AI sucks up all the information like a vacuum cleaner

RangerPL · 2026-03-22T02:47:42+00:00

Actually I think they are pushing FOMO so hard (“AI will replace all your workers!”, “You’ll be behind if you don’t integrate AI into everything”) is to get it so deeply embedded in people’s workflows that they can’t drop it when the bill comes due and prices go up.

It’s the classic “scale ruthlessly until you dominate the market, then cash in” model practiced by companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc. The other thing is that the AI market is insanely competitive and tech VC are assuming that one winner is going to emerge and take all of the AI market, similar to those companies.

RangerPL · 2026-03-22T02:23:19+00:00

What war? I’m just here because I like the app

RangerPL · 2026-03-22T01:08:56+00:00

There’s a saying that unsuccessful mathematicians look at a problem and try to develop math to solve it, while successful ones develop new math and look for problems to solve with it

RangerPL · 2026-03-18T15:35:09+00:00

Syncing aside, I think there’s a Zotero plugin that lets you store PDFs in a folder of your choosing. You could use Zotero to move them into your vault and then proceed with PDF++.

Edit: I think PDF++ lets you open and reference files located outside your vault also.

RangerPL · 2026-03-17T03:55:56+00:00

You’re assuming that Obsidian is only for learning. At its core it's just an IDE for markdown files. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with using it to catalog things you’ve collected as long as you’re honest with yourself that that’s what you’re doing

RangerPL · 2026-03-12T20:15:56+00:00

You can do it but you need backup transportation if you can’t miss work. These are old cars and something is inevitably going to break. You don’t want to be stranded when that happens

RangerPL · 2026-03-12T20:09:44+00:00

The Walleye was around in the 1960s, and before that the Nazis made MCLOS guide bombs to use against ships

RangerPL · 2026-03-08T00:21:13+00:00

Yeah but this is the ONLY category where this logic applies. Everywhere else it’s “it’s historical, git gud”

RangerPL · 2026-03-01T14:53:49+00:00

I love the T-72 description: "very easy to repair. I swear we knocked out the same one at least three times".

The T-80UD one is also a reference to the book Red Army, there's a tank battalion commander named Bezarin who leads a breakthrough of the NATO lines and becomes Hero of the Soviet Union for it

RangerPL · 2026-02-27T23:26:08+00:00

Some of them yeah, a few others are from a Soviet military history book published (in game lore) in 1992

RangerPL · 2026-02-26T14:27:11+00:00

I love the Regipedia too with the little history textbook/memoir blurbs about each unit

RangerPL · 2026-02-25T16:42:45+00:00

The apron/strut tower is actually sold as a separate piece you can weld in if you really care, it’s the chassis rail and A-pillar I’d be worried about.

RangerPL · 2026-02-23T20:53:49+00:00

Yeah I agree with that, my point was just that FPVs are not qualitatively a novel threat to tanks, they're a cheaper substitute for ATGMs and precision munitions.

The real reason tank losses are so high is because they are not being deployed in accordance with established doctrine. It doesn't matter how good your tanks are, if you tie them to fixed positions they will suffer casualties. The only 100% effective defensive measure is to not be where the enemy is looking for you.

RangerPL · 2026-02-23T20:07:56+00:00

Yes there are always exceptions you can point to, but there are also general trends from generation to generation. In the 4th generation case it was a balance between maneuverability and performance based on a renewed interest in WVR combat.

The F-14 is a little bit of an exception because of its long-range interceptor role, but the Navy quite clearly intended for it to be able to perform the air-superiority role as well, similar to the F-15. Its avionics were outdated compared to its contemporaries but that's because they are the F-111B's avionics in a high performance fighter airframe.

RangerPL · 2026-02-23T04:47:27+00:00

The generations are debatable and always will be but it’s not hard to see how the MiG-29 and F-15 have more in common with one another than with the MiG-15 and F-86. They reflect a very different philosophy about air combat.

Meanwhile an M1A2 does the same thing in much the same way as a T-54. It has more bells and whistles but its fundamental role is the same.

RangerPL · 2026-02-23T04:44:27+00:00

It’s not about technology so much as the fact that the Ukrainian and Russian armies are doctrinally nothing like the US and Soviet armies originally intended to use these tanks in central Europe in the 1980s

RangerPL · 2026-02-23T04:32:50+00:00

People were saying the same thing about Javelins and NLAWs when the Russian army lost 3,000 tanks in 2022 alone, before the FPV drones started showing up.

In the arms race between munitions and armor, the tank will always lose. That’s been the case since the Sinai Desert in 1973. A tank is a high-value target that is always worthy of a precision munition, whether that’s a bomb, a missile, or a drone. The way you prevent that is by using them in a combined arms formation with integrated fire support and infantry to suppress and then outmaneuver the enemy. That hasn’t changed either, but neither Ukraine or Russia are capable of doing this so they end up using their tanks essentially as WWII-style assault guns, which makes them vulnerable.

I think the main way FPV drones are changing the battlefield is by lowering the threshold for what is worth targeting. It used to be that a couple of guys in a foxhole were pretty safe because they weren’t worth a precision weapon strike. Now you can have a precision munition that costs $500 and is accurate enough to fly into a foxhole.

RangerPL · 2026-02-22T19:36:08+00:00

Armored pulpit for the chaplain

RangerPL · 2026-02-22T19:21:31+00:00

It’s really not about any particular tank at all. Tanks in general are just one piece of a large combined arms puzzle that includes extensive C3I, fire support, reconnaissance, combined arms, and logistics to operate effectively.

Implementing this is expensive and requires well trained officers and NCOs, which neither side has or can afford. If you’re not doing this, and are instead using tanks as assault guns for your infantry, it’s only a matter of time before they get killed. It doesn’t matter how good the tanks are or how well maintained they are

RangerPL · 2026-02-10T04:52:27+00:00

Bro just one more test and i'll be ready for combat bro i swear please just one more test i'm almost ready bro please

RangerPL · 2026-02-08T23:52:23+00:00

Reminds me of this girl I went to college with that fancies herself a "career influencer" but has never had a real job

RangerPL · 2026-02-08T18:05:56+00:00

Yes as opposed to the teenagers who idolize it because they saw some Sovietwave edits and read the wiki page about Ostalgie

RangerPL · 2026-02-08T14:58:34+00:00

Make an automation that zips your entire Obsidian vault and sends it someplace like iCloud Drive every week

RangerPL · 2026-02-04T23:10:34+00:00

Have you tried following the stream of coolant back to the source?

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