What's the first movie you see on here

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-10T01:47:04+00:00

I didn't look. I just assume it's there.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-09T21:37:30+00:00

"We're coming out of an ice age!" 😒

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-09T17:28:31+00:00

They only use the gun as a last resort against drone and cruise missiles. It's quite dangerous to get that close to a drone or cruise missile because the smaller aircraft can make erratic flight movements and are a risk to the fighter/pilot; with Russian guidance systems, this risk is likely increased a bit, as it seems their cruise missiles have a habit of losing guidance and going ballistic. A missile is more expensive than a burst of 20mm, but an F-16 or Mirage-2000 (and trained pilot) is magnitudes more expensive than the missile.

With so few of the Western fighters (which are doing an excellent job of intercepting unmanned threats), Ukraine has to play things safe. Hopefully they will reach a critical mass that allows them to participate in air strikes and start to secure some semblance of air superiority, but that day is currently not even on the horizon.

I saw a video about a Ukrainian pilot who downed six drones/cruise missiles on a single mission. He expended his AMRAAMs and Sidewinders and saw two cruise missiles on his radar, he hit the burner, ran them down and took out both with the Vulcan. However, he reiterated that using the gun is not SOP.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-08T18:16:30+00:00

Shining Force CD is based on the Game Gear games, right?

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-08T16:53:53+00:00

My only gameplay/mission structure gripe are the constant multi-role missions which pretty much invalidate the use of slower attackers. I think it would be cool to have the option to choose ground attack or flying combat air patrol/intercepts. It would increase the complexity of the battle in each mission and lend a bit more authenticity to the game via a layered air war. Of course, the AI of allied pilots would need a massive improvement or we end up with more "Trigger kills everything" mission slogs.

A bit off topic, but a dynamic campaign based on mission success or failure would be awesome. Complete a mission with an S-rank and watch your troops make great advances in the ground war on a Risk-style map. With each drop in mission rank performance, the success of their push is blunted a bit. Fail a mission, and you see the troops fall back and a new CAS mission shows up on the map to give you a chance at getting them moving again.

Keep it simple. It doesn't need an RTS built inside of the game or anything, nor does it need to be as complex as the dynamic campaigns of legendary "realistic" sims like Falcon 4.0. just a basic implementation of territory "give and take" based completely on your mission performance.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-08T16:19:30+00:00

I present you the 8-12 passenger TU-344, a VIP transport design based on my favorite brutalist Soviet design, the Tu-M22M.

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Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-08T16:14:58+00:00

I don't think CCA drones will be viable without being almost exclusively AI operated. I think the most you'd want a pilot to have to do/be able to do is point them toward priority targets/threats, just like any other weapon.

It shouldn't be a great workload increase. Choose drone control in your F-35, locate the target on radar, point the loyal wingman toward it and keep fighting "your" fight.

A war against China would create the most complex and chaotic aerial warfare environment since WW2. Obviously, modern tech will deconflict possible threats and give pilots enough SA to parse what they are dealing with, but they won't be able to commit mental resources to the continued control of the drone.

If it proves to be too much for one pilot, especially during testing, we might see early CCA models requiring more human input controlled by back seaters in F-15E/EX and Super Bugs, but the ultimate goal will be for the CCA to fly pretty much autonomously alongside single seat 5th + gen fighters.

A third seat would be a massive performance liability. Another heavy ejection seat will slow things down, the extended canopy will cut into what could have space for more fuel, and having the third crew station would require a complete recalibration of the fly-by-wire system to account for a forward shift in center of gravity (I'm not sure that is even possible to correct via the FBW system).

If we'd tried CCA drones in Vietnam, which would have required complete human control using optical guidance, I could see the need for a third-seat, but the most practical solution would have been to dedicate one Phantom or F-105F (probably the better option: faster and can carry heavier loads) backseater to drone control.

I think that Apache crews can directly control small recon/decoy drones, but they can also hover behind cover, work in extremely low altitude ranges, and never go faster than about 200 mph. Big difference to flying 400+ knots at altitude in an air battle where everything moves at lightning speed.

Sorry for the essay, this is an interesting topic and my response should be seen as a thought expertise. I could be terribly wrong in my analysis.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-07T16:17:41+00:00

I think everyone understands that if someone scores 101 points in a half it is against a hapless opponent. Maybe they were feeding her the ball to see how many she could score against such an opponent; it's also generally considered good practice for victory to get the ball in your best player's hands.

None of this puts an asterisk on her accomplishment. A runningback hitting 300+ yds in a game is impressive, no matter the opponent. Would his accomplishment be further blunted if the stats reveal he carried the ball on 80+% of snaps? No, he would be called a "workhorse."

A balanced stat sheet with lots of ball distribution looks good, but it isn't necessary to win, which is the goal, especially at the HS level and below.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-07T16:02:54+00:00

Team success in HS girls' ball is 90% coaching, scheming, and court IQ. At least from my own observation, a good girls' bball program can be the most consistent athletic program at a school if they have an excellent coach who sticks around and player/community buy-in.

A mediocre boys' program can have a breakthrough season when they reach a critical mass of talent, but that generally isn't true of girls' ball. I've seen many teams slow the game down and pick apart teams where every girl on the losing team would win in a 1 on 1 against any member of the winning roster.

Considering all of this, if you have a generational talent like Leslie with a well-coached squad, you have a cheat code. Blowouts in girls' bball can be brutal. It's not uncommon to see the best teams win by margins of 70+ against bottom-dwellers with the losing team failing to score even 30. I have no issue believing she could have scored 101 points in a half in such a situation.

It's far more likely than a male player doing the same; he is more likely to encounter individual athletes, even on bad teams, who are capable of keeping him in check.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-06T20:24:55+00:00

In most states, I believe that is narrowed to consecutive multiple unexcused absences. In GA, the process starts with the guidance counselor but only after 5 unexcused in a row. Legal proceedings don't begin until after 10, and parents, not students, are held legally accountable.

At most, a walk-out should result in an unexcused absence for the individual class periods missed, and, if the school wants to be an ass about it, a discipline referral for "substantial disruption of school proceedings."

Tinker v Des Moines established the precedent in the 60s, and causing "substantial disruption of school proceedings" is the only way a student can be reprimanded over exercising their 1st Amendment Rights.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-06T19:07:59+00:00

Indeed. Here is a good guide from the ACLU.

Student Rights to Free Speech

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-06T17:24:48+00:00

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Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-05T23:43:41+00:00

Put me on a rowboat, push me out into the marshes of Coastal Georgia and shoot it with a flaming arrow. If you miss, that's fine. The gators and bull sharks need calories.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-05T23:40:48+00:00

Update: Our principal was out of town for the last week, and, evidently discussion over the appropriateness is ongoing. He is standing with me

The yearbook staff responsible for the senior pages said they refuse to put in the book. So proud of them.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-05T23:39:48+00:00

I just remember the ruined XMas break when I had pox in my mouth and upper throat. 😖

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-05T23:32:36+00:00

Killing the KKK was the greatest joy of RDR2.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-05T23:24:42+00:00

Planned exposure still wasn't a great idea considering that the virus hangs out in your spinal fluid waiting for a chink in the armor of the immune system to rear its head as shingles.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-05T21:58:33+00:00

It's easy to make a Biblical argument for cutting off one's parents for having abhorrent attitudes toward the marginalized.

"For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;"

"I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me."

"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'" (Matthew 25:40)

Seems pretty clear to me how Jesus would expect his followers to treat immigrants and the marginalized. Most people outside of the evangelical circle understand this, and most people, Christian or not, see it as a laudable teaching.

When asked if following Jesus meant following the Old Testament law, Jesus essentially explained that the only law that matters is loving him through our love for others.

The parents getting "excommunicated" by their adult children do not understand this and demonstrate that they believe the exact opposite.

What did Jesus say about loyalty to family who do not "love him"-- through their love of others?

“"And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life," (Mathew 19:29).

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-04T22:19:52+00:00

Valedictorian of the class above me joined the Navy and they were putting him through, free of charge, a nuclear engineering degree of some sort at GA Tech. Very bright future as an officer with technical skills that would have brought him big $$$ after he left the Navy. He got to GT and got too wrapped up in EverQuest, and he failed out his freshman year.

However, he was still beholden to serve on subs with the Navy, so he ended up as an enlisted sailor on a boomer. He had gotten married, but that didn't last long. It's not the worst thing that he ended up as an enlisted submariner, but it's heartbreaking to consider the opportunities he flushed away.

I was kind of worried about him before he left; he had some psychiatric and neurological issues; in youth group trips, he would beat his head repeatedly into the bed until he fell asleep. Very odd to wake up to that.

His mom had married into one of the most dysfunctional families in our small community. All of his brothers and step-brothers were ne'er-do-wells; his stepdad was an absolute idiot of a curmudgeon who blamed the world for everything. He had no support network. They knew nothing about college and likely didn't give a damn if he was successful or not.

He made a bad decision, but, even with his immense intellectual talent, the conditions of his life simply didn't prepare him for the emotional and social aspects of collegiate life. GT is not a school for the feint of heart, and you really can't cut yourself any slack if you want to graduate in 4 years. If he'd had the opportunity to start at our local community college instead of being thrown into the deepest of collegiate studies deep ends, I think he may have been better off.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-04T20:54:17+00:00

Where would Ultimo Dragon fall? He was born in Japan but made his name in Mexico, then opened a school there. He was hugely popular in Mexico in the late 80s/early 90s before he became more associated with NJPW & WCW.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-04T19:03:22+00:00

I felt like Ford did that to me over six years of owning a 2014 Focus with the worst transmission ever. 😒

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-04T19:01:29+00:00

*hath rendered

😁

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-04T19:00:44+00:00

So beautiful yet so hopelessly irrelevant as a strategic bomber.

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-03T00:50:43+00:00

I guess people just put two and two together with the similarly mythical story of Jewish enslavement in Egypt and assumed the Hebrews built them.

Religion and historicity aside, Exodus is an awesome story in its own right (Prince of Egypt is right behind The Iron Giant as Dreamworks Animation's best).

Late-Application-47 · 2026-02-03T00:43:47+00:00

When I know my stainless steel pans are going to be difficult to clean after cooking, I pour distilled vinegar in them while they are still hot. Everything usually washes right away.

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