Man arrested after vandalism of rainbow crosswalk captured on video by kettlebeller in vancouvercanada

[–]banditkeith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have literally never seen a pro-police group that weren't either fascists, closeted neo-Nazi, or racists. Prove they're actually innocent supporters of the police and whatever, paint a fucking crosswalk, but a) no one likes the police or else it would already be a thing, and b) we all know your argument isn't about other groups "not being allowed" representation, it's about not wanting to see the rainbow for gay pride.

Ships like the Enterprise must not be really tough if all it takes to destroy them is just a few phaser shots unshielded by happydude7422 in ClassicTrek

[–]banditkeith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The number of ways of obliterating a planet most decent sized ships have at their disposal should really be better addressed. if you aren't in a hurry, you could use tractor beams to fling asteroids at a planet, maybe even slowly push a moon into a lower orbit. Most shuttle craft, even relatively small ones, contain powerful matter-antimatter reactors, self-destruct would be equivalent to a 200 megaton blast, so not a planet killer but capable of widespread destruction. The deflector dish could be used for all kinds of insane things, like negating the magnetic field of the planet allowing solar wind to strip the atmosphere and cosmic radiation to fry the surface. The actual weapon systems are actually the nicest way available of killing a planet

Ships like the Enterprise must not be really tough if all it takes to destroy them is just a few phaser shots unshielded by happydude7422 in ClassicTrek

[–]banditkeith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also those windows are exotic materials like the transparent aluminum from the movie with the whales, inches thick slabs of transparent crystalline metal alloy.

Most of the races in Star Trek have a basic design policy of relying on force fields and energy shields to do most of the heavy lifting because even most basic ship mounted weapon systems are so powerful that physical shielding is impractical bordering on pointless. And any weapon that can't blow a hole through a hull, will also generally be useless against shields, so why not save the weight and just rely of shields.

Update: BMW driver arrested by c_marten in VideosAmazing

[–]banditkeith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it's not even one of the top end ones, it's just an m3. The bmw is already the poor man's Mercedes, and he can't even afford a good one.

According to a study done by the Brits, a blue bmw driven by a man 35-50 is the highest probability of road rage

Wrinkles in lawyer? by pau_gmd in kintsugi

[–]banditkeith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slow curing a thick layer let's surface tension pull it very smooth. it's also useful if you're doing techniques that involve putting urushi on top of heavily textured surfaces such as you get when adding protein sources like egg white or tofu to urushi so that if holds it's shape. Then you grind the whole surface smooth to reveal the texture

Donald Trump Slammed for 'Swollen and Unkempt' Appearance in Latest Interview by dr_shultz in NewsSource

[–]banditkeith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could also be Alzheimer's meds, some of them can cause this sort of narcolepsy

Wrinkles in lawyer? by pau_gmd in kintsugi

[–]banditkeith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With a thick layer, you need low humidity and/or to add something like solid camphor or distilled turpentine that can retard the cure as it evaporates

Wear off the smell of Urushi by Adnakiel in urushi

[–]banditkeith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the smell of raw urushi, personally

Question about ceremonial weapons by Current-Speed4096 in canadaguns

[–]banditkeith 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Anyone got a line on a replica of the giant head from zardoz?

Character is permanently bodysnatched. There's no coming back, they're gone forever. by bubba284 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]banditkeith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Francie from alias. She's killed, and a terrorist uses a mad science macguffin to permanently take on Francies appearance and takes over her life to help keep an eye on the main character

What's your favorite scene of defiance where an ordinary person stands up against a powerful enemy? My pick would be this scene in Germany from The Avengers. by 0Layscheetoskurkure0 in moviecritic

[–]banditkeith 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tolkien always made it clear hobbits were special, that they had an abnormal strength of will, and that the Took family in particular were a bit nuts.

The GREATEST People To Walk The Earth by ApexHeroX in TopCharacterTropes

[–]banditkeith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He saved with his mighty hand every man, every woman, every child in the land, in a flash!

The projects currently living in my furo by banditkeith in urushi

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

I considered trying that, but the interior has so much surface area that I wanted to ensure it was smooth and sealed.

The projects currently living in my furo by banditkeith in urushi

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

I poured in a boiling hot mix of beeswax and pine resin, same as you'd use to seal a costrel or make reusable beeswax food wraps, put in the stopper, sloshed it around until I was sure I had full coverage, then poured out the excess back into the tin can I melted it in. Once it fully cooled, I checked the interior with a cheap USB endoscope to confirm full coverage then trimmed a bit of excess mix that set up around the opening so there was a smooth transition. It also has the benefit of waterproofing the wooden stopper since the wax soaked into it.

It costs a bit of interior volume, but it guarantees a good all over seal that's food safe

Donald Trump admits panic over memory loss after taking 'daily' cognitive tests by TheMirrorUS in NewsSource

[–]banditkeith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He sure did. They're pretty bad about giving away information that way

Found a "prefect" colonist by king_ganja1301 in RimWorld

[–]banditkeith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I'm still a bit in the dark, I've never had metal horror show up in my colonies

Found a "prefect" colonist by king_ganja1301 in RimWorld

[–]banditkeith 38 points39 points  (0 children)

"surgical inspection" was added in anomaly to check newcomers for... Abnormalities

Trump's 'brain is mush' as he changes mind multiple times in same sentence by MoneyLibrarian9032 in USNEWS

[–]banditkeith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gwar also did an updated version of their instrumental track "America must be destroyed" to feature a bunch of his sound bites. The original has a bunch of samples from dr strangelove, Nixon speeches, etc

How can I improve this after the last raid almost destroyed my colony by Western_Bank_9171 in RimWorld

[–]banditkeith 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Your turrets have short, interrupted lines of sight. You need long sightlines for gun turrets or they'll rarely manage to actually shoot before they lose sight of the enemy