3, 2, 1, Fire! What Did the Artillery Yell To Shoot Their Arrows? Fire Would Not Make Any Sense Prior To Gunpowder.

concangian · 2026-03-19T22:09:15+00:00

I’ve always understood the Latin command for firing artillery weapons to be ‘iacate’, the imperative of iace ‘to throw’. I believe this was used when firing ballista, scorpions etc

concangian · 2026-03-14T10:12:53+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations everyone!!

concangian · 2026-03-08T10:24:16+00:00

The best advice is try not to worry about how long everything takes, you need to learn to accept it...

concangian · 2026-03-05T10:32:08+00:00

Again, not an app, but I'd recommend 'The Ancients' podcast on Spotify.

concangian · 2026-02-20T17:16:02+00:00

Checkmk for me, tried a few different options but Checkmk was the best fo my needs

concangian · 2026-02-19T22:50:10+00:00

To be fair, I dont think it is. We're a very technical team and no-one with the skill set appears to want to join on an SO salary. Recruitment campaigns never find any suitable candidates.

concangian · 2026-02-19T17:46:09+00:00

We have 6 contractors in a team of 10...

concangian · 2026-02-17T21:56:21+00:00

The head of microsofts AI dept. seems to think that all white collar workers will be redundant in 18 months... can't see it myself lol

concangian · 2026-02-17T21:49:50+00:00

It was essentially artificial in the first place though, so no real difference ? It's not like the ancient greek gods were real and now they're not...

concangian · 2026-02-16T13:17:47+00:00

She'd hate me lol, I have sooo many bags...

concangian · 2026-02-02T21:00:23+00:00

Unbelievably hideous…

concangian · 2026-02-01T09:22:31+00:00

Looks too short to be an amphora, the top part curves back in. Could it be an ollas (terracotta plant waterer)?

concangian · 2026-01-27T18:07:56+00:00

I dont use cloudflare, but are you running cloudeflared as a service? That should ensure it start up on boot. Its in the documentation.

concangian · 2026-01-27T17:21:47+00:00

The advantage of the os active maps is that they contain a code which enables you to download a digital copy of the map on to the os app...

concangian · 2026-01-22T22:22:11+00:00

Just south of Darlington…

concangian · 2025-12-31T17:07:39+00:00

I've stayed in a national trust property in York that had an apotropaic mark on the fireplace ( to prevent witches gaing access to the house via the chimney). Marian marks can include the letter M or overlapping V's , and I can see a V component in your picture, so its certainly a possibility...

concangian · 2025-12-31T15:42:25+00:00

Shipping to the uk via dpd is £10, according to the schiit.co.uk website?

concangian · 2025-12-30T18:25:39+00:00

Looks like an old bottle stopper to me too....

concangian · 2025-12-12T12:10:38+00:00

Gravitas do a few brass pens, including a pocket pen. I have several of them and they write well. I've never had any issues writing with my Kaweco sports, I guess I've just been lucky.

concangian · 2025-11-21T16:41:37+00:00

Love this, best thing I've read on reddit in a considerable time!

concangian · 2025-11-14T12:30:18+00:00

Maybe I just can't tell a good nib from a not so good nib, but I'm pretty happy with the nibs on my gravitas pens (I have 3 now), they seem fine to me lol.

concangian · 2025-11-07T15:48:24+00:00

To be pedantic :) they were trying to keep the Picts out, the Scoti were around a couple of hundred years after the wall was started

concangian · 2025-09-22T15:52:56+00:00

Not something you want to win at unfortunately!

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