ProdigalFrog

If it is for hand guns, then it's almost completely a waste, since the only pistol caliber guns I've seen in this war are only issued to Civil guard there, way behind the frontlines.

Ah, didn't think of that, probably so.

Interesting to think that the U.S. has spent so much money to develop and test a new bullet and rifle combo specifically to beat Russian body armor, all for naught.

That steel plate in the vest should absolutely be stopping those rifle rounds, that is their main purpose (shrapnel can be stopped with much lighter and more flexible Kevlar).

The fact that these are failing to stop those rounds shows that the steel is likely not heat treated correctly to the proper hardness. Considering how much weight those add to a loadout, if the rest of the vest is Kevlar, those soldiers would likely have a higher survival rate by ditching the ineffective plates entirely in exchange for better mobility.

The Voyager Elite Force games are pretty excellent if you enjoy FPS games, and the TOS point and click games, 25th anniversary and its sequel are extremely well made too.

Which part? He does have an extremely heavy Scottish accent, it took me a bit to become fluent, lol

Regarding decentralized internet, your idea is being enacted! I posted a couple short docs about that over on [email protected]

Here's the first one, I'll go hunt down the second.

Edit: found it!

Oh lord, if it's single pane with those temps, I can see why you'd be willing to try it 😬

I was able to find a video that does a decent job of showing roughly what you might be able to expect from the cellular shades. For his house, the shades were able to reduce the inside temp by 3 degrees fahrenheit, with a 15% reduction in energy used by his AC. His house had double-pane windows already, so he had a decent starting point to begin with, and you may experience slightly higher reductions since you're starting with single pane.

If you end up going that route, I'd be interested to hear how much they helped in your apartment!

I don't see that as any more desirable than a US or Russian CEO doing the same. It's all wage slavery for the people generating those profits, and it's all gravy for the CEOs to funnel into offshore accounts. Only funding a worker coop would make it more ethical and desirable, regardless of geographic location/regime, IMHO.

Wouldn't the surplus profit just go to the CEO of the company? I can't imagine there's much difference for the average worker in China between mass manufacturing PC's for direct sale vs. Mass manufacturing for another brand.

I don't believe there are many worker coops building PCs, unfortunately.

Great movie, great find!

Matrix is the closest replacement, and XMPP can replicate some functionality too.