What a lovely view too

Quote from: Hydra009 on May 19, 2024, 04:49:21 PMHow do you paint people as they are but also paint them as better-looking than they are?  🤔  Either you are painting them as they are, in which case you're not painting them as better-looking than they are.  Or you're painting them as better-looking than they are, in which case you're not painting them as they are.

Your punishment is to sit through a traditional history of art course until a soup can drawing appears. :p Lool.

[In a way, according to Baudrillard that was the last thing we originally produced as human species. And I think, we've even failed at that.]

Quote from: Hydra009 on May 19, 2024, 08:15:44 PM

LOOL
Somehow it feels like, this was written on some toilet door in Stanford or MIT decades ago...

Ancient armored vehicle spotted on the battlefield

While I would caution against believing that Russia has completely run out of steam, we are starting to see difficulties in its ability to adequately supply its troops, hence the golf carts and the ancient BTRs.  Obviously, if you have better equipment available, that's what you'd use.  We'll see if this is just a temporary hiccup or if Russian stockpiles are more permanently declining.

"Does the current regime spark joy?"

The party of grievance will not stop  It's victimization and projection, and it's disgusting... and working.  Donald Trump is to this day getting away with treason because of a DOJ lack of effort. I've said it before... ten count of obstruction of justice outlined in the Mueller report allowed to whither on the vine. It's why we're still dealing with this orange stain.   

Forwarded to Arkansas.

They're really cuddly, but can be skiddish around humans.  So to put them at ease, put your hands next to your ears like they're antlers, and then run towards them as fast as possible.

Ukrainians have figured out how to destroy Turtle Tanks

Ukraine heavily relied on $500 FPV drones to do most of the work during the lull between US aid packages.  The Turtle Tanks are designed as a counter to these drones.  What they don't counter is artillery/missiles and with Ukraine receiving renewed US aid, the Ukrainians have a lot more artillery shells and missiles to spare.  So when an artillery round hits the roof of the now much larger and less maneuverable target, it's not only a burning wreck, it's a burning wreck that also caves in on the tank crew and traps them when they most need to escape.  Not great for crew survivability, though the turret tossing wasn't particularly good either.

Fun fact: the turtle tanks require an external camera for any sort of visibility.  The Ukrainian drone operators figured that out very quickly.  So the first fpv drone hits the camera and suddenly it's completely blind.  It might be able to take a few more hits, but that sort of situation only ends one way.

Also, the Russians made sure to post the turtle tank creation process online for everyone to see and keen-eyed observers noted that the metal is welded directly onto the turret, so the gun can no longer traverse.  So if it were blinded or rendered immobile, it would no longer be able to shoot at anything that's not directly in front of it, even if the gun is completely operational.  That's a hell of a design flaw.