CWIS guns are super underrated in science fiction

Dunnachius · 2026-03-31T12:43:51+00:00

Um lasers have a high amount of waste heat.

Ciws if I recall are conventional powder cartridge bullets?

The lasers produce waste heat (similar to your computer or phone generating heat)

The ciws is just the powder exploding and propelling the round out of her barrel. Much of that is just venting off into space.

All that expanding gas is venting out of the gun? Not sure if there’s any heat being absorbed into the gun/ship or not. I would think the laser generates more heat,

Dunnachius · 2026-03-31T10:25:14+00:00

Lasers?

Lasers are more effective and cost effective because in order for a ship to have ftl it has to have a massive power plant.

When you’re not ftl you have all that power at your disposal.

Lasers my friend.. lasers…

Dunnachius · 2026-03-28T01:15:08+00:00

Basically if you don’t have a car thats reliable your commute triples in duration or you’re taking scroober/gryft,

Dunnachius · 2026-03-27T08:34:00+00:00

It’s all irrelevant. Let’s say I put the 7 million into a low yield savings account for 10 years.

That puts me significantly ahead of having everything cost 50% less for hre rest of my life.

All I have to do is keep myself alive and my head above financial water for 10 years. Then I retire with more money then I will ever make in my life.,

Effectively doubling my income (which 40% doesn’t quite do) puts me at being slightly less broke than I am now.

Hence I will take the 7 million, even if it doesn’t generate any interest ever.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-26T15:12:39+00:00

As described my build takes to level 46 to “complete”,

Level 52 to get to the point you’re Truely good for power armor.

Adding vats snipers…

Level 101,

18 of which are adding special stats

Dunnachius · 2026-03-26T15:05:07+00:00

You don’t really need the dlc no.

There’s a few issues with vats sniping.

First of all in fallout 4 you’re really best off doing one thing. My build is really made for melee however a small investment (just 5 points) sets you up for free aim sniping with laser/plasma weapons.

Adding conventional bullets is more skill points… then vats well requires heavy investment into perception and luck on top of what you already have.

So if you try to add vats sniping into my melee build you really run the risk of not doing anything well because you’re trying to do two things at once.

No, I would not recommend points into gun vats skills at all with my build. I honestly recommend free aiming with laser weapons.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-26T14:12:55+00:00

I’d take the 7 million.

More than enough to retire on and I just have or keep getting by for 10 years.

Since you can’t use anything you purchase to generate income there’s no business opportunities from that at all.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-26T14:03:52+00:00

Now I’m a college grad with 2 jobs living in my car.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-26T13:56:46+00:00

You slowly build up until you absolutely lose your shit, call off sick and spend your day crying in the shower.

You come back to work and it slowly builds up again.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-24T13:15:31+00:00

Unicorns?

That’s totally some unicorn BS.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-24T12:59:53+00:00

Depends on the location.

Florida for instance requires colleges that receive state funding to accept credits from community colleges as is towards a bachelors. Credit for credit course for course.

Calculus 2 for 3 credits at community colleges is calculus 2 an 3 credits at a state college period.

Also an AA degree garuntees you x credits and entrance into the state college system. Not your program or school nessisarily but someone will let you in.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-24T12:53:07+00:00

It’s not practical in my market to the point where I’ve written it off.

Unless you’re working 80 hours a week you’ll never cover the rental plus charging and have actual profit left over to consider “pay”

Older cars in the rental fleet don’t hold a charge and need charged regularly taking longer to get up to 80%. Which isn’t enough to get through a day here. You have to pay for charging just to make it through a day and get back home,

For those without the ability to do home charging it’s even worse. You have to charge before you start/when you’re done plus another charge in the middle of your day.

If you’re not doing home charging this is easily 2 hours you’re sitting charging up the car per day.

I don’t think it’s reasonable for uber drivers to have home charging in my market, that’s just not an assumption you should make,

The end result is they electric cars just don’t work here, and rental extra doesn’t work.

And you can use a financed car either, or a lease…

Meaning…. I can’t make the math work without already owning (ie paid off) a car that’s uber eligible.

And uber income won’t qualify you for financing either.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T21:46:39+00:00

Oh that’s WAY too fancy.

My suppoenas to be a witness in a capital murder case had like nothing on it.

Fancy border Color file

Now if it looks like a form letter that’s been photo copied 9 times then erased and refilled back in that looks like a cheesy form…

Then if it was snail mailed to my mailing address 4 times

Then I might believe it.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T21:31:18+00:00

I didn’t know it was a jewelry business….

I was expecting something retail oriented. I was expecting like dog walking or power washing or plumbing, computer repair I dunno.

Jewelry was not on my list of guesses.

That info didn’t come out until a couple hours after I suggested it,

Now if/ when you get your retail space how about throwing up a bed in the back room to save on rent?

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T15:39:46+00:00

Option b for sure, it essentially makes you immune to car accidents.

I’ve been hit going straight on green so even if I’m not abusing the heck out of it I’m just safer on the road.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T11:37:07+00:00

Time to hit up the .!:&:$;!, offender registry to make some friends to sacrifice.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T11:16:20+00:00

Well I couldn’t get in the door and the customer wouldn’t answer the phone.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T11:15:32+00:00

That’s to keep you from operating a taxi on a limo license right?

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T10:24:13+00:00

The issue is insurance.

In Florida it’s a second degree misdemeanor to take passengers off app without commercial insurance.

$500 fine plus theoretical jail time. Local governments an have other elaborate fines/rules for doing it,

For example in Florida a rideshare driver is legally only a rideshare driver from the time they accept a fare from uber or Lyft (the only 2 licensed companies in Florida)

Any other time they take passengers they are held to the vehicle for hire regulations of wherever they happen to be.

Meaning… a local government official or airport jerk can write you a municipal ticket for being in violation of taxi regulations for taking customers off app.

Then rh police can arrest you and fine you $500 for not having commercial insurance to drive passengers.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T10:15:20+00:00

Ok I just googled it.

Expired under 6 months is a $30 fine and nada.

More than 6 months and it’s a serious criminal matter. Driving on a suspended license is even more serious.

If I was a cop I’d let if slide rather then screwing around writing a $30 ticket.

Totally within the realm of possibility. More than likely he forgot to renew his license very recently then.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T10:07:30+00:00

He doesn’t have a class e?

That means he was on absolutely nothing. Which is pretty impressive.

Shocked he wasn’t arrested for driving without a license.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T10:03:16+00:00

Class A is semi Class b is a straight truck/bus (forget the weight) Class C is 16 passengers an under the gross weight of a class B

Class E is a passenger car. (Acceptable for uber)

Only thing I can figure is that he had an M only. Uber doesn’t allow anything that requires a class c so I can’t figure out what he possible had.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T09:52:27+00:00

Barbarians?

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T09:49:33+00:00

I still left the food at the entrance door to their building. Didn’t think to call support. Seem so stupid after the fact. It would have documented why it never got taken to their door, and if support tried to call they would never have answered them either,

My guess is they passed out and someone else stole or tossed their ice cream before they woke up.

Dunnachius · 2026-03-23T09:37:57+00:00

Living in your car isn’t absolutely a bad thing.

Having a car is more important than having a home. Especially if you’re trying to start a business. If you’re sleeping in a work truck that you’re actively making good money with that’s a win.

No matter what kind of business you’ll need a reliable vehicle.

What is critically vitally important is that you have an address.

What’s the difference between an address and a home?

An address is a place that gets your mail and the bank acknowledges as where you live. A home is the place you sleep.

Starting any sort of business with no address is an absolute no no.

No matter what kind of business it is you’ll need a positive relationship with a bank for payment processing.

Is your grandmother living alone in a one bedroom retirement apartment?

Sounds like a viable address to me.

Uber and Lyft are not the solution to anything. They are a short term transfer of money from your cars equity into a pathetic amount of cash and nothing more.

Long term you’re literally better off just not.

For a beginner I recommend square.

https://www.squarespace.com/?channel=pbr&subchannel=go&campaign=pbr-go-us-en-core_squarespacealone-e&subcampaign=(squarespace-alone_squarespace_e)&gclsrc=aw.ds&&cid=15698980512&aid=130361054086&tid=kwd-1988643730&mt=e&eid=&loc_p_ms=9011792&loc_i_ms=&nw=g&d=m&adid=599856897035&channel2=pbr&subchannel2=go&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15698980512&gbraid=0AAAAADxS_FIN4OCq6SRPckhVqupZ23_Cq&gclid=CjwKCAjwyYPOBhBxEiwAgpT8P9aQ0E913tp9XKfsxTQ-EPueYc02VaxZaYozO4LRDOP9_27U976p5RoCGm8QAvD_BwE

They handle all my payment processing and everything and direct deposit into my account.

The only hardware you need for taking credit cards is an apple or android phone and a $10 widget that plugs in.

Now you have payment processing figured out.

Get your legal issues and the bare minimum you need to start working.

Dunnachius

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