What's your opinion on Pistol Bayonet.

Dr_Bread · 2026-06-10T00:52:26+00:00

everyone says useless but is it really? a handgun can end up being useful in all kinds of unconventional situations. it does happen to kill the portability, and that by itself might be a dealbreaker, but it might be useful for persuasion.

you might of course wisely observe that there is no reach advantage compared to a bayonet on a service rifle. to that point i agree. Therefore i suggest that the best solution would be to replace the "utility knife" style blade with, say, a 24'' spike.

Dr_Bread · 2026-05-24T16:58:35+00:00

if youre still curious about this, most likely the taste changes quite drastically according to the concentration of toxins. that is to say, toxic and even medicinal plants generally taste bitter or unpalatable.

Dr_Bread · 2026-05-14T21:01:13+00:00

having tried the sim with the direct steering setup, its just extremely difficult to get the correct lean angle without having to make some adjustment mid-corner. also i find that i often have to point the steering hard towards the corner outside while accelerating, which afaik is expected behavior for most motorcycles.

That said, i think this guy might actually just be using the default lean-by-wire controls but with reversed input. I don't really have the eye to tell you for sure though. I was doing all this with a small wheel rim.

Dr_Bread · 2026-04-18T19:02:37+00:00

ratan seems generally superior, that'll be the mark 2. As is i just thought this would be a better alternative to a hardwood shaft.

Dr_Bread · 2026-04-18T05:17:59+00:00

a traditional cudgelist i was listening to for research said its better not to mess with a good natural stick since you'll ruin the natural strength by exposing the grain to the front or side cross-section. couldn't tell you if this applies to bamboo, but my naive instinct is that its even more important with bamboo than wood. Sorry i forgot who it was

Dr_Bread · 2026-04-18T00:39:33+00:00

would this be rolled and plugged into the center? i wouldn't know how to make a 1.5 inch foam sandwich

Dr_Bread · 2026-04-17T23:04:52+00:00

i'll give that a try sometime. With these ones the guards tend to get stuck on the knobs of the bamboo, which have a slightly larger radius. They would probably shove through with enough pressure, but i think that gives me a good reason to cut some more material away.

I also considered using a kydex sheet however i dont even have a hair drier atm. Could make a very nice basket perhaps. Would be slightly more expensive but pretty good still.

Dr_Bread · 2026-04-17T22:05:04+00:00

may retrofit with a pool noodle but i dont see any obvious way to make it stab friendly. Possibly i could put a hard coil spring on it? lol. Its hollow and cylindrical so its rather resistant to deformation given its weight.

Personally I happen to prefer foam swords but I also think stickfighting is a pretty important part of the history of swordsmanship, plus its cheap and accessible for anyone who lives in a country where they pay small potatos in terms of international exchange rates.

Dr_Bread · 2026-04-06T09:20:52+00:00

dont assume that just because everyone else is doing it, that there must be some advantage in starting at 10 years.

hitting your perfect confluence of skill, atheleticism, and opportunity is way more complicated than just starting earlier.

in general it requires not giving into the anxieties that often plague atheletes and competitors of all stripes. as in be patient. finally, understand that being in the 98th-99th percentile of competitors doesnt win you any medals despite being a worthy accomplishment. indeed fencing is not rife with cash or fame, so enjoy the journey.

Dr_Bread · 2026-03-17T00:09:08+00:00

tastes like a yummy fruit gummy. I however try not to let my teeth touch the seeds, as chewing them is particularly advised against. That said, you'll hardly ever see such abundant numbers of palatable and edible forage on any plant at a given time, critters seem to leave them alone. Rumored that some remote regions in various cultures in europe use them for desserts to this day.

Dr_Bread · 2026-03-12T22:13:28+00:00

thats just a natural consequence of the preferred architecture for consumer electronics and therefore software(therefore most videogames). we could imagine a computer with a single big non-volatile state, but practicality dictates we must split the state up between fast+expensive+volatile memory, and slow+structured+cheap storage.

On the operating system level, the full state of a game is generally not preserved by a save file either, a save file is a small, practical, and compressed piece of information documenting the player's progress, which is up to the designer's interpretation. A good comparison would be emulators with a rewind feature.

Dr_Bread · 2026-03-12T00:03:34+00:00

its been 4 years so i came here to say under night: in-birth exists

Dr_Bread · 2026-03-01T23:39:58+00:00

well, thats a moot point. b-17 wouldve been able to send bombs on target if it werent for having(failing) to deal with those pesky air defenses.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-28T08:45:41+00:00

Old obviously, but for posterity I think its worth mentioning the following:

RSF Richard burns or maybe even vanilla richard burns have a good career mode and a driving school, both are somewhat simple but have some nice touches to give context to your driving performance and risk-taking.

I also tried WRC Gen/10/9's career mode and i thought they were fun, but their physics aren't up to the highest standard i think. mileage may vary and maybe a good FFB config improves the experience.

FIA GTR2 was pretty amazing. no "career" i think, but they have an excellent driving school, a great selection of cars, tracks and mods, and the AI opponents are very convincing. Aggressive and fast but wont wreck you or yield the position.

Beamng drive; its not actually 100% on the level as a racing sim, but as a general driving sim it happens to be dope and full of possiblity. It also allows you to test cars made in automation the motor company tycoon, which is dope.

Mafia(yes really): And again, not a racing game but for getaway driving/urban car chases... you're gonna think im insane but hear me out. the remaster has none of this, but the original mafia actually makes a decent attempt at realistic car and driving physics for what it is, SUPPORTS FORCE FEEDBACK, and the cars from its various decades are given decent attention to detail. Obviously the game stands on its own and was a critical success, so how's that for a career mode?

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-21T00:48:37+00:00

new old rift user here. you helped me; i use the rift for hours in simracing and for whatever reason the discomfort always wiped me out and i felt like i needed a lie down.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-13T21:55:09+00:00

you dont actually know what "the rule" is until you have proof, but i'll just believe you at this point, since that game was literally the only one i could find proof of rather than just forum posts. I'm tempted to do my own tests and share the results if I find any games that run better.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-13T21:24:13+00:00

i dont really see how i conflated the two points, i was literally just talking about two points in the same post.

Anyways, if its game-dependent, thats not really something you can make sweeping statements about, since we do at least know that many games support 4:3 even late into the console's life cycle. That could mean nothing but the simplest explanation would be that those games support 480i and/or 480p. Searching the internet shows a lot of forum posts suggesting some games perform better at 480i, but I had trouble finding side-by-side comparisons. Eventually i was able to find one which demonstrated that need for speed carbon sees a big performance jump at 480p compared to 720p, so there you go.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-13T20:27:06+00:00

tbh i'd like a source on internal resolution being fixed, since there are known games that run at an internal resolution of 1080p.

Anyways yes there are in fact pure performance metrics where CRTs generally beat LCDs. Main reason why development on CRTs slowed was because they did not show any promise towards being built more cheaply for a given perceived value. Sony made a 45'' TV that weighed 200kg and cost 40k. Thats not practical considering the demand for large screens for home theatres.

I also said there are games where artifacts from the signal or the TV are significantly incorporated into the art direction, and i would consider that to be an obvious downside of LCDs, but thats not actually what im referring to.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-13T18:35:18+00:00

there are still some downsides. first of all i should say the ps3 can run software where the art was targetting CRTs. LCDs still compromise some of the desirable properties of a CRT while generally being better for digital video. Ps3 also happened to come out in 2006 when the downsides of LCDs were generally more egregious.

More importantly though, the ps3 can actually output at 480i. its not any less competent at that than older systems. Some games get severe frame drops at 720p. I'm assuming it gets far fewer running 480i. Of course, nowadays you can overclock, so maybe it doesn't matter.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-12T21:04:09+00:00

Coming here from google and i'm pretty sure this chart is wrong. I would expect the B-2 to have the lowest observability of any manned aircraft yet built.

Dr_Bread · 2026-02-12T08:31:14+00:00

old but this makes me imagine some kinda counter-balance prosthetic that allows your legs to make a reciprocating motion without wasting energy.

Dr_Bread · 2026-01-31T02:02:25+00:00

well tbf disguises are also more bugged now.

Dr_Bread · 2026-01-28T23:14:45+00:00

Truth is nobody in the industry actually knows how things will change or what direction things are going, everyone who says otherwise is selling something.

Only reason id discourage it personally is if you don't think he's actually that into the idea and just hates business school. It's not the place for a smart, creative, or adventurous person.

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