History, Politics And Current Affairs

I mess around a bit with Suno, mostly just fanworks. i never intend to monetize any of it, or even claim most of it, i leave all the settings open so other people can cover or remaster at will.

https://suno.com/@markodash?page=songs

Chuck died quite a while ago, it just took death several years to gather the courage to tell him.

Just watched the Flight 11 test launch from yesterday, the last block 2 Starship. i think this has been the most successful test so far. every engine worked, the dummy sats deployed without a hitch, no anomalous engine bay explosion, no significant burnthrough on the flaps, powered into a soft splas...

Can we get a 'dark mode' option for the board? there doesn't seem to be anything similar in the display options. i usually use an extension called dark reader to apply the effect universally on websites, but it doesn't seem to play well here (tends to not display icons and borders), it will fix itse...

Snark #1: At least it wasn't ubiquitous 10 mm box-spanner... / Snark #2: I'm confident the term ' BOEING !!! ' was oft repeated during those urgent safety briefings... / Snark #3: Now we know where the 10 mm wrenches disappear to when they go missing. The 10mm wrenches are easy to find. Usually onl...

Crewing the ship that performed an unscheduled lithobraking maneuver in the Yucatan

well you've already made it 65 million years, what's a few more?

If you've got a decent computer for it give 'hardspace shipbreaker' a try on steam (or just watch some YouTube videos of it). It's a bit sci-fi (laser cutters and gravity tethers) but it handles things like explosive decompression and such.

coming through reentry now, and stable as a rock. views are astounding.

edit: and then the front fin melted

edit2: and was apparently still functional and did a landing burn and splashdown.

it's got a very cyberpunk 2077 look to it.

with how everything funnels down i'd be a little concerned that two of the rifle rounds would get squeezed a little too hard while they were sitting nose-to-primer.

I wonder how feasible a Mini-CIWS that's basically a lidar guided automatic shotgun would be vs drones. in particular as a swap in replacement for a tanks CROWS. if it's reaction speed is fast enough it could theoretically even serve as a hardkill active defense against light anti-tank rockets.

In game related news, the Fallout London total conversion mod for FO4 that's been in the works for several years is only 3 weeks away from it's release date.

Even pre-covid TP was always something i never minded having 'too much' of. as long as you have somewhere to put it, and it doesn't get wet, you are going to use it eventually.

i think this is the biggest single object we've put in space that isn't a conglomeration of smaller bits like the ISS.

just surpassed the test 2 failure point, separation and boostback good

And now it's Jersey's turn to air out her skirt

the potato masher grenade gave it away pretty quick