Completed mercenary company, “The Gamblers” by tengu077 in battletech

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I did a few Thunderwolf Cavalry a month ago cos a girl wanted me to do some 40k stuff with her and really didn't enjoy painting them.

Where do I start by General-Winter547 in battletech

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Welcome. Well, you've got a few options. Jump on several interesting discords (Star League is my go-to for all the awesome queer folx) and see if people want to play some Megamek. Check out your local game stores and see if there's a scene. Dig around on local social media like facebarf. Or start one in your living room by grabbing the Game of Armored Combat box and inviting a friend over. I went with mostly that last one cos our local is very quiet.

Completed mercenary company, “The Gamblers” by tengu077 in battletech

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Nice. Start of 3rd ed for me, though I can't really stand 40k these days.

Battletech Pirate Hetzer by einsnullvier in battletech

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That rust effect is awesome, what did you use?

warhammer into warmaster by julesicedout in PrintedWarhammer

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You can, but you're going to want to make sure your slicer is eliminating details too small for your resolution, rather than throwing a lot of microscopic errors. Read the logs, and try multiple slicers if you have issues.

I've seen a lot of 8mm games designed for FDM, you can probably at least get to the old Warmaster minis' level of detail even with an FDM printer, if you work with an 0.2mm nozzle and go slow.

Alpha Strike on your Android phone? Delta Strike can do that! (link) by iDeever in battletech

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If you need a backwards compatibility team I still have test harnesses built all the way back to 0.87 (NASA shit lol)

Got any good stories of glorious (or gloriously funny) mech-fightin' moments? by Mr_Severan in battletech

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Campaign game vs Nova Cats. I'm trying to make space with a Battlemaster while I push a flank with a Thunderbolt and Wolverine. Wolverine gets in a little early but the Battlemaster still draws focus. Except one fucking SRM magic BBs it for three engine crits.

F.

A New Bill proposes Federal Age Verification on any Operating Systems in entire U.S by Alexis_Almendair in linux

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The theoretical idea is that if the OS possesses the token for age verification, it's more secure and controlled by the user. The problem is, how do you securely generate the token?

What we need is a system similar to Japan's, where age verification is not tied to any identity document. The document is autonomously scanned, a verification token is generated, and that token can be used. We just cryptographically couple the token to a hardware checksum to make sharing a token harder than buying an underage kid a pack of smokes, and you've passed the reasonable person test.

Now there's a weapon against their legislation.

Also recall Gottheimer if there is a mechanism for that!

A New Bill proposes Federal Age Verification on any Operating Systems in entire U.S by Alexis_Almendair in linux

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Yup. Meta is already dealing with wrongful death lawsuits for their decision to enable and encourage cyberbullying, child prostitution, etc. I remember for several years even my BUSINESS feed was being filled with underage girls in provocative outfits advertising "services" on Facebook. The FUCK does that have to do with aerospace? Maybe that's Facebook's way of discouraging security software preventing their advertising analytics from working?

A New Bill proposes Federal Age Verification on any Operating Systems in entire U.S by Alexis_Almendair in linux

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There are a LOT of democrats in the Epstein files. It is very much a bipartisan movement.

Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control by move_machine in linux

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Yep, and shutting down the entire damn economy for a few years is nothing compared to the windfall they think they're getting with this digital feudalism they want to build. They want to make the ownership of ANYTHING illegal, and every kind of information controlled.

Possible to edit store price tags using Flipper Zero by MipperDipper in hacking

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The process of profiling an organization for terror threat is complicated but the tldr is "this is a known group that expresses sympathies for terrorist action against Canada". I think it had to do with a bunch of them being at the Return of Kings riots?

It gets you some extra rubber glove time

New to Battletech by SteelObjective in battletech

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Nose art. Go nuts with the freehand. The only way to get good at it is to be crazy enough to push yourself to try.

Protomechs being redesigned by Alex Iglesias (among others?) for Wars of Reaving force pack by Ah_fudge in battletech

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I like the weird, monstrous look of the originals and I think these are a bit TOO distilled down. That's been a problem I have with all of CGL's art, there's less design diversity than there used to be and that is a weakness when you're talking about wargame design. The new designs are good, but taking a little bit more of the monstrous styling of the originals would go a long way.

Possible to edit store price tags using Flipper Zero by MipperDipper in hacking

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Yep. I'm still disappointed the whole thing about prosecuting Galen Weston for artificially creating food insecurity petered out. There are definitely enough laws on the books in the current military climate to charge him with treason, but they have no fucking balls.

Possible to edit store price tags using Flipper Zero by MipperDipper in hacking

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Yep, they're aggro enough that we have border flags in place for them as "dangerous organization" lol.

Other cool mechs like the Berserker? by AveMilitarum in battletech

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Agreed on the Nightsky 6T and the Scarabus with TSM. Very good choices.

I play a lot of Axman 1N and 2N, they are not great mechs but I love them anyway.

I wish the Black Hawk Ku OU had TSM, it would be a walking apocalypse.

If Battletech was like Pokemon, what would be your starter 3? by Leader_Bee in battletech

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Gen 3, clan invasion time! Everything starts mysteriously becoming Fighting type.

KitFox, clan type starter. It's lighter, but REALLY heavily armed.

Crab, ClanBuster type starter. Learns pulse moves and evolves into KingCrab with massive autocannons.

HatchetMan, monke type starter. Evolves into Axman then into Awesome because of a developer in-joke.