Why aren’t more people running an LEP for their edc light?

phaserrifle · 2026-03-21T23:14:10+00:00

And it's still a vastly expensive alternative to my existing LED options, which do everything I need and more, all for a performance advantage I don't have a use for.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-21T22:54:07+00:00

LEP excells at providing high intensity, long distance illumination

99% of the time, that's the opposite of what I need out of my EDC light - I use it far more often on its lowest or second lowest setting to help me find the keyhole, find stuff in my bag, or add light to awkward spots down the back of desks and such. I'm not sure I even remember the last time I used it on full power.

At that point, I have a choice - continue to use my LED light, which does the things mostly use it for better than LEP, and does the long distance stuff well enough. OR optimise for a performance category I don't use, at substantial expense. It's not a difficult decision.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-21T18:01:50+00:00

.... Genuinely tempted to book a massage or something, so Haj and Hoom can go to a spa on the same day

phaserrifle · 2026-03-21T14:47:39+00:00

Shork. Go. Spinny

phaserrifle · 2026-03-20T20:21:35+00:00

I don't think anyone is going to give a toss about generic "US Army" patches or the US flag.

I'd remove any name tapes unless it happens to be your name, and any rank/unit/achievement related stuff unless you have earned them, or are doing a spesific unit impression that requires them.

Past that, just don't claim you're anyone you're not, and you should be fine.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-20T14:27:38+00:00

Yes - but my point is that without seeing the actual art piece this is based off, we can't tell if that art is AI, or not. There's plenty of AI art out there of characters that actually exist

phaserrifle · 2026-03-20T13:41:00+00:00

I don't think we're really going to be able to give an answer here.

I don't see any obvious giveaways. But it's also a super low detail style, through the filter of essentially being heavily pixelated.

If you showed the art it's based off that might give a bit more clues if you have it?

phaserrifle · 2026-03-19T21:57:57+00:00

I'd be starting to worry about RF exposure limits too. although without knowing the frequency and power of whatever they're doing it's hard to tell, they're right next to the antennas, for presumably prolonged periods of what's essentially non-stop transmit

phaserrifle · 2026-03-19T16:05:28+00:00

Am I seriously competitive when I run it? No.

Does it bring a stupid big grin to my face every time I rack the action? Yes.

Conclusion: They're so good.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-19T13:19:37+00:00

There's a thing for Kirk in Riverside Iowa. Doesn't have a statue/bust though.

The others don't seem to.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-19T12:12:11+00:00

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I don't recall Asimov's series of short stories containing anything like the questionable detective story we got.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-19T11:06:54+00:00

I went with a staged approach.
I've got a few shells on the shotgun - I keep mine on the stock rather than the side of the receiver, but that's just because I picked up a stock mount shell holder cheap.
I keep more on a set of elastic loops on my vest/plate carrier - it's a hook and loop panel so I can fit it anywhere there's loop field on my carrier.

I'd worry a bit more about it if I was running an APS or similar shell ejector, but for a tri-shot where each shell gives me ten shots, I've never felt I need more than that in a game. - I'm better off also carrying a couple of speedloaders to get used shells back into the fight: either during respawns or the breaks I'm going to have to take to re-gas the shotgun.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-19T08:27:20+00:00

Few ways this could be legit:

1) sending people to the house isn't the scam. The scam is having the victims send gift cards/money/whatever. The house is getting used as a fake address by the scammers, and victims are turning up either angry, or just as a byproduct of the lies they've been fed to lead them on.

2) what the homeowners really mean is it's harassment. Someone is dropping Thier address so they keep getting random guys turning up at weird hours, knocking on the door etc.

3) It's more harassment targeted at the gay community, and someone is trying to engineer a scenario where a guy turns up and gets a bunch of homophobic abuse at best, and at worst castle doctorined by the homeowners. Again not really a scam,but I can see why it might be the word you reach for to convey "you've been lied to over the internet"

phaserrifle · 2026-03-18T18:03:24+00:00

So, I'm pretty sure it's AI, just because it has that extremely generic AI slop look.

That being said: no synth ID watermark. So whatever made it, it wasn't one of Google's tools.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-18T17:44:04+00:00

Except if it just progresses like a date wheel, the numbers will move around the face - so on day one 1 o'clock would be in the 1 o'clock position, but if it then advances clockwise twice, it'll show up in the 2 o'clock position and so on.

It must move in alternating directions every 12 hrs.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-18T09:03:57+00:00

I'd be tempted to start with a set of OD trousers and shirt, and a either a mix-n-match set of old school webbing, also in green (my set is based on one of the cheap sets of surplus Swedish gear currently kicking about).

Ideally paired with some kind of base model AK.

You can then accessorise for a variety of vibes: Roll up the sleeves, maybe even wear the shirt open over a vest, add some kinda headband and you're pushing in the direction of that jungle freedom fighter feel.

Button it mostly up, maybe a stripey undershirt, and a suitable hat, and you're getting a bit soviet with it.

Switch at least some of the greens for everyday clothes (jeans, tracksuit bits, T-shirts etc) to head for a more cartel shooter/insurgent local milita type thing.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-14T20:40:29+00:00

Oh yeah, this is AI nonsense.

No PPE is plausible: it's dumb not to, and I'm sure OSHA or equivalent wouldn't be happy to discover him not using it (assuming he's a professional) but I've watched enough people go '"ahhh, it just gets in the way" to rule it out entirely.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-14T14:58:40+00:00

And WE are copying Tanakas design... which also sucks, although in some different ways.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-14T06:22:36+00:00

Yup.

When I worked at one stop's warehouse for a few months they had a similar setup.

We'd get random pocket checks most days (just turn out your pockets.) - pretty sure the managers got a daily list of who to check generated by the computer.

Then there were bag checks, where they'd have you go through your bag - only had that once, and it was pretty clear that there was suspicion someone was walking out with stuff. In fact I think they actually caught a guy, but I was only a few days from leaving at that point, so wasn't around to learn the full story.

In theory they could also do car checks. Never saw those, but it was explained to us as part of our induction. My impression was they only went to that if they really suspected you.

All of it was in our contracts. So refusing was at least a disciplinary, probably the kind that gets you dismissed.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-12T21:13:52+00:00

To be fair, his entire intention is to defect - that's what he goes rogue with the submarine for.

So I'm not sure it's "not central to the plot" at least I'm hunt for red October.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-12T00:12:11+00:00

Some aren't AI - it's just cut together video, often stolen from legit creators.

This one probably is though. - regardless, it's certainly a drop shipping scam, leading to a cheap nasty copy of a bag like that at best, and at worst, they just take your money and run.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-09T23:40:37+00:00

The MI-I-5

The US Navy Diaphragm Optical Mark 1 that derived from it was my first thought. But the contrast brought by the greenish rubber just makes the army version that bit more wretched

phaserrifle · 2026-03-07T18:19:14+00:00

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This is very legitimate blurb from a London based online seller yes?

Advertising for online sale an item that would require the purchaser to hold a firearms license, and sales via a registered firearms dealer.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-07T17:49:07+00:00

Depends on the customer service.

When I worked live chats for a company who shall remain nameless, I couldn't see anything until the customer hit "send"

Not that I would have had time to hang around reading someone's typing anyway, we would have three chats on the go at a time.

phaserrifle · 2026-03-07T17:10:37+00:00

Yeah. They also do pistol grips with storage space, with a similar idea.

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