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[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

That's what we Europeans call a "petty answer to the disgrace that is Amarican military time" (not the be confused with regular Amarican time and dates, which don't allow overflow, as far as I'm aware). The date described above is clearly "the second of March, 2015" or 2015-03-02.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well, I got that, but that's also pretty much the only thing it mentions. What were the results? Was it better then the last generation? How will it change warfare in the future (beyond Gaza)?

I'm gonna ignore the deeply unethical application under which this mysterious and barely named new rocket was tested, since that hardly is relevant to this community and better discussed elsewhere.

EDIT: Sorry, that last paragraph should have an "I think" in there, since I'm no mod and am purely voicing my opinion about low quality and (what I find to be) barely relevant posts in this community.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Hmm, this seems more about economics and politics than technology.

Like, what exactly is the new type of Bar rocket and how does it compare to the older rockets? I see it being mentioned as a replacement for Rumach rockets, but the only details are that it's got some unnamed "guidance mechanism specifically designed for difficult combat environments" and that it's rapid fire (compared to some other unnamed rocket?).

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Ah, OK. Jeg troede bare at du kunne finde stedet på hjemmesiden, og ikke den fysiske. Bare se bort fra min kommentar. :)

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Kunne man ikke lave en 404 side som siger noget alla: "Hvis du kom ind på denne side gennem en QR-kode, så må du gerne efterlade en kort beskrivelse af position via. følgende link:"

Jeg går naturligvis ud fra, at du gerne vil finde markaterne fysisk og digitalt, og ikke ved hvilken sti på hjemmesiden de fører til.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 months ago

You're thinking like an academic, which is often alien and "wrong" to the broader populace, just like a properly labelled graph (according to a previous discussion on Lemmy, lol).

But I agree. In engineering one quickly learns the difference between the "perfect" and "real" world. In the perfect world, you can assume that 1+1 always equals 2, gravity always goes down, wind resistance is 0, and our scientific model (of any given time and version, choice is yours) is always correct.

In the real world nothing makes sense, nothing fits, you're lucky if 1+1=2 within a ±0.1 error, and did you just discover the topic for another weird research project? Shit.

And does @kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 's Mt. St. Helens really exist? No clue, I'll take anyone's word for it. One could drag me up some random mountain and tell me that's it, but, in the end, I'd just be spewing someone else's opinion. (which is good, agreement must be had to do anything productive, but we're currently talking objectivity, and not agreement.)

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

By extension it's unethical to operate any powered vehicle, and by extension it's unethical to use any device requiring (combustible) fuel and/or electricity.

Electric planes exist, they're just not very popular.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Someone else already posted an explanation, but it just boils down to us Danes still using "snes" (or "snaes" in old english), which was the amount of dried herrings usually hung from a wooden drying rig/branch, which, of course, was 20 (edit: according to this source).

It's totally disconnected from modern times and ought to be changed, but then again, some people still use the 12-hour clock, thumbs, and feet, so how bad is it really?

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 47 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It would've been what it would've been...

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Had a hunch that might've been you! At least it works one way, which I suppose was what you asked about. :)

Though, would be nice if I also could see my mastadon comments on lemmy. :/

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I still cannot see it from lemmy, even when using a webbrowser. :/

I can see that debaashish@mastadon.social has responded to my comment made from mastadon, could you please try to respond to it too?

For clarity, the comment made by ekky@sopuli.xyz (the one you just responded to) was just in case people could not see the comment made by ekky@mastadon.social

Also, the image of my lemmy comment doesn't seem to show on mastadon.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Hmmm, it appears that I can see you on Mastadon, but the comment I made on there doesn't seem to federate back.

Screenshot as proof, and link to my comment: https://mastodon.social/@ekky/114401045155643538

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