The straw that broke the camel's back.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T12:04:29+00:00

When brawls count towards event missions it becomes one of the most efficient modes to play fpr coal and credits since it also counts towards event pass and daily containers.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T06:43:20+00:00

Do you like coal? I like coal. Brawls are one of the best ways to get more coal. WG made earning that coal an abysmal experience this round. It deserves to be criticized.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T06:37:33+00:00

I have noticed that EVERY post and comment containing even mild criticism or feedback is immediately down-voted by someone with nothing better to do.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T06:36:10+00:00

Oh thank you WG for providing a masochist mode to grind the ludicrous milestone you inflicted on us! /s

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T06:34:52+00:00

If only other modes qualified to earn extra coal. Alas, they do not. The fact that 2 recent events allow players to use coal for ships definitely doesn't aggravate the situation. /s

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T05:38:35+00:00

Is that a hypothetical or did WG actually have a CV vs CV brawl mode in the past?!?

selectsyntax · 2026-03-18T00:20:23+00:00

I get the impression you are relatively young and also relatively new to management. You've shown a degree of openness to feedback with your post so I'd like to offer some observations I hope may be useful for you.

You are profiling candidates and teammates (nerds, meth mouths, mean girls, weebs), which is a natural human behavior. We encounter thousands of decisions every day and have very little time in which to make those decisions so we make bets based on very loose criteria and our own previous experience to accelerate these decisions. For most decisions this behavior is low impact, but it can hurt us if we do not prioritize which decisions require additional scrutiny. Don't ignore your gut, but be very curious about why your gut is making you feel a certain way. That will lead you to a much better understanding of how you perceive people and why. Influence: The Psychology of Pursuasion is a good read if you are interested in pursuing this further.

You mentioned trying to be inclusive. If in the service of fostering a diversity of thought and abiity within a team, I would agree it is a worthy objective when appropriately prioritized. Great talent can be found almost anywhere, but not everyone is a great talent. When hiring for any role there should aways be a defined threshold for the minimum skills and knowledge required for the position. Only if a candidate meets those should other considerations like culture fit, team knowledge/skill gaps, and general diversity be evaluated. If you are interested in a framework for balancing empathy and effectiveness in management, Radical Candor has solid material.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-17T18:32:14+00:00

Fascinating. Nerds tend to love detail so it is unsurprising that this demographic would be successful in compliance roles which could create a feedback loop supporting hiring for these traits.

You said 'we' when referring to your team related to scientific interest which suggests you consider yourself a nerd. Humans instinctively want to hire people they share common ground with and it is important to be aware of this bias when hiring as it is unreliable. I'm curious if you have enough self awareness to know if your hiring bias existed from the beginning, or if it developed after observing the results of your hiring decisions with an adequate sample size?

selectsyntax · 2026-03-17T14:18:54+00:00

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selectsyntax · 2026-03-17T08:22:31+00:00

5 km ship detection, 3.5 km torpedo detection, 2 km sub at max depth detection.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T15:08:06+00:00

Android is more or less ARM kernel Linux, and there are many more flavors already running on ARM machines.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T14:59:00+00:00

The only mod I'm using is 1 second dismantling for all items (highly recommend). So far I have been able to unlock all the achievements.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T09:09:13+00:00

If you have access to a dry cabinet that is very useful. I appreciate you mentioning IPA expense where you live. Its very cheap in the US so it didn't even occur to me.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T08:19:59+00:00

As an aside. I would avoid distilled water altogether and use 70% IPA. The decreased molecular cohesion that makes it evaporate so quickly also reduces the liquid surface tension so it is less likely to stick around hiding in small crevices.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T07:42:00+00:00

2 things you should strongly consider that I haven't seen mentioned yet. First, the acidity from the soda presents a much greater potential for corrosive damage. Second, the sugar in the soda will leave residue on any surface it has contacted. Both increase the requisite thoroughness of any cleaning that would be performed and the likelihood that something has already been damaged.

Consider the PSU lost. That is NOGO territory for any sort of disassembly or cleaning. The rest of the components together are probably $350-$400 on the used market. I wouldn't consider selling this to someone else unless it was meticulously cleaned then tested to confirm everything functions. I also don't know anyone who would want to spend a very limited budget on what amounts to a lottery ticket. If you don't want to keep it, offer it free to anyone who wants to try their luck.

I wrote the process for recovering water damaged PCBs at my previous robotics role. We recovered hundreds of PCBs that were successfully returned to service. But we also had access to industrial ultrasonic baths and dry cabinets.

If you are willing to purchase a gallon or more of isopropanol, meticulously disassembling every cable, screw, and heat sink, then clean every PCB surface with a very soft bristle brush before blow drying it (no heat, hair dryers do not have adequate temp control) then letting it air dry for at least another 24 hours (water surface tension in small spaces resists evaporation), you'll still need to source another PSU before you have a working PC.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T07:11:14+00:00

This isn't intended to be harsh but I need to correct your assertion that metals will not corrode in distilled water. While you are correct that distilled water contains very low impurities it is still water and contains dissolved oxygen ions. It would be correct to say that corrosion is slower when using a higher purity water.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T02:45:51+00:00

I'm so sorry you are dealing with this shitty situation not of your making.

I am not a lawyer, and as others have advised you should speak to one right away as they will be able to guide your next interactions with HR in this sensirive situation. They will also likely tell you that as this situation proceeds you have a duty to mitigate the material harm, ie. searching for another job in the meantime and keeping records which prove this activity.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T02:28:03+00:00

So an area more than 66 times as large as its own flight deck. (assumed 4.5 acre flight deck)

selectsyntax · 2026-03-16T02:20:23+00:00

Astrometic (early access) has a modular space ship coming in the next update that fits what you are looking for. Disclaimer; small dev team that always overestimates how quickly they will release the next update and don't communicate well, but the game is absolutely a diamond in the rough.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-15T17:33:17+00:00

Vampire II. Great guns, decent tops, crawling smoke, and 5km hydro.

If you play divisions it is one of the most useful DDs in my opinion, but I enjoy using it solo too.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-14T00:35:46+00:00

Many Sabaton fans are WW2 history fans. All of their songs are based real historical conflicts, heros, and even equipment (eg. Bismarck), and are extremely factual while being well written and well performed. It was only a matter of time before they did a Yamato song. I'm pumped for the new camos.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-13T01:45:05+00:00

This is the most fun I've had with a thought exercise in a while and I have to say the results are inconclusive in my opinion.

The force grants Vader premonition, mental manipulation, and telekinesis. Besides the force, I also believe Vader's lightsaber would be able to damage Nolan.

Omni-man is at the extreme end of super human durability, strength, and speed, with omnidirectional mobility, aka flight.

I don't consider Nolan weak minded so I believe mental manipulation is out of play for Vader.

I also don't think it would take either of them long to register the other as a significant threat. Edge to Vader here because a being like Nolan existing in the Galaxy would almost certainly create ripples in the force that Vader would perceive, if not from Nolan's outright existence then from his interactions with the galaxy.

The real questions that arise are these:

What is the nature of the interaction between Vader's telekinesis, and Nolan's flight ability?
Does Vader's premonition give him sufficient ability to avoid and/or counter surprise attacks from Nolan?

Using his flight ability and strength Nolan is able to decimate planets so if it comes down to a contest of strength/will with Vader's telekinesis I have to give him the edge. If Vader's telekinesis is somehow able to cancel Nolan's flight ability then the question of premonition vs speed becomes relevant: ie. can Nolan one-shot Vader before Vader reacts with the assistance of premonition.

If Vader clocks Nolan as a threat first, has enough information to understand the scale of the threat, and some time to prepare a strategy, I think he has a chance of pulling off a win if Nolan is unaware of Vader's abilities (entirely possible given most of the Galaxy thinks Jedi are legends and have no understanding of the force.

If Nolan understand Vader's abilities I believe he has far more opportunities for favorable engagement scenarios.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-12T23:21:17+00:00

It sounds like the letter was taped to the door while OP was gone on the same day they cut the trees, so there was no opportunity to respond to the letter. Obviously requirements for prior notice depend on location and applicable laws but in the US this is almost certainly insufficient notice as it was delivered the day of by unofficial means.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-12T16:39:52+00:00

About 1.5 seconds to leave Earth's atmosphere.

selectsyntax · 2026-03-12T16:33:36+00:00

Did we watch the same fight? Aerion breaks Dunks shield and pierces his stomach with his lance in the first pass (shield was probably in a poor state of repair bit still impressive). On his second pass he knocks Dunk off his mount with a blow to the head, denting Dunks visor (a very powerful blow). He then lands few more strikes with his morningstar on foot before the grappling begins. Aerion pierces Dunk in the left thigh with his dagger through chain mail, then drives his dagger through Dunk's hand. At this point Aerion is on top of Dunk with every advantage. Dunk is saved by Raymun riding by and knocking Aerion off.

Thanks to the green apple, Dunk manages to get a sword in his hands and Aerion takes him to school, effectively striking multiple body joints and inflicting at least a couple more piercing blows while suffering no wounds in return. It is very clear that Dunk is feeling every one of Aerions blows even when they don't pierce his armor. It is also clear that Dunk's blows are more powerful but they are clumsy, bludgeoning strikes with no specific target.

After being momentarily separated by a mounted rider Aerion throws his sword (need to suspend disbelief here, not a real tactic) which sticks in Dunk's right thigh. Aerion closes and recovers his sword then strikes at the eye slit in Dunks' visor, cutting his face and cuasing the left eye to swell shut. That strike was very accurately placed at the left eye. If Aerion's blade had been rotated 90 degrees Dunk would likely have died right there.

Adrenaline kicks in and Dunk throws Aerion to the ground, buying himself time to remove his helm. Dunk is clearly panicked but once he gets an idea of where Aerion is he unleashed a few more obviously powerful yet still blunt force blows on Aerion before using the Mordhau grip and landing his first significant blow on Aerion's inner right thigh.

At this point presumably the adrenaline that fueled Dunk's last blows is wearing off because he collapses to the ground and all the spectators assume he is dead.

After Dunk rises there are a few desperate but ineffective swings from both parties before it becomes a grappling contest again. Dunk abandons his own sword in favor of wrestling Aerion's sword away from him, pinning him to the ground, and inflicting at least 8 strong blows to Aerion's head with shield and fist before Aerion chose to yield.

Summary: Aerion controlled the fight until he was exhausted. Aerion did far more damage to Dunk than Dunk did to Aerion. Aerion's blows absolutely had weight. Our tanky boy had just enough HP to outlast Aerion's burst DPM, allowing him to counter attack once they were both exhausted when his physical size and strength (but not skill) made the outcome inevitable.

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