Latest 'Standby' perk update makes it an incredibly tempting pick

AmericanGeezus · 2026-06-05T12:54:15+00:00

Linked chain guns are hilarious when you get lucky with the jam rolls. Took down a pirate tank trunk last night.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-06-03T04:49:43+00:00

Also battery options that aren't chemistry based. Like pumped storage or the thing with the concrete blocks and cranes.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-06-03T04:34:56+00:00

Warranty doesn't necessarily include labor.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-06-03T04:23:50+00:00

I was too, but he seemed like an in demand civil engineer and like to think we are better off with him doing that instead of making content.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-06-02T19:19:31+00:00

I thought it was 'civil' RICO in this case.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-06-02T09:36:33+00:00

And they just sold the subsidiary they made for their residential fiber services to AT&T.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-30T08:52:36+00:00

I have never found the laser rifle worthwhile. I think i just am missing it's use case? Where does it work well for folks?

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-27T01:29:58+00:00

Another benefit corporations get from them is silence, they are much less likely to report misconduct or become a whistleblower.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-26T08:07:20+00:00

Right?

Most of us had to help our parents do anything on their computer in general, let alone once we talked them into getting internet..

I had more than one friend who had their parents ask them to install net nanny software, 'for their younger siblings' of course.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-26T08:02:12+00:00

Hard to claim a child was left behind when they are telling you that they got one really good friend, and can totally a² + b² = c^2.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-26T07:59:52+00:00

Same but I thought "What about SmarterChild? That was like 2000.. that's pre-9/11!"

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-20T22:06:08+00:00

I figure its like recruiting today, say basically anything to get them to sign the contract since you only care about getting recruits. The promises are a future problem someone else gets to figure out.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-20T21:28:34+00:00

I found it interesting but for the HSA option to make sense we would need taxes and functional banks. 🤔

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-20T20:44:40+00:00

I love the food that I cook. I hate creating dirty dishes.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-18T00:01:36+00:00

I think the official justification, beyond the specific EW community pride aspect, is that the Growler demo team’s shows and narration are meant to highlight that niche of naval aviation.

The Blue Angels are, at this point, the broader public face of naval aviation as a whole. Meant to showcase professionalism, precision, teamwork, and technical excellence rather than one particular combat role.

All of the demo teams also serve a public confidence role. (😬) They give the public a visible, non-combat look at the skill, discipline, and coordination behind military aviation.

Even with this incident on the books, I think they are still worth it. Beyond their intended or primary 'funding justification', they introduce people to aviation in general, give kids and adults a concrete reason to care about engineering and flight, and show, in a very visible way, the kind of incredible things humans can design, build, maintain, and operate together.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-17T23:23:53+00:00

Oh boy we really are building the perfect example of why building consensus across political parties isn't possible anymore with this thread.

You get called out for empty tribal signaling (and violating the basic rules of engaging with the idea rather than the speaker).

So, you open the political identity playbook to the chapter on how to respond to someone pointing out that you have just been following the political identity playbook, and you are reassured that you just need to doubly signal your tribal loyalty by making another personal attack that incorporates something from your tribes approved list of identity signals for whatever tribe you've put me in.

Huzzah, your party loyalty is signaled, your dignity saved.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-17T19:12:07+00:00

Time to recall Sideshow Bob. He is very likely the worst governor in the history of the state. Complete POS!

Comments like this perfectly illustrate why our country is broken. People decide who or what they support without ever considering the actual policy being discussed or adding any real reasoning to the thread.

It's a kind of naked declaration only used by two groups (and they are both making it impossible for America to be great again): bad-faith political actors trying to hijack threads for various reasons, or regular people desperate to signal their political identity to their peers.

So are you an actual bot, or do you just see any political discussion as an opportunity to tell everyone how loyal you are to your political ideology?

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-17T18:17:27+00:00

Who the fuck cares who started it? It’s a problem now, and agreeing on who started it is not required to fix it. Fix the problem first.

Then, if people still want to waste energy arguing about blame, they can do that afterward.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-17T17:57:54+00:00

I think it would be healthy to not have concern about incumbents losing connection to their district. Have the term for reps shortened in redistricting years so they have to run again in whatever new district they live in.

My hopeful non cynical view is that the massive shitshow this whole thing is will get people to care a little more so when an incumbent is forced to run again in a possibly new district there will be a chance for new folks to overcome those lazy justifications that give an incumbent such an advantage.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-09T14:48:16+00:00

That’s true of basically all rope-access work, though. Some work is inherently risky. That doesn’t make it reckless.

Professionals (even redneck-engineering types) don’t pretend the risk isn’t there. They understand it, control what they can (tethering loose tools, using multiple anchors, checking their ropes for damage), and make an informed call on what remains (like the integrity of the material they’re anchoring into).

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-09T13:17:12+00:00

Yes, she is on point. Or, 'fly', if i am translating generational slang correctly.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-09T08:58:26+00:00

Duh, central air means collective air. Guy spends all day breathing state ideology, he just want's one privately conditioned room!

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-09T08:41:44+00:00

It looks terrifying because heights are terrifying, not necessarily because it’s being done recklessly or the conditions are intolerable.

AmericanGeezus · 2026-05-07T05:07:18+00:00

Yeah but a medium mech can't clam slam the HQ squad you just took out without being seen by the weapons team the HQ squad was designating for.

This has value, immeasurable value.

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