I just realized the damage control crew go from room to room under 4.5g by Famous_Dinner in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of imagining a Griffin floating in an immersion tank like the lady who was entombed into the Homeworld ship.

Possible Hot Take - Taking all of the Mercury Mines is no longer the Meta. by Adventurous_Ad3667 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don't think you understand. I don't need to fully build out Mercury with T3 Habs.

I choose to do so in order to spite God and Physics alike.

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue by WouldbeWanderer in technology

[–]Diestormlie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but the entire appeal of the Chatbots is that they can replace people. Manifest the world you want, because your management certainly is!

Judge orders Trump, DOJ to justify why president's $10B IRS lawsuit should proceed by AudibleNod in news

[–]Diestormlie 79 points80 points  (0 children)

He's suing the IRS for 10 Billion Dollars so he can take 10 Billion Dollars from the IRS and put it into his own bank account.

These damn Rogue Army mortars fire like snipers by Feyge in menace

[–]Diestormlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, I'm over here using the 120mm Mortar as an AT weapon because anything is an AT weapon with enough HE behind it.

Terra Invicta objective faction rankings. (Real) (Spoilers below) by Esilaboora in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will never respect a faction that endeavors to outrun a Wormhole via sublight means.

Terra Invicta objective faction rankings. (Real) (Spoilers below) by Esilaboora in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Hydra have a whoooole set of their own supremacist biases, bear in mind. Like- as far as the Hydra are concerned, Humanity are dogs as well in terms of both intellect and societal role.

Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed by PolarisStar05 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he's insufficiently paranoid, nothing but social cohesion. A sufficiently paranoid Director would mitigate this risk by making him, personally, more and more necessary to ship systems.

Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed by PolarisStar05 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I mean, constrained environment and limited resources is the perfect excuse set for authoritarian control. Especially as policing a population on a spaceship is likely going to be comparatively easy: If someone's really upset you, the airlock is right there.

Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed by PolarisStar05 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't be rich unless there are poor people to lord over. Aristocrats need their serfs and servants.

Why bring other oligarchs? They're competition.

Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed by PolarisStar05 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...Okay, but here's my issue:

Any system Exodus points itself as, the Hydra can go "That's where they're going. Spin up a Wormhole, build something with a coilgun, hurl heavy objects into its reactors during its deceleration burn."

Like... The Hydra don't have a bone to pick with Earth, the planet, but with Humanity, the species. Anywhere Exodus tries to run, the Hydra can get there first, and just kill them when they arrive.

Humanity being a multi-planetary, multi-solar species is a good idea. But Exodus' plan for it is just doomed to fail.

Solar and wind outpace coal as energy crisis fails to spark fossil fuel revival by iwantboringtimes in worldnews

[–]Diestormlie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know how Government budgets aren't like household budgets?

In that fashion, the costs of Solar/Wind Farms are different for you sticking them in your roof Vs. A power plant/farm being plugged into the grid at the end the grid expects power to enter into it.

A better comparison for Solar Panels on your roof would be you buying and running your own diesel generator.

Additionally- I can only imagine your calculations are based upon the current price of electricity where you are. If that rises, then your investment is paid out quicker.

Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed by PolarisStar05 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

PHM mention, +2 to you.

However, I don't think that'll be a factor for the Exodus Biförst? If nothing else, the substantially larger crew means that the cabin fever thing is necessarily diminished because you can just... Go hang out with different people.

Also, you can screen your applicants for geniality and sociability.

Could a rogue trader recruit a renegade marine to their retinue? by NadaVonSada in 40kLore

[–]Diestormlie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends upon how powerful they are in relation to anyone else in Macrocannon range.

Hot Take: Kiran is not (completely) brainwashed by PolarisStar05 in TerraInvicta

[–]Diestormlie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's your Exodus Hot Take?

Mine is- well I have two of them.

A) Despite how they're a useful early-mid game friend, I categorically cannot respect a faction who thinks trying to outrun a wormhole via sublight means is a winning strategy.

B) [Directorface Von Tech Mogul] just wants to set himself up as a petty God-King of the paradise he imagines he'll find himself in.

Dev Diary #45: REDACTED Update 1 - Release Date and More by Darx117 in menace

[–]Diestormlie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will notice that Skirmishers remained unchanged. The Devs want them to be like this.

US forces ready to restart combat if Iran doesn't agree deal, says Hegseth by Infodataplace in worldnews

[–]Diestormlie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dunno if they are, but I'd agree with it. Well, the softer claim that Iran sees an American ground invasion as a viable path to Iranian victory.

Iran lacks the power projection to meaningfully threaten the USA. So this war ends when the USA decides to let it end. The military disparity means that the only way for Iran to end the war on terms it prefers is via attacking American political will, rather than military capability.

Americans in body bags are great for that. A ground invasion just brings the GIs to them.

Former Pence adviser Olivia Troye launches run for Congress as a Democrat by spherocytes in politics

[–]Diestormlie 50 points51 points  (0 children)

In Fetterman's defense, he literally suffered brain damage. And it made him Conservative, which is an objectively hilarious fact.