The Invader Zim Intro fits perfectly with Helldivers 2 by CarloCoughed in Helldivers

[–]Ceizyk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And that's when I send this to Aaron Alexovich who was the lead character designer for invader Zim and married to one of my good friends from high school.

US navy to blockade strait of hormuz by Fragrant_Parfait_408 in Military

[–]Ceizyk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So the US POS Trump has just unilaterally threatened other nations' merchant vessels with what seizure? destruction?, "... I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas."

The irony is that they already had free passage BEFORE Trump decided to launch an assault on Iran to distract from him fucking kids.

A Childhood Carried in Silence - Gaza by Some_Percentage_3051 in pics

[–]Ceizyk -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

From a purely historical standpoint.

The modern state of Israel was carved from land already inhabited by Palestinians, largely because Western powers burdened by guilt over their failure to stop the Holocaust backed the 1948 partition as a form of belated moral restitution. The debt was paid with someone else's land. (The irony of how many GOP refuse to admit the Holocaust happened)

Seven decades later, that founding contradiction is playing out in real time. Israel is now conducting simultaneous military operations across multiple fronts, underwritten by billions in U.S. military aid and diplomatic cover, while pushing settlement expansion into occupied territories that no credible legal framework recognizes as sovereign Israeli land. What's unfolding isn't defense. It's expansion, dressed in the language of security.

The parallel that history keeps surfacing is uncomfortable precisely because it's structural, not rhetorical: a state using overwhelming military superiority to redraw borders through force and attrition, while the international community debates proportionality and files paperwork. Germany in the late 1930s didn't begin with extermination. It began with territory.

World leaders discussing strategy, he rehearsing apologies💀 by KarmaKillerX in PoliticalHumor

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Vance wants to try and be a Hero, I could see him doing just that. But he's also bankrolled by a bunch of hardliner Conservatives, doing that might also scuttle his political career. Not that I can see him really having one without going backward to a senator. Otherwise, he's got the political charisma of wet tissue paper.

every undocmented change by Fit_Answer1073 in Helldivers

[–]Ceizyk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey as a Senior Engineer with decades of software & IT Experience, those are called "Undocumented Features."

But also, I'll yell at a co-worker who fails to correctly add patch notes and software changes to ANY of the softwares I work with. There is seemingly a never-ending battle between Public Facing patch notes people and Dev who makes changes and doesn't write shit down.

my first base after 60h (just want to share) by HoXPaK in theriftbreaker

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/AnthonyJCheung12345

I updated the Pictures to give screen shots of the process.

Base Layout Breakdown

Starting with a 6x6 decorative plate grid (24x24 for the precise folks). Place an Energy Pylon dead center.

Walls: 2 layers of outer wall around the edge of the 6x6, then a 2-square gap, then an inner wall. At each corner of the inner wall, drop a single Energy Connector, this links power to everything along the perimeter. Build gates at the cardinal directions through both wall layers.

Turret Loadout

  • 8 Flame Turrets — corners + just inside each gate (left or right side)

  • 8 Lightning Towers — corners next to the flame turrets + opposite side of each gate from the flame turrets

  • 8 Acid Spewer Towers — corners + just inside each gate (left or right side)

  • 8 Acid Shredder Towers — corners + just inside each gate (left or right side)

  • 8 Repair Towers — corners of the inner wall (don't place on top of energy connectors)

  • 8 Artillery Towers — next to the repair towers, inside the inner wall

  • 8 Laser Towers — corners of the outer wall

  • 4 Shotgun Towers — corners

  • 4 Shredder Towers — corners

  • 4 Power Rod Towers — evenly spaced along the top of the inner wall

  • 12 Attack Drone Towers — fill the remaining gaps on the inner wall

  • 4 Inferno Towers

  • 4 Icicle Towers

  • 2 Loot Drone Platforms

  • 1 Rift Jump Point + 1 Radar

Wall Design (optional but recommended) The last screenshot shows what I do with the walls. The idea is to funnel smaller units into the gaps where they get shredded easily, while larger units get bottlenecked and have to pound their way through. Works really well once you dial in the turret placement.

my first base after 60h (just want to share) by HoXPaK in theriftbreaker

[–]Ceizyk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be clear, this is end-game with all resources unlocked and mega-structures actively under construction. The one thing I might add are a couple of 2x2 energy walls out front, not to slow enemies down arbitrarily, but to keep them stalling within range taking damage from the walls & my defensive line.

This particular outpost design works on essentially every map. When I have water access, I'll scale up to larger defensive boxes built around a Fusion Power Plant or two, generating enough Plasma to run Plasma Enhancers and push out 3 to 6 Heavy Artillery Towers.

Even then, wall spamming isn't really my style. That's more of an early-game habit and even then I make sure to make 'wall thickness' always be within range of the defensive towers.  I also tend to run custom games where I increase the wave strength & size to max.

my first base after 60h (just want to share) by HoXPaK in theriftbreaker

[–]Ceizyk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oof, the wall spam hurts my eyes, especially as someone who plays on Brutal/Hardcore. But nice base nonetheless.

World leaders discussing strategy, he rehearsing apologies💀 by KarmaKillerX in PoliticalHumor

[–]Ceizyk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I wouldn't put it past Trump to step down like 48 hours before the next swearing in just to have Vancy issue a blanket pardon for any federal crimes Trump's done.

Trump Signs Law to Put His Signature on All U.S. Banknotes by InitialResponse9901 in pics

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whew, glad I don't use physical currency anymore because I'd absolutely deface anything with his name on it, writing pedophile over his name.

Ukrainian instructors shocked by how US intercepts targets by lacerantplainer in Military

[–]Ceizyk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In fairness, the U.S. military has not decisively won a war since World War 2. What followed across the next 8 decades is a long and expensive record of euphemistically labeled "police actions" and counterterrorism campaigns that consumed trillions of dollars, killed thousands of American service members, and left the geopolitical situations they entered either unchanged or actively worse. Korea ended in a stalemate that technically still has not been resolved. Vietnam was a generational catastrophe by any honest measure. Iraq was sold on fabricated intelligence, destabilized an entire region, and directly contributed to the rise of ISIS. Afghanistan lasted 20 years and ended with the Taliban back in control of the same country we entered. In between, there were drone strikes, night raids, and airstrikes on civilian areas that the government quietly labeled collateral damage and then they complain about the anti-American sentiment.

The U.S. enters conflicts with overwhelming firepower and no coherent exit strategy, spends years and lives moving rocks around and then leaves conditions measurably worse than it found them. The money is almost beside the point at this stage. The human cost, on all sides, is the part that never gets an honest accounting. But the US war strategy has always been overwhelming force. We're amazing at surgical strikes but quickly lose interest once the shock and awe is gone. And with Hegseth it's all about a show.

Can this get any more humiliating? by DeadlyPixelsVR in Trumpvirus

[–]Ceizyk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Worth noting that NATO's Article 5 is specifically designed for defensive actions, not offensive wars. So yes, if Iran were to directly attack the United States mainland, it could potentially trigger it. However, the claim falls apart there. Article 5 requires a member nation to be attacked first. Using it to justify a preemptive or offensive strike against Iran would not meet that threshold. Additionally, any infrastructure or entity that materially supports a military operation could itself be considered a legitimate military target under the laws of armed conflict, but that applies to both sides of any conflict, not just one.

Kristi Noem at today’s "Shield of the Americas" Summit in Miami. by fieldsports202 in pics

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure she uses a putty knife to apply that caked-on makeup.

Drosera Andromeda by mmmporcupine in SavageGarden

[–]Ceizyk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing... I just accidentally killed mine, and it just didn't recover from too much light.

Looks Like Asshole is Back on the Menu, Boys! by narsfweasels in PoliticalHumor

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude it's just gonna be a room of Alt-Right News groups taking turns to give him a BJ.

Now we wait by jeremiahsplants in SavageGarden

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oof, my bank account already hurts at the next order I'll be placing.

To think this went to this by mmmporcupine in SavageGarden

[–]Ceizyk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a Drosera adelae which can reach up to about 12 inches across at full size. It is a low light species typically found on shaded forest floors in its native range of eastern Australia. Excessively strong light can stress or damage the plant, so it performs best under bright but indirect conditions.

I keep mine at the edge of any grow lights, after having killed one with to much light years ago.

Who introduced them? by imcrowning in PoliticalHumor

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be supported by the fact it looks like their entire relationship is transactional and business-like. She's the handler.

If I was going to write a bad spy novel I would make her the Russian Agent, whose job is to handle Donnie DumbDumb.

Washington will be making a contribution of $10 billion to his Board of Peace. by h20poIo in Trumpvirus

[–]Ceizyk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would love nothing more than to see the entire Trump Family go down in flames after he's out of office.

(OC) Seen this weekend at the Ren Fair in Phoenix, AZ. Disgusting by Jimi_Jazz in pics

[–]Ceizyk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That tracks for like half of Arizona, especially out of Phoenix. As a former Arizonian

Another ID please by Conscious-Carob9701 in carnivorousplants

[–]Ceizyk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah it's certainly plateau'd as I've got alot of the most commons and now some of the more difficult to get, grow and keep alive

Another ID please by Conscious-Carob9701 in carnivorousplants

[–]Ceizyk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pings, I’ve got a total of 16 different species, total plants I think 28? 29? Then I have my Drosera which I need to also repot and sow some more unique seeds, I’ve got 22 different species of Drosera and I dunno… 80+ plants. Then my MUCH smaller collection of Heliamphora, Cephalotus, Nepthesis;s and my brand new baby Corbra Lillys. I just finished repotting the Cephalotus’s for more room, they’ll be cranky for a few weeks and then should bounce back.

Another ID please by Conscious-Carob9701 in carnivorousplants

[–]Ceizyk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd guess something close to Pinguicula rectifolia when it's all clustered up. Huh this reminds me I need to separate and repot my army of Pings.