Birb_at_Arms

There's a certain type of guy who sort of knows about how the aircraft carrier ultimately became more important in surface combat than the battleship, definitely does not want to be the modern equivalent of the battleship dead-ender, and ends up backing the modern equivalent of the bomber Zeppelin.

Before you have a chance to enjoy your brief reprieve, the relative quiet is shattered by a series of clatters and roars. A half-dozen large objects are flying towards your position on parabolic arcs, tumbling and flipping as they go. "Are those... Cars?" Asks your 2IC.

The remaining cars bracket your position, landing too far away to cause casualties but close enough for the heat and smoke of the ensuing flames to impair visibility and fill the air with a toxic, caustic stench. You make a quick sitrep on the radio, describing the attack and asking for more info.

Before you have a chance to enjoy your brief reprieve, the relative quiet is shattered by a series of clatters and roars. A half-dozen large objects are flying towards your position on parabolic arcs, tumbling and flipping as they go. "Are those... Cars?" Asks your 2IC.

The second vehicle falls well short, landing heavily 300m ahead of your position as its thrusters appear to malfunction. No doors open and no passengers can be seen moving inside, but your GPMG team fires a sustained burst into it anyway. The next few vehicles are more problematic.

Before you have a chance to enjoy your brief reprieve, the relative quiet is shattered by a series of clatters and roars. A half-dozen large objects are flying towards your position on parabolic arcs, tumbling and flipping as they go. "Are those... Cars?" Asks your 2IC.

As a sort of follow-up on this, I think it would be fun to have an Hoi-type game where the only way to unlock reasonably achievable war goals for Germany was to kill Hitler, but to put yourself in a position to succeed at this you had to play the political game, and play pretty close to the wire.

You might be able to do something if you increase your standing, but the only way to do that is - you guessed it - more naziism. You might find yourself increasingly sure the war was lost, but lacking the standing to effect any meaningful political change + lacking the support for a successful coup

As a sort of follow-up on this, I think it would be fun to have an Hoi-type game where the only way to unlock reasonably achievable war goals for Germany was to kill Hitler, but to put yourself in a position to succeed at this you had to play the political game, and play pretty close to the wire.

So a player who wanted to get a good outcome as Germany might feel compelled to engage with Nazi policies - and partake in the associated atrocities, provoking the associated consequences - in the hopes of getting their political standing high enough to have a chance at success.

As a sort of follow-up on this, I think it would be fun to have an Hoi-type game where the only way to unlock reasonably achievable war goals for Germany was to kill Hitler, but to put yourself in a position to succeed at this you had to play the political game, and play pretty close to the wire.

Quite a few people actually tried to kill Hitler, and not an inconsiderable number were members of the defense establishment. Obviously none succeeded; some attempts were discovered and the conspirators punished (killed), other times the conspirators got away with it.

I got a gig with a driveway-sealing company that neglected to mention on its job posters that its employees were "independent contractors" doing exclusively door to door sales. I worked a 12 hour day, got confirmation I would be paid $60, and quit on the spot.

This would be a great feature on a car that catapulted itself into the air on giant grasshopper legs like in the Red Dwarf expanded universe.

I think if you actually wanted a commercial "flying" car that didn't kill you and/or cost a million dollars, it would end up looking like a small gondola with go-cart wheels. Like, you'd have a lightweight car that can connect to an elevated rail system and move around like that.

This would be a great feature on a car that catapulted itself into the air on giant grasshopper legs like in the Red Dwarf expanded universe.

Of course, the problem with flying cars has never really been the "flying" part; flight is pretty mature tech at this point and we can definitely get something car-sized to fly. The problem is getting something car-sized to fly *and land* safely, and do it *consistently* without costing millions.

It's kind of wild that the more you look into Israeli politics: A) the more brutal and incompetent the IDF look compared to normal militaries B) the more domestic Israeli arguments you become aware of where somehow the IDF sounds like the voice of reason

It's a bit odd that Russia is using chemical weapons in Ukraine, but it does seem to really happen at least occasionally! Which is bizarre, because the Ukrainian battlefield is not at all the sort of place where CW are effective and regular explosives are almost certainly better in this context.

I will say, I find Donga really cool. It's practiced in places where people still live in mud huts. They fight naked* except for the jankiest homemade skull caps and elbow guards. They 2-hand a 6' stick and swing like they mean it. Fights are often held to celebrate weddings and harvest festivals.

Sucks to suck, etc., but also I wonder what Mohammad al-Otaibi is up to these days.