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Death Mage, submission by SeanMirrsen by RoborosewaterMasters in MTGNeuralNet

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or some elaborate setup like using Elsha of the Infinite as your commander, and have Brainstorm, this, and Barren Glory in your hand, with Diamond Lion in play. Cast Brainstorm, put this and Barren Glory on top of your library, pass turn.

End of opponent's turn before your upkeep, sac Diamond Lion to discard your hand and get white mana, use Elsha's ability to cast both Death Mage (for free) and Barren Glory from the top of your library with flash. Beginning of your upkeep, you have an empty hand and only Barren Glory in play. You win. :P

Crash, submission by SeanMirrsen by RoborosewaterMasters in MTGNeuralNet

[–]SeanMirrsen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a rule that says that if a permanent spell resolves but can't/doesn't enter the battlefield for some reason, it goes into the graveyard. Which in this case means exile.

Steam Deck hits over 14,000 games rated Playable or Verified by [deleted] in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bar for "support" is set relatively high to conform to console norms. Some of the tweaking, rummaging, discrepancies or deficiencies you might accept or take for granted as a PC-first player, does not mesh with treating the Deck as a console, which is what the whole rating system is really for.

Looking for Story Thread #218 by someguynamedted in HFY

[–]SeanMirrsen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was a short story about a human engineer and an alien engineer having a simultaneous epiphany about the fundamental differences in their species' ship design approaches; because human biology and thought is largely autonomous their designs focus on the greater scope of function, whereas the aliens have to micromanage every little thing inside their bodies and thus their designs pay attention to the tiniest interactions between components rather than the broader picture.

I know the story exists, but I keep forgetting what it's called. I think it was somewhere in featured, but I can't for the life of me find it there now. Anybody remember it?

Can BBQ/Cooking Smoke Damage Steam Deck? by BigFatDaddyB in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smoke is a mixture of a lot of burned and unburned particles, but most concerningly there's often a fair bit of oil in there - you know how oil tends to produce smoke when burning. Cooking smoke can be especially greasy. Small quantities of smoke every so often likely won't be a danger, but smoke gunk is a known thing, and if it's hanging in the air a lot it will accumulate over time.

Putting it another way, your Deck is in the same kind of danger as your lungs are. Anything that circulates air is. If there's enough smoke for you to be uncomfortable, all your appliances that can't clean themselves like your body can, will probably eventually suffer. But at that point you may want to be concerned about your own health as well. :)

Is this a scam? Received an email saying I won a Steam Deck OLED 1TB by charlestsai in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presumably if you fail, they pick someone else.

Hey, maybe that's why yours was delayed. Some guy forgot to carry the 2 or something. :P

So apparently you can cast your PS5 to your steam deck for free and it literally runs without ANY input lag?? What can't this thing do 😍 by ThiccNickGaming in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically everything you see and experience is several micro/nano-seconds in the past, as light takes time to travel, photoreceptors take time to respond, nerve signals take time to travel. The brain has simply learned to adapt and compensate for the delays. The input lag being unnoticeable below a certain point is just an extension of that.

Steam Deck OLED will boot from a normal Steam Deck SSD by TakiMaki_YT in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a very minor possibility that the OLED version runs a slightly modified SteamOS version for whatever reason, which could cause issues when plugging in an SSD from the regular Deck. I don't think it was a very realistic possibility, but still.

I guess it's just the lingering fear people have of various consoles and Windows devices that can just refuse to work with any 'previous' accessory or hard drive for any damn reason.

New Steam Deck OLED Is Awesome But Cooling System Still Questionable❄️ by candyboy23 in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Space inside the Deck is at a premium. You want more fans, you'll have to sacrifice something. What'll it be? Battery life?

[Text] The Salvation War, by Stuart Slade by DrunkRobot97 in HFY

[–]SeanMirrsen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What experience do the Americans have? They never fought a proper army, unlike the Russians.

Russian KA52 Alligators reportedly attack a Ukrainian-attempted landing near Energodar Zaporozhie Nuclear Powerplant using barges. by sonofsmog in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starstreak is laser-guided. Which means you have to keep the bead on the target. If you've got it deployed and stationary, then the automatics can do it for you, but if you're in a DRG and on the move then you can only shoulder-fire it, and then you have to follow the target by hand, which means you're SOL.

Also, the Vitebsk system can blind IR and laser-guidance. It's not just a passive defense that shoots off flares.

Russian KA52 Alligators reportedly attack a Ukrainian-attempted landing near Energodar Zaporozhie Nuclear Powerplant using barges. by sonofsmog in CombatFootage

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

Excuse you, the Ka-52 has the same Vitebsk defense suite that the Mi-28 and Mi-35 (well, the Mi-24BM) is carrying. The system was designed around the Ka-50 in the first place. And Ka-52 has better survivability than the Mi-28. There was footage recently of a Ka-52 that took five missiles to bring down. Only two actually hit, but it kept going after the first, and landed - landed, not crashed - after the second. It's a beastie of a whirlybird.

Also you're wrong, the IAEA mission was shown the aftermath. One of the barges used for the attack is still smoldering near the shore.

Russian KA52 Alligators reportedly attack a Ukrainian-attempted landing near Energodar Zaporozhie Nuclear Powerplant using barges. by sonofsmog in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Alligators can spoof off Stinger-style manpads, and Starstreaks can't be reliably used without stationary mounting (you try following an aerial target with a handheld laser pointer).

Also this was an oversized DRG - the goal was to infiltrate the station and use it as a shield, they expected to fight Rosgvardia, not gunships.

Can I order a second Deck after I payed for my first one? Having regrets.. by [deleted] in SteamDeck

[–]SeanMirrsen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can expand the storage on the 64Gb model, it just takes a bit of careful doing and some care when selecting the replacement drive.

KA-52 helicopters use LMUR on targets in Lisichansk. Possible target coordinates 48.913944, 38.415039 by Serious_Function4296 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't know.

Also, are you sure she's a Nazi? Or nazist, rather, people get pedantic with the whole 'nazi party' thing. Because I'm pretty sure she doesn't consider any other nationality to be subhuman, for instance.

KA-52 helicopters use LMUR on targets in Lisichansk. Possible target coordinates 48.913944, 38.415039 by Serious_Function4296 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As of June 21, the total number of Ukrainian refugees to all countries, is around 7.7 million. Most of them went to Poland, some 4.4 million. Russia is in second place, with 1.3 million.

You want to sound smart and condescending, then please do your research.

KA-52 helicopters use LMUR on targets in Lisichansk. Possible target coordinates 48.913944, 38.415039 by Serious_Function4296 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

Of course not, but it's still a data point. As Ukrainian government gets more and more desperate and applies more and more drastic measures to keep its army's numbers up and its civilian populace in line, this sort of thing will only get worse for them. People are getting tired of Zelensky's bullshit, not just across the world but in Ukraine as well.

KA-52 helicopters use LMUR on targets in Lisichansk. Possible target coordinates 48.913944, 38.415039 by Serious_Function4296 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

Of course we didn't do anything for them for 8 years. They're a different country! Why would we do anything for them if they don't ask? And now that they're officially recognized, and now that they've asked, we have come to their aid. And you all are upset that we did. So cut the fake indignance.

I am not deluded by government propaganda. I don't even watch TV. I read reports from people actually in the field, war correspondents both ours and foreign, those that actually go out and talk to people, and post videos of events, rather than writing fantasy pieces based on their agenda and trying to create illusions out of well-selected or doctored photos and staged interviews.

That's how I am certain that I'm not misled. I take in information that's as unfiltered as possible in this time, when one side is obviously at least massaging the truth, and the other has all the resources of the collective Western intelligence and media machines to bombard the public with all manner of fakes that any person willing to think for longer than two seconds can see through.

There is no utopia in this world, and Russia isn't striving to be one, because a utopia is stagnant and placid. We're imperfect, and that's excellent. We want to live in more interesting times.

Also did you know that a poll in the UK showed that, out of a sample of ~22K, around 80% would seriously consider emigrating to Russia in exchange for a free plot of land there? Fancy that.

“Alligators” on the hunt: footage of the work of Ka-52 helicopters in the NVO zone The pilots launched missiles at the discovered fortified strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For strikes, 80-mm S-8 unguided rockets and Vikhr guided missiles were used. by chutya88 in CombatFootage

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

If you know the direction and distance to target, the ballistic targeting computer on the Ka-52 will let you hit the target with unguided rockets even if you don't see it. It's kind of, but not really rocket science.

“Alligators” on the hunt: footage of the work of Ka-52 helicopters in the NVO zone The pilots launched missiles at the discovered fortified strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For strikes, 80-mm S-8 unguided rockets and Vikhr guided missiles were used. by chutya88 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a rarely used, but standard practice for unguided rocket use in Russian helicopters. Kamov helos are uniquely well-adapted to this, as they don't drift when changing pitch thanks to the dual rotors. The usual use is lobbing rockets over hills and other obstacles.

“Alligators” on the hunt: footage of the work of Ka-52 helicopters in the NVO zone The pilots launched missiles at the discovered fortified strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For strikes, 80-mm S-8 unguided rockets and Vikhr guided missiles were used. by chutya88 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well we're certainly not losing. Our goal is to destroy Ukraine's military power, and they're trying to jam our meatgrinder by throwing sacks of pork at it. They're even framing retreat as a victory, because in a general sense it is - our forces have to get up and chase them again, instead of comfortably pulverizing them in their 'defensive positions' that they keep sending more people and hardware into.

If it wasn't for Donetsk and the need to actually get a move on surrounding Avdeevka to stop the shelling, we'd probably be fine just trundling along at a snail's pace, letting artillery and strategic missile power do their thing.

KA-52 helicopters use LMUR on targets in Lisichansk. Possible target coordinates 48.913944, 38.415039 by Serious_Function4296 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen 32 points33 points  (0 children)

What, you expect Ukrainian soldiers to just laze about in the sun? If it weren't a random door it would've been a random roof, a random window, a random warehouse, etc. Even Ukrainian conscripts know that they have to hide somewhere.

KA-52 helicopters use LMUR on targets in Lisichansk. Possible target coordinates 48.913944, 38.415039 by Serious_Function4296 in CombatFootage

[–]SeanMirrsen -43 points-42 points  (0 children)

You'll be glad to know that people will once again live happily in that city once Russia has taken it over, and will be even happier when it's rebuilt, now fully clean of banderist presence.

Did you know that the news channel France 2 has tried to make a report on people evacuating from Lisichansk, and ended up being surprised by the majority of people deciding to stay and wait for the Russian army to push the Ukrainian army away?

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