@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

setsneedtofeed

@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world

I mod a worryingly growing list of communities. Ask away if you have any questions or issues with any of the communities.

I also run the hobby and nerd interest website scratch-that.org.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

Me personally? I’m going to back away slowly without giving him my name.

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

I think that’s just how they look when traveling at high speeds.

setsneedtofeed, (edited )
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

The very first sinking of a ship by a submarine occurred during the U.S. Civil War, in fact!

Both the Union and Confederacy operated submarines during the war.

The very first U.S. “submarine” was used during the Revolutionary War, but it was more of a one off novelty than a move forward in industrialized war like in the Civil War.

This also happened in conjunction with the rise of ironclads, with the first ironclad vs ironclad battle also occurring in the Civil War.

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

Calm down, Dr. Jones.

Confederate submarine discovered by the US government in 1878. (lemmy.world)

Known as the “Bayou St. John submarine”, this vessel was discovered when the Bayou St. John, in New Orleans was dredged by the US Government in 1878. For years, the vessel was thought to be the Confederate submarine Pioneer, but research in the 20th century showed it was of a different design. There is no surviving...

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

I was originally going to post about the HL Hunley, which was also deployed during the Civil War. It was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. I got distracted when I came across this submarine while making the post.

The U.S. Civil War was a time of rapid transition from Napoleonic to “modern” war.

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

I thought that at first too! Then I went and actually looked at an AT-PT again. Aside from the vague shape of the vision slit area/cockpit windows, the AT-PT doesn’t really take anything from this concept. That thing is a refrigerator on legs. The concept AT-ST really looks elegant and graceful.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fb3d472b-183d-40ff-89cc-659119e8487a.jpeg

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, that’s exactly it, right down to how the feet socket into the legs. I haven’t kept up deeply with Disney produced canon. This looks like it showed up in the Rebels cartoon a few times? I know that show has used other old concept art and reintroduced it.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/29454321-2f0f-4bc6-a082-42d347836079.webp

setsneedtofeed, (edited )
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

No, unfortunately I’m pretty sure the comic I got this from just squeezed in some unrelated concept art onto the page. I’ve found what looks like a scan of the original sketch that doesn’t have that box. The original sketch also isn’t shaded, so I figure the comic do a little bit of adjusting for their presentation.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ff1abe27-ec46-429b-8dd7-525e872efb33.png

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

They have a natural elephant-like walk cycle, but they do move slowly which might give the appearance of one leg at a time if you aren’t looking too closely.

Michael Dukakis tanks his presidential campaign, 1988 (lemmy.world)

Michael Dukakis was a Democrat candidate running for President in 1988. He had previously been criticized as being soft on national defense, so in September of that year he orchestrated a photo op in an M1 Abrams tank meant to toughen up his image....

Experimental WW2 Japanese fighter plane, the Kyushu J7W Shinden (files.catbox.moe)

The Shinden was a plane first conceptualized by the Japanese military in 1943, and first flown on a test flight in 1945. Even before the test flight, the Japanese Navy had ordered production of the plane. However Japan’s surrender in 1945 stopped production, and in the end only two of the planes were produced. One was...

setsneedtofeed, (edited )
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

Scrolling through my subscribes, here are some of the ones mostly widely interesting I figure. In no particular order:

Civvie11- Retro gaming enthusiast.

Beware The Qu- Lots of speculative evolution content.

Big red 40TECH- Battletech lore guy.

BobbyBroccoli- Long videos about science scandals.

Mandaloregaming- Long form game reviews.

Seth Skorkowsky- Videos about TTRPG reviews and how to run TTRPGs.

Warlockracy- Russian video game reviewer with a bent to older games and weird Russian obscure mods.

Forgotten Weapons- Man on a life’s quest to collect French ammunition.

Red Letter Media- Movie reviews and such.

Wargamer Fritz- Battletech tabletop tactics.

ReligionForBreakfast- Scholar who talks about religious history topics.

The Tank Museum- Tanks.

The Chieftain- Tanks.

Paper Skies- Channel on strange aviation stories, focus on Soviet military aviation.

Quinn’s Ideas- Scifi review channel. Huge Dune nerd.

Olden Demon- Oldhammer channel. Talks about 2e and retells old 2e official battle reports.

oboeshoesgames- Like Dunkey but still funny.

Minisodes- Plays Oldhammer 2e in modern day and paints retro minis.

Grim Beard- Goth that reviews usually more obscure games.

Billiam- Watches and reviews a lot of trash TV.

Ancient Americas- History channel about ancient American (north, central, and south) history.

I’m subscribed to a lot of painting, DIY, instructional, and such channels which I find good but are very niche.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • localhost
  • All magazines
  • Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #