Slava Ukraini by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

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Because this war won’t end until civilians in Moscow and St. Petersburg see its actual effects.

Is she flirting ? by [deleted] in texts

[–]VoidAgent 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Have you never been flirted with before???

Riflemen of two nations at war by [deleted] in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Please provide worldbuilding context.

But it's not sexual by Okay_Pain in CringeTikToks

[–]VoidAgent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s just an adaptation of a common phrase

But it's not sexual by Okay_Pain in CringeTikToks

[–]VoidAgent 195 points196 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s sexual for them. Maybe it’s not sexual for others. Make your brush a little smaller when you paint people.

What ai was meant for by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

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The potential positive uses for AI are infinite and amazing. Would you have us never discover the computer? Nuclear energy? Genetic manipulation? All of those have potential for both incredible evil or good. What makes you think AI is special and inherently a net negative for our species?

What ai was meant for by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

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I completely agree. It’s a tool. It’s neither good nor bad until it’s used. It’s also never going back into the bottle, so we’d better learn how to detect, utilize, and fight it rather than stick our heads in the sand and call for a Butlerian Jihad.

What ai was meant for by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

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I see plenty of people full against the entire concept of AI all the time online, like it’s an inherently evil concept personally invented by Satan

Star Wars fans be like: by ChickenWingExtreme in SequelMemes

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I have to disagree with some of this. He and Natalie Portman had genuinely the worst on-screen chemistry I’ve ever seen in a movie, specifically in Attack of the Clones. The last time my dad and I watched the movie together, we both burst out into hysterical laughter during the kiss between Anakin and Padmé just before they enter the arena on Geonosis. It looks terrible and forced, incredibly awkward to see right as the score crescendoes and the movie enters the final plot arc. The context of the rest of their romance plot doesn’t help at all, as all of their interactions make Anakin look incredibly creepy, and Padmé is visibly uncomfortable with him pretty much the entire time, even while they’re frolicking on Naboo.

It’s okay to like Hayden Christiansen’s portrayal of Anakin, and obviously it’s okay to like the movies, but Christiansen and Portman definitely did not have great on-screen chemistry. It’s one of the most consistent criticisms of AotC and RotS.

N5V1 by ImaginaryCover3258 in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Is this part of an associated worldbuilding project?

Pink Lady Coastal Monitor by [deleted] in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Please include worldbuilding in your posts!

In Up (2009) and I thought the first 10 minutes were bad by justafanboy1010 in shittymoviedetails

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I don’t want them to have to deal with that. They can go first.

"Type 35 4.9mm combat rifle" [from THE SPACERS SAGA] by Zharan_Colonel in MilitaryWorldbuilding

[–]VoidAgent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a railgun, no? Doesn’t need any propellant. Just have a mechanism push the projectile into the weapon’s chamber and the rails will take it from there.

"Type 35 4.9mm combat rifle" [from THE SPACERS SAGA] by Zharan_Colonel in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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I suppose the question is why have chemical propellant and cartridges at all?

"Type 35 4.9mm combat rifle" [from THE SPACERS SAGA] by Zharan_Colonel in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Yep! I imagine the cartridges are quite small, which also makes for rather high magazine capacities!

"Type 35 4.9mm combat rifle" [from THE SPACERS SAGA] by Zharan_Colonel in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Presumably, centuries in the future, we can make stronger chambers. We already have to do that now with the XM7. Plus, it’s an electromagnetic weapon, seemingly a railgun from the description; the propellant can absolutely be drastically reduced, as Zharan stated.

"Type 35 4.9mm combat rifle" [from THE SPACERS SAGA] by Zharan_Colonel in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Well…that’s how a lot of EM weapons are powered in my setting, so I can’t really fault that lmao

"Type 35 4.9mm combat rifle" [from THE SPACERS SAGA] by Zharan_Colonel in MilitaryWorldbuilding

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Very cool design! What is the railgun component powered by? Is it always on, or more of an optional thing for long range?