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DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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JamieThePainter said:
@DIY-HP-LED I see that like the rest of us, Pink Floyd are just pretending the Endless River didn't happen?
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War has been with humans since the very beginning and we are evolved to it by tens of thousands of years of competition between groups of humans that also drove social evolution. The tribalism that many societies experience, some driven by racism, some by ethnicity and language and by religion, are also a result of this social propensity. It sets off a psychological casscade effect that dehumanizes the "other", lowers empathy and makes it easier to kill them. All tribes have a version of the truth and tens of thousands of years ago your culture was everything and worth defending with your life, it was your community, the sum total of your knowledge, you would be a blank slate without it. Hence the culture wars in America, created for this purpose, the rural/urban divide etc.
 
JamieThePainter

JamieThePainter

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DIY-HP-LED said:
War has been with humans since the very beginning and we are evolved to it by tens of thousands of years of competition between groups of humans that also drove social evolution. The tribalism that many societies experience, some driven by racism, some by ethnicity and language and by religion, are also a result of this social propensity. It sets off a psychological casscade effect that dehumanizes the "other", lowers empathy and makes it easier to kill them. All tribes have a version of the truth and tens of thousands of years ago your culture was everything and worth defending with your life, it was your community, the sum total of your knowledge, you would be a blank slate without it. Hence the culture wars in America, created for this purpose, the rural/urban divide etc.
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I'm assuming you're either posting this in the wrong thread or you've quoted me by mistake.

Otherwise I'm not sure what any of the above has to do with my post, bud. lol.
 
DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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JamieThePainter said:
I'm assuming you're either posting this in the wrong thread or you've quoted me by mistake.

Otherwise I'm not sure what any of the above has to do with my post, bud. lol.
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Not being a huge Pink Floyd fan, I assumed you meant the endless river of misery caused by the war, on a war thread. I used to listen to Floyd years back a lot and had several of their albums, but tastes change and evolve too. I guess I'm not familiar with your specific reference. Enlighten us to the meaning of, "Pink Floyd are just pretending the Endless River didn't happen?", it's was ambiguous.
 
JamieThePainter

JamieThePainter

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DIY-HP-LED said:
Not being a huge Pink Floyd fan, I assumed you meant the endless river of misery caused by the war, on a war thread. I used to listen to Floyd years back a lot and had several of their albums, but tastes change and evolve too. I guess I'm not familiar with your specific reference. Enlighten us to the meaning of, "Pink Floyd are just pretending the Endless River didn't happen?", it's was ambiguous.
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Not quite as ambiguous as you might think. Just not as deep as you were thinking.

"The Endless River is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released in November 2014 "
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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Hope this didn't happen......

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1513600159392972810

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There are unconfirmed claims seeming to emanate from a statement by the Ukrainian Azov Battalion (which is mostly in Mariupol) that Russia has dropped chemical substances causing respiratory issues on defenders in Mariupol. This would follow a statement by a DNR spokesperson earlier that it would be more practical to use chemical weapons to root out remaining defenders.
There do not appear to be other sources corroborating (though it would be hard to do so right now given the siege anyways). Many Ukrainian forces are defending the Azovstal steel plant, so it is also possible that the fighting has hit some chemicals in that facility.
 
injinji

injinji

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DIY-HP-LED said:
The simple answer is 749 watts = 1HP and say 1sq meter of solar panel generates 100 watts on average, so 7.5 sq meters to generate 1HP's worth of electricity, The ESC (Electronic Speed Controller) eats some and the motors are very efficient, but not 100%. So say a wing 1 meter wide and 4 meters long, will only generate 400 watts and the motor will output 1/2 HP.

It can increase the endurance of a drone by a bit, but is generally not worth the bother for a plane.
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It's the same with hiking solar panels. If you are in the desert they might be worth the weight. But if there are any clouds or trees, you just don't see anyone carrying them.
 
DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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Each switchblade 300 "system" has 10 drones ( so says the video) and I imagine reloads will be forthcoming too, they are also sending 600s. I figure Russian officers will be prime targets for them, they order the atrocities and troops and when they die nothing much happens, their troops become paralyzed. So there are two good reasons rolled into one, tactical and retribution for going after these particular targets. They will be replaced by green officers from Russia and when the top dog doesn't hear from his officers at the front, he might have to go there himself to find out why and restore order, making him a target too.

If they can find their command vehicles tanks, APCs or trucks by their radio emissions they can target them and the officers HQ by their radio use to transmit orders on advance. Attacks and resistance can stimulate their radio use and drones like God above can spot them and laser designate them.
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Switchblade: A look at the drone the US is sending to Ukraine

 
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DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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BudmanTX said:
Hope this didn't happen......

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1513600159392972810

an hour ago
There are unconfirmed claims seeming to emanate from a statement by the Ukrainian Azov Battalion (which is mostly in Mariupol) that Russia has dropped chemical substances causing respiratory issues on defenders in Mariupol. This would follow a statement by a DNR spokesperson earlier that it would be more practical to use chemical weapons to root out remaining defenders.
There do not appear to be other sources corroborating (though it would be hard to do so right now given the siege anyways). Many Ukrainian forces are defending the Azovstal steel plant, so it is also possible that the fighting has hit some chemicals in that facility.
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We will see, a drone with sniffer gear might provide the answer, taking air samples over the suspected area at low level and either transmitting data from sensors or bringing it back home, or both. They can detect parts per billion these days. It would be a no brainer for Uncle Sam to have these and they aren't offensive weapons, they could probably even give a few to the UN and let them do it with US operators.
 
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