Senior Chief Petty Officer. Starfleet is in my blood, and I’ve spent my entire adult life in service to boldly going.

Keiko and Molly are my favorite humans, but Transporter Room 3 will always be my favorite.

Just don’t ask who what’s in the pattern buffer.

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Cake day: August 27th, 2024
  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•framed ruleEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The most reliable one I have uses an AR style fire control group, and large metal pieces for the bolt, and pre-hardened hydraulic tubing for the barrel.

    There’s plenty of metal in it, all held together via 3d printed parts and frame

    The only things I needed to buy that I would consider “from a firearm” or “from a gun store” would be the fire control group. Everything else was bought from McMaster Carr or local hardware stores.

    Spot on with the woodworking. I’ve made a couple stocks for my grandfather’s old broken long rifles. It’s just more time consuming. (also my 3d printer isn’t that long)

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•framed ruleEnglish
    9·
    4 days ago

    The ones I have use 3d printed frames, the fire control group and barrels are metal with 3d printed pieces for making the rifling.

    All the parts that take repeated heavy abuse are reinforced with extra thickness or different infil, but by weight I’d say it’s about 50/50 metal/plastic.

    The 3d printed lowers are quite basic, and since they aren’t designed to take a ton of stress anyway, it’s not really hard to find a decent design.

    All my parts are printed in pla+, and I do minimal work afterwards to make things perfect, only what is necessary for the mechanical parts to cycle properly.

    I actually haven’t been keeping up the last few years, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are even better methods than the ones I’ve used.

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•smh when will the straights stop putting their lull agenda in movies!English
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    24 days ago

    Every time my family brings up some character they believe “didn’t need to be gay”, I start bringing up movies I know they like that have unnecessarily ham-fisted romances that make no sense.

    To all the people who think Pacific Rim would have been improved by Raleigh and Mako kissing at the end, you are wrong. There was 0 need for romance in a movie about giant robots beating the shit out of giant alien monsters.

    Most action movies don’t need their little romance subplots, yet they’re everywhere.

    Most movies would be mostly unchanged if you took out any romantic entanglement at all.

    9/10 times, they’re all unnecessary.

    But if they’re going to be crammed in, they should be representative. Lgbtq+ exist. They deserve representation.

    My family has mostly stopped mentioning it around me.

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•inoruleationEnglish
    35·
    1 month ago

    Apologies to any furries, or other kin who might be reading and feel hurt, but I genuinely don’t get how you feel the way you do. BUT

    I also don’t HAVE to “get it” to know it’s who you are, it’s part of your identity, and even if I wanted to change it I couldn’t.

    Be as “weird” or “normal” or “kinky” or “reserved” as you want to be. It’s none of my business. It’s none of anyone’s business except yours.

    All the bullshit fear mongering hatred is so fucking stupid. “oh look they are wearing something that helps them feel closer to who they are, that makes me angry!” like Bruh… There are much more important things to worry about. Like how the country is going to implode in the next 4 years because half the US is bigoted pieces of shit who want a bigoted piece of shit in charge, and they LITERALLY want to wipe out people like this…

    Fuck outta here with bullshit divisive hatred over something as trivial as “they’re a furry/something not cishetero/whatever”

    Be a furry. Be ungovernable. Be whatever you are. To hell with republican hangups.

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•artist ruleEnglish
    67·
    2 months ago

    I’m not a monkey that dances for coins, if you want to see art go to a museum.

    I may have some lasting issues stemming from uncomfortable situations like this that have made me no longer care if people are put off by my reaction when I’m put on the spot. You want to see it? Ask me privately, and I’ll show you one on one if you actually care.

    No, I’m not bitter about things from my childhood, why do you ask…