said once I figure out the shipping costs, he’ll pay for the guitars and the shipping costs through an etransfer. I’ve never done an etransfer before with a stranger and I’ve heard something about etransfers can sometimes not be safe. Is this still the case? 

I’ve built many solid-fueled rockets, but I want to dive into liquid fuel engines. Yes I know I’m probably way over my head with the complexity involved, but I still want to try. What do you think my best bet is?

I don’t think their robots are incapable of being coded to do the dance in that manner, but the “music video” looks completely CGI. Just me? https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw

It just doesn’t make sense to me, but I’m the furthest thing away from a rocket scientist. If the LH is already going to boil off on the launch pad, then why store it at super-cooled temperatures? It sounds like a waste of LH and money.

My son and I would like to start building some of our own small projects together that utilize an Arduino, nested within a housing and other components that make up the project. So with that said, we would like some help three-dimensionally visualizing the project together through a program or app that’s something like AutoCAD.

Thanks,Ryan