How the…? Was it the socks in sandals? :-D

Hello fellow universal donor. I’m blessed with the same blood type, so I donate the blood when I can at my local hospital. Usually 3x a year.

At first there was not much thought behind it, as both my parents went there too. When I turned 18 they just asked: “Do you want to go too?” And my answer was obviously yes, because why not? It was day off school, after all.

Now it’s just automatic. Since I only donate in my local hospital (small town, 15k people) I believe my blood gets to help people. They don’t pay for it, it’s volunteer, organized by red cross. They used to cover bus ride, but lately switched that for “food stamp” instead. We also get juice, coffee and snack once donated. The good part is, it’s still day off work where I live.

What’s wrong with it?

Autoloader is both advantage and disadvantage at the same time. You don’t need another crew member, but the mechanism proved itself to be deadly when tanks get hit.

The weight itself is a huge factor though. Modern tanks get to absurd numbers where it’s getting difficult to operate them at all.

That’s why I wrote “new/old design”. T-72 and 80 are vastly improved, but still based more or less on design of T-54.

The amount of cars: yes.

How is that any surprise on modern battlefield? Compared to the situation decade(s) ago, tank is just a prey with so much real time reconnaissance drones and long range precision weapons around.

From what I’ve read the main difference between tanks like Abrams/Leopard 2 and old designs like T-72/80/Leopard 1 is that once modern tank is knocked out/damaged/destroyed it doesn’t necessarily mean all the crew members are dead.

I don’t get it, what’s so special about this?

It’s pretty good for what it is. I finished it once years ago. Tried it again last year, got almost to the end and somehow lost interest. Still have it on my drive, so I might actually finish it.

Except for power consumption and heat generation ;-) This is where Bulldozers were hot shit!

Sony went the apple way. Next stand will be brushed aluminium for mere $999…

I started old gem Arx Fatalis. I tried to chew through it during last two decades, but I always failed. Not because of the game itself, because it is indeed very cool. This time I believe I will emerge victorious!

America… Fuck you! Classic.

When either of those things happen it is a good idea to run steam (lutris, bottles) from terminal to see what it’s trying to do while “not working”. Helped me couple times.

Unless you’re European. Then driving manual is considered basic life skill like riding a bike.

I’ve read interesting conspiracy, that Tunguska incident overlaps exactly with Nicola Tesla’s attempts to wireless transfer of energy. Was an interesting idea and read, even though very unlikely to be based on real event.

Because they’re grounded.

As a dumb guy this would give me no clue. My 2c, if you’re interested in him, just tell him. Plain, straight, no bullshit around. Don’t try to obfuscate it or hide it in double meaning phrases, be as direct as possible.

If I can generalize, we guys are dumb idiots that usually can’t read what women hide between lines. We need it in simple sentences, ideally in written form to be really sure we understand it right.

Vin Diesel style, nice!

Yeah, basically. Except for the S part.