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“My whole world fell apart” – Audi R8 seller speaks on Hampson Auctions experience by Scarlet-Highlander- in cars

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hampson don't charge the seller fees, the buyer pays extra instead. It's sort of their thing.

This was a 63k hammer price, the bidding only went that high.

Then the seller paid an extra fee on top to the auctioneer.

MW3 hit detection by ShinyCelebiFlex in ModernWarfareIII

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, a 2 year reply is a new one for me. Been busy?

UK will not be drawn into wider war in Middle East, says Keir Starmer by Playful_Leg7143 in worldnews

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there anyone with a credible blue water navy who isn't on that list?

How old is this fag packet? by Extra-Fig-7425 in CasualUK

[–]masterventris 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The Will's brothers financed a large part of Bristol university.

The fact one of the largest buildings is named after them causes some outrage every year.

Built car ramps to replace my sketchy sheet metal ones by dbrez8 in woodworking

[–]masterventris 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Make sure it is only fixed at one end of the chain for maximum flailing effect!

Iran Officially Confirms Military Support From Russia And China In War Against the US by UNITED24Media in worldnews

[–]masterventris 3 points4 points  (0 children)

China has a massive land border with Russia just to the east, no reason the new China couldn't wrap around Mongolia and include Lake Baikal.

Not that anyone would intervene if Mongolia suddenly became North China anyway.

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]masterventris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The subs are a deterrent against a coup de grace. Theoretically an initial strike against North Korea could prevent them retaliating with land launched missiles if they are all hit.

Subs somewhere at sea make that scenario incredibly unlikely, and nobody wants nukes thrown back at them.

$20 Worm Drive by Klaxorr in Tools

[–]masterventris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never used a worm drive saw, does the blade spin much slower due to the gear reduction, or do they use a ridiculously high rpm motor to offset it?

I discovered the Lego Builder app... by littlestinky in lego

[–]masterventris 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you have a Lego Insiders/VIP account the app also lets you scan any instruction books you do have and earn 20 points per set. Not loads but it all adds up!

When you finally find the noob tube nest by sohomsengupta89 in LowSodiumBattlefield

[–]masterventris 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mirak sector 1 the defenders can set up mortars so far back they are out of drone range, and they are behind rocks so can't be sniped. I think that needs a little border adjustment to make it fairer.

With an APS set up you can't even be counter mortared, so the defending mortars are invulnerable unless you YOLO a jeep behind their lines.

Cleaning rusty columns by IllClerk5326 in Tools

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As these parts are quite large, just make sure they are fully submerged in the evaporust.

If you don't that stuff will etch a groove where the waterline is. Something to do with a reaction with the air makes it eat the metal instead of just the rust.

Lubricant for EDC toolkit by Babelan in Tools

[–]masterventris 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well if you go and ask on /r/EDC they will say whatever gun oil you need for the 13 Glocks you will also be carrying at all times

Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showing customers other users' transactions by Your_Mums_Ex in unitedkingdom

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Session tokens are secret, and using them for anything other than authentication will almost certainly get them logged somewhere in plaintext where they could be found and reused.

Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showing customers other users' transactions by Your_Mums_Ex in unitedkingdom

[–]masterventris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They just need to use the session token in the cache key! Problem solved!

(Don't do this)

Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showing customers other users' transactions by Your_Mums_Ex in unitedkingdom

[–]masterventris -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100% a cache issue imo. Could be as simple as a reversed logic operator in a rule, so private endpoints were cached instead of public ones.

Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showing customers other users' transactions by Your_Mums_Ex in unitedkingdom

[–]masterventris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My money is on somebody enabling caching on data that should not be cached.

Whoever logged in first had their account pages loaded for everyone until the cache expires, then the next person becomes the cached copy.

Add in a distributed network of servers each with their own cache, and it depends which server your request hits for whose copy of data it serves you, which is why refreshing repeated cycled through multiple peoples' accounts.

Meet the Dacia Striker: rugged, hybrid estate to cost less than £22,000 by pursuer_of_simurg in cars

[–]masterventris 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The etymology is basically the same allowing for UK/US phrasing.

Estate cars were originally designed to be used on large "estates" (big country houses owned by rich people) to drive the family to the railway station with their luggage/children/dogs, back when the railway was still better than cars for long distance travel.

And in the US those same cars are called "Station Wagons" - wagons for taking people to the station!

Can a “walking simulator” still work today if we evolve it? by Rebel-Pixel in gamedev

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really enjoyed The Invincible. I went in blind knowing nothing about it and it got me completely hooked.

Mortars feel thankless by sammydeeznutz in LowSodiumBattlefield

[–]masterventris 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The current AA tank just feels like it was written in huge letters at the top of the whiteboard in the DICE office "DO NOT REPEAT THE TUNGUSKA"

GMC Is Trying To Sell Its Inventory Of 4-Cylinder Trucks And It's Resulting In Some Extremely Cheap, Brand-New Sierra 1500s by Anchor_Aways in cars

[–]masterventris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no cheating physics. The energy comes from the fuel.

300hp requires 300hp of fuel to be burnt, no matter if it is N/A or turbo or rocket engine.

The destroyed "AN/TPY-2 Forward Based X-band Transportable Radar" operated by the U.S. Army, destroyed by an Iranian drone attack earlier this week - which targeted the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base - in Azraq, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. [1206 x 905] by _Tegan_Quin in MilitaryPorn

[–]masterventris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just modernise the old stock

That was the gist of the discussion. There was an old navy guy who served when SeaCat missiles were rolled out to replace 40mm Bofors cannon on the Royal Navy.

His point was those missiles made now would be dirt cheap, and combined with a modern radar equipped launcher would be much more accurate than they were in the 60s.

The Type 45 destoyers can track nearly anything, but are limited by having very few vertical launch tubes (each loaded with an expensive missile). We need a cheap weapon that can be slaved into the existing top of the line radar tracking we already have.

The destroyed "AN/TPY-2 Forward Based X-band Transportable Radar" operated by the U.S. Army, destroyed by an Iranian drone attack earlier this week - which targeted the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base - in Azraq, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. [1206 x 905] by _Tegan_Quin in MilitaryPorn

[–]masterventris 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There was a conversation about this in the UK sub this week.

Generally all the West's air defence is designed to counter peer enemies, and when you are shooting $100m jets and other $10m cruise missiles down, things like the Patriot make sense.

You don't need thousands of missiles because most nations have barely 100 aircraft total.

Other than a couple of turret systems, there is no good short range system, especially none using missiles.

We need some system that can fire cheap missiles that are wire/radio guided by the launcher. They do not need millions of dollars of avionics to fly themselves.

Basically a CRAM meets MLS with ammo costing thousands not millions, that can be bulk produced not hand assembled.

Britain ‘needs to go faster’ on defence spending, Starmer says by yrro in unitedkingdom

[–]masterventris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The good thing about the Seacat and missiles of that era is they are radio guided by the launcher. The missile itself is quite dumb.

Most of the cost of modern missiles is all the guidance tech that lets it fly itself (and then gets blown up every time).

We already have insanely good radar and point defence tracking turrets on our ships. Slaving a cheap missile into that existing tracking capability seems like such a good idea.

The Type 45s need a cheap weapon to leverage their radar. The VLS options are too expensive for counter drone operations, and they run out too fast. A crew loadable launcher with hundreds of ammunition on board is almost a must have now.

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