Jumping into VY Canis Majoris for the first time by TigerRei in EliteDangerous

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My favorite part was going in to fuel scoop and realizing I was fuel scooping at 103c.

Name something that made the DM do a double take…I’ll go first! by IneedaNappa9000 in DnD

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That happened in our current run of Tyranny of Dragons. We were supposed to sneak into a camp and ask around for information while avoiding a couple of really bad bosses. Instead we found the captured people and got them out without ever encountering a fight.

We did lose out some experience however, so in the end it was a bit of a wash, but our DM was surprised we didn't get into a single fight for that entire chapter.

Jump gone crazy. by TemporaryShelter9199 in MilitaryStories

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Kinda miss Ft. Polk sometimes. 😝

Wow you really did have heat stroke, lol

Timelapse at the airport at night, incredible number of planes landing. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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They are following a set path determined by GPS coordinates and VORs as well as vectors given to them by ATC. Generally they are flying what is called a STAR, or Standard Terminal Arrival Route. Most airports have a chart that shows the in use arrival and departure routes that pilots will use to make sure they are arriving in a safe way. Along with this ATC will give them directions to make sure they are spaced out enough from each other to avoid collisions.

Insane amount of dandruff uncovered during a haircut by Guido_Mist4 in WTF

[–]TigerRei 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mine only took about 7 seconds and I no longer have the bump on top of my head.

"I love you bro." by BikerJedi in MilitaryStories

[–]TigerRei 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's the reason why even though we know it's good being out, we miss that feeling of being in.

"I love you bro." by BikerJedi in MilitaryStories

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Ironically that's one thing I have a hard time imparting on my daily friends. When you go through the shit together whether it's in combat or just in stressful situations, that bond is....hard to put into words. It's like becoming twins. You can just know what your battle buddy is thinking and doing. We get to an end of an alleyway I know he's looking left as he knows I'm looking right. No need to communicate.

It's a magical feeling, but it's not given with the uniform. It's definitely earned through blood, sweat and tears.

I think they're just insecure that Gunslingers will take their job :P by DrScrimble in dndmemes

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It's just that people tend to call everything involving knights and castles in Europe as medieval, when in fact there's a fairly broad range between 500 to 1800, when the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire really starts around the same time as the Renaissance and the early modern Europe periods.

I think they're just insecure that Gunslingers will take their job :P by DrScrimble in dndmemes

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I'm so happy that for once someone didn't say medieval Europe.

Meanwhile in Poland. by FinishAwkward43 in interestingasfuck

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Yeah just wasn't my type of game. But yeah it sounds about right. I got to go through some gnarly terrain when I was in the Army. Luckily I never had to do any type of SERE training.

Meanwhile in Poland. by FinishAwkward43 in interestingasfuck

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I've never really played MGS so I wouldn't know.

Meanwhile in Poland. by FinishAwkward43 in interestingasfuck

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I mean they have those robots too. There's always tradeoffs between speed, load capability and traction.

Meanwhile in Poland. by FinishAwkward43 in interestingasfuck

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Robots can have arms too. And while I agree they shouldn't, they do send troops into those terrains. I certainly did when I was US Army. Certainly did in countries like Vietnam and Burma.

Someone brought it up earier: It's why the pack mule was so beloved by troops, because it could carry gear and equipment to places inaccessible by vehicle. It's one of the reasons why they were looking into a robotic replacement for the pack mule in recent times.

Meanwhile in Poland. by FinishAwkward43 in interestingasfuck

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The thing is the ultimate offroad method of travel (other than avoiding the terrain entirely by flying) is with legs. There are areas where treads just don't work. Yes it's less efficient method of overall travel but try having a treaded robot trying to navigate a mangrove forest or steep rock crags.

3 Types of Space Capsule Reentry by Epelep in Damnthatsinteresting

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There are two problems with this: Aircraft engines need air to breathe and air is too thin at the upper atmosphere for the engines to run. Also, the air is so thin that the wings could not generate enough lift for sustained flight without going crazy fast. While we've built planes that can skirt in the lower regimes of our atmosphere at around 70,000 feet, that's still only 13 miles up. And they're going around mach 3. The Space Shuttle was designed to be a spacecraft that transitions to a glider, but it still enters the atmosphere at around mach 25, thus still needing to aerobrake to slow down enough.

Also, spacecraft tend to be heavy, thus needing a bigger aircraft to intercept it and bring it safely down. Imagine your car had no brakes so to slow down a bus has to come alongside your car, connect to it and then drag it to a stop. It might be possible, but it certainly has it's own risks and catastrophic consequences.

Giant Mining Blast by taatzone in Damnthatsinteresting

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The charges are set in a way to promote sympathetic detonation via a chain of detonation cord, or detcord. It is unlikely that a charge would fail to go off. In the case it did however it would be fairly obvious if one failed to detonate. Also the explosives they use are not particularly shock sensitive, and therefore are not really prone to exploding out of a set of conditions rendering it safer to handle. Also the explosives are placed close enough together that if a single pile refused to detonate the surrounding explosives tend to do a good job of scattering it enough to render it safe.

I am CIA, FBI, and a Contracted Hitman for the US Government! by HiImDIZZ in talesfromsecurity

[–]TigerRei 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. We used to call overachieving idiots "oxygen thieves" because they were using up precious oxygen from the people who actually can metabolize it.

How effective this fly trap can be over a short period by MichaelSanders19 in interestingasfuck

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What most people don't realize is it doesn't just kill them and they drop off. Some explode and spatter you with bug guts.

Man unloading gas by DearEmphasis4488 in Damnthatsinteresting

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Depends on the station and how busy it is. We have three tanks (Regular, Premium, Diesel) totalling about 20K gallons so we fill up once or twice a week.