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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

Ooo, this looks cool. So it's a self-hosted file management tool that lets you follow other users and share files with them?

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Something is terribly wrong!

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I assume part of it is to keep things competitive. Like how Formula 1 limits the tech that cars are allowed to use. If the richest team with the best equipment always wins, that really takes the fun out of it.

Too much technology also can spoil the fun by being a distraction from the rest of the game. A few years ago there was a game where Jared Goff was receiving play calls through his helmet radio but his radio wasn't working properly. He would just stand on the field looking stupid and helpless for 20-30 seconds before every play, trying to listen to instructions. It looked bad and was a lame experience for the fans.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

At first I thought the guy in the opening panel was about to throw a terrible pickup line at the woman in the foreground.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Wow, that's a beauty!

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Apparently it's in the ballpark of 6 weeks and $100,000. I hope someday I'm in a position to be concerned about the cost and time to have my plane painted.

https://cla.aero/how-much-does-it-cost-to-paint-my-private-jet/

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 44 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Japanese fighter jet art FTW.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

Ooohh, I like murder mystery voting.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

I wish I had a solid source on this. The best I can find is a 6-year-old Reddit comment:

This particular jump with the BT-7 cavalry tank was performed by a tank test pilot Evgeniy Kulchitsky, he mentions in his memoirs that it was a very challenging test to perform (15m height, 42m length of the jump), requiring challenging practice and long preparation. You had to adjust the rotational speed of the tracks mid-air to not outright lose them, assume a (relatively) safe position and then continue to pilot the tank after landing to get it to the shore.

The reason for this testing was to make sure that similar jumps were a viable tactical option (fording rivers at speed, for example) and that both the crew and the tank could manage it and remain effective.

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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

I assume you mean dollars?

I assume the Fedihosting Foundation would suddenly become a major financial backer of Fediverse projects and instances. Or @ruud@lemmy.world and the money both disappear, never to be seen again. One or the other.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

This is basically how the city of Richland, Washington came into its present form. During the Manhattan Project the federal government took over the town and some adjacent villages, evicting about 300 people, and built it into a bedroom community that eventually housed about 25,000 people for the nearby Hanford site.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

To build on the good answers from superkret and nemo...

The survival Rule of 3's says that, depending on your situation, you can generally survive:

  • three weeks without food.
  • three days without drinkable water.
  • three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold).
  • three minutes without breathable air, or in icy water.

Finding a way to stay warm and dry at night should probably be your primary concern. Hypothermia kills fast.

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The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news release from the park. The Cherokee name for the mountain translates to “mulberry place.”

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We're supposed to be done with the heat waves by now, ma'am.

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An old comic that feels oh so relevant in this tumultuous election year.

Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/an-important-distinction

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