[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

The Journalist targeted a drone at long range and burned through the body. Make the drone closer and select a less beefy component such as a rotor arm and they go down quicker. BTW if you didn't catch it in the article maximum effective range is well over 1 mile.

You also have to remember the US Military also isn't going to allow a Journalist to publish the full capabilities of a fancy new future-tech weapon like this. Gotta leave some surprises in place!

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Being a bulky, heavy weapon with a reliance on a lot of electricity

The SK version is bulky and heavy because it's their 1st Gen however other countries already have versions that are significantly smaller, lighter, and fully mobile.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

For fucks sake…not again.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Russia may not have

Russia is NOT the only problem, they aren't even the main problem. There's quite a number of issues where the mainstream media discourse depends almost entirely on whose in office. As an example take a look at crime statistics since 1991 and then align the media coverage about crime with whose in charge at the time. Immigration is another one. 2,000 people or more crossing the border every day may or may not be a crisis depending on which political party is in charge.

Those and other issues aren't being manipulated, at least not primarily, by Russia Propaganda. That work is being done by mainstream media sources and the only way to know you're being manipulated into an opinion is by putting in the work to learn the context and history of an issue.

It's a massive time suck that can require hours, days, or even weeks to get a deep enough understanding to know you're being lied to and / or manipulated.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So who do you recommend replace him?

You ain't pulling any MAGA supporters off Trump no matter what you do so why try? A Harris / Ocasio-Cortez ticket would energize the Dem base, drag Progressives in by the train load, pull over all the Dem leaning Independents and almost certainly more than a few of the "We want political change!" people.

It would also result in heart attacks for double digit percentage of MAGA people and they can't vote if they have passed into the great beyond.

Aside from the funny it's also a balanced ticket with Kamala "The Understudy" Harris on top and Alexandria "The Squad" Ocasio-Cortez present but without any real power as the VP.

Then have them get out there and swing for the fences. Harris can be the calm one while AOC can get all fiery and tirade on everything. It would be a great time!

I don't swing their way politically but I'd honestly vote for that ticket ahead of anything else that's probably going to be on there. Trump is a total non-starter for me, the Libertarians have gone loony, and no one else has any chance at all of being elected.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

DO most employers want to get this right?

Since MOST companies are small and privately held I'd say yeah, most of them probably do. The issue is mostly with large publicly traded companies and because they have so many employees their cheating is what drives the statistics you quoted.

That doesn't mean a small company won't ever try to cheat because they will, I'm just saying that the smaller companies who are closer to their workers and don't have "shareholders" are far less likely to shiv someone over their OT.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I’m willing to bet that they somehow locked themselves into using 8 inch disks in the early to mid 80s if not earlier, when the 5¼ discs were still new-ish and the 3½ were brand-new or not even available yet.

You nailed it. The contract was awarded in June of 1988 and the ship was being designed in 87/88. That means the targeting system was almost certainly designed in 85/86. A time when 8" floppies were still prevalent in Industrial, Commercial, and Military systems.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah, it was pretty obvious that this was going to happen sooner or later. It doesn't meet the definition of "enshitification" though. The platform, Xbox Live, isn't losing functionality it's just getting more expensive. There's also no obvious shift to favor business customers.

It's a pretty standard price hike with a small side helping service tiers changing features.

I'm not HAPPY about it of course.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 49 points 4 days ago

Sounds great, now how are they proposing to tax the wealthy. You know, those people who have a jet set lifestyle but no income to tax?

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