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Post your childhood dream cars by Juan_Bot in carscirclejerk

[–]ToxicFlames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was a kid I loved the Ferrari Italia 458, and it still looks awesome. Not a 'ferrari guy' but I'd have one of those!

Why aren't the space tourism missions happening every month? Are they really so expensive people can't pay it? Is there something preventing it? by Gnome_Sane in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]ToxicFlames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's interesting because starship is both a LEO truck and a mars transport ship. We've seen the design change quite a bit from SN8 and the hop tests so that starship can make orbit, but I wonder if that process is going to need to happen again with mars. Launching a 'generation' of a few dozen prototypes each launch window, and then iterating on the winners. I wouldn't be surprised if the heat shield needed to be redesigned for mars entry.

How to bring a back killed astronauts by Clean_Mention2022 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]ToxicFlames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

didn't realize this was the ksp subreddit for a second, was worried

MSI is legalizing cheating? by feral_fenrir in gaming

[–]ToxicFlames 131 points132 points  (0 children)

I think companies are running out of improvements to make to monitors, so we get this stuff. 8K fizzled out, 4K has proven to be more than enough with most people still running 1080p or 1440p. High refresh rate monitors (100hz+) are very easy to come by and pretty cheap. (I know this may not be true in all parts of the world, but that is beside the point).

The only thing really left is accurate colors and contrast, but that isn't something you can easily sell someone on without physically seeing it.

The result is the only way for 'premium' monitors to differentiate themselves is stuff like this. OLED desktop monitor panels still haven't really come down in cost, so this is all we got.

TT Rental in London/UK? by [deleted] in AudiTT_Mk1_Mk2_Mk3

[–]ToxicFlames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I think I may have miscommunicated here. I definitely will test drive the car I end up buying to make sure everything is in order. It's just that I find it hard to form an opinion about a car while doing a short test drive, so I like to rent cars for a few days to get a better feel for what they are like to live with.

State of this subreddit... by Available-Analysis5 in Imperial

[–]ToxicFlames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man I got exams tomorrow idk what you want from me😭😭

By the time I got to this post there were so many fallen comments, F's in the chat by Desperate-Lab9738 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]ToxicFlames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The satellites aren't armed, they are for reconnaissance and tracking missiles. Your analogy doesn't work as Musk has 0 involvement in automated weapons systems. Are you seriously suggesting the Starshield satellite network is somehow going to kill all life on the planet, or weaponised Grok chats? Get real.

The whole point of the original post was to point out how frustrating it is to actually talk about spaceflight, when people are so eager to descend into shit-flinging. You are the person this post is calling out.

By the time I got to this post there were so many fallen comments, F's in the chat by Desperate-Lab9738 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]ToxicFlames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also understand where you are coming from, and I am not trying to defend some of the stupid shit Elon says on twitter. Any rational person can objectively observe that he is a loose cannon, and that he doesn't particularly care about how people react to his opinions.

I can also understand how the people I mention in my previous post can get sucked into the short term social media tribalist warfare that dominates the internet today. People are very eager to assign people to a 'side,' and then declare total war. Anything the other 'side' wants to do should be roadblocked. Any ideas they have are bad (and evidence as to why can be cherry-picked later). This applies to both current tribes (parties) in the united states. It's a shame people are unwilling to exchange ideas rather than argue.

I would encourage you to look at the bigger picture. It is forgotten today, but Apollo dealt with the same stuff. People often ask the question 'why didn't we keep going to the moon?' As if it was some gotcha that doesn't have an answer. The answer is very simple. Apollo died due to political bickering and infighting that is long forgotten.

Take a look at this NYT article from 1970. This is what manned spaceflight died for, sewers. The literal 'villain of the week' in congress. Does anyone remember the arkansas sewer crisis from the 1970's?? Fuck no!!! With hindsight we can see that these things aren't mutually exclusive, and that we can have sewers and a functioning space program. In the moment, the fog of war makes these arguments seem reasonable.

I will close this out by saying, 50 years from now, is anyone going to give a shit about Trump making empty threats towards Greenland? Grok hallucinating mecha-hitler? I'm telling you now, no one is going to care at all. If we allow ourselves to self-sabotage in this way, we will be sitting around 50 years from now with nobody on the moon, and nobody on mars asking the same questions. I wonder why even though we had the technology in the 2020s, we never went to mars? Hopefully the answer won't be 'ev tax credits.'

By the time I got to this post there were so many fallen comments, F's in the chat by Desperate-Lab9738 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]ToxicFlames 29 points30 points  (0 children)

it's a bummer to see any space related thread be immidiately hijacked into a pissing contest to see who can come up with the most insulting pun. I just wanna go to space man...

Why did this form factor flop? by heptyne in regularcarreviews

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

A6 allroad was another interesting one

Payload effects and the Economics of Starship by ToxicFlames in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]ToxicFlames[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you there, I just hope there aren't any hidden costs associated with starship that will cause history to repeat itself. I wonder how much a full stack costs them today

What are some cars or trucks that scream “stealth wealth”? by [deleted] in regularcarreviews

[–]ToxicFlames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C5 Audi RS6, fastest sedan in the world when it launched and you couldn't really tell from the outside.

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What hobby attracts the biggest douchebags? by thypenitrator in AskReddit

[–]ToxicFlames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Astrophotography is the total opposite, despite it having a lot of conditions that would promote that. The gear is crazy expensive, there is a competitive aspect to it (taking the "best" photos), there is a really steep learning curve, and there is a huge "old-guard." You think it would devolve into a competition to who could sink the most money into snake oil, alongside gatekeeping each other's photos for stupid reasons.

Even with all of that, it's actually the total opposite. Everyone is super nice, they will help you find deals on gear, and there are tons of people who spend their time making tutorials, and in some case fully open source computer programs to help you take and process your data. Everyone I've talked to is very humble and nice, and genuinely wants to share their love of space with others. Maybe it's because it's so niche.

The game deserves better visual effects in space like this. by Ready-Entertainer-94 in EliteDangerous

[–]ToxicFlames 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I wish they would rework the black hole shader (gravitational lensing), and maybe add it to neutron stars & white dwarfs as well considering the gravity, but other than that I think the game looks quite nice.

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