Dettweiler42
@Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com
- Comment on Helldivers 2 has "performed well ahead of expectations" and topped more than 8m sales 10 months ago:
I have yet to encounter any toxicity, but I’m sure it’s out there somewhere. For reference, I’m lvl 40.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 has "performed well ahead of expectations" and topped more than 8m sales 10 months ago:
You would be surprised how much you can communicate by just pinging stuff. I’ve had many missions with randos where a single word wasn’t spoken, but we were all actively pinging high priority targets and putting markers on the map for our intentions.
- Comment on Short games with lots of replay value? 10 months ago:
Just off the top of my head: Noita, Battlezone Gold Edition, and Risk of Rain 2
- Comment on Short games with lots of replay value? 10 months ago:
FTL: Faster Than Light
By the same people, and the same vibe: Into the Breach - Comment on AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms 10 months ago:
It’s also very easy to run an AI image generation tool locally using open source models.
- Comment on Couldn't remember Caillou's name. 1 year ago:
Saw the show. Calliou is a whiney little bitch, and he’s a bad influence on children. The parents tolerate his behavior and let him get away with it, which teaches children to do the same.
There. I said it.
- Comment on Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections 1 year ago:
Considering that writer is pumping out multiple articles a day, they most likely are to some extent.
- Comment on Appliances with an off light. 1 year ago:
Just unplug them? Most appliances still draw some electricity (i.e. phantom load) when turned off.
- Comment on Games that are good at getting you ready to play? 1 year ago:
Rock music starts blasting as your mech turns to face the bulkhead. The dropship’s engines roar louder as it approaches the ground, and the wall in front of you flies upwards. Your mech’s feet slam into the ground with a heavy thud.
- Comment on Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025 1 year ago:
Yes, but I like gaming without having to tweak things for every game. Proton is looking pretty good thanks to the Steam Deck. Hopefully it’ll be a very solid option when it comes time for me to make a decision.
Unfortunately, a lot of my music software and hardware is incompatible with both Linux and W11
- Comment on Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025 1 year ago:
Yarr harr fiddle di dee…
- Comment on Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do 1 year ago:
But in this case, they’re not. Plus, the crew are going to be the ones determining if their VOR/DME makes sense or not.
- Comment on Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do 1 year ago:
First, they have to align on the ground. You initialize them with your current known position (usually by GPS or your known airport/gate spot). Then, you wait for them to synchronize with the Earth’s rotation. If you’re far north, like in Alaska, this could take half an hour. If you’re close to the equator, it could take 5 minutes. Once they’re ready, from that point, any movement you make, it will know where you are and where you’ve been.
If you spin up a gyro and begin moving around, it will maintain it’s starting position. You can use this deflection to calculate direction. If you know how fast you are going and for how long, you’ll have your position.
Mechanical gyros drift. It’s the nature of a world with friction. Newer IRUs use laser gyros, so the only real drift they have comes from extremely minute rounding errors.
- Comment on Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do 1 year ago:
If it’s a smaller plane (such as a CRJ / ERJ) with only one IRU, it will not be able to determine if GPS is valid or not, so the drift correction gets spoiled.
Large commercial aircraft are using 3 IRUs, with newer aircraft using ADIRUs. If GPS does not agree with the three IRUs, the GPS data is thrown out. If the GPS is within tolerance, correction is applied. You could build up very small errors over a long distance, but you should still be pretty close to the airfield when you get there.
- Comment on Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do 1 year ago:
ADIRUs will throw out bad GPS data if it disagrees with multiple IRUs, hence why there’s usually 3 on the aircraft.
If they’re using the older IRUs, the drift is corrected via redundancy and not GPS. Usually pilots will report drift based on their final IRU coordinates compared against GPS. Even then, they should still be checking their course with VOR.
- Comment on Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do 1 year ago:
Yes. Most of commercial navigation systems rely on the IRUs as a primary source of position data, and they’ll usually have 3 of them. VHF is used by the crew to confirm that the aircraft is on track by referencing VOR stations, though these are slowly being phased out due to GPS.
That being said, a single traditional IRU can have up to 2km of drift over a 2 hr flight (at which point it’s removed from service and replaced). When used in combination with two other IRUs, the error is dramatically reduced. Traditional IRUs are gyroscopically mechanical in nature and do not talk to GPS.
Now, that being said, the new standard is called an ADIRU (ADvanced IRU), which ties in with GPS and features laser gyros. They’re extremely accurate and have essentially zero drift, plus multiple redundant components within each unit.
- Comment on Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do 1 year ago:
That just means you can’t use autoland in low visibility conditions. Modern IRUs (inertial reference unit) are highly accurate laser gyros that can use GPS for correction, but will throw out the data if it doesn’t make sense. Navigation won’t be affected much, and autoland (if used) will still rely on VHF guidance.
- Comment on Peanut butter and hummus are the same thing. 1 year ago:
This is the kind of thinking that leads to tomatoes ending up in fruit salad.
- Comment on I Can't Drink Now Like I Used to a Few Years Ago (26M), is that Normal? 1 year ago:
You’re getting older. When you reach your 30’s, you’ll feel tired the next day because you had s couple of beers. You’ll feel like crap for a couple of days if you get drunk.
- Comment on Intel's New GPU Drivers Boost Performance Up To 750% in DX11, 53% in DX12 1 year ago:
Before this update, an ARC 770 was comparable to a 3060 RTX. This latest update may put them in the current generation bracket at half the price.
- Comment on So true 1 year ago:
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- Comment on We deserve this rendition. 1 year ago:
IIIII can’t… See… ANYTHIIIIIING!
- Comment on Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week 1 year ago:
I’ve been loving BattleBit Remastered lately. It’s cheap, fun as hell, and the very small dev team has been very active and responsive. I bought 3 more copies to give to friends so we could squad up.
- Comment on Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee 1 year ago:
This is the problem with the shareholder mentality that’s ruining a lot of products and services. They don’t give a damn about the longevity of the company. They only care about money now; and as soon as things go sour, they’ll sell their shares and move on to the next company.
- Comment on Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy” Cybertruck Parts 1 year ago:
It’s almost like he hears about how bad the build quality of Tesla cars have become, so he thinks the solution is more accurrate, more expensive parts. Kind of like he has absolutely no clue what he’s doing, and doesn’t want to listen to smarter people telling him what they need.