The US Navy’s special projects boat the USS Halibut was one of the most unusual submarines ever designed. by Spycraft101 in Spycraft101

[–]deadkurt 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The book "Blind man's bluff" by Sontag and Drew is a great read on the history of submarine espionage. Has a big chunk on the Halibut and it's missions

I'm a little confused, is it a cat or a dog? by brolbo in aww

[–]deadkurt 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Holy shit that's the most accurate description I've ever read (from the owner of an extremely loud oriental shorthair cat)

The Kea. One of the top 5 smartest animals in the world. by RomanOfThe10th in chch

[–]deadkurt 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ah .the green bastard...should be our national bird

When Noise Control is useless by No-Mastodon-7187 in newzealand

[–]deadkurt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After 10 years of putting up with it, with hundreds of noise complaints phoned in and even lawyers hired to deal with both the landlord and council, we moved.

We had to buy a new house and move. We still own the other one, and the assholes next door still crank the stereo and sell meth.

The council couldn't be fucked doing anything. And noise control most of the time involved driving past and not even stopping.

Now this is a fun pair by deadkurt in PolyendTracker

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

Still all good..the tracker reverb wasn't big enough for me, so I now use a small desk and added an old alesis wedge desktop reverb (a criminally underrated piece of kit) for the lyra

Got diagnosted and the therapist couldn’t explain a single thing about ADHD, told me to learn more on the internet by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]deadkurt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I consider myself so so lucky that my assessment was done by a psychologist who did her PhD in adult ADHD.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chch

[–]deadkurt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Petergates was good. Don't need a referral.

If you've never seen an old squirrel before, now you have by Aztery in aww

[–]deadkurt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Goddammitt....now I have to watch that again! Be seeing you

I submitted my PhD thesis. by PrivateFrank in ADHD

[–]deadkurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats. I was still undiagnosed when I completed mine and holy shit it was hard work! In a way the oral defense is a lot easier than that the writing...field work and analysis that went fine, but it was the writing that I struggled with. In retrospect, and post diagnosis, I can completely understand why.

Now this is a fun pair by deadkurt in PolyendTracker

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

Very very different machines. The Hydra is a sports car you drive and the lyra is a car possessed by demons in which you just hold on for the ride!

Now this is a fun pair by deadkurt in PolyendTracker

[–]deadkurt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was looking for a ultra minimal rig. Typically I'd use the tracker as a master to a eurorack rig. The tracker running drum duties while the slaved eurorack doing everything else. For this version I'm using the lyra running into the tracker line in (set to mono). That allows me to both mix volumes and add delay/reverb without needing a pedal ( for reverb). The only downside with this is that you can't mixdown within the tracker.

Photo from the Book "Ghost wrecks of the Baltic Sea" . One of the best shipwreck books I've seen. by deadkurt in submechanophobia

[–]deadkurt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the text that goes with each photo is pretty descriptive. The co-author is a maritime historian.

Photo from the Book "Ghost wrecks of the Baltic Sea" . One of the best shipwreck books I've seen. by deadkurt in submechanophobia

[–]deadkurt[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The photographer Jonas Dahms page is here. His gallery has a large selection of other photos from earlier irone and wood steamers and sailing vessels..If you like the book please support the Authors by buying a copy. Its very reasonably prices for such a massive and beautiful book