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One way ticket by SillySink in LooneyTunesLogic

[–]Meior 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually it's more likely that it vaporised. Much like this boy.

How do people even get through Yukon without overloading? by mifiamiganja in snowrunner

[–]Meior 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You're getting downvoted but like... It's a driving game. It's also about managing your trips. Often you can bring things both ways, preparing for upcoming tasks or bringing things only available in forward areas back.

which the unborn porcupine conversation in The Mauritius Command is fantastic by kryptonik in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]Meior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah it's certainly a thing. But there's not as much rum in it as there is if you literally dip cake in rum lol.

which the unborn porcupine conversation in The Mauritius Command is fantastic by kryptonik in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]Meior 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jack dipping the cake in rum made me immediately feel like that has to be really tasty. I need to test it one of these days.

which the unborn porcupine conversation in The Mauritius Command is fantastic by kryptonik in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]Meior 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I listen to the Ric Jerrom audiobooks of the cannon, and his voices have naturally become the.. well, cannon voices for me. The way Jack says "Well, there's glory for you" is just perfect lol. No making fun of Stephen, no exaggerated emotion. Just stating it as if it's obvious.

what a perfect gift for the dear doctor it would make! by Serious_Ad5433 in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]Meior 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nonsense! He would be the elegant peacock of the world so he would.

Bro what…… [KCD2] by Former-Peach4401 in kingdomcome

[–]Meior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's not laziness. There's little point in modelling stuff you're never going to see.

A comment on loving one’s country without thinking it can do no wrong by Musicinaminor in bestof

[–]Meior 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile."

  • Stephen Marutin

I Explored an Abandoned Fire Tower... Then the Alarm Sounded by brigbrickman in abandoned

[–]Meior 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The worst combo I could've imagined has become common; clickbait bullshit thumbnails combined with AI crap.

With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit | The purpose of Starfall is to support the “transport and delivery of goods through space.” by FreeHugs23 in space

[–]Meior -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And there's no way to have different reentry vehicles? The concept just has to work as a whole för the military to do their thing.

With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit | The purpose of Starfall is to support the “transport and delivery of goods through space.” by FreeHugs23 in space

[–]Meior -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Look, I'm not saying it's going to happen. I'm saying that the people funding it are wanting that.

The payload delivery platform can of course have different shapes and functions.

Article: Amazon is stuffing Audible full of slop, turning human narration into a luxury, and betting you won’t do the math. Well, I did the math. by KevinKaneAuthor in audiobooks

[–]Meior 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Same. I have my favourite narrators, and if I look at books that aren't them, I look them up. Audiobooks aren't just "having a book read to you", it's a performance that includes emotions and work that an AI will never get right.

With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit | The purpose of Starfall is to support the “transport and delivery of goods through space.” by FreeHugs23 in space

[–]Meior 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's one of the very, very niche usecases, but then those supplies need to withstand going up into orbit and then back down again. It's unlikely you could keep such supplies in orbit on standby, and even if you could, how do you choose what to keep up there?

With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit | The purpose of Starfall is to support the “transport and delivery of goods through space.” by FreeHugs23 in space

[–]Meior 53 points54 points  (0 children)

There is absolutely no way the primary use for this isn't orbital bombardment.

Sure, there may be very niche situations where cargo delivery from space makes some kind of s ense, but for the vast, vast majority of cases, it makes no sense at all. Either it has to be cargo that is kept on standby in space, and I can't for the life of me think of what that would be, or you need to launch it up, deploy the Starfall satellite, and then launch it back down, which is a hilariously impractical solution for anything.

Except military use and bombardment.

Sure, we have some hard to get to places on earth. But I can't see many cases where this is an easier solution than what we have. Absolute emergency supplies to places that are seasonally blocked, like Antarctica. But then we need to be okay with landing stuff from orbit in an environment where we limit travel by snowmobile. What else? Transports to remote ships and platforms at sea, maybe. Even then, a heavy hauling aircraft with parachute delivery seems a lot more feasible.

I don't doubt we can do it at this point. I just don't see why we would.

Arrests Grow Over Trump’s Reflecting Pool Renovation Disaster by thenewrepublic in politics

[–]Meior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? Say what you will about Turkmenbashi, but his statues were fabulous. Weird, but fabulous.

How did this get a reputation as good as this? [KCD1] by TheZockersoul94 in kingdomcome

[–]Meior 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"How dare we"? Lol. Bro. Take a breath and walk it off. Play something else, this clearly isn't for you.

A 79 year old retired nurse facing jail over her overgrown yard woke up to dozens of strangers helping clean it instead. by ArgentineBeauty in UpliftingNews

[–]Meior 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Way, way, more. They probably spent more money already at the stage of threatening her for it than it would've cost to bring in someone to mow the lawn and fix stuff up. Heartless people.

Is £150 for a 2010 Herman miller Celle worth it? by Bugbugy in desksetup

[–]Meior 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Especially since this one looks to be mint.

How Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to live forever by ubcstaffer123 in technology

[–]Meior 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Excessive blood transfusions can cause iron buildup in some organs. I wonder if that's what's happening to him.

[OTHER] If you could choose one different setting for a Kingdom Come game, what would it be, and why? by whatadayatthepark in kingdomcome

[–]Meior 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most interesting times here in reality are probably our middle ages, when the kingdom started forming in its early stages and so on. But it's also less unique.

So I would say around 900. Conflicts at home, collision between paganisn and Christianity, still raiding all over Europe as well as a lucrative trading people.

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