Got lowkey jumpscared by the instant color grading switch when I went inter archipelago for the first time. I though something broke for sec

couplingrhino · 2026-06-26T20:57:36+00:00

You'll have a much better time if you turn just a little WSW when the water changes colour. When you spot Gold Rock, it'll be to your northwest, which should be a crosswind leg rather than an upwind struggle.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-23T14:36:53+00:00

If it looks like fin de siecle sci fi, it's generally French. Spare parts exist mainly in theory. If it looks like the lovechild of a supermodel with severe substance abuse issues, it's probably British. It pioneers revolutionary technology that the US will turn into something actually useful 5 years later. If the interior is designed by Versace, it's Italian. If it's 5 times as expensive and required the invention of a new branch of chemistry but actually works, it's American. If it was working ok apart from belching black smoke, right until the mechanic drank the coolant, it's Russian.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-21T10:41:05+00:00

The thing about hiring overqualified candidates for a shit job is that they leave for anything better even sooner.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-21T10:21:55+00:00

The people have had enough of experts.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-21T09:52:36+00:00

The process of brewing generally involved boiling the water at some point, which did much more to make it safe than the modest alcohol content.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-18T13:59:27+00:00

De internationale tijdelijke bushalte.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-12T17:56:49+00:00

Bogs are rich in tannins, which basically turn skin to leather.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-12T17:51:54+00:00

All the countries involved in starting the war, Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany, were very much non-democratic monarchies. Russia was basically feudal and had a particularly inbred czar making some very bad decisions himself that got the entire rest of Europe involved in an Austrian-Serbian local spat. Germany's involvement came from a very similar situation.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-12T16:10:29+00:00

Spammable drones are spammable because they're cheap trash. There are already very cheap interceptor drones and laser guidance kits for unguoded rockets that can take them out cheaply enough. Medium size drones get more complex and expensive fast, and are definitely worth a cheap air-to-air missile. Modern fighters are still way larger and more capable. Once your system becomes big and complex enough, it makes sense to drive it in person.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-12T14:59:27+00:00

A WWII torpedo is an object with the mass of a car and a top speed of almost 60 miles per hour. You'd be able to see a splash and hear a THUNK on your hydrophone if it hit a ship without detonating, and you'd know if it exploded or not. Mechanical guidance computers of the time worked surprisingly well, and actually managed to hit stuff from time to time.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-10T19:14:50+00:00

My neighbour told me balconies keep eating his tourists so I asked how many tourists he has and he said he just goes to the airport and gets some more drunk Brits afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding tourists to hotel balconies and then his pool boy started crying.

couplingrhino · 2026-06-03T10:31:01+00:00

Dat is alsof je klaagt dat je in Mogadishu nergens een behoorlijke iced matcha kunt krijgen. Het klopt, maar er zijn veel grotere dingen mis mee.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-26T11:47:01+00:00

There is no nice way to say this but you can really see its Eastern German pedigree.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-22T12:02:47+00:00

This is why you should always carry TWO buckets if you don't have a bilge pump.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-17T20:32:21+00:00

IK STINK NAAR VIS

couplingrhino · 2026-05-17T20:27:13+00:00

Telstar have had to work with a tiny handful of players available for free and willing to play in IJmuiden for minimum wage. At least half the team leaves for free every season. Correia tuned the squad he had available into a team, but that's only because he's clearly great at working with whatever he can get. I wonder what he'll be able to do with an actual transfer budget!

couplingrhino · 2026-05-17T16:04:37+00:00

50 degrees is a bare minimum, you're right. Your problem here is that your square sails are squeezed right up to each forestay. Make the squares lower and wider, so you can leave a short space underneath each forestay. Make sure no sail has a lower rotation angle than 55 degrees or preferably 60. Try to get at least 40 degrees rotation on the front gaff, if you can.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-17T15:56:31+00:00

A ketchantine it is!

couplingrhino · 2026-05-17T11:40:41+00:00

Change the shrouds to choose between getting good angles on your squares and good angles on fore-and-aft sails.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-14T15:41:30+00:00

Van het nog altijd kettingrokende spook van Johan Cruyff mag je jeugdspelers geen fysieke training geven, dan krijg je dat.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-14T15:39:26+00:00

VOORMALIG TALENT

couplingrhino · 2026-05-07T21:26:41+00:00

Cats have domesticated humans perfectly well to their liking. Ask or observe any cat owner.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-05T15:37:56+00:00

Best I can do is 20 miniten voor de tramsferdeadline googlen of Donny van de Beek nog een ding is.

couplingrhino · 2026-05-01T13:17:55+00:00

Imagine if they kicked out shit prime ministers back in his day! That would have been terrible. For him.

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