[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

If I were to guess, a person on horseback will use a long stick to place an explosive directly on an armored vehicle in motion before 2025.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 26 points 7 months ago

The best part is by publishing this far and wide, anybody pushing for “careful consideration” and actual reasoned planning is immediately suspect, which leads to less reasoned decisions, which usually means more mistakes. If a victory is somehow won through violence of action and not careful planning, the support structure isn’t there to maintain the victory, nor are the people who win that victory well-suited to careful planning before the next engagement. The boring stuff is often what wins wars, simple things like plenty of fuel, adequate hygiene facilities, and dry socks can literally mean the difference between a division surrendering or winning a battle.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago

Good Excel users think themselves better than a beginner. Great Excel users think themselves somewhere between Intermediate and Advanced. Excel Masters, and I know one who placed in that Excel data modeling competition, know they’re somewhere in the Intermediate to Advanced range.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago

Orcas are a natural predator of everything that his the ocean. Fun fact, orcas have been known to toy with seals by catapulting them with their tails. I believe I remember seeing at least one baby seal got seventy feet in the air before returning to the sea (and its inevitable death).

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

I respect your perspective but as a parent, trust me, life is really freaking hard as it is. Making it harder is unconscionable.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 53 points 9 months ago

Try having small children; drive through a can be a lifesaver because you don’t need to unbuckle them, get their winter clothes on, get them into the restaurant, wait in line, order the food to go, then wait for the food, and then reverse the steps to get back into the car. It’s a giant PITA to just get some French fries, chicken tenders, and carrot sticks, let alone the drastically increased exposure to germs associated with a crowded restaurant. You may have heard, there’s a pretty bad wave of Covid, influenza, and RSV right now. Not sharing air with other people is a big part of staying healthy right now.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 29 points 9 months ago

I’d argue he’s setting the stage for einsatzgruppen, like the infamous Reserve Police Battalion 101.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 24 points 10 months ago

I know quite a few people who are pro gun and dislike Trump with a passion, including myself. I would argue Trump is a symptom of why many people keep guns; a fascist dictatorship is an immediate threat to communities who won’t benefit from the “warm embrace” of such a government. I bought my first AR the day after Trump won in 2016 because it was clear the future was not trending toward the light. It was a rabbit-hole, because I realized I needed enough to equip my family and friends for what’s coming, and I like piecing them together over time so the financial outlay isn’t as high due to the variou parts going on sale over time.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 49 points 10 months ago

“Taxpayers on the hook for innocent man assaulted and framed by police and DA.”

Fixed that for you.

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I recently acquired a ruck with a few holes and I’m looking to mend them. I found some basic instructions on hand sewing a bar tack to repair it, but I just want a reality check on how doable it is and any tips. If I really can’t do it, there are several local places I think can do the repair, but I’m a big believer in fixing my stuff, and I’ve got another pack that looks to be in need of a quick sew job as well. I’d describe my sewing skills as good at buttons, decent at straight stitches.

Note: I have the “right” thread on the way.

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

Was the dog black?

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Is there a portable civilian device that allows for short to medium range (10 miles or so) that would allow for 128 or 256 bit encrypted data bursts, and if so, what level certification would one need to go about for using it legally in the US? I’m imagining a data burst to convey less than 1 MB of data with an accompanying bit total that could then be “delivery confirmed” by a return message with that bit total. Bonus points if it could play nicely with a Disco32 Discus.

I know it wouldn’t fool a foxhunt, but was curious if such a thing exists and if so, what’s the entry cost in money and time?

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

You mean like when the emoji for gun went from something realistic to a squirt gun?

[-] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

They’re bidet controls. One would be for front wash, another for rear wash, and the third one for air dry. There may be temperature controls hidden somewhere nearby, or more likely the system recognizes the user and automatically uses those temperature settings, and the seashells are just gussied up push buttons.

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