Berttheduck
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- Comment on Would mechs make effective tools or weapons assuming the engineering and physics worked out, or are limbed piloted vehicles really just a rule of cool thing? 1 day ago:
If physics were no object why not have a better tank?
Walkers generally have lots of problems compared to conventional warfare. Mainly they aren’t resilient enough to stand up to much more than rifle or pistol caliber weapons without some hand waving. Joints are super vulnerable if you want them to still move and you can’t mount as big a gun as you could on a conventional vehicle on something that walks. We don’t currently have something that is portable and powerful enough for what would be needed for most sizes of mech. Also depending on how tall your mech is they are way bigger targets for equivalent firepower compared to a tank and by virtue of following a human body pattern are less armoured.
So yeah if physics is not a problem then have an anime mech powered by unobtanium with vibranium armour and a giga buster gun, they could fill every role in a conventional military. Mechs are all about the rule of cool. If you want realism then maybe something like an exoskeleton to help infantry carry more kit or bigger weapons. Up to a little bigger than a person they could potentially be useful in dense environments like urban or jungle where things like tanks are vulnerable to ambush by infantry.
- Comment on What is your interesting fact or knowledge that is completely useless that you wish to share? 4 weeks ago:
Sharks are older than trees.
The appendix isn’t useless it helps repopulate your gut bacteria after you’ve been ill.
Some people have their heart on the right side of their chest. Some people have all their organs swapped round - really confuses surgeons.
- Comment on Br*tish breakfast "food". 4 weeks ago:
Needs tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding and toast. Maybe some form of potatoes. This is like discount full English breakfast.
- Comment on Why Should I... 1 month ago:
Apparently you really offended all the people who do get chips and curry sauce from the Chinese. Which always felt a bit sacrilegious to me, like these places are known for amazing rice and noodles so let’s get fried potato which we can get at basically any other food place in the UK.
- Comment on Day 768 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 2 months ago:
I seem to remember running in circles kiting a lot in the dlc area.
I really loved Control, one of my favourite games I think.
It’s worth playing just for the Ashtray maze section near the end all on its own, but the rest of the game is also great.
- Comment on What are examples of anachronisms you've seen from movies depicting historical settings? 2 months ago:
I’m pretty sure the anachronisms in a knights tale are deliberate to give modern audiences more appreciation for the feel of things for the locals of that time period. Great movie. Always forget it’s really long though.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 2 months ago:
Well shit, I was playing dying light 2 yesterday. It’s mildly better than the other game I’ve been playing Pathogenic which is a rogue lite where you play a pathogen trying to kill the scientist who made you in a lab.
Think I’m pretty screwed either way to be honest. At least I’m dying light 2 I get to be human and do parkour so that’s cool.
- Comment on Is it safe to connect a Windows XP machine to my wi-fi network? 2 months ago:
Steam OS? Or emulators? It’s not like an old laptop is going to be running modern games
- Comment on Is it safe to connect a Windows XP machine to my wi-fi network? 2 months ago:
Could you just put Linux on the old machine instead? I suspect that would be safer.
- Comment on The Message from Deep Space 3 months ago:
This looks fascinating. It also has a demo. I’ll be giving it a go.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
I can touch type pretty well. Dyslexia not withstanding. I learned during the MSN messenger years.
I can also blind swipe text on my phone with not totally atrocious accuracy. Still need to proof read them before sending though.
- Comment on Yeah I see you... 3 months ago:
What system is that? That’s a lot of d10s.
- Comment on Yeah I see you... 3 months ago:
Gotta love the shiny click clack rocks. Such an easy rabbit hole to fall into.
- Comment on Before/beforer 5 months ago:
Yeah this is often advice given for any love changes (weight loss, stopping smoking etc) as getting support from others is usually really helpful plus it gives more accountability.
- Comment on 4 rules of firearm safety 5 months ago:
This is the shitpost community.
- Comment on Is The Last of Us just The Walking Dead with but with mushrooms? 6 months ago:
On a larger scale yes very much so. It’s mushroom zombies which gives them some cool variants and interesting ways to have threat rather than just the shambling hoard.
On a small scale is about a journey made cross country in the apocalypse by two people and their relationship.
I’d recommend both the games, though the first is better, and the TV series as very enjoyable and worthwhile.
- Comment on Why are prop, non functioning guns way more expensive than airsoft guns? 6 months ago:
My guess is detail and economy of scale. Airsoft guns commonly use the design of a really world gun either licensed or legally distanced so can be very close to reality in looks. Airsoft is also quite a popular hobby so many manufacturers are involved. You are also looking at an M4 variant which is the single most popular Airsoft gun in the world. There are literally hundreds of variants running from cheap manual springs to high pressure air tanks and costing thousands. Prop guns are more niche, they are detail orientated and don’t need to function the same way. Maybe they make a pop and eject a case from the side of the gun which is more complex to do mechanically than send a little plastic bb out the barrel. There are less people buying each type of prop gun though so it will cost comparably more per item even if it technically doesn’t do as much.
- Comment on The Case Against Gameplay Loops 6 months ago:
I think your comment is more well thought out than the article. Very nicely written.
- Comment on Thanks to Artemis II mission, Kerbal Space Program records a highest concurrent player count since 1.0 release 6 months ago:
I had so much fun with the first Kerbal game. One of my big achievements in gaming is an orbital docking. Nothing like doing actual rocket science to make you feel good. I hope NASA doesn’t get a rocket into orbit and realise they forgot their solar panels, battery or parachutes. Thank god for save files.
- Comment on Interrogation or proposition? 6 months ago:
Technical definition Drug- a substance which has an effect on the body. Ie literally everything you ingest.
Common parlance - a thing you take which has a medical or recreational effect. Ie paracetamol or weed.
Smoking (a drug) and alcohol (a drug) are common enough that they don’t count as drugs to most people so medics will usually ask smoking alcohol and drugs as 3 separate questions to cover all bases.
- Comment on Interrogation or proposition? 6 months ago:
Socially acceptable drugs that are very common (tobacco and alcohol) Vs illicit drugs is usually the distinction being made, at least in the UK.
- Comment on Do "rich" superheroes have to be rich in order for the story to work? 7 months ago:
Does it get better? I watched the first 1 or two episodes but stopped because the first real decision the young black female hero makes for herself is to join up with a gang of criminals which felt really problematic to me.
- Comment on Deathloop 8 months ago:
I enjoyed my time with it. Working out the correct path was fun though I was really disappointed that there was only 1 path and to finish the game you just followed the objective marker. There were some fun moments though and I enjoyed the powers and the repeating elements. The endings were pretty poor I agree. I think it really depends how much the core gameplay appeals to you as to how much you’d enjoy it.
- Comment on Is there a way to filter news on lemmy 8 months ago:
I’m using boost, you can add filters to everything you’ve subscribed to.
- Comment on 2026 savings distribution feedback 9 months ago:
I suspect you’re getting downvoted because the guy in your picture is a tool.
Unfortunately I don’t know enough about US based finances to have any useful advice for you.
- Comment on At what point do you consider a person an alcoholic? 9 months ago:
We use the CAGE questions in the UK as a quick screening tool.
Have you ever felt the need to Cut down on your alcohol intake? Have people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking? Have you ever felt Guilty about drinking? Have you ever needed an Eye opener (drink first thing in the morning)?
Yes to two or more indicates problem drinking and probably alcoholism.
Other factors are drinking every day, drinking more than a few units in one go regularly, drinking to black out drunk, causing damage to yourself or others.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 12th 9 months ago:
I really enjoyed it, have you started getting the upgrade paths for the pistol yet? Love that feature, it kept the iconic pistol relevant for the whole game.
- Comment on a sight to behold 1 year ago:
An important lesson was learned that day. Never stand on the receiving end of an enema, incision and drainage, manual disempaction, decompression or in front of someone who says “I feel sick”.
- Comment on Which career to pursue? 1 year ago:
Most universities in the UK have a careers officer where you can talk to people with lots of experience helping students with these types of questions. If your institute has the same then my advice would be to talk to them about your options, what you could use your degree for or how to look at other non related options.
- Comment on After current events I'm now replaying this gem. Forgot how fun killing Nazis actually is 1 year ago:
I can see a pic of Wolfenstein the new order.
Excellent game. I love dual wielding the automatic shotguns. Soo satisfying.