[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

How the...? Was it the socks in sandals? :-D

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

The thing that can't really be seen in the photo is they're both wearing socks in their sandals...

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Hello fellow universal donor. I'm blessed with the same blood type, so I donate the blood when I can at my local hospital. Usually 3x a year.

At first there was not much thought behind it, as both my parents went there too. When I turned 18 they just asked: "Do you want to go too?" And my answer was obviously yes, because why not? It was day off school, after all.

Now it's just automatic. Since I only donate in my local hospital (small town, 15k people) I believe my blood gets to help people. They don't pay for it, it's volunteer, organized by red cross. They used to cover bus ride, but lately switched that for "food stamp" instead. We also get juice, coffee and snack once donated. The good part is, it's still day off work where I live.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

What's wrong with it?

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Autoloader is both advantage and disadvantage at the same time. You don't need another crew member, but the mechanism proved itself to be deadly when tanks get hit.

The weight itself is a huge factor though. Modern tanks get to absurd numbers where it's getting difficult to operate them at all.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

That's why I wrote "new/old design". T-72 and 80 are vastly improved, but still based more or less on design of T-54.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

The amount of cars: yes.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How is that any surprise on modern battlefield? Compared to the situation decade(s) ago, tank is just a prey with so much real time reconnaissance drones and long range precision weapons around.

From what I've read the main difference between tanks like Abrams/Leopard 2 and old designs like T-72/80/Leopard 1 is that once modern tank is knocked out/damaged/destroyed it doesn't necessarily mean all the crew members are dead.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago

I don't get it, what's so special about this?

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

It's pretty good for what it is. I finished it once years ago. Tried it again last year, got almost to the end and somehow lost interest. Still have it on my drive, so I might actually finish it.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Except for power consumption and heat generation ;-) This is where Bulldozers were hot shit!

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Sony went the apple way. Next stand will be brushed aluminium for mere $999...

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submitted 1 month ago by kurcatovium@lemm.ee to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Hello, not sure whether this is right place to ask, but I'll ask anyway. I'm looking for mouse replacement, but I do need the mouse to be quieter than your usual "click click clik", as I often use it in the evening in a room with other people sleeping. Usage is about 50:50 office and single player gaming, so I don't need the best sensor tracking or the fanciest RGB (I nor need nor want that at all), I just want well working, silent mouse.

I hold my mouse mostly in claw/fingertip grip, so I can't operate something big, Deathadder-like. Ambidextrous shape is fine (maybe even preferred), as long as it has 2 thumb buttons on the left side. I used to have Logitech G305 which was almost perfect, except for 2 things: 1) very loud clicks and 2) mouse wheel got nasty swollen over time to the point it stopped rolling at all.

I'm using something people describe as "PWNAGE symm 2 clone" from local store brand, that is exactly what I need (smaller shape, silent), but its sensor is somehow starting to act weird after like 3 years? It's been discontinued so I can't buy replacement one.

Or if you know better place to ask (other than /r/...), I'd be glad. Thank you very much!

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submitted 3 months ago by kurcatovium@lemm.ee to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Hello, I just finished the game I was playing (Book of Demons, would give it 7/10) and I'm looking what to play next.

I don't have as much time for gaming as I used to (job, children, etc.) so I usually have about an hour at the evening to play. Some games are tough to fit into this because it breaks immersion too much and everyday having to remember when I left just to quit soon after is just... tedious? Wrong? Idk and I don't want to spoil good games with it.

My friend gifted me Disco Elysium for christmas and it looks ver promising. But is it possible to squeeze it into this schedule? Or does it break the game too much? Thank you for your input.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by kurcatovium@lemm.ee to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

Hello everyone, I hope I came to the right place to ask my stupid question. I'm currently working in a company that stuck way way back in time. I'm talking some people are still working in DOS level back in time. There is some revamping of this in progres, but it's going to be a long run.

The "IT department" (called computing department, lol) consist basically of 2 people, boss and me. Boss loves the old days, he's "happily" using Win XP on his computer and hates everything newer than Win7, although half of everything he tries to do doesn't work there anymore (and don't even start with security of the OS). Anyway... that's about the company background and what to expect.

During currently ongoing upgrades to get this company at least to 21st cwntury, there will be some sw licencing happening. I'm expecting like buying dozens of Office 2021 keys and some other standalone soft too. But there's problem with managing those keys, as there is no precedence, no rules and everything's going to be from the scratch almost. People are coming and going, PCs are dying (remember, there are still some DOS machines), hard drives replacing, etc. etc. Windows domain? Not in this company. Ever.

So, how do you keep track of what is installed and where? Thank you very much.

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submitted 4 months ago by kurcatovium@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

Browsing the web I came across this (meta) search engine. From the first glance, it seems promising and giving quite a good results to my searches. Definitely better than Google, Bing or DDG, which tend to be full of SEO/ads/AI bullshit these days. Does anyone use it?

It somehow implies it's open source and indeed there is github https://github.com/PresearchOfficial too, but I can't find any link from the presearch.com itself to it. It's just... IDK, weird?

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I'd like something like JBL Charge, but with USB port that I can connect to PC and speaker would act like external audio device. I've only found ones with USB-A to insert pen-drive, which is not the same.

I use headphones exclusively at my PC, but there are times when I'd like to show something to my wife and since I have only one pair of headphones it's no sound for either me or her. Audio quality is not crucial, so I thought I'd buy bluetooth speaker (which I can use everywhere with my phone) and connect it with one USB cable and it's done. It would charge when I'm out and I could use it whenever I needed. Well, it seems this idea was wrong since every single one I've checked has USB port only for charging. Are there any of these that act as USB audio device?

Does thing like this even exist? If so I'm probably too stupid to pick right keywords to search engine. Thank you everyone!

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