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#ballast : heavy material used to stabilize a ship

- French: lest

- German: der Ballast

- Italian: zavorra

- Portuguese: balastro

- Spanish: lastre

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Deptford Stones: London, the River Thames and the Circulation of Ballast in the Age of Sail, c.1750–c.1850 [html, pdf 31pp] #ballast #MaritimeArchaeology #AgeOfSail https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/ceag102/8748666

How do you reason it makes sense to promote a real product aimed at people making physical objects.. and then use fake images made by AI?

For everyone considering this product: the images shown by AZROCK / https://www.armballast.com are not actual photos of their product.

edit: image, note for example the disappearing sleeper below the track, third from bottom

@realrrscenery

#ModelRailroad #Ballast #IndustrialTrack #ai

I want the same #gaming #performance as #CachyOS but I stay on #Arch. CachyOS is basically Arch with preconfigured tweaks. I build the same setup myself, so I know what every single #screw does and why it is there. No #ballast I do not understand, full #control. If something breaks, I know exactly where to look.

My #plan:

1. #CachyOS #repo and #BORE #kernel
2. #sysctl tweaks
3. #udev #scheduler rules
4. #amdpstate, preferred core
5. split lock off
6. #ananicy
7. #gamemode
8. #GEProton
9. #mesagit
10. #RADV transfer queue
11. #GPU performance level
12. #EXPO in the #BIOS

Funny detail: the #CachyOS #wiki itself has a #guide for Arch users who do not want to switch but want full control.

https://wiki.cachyos.org/features/optimized_repos/

What do you think?

#LinuxGaming #FOSS #Gaming #Freedom

Bring it on.
Plateau Altmünster, #Lëtzebuerg
#CFL #train #maintenance #ballast

https://www.wacoca.com/games/1379494/ Ballast、戦術的なローグライトサバイバーズライク『Cloudbreaker』のデモ版をSteamで公開 | gamebiz ##GAMING #Ballast、戦術的なローグライトサバイバーズライク『Cloudbreaker』のデモ版をSteamで公開 #Game #GameNews #gamebiz #games #GamingNews #social #SocialGameInfo #steam #インフォ #ゲーミング #ゲーム #ゲーム攻略 #ゲーム最新情報 #人気アプリ #最新情報

#ballast : any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness

- French: lest

- German: der Ballast

- Italian: zavorra

- Portuguese: balastro

- Spanish: lastre

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‘Relay’s Justin Piasecki Sells Action-Thriller Spec ‘Ballast’ To Netflix; Thunder Road Producing
#Acquisitions #News #Ballast #JustinPiasecki #Netflix #ThunderRoad

https://deadline.com/2026/02/ballast-spec-justin-piasecki-sells-netflix-1236728808/

The glider now has 12 pounds of lead shot and epoxy added to dead space in the very end of the tail boom.

My initial estimate of volume indicated that I could add 8 - 10 pounds this way. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I didn't make a chocolate covered mess of things as I was pouring this goop into the tail.

I need to add a few more pounds to the tail. Phase two of this project will use lead plate, bolted to the vertical fin spar. (I need to unroll the 1/4-inch plate first, then develop a template to cut the lead.)

I could not add the epoxy/lead shot mix all at once because of the exothermic reaction of epoxy. When mixed epoxy is in a thick blob (instead of a thin layer), it generates enough heat to warm itself...which accelerates the chemical reaction...releasing more heat...further accelerating the reaction.... I have seen epoxy smoking hot because of this, so I added a bit, waited a half hour, checked temperature with an IR non-contact thermometer, added a bit more when it was clear that the exotherm was only very mild, etc. That took a while, but turned out well.

I note that Roto Metals has a discount on some 1-inch lead plate. Get your fork lift ready. No free shipping!

https://www.rotometals.com/lead-sheet-plates/sheet-lead-1-64-lbs-sq-ft/

#AvGeek #Aviation #ElectricAircraft #Homebuilt #Glider #DIY #EAA #Ballast #Math #Density #Exothermic #Chemistry #Thermodynamics #Lead #Epoxy

My glider needs the center of gravity shifted aft, so I need to add weight in the tail.

The first photo is looking into the rudder cove (rudder removed). I can bolt some lead plates to the flat face of the vertical fin spar, but I will need even more weight added back here.

Note that the rudder hinge support is glowing green...a flashlight on the other side is illuminating it.

That part is hollow and it's nothing but dead space. I can add lead shot and epoxy in there.

The second photo shows the view of this pale green fiberglass part from the other side. Before I can add lead shot in there, I need to add a dam to retain it while the epoxy cures.

Third photo shows a piece of scrap Plexiglas that fits up against the end of the rudder hinge support.

Final photo shows the Plexiglas dam glued into place with RTV silicone caulk. It has a semicircular cutout that allows a larger diameter piece of tubing to be placed there while I pour lead shot and epoxy into a funnel and fill that empty space.

Half of the caulking work was done blind and by feel. I am accessing this tight space from the inspection port in the side of the vertical fin. There is just enough room for one hand and this part to pass through the port and then get positioned. I practiced before applying the caulk so I knew exactly how to position and twist the part so that I didn't make a mess and most of the caulk ended up in the desired location.

#AvGeek #Aviation #ElectricAircraft #Homebuilt #Glider #DIY #EAA #Epoxy #Ballast #Lead #Plexiglas

#ballast : any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness

- French: lest

- German: der Ballast

- Italian: zavorra

- Portuguese: balastro

- Spanish: lastre

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A daily challenge to chain words together @ https://wordwallgame.com

Learning is fun. And catchy.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SV8Sro/

#trains #ballast #SingAndLearn

So I am definitely not a hoarder, but somehow I find it hard to toss these solid ballasts that came from old tube light fixtures I just took down. Could they be of any use? They weigh a ton...
#ballast #junk #OldElectronics #BenchLite

Rumble.
Reichenau-Tamins, #Graubünden #Switzerland
#RhB #train #work #ballast #diesel #locomotive

#ballast : any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness

- French: lest

- German: der Ballast

- Italian: zavorra

- Portuguese: balastro

- Spanish: lastre

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Fill in missing translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations

Centenaire de la naissance de Frantz Fanon.
Relire l'abécédaire que la revue #Ballast lui avait consacré.
https://www.revue-ballast.fr/labecedaire-de-frantz-fanon/

🅱️Revue Ballast🅱️ « J’appartenais aux souffrants » — un récit de Maria Occhipinti: Nouvelle : quelque part dans un avenir indéfini. L’article « J’appartenais aux souffrants » — un récit de Maria Occhipinti est apparu en premier sur BALLAST. #littérature #MariaOcchipinti #récit #Ballast #art

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#ballast : any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness

- French: lest

- German: der Ballast

- Italian: zavorra

- Portuguese: balastro

- Spanish: lastre

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Fill in missing translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations

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