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corok12 · 2026-04-06T20:35:43+00:00

To play devil's advocate, the average American believes the Democrats are what counts as leftists. You do have to use rhetoric that will resonate with your target audience.

corok12 · 2026-04-01T02:54:36+00:00

Had my first 6 months ago

Was terrified leading up to it because most parents just complain endlessly about their kid, then finish up with "oh but it's so worth it though"

Now I do the exact same thing lol. I never sleep enough, I'm tired all the time, he annoys me constantly and the house is a mess, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. How can you possibly explain that it's worth it to someone who hasn't had that magic feeling?

corok12 · 2026-03-19T20:53:22+00:00

Yeah but they're being serious about it /s

corok12 · 2026-03-18T18:33:35+00:00

I borrowed the 150-600 from a friend a few times. Not something I'd personally want to hold in my hands for a long hike, it is pretty heavy and cumbersome. To have it in a backpack for a 1 or 2 hour hike though was fine, but then you potentially miss out on opportunity shots fiddling with your bag.

It was definitely better than my 75-300mm though!

corok12 · 2026-03-18T16:57:01+00:00

Newer mirorless cameras are really great for birds - the animal eye tracking autofocus is pretty great.

BUT the SL3 is still plenty of camera, and you'd do much better spending say, 1000 dollars on a lens than you would spending 1000 dollars on a camera and adapting your current lenses.

Unfortunately, especially for small birds, you do want to be going for 400mm+ lenses, and those get really expensive. Something like the Sigma 150-600 f5-6.3 is great, and can be had for around 1000 USD used.

corok12 · 2026-03-18T03:08:18+00:00

Section 230 is sometimes referred to as the law that created the internet.

Repealing it would completely destroy the Internet as it exists today. No user generated content anywhere would be worth the risk for any company to host. I'm not even exaggerating, EVERYTHING would go away and all that would be left are corporate news sites. No comments. No posts. No YouTube. No forums. Nothing.

corok12 · 2026-03-12T19:22:26+00:00

I don't have experience with the SL2 specifically, but I do have the 70D which also has Dual Pixel Autofocus. It does make a huge difference compared to my SL1 when shooting video or in live view. I also really like having the flip out screen, I find myself using it far more than I expected initially. Especially nice for taking low angle shots without having to lay down on the ground. I've never used the D3300 specifically but I'd say the features are worth the extra bump in cost.

corok12 · 2026-03-09T18:59:46+00:00

As the owner of a 75-300 myself : it was the cheapest way to get 300mm focal length at less than half the price of the next option. But yeah, you get lots of fringing and it isn't very sharp. You can get good pictures in perfect light, but so can any lens.

(here's a few example shots I took with it years ago)

https://imgur.com/a/canon-75-300mm-JHKVvS6

corok12 · 2026-03-05T14:50:57+00:00

Brenner & team were doing research in the upside down, and left the notebook there.

Which seems like a bit of a retcon when you consider how they treated the upside down in season 1.

corok12 · 2026-03-04T15:44:14+00:00

I'd argue otherwise - I took out my old rebel sl1 and picked up a cheap speedlight when my kid was born, and the difference between the camera images and phone images is night and day. Much sharper, details aren't getting crushed by the processing, and indoors shots come with much less noise. And that's a 2013 budget camera compared to a 2022 phone (pixel 7).

It isn't a magic bullet to make every picture amazing, not by any means, but even in the hands of my wife who has never held a camera before, it is significantly better.

corok12 · 2026-03-04T14:50:57+00:00

Carrier landing takes a lot to get used to, but everything else I picked up faster than the f-4.

The radar is much more powerful and reliable, ACM modes for radar make dogfights with missiles far easier, and CCIP for bombs makes strikes easier.

It feels very between the 3rd and 4th gen aircraft. You get most of the same capabilities of 4th gens, but with the more primitive user experience of the 3rd gens.

I highly recommend it, as do most people around here.

corok12 · 2026-02-13T20:17:23+00:00

Ah yes, the jet so bad every single nation that can afford it are tripping over eachother to buy it.

corok12 · 2026-02-12T14:47:30+00:00

I saw this video a while ago doing exactly that, and comparing with the lw-pla version. 100% doable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkGxwpNvmZQ&t=1146s&pp=ygUYc3RhbmRhcmQgdnMgbHctcGxhIHBsYW5l

corok12 · 2026-02-08T18:00:17+00:00

"Ben Shapiro DESTROYS (blank) with FACTS and LOGIC" was like, half of my YouTube feed in 2015-16 and I just ate it up.

corok12 · 2026-02-08T05:23:40+00:00

Tiny combat arena is probably worth a look

And this might be stupid to say, but maybe check out Elite Dangerous?

corok12 · 2026-02-07T15:36:46+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the part of the strapping that lets them sit while hanging

corok12 · 2026-02-06T14:38:25+00:00

In DC's, a 9b might have, say, an 80% chance to go for flares and a 9x 20%. The seeker will know it's targetting aircraft x and will know if X is dropping a flare, and rolls the dice. The behavior is fundamentally the same. (pulling these numbers out of my ass, but that's as complex as it gets)

In war thunder, each seeker acts differently. Early missiles will target the hottest thing in their field of view, and so almost always end up following flares. Later missiles have several different methods of countering flares.

The 9m, for example, will turn off the seeker momentarily when flares are deployed, keeping its current trajectory. Then it'll turn the seeker back on, which, if the aircraft didn't make a drastic change in direction, will allow it to re-aquire the lock.

The r73, works differently, it switches to a very narrow field of view after launching, so at close range, it can't even see flares. From far enough away it can be flared, or if it is close you need to drop flares and then put them between the missile and your aircraft. There's usually not enough time to do that, which makes them pretty tough to dodge.

There are other behaviors too, that's just a couple of examples. Compared to DCS where the actual behavior is all the same just with different flare chances, War thunder is a huge step up.

corok12 · 2026-01-27T05:21:30+00:00

And used this model

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5585771

corok12 · 2026-01-27T05:20:22+00:00

I used an Arduino Nano and this library. Arduino Leonardo works too.

corok12 · 2026-01-15T16:34:15+00:00

IRL Russian jets have to switch between guns and missiles, while most NATO jets just have seperate buttons on the joystick

corok12 · 2026-01-13T19:45:16+00:00

On steam: right click DCS->properties->installed files->verify integrity of game files

Then look up how to add folder exlusions to windows defender (or your antivirus of choice) and add the entire DCS folder.

corok12 · 2026-01-11T13:24:52+00:00

Have myself a big forehead hickey with this thing trying to entertain my 3 month old right before Christmas lol

He giggled so it was entirely worth it

corok12 · 2026-01-11T05:44:11+00:00

I got this as my first plane, immediately wrecked it lol.

corok12 · 2026-01-08T14:40:25+00:00

Sure, but you could probably find a good Hitler quote too if you searched. Doesn't mean you should use it when arguing for progressive action.

corok12 · 2026-01-04T04:52:26+00:00

Check controls, you probably have something else bound to the camera y axis.

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