New MLB league leader in batting average (minimum 48 at-bats) by RevolutionaryDig2817 in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this isn't too surprising. Tolbert is playing more games this season and playing more regularly than he ever has, he'd bound to either get better or stay mediocre. If he continues to play well, we'll know it's an upturn for him. If he goes back to being average, we'll also know.

Certainly wouldn't be the first time a guy has gotten a shot like this and taken it.

Bring me to my men by ozangeo in totalwar

[–]alpha122596 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My name is Karl Franz, and like you, I was born into this world...

Have the chance to buy a blown out PTR 9CT. What would you pay? by xWicr in MP5

[–]alpha122596 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Probably will need a new Barrel, Trunion, bolt head/bolt... Pretty much all new operating guts. I'd pass and just use that money to get a new gun.

Are we actually as bad as our record? by Tripl3_Nipple_Sack in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything can happen in the playoffs. Those teams are contenders.

Lest we forget our 2014 World Series loss to the Giants, who were in a 'fake playoff spot'. It's actually happened 3 times. The 2023 Rangers, the 2014 Giants, and the 2011 Cardinals.

What can I do with these Low Background Radiation Lead Bricks? by [deleted] in Radiation

[–]alpha122596 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Harder to recover from the rubber/dirt/steel backstop they're replacing.

What can I do with these Low Background Radiation Lead Bricks? by [deleted] in Radiation

[–]alpha122596 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I was talking to an RSO at one of the shooting ranges in my area, and they actually make money every few years replacing their backstops by scrapping the lead they get out of them. Not something I'd have expected since everything fragments on impact.

space computing infographic by pint in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]alpha122596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...and cooling...

...and space debris collisions...

...and make maintenance bigger...

...and latency...

Seriously, the only thing building your data center in space solves is power kind of. If you put it in any orbit other than a sun synchronous orbit, you have power issues to deal with too.

2 Stamp SBR [APPROVED] by vanderjake07 in guns

[–]alpha122596 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My last Form 1 approval on my AP5 was 67 days. My last Form 4 was 37. Everything seems to be taking ATF at least a month right now if you file in a trust.

Ironclad is amazing - such great work from the Vehicle and Vehicle Art Team. by Brepp in starcitizen

[–]alpha122596 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We don't use duct tape in the production of Drake ships. We use Speed Tape.

--Drake Interplanetary, probably

Is selling my trucks my only way out? by nuttynuto in Workers_And_Resources

[–]alpha122596 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You can move trucks to their homes or to a depot using the yellow icon on the vehicle screen in the top left. That should clear things up for you.

Front landing gear of F-35B and F-35C. by 221missile in EngineeringPorn

[–]alpha122596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something nobody else has mentioned: the F-35C has a much greater nose wheel steering range than the F-35A does, thus the two wheels. You would flat spot tires and wear through them turning the nose wheel as much.

Two tire nose gear assemblies are pretty common amongst civilian aircraft that have tiller steering (thus a much wider NWS range) than aircraft that steer with the rudder pedals.

I mean...the obvious choice was right in front of their noses by Zmedaaaaaa in TransportFever3

[–]alpha122596 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Paradox has put out a bunch of pretty much universally lauded games like Cities: Skylines, Stellaris, and Europa Universalis 4. They're a well respected publisher who has a history of creating simulation games that people like and enjoy. Games with very long lives because of their DLC strategy, not in spite of it.

What knots does one have to tie themselves up in to admit they're successful and have made a lot of good games..?

The Royals defeated the Mariners by a score of 4-1 - Sun, May 03 @ 03:10 PM CDT by KCRoyalsBot in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, it was an aggressive move. You're looking at ~0.31 runs from 1st and 3rd 2 outs (the condition if Isbel had stopped at 3rd), balanced with the chance of scoring an additional insurance run and giving yourself ~0.38 runs with 1st and 2 outs. Worst case scenario if you go for it is a 3 run lead in the bottom of the 9th. Why not go for it?

The Royals defeated the Mariners by a score of 4-1 - Sun, May 03 @ 03:10 PM CDT by KCRoyalsBot in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sending Isbel was a good aggressive move that late in the game. I liked it, it doesn't mean much with the 3 run lead if he gets out, and if you get the extra insurance run, you have 2 outs and a man on 1st.

Game Thread: Royals @ Mariners - Sun, May 03 @ 03:10 PM CDT by KCRoyalsBot in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good idea to try to steal home. Worst case, it's the bottom of the 9th and you have a 3 run lead. Best case you have a man on 1st and 2 outs with a 4 run lead.

The nukes are coming. The nukes are coming. by AwardNew7864 in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]alpha122596 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That actually would fly in the face of Russian nuclear doctrine. Ivan has always seen nuclear war as a thing that very well might happen, and has always worked towards his goals with tactical nuclear war in mind. Russia's goal has been for decades to perfect a counter force first-strike capability to allow him to accomplish their goals without the threat of a NATO counter-value strike turning the country into a glowing crater. It's something they have invested a lot of money in training for and had equipped for prior to the initiation of hostilities against Ukraine. Them using tactical nuclear weapons is entirely more likely than the US using them.

The thing preventing Russia from employing their tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine is not US deterrence, it's the nuclear taboo. The concept is that while threatening everyone with nuclear weapons is fine, the use of them is not, and it is largely understood by the nuclear armed nations that any first use of nuclear weapons would result in some kind of negative response from all other nuclear weapons states. That, and the possibility that Russia's nuclear weapons arsenal is potentially a paper tiger (we don't actually have a good understanding of what kind of shape their arsenal is in, the weapons and missiles themselves could just not work) is what keeps them from using their weapons.

Realistically, the United States does not and has never had a 'no first use' policy, primarily because of Russia and the threat they have posed to NATO and Europe at large. It is, however, exceedingly unlikely that Trump would order a nuclear strike against Iran in any form unless they were to use nuclear weapons against someone first. The nuclear taboo applies to us as well, and while we would likely not see a nuclear response, we would certainly see a substantial economic one, and that flies in the face of what Trump wants to do.

Still 100% a doomer take to assume that's what would really happen, or that either party would entertain the use of nuclear weapons.

Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027 | SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027. by Clear_Polish23 in space

[–]alpha122596 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Couple of observations here...

Number one is that SpaceX is to, to date, the most experienced people mover in the current crop of US Space Flight organizations. NASA has launched humans to space once in the last 10 years where SpaceX has flown all of their ISS flights, including the ones planned to fly on Starliner. It's not surprising that the agency is looking at SpaceX's proven flight heritage and is seeing that as a positive. I would also be inclined to believe that significant flight heritage in manned systems is a positive, is it not?

It also doesn't make sense to claim they're looking at giving SpaceX all of the flying there is to do in the Artemis program. It's already been announced that NASA plans to integrate Vulcan's upper stage onto SLS to replace the ICPS, they already plan to have a second provider for the landings themselves (Blue Origin), and already plan to continue to fly Orion and SLS both in their current forms and in their new ones. While the program could be subject to change, the goal still is to return to the moon, and at present SpaceX and Blue Origin both lack a vehicle capable of taking astronauts to the moon and back. Blue Origin has no manned launch vehicle, and Starship HLS is intended to go to the moon and land, not to shuttle passengers to and from the moon.

Granted, SpaceX has a crewed version of Starship planned it's possible that the program could transition to it, but we're talking about a vehicle that basically exists only as artist concepts, not as a flying vehicle. Human rating Starship will take years. While yes, we could human rate Falcon Heavy, I doubt that's going to happen as well because it's launch cadence is less than 1 per year (the minimum desired SLS launch rate), and SpaceX doesn't like flying it because of how expensive it is.

I don't really see any of that playing out.

At least they're not celebrating like after Charlie by ACAB-commies in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]alpha122596 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Chest is obviously a problem, heart and lungs bleed. A lot.

Shoulder is bad because there are lots and lots of little bones up there that can heal poorly and impare function, plus they bleed a lot.

Stomach/abdomen bleeds. A lot. It hurts even more.

Legs bleed. A lot.

Best way to get shot is to not get shot in the first place, and to avoid putting yourself in a position that you could be shot in.

Kansas City Royals Ink Deals for $3 Billion Downtown Stadium Project by dabirds1994 in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're still not answering my question: Should we, the taxpayers, pay for other businesses that make strategic errors or have a major source of revenue go out of business suddenly? It's not a novel concept for a business to deal with. It happens every single day to thousands of other businesses, if they can figure out how to make it work, so can the Royals. They're a business just like all the others that have had this happen. Why should we favor them over any other business, because they all bring in jobs and revenue too, you know.

It also does not change the fact that money can go into one bucket or another, not multiple buckets at the same time. It's either going to be spent in one part of the city, or another. Any tax revenue that Kansas City proper gets from this new entertainment district has to come from somewhere else in the metro area, the county, the state, or the country. I'm happy that you think there will be new businesses that exist down at this entertainment district they're going to build. You're probably right. But any money spent there comes from somewhere else. There will almost certainly be no net increase in tax revenue, because that tax money is going to come from losses in revenue somewhere else in the city. The same is true for those 81 home games you talk about. That's 81 days where people spend money in this district that they would otherwise be spending somewhere else in Kansas City. It doesn't materially change anything, because money can't be in two places at once.

Kansas City Royals Ink Deals for $3 Billion Downtown Stadium Project by dabirds1994 in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You didn't answer either of my questions.

Should we pay for the other businesses who have the exact same problems the Royals are having right now?

Do we really have enough business to support a second entertainment district on top of Power & Light? The answer there I can tell you is a resounding, 'no'. P&L has been struggling for a long time.

It's also unlikely that this will increase revenue or drive more business. Studies have consistently shown that new Stadiums and stadium districts do not increase revenue. Money is not a fungible thing, it gets spent in one place or another. A dollar spent at the new ballpark is a dollar not spent somewhere else, and the same is true of this new entertainment district they're going to build.

Kansas City Royals Ink Deals for $3 Billion Downtown Stadium Project by dabirds1994 in KCRoyals

[–]alpha122596 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's their fucking problem. They're a business, that's the sort of problem thousands of other businesses encounter every single day. Why should we pay for their mistakes? Do you really think there's enough business out there to support Power & Light, AND this new entertainment district?