deeves

joined 2 years ago
[–] deeves@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] deeves@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also, I've been noticing more and more APIs are adopting a policy where they get rid of any unused credits that you've paid for at the end of the month, creating a 'use it or lose it' FOMO mentality.

All very normal and sane.

[–] deeves@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

No, researchers are compensating for the expenses. Its okay if the business fails and they give up the lease. That's the experiment.

[–] deeves@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As someone who waited 6 months for their Framework 13 pre-order batch to ship, let me tell you, there are drawbacks to that system as well!

[–] deeves@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Linus: Now, I want to give Linux the fairest chance possible - That's why I'm going to fresh install it blind during a 10,000 person LAN party, in the worst networking nightmare scenario possible

[–] deeves@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Okay, here is what I believe:

I believe landing on the moon and a live video broadcast from the moon are two extremely different things.

I think they did have actors on a soundstage pantomime to the live audio being piped from the moon. Just cuts down on so many variables, and the stakes were too high for the broadcast to be a technical disaster.

I think that even despite that, the moon landing is still one of the greatest achievements of humanity.

[–] deeves@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yes! You could even download Godot from the steam store for free and it will always be kept updated to the latest version. Same for Blender!

[–] deeves@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My very armchair general-ish educated guess:

If they have an HE round loaded, a shot might damage or activate the shell's very sensitive front facing fuse, causing it to immediately explode and also cause any other readied shells near the loader to explode, virtually guaranteeing the tank crew's death.

Other shell types, they have thick and inert ballistic cap that is propelled with enough velocity to shred armor. Basically an oversized bullet themselves. A pistol round would not go through the ballistic cap, only crumple and deform it. But there may be a chance it would make the shell misfire and damage the barrel when the tank crew attempts to fire.