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[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 55 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“The purpose of a system is what it does”.

The master of calling out sick by coming up with vague yet already TMI excuses no one wants to hear more about.

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

War with China would inevitably cause trade disruptions that fuck the global economy. Unless the failchild-fash have full control it won’t happen because the capitalists that understand how their bread is buttered would never accept the economic damage outside of a looming existential threat to the status quo and China is more than happy to boil the frog it seems (for now at least).

If the US manages to encircle China, it becomes more likely. The general incompetence of states that need to fall in order to encircle China is the major risk, but they haven’t fallen yet.

CW needed, please edit.

His legal team would be a very plausible explanation as well. It checks a lot of boxes in appealing as broadly and mildly as possible.

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just need to issue some flashlights next. I can’t wait to see how dogshit the American attempt at a lasrifle is going to be.

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They also tried this before and it fucking sucked.

About the xm25

But it was expensive; each round cost $1,000 and was expected to drop to $35 or so in full production. And the system frequently failed. I photographed a sergeant major firing it in a "familiarization shoot” and something like eight rounds failed in a row. A military police soldier and I slowly counted the shots as I took photos, marking each time that another two weeks of our pay had gone downrange and failed to explode.

It was worse on patrols, where troops couldn't count on the weapon in tough fights. It was risky to break cover to fire the weapon when it might take five or even 10 shots to get the burst. They obviously tried, but the troops in contact reports would come across the brigade chat system, saying that they'd expended 10 or 20 rounds for zero enemy casualties.

Apparently the airburst is the key point. They want an easy way to precisely get a grenade behind cover at long range.

Too bad they forgot that grenades have to actually explode to be useful lol.

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago (12 children)

They’re making a shitty bolter for absolutely no reason.

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Specific southern accents.

 

I see ads for them on TikTok and they exude scam vibes. I’m aware that putting a fully loaded emulator on a usb connectable device is possible, but there’s no way all of them are legit. Have any of you bought one? Does it work well? If so, which one?

 

**Crossposter's note: I was working on a discussion post with excerpts, but this is a really good thread I don't want to split the discussion. Please just participate in the original instead. **

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3652499

thanks to @iridaniotter@hexbear.net for telling me abt this essay! its been posted on HB before, but not in a while.

read feminist theory you libs! uphold TC69 thought!

 

Summary

The magnetic levitation facility would work on the same principle as the hammer throw in athletics but rotating at increasing speeds before throwing the launch capsule towards Earth.

The system’s technical readiness is relatively high. Since it consumes only electricity and does not require any propellant, it will be relatively small in scale and straightforward to implement,” the researchers wrote in the journal Aerospace Shanghai.

“The main goal is to extract and return helium-3 to help address Earth’s energy crisis. The project will also boost the development of space mining technologies, heavy launch vehicles, and artificial intelligence.” Note: the AI angle seems to be related to the targeting calculations, not bazinga shit.

The system is designed to last for at least 20 years, but it will weigh around 80 tonnes and will need to wait for China’s super heavy-lift rocket to start operating before it could be taken to the moon.

The team aimed to complete the development of key components by 2030, followed by lunar surface verification and full-scale implementation by 2045, he said.

 

There some banger lines and insights. CW, the B-word is used once. If anyone knows of any other articles about early DE/No truce with the Furies please share. I found this while trying to find one that was in a magazine I can't remember.

 
 

Post hog was wild and felt crazy at the time, but I think I’m still partial to the old episode megas. Chapo was never deep, but people would delve into the content and find a way to extract actual insight. It was cool sharing a piece of media and crowdsourcing an analysis of it.

 

Roast/cook some beans (literally any sort), season them, and put them in the freezer. It’s awesome, beat the heat with a bean treat!

 

I’m trying this on my next day off. It’ll look terrible probably, but a hexagonal bear onigiri has been prophesied.

 

badass communist dj!

 

Awesome live set

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