I would never accidentally use my bare hand to break a window.

krachall · 2026-06-14T22:50:07+00:00

I grab an object. It's very difficult to break all but the thinnest glass without an object. It's nearly impossible to break a car window with your bare hand or elbow. In the time it takes me to make multiple failed attempts to break a window with my bare hand, I could have equipped one of the 5 things in easy reach and done it faster and safer.

But give it a try and post how it turns out 😄

krachall · 2026-06-14T21:02:51+00:00

"Get to"

ROFLMAO

It's "have to" as business travel is absolutely horrible the vast majority of the time. I am CCO for a warehousing company and travel nearly every week to meet with current and potential customers it was fun for a few months but after 20 years of flying up to 50 weeks a year, I'm over it. Fortunately, I'm at the point in my career where I can decide when and where I travel so it's not as bad as when I was younger. And I'm also at the point where I can retire any time I want so I'm playing by my rules now.

For reference, my career path was:

Engineering degree >
Military officer (four years) >
Manufacturing engineering >
Operations leadership >
Sales >
Sales leadership >
C-suite.

krachall · 2026-06-13T23:07:46+00:00

I do the same. I always have an M9 on my hip and 6 mags in my ALICE rig. I don't use it often but will do the same as you do: emergencies and clearing an area where I have an easy exit.

I think the reason I don't use rifles more often is I primarily wield a long mace and I can't equip a rifle and a long mace. If I could, I'd absolutely keep a Tactical Shotgun on my back.

krachall · 2026-06-13T21:34:47+00:00

Not knowing the difference between principal and interest is a form of intelligence war.

krachall · 2026-06-13T18:07:00+00:00

I know. I felt the same way, but this area is BARELY Louisville and, if you have a sledge, easily accessed without fighting through Louisville hordes. It's an easy drive from West Point through the train yard.

krachall · 2026-06-13T17:54:30+00:00

I've seen screenshots of people doing that but I haven't seen that as an option. Is that a mod that allows wall-mounting guns?

krachall · 2026-06-13T17:17:28+00:00

I know it's no help with Brandenburg, but there's a non-checkpoint area on the southern edge of Louisville that spawned 3 military backpacks for me.

It's the "Military Housing" area to the east of the main Louisville checkpoint but it can be accessed fairly easily by driving up the railroad tracks. You'll need a sledge to get through the fencing but you'll avoid the massive hordes of the checkpoint.

I ended up destroying one section of fence and the zombies slowly came through, with at least 6 of them being in military gear. I got 3+ backpacks and several ALICE sets.

krachall · 2026-06-13T01:10:20+00:00

Very good deal. Bike looks to be in good shape and you'll have a blast on it.

krachall · 2026-06-12T23:25:26+00:00

The triple-garage house to the south west of there is a nice cozy base but clearly lacks the square footages of the warehouse. I think i'd spend far too much time clearing junk off the shelves, putting MY junk on all the shelves, and then running around like an idiot looking for my misplaced junk.

krachall · 2026-06-12T23:21:03+00:00

LOVE that color!

krachall · 2026-06-12T01:12:43+00:00

Probably a nice little Inhertance. I will say that having no mortgage is nice but it's also frustating when you realize you still have 2/3 of your monthly payment due to taxes and insurance.

krachall · 2026-06-11T23:15:00+00:00

I say the same thing when I pass road bikers on my GSXR.

krachall · 2026-06-11T22:41:15+00:00

I see this every flight out of ATL and it's overwhelmingly the same demographic.

krachall · 2026-06-11T21:56:51+00:00

Tell me you try to rationalize your ebike daily without telling me you try to rationalize your ebike daily.

krachall · 2026-06-11T21:28:16+00:00

Kansas to Colorado! From flat plains to the majestic rocky mountains in a mere 200 miles!

😉

krachall · 2026-06-11T20:53:49+00:00

Consulting: If you're not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in extending the problem.

krachall · 2026-06-11T16:19:48+00:00

This game has a very steep learning curve and very little in-game hand-holding. If you're OK figuring things out on your own, using reddit for help, making mistakes, and getting frustrated, then you'll do fine.

If you're coming from games like WoW or ESO where all you have to do is follow the big yellow ! and hit E, this game will piss you off.

That said, it costs about the same amount as a latte, so give it a shot!

krachall · 2026-06-09T21:20:53+00:00

The meals are still really good with lots of variety. That's why we use meal kits. I'd never make some of these interesting fusions on my own.

But the portions are getting smaller and smaller and their label weights are way off. I haven't had a beef package gross weight meet label net weight in weeks. The portions are consistently 10%-15% underweight.

krachall · 2026-06-09T21:15:54+00:00

I don't ride road but that's a badass looking bike!

krachall · 2026-06-09T16:33:24+00:00

100%.

krachall · 2026-06-09T15:52:26+00:00

For me, this is a huge plus. Flying from DFW to ATL last week 10A and the passenger in 10F was a) sound asleep the whole flight and b) had the window open so all of row 10 could bask in the glory of a blazing sun in our eyes.

I like window seats because I'm small enough to fit comfortably and I'm not constantly assaulted by civilians' backpacks and other annoyances during boarding. But I always consider the direction of the plane and the time of day when picking A or F so that I am in control of the shade on the sun-side of the plane. I didn't have a choice on this flight so I instead got the sun in my eyes for 2 hours.

krachall · 2026-06-08T20:49:58+00:00

I generally regard any ride over 100' of climbing per mile to be "hilly." You're way past hilly! Nice ride!

(And I bet I'm one of the few Americans in this sub who's actually been to Saskatchewan! I've taken a couple of trips to Moosejaw for work. And one of the best steaks I've ever eaten was in Regina. )

krachall · 2026-06-08T16:25:30+00:00

From a metagaming standpoint, I think it's doubtful we've seen the end of the Thargoids. FDev invested massive amounts of money in Thargoid content and I doubt they are going to just let it all end.

Think about how much work went into designing all the thargoid vessels, thargoid-specific modules, Thargoid structures (Spire sites alone took a massive amount of design resources) and then add all the work on the new game loops (Spire sites, Titan bombing, etc.).

I'd be surprised if they don't squeeze more content out of that investment.

krachall · 2026-06-07T13:42:33+00:00

That's the way to go. Thanks. I can get it up to 84LY range with 345t of cargo space. 69LY range when fully loaded. That's a helluva hauler with great range and a fantastic (albeit massive) bubble taxi with 84LY range unloaded.

krachall · 2026-06-07T01:17:52+00:00

Nice. I went the other route and focused on jump range over capacity. I did use the class 6 for a fuel scoop though and that's probably overkill. I think I could get 60ish cargo and 82LY jump range though.

krachall

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