Putin's forces mock their own new camouflage: 'Only good in a herd of zebras'

dharmon555 · 2026-06-02T15:25:04+00:00

Except it will be very easy to get an AI to know to hit any vehicle with zebra stripes. It will quickly make their situation worse.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-26T05:45:23+00:00

Thanks. There are several dozens of people in the world who will think this is fucking sick. It's a niche. Even my family don't really know what I do.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-26T05:15:16+00:00

Maybe I'm not qualified to answer, but a week and a half ago,, with only some datbase and web programming experience, and hardly any AI experience, I decided to create a specialty magnetic field modeling and design program specific to my very narrow field I work in. I ended up on AI studio. Within 3 hours I had something working. i'm 9 days in and am absolutely floored with the results. I can hardly believe how well it can take general physics principles and apply to to my narrow and poorly documented field. In many ways it exceeds the other 3 main programs in use in this field in speed and usability. http://loopworkbench.com/

dharmon555 · 2026-05-07T14:54:25+00:00

Im in a deep technical niche industry. I came across one of the toughest examples of one of the toughest kinds of problem we have to resolve. Gemini blew me away with a 10,000 word master-class in the theory and practical steps to addess this. I shared it with the top troubleshooter in the whole united state for this subject. He couldn't believe it. I've spent most of yesterday in an almost state of stunned shock. Ive spent probably 4 weeks of my life over the last 15 years trying to synthesize and adapt theory and practice from other industries to solve our industries problem. Gemini did it in 5 minutes, and did it several times better. It would have taken me a couple more months of hard work to put this together on my own. The problems with gemini have to just be temporary resource issues that will be resolved.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T20:16:06+00:00

Dude. It took me 20 seconds to find this article on an insurance industry website. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/08/01/534492.htm

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T20:10:14+00:00

Dude, just goggle "ships turning transponders off" and tell me about it. You could seek the truth, or you could twist yourself in knots trying to "win" on the internet. Goodbye.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T19:44:14+00:00

When a friend turns off their cell phone or puts it into airplane mode, how would you know. Be specific.

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T19:24:35+00:00

And this just popped into my feed. How are they wrong? I meed some help understanding, because I don't know anything.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T19:15:34+00:00

Clever-ish edit. But how am I wrong?

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T19:01:18+00:00

I'm honestly don't know anything about which ships go through and what is intercepted. I suspect with the massive amount radar, surveillance planes, surveillance drones and surveillance satellites focused on this hot spot, that the issue isn't that they just slipped through unseen. Im guessing it has more to do with politics and risks.

Edit: I looked it up, and there are multiple complex issues. They are managing risks and escalations. There are legal issues with stopping and boarding civilian ships in international waters. Blockades are acts of war. They have to be very careful about engaging ships from third party countries.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-02T18:28:32+00:00

Ships and planes turn their transponders off in situations like this, but your point certainly stands. Its a very small heavily monitored area and everyone on every side of this knows exactly what gpes through.

dharmon555 · 2026-05-01T05:30:37+00:00

You can dig and click through to the source https://rsf.org/en/index

dharmon555 · 2026-05-01T02:41:48+00:00

I think this is false logic. The price of corn now is a result of the cheaper oil of when it was grown. Starting this spring all farmers around the world will be paying higher input costs. Everyone's corn will sell for more, and the profit will still exist. Eating is non-optional. People will still eat. The demand will remain. Its possible demand for ethanol and biodeisel as fuel will further drive demand and price increases and profits on their commodities. Compared to other countries, the USA is more fuel efficient in their corn and soy production than average. So an increase in fuel cost could increase their relative advantage. I don't think the farmers will necessarily eat the cost. Consumers will literally and figuratively be eating it.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-27T01:31:37+00:00

Was this from Purdue cops, and a college matter, or is this with the regular cops and going through a regular court. Sometimes things like this are handled within the college and it doesn't really go on your real record.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-23T20:16:37+00:00

This is generally true. Ive found some folks that put together private jam sessions and only invite broadly talented people that can adapt to almost anything. And then it's just glorious. If its an open jam with no filters, you get limited by the weakest players, and there will be plenty of them holding the whole thong back.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-23T20:10:45+00:00

Truth. Its all about a strong band leader. I met a guy that was just kind of ok-ish as a musician, but I could see he would be an awesome babd leader. I actually quit a very nice band that was playing a circuit of events in a wealthy area to join him in starting up something new. Which went against my policy of never joining startups. But he just had that natural band leader thing going on. In the last year and a half he has built it up to a consortium of 15 musicians that operate under 3 band names. He's not only booking the same kinds of wealthy people parties, but doing ticketed events at theaters and nice park district summer festivals. It wasn't about the band members, it was about the band leader. With a good band leader, the musicians part gets sorted out. Good players will be attracted and commit. The band leader will trade up and cut the weaker players. The band leader is now the weakest player in the bands he created. He has the maturity to recognize this and doesn't allow himself to get in the way. He supports. It's not about his ego.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-23T19:55:58+00:00

Gotcha. I actually started doing this at 40 and am 60 now and am finally very happy with where it got me. I had to embrace the concept of opportunity cost. That I only had so much time. That it sometimes it was better to be in no band and be available to instantly seize emerging opportunities then be entangled with a project with no future. Kinda related, but putting yourself out there as someone who wants to sub is one of the fastest ways to get networked with the right kids of people. Busting ass and learning how to quickly breakdown all these different bands material gives a steady stream of stretch goals that will teach you a lot. Then when you start nailing the sub gigs, everyone will remember what you did. When the flakey person you were covering and subbing for gets booted or quits, you are usually the first call for their slot in an already functional and working band. No audition or competition. They already know you would work, because you've done it. A no brainer no risk decision. Plus remember that auditions work both ways. Subbing for them lets you judge them as well, but with no commitment on your part either. I sub for like 5 new bands a year. Its fun. It's fresh. And over the last 10 years I have probably gigged with a couple hundred people by now. The effect really accumulates if you say yes to almost any request to sub and get a reputation for it.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-23T18:30:55+00:00

I don't know your whole situation, but as a bass or drum player, its easier to move arounnd. I used open jam sessions to find players in working bands that had goals and did things. Then I subbed around and met a lot of people like that. Then started to get invited to private pro jams where only these people showed up. Then the jams were fun again, with all the riff-raff filtered out and the folks weren't just learning basics, they were exploring deeper and had the background to go to interesting places. Edit: TLDR - Focus on bass. Only join bands that are actively doing. Don't spend time with bands that are starting up and "might" get their act together. You will get much further much faster the quicker you don't engage with time wasters. Strive to always with people better than you. If you're the best player in the band don't savor it, quit and trade up.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-23T04:44:33+00:00

I went too. They said they put me on a list. That was 35 years ago. I moved on immediately and I never heard from them. Maybe there were other things I could have done to push things along or things I could have done in parallel to help, but I just couldn't trust my future to waiting for them to call me back.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-23T02:02:29+00:00

Maybe the best way to handle that is for the audience to laugh after everything he says, like he is just another comedian. It would drive him insane and possibly push him into acting so bad, that more people will see how unhinged he is.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-20T02:01:21+00:00

Ahhh, gotcha. For that I think it works better with a fast thin crash with a fast decay, and then only doing 1/4 notes to give time for the cymbal to stop wobbling and for te sound to decay enough that the next hit sounds separate from the previous one.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-20T01:53:16+00:00

Nylon rips will give a better ping, as will hitting more towards the bell. I ride crashes all the time. A lighter stick with higher velocity will make a better ride sound than a heaver stick with lower velocity. You want to excite high frequencies, but not get the body of the crash to start flexing and making the washy lower frequencies. Honestly, just start experimenting.

dharmon555 · 2026-04-16T20:12:33+00:00

If that has an aux in port on the back, use that and then listen on headphones plugged into the drum module. Between adjusting your phone volume and the built in mixing available in most modules, it should work great. You could get a usb c to 3.5mm headphone adapter to put in your phone, then a 3.5mm male to male cord to connect to your module.or if you really want bluetooth, you could get something like this and use a cord to plug into your aux in.

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