Asetru

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[–] Asetru@feddit.org 42 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

"cheese"

Who am I to diss a brie?

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 16 points 11 hours ago

Sean just stood down there and did fuck all, so I guess being honoured is already more than he could expect.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago
[–] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
  • i actually think that if pickups had lower hoods, they would be more moral, yes, because they would be less dangerous. (see above)

Fair point. I agree.

I always assumed that the bonnet height was one of the reasons why you couldn't really drive one of those in Europe anyway. But if that's not the case then yes, adjusting that should be done.

(Also I drive a van and I think it's cool since obviously I'm cool and so my car kinda has to be, too, so I'm not sure if I agree with your first point.)

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But isn't that already part of regulations 78/2009 and 2019/2144?

I mean, I'm all for it, but if it's just that it seems the goal is to get more detailed regulations for the bonnet then that's great, but I fail to see how that would get rid of SUVs or other larger cars.

Also don't misunderstand me there... Reducing bonnet height to protect pedestrians on impact is a good thing and should be done. I just don't think it'd reduce car weight or size, so if that's the goal then it won't help.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You just have to have so much money that the money makes you more money than you need in castle upkeep.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

We've had station wagons for a very long time now. A big Ford Mondeo we had was a relatively low car, without an enormous bonnet.

Cars continue to get wider, longer and higher off the ground (there's this Kia that looks like you're driving around in a fridge), whilst the stuff we move within them isn't exactly increasing. it's just bigger for the sake of being bigger, and that's causing issues in the streets.

You are missing my point. To turn this into a law, there need to be clear rules of what is or isn't allowed.

The Kia you're talking about is this one I guess? The EV5?

Unfortunately, the size comparison site I used doesn't have that, but it is apparently similar to their "Sportage" SUV, so I took the long wheel base version of that one to compare it against your old Mondeo...

... which is longer than the SUV...

... and only 5cm less wide ...

whilst the stuff we move within them isn't exactly increasing

... and has much less cargo volume.

So, what kind of rules do you come up with to get rid of the one but not the other? Height? Then what about the vans? And how is height making a car more or less unethical?

So far, the 3.5 ton weight limit seems to have worked well for keeping the most ridiculous American cars off European streets. But it seems that's not enough, so what other rules could be used to define which cars shouldn't be allowed to drive around? It's obviously not weight because we already have that. It's apparently not the size because despite most arguments, SUVs aren't always much bigger than other cars that are usually perceived as fine. So what is it??

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 144 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate how this needs to be read right-to-left. First thought that the ui took up less and less space.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Hm. Don't know.

This one?

Yeah, can be banned.

But this one?

Don't know. While it's a fair bit shorter than an f150, it's still a big-ass car. But is it an unethical car? It fits a lot of stuff or a lot of people or a fair amount of both, but I guess the same thing is true for the f150. Visibility is much better I guess, but would pick ups be more moral if they had a lower hood?

Like, yeah, I hate pick ups, too, but what's their defining aspect? What's the law that gets rid of large SUVs but keeps station wagons? Or is the law just going to get rid of all larger cars?

I'm not trying to argue against the idea of banning dick comparison cars, this is a genuine question.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nearly every respectable major news outlet that has commentary tries to invite commentary from multiple sides.

Maybe that's part of the issue though?

If Jimmy Allred says it’s raining, and W. Lee O’Daniel says it isn’t raining, Texas newspapermen quote them both, and don’t look out the window to see which is lying, and to tell the readers what the truth is at the moment.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I only started to look at it and am already pissed. So I stopped because it would probably only make me exen more angry. What a lying piece of dirt.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 33 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I'd even say that this illustrates the success even more...

  • lemm.ee shuts down, iirc, because it took too much time and effort to run the instance. Not really a sign of inactivity.
  • the platform keeps going! The whole idea of a federated network works, as a single instance going down doesn't impact other ones. As it happened before, see e.g. feddit.de.

So Lemmy as a whole is alive and healthy - and successful.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Asetru@feddit.org to c/vgmusic@lemmy.world
 

When this song started I knew I was in for something special. Playing at pretty much the beginning of the game, it set the tone for a strategy game that was so emotional and story focused, it has imho since turned into a true classic.

Barber composed this piece for strings in the 1930s and turned it into the vocal "Agnus Dei" in the 1960s. The Homeworld version is iirc performed faster than originally written but works really well, especially within the game.

See a gameplay video here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xtoDkda9Aio

 
 

Ich weiß, ich weiß... Die Winterreifen. Die Heizung. Die Batterie, die bei den Temperaturen ein wenig weniger aufnimmt. Alles in Summe. Vielleicht will ich bei dem miesen Wetter und der Dunkelheit auch schneller zu Hause sein.

Das dachte ich mir alles schon. Kennt man ja. Hab mir deswegen auch die letzten Wochen nichts dabei gedacht.

Und was war's tatsächlich? Bremse hinten fest. Und zum Schluss so arg, dass ich as erst gemerkt habe, als nach einer längeren Fahrt die Felge hinten so heiß war, dass man die kaum anfassen konnte. Schrauber hat hinten die komplette Bremse tauschen müssen weil die durch die Hitze komplett im Eimer war.

Yay.

Schön: während die Karre in der Werkstatt war gab's einen elektrischen als Leihwagen. Man stellt sich langsam auf uns ein. Daumen hoch dafür.

 

So, the core box has been shipped to known Star Wars Armada content creators, it seems, so the first gameplay reports are dropping, which is nice to see and should help to decide if the game's for you...

Tbh, especially the ship movement seems odd to me. Too many steps involved to get a ship to its next position. The emphasis on story and interaction beyond fighting on the other hand seems very star trek-ish and at first glance well done.

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Link Collection for all Things X-Wing TMG (ffg-forum-archive.entropicdreams.com)
 

So, there's a page with lots of links for various X-Wing TMG resources... But it's hosted on the FFG forums and with the game being discontinued and having been transferred from FFG to AMG literal years ago, I thought I'd just copy them here. This is, for now, just the copy-pasted link collection. I'll go through them to remove stuff that's no longer online and maybe add stuff I found elsewhere, but right now I'd just like to keep MidWestScrub's links alive in case FFG decides to finally pull the plug on the forum.

This is meant to be an addition to the excellent post @MajorJuggler has kept updated over the years. For that 1.0 thread, click here.

Podcasts:

Gold Squadron Podcast .

Mynock Squadron Podcast .

Radio TCX.

OCX Radio.

Birmingham Barons.

The Inland Empire Aces.

Scum and Villiany Podcast.

Carolina Krayts.

186th Squadron Podcast.

Sith Takers Snap Shots.

Thule Squadron Radio.

Evergreen Squadron Radio.

512 Squadron Podcast.

Liberty Squadron Podcast.

Stay on Target.

Back to Dials.

Hornet Squadron.

Renegade Squadron Podcast.

HitHitCrit Podcast.

Lack of Focus Podcast.

Cloud City Radio.

The Salt Mines Podcast.

Sea to Sky Squadron Podcast

Florida Man Plays X-Wing.

Turn Zero.

Tosche Station X-Wing Podcast.

The Midwest Scrubcast.

Millenium Condor. (French)

South Wookiees Squadron Podcast. (Portuguese)

These next two actually cater specifically to a more casual set of players.

**** of a Pilot.

Shuttle Tydirium.

YouTube and Twitch Streams:

Gold Squadron: YouTube. Twitch.

First Earth: YouTube. Twitch.

Back to Dials: YouTube. Twitch.

Birmingham Barons: YouTube. Twitch.

VTTV: YouTube. Twitch.

Sith Takers: YouTube. Twitch

**Echo Base X-Wing: **YouTube. Twitch.

X-Wing Selbsthilegruppe : Twitch. YouTube.

Firestorm Squadron: YouTube.

Weekend Warlords: YouTube. Twitch.

Game Chief: YouTube.

Fly Casual X-Wing: YouTube.

Purrfect-Blinky: YouTube **. **Twitch.

312 Squadron: YouTube **. **Twitch.

**Arch Alliance: **YouTube. Twitch.

X-Wing Battle Report Archive.

Non-stream Video Content:

Hairy Nick.

Crabbok.

Blogs:

Such an X-Wing Hipster.

Eruletho, Tales of the Silver Ace.

Deathrain's Blog.

Starfighter Mafia.

Blair Bunke's Blog.

Zombie Squadron.

Nathan's X-Wing Blog.

Friday Night X-Wing.

What the Actual Zuck?

D20 Radio.

Back to Dials.

Tantum Imperium.

Ramblings of a Wargamer.

Fishy Wargaming.

Space Owls.

X-Wing Tavern Wars.

Bloglette Generator.

Joust Me .

Stay on the Leader.

X-Wing Analytica.

Dylan-Jones

Confessions of a Midwest Scrub.

The following blogs have released Second Edition content, but it's been a while. (Note this article was released March 2019).

It's Getting Hoth in Here. Nothing since December 2018.

Taking the Sith. Nothing since December 2018.

X-Wing Puzzle Club. Nothing since December 2018.

Yes, More X-Wing. Nothing since early January 2019.

Squad Building Apps and Websites:

Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0.

Launch Bay Next.

X-Wing 2nd Ed. Squad Designer.

X-Squad.

FFG's Official Squad Builder.

Quick Build Squad Builder. For all your Quick Build needs.

Tournament Organization:

Tabletop T.O.

Best Coast Pairings.

Cryodex .

Tome.

Simulators:

Vassal. Gold Squadron has a tutorial video on how to download it here .

Fly Casual.

TTS.

X-Wing A.I.

Rules Reference:

Rules Documents and Tournament Regulations. At the bottom of the page under the Support heading, click the appropriate tab for either Rules or Tournament Regulations.

FAQ . On FFG's forums, under "X-Wing Rules Questions" you'll find this forum thread with their official rulings.

Community Rules Committee. This is a group of judges and other community members that have come together to get answers to questions that FFG hasn't yet taken the time to answer. Their document can be found here, and you can submit questions here.

Other:

List Fortress . An online repository of Second Edition tournament results. Everything from eight person kit tournaments to System Opens with hundreds of participants. It shows the format, the number of people, what lists they were flying, and the number of wins and MOV (Margin of Victory). All data is voluntarily submitted, so there may be some holes in the information depending on how in depth the submission was.

Pink Brain Matter. This is a recently released site that analyzes data from List Fortress. It can tell you the percentage of Rebel lists in major tournaments since the recent points change, and the percentage of those lists that took certain pilots, etc.

Probability Calculator. This will allow you to enter in a ton of variables for numerous different attacks to see expected damage under various circumstances. For those of us who are math impaired, it's a vital tool.

Infinite Arenas. This awesome site has a number of tools available, including an unofficial rules reference, a card browser, and printable maneuver reference cards for most Second Edition ships, among other things.

X-Wing Mapper. This fantastic tool will show you all the available final positions of any ship in any faction. Toggle variations for Afterburners, Advanced Sensors, Supernatural Reflexes, or any other possibilities, choose your maneuver and see all the different places your ship could end up.

We Tabletop . A searchable event locator.

X-Wing Second Edition Wiki.

Metawing. An analysis tool to quickly find out what has had success and what hasn't.

X-Wing Card Creator.

2.0 Buying Guide.

Highground: An X-Wing score keeping app. Android download. IOS download.

How to get into X-Wing. A beginner's guide to getting into the game.

X-Wing Battlereport. A searchable database of X-Wing related videos.

For a short review of most of the above links, check out: Before Setting Dials: A Guide to Community Resources.

 

Yeah, this really helped me to even understand what different editions and factions were and how that's all supposed to work.

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VWs Gewinn (feddit.org)
 

Keine Ahnung, ob das in die community hier passt, sonst gerne löschen...

Ich hab einfach mal die VW Finanzen angeschaut... 23 war ein Rekordjahr, sowohl was Umsatz (>322 milliarden Euro) als auch was Gewinn (>16 milliarden Euro) angeht. Überhaupt gab es in den letzten 10 Jahren nur ein Jahr in dem der Konzern Verluste gemacht hat - '15, als über 16 milliarden Euro für den Dieselskandal zurückgestellt wurden. Zahlen hier: https://eulerpool.com/aktie/Volkswagen-Aktie-DE0007664039/Umsatz

Kann mir mal einer erklären als ob ich 5 wäre, wo gerade diese Lesart herkommt, dass der Konzern den Bach runter geht und dringend Werke schließen und Löhne kürzen muss?

 

Title pretty much says it.

I regularly draw stuff on a computer and always had convertible laptops, first to take notes and later to be able to draw stuff. I started with a Lifebook T3010, went on to get a Thinkpad X60 tablet, later an X220t. When I needed to replace that, I got a Dell XPS which I hated with a passion due to its lousy digitiser, which was an AES pen instead of the tech they used in previous generations. Out of my frustration, I got a wacom cintiq tablet display, which is, however, clumsy and over the years the connector (which really isn't made to be used in non-office environments) started acting out, so I started to look for a convertible again. However, I'm having a hard time finding EMR convertibles. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a convertible with decent Linux support that has a built-in EMR panel? I'm already thinking about getting an older Thinkpad X2x0t off of ebay, but it's hard to find a good deal on one it seems...

 
 
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