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I enjoyed the movie, but can I say that I'm getting real sick of that apparently obligatory Marvel scene where the movie suspends anything that's actually happening so that all the characters can jump onto center stage and pose together in case the audience has forgotten about any of the characters in the last thirty seconds

A friend kept a snapping turtle in his yard for pest control. It apparently had several cats and at least four raccoons to its name.

I want this to be good but I know better than to believe it will be

It might not be egregious but I know what avgas tastes like as of about an hour ago

The odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile) contains methyl ketones within its body. I thought I somehow had MEK on me after the first couple ants I crushed

WELCOME TO HELL

Germans don't make inconvenience optional

All situational. Fast tanks still have the universal benefit of being able to quickly move themselves wherever the fight needs them to be. The maus type meta is pretty strong right now, but dpm, armor, and HP mean nothing if the fight moves away from a tank that can't keep up.

Whoever thought of this has an understanding of aviation that consists exclusively of the knowledge that airplanes exist

WoT was better when commissarring bad players was less punished

Sure thing, because pilot=engineer We haven't built the plane but we know how its maintenance will pan out SURE THING SURE THING THEN WHY DOES THE PLANE MATTER I don't think it's necessary to ask, but the "F-45 Mustang II" doesn't exist any more than the majority of WoT's tier 10 Germans does it? Does the National Review try to be a real news source? I actually don't know

Verdun is a fun game and also on sale for $10

And we've about hit the end of where I can contribute to discussions about hydraulics I don't know about electric cars or anything (it could be that batteries produce a pretty constant voltage with current that adapts to the load), but transport category aircraft tend to have a lot of different voltages and mixes of AC and DC power buses (400v AC for flap actuators and other things, 115v AC for passenger's outlets and other things, 28v DC for lights and other things, 14v DC for batteries and other things, 5v DC for electronics, etc), and all of it ends up grounding to the same airframe. It works because the generator's amperage output is able to be tuned very closely to the amount of load that the craft is using at that moment, and as long as the load output matches the load, nothing gets an overvoltage or overcurrent condition. It's kind of a pain in the ass because the way electricity is often taught, voltage is the variable, the resistance of the circuit is given, and you figure out current based on voltage divided by resistance, where, when generators are concerned, resistance is the variable and a desired voltage is given, so the amperage has to be manipulated to keep voltage at a given level. Posting from PC, not quite done with explanation, will pick it up from mobile when I can.

Working with pneumatic systems probably makes you more knowledgeable about hydraulics than I am then. I figure in a hydraulics system you ought to be able to limp back to base or out of combat at least, depending on the severity of a leak in a hydraulic system, but it might be that even a small leak would quickly deplete the fluid reservoir, I just don't know. I assume there is a reason why lots of tanks still use hydraulic transmissions, although it might just be tech inertia. Many transport category aircraft use the body as ground with 400v AC supply and people don't get electrocuted [Correction: 400Hz is pretty standard frequency for transport category electrical distribution, 400v is found on the 787 and 380 and maybe others]. The issue isn't the magnitude of the voltage, but whether current wants to find ground through your body. You can wet your finger and touch either terminal of a car battery and you'll be fine, the excitement only happens if you happen to be in contact with supply and ground at the same time.

I do work on these things, granted, there are some intrinsic differences between the ones I've worked on and the motors you would use in tanks. It's fair that you wouldn't need brush motors, but, although some more than others, any motor is capable of failing from age, wear, or abuse. My point was that there are a lot of ways that an electric transmission could fail devastatingly, and I'm not sure there are as many ways that a hydraulic transmission could fail devastatingly, with the caveat that I don't know much about hydraulic transmissions. Also, although they are very resilient, MS components are still vulnerable to contamination, corrosion, and chafing. I don't know what backshops do in their free time, but I suspect rotors with broken windings are just trashed and replaced. Something I'm curious about now that you mention it, it never occurred to me whether or not you could ground the chassis of a ground vehicle with a 400v system. Is there something specific to ground vehicles that makes it impractical?

I don't know if it's well-founded, but a concern I'd have is that electric transmissions could be more finnicky and less resilient than hydraulic transmissions. A fucky brush/brush spring, a wire prematurely grounded, a short or open in an armature, or anything in-between could bench a tank. Don't know enough about hydraulic systems to know if they might be just as susceptible to fuckery

Another good step is to have good internet, which I currently have. HMU friendos

Ketchup does still have its uses though

Yeh, a short while after I posted that, I mentioned that I was enjoying FO4 to a friend, and he pointed out a lot of things that had regressed from the previous games. I enjoy the survival mechanics a lot more in this iteration, but I really wish they hadn't fucked with a lot of things that were just plain better in the previous games.

Fallout 4 is a solid game

Iceland's president forced to clarify that he wouldn't actually ban pineapple on pizza (even though he should)

Working theory for my own sleep difficulties was that I had constantly elevated levels of epinephrine and catecholamines. I'd be hesitant to suggest any testing if doctors haven't already, but it seems hormone related to me. It doesn't take a huge amount of alcohol to help with sleep and a lot of states will let minors consume alcohol with parental supervision and consent, not a realistic long term solution, granted. Something that may or may not have helped me was increasing caffeine consumption early in the day. Difficult to say if it actually helped or if it was just coincidence.

I used to have a really hard time sleeping, and still do occasionally. Like Bele said, alcohol can be a huge help if it's available. Do you have caffeine habits?