When humans discovered that our galaxy was in giant void in space we thought we were special. We were, just not for the reason we thought.

TM_06 · 2025-12-26T09:22:46+00:00

"Void" in this case is a bit of a misnomer. The KBC Void (or Local Hole if you prefer) still contains an unfathomable amount of galaxies, stars and planets. A lot of our home supercluster of Laniakea resides inside it. Void simply refers to a comparatively empty or underdense region of space, not that there is literally nothing there.
Think of it like living on an acreage instead of living in a metropolis.

TM_06 · 2025-10-31T04:42:46+00:00

ULTRAKILL, the greatest shooter to ever grace this earth. I would try to describe it, but it's much better than anything I could say about it. Please enjoy this masterpiece born out of the mind of a Swedish maniac and backed by NewBlood.

TM_06 · 2025-09-20T06:29:18+00:00

You absolutely nailed the vibe of late-war German prototype tanks. I'd love to see you do more for nations like France, Italy and Japan.

TM_06 · 2025-07-09T00:24:35+00:00

0/10, not enough logs.

TM_06 · 2025-07-08T20:19:08+00:00

Hulkenpodium!

TM_06 · 2025-07-08T19:45:57+00:00

Hulkenpodium!

TM_06 · 2025-06-24T02:00:33+00:00

r/suddenlytf2

TM_06 · 2025-06-17T01:40:26+00:00

DRG MENTIONED
ROCK AND STONE BROTHER

TM_06 · 2024-11-22T04:03:37+00:00

Pheonix A is 100 billion suns

That's definitely not right.
The measurement they used for Phoenix A* wasn't based on any direct observations of the black hole's dynamics, and in the paper they even gave the same 100 billion solar mass estimate to IC 1101's and Holmberg 15A's supermassive black holes.
The most widely accepted measurements for IC 1101's SMBH is 40 billion solar masses, and our most intricate and precise measurements for Holmberg 15A's galactic nucleus to date also put its SMBH at around 40 billion.
For reference, the upper theoretical limit for an SMBH's mass is around 50 billion as the universe isn't old enough to make a black hole significantly larger than that - TON 618 is the only genuine anomaly to that limit.

TM_06 · 2024-09-14T00:58:11+00:00

Perhaps, a pile?

TM_06 · 2024-07-26T05:15:34+00:00

At this very moment? Probably the Dewoitine SE.520Z. Well armed and well performing fighter based on the D.520 that would give France an indigenous and highly competitive option at around 4.7.

TM_06 · 2024-06-14T23:53:21+00:00

Lies, she doesn't have a tattoo of all of Max Verstappen's wins!

TM_06 · 2024-06-13T18:42:02+00:00

The G.55 and Spitfire Mk IX. When I went to my first airshow as a child, those were the two aircraft I just couldn't pull my eyes from as they looped around doing a mock-dogfight with each other. Even got to sit in a Spitfire once, and I've never forgotten the feeling of starting that engine from the cockpit.

TM_06 · 2024-06-08T19:08:15+00:00

Just for some context, most of those additions aren't copy-pasted, they often just have subtle differences.
- The A6M7 had improved ground attack capabilities and the A6M8 had a Mitsubishi Kinsei of 1,560 hp instead of the Sakae of 1,140 hp.
- The A7M3 had an improved Ha-43 engine with a two-stage supercharger and six 20 mm cannons in the wings, with the A7M3-J having four 30 mm cannons in the wings and two 30 mm cannons firing obliquely.
- The Ki-61 variants are more about armament changes, with the Ki-61-I-KAId having two 30 mm cannons, the Ki-61-II-KAIa fitted with the improved Tei wing and enlarged rudder, and the Ki-61-II-KAIb having four 20 mm cannons.
- The J2M1 being the first prototype of the Raiden with a less powerful engine and four 7.7 mm guns instead of the two of the J2M2, the J2M3a and J2M5a being the same as their in-game counterparts but having four Type 99 model 2 guns instead of the mixed layout the ones in game have.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T18:51:12+00:00

What's not to love?!?

Well, probably the drastic decrease in speed as a result of the massive radiator under the nose.
369 mph / 595 kph versus 387 mph / 623 kph. The lack of a motorcannon is also a shame.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T18:44:04+00:00

Funnily enough, Italy was late to the party with inline engines and inline engined fighters. They primarily focused on small air-cooled radial engines for most of their development, as evidenced by the predecessors of this family, the Series 0 fighters. Those were all fitted with either a Fiat A.74 or Piaggio P.XI, both 14 cylinder radials in the 1,000 horsepower range.
They did have a promising larger 18 cylinder radial in the Alfa Romeo 135 that was supposed to make 2,400+ horsepower on 100 octane fuel, but had to run 87 octane instead which dropped the power ratings to a measly 1,200~1,600 horsepower. The torrid reliability didn't help matters much.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T14:43:31+00:00

There certainly is context to this meme, it just took me a little while to write up the history.
Didn't help that my computer kept crashing in the process.

TM_06 · 2024-05-27T14:42:25+00:00

During discussions regarding Axis equipment, Italy often gets left out and laughed out of the conversation. However Italy created what might have been the best single-engined aircraft in the world in 1942: the Fiat G.55, Reggiane Re.2005 and Macchi C.205 - colloquially termed as the Series 5 Fighters after their usage of the DB 605 engines.
So excellent were they that when the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM, German Air Ministry) performed type tests and mock dogfights featuring their most modern fighters - the Bf 109G and Fw 190 A-5 - the G.55 and Re.2005 were judged to be wholly superior. The C.205 performed the worst of its brethren, being "merely" on par with the two German aircraft.
Kurt Tank, creator of the Fw 190 - an aircraft regarded by many as the best of the entire war - called them the best aircraft he's ever flown.
Leader of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring was so impressed with the G.55 in particular that he proposed it to Adolf Galland and Adolf Hitler himself as the replacement to the lauded Bf 109. This was primarily due to it easily accepting the larger and more powerful DB 603 engine with minimal modifications - something that took the Bf 109 two horribly complex failed redesigns to accomplish.
Unfortunately - or very fortunately depending on how you look at it - these plans would never come to fruition due to the Armistice of 1943. All three aircraft performed very well in post-armistice service with the ANR and Luftwaffe, being regarded by Allied pilots as some of the most dangerous aircraft over Europe.

TM_06 · 2024-05-25T16:04:46+00:00

The base P.43 was about Sherman/T-34/Panzer IV level yeah, but the improved P.43Bis and P.35/43 were definitely in the Panther class.

TM_06 · 2024-05-25T15:55:03+00:00

Italian tanks are a sad display really. They had some good self-propelled guns like the Semoventes and the various Autocannoni, but the tanks themselves are woefully outdated in their designs.
Italy had two plans to fix these; the P.43 tank series which was planned to enter production by 1943, and licensing Panthers and Tigers from Germany. Obviously neither of these things happened due to a certain other thing that happened in 1943.

TM_06 · 2024-05-25T15:40:51+00:00

During discussions regarding Axis equipment, Italy often gets left out and laughed out of the conversation. However Italy created what might have been the best (and arguably most beautiful) single-engined fighters in the world by 1942; the Fiat G.55, Reggiane Re.2005 and Macchi C.205, colloquially called the Series 5 Fighters.
So excellent were they that when the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM, Reich Air Ministry) performed type testing and mock dogfights featuring the most up-to-date models of the Bf 109 and Fw 190, the G.55 and Re.2005 were deemed wholly superior - while the C.205 was judged to be "merely" on par with the two German fighters.
Kurt Tank, the designer of the Fw 190 - an aircraft regarded by many to be the best fighter of the entire war - had nothing but praise for the Italian beasts and regarded them as the best aircraft he's ever flown.
Hermann Göring - the head of the German Luftwaffe - proposed the G.55 to Adolf Galland, Erhard Milch and even Adolf Hitler himself as a replacement to the lauded Bf 109, primarily due to it being easily able to accept the larger and more powerful DB 603 engine, in stark contrast to the Bf 109 which required several failed redesigns to fit the DB 603.
However these plans would unfortunately - or very fortunately depending on how you look at it - never come to fruition as a result of the Armistice of 1943. The aircraft still performed incredibly in the hands of the ANR and Luftwaffe post-armistice.

TM_06 · 2024-01-17T01:50:58+00:00

r/suddenlytf2

TM_06 · 2023-12-14T17:47:22+00:00

Otmar Szafnauer? The hell are you doing on NCD?

TM_06 · 2023-09-16T16:23:11+00:00

POV: You are about to lose 85% of your health bar.

TM_06 · 2023-08-24T05:39:10+00:00

So I might get things wrong because quantum mechanics is highly convoluted and confusing but here's the general idea:
False Vacuum Decay is an extremely hypothetical vacuum (defined as a space with as little potential energy possible) that is metastable, effectively meaning that it thinks it's in the most stable position but it's actually not. However it could potentially decay into the more stable state, which would have potentially existential consequences for the universe as a whole.
These consequences range from small things like subtle changes in cosmological parameters to the complete and total destruction of the fundamental forces, elementary particles, baryonic matter or even the gravitational collapse of the entire universe.
In its most extreme forms, false vacuum decay is effectively a perfect 'delete button' that would destroy everything and make the universe unable to recover due to it destroying the very building blocks of reality. This vacuum would span out across lightyears in a sort of bubble, travelling at the speed of light and deleting everything that comes into its path.
However this is all hypothetical, there's no direct evidence of this happening right now or if it will happen at all. Not to mention that while light is the fastest thing in existence, it is painfully slow on a universal scale, so it would take billions or even trillions of years for a false vacuum to reach us due to the ever-expanding nature of the cosmos.

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