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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 19h

#Fallout76
Alright, doing the thing, fishing drunk for the challenge, doo dee doo....

"Fishing while intoxicated 1/3". Ok. Wait a minute...

... nice.

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 1d

Lol.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 1d

Commutation leaves the convictions though, he can't serve again. Still distasteful though...

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 3d

YT does that to me occasionally, out of the blue. Just because I like happy cat shorts doesn't mean I want "Arms of an Angel" to start playing in my recommendations once a month. Jesus Christ...

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 4d

No worries, plenty of room for product placement once the fire clears out all of that hair.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 6d

Someone needs to create a gyrostabilized remote firing gimbal that can strap to the bellies of aircraft like this and mount a firearm.
This limits the requirements to getting ahead and above, and letting the gunner utilize the better ballistics via remote screen and joystick.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 8d

TNT is stable but the nitration reaction can run away if cooling is interrupted.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 8d

The test might have been routine, but apparently the results weren't.

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 8d

It'll also rattle off pages upon pages of explanations why, that all boil down to "never trust AI numbers".

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 8d

They don't because it's basically a couple buildings at USAF Mountain Home to handle Qatari F-15 trainees, not a full fledged foreign property.

I'm not going to push back hard on reports though, feel like letting the admin steam in their own juices for a while.

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 9d

#Fallout4 memories of mods past...
when I made On Hollowed Ground it was full of gigantic chambers; how to manage the FPS hit from excessive polygons?
Embed occlusion in the walls and arrange them for zero free sightline further than the next chamber over.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 10d

#Fallout76
Well, haven't I been scarce; work schedules, ugh.

But hey, fishin'....

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 15d

Heh, it's prime for experimentation... paint drones in different colors and camo patterns and take note which ones get intercepted.

Well, except there'd be no data for most of these, they aren't getting intercepted and could probably be bright orange and still make it.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 16d

As usual, he's drastically overestimated his importance.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · 19d

Extra shrapnel, for the size of the drones being used.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 18

He's saying refining capacity is at a tipping point, if Omsk shuts down for maintenance there isn't enough capacity to avoid a total collapse of the market.

Only thing to watch for is if it's a leading statement, to target Omsk because it's *not* critical but others are.

*shrug* hit 'em all.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 18

Well, that's a fairly clear signal that Omsk refinery should cease to exist, likely sooner rather than later.

Normally it would be better strategically to wait until after a maintenance shutdown, but if there isn't going to be one...

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 15

You weren't accosted, you were assaulted.

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 13

I looked at it like this... if the ship can support several dozen passengers on a short trip, it can support one guy for a LONG time out in the void.

Plus I just like it, it handles well.

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 13

Might take a few minutes, but I'd put my Beluga down on that.

I'm so happy there's context attached to that phrase...

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 13

I love it so much I go back to the ship, take off, and land near the next one.

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 8

Testing animated GIF create/post

Appears to work!

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 8

are you a subscriber, or just picking this out of the general feed? You could always click 'watch later' for the latter...

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Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 8

#Fallout76
Huh. Is this a new random encounter, a bug, or have I just been exceedingly unlucky for the last 4300 hours of gameplay?

Doctor Strangegun @drstrangegun.bsky.social · Sep 6

He's declared an intent, to actually do it congress has to legislate to overturn an existing law. DOD wasn't named by fiat, like some other departments; it was codified by law.

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