SomeAmateur
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 hours ago:
After doing a bit of dabbling I started doing a serious, play to win run of XCom UFO Defense with OpenXCom. The game can seem daunting but really it’s pretty fun.
Then I looked into other open source games and got distracted big time by starting Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 for my first time EVER with OpenRCT2! I now fully understand the hype and it’s crazy that I haven’t played it sooner
- Comment on It's a sin in Christianity to consume media based on ancient mythology and folklore? 2 weeks ago:
Nope. Watching a movie about Thor or something is different. It only doesn’t work when you begin to worship Thor over God, which breaks the first commandment
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yep, and all US Citizens have the same rights
Like anything else you can’t expect your political opponents to do the heavy lifting for you.
You want to protest a thing, you go protest. You want 2A you go buy a rifle and get good. From there choose the path you’re willing to follow. Nothing is stopping you but you.
- Comment on How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan? 2 weeks ago:
The US mil will certainly be negatively effected in the short term if China were to cut/be cut from manufacturing. This substack article is by a retired navy officer who explains it better than I can
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
And that system is AWESOME and I wish some highways in the US did the same. I fear it would devolve into a regulations nightmare after bubba in his rusted dodge rattles to peices trying to break 80mph.
Flat open highway in between cities in Kansas? Go for it!
But it’s kind of like the US and guns. It’s a cultural ability that is statistically proven to be dangerous and can be seen as too big of a risk for ordinary people to enjoy, and reckless people put the whole acrivity in question.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
That is the kind of speed it takes to get a 747 into the air on takeoff.
If you rolled down a back window of a car and stuck your head out (not recommended) you would feel wind that would max out typhoon and hurricane scales, similar to an EF4 Tornado. The skin of your face would flap like fabric, as seen here
- Comment on Since militaries are authoritarian, even in democratic countries; What would a military of a stateless/anarchist society look like? 3 weeks ago:
Structure doesn’t mean authoritarian by default but I see what you mean. Maybe like a reserve/volunteer fire department deal?
You have a normal life but you have some equipment you keep at home or in a car. Rifle, pistol, armor, drones, packs etc, but the heavy equipment is in a dedicated area. Simple training and maintenance is done weekly, larger more objective focused training every quarter or so.
The key would be having armed people outside of that group, not only to boost defensive capability of the community in an emergency but to provide a deterrent to misuse of the defense force. In the words of a Clint Eastwood movie “there are two types of people, those with loaded guns and those who dig”
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
looking good!
- Comment on how tf do you warm up plates? 4 weeks ago:
You’re right the cold plate sucks out a lot of heat! I sit them in hot water and dry them off before putting the food on
- Comment on Is it better to leave a country, or stay behind to fight for it? And what about the ethics of fleeing instead of staying behind? 4 weeks ago:
The US is a massive place. Yes the federal govt can suck but state and local governments are where you see the real day to day effects like roads, local businesses, utilities and parks.
Sit in on a meeting (a lot of stuff is streamed thanks to covid). Get to know the people in your area and what they stand for. If you want make your voice heard however you choose and give them some perspective on how an upcoming decision effects you. You can vote wisely and build a community with them from the bottom up.
You can have a surprising level of influence just by reminding people that voters exist and care enough to give input now and then.
- Comment on How exactly are people lighting Teslas on fire? 4 weeks ago:
Right and I’m sure it would work but technically Tesla advises responders not to. Idk why or what their recommended alternative might be
- Comment on How exactly are people lighting Teslas on fire? 4 weeks ago:
I assume the same goes for most EVs
- Comment on How exactly are people lighting Teslas on fire? 4 weeks ago:
Has anyone actually looked at the amount of water needes to handle a tesla fire? The pdfs are available and we looked at them when I was a volunteer. It’s like 8,000 gallons to keep the battery temps under control. Our tanker holds 2,000 gallons and foam isn’t effective like for normal cars.
A single tesla on fire needs a response similar to a house fire. Most fire response is going to be very strained with multiple, especially if they are at different locations.
- Comment on YSK: That nazis Don't Actually Believe in Free Speech 1 month ago:
They like free speech that doesn’t get them immediately banned, not free speech for everyone else’s ideas
- Comment on Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you? 1 month ago:
maybe they just really need the help?
- Comment on What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm? 1 month ago:
I shoot as a hobby and I’ve dabbled with archery
Bows are also harder to be consistent with. The way you nock the arrow on the string, keeping constant pull while aiming and inconsistencies in the arrows all play a part. Guns have similar stuff too but not nearly as bad as long as you have good fundementals.
Ballistics are a big deal with ranged weapons. Arrows don’t go very far or very fast so you really need to know how the arrow will arc and account for that as you aim. The farther the shot the more wind, drop etc will have to be factored into your aim.
I’m going to make up a number but let’s say 50 yards would be a tough shot for a bow. For a rifle that is no problem and most rifle bullets’ paths won’t start to arc significantly until it had travelled several hundred yards.
- Comment on Why do people love Ukraine so much? 1 month ago:
And you couldn’t beat them
- Comment on i took an iq test and it was nice and i took my time doing it but the answer was 86, is that bad?? 1 month ago:
The only people I’ve encountered that unironically cared about IQ were the most insufferable assholes
- Comment on What would the realistic ramifications be, if some (EU) country leader told Trump to his face that he's stupid? 1 month ago:
nothing, maybe some trade shit? It would make the leader in question look worse for stooping to his level
- Comment on Recommend me a steam deck game 1 month ago:
Shadows of doubt feels similar to old school Deus Ex. $30 normal price, so wait for a sale.
Run around a dark rainy city as an ex cop turned freelance detective. Take up side jobs, break into buildings, hack computers, sneak into bloody crime scenes to gather clues, make a conspiracy board, drink stolen alcohol and stagger down alleys, accuse the wrong people. And maybe…just maybe…retire to literally anywhere else
- Comment on Recommend me a steam deck game 1 month ago:
I was very impressed with KCD on my friend’s steam deck. Very smooth for a mobile system
- Comment on Is there really nothing the EU or NATO can do to stop Russian vessels cutting energy and communication cables at the Baltic sea? 1 month ago:
We should just track all the boats! Easy!
- Comment on Why hasn't the deep state stopped trump? 2 months ago:
Deep state (is generally agreed to be) non-elected officials who have the ability to sway govt functions. It’s more about making things not happen.
The “resist” movement from the first admin could be seen as an example of deep state. If an elected person wants to do something that they have the power to do but the lower levels of govt disagree (ie it isn’t in someone else’s best interest) suddenly there will be things to stop it from happening or make it so slow, painful and costly that the elected would rather do something else instead.
Errors in paperwork, extra “random” inspections, key people in the process calling sick, insisting on following all procedure step by step no matter what.
- Comment on Some examples of video games with an UI layout ripped off of another game? 2 months ago:
Yup goes for controls too! I remember PS1/PS2 games having WILDLY different control schemes even between games in a series. COD pretty much standardized shooter controls to the point that playing any shooter that broke that mold was a real struggle at first
- Comment on Would you consider me a “dry texter”? 2 months ago:
Bare minimim add some punctuation if you are really going to stick with one word replies
“Good!” comes off happy or excited “Good?” is confused and unsure “Good.” is just a touch more serious than no punctuation
I’m not fantastic at conversations but adding just a little something is fundemental to keep the ball rolling. It gives them something to go off of.
“No I didn’t do much, you?”
- Comment on Would you consider me a “dry texter”? 2 months ago:
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 2 months ago:
The inflation reduction act was in 2022, everything but amazon was built and operational prior but I get what you mean. I should have phrased it better.
Yes the federal govt likely had some role in getting favorable conditons for factories to be built. For people living there the following years and years of company cash flow caused a lot of the actual second and third order effects, not federal programs aimed at the region specifically. That is what I mean by “the fed govt had little to do with it (from the residents’ pov)”
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 2 months ago:
I guess it’s storytime! The rural area I grew up in was full of unionized industry jobs that shut down in the 80s, and then the auto industry followed in the 2000s. Many moved and for those that stayed life had sucked for a long while.
But the local mall stayed relevant (there’s not a whole lot else to do) and is now being filled with all kinds of new restauraunts and stores where old dead ones were. This was to meet demand since electric vehicle factories were built as well as amazon warehouses and other stuff. Then the taxes led to libraries and schools being built and upgraded.
Now it’s not all sunshine and rainbows of course but for the people there the world seemed cold and uncaring for decades. Now in their eyes it’s starting to come back and the federal government had little to do with it. I guess what I’m saying is that it’s all pretty subjective
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 2 months ago:
It gets said over and over but the country is huge and your experience can vary greatly. If you are a govt employee work is likely more chaotic, some more than others. Telework people coming back to the office, looming layoffs, people resigning/staying, big organizational shifts etc.
If you know a person deported of who may be deported you probably are concerned for them and the world feels turned upside down.
But for most people the gas prices are about the same, groceries are about the same and their life is about the same. If it wasn’t for the news/internet most people probably couldn’t tell the difference. It takes a big event you can’t easily ignore (Covid 19, hurricane helene, LA fires) for SOME of the country to notice and take any action at all.
- Comment on Unresponsive/Slow post submissions and upvotes leading to errors and duplicate posts 2 months ago:
It’s been working fine for me. I use the app Boost
