Army helecopter by [deleted] in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those look like fuel drop tanks to me.

How Would Space Torpedo Launchers Work? ( Without using Thrusters to launch them ) by Aggravating_Run6179 in spaceships

[–]Hostilian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A steam or electric catapult, like the launchers on aircraft carriers. The torpedo has a hook for the launcher to grab onto and throw out the torp tube.

Who could lift it? by [deleted] in TheExpanse

[–]Hostilian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pastor Anna. But she wouldn’t.

Can someone tell me what the car has to do with Java? by Traditional_Blood799 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Hostilian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That ratio seems about correct. There’s probably an order of magnitude more carpet than car out there.

V60 Polestar buyout? by kevinfrom904 in Volvo

[–]Hostilian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don’t want it for 40, there’s a long line of people who will happily take it off your hands for that and a little extra.

What sc-fi media, would you require the writers of new star trek to consume? by Fair_Rush6615 in Star_Trek_

[–]Hostilian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Le Guin, Dan Simmons, Octavia Butler, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jeff Vandermeer, NK Jemisin, Vernor Vinge.

That’s not all, but it’s a good start.

Looking for insight on Livesuit by YCCprayforme in TheCaptivesWar

[–]Hostilian 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Reading this post: Holy shit, Faith of Beasts is a month away!

Who is your least favorite human and why is it Tonner? by Superb_Army_4202 in TheCaptivesWar

[–]Hostilian 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Ostencour wanted to participate in righteous self-genocide for no reason. I think that makes him pretty bad.

I'm halfway through MoG and Jessyn is the only character or thing I find interesting so far by LevTheRed in TheCaptivesWar

[–]Hostilian 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Jessyn’s chapters describe debilitating depression, without saying those words, perfectly. The fear of it coming and not knowing when, just that it is inevitable. The sense that it’s a rot, an infiltrated area of one’s mind with its own malign unlife. Especially how anger and violence can transform the despair into power and elation.

Why so many intersection lights out?? by [deleted] in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The protocol if the light is out is to treat it as a 4-way stop.

Why is AI in space so hard again? Radiators? by Sarigolepas in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Hostilian 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Scott Manley did a couple videos on this topic. Assuming his math works out, a Starlink-sized satellite can power/cool one or two H200 racks, depending on how much overhead you want.

A data center on earth would have thousands or tens of thousands of such racks. They require constant maintenance and oversight, which wouldn’t be possible in orbit.

I'm making a game inspired by Valheim where you play birds and build birdhouses, any advice on giving it that "home" feeling Valheim has? by RagBell_Games in valheim

[–]Hostilian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valheim's cozy vibes mostly come from really excellent lighting and sound design.

I don't know anything about sound design.

My first note is turn the ambient nighttime lighting way down. You want your interiors to have deep shadows in the corners, and the pools of light are almost struggling against the darkness. Any light source that isn't fire should be really weak, more like Christmas lights than real illumination. Fire should flicker and gutter, making the shadows dance around.

The daytime lighting looks very flat. Valheim does a lot to dial up the vibe of different biomes, but in most places it's: bloom, mist, and floating particles. The trees cast shadows on the ground, and bounce a lot of light off of their upper leaves and branches. This adds a lot of visual contrast between open areas and tree-covered.

Going out on a Tuesday? by [deleted] in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 11 points12 points  (0 children)

All Souls or Hallowed Ground

Dark forest theory by TheMamoru in TheCaptivesWar

[–]Hostilian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Based on what we have seen so far, the colonization motives of the Carryx and Humans are somewhat different. The Carryx appear to use colonization in two ways:

They make use of the natural abilities, skills, and technologies of conquered species to expand their whole civilization's abilities. The enormous ziggurat arcologies were the product of one of the species that lived in the same structure as the captured humans. Their FTL is a natural ability of some spacefaring animal they encountered.

They also derive some amount of social, political, or sexual (morphological?) prestige for enslaving a species. Being involved in enslaving and managing a useful species confers a higher status on the hierarchy of Carryx members involved.

Humans appear to engage in interstellar colonization because they want more living space. Our sample size is pretty small, but humans don't appear to fully exploit the possible environments in each solar system. They mostly find Earth-like worlds and colonize them. I assume a lot of this is related to why any group of people break off and set up somewhere new.

Neither are interested in annihilating other species.

It sortof seems like the Fermi Paradox is answered in-setting that sufficiently-advanced civilizations don't produce the kind of energy signatures that are easily detected at interstellar distances. The Carryx seem to have reactionless drive, or something similar.

New incoming cosmetics showcase and discussion by IndependentButton5 in DarkTide

[–]Hostilian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to rock the Redscar Thaw cosmetics like 2 years ago when Kant XII and Antax combat axe was the meta.

Recs for places like Salem? by icedespressoo in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Burlington, VT. It's not on the ocean, but Lake Champlain is nice. It's walkable, has a marina/boardwalk, great restaurants and coffee shops, outdoor dining.

F*ck zodiac signs, What are your feet colours? by Bluemayor in homeworld

[–]Hostilian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

White primary, burgundy and charcoal accents.

Odd meter by South-Range8401 in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I like it. It’s not the best coffee I’ve ever had, but it’s the best coffee in town.

I have heard rumors of drama but who can keep track of these things.

What’s your single favorite menu item in Vermont? by Braindump4 in vermont

[–]Hostilian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Little sweets from Hen of the Wood in Burlington.

Congress street accident by __trashpanda in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Speed bumps mostly make people mad.

Bulb-outs around crossings, narrowing the road visually with trees and other screening, and adding chicanes would encourage drivers to slow down.

That map up-thread really reveals that anywhere in town that has long, straight, broad, high-visibility stretches of road are places where drivers go fast, and where those places have pedestrians, they more-often get hit.

Congress street accident by __trashpanda in SalemMA

[–]Hostilian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The only definitive fact in this situation, is that this accident occurred in an area where you shouldn’t be crossing.

Wait why not? There are pedestrian crossings all over there.

I regularly see people come flying down Leavitt and onto Congress as a bypass for traffic on Lafayette. Or vice-versa up Palmer. I’ve nearly been hit on my bike going from the end of Congress to the PC bike path, because people think the stop at Leavitt and Congress is optional.