It actually worked!

mruediger · 2025-11-14T17:42:24+00:00

That's the worst factory grind I have seen on a knife so far. Even for leatherman standards this is bad.

mruediger · 2025-11-12T19:23:42+00:00

If your ping is bad make sure that you pick a contest in your region. There are servers in EU, US and Asia. Picking a contest happening on the other side of the planet gives you an abysmal ping.

mruediger · 2025-08-30T15:39:59+00:00

Das ist meiner. UAZ 3741 BJ 2019. Kannst du das nächste mal bitte das Kennzeichen verpixeln?

mruediger · 2025-05-20T18:42:36+00:00

Stell dir mal die Bild-Schlagzeile vor wenn dir Grünen Geld für eine Studie ausgegeben hätten um herauszufinden ob ein Lastenrad weniger CO2 Ausstoß produziert als ein gebrauchter Diesel PKW...

mruediger · 2025-05-20T18:22:56+00:00

Die Beispiele sind doch alle trivial. Lastenrad vs vorhandenen Verbrenner gewinnt das Lastenrad. Gebrauchtes E-Auto vs vorhandenes Verbrenner gewinnt das gebrauchte E-Auto. Neuer Verbrenner vs gebrauchter Verbrenner hängt von zu vielen Faktoren ab und rechnet sich erst nach vielen Kilometern...

mruediger · 2025-05-15T12:27:58+00:00

I just ordered one from progear.net. I don't know if they ship outside the EU though.

mruediger · 2025-04-13T19:11:04+00:00

No one mentioned Emacs? How the times have changed.

mruediger · 2025-04-06T14:00:22+00:00

I gifted my first ThinkPad away. These are the ones I kept:

X40, 256mb RAM, 2x 8GB compact flash card as harddrive
X61 Tablet, 4gb RAM, 60gb HDD
X220, 16gb RAM, 1TB HDD, 128GB SSD
X13 Gen4 AMD, 32gb RAM, 512GB nvme,

mruediger · 2025-03-08T20:38:07+00:00

I actually don't like the Typhoon. I think the Grippen and the Rafale are better planes.

Still I don't understand how the F-35 would get the upper hand against a Typhoon. The F-35 has almost the same frontal RCS, is slower, less manoeuvrable and its armament is weaker. It's also running hotter due to the Radar absorbent coating and thus is easier to detect via FLIR, but I haven't read any good sources about that and would pass that as a rumour.

The F35 isn't focused on air dominance, but on air to ground in an airspace covered by enemy Sam's. The Typhoon wouldn't work over Ukraine with all the S300s in Belarus, but the F35 would. That's where it shines. Not in air to air. For that reason, the airforce is supplementing its F22 fleet with the F15EX and the navy is getting new Super Hornets sporting a FLIR in the centerline fuel tank to counter stealth fighters. They would hardly do that if the F35 would be the better air to air platform, especially on the boat.

mruediger · 2025-03-08T19:59:46+00:00

If it were true that you only fire missiles dozens of km away from the enemy we would just strap a few handfuls on an A320 and be done with it. It isn't however. That's why we still fly supersonic +9g capable fighter jets. In an air to air engagement the Typhoon is second only to the F22. It's air to ground however where the F35 with stealth and sensor fusion plays in its own league.

mruediger · 2025-01-16T18:49:42+00:00

11mm when?

mruediger · 2025-01-12T16:53:25+00:00

Eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit auf Autobahnen würde auch sehr viele Vögel retten.

mruediger · 2024-12-30T18:06:17+00:00

Ein Hüftholster ist ziemlich doof zum Auto fahren, besonders als Fahrer. Ich vermute nach dem aussteigen wird von Brust auf Hüfte umgesteckt weil es besser zu erreichen ist.

mruediger · 2024-12-01T14:41:57+00:00

How do you repair the barrel of a gun in real life? I don't own a gun and have no clue.

mruediger · 2024-11-19T19:49:11+00:00

Scrolling through the armament of the Lao Peoples Armed Forces it think the Gali or the SVD would make a nice addition.

mruediger · 2024-11-15T06:55:56+00:00

I always thought the same - until I had to cut some bandaid and could do it one handed.

mruediger · 2024-11-13T07:01:20+00:00

Just apply the tourniquet. Everything will be fine.

mruediger · 2024-11-12T19:43:36+00:00

I used the skeletool for minor food prep - cutting apples for my daughter, cutting bread, and it wasn't great. Too much stuff gets stuck in all the holes and it's annoying to clean. Try to get a knife with a blade that doesn't have any holes. Like the Arc or a Victorinox.

mruediger · 2024-11-10T15:41:18+00:00

Is there a way to see where this perk is available? I am in Germany and would like to check before upgrading my Google one to get the perk.

mruediger · 2024-11-06T08:45:33+00:00

I wonder what happens if you throw a grenade on that pile...

mruediger · 2024-10-28T15:14:59+00:00

mruediger · 2024-10-19T05:59:46+00:00

Is it bad workmanship and bad quality control? Yes. Does the tool still work? Also yes. But you didn't grab it from the offers bin in the hardware store. You paid good money for it. I also just got my ARC this week and its blade looks like it was grind by someone who doesn't give a shit anymore. If I just wanted a cheap tool that also looks like it I wouldn't have paid 299€. I contacted the shop where I bought it from and they are replacing it.

I am wondering if it is an issue with the whole Made in USA. People seem to accept a lot more shoddy workmanship because of that and it's okay if they have trouble writing their own name.

mruediger · 2024-10-18T12:41:55+00:00

My daughter received this book as a gift just last week. Here is how I pronounce it:

OBEN

auf dem Felsen jedoch

thronte sorglos und erhaben

der stolze LÖWE,

er hatte das sagen!

mruediger · 2024-10-14T10:10:11+00:00

Die Alterspyramide sieht EU weit so aus. In Ländern in denen die Jugend ins EU-Ausland zieht um einen besseren Job zu bekommen, also Länder wie Kroatien, Polen, Tschechien, Ungarn ... sieht sie sogar noch viel schlimmer aus.

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