We've installed a time lapse camera high above my Synchrotron project, let the fun begin!

[Mr.Vic20]

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This cam takes a shot once per hour. The project is slated for beneficial occupancy by November 15th 2023. Play along as Vic tries to not lose his mind this summer! P.S. not sure how this plays in each browser. 

[Keyser_Soze]

Warning for people afraid of heights!

[Mr.Vic20]

We have loads of safety gear and protocols, much more than my contractor would like to have in fact! 

[Biggie]

Pretty cool. I’ll be checking back. 

[stepee]

I’ll monitor as often as possible to catch anyone slacking and NARC.

[Keyser_Soze]

So does this not update at night? It's still showing daylight (no workers)

[Nokra]

Not quite what I'd hoped for when you said you'd be filming yourself laying pipe, but I'll take it. 

[Mr.Vic20]

6 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

So does this not update at night? It's still showing daylight (no workers)

It will resume in the morning.

[Keyser_Soze]

11 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

It will resume in the morning.

 

But what if I want to catch some mobsters dumping a body in that hole in the middle of the night?

[Mr.Vic20]

46 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

But what if I want to catch some mobsters dumping a body in that hole in the middle of the night?

I feel for, and understand your need, however all of these images are being captured for a time elapse movie, so a bunch of night shot interspersed throughout will just give a really nasty strobing effect. 

[Mr.Vic20]

8 hours ago, stepee said:

I’ll monitor as often as possible to catch anyone slacking and NARC.

This is all I can ask, you're hired!  

[Keyser_Soze]

1 hour ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

I feel for, and understand your need, however all of these images are being captured for a time elapse movie, so a bunch of night shot interspersed throughout will just give a really nasty strobing effect. 

 

Ah see, this isn't exactly clear in the OP that you're making a movie. Are you going to team up with @sblfilms to distribute it?

[Mr.Vic20]

Yes, it will be a limited distribution art house piece!  

[Guest]

“Time Elapse”

[Mr.Vic20]

1 hour ago, sblfilms said:

“Time Elapse”

I've changed the title, forgive me! 

[Keyser_Soze]

12 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

I've changed the title, forgive me! 

 

It's too late, damage done. Too much time has elapsed.

[Mr.Vic20]

Pier 1 of 30 is going in now! That's the tall white mast looking unit behind the brick structure to the right side of the image. 

[Keyser_Soze]

Mast you say?

[Mr.Vic20]

2 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Mast you say?

A fully erect one no less! 

[Mr.Vic20]

Very soon the Synchrotron ring (technically its two rings with a positron stream going clock wise and an electron ring going counter clockwise) will be exposed. It is to this ring that we will graft the New Experimental Hall. We will make penetrations through the existing ring tunnel wall and then cast in place a new heavy concrete (ferrous aggregate) through which we will form in sleeves. When the building is completed this will allow for beamlines that are tangents off the ring to pass into the new facility and be captured in what are colloquially referred to as "hutches". Here is what that will look like:

 

  

[Keyser_Soze]

And on that note there seems to be a big blob of jizz on the camera. Get up there and wipe it off!

[Mr.Vic20]

1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said:

And on that note there seems to be a big blob of jizz on the camera. Get up there and wipe it off!

That's a feature! 

[Keyser_Soze]

[Mr.Vic20]

Weird, he doesn't seem any cleaner! 

[Mr.Vic20]

@Keyser_Soze 1 shops ticket and 2 irritated shops guys later and the lens is clear. 

[Chris-]

Not sure what a synchrotron is but it sounds like some Black Mesa shit, so I would advise you to grab the nearest crowbar. 

[Mr.Vic20]

14 minutes ago, Chris- said:

Not sure what a synchrotron is but it sounds like some Black Mesa shit, so I would advise you to grab the nearest crowbar. 

For your knowledge and edification, a Synchrotron ring is a massive electro magnetic "gun" that accelerates particles to near the speed of light. This particular one then uses complex magnetic field generators to wiggle free particles from this beam that become "Tangent Radiation", which in turn is shot down beamlines to strike materials/fields to determine a wide variety of impacts on whatever sample is the target of the beam strike. And yes, it makes head crabs! 

 

[Chris-]

The world’s most expensive game of Russian roulette, got it. 

[Keyser_Soze]

12 hours ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

@Keyser_Soze 1 shops ticket and 2 irritated shops guys later and the lens is clear. 

 

Get up there and wipe that shit off!

[Mr.Vic20]

4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Get up there and wipe that shit off!

But do it in a way that doesn't violate local union labor agreements.  

[Keyser_Soze]

36 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

But do it in a way that doesn't violate local union labor agreements.  

 

Well in that case I'm surprised it only took a day to get through the red tape.

[Mr.Vic20]

Demo is flying along and Pier drilling is on schedule. We have encountered a shelf of rock that was not observed as part of our geotechnical report , so we are all fingers crossed that we can punch through it without too much effort. 

[Keyser_Soze]

What are the aqua colored pipes for?

[Guest]

On 6/9/2022 at 11:59 AM, Mr.Vic20 said:

 

Are you sure this isn’t an airport terminal map?

[Keyser_Soze]

26 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

Are you sure this isn’t an airport terminal map?

 

He's actually building a giant stargate.