cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70086414

Given Lemmy’s leftward sociopolitical skew, the appreciation for Star Trek makes perfect sense, but what do we think of “MacGyver”? I specifically refer to the 85-92 Richard Dean Anderson show; I know there’s a reboot but I haven’t seen it yet.

Let’s see…

-Leftward Socio-political Commentary, including environmental activism and anti-authoritarianism

-Male protagonist with actual outward sensitivity & feelings

-“Open-source”; makes his own tools/gadgets from whatever’s available instead of relying on a corporate supply chain.

Sounds right up this platform’s alley.

I’m halfway through season 2 and it’s pretty damn good; it’s basically James Bond as an overgrown Boy Scout and that’s actually rather endearing.

My understanding of WW1 had always been that its style of trench warfare was stable throughout the entire war. That is to say, the only defense against the new weaponry was to dig trenches, and the only way to capture trenches was to throw a few thousand men at them, at which point, you may have gained a few hundred yards. This continued until Germany ran out of resources.

What ultimately moved us past trench warfare, the story goes, was the improvement of the tank.

But a few years ago, I listened to a podcast (which may as well have been called Testosterone Drenched History, the actual name escapes me) that claimed that tactics had been updated near the end of the war; the war was becoming more mobile, ground was being transferred more quickly. It did not get into details.

I stumbled across this webpage (https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-i/breaking-the-deadlock-machine-gun.html) that credits light machine gun units (with ample supplies of grenades) for breaking the stalemate.

And a piefed user supplied this somewhat cryptic (to someone who doesn´t read German Norweigan) diagram of how to take out a machine gun nest.

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[translation provided in comments: suppressive fire and toss in a grenade, repeat]

What is the true story of the tactical situation at the end of WW1?

Doesn't matter if the song as a whole is your favorite, I'm just curious what line really stood out to you in a good way.

I’ve had my first job for a year now. My partner got his dream job which requires us to move. My job had an office in that state. But because of stupid in person team rules from this aloof dipshit VP (came from Amazon surprise surprise) they won’t let me move and keep working.

I thought if I could be reasonable and up front they would work with me. But now I’m just a corpse to them. Already working on replacing me. Even though it will be more expensive and might tank the project per the teams advice. I’m on 4 hours sleep right now so might just be ranting.

But I am disconcerted by the level of visceral hatred I feel towards this VP. So detached, so caught up in vapid buzzwords. Where do these people come from. Why are there so many of them in positions of power. How do I handle these feelings without making my partner feel guilty.

I’ve probably made a straw man out of him. He probably has a family and interests. I don’t like how I feel this way. I’ve never felt this way. I don’t want to go back out into the job market.

Hello,

There are loads of people who dislike centralised services, like facebook, twitter, dropbox and so on, yet still no one seems to be very curious about decentralised systems. How come?

Lemmy scratches the surface with lots of centralised servers, but pushing it, everyone could have their own soft that, for example, is their "user". A user having "facebook"/twitter/dropbox/sharing capabilities. Still no one seems to even pursue those kind of ideas. Even in theory.

Is it because the dopamine triggering algorithm wins everyone over? The fear of using a soft that communicated on an open port on your device? Or what might it be? But that doesn't make sense to me, because people don't even discuss it. Or am I not invited to those discussions 😁?

It should be trivial to spin up a sharing system, for example (harboring laws would protect you), or some "friends, and friends friends only" network a la facebook in tje early days.

It's not limited by technology, and people are smart and curious.

So where are they?

Edit: I know that even if the service existed, most people wouldn't use it and prefer Facebook et al. But that absolutely nobody has spun up one is what baffles me. Thousands work on the Linux kernel, where are the hardcore network nerds?

What movie is genuinely bad or most people consider bad, but is entertaining anyway?

optional poll: https://submatrix.net/poll/hzyzw

i.e do you prefer:

• technically grounded and plausible science elements (e.g The Martian)

or

• stuff so fantastical that it doesn't even warrant trying to explain it (Dr Who, some Marvel/DC stuff, Star Wars)

Another way to look at this would be Sci-Fi versus Science Fantasy, perhaps.

• Old-School Sci-Fi like HG Wells centers around a core scientific idea and the consequences arising from that,

whereas

• Science Fantasy (more prevalent nowadays) only looks to science - or the impression of some science - to serve the fantasy devices it uses.

So which is better?

Mine are Michael Sugrue (philosophy) and hasoyi (asian music mixtapes).

Edited it because I missspelled wloud as wlpud when i meant wlouf

I ride a scooter around my city for fun and often find people having car struggles. I'm skilled with automotive work, so I figured I'd fill a "go bag" with stuff to bring anytime I'm riding for pleasure and have extra space. My goal is to cover as many common issues as possible while fitting everything inside a 30 liter top box.

My current list is:

• Jumper cables or small jump back (interesting edit at bottom)
• Common wrenches (10, 12, 14, 17mm)
• Common screw drivers
• Maybe common fluids (5w-30 oil, distilled water or coolant, etc.)
• Tire plug kit
• zipties
• duct tape

Suggestions from this thread I will add:

• OBD-II Diag tool
• Telescoping magnet
• cig lighter charged air compressor
• Pliers
• wire stripper/crimper combo tool
• crimp terminals/splices
• multimeter
• fuses
• SNACKS!!!!!!!!
• gloves
• air-freshener/momento type of thing :)

Are there other super useful things I might have left out, or niche stuff small enough that it'd cost nothing to bring on the off chance it helps? Common spec bolts/o-ring sizes, or something like that?

I want to make sure when I stop to help someone I can actually help, and not narrowly miss an opportunity because of an oversight.

Thanks for the help with this :)

Edits:

• formatting list
• adding "?" to title
• added zipties and duct tape to list, added o-ring example
• added suggestions from thread list

Interesting edit at bottom: TL;DR is supercapacitors. Main story: My concern was the longevity and cost associated with jump packs; lithium batteries don't like to be stored at high charge and also don't do great in varying temperatures. Enter the TIL: supercapacitor jump packs, which seems absolutely perfect for my use-case. They're designed to be stored with no charge, and are super happy with offloading all their charge at once. The intended use is to be charged off of the dead battery just enough to breath life into the starter long enough to get it running, but they can usually be charged quickly by other methods like an outlet (plentiful in the city) or a working vehicle.

And what is wrong with you?

You made an AI agent to summarize random video game news. It never provides sources outside of the occasional Steam link, it's just uncited garbage about unlocking skins in some stupid game or GTA 6 leaks. And as a cherry on top, emoji.

Are YOU reading the posts? If so, what are you getting out of it? And if not, why would you think anyone else wants to read it?

Before you say "just block them," that doesn't answer this question that has me baffled. I want to know what the creator thinks they're adding to the fediverse with this slop.

I'm pretty sure I'm the #1 commenter simply through trying to answer this question. It's a dead community with a bot posting to no one. What is the point

Wendy's changed the spicy chicken sandwich. The new one isn't bad, but the old one occupied a very specific spot in my memory that will be missed.

It's hitting hard for me at the moment and it's making me miserable. What do you do to combat the torture of allergies?

Unpopular opinion: toilets are perfectly shaped to make farts as loud as possible.

Mine are brussels sprouts, beets, anchovies and livers

I have had YouTube Premium Music since it was launched. I uploaded nearly 15,000 MP3s at the time. Now that the family plan is $28 a month, what free alternatives are out there for music streaming?

I'm extremely concerned about the intensively arrogant and privileged Anti Woke edgelord chud comedy on YouTube like with Babylon Bee, Steven Crowder, Hodgetwins .etc

I am now looking for recommendations of some hilarious left leaning and woke vibed joke tellers and comedy groups on the platform in the same vibes as South Park, The Onion, Colbert Report, Chelsea Handler, WKUK, Sir Pelo .etc

So far I got it down with just Wizards With Guns, Mrs Betty Powers, Penguinz0, Chazington, Funkyfrogbait, and Contrapoints. Any other suggestions to try out

answers please.

Edit : So I probably should have been more specific . Im looking for a big cooking pot , not one of those factory mixing tanks lol. I guess something that is about the size of about 100 Litres

Someone here suggested I speak to a black smith about it an I honestly have no Idea how to even begin contacting blacksmiths in toronto. If you can let me know then please do. I do have a couple things Im willing to pay to have welded , this pot included. But my biggest questions to the blacksmith would be:

1. 'How do I determine the 'quality' of the steel thst is being used? What the hell is 'steel quality' anyways? can it be quantified or is it qualitatively determined or both?

2. I am looking for steel that could almost last me a lifetime so any ideas as to what I should evem begin to research about when it comes to steel like this? ?

3. ' Im looking for steel that is resistant to water and hot water for the pot that I need welded and then I am looking for steel that is resitant to sweat and external forces (both horizontal and vertical) for this pull up station I need welded where can I research what types of steels I need for these two types of products?

Basically, a fictional character that is not conventionally attractive - often even not human - that you find oddly attractive.

There’s something about the tension between Basil and Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective that does something for me lol