buran

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[–] buran 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems to me that this should be priced up front. “In-app purchases” is a big no.

[–] buran 2 points 1 year ago

Had a good time with it! Flew at least a silver in all types of all races and got the transmog set for my visage.

Now, if you excuse me, I’ve got some Jerries to fight.

[–] buran 1 points 1 year ago

Won’t be that long till you can get an adapter for existing CCS cars, so eventually vehicles like mine will be able to use almost any charging station there is. In the meantime, I’ve almost entirely charged at home and had no failures yet with public chargers.

[–] buran 1 points 1 year ago

The Maverick is the current equivalent.

[–] buran 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I subscribe to that - servers and datacenters aren’t free to run. Stand-alone games, though, have to be a one-time fee for me to pick up.

[–] buran 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They’re one of my exceptions. The API/data needed for weather apps to function is not free (at least in the US), with the possible exception of NOAA, though I’m not sure if they offer an API for apps to use.

That’s why the developers have to pass the cost on. If you’ve got a free weather app, you’re probably paying for it with ad views. I’m personally not interested in doing that, so I chose an app I liked that lets me choose which source I want to use and customise the display.

Another thing I have a subscription for is a flight tracker. Operating ADS-B receivers is also not free, nor is additional data some apps get about delays and the like.

I also have a WoW subscription because servers are an ongoing cost (not factoring in continual development and new features even within a single expansion) but won’t keep paying for single player games. My purchase should cover development costs and the cost of fixing bugs.

Other stuff? Nope. I’ll spend a few dollars for useful utilities, but everything seems to be free with in-app purchases now, so most of the stuff I’ve got is grandfathered in from when you paid a reasonable fee that covered development costs and you weren’t hounded.

[–] buran 1 points 1 year ago

Always liked the fact that they chose Yamato as the vessel to fail due to a design flaw.

It is believed by some that the eponymous battleship sank more quickly than she otherwise might have due to a design flaw in the torpedo bulges.

[–] buran 2 points 1 year ago

This is actually how the 747 was modified to launch rockets. They were attached to this ferry point and dropped while in the air, just like a very large missile.

An L-1011 that served the same function had the cradle attached to the fuselage centreline.

[–] buran 2 points 1 year ago

The S-1C tin is pretty neat!

[–] buran 9 points 1 year ago

Because everything has to be a video now. Ugh.

Ship navigation lights and aircraft lights.

The intended purpose is to indicate a vessel’s current location and course so that other operators can see and avoid, especially at night.

Larger aircraft are also fitted with collision avoidance systems that automatically prompt pilots to climb or descend (and synchronise with the system on the other aircraft).

Bonus: day shapes are displayed on vessel mastheads to indicate the operating status of a vessel during daylight hours.

[–] buran 6 points 1 year ago

It also should open the embedded link in a post, but that also just goes to the post.

[–] buran 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Updated the App Store version today, since my stabbing the beta link still yields nothing. :(

And I still get a flash of the day/light theme loading first before the OLED dark theme pops in as it should.

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