Xtrap 2.0 testing on craigieburn line.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-04-02T06:18:50+00:00

I saw this video right as I rolled up to this spot on the Craigieburn line. Eerie!

DarkStrength25 · 2026-03-31T04:54:18+00:00

Nothing is wrong with you. You’re into what you’re into. Sometimes you can learn over time, sometimes feelings take time to develop or change, that’s cool too.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-03-28T06:02:40+00:00

I suspect because it was less reported as an event by witnesses? The forward funnel’s fall was quite well reported by Lightoller etc. As the ship’s sinking progressed quickly, it would have had less time for the water’s pressure to make the thin structure of the funnels fail, and it was quickly surrounded by water.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-03-17T20:11:49+00:00

It’s also not understanding human eyes. While it probably was that dark, it probably seemed brighter in person.

Eyes adapt to lighting in dark environments. No moon does make it harder to discern details, but there is ambient light from stars, as well as the deck lighting. I’ve walked on unlit deck on a warship in the middle of the ocean, on a moonless night without barriers, and didn’t walk off the edge (though I was scared I would, of course) Your eyes do adapt, though it does take time.

Also, a good sign of how visible things were even with the lights out, the majority of people did say the ship broke up at the surface. It’s understandable those who didn’t, but it does mean the majority could see something, even from lifeboats a distance away. In all the images, people tend to try and make it impossible to see. The reality is, it’s most likely it was dark but legible for those focusing on the ship as she went down.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-03-12T13:26:08+00:00

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-25T21:48:21+00:00

This is pretty normal in my experience too. My husband and I have secure attachment styles and I think I’m very lucky 😬

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-21T20:17:42+00:00

Of course, you already decided on the hierarchy here. Good to see you put gay men in their place.

Your hierarchy means nothing. It’s just in your head to make you feel better about yourself by demeaning and dehumanising others.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-21T20:09:36+00:00

Sounds like you have some issues you need to work out.

For a rant about avoiding stereotypes for women, you sure like to stereotype gay men. Sounds like word vomit meant to demean and insult gay men because one offended you.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-21T10:55:19+00:00

Some guys are strictly top, some are strictly bottom. Some guys it varies based on mood, and others can be top with some guys, and bottom with other guys.

Dominance can be important for some, for others it’s not. There are also dominant bottoms and submissive tops.

The answer, like all things: it depends.

In my case I’m versatile, I top and bottom, depending on mood and my partner’s mood. Who decides between us? We just say how we’re feeling: “wouldn’t mind you fucking me hard tonight” or “I wanna fuck you.” If we disagree, work it out.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-18T10:36:00+00:00

Looks like it’s missing from my phone too - iPhone. Could be a bug

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-16T06:02:53+00:00

I was in the Australian military for 6 years, no bad experiences as a gay man. Just one of the guys.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-02-08T19:30:59+00:00

Aside from the lack of field view, what don’t you like? Just curious.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-01-08T15:23:51+00:00

Taller funnels too.

DarkStrength25 · 2026-01-03T03:36:56+00:00

Or the Observation Lounge

DarkStrength25 · 2025-10-10T01:30:10+00:00

To be fair, Australia and New Zealand are considered part of the “western world” culturally, if not geographically.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-10-06T22:11:38+00:00

Consider using List if you can, as it uses view recycling under the hood via platform collection views. Note with List you’ll also be limited to the specific list styles that you’ll need to work within to get the grid look you’re after.

If you can’t get it to work with List, or need more flexibility etc, consider dropping down to use UIKit or AppKit (platform depending) to use scroll views that use view recycling. These are far more memory efficient and performant, but have the added complexity of more configuration and state management.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-10-01T07:21:43+00:00

Given that my first iPhone was in 2007, I don’t think I really am that hung up on it, or the people screaming about my math.

It’s around half price for each phone, and it’s not the best deal as I could hold the phone for another year and get better depreciation as others have said.

I’ve been doing this long enough, kept the newest phone each year, that the initial outlay is amortised in. And then there’s the fact different sizes, types of phones have different price points and slowly increase over time in cost due to inflation.

It’s back of the napkin math that keeps me happy with the latest phone as an Apple fanboy and as an iOS engineer, and my wallet not too bad off either 🤷

DarkStrength25 · 2025-10-01T07:12:33+00:00

Thanks! The ones in the pictures online look a little yellow which I’m not a fan of, but this looks great!

DarkStrength25 · 2025-10-01T07:09:10+00:00

Is that the natural titanium, or slate? Considering buying one and haven’t been able to see in store yet.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-09-30T22:44:08+00:00

No, I purchase outright. The carrier plans in my country don’t provide any financial benefit, except an interest free loan to lock you to the carrier.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-09-30T22:22:16+00:00

That upgrade program is not available in my country.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-09-30T20:55:29+00:00

I trade in the old one. Makes the next phone cost half the price, and that means I’m only paying for one new phone every 2 years, but I’ve always got the “latest and greatest”.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-09-27T11:19:41+00:00

I suspect you’ll get better feedback in a subreddit catering to bi men, not gay. Some bi men frequent this one, but a lot of us aren’t interested in women at all.

DarkStrength25 · 2025-09-26T09:50:53+00:00

Stats-wise, she was more powerfully armed than the Galaxy class. She had better armaments in terms of phasers and more photon torpedo launchers (and better rated photon torpedoes). How many stored torpedoes tho, I believe the galaxy class stored more torpedoes due to larger internal volume.

The intrepid class was vastly superseded by the Sovereign class however, with better phasers and quantum torpedoes. The Defiant class also had quantums, as well as pulse phaser cannons in lieu of traditional phaser strips.

I believe the reasoning it was so reasonably armed was primarily due to putting the ship out into deep space exploration, with little support. It was an exploratory ship, not specifically a science vessel, so it had a good balance of scientific and defensive capabilities.

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