Zonetrooper

Imperial Guard. Generally speaking, I like stories of mundane people facing down superhuman/supernatural threats through the power of technology and skill. So the idea of good ol' fashioned regular humans facing down cybernetic supersoldiers, undying robots, literal demons, and the rest of 40k's menagerie of horrors via overwhelming artillery, tanks, and fortifications is one I enjoy.

Sadly, after a brief time in the limelight, it feels like they've gone back to being "those guys who die so we can see how cool the Astartes are". But there was a time where, both lore- and crunch-wise, IG were the undisuputed masters of large-scale armored warfare.

After them, it's a tossup of Orks, Necrons, and Mechanicus (do they count as a distinct 'faction' now?).

Engineer here, so I'm aware of the fundamentals of "how not to kill yourself with electricity". Anything tying into the grid I'm definitely calling a professional for.

But no, I'm not in a financial or property situation to install a grid-connected system, so I was imagining a "balcony solar" kit that'd just charge a small battery bank I could run some lights, a fan, or some similar low-load devices off of. I don't know if such a thing exists (or if it's a smart idea), but I'd like to look into it and find out.

I was going to say. I'm sure this will be great... for all 25 new homes built in CA that year!

"In the middle of my backswing?!"

Not my favorite, but it's certainly a good one.

Mostly because I am not in a place, financially or home-wise, to install a full grid-connected system. I'm just looking for something that I can use to charge enough battery to run a lamp, fan, charge devices, or other such similar light loads on a daily basis. It won't bring my power bill to zero, but it will chip away at it.

Is there a good place to ask about independent (non-grid-connected) solar for an otherwise grid-connected structure? I'd love to set something like this up, but can't find any systems which don't require wiring into the gird.

May I point out this entire question is fundamentally broken.

I have absolute authority over the entire world? I order everyone to vote 'Approve' on me. "But wait!" you say, "You can't just order them to do that! They'll never listen to you!"

And that could be absolutely true. But if it is, then my authority is no longer absolute - in which case, no course I take will work, because anyone can elect to not follow it. I can't compel any group of people - nations, religions, corporations, the local elderly golfer's association - to do anything. And the second they realize that, they'll break off to pursue their own agendas.

At most, I can select one broad coalition who I think will work with me, and try to leverage a smaller group. But now we're just back to good ol' factionalism, and that's not a long-term winning solution.

Hey,

I actually reached out via email and was in contact with someone at [email protected]. I can respond again and see if there is progress this time.

Oh yeah, I totally understood why you chose to cut it off there. I'm just okay with a few more years of subsequent content.

This, though I'd even be willing to stretch it a few years later.

You get everything from people analyzing the gritty details of the technology of the setting, to the classic wild adventure romps, to wacky mystic stuff. It brought us incredible stuff like the original Battlefront II's portrayal of clones, Jango and Boba Fett being further fleshed out, Shatterpoint being basically Space Vietnam, and more.

tl;dr (if I am getting this right):

• Sometimes moderators don't get if something is forbidden under the TOS, or believe something should be forbidden but isn't. Ask an admin if uncertain.

• Moderators can further restrict content beyond the bare minimum of the TOS. Please don't complain to the admins if a moderator does this (in good faith, obviously).

• Conversely, moderators, please read the TOS and don't tell someone something is forbidden under it if it actually isn't.

• Previously, admins told mods to remove content re: Jury nullification when discussing violent crimes.

• Currently, this has been limited only to discussion of jury nullification of future violent crimes, as it could imply someone should actually perform said violent action because they would be acquitted via jury nullification. As far as I can tell, this is the only actual change of any rule in this post.

Summary over, personal thoughts follow: That one specific change, I don't actually have any issue with. Reasonable enough. Obviously the devil is in the details of what is forbidden under "advocating violence"; that is a monstrously complex discussion beyond the scope of this particular announcement. Furthermore, the value of some of the clarifications in this post are dependent on admins actually holding an open dialogue with users, the track record of which is... variable. (I am still waiting on a response from months ago, which I was then told would be available in a few weeks.)

Additionally, since lemmy.world remains federated with other instances which tolerate unpleasant behavior and I see no indication on this post that this will change, this functionally changes little of users' ability to access that content and contribute to it anyhow.

Yes!

The whole game's aesthetic was fantastic. Nailed that kind of grungy, late-90s cyberpunk aesthetic in a voxel RTS game in a way that I don't feel any has since. Something about the style made you feel like fighting in a world being strangled by Tiberium.