CS_McVey
@cs-mcvey.bsky.social
EE with background in legacy industrial systems, dad, Episcopalian. Navy veteran, vegetarian.
F4F was not a joke compared to A6M Zero. 28.5 lbs/sqft wing loading vs 22, so A6M can out-turn, but also 0.17 hp/lb vs 0.15, so f$f slightly better there. Also less drag per weight, so it could dive away if it needed. A6M was mostly better strategically, not tactically. Range and endurance = WOW
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
F4F was not a joke compared to A6M Zero. 28.5 lbs/sqft wing loading vs 22, so A6M can out-turn, but also 0.17 hp/lb vs 0.15, so f$f slightly better there. Also less drag per weight, so it could dive away if it needed. A6M was mostly better strategically, not tactically. Range and endurance = WOW
Sure! It's not bad for us guys either. A wife who gets enough rest is happier and friskier.
January 12, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Sure! It's not bad for us guys either. A wife who gets enough rest is happier and friskier.
Europe could surround and cut off all our troops on European bases and have thousands of hostages; those bases aren't meant to withstand sieges. They could ban the export of ASML gear to any country that continues to sell America chips.
January 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Europe could surround and cut off all our troops on European bases and have thousands of hostages; those bases aren't meant to withstand sieges. They could ban the export of ASML gear to any country that continues to sell America chips.
I might have to try this. Yummy SBD Dauntlesses.
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I might have to try this. Yummy SBD Dauntlesses.
Wow! I am surprised; that sounds like an unfairly bad deal for researchers.
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Wow! I am surprised; that sounds like an unfairly bad deal for researchers.
Is that so? Why is most research behind a fairly serious paywall? I had thought some of that money from subscription fees went to the actual authors.
January 6, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Is that so? Why is most research behind a fairly serious paywall? I had thought some of that money from subscription fees went to the actual authors.
Why even have copyright, then?
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Why even have copyright, then?
He was a fascinating dude. I should read him; his relevance does seem to be rising. He believed in the idea of free will, which is currently besieged by neurobiological determinism with its malevolent, eugenicist overtones.
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 AM
He was a fascinating dude. I should read him; his relevance does seem to be rising. He believed in the idea of free will, which is currently besieged by neurobiological determinism with its malevolent, eugenicist overtones.
But, you can use labor power to resist automation if you don’t have trade. If you do, “we’ll lose out to foreign competitors if we keep using you obsolete humans” becomes an unbeatable argument. Today it’s “if we protect your IP from wanton appropriation for Gen AI, then China will win!”
December 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
But, you can use labor power to resist automation if you don’t have trade. If you do, “we’ll lose out to foreign competitors if we keep using you obsolete humans” becomes an unbeatable argument. Today it’s “if we protect your IP from wanton appropriation for Gen AI, then China will win!”
Getting warmer, igami!
December 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Getting warmer, igami!
Goldmyroteuthis Infernachs.
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Goldmyroteuthis Infernachs.
This is the solution.
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is the solution.
Easy to mistake for Indonesian War of Independence markings on re-used Imperial Japanese aircraft. Makes you think, doesn't it? Large islands, de-facto defeating a militarily insurmountable conquering power because the international community viewed their actions as so profoundly unacceptable...
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Easy to mistake for Indonesian War of Independence markings on re-used Imperial Japanese aircraft. Makes you think, doesn't it? Large islands, de-facto defeating a militarily insurmountable conquering power because the international community viewed their actions as so profoundly unacceptable...
Oh, you think this is a joke?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar...
Stellar engine - Wikipedia
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December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Oh, you think this is a joke?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar...
Obama, Biden, or Harris.
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Obama, Biden, or Harris.
NaNoWriMo but it's newsletters.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
NaNoWriMo but it's newsletters.
The military just got into the real swing of needing to re-invent itself from a counter-terrorism/asymmetrical warfare focus to LSCO again, and now it's "we're not winning Taiwan war games in the first fight yet and FPV drones are useful in close-in positional warfare, quick CANCEL EVERYTHING"
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The military just got into the real swing of needing to re-invent itself from a counter-terrorism/asymmetrical warfare focus to LSCO again, and now it's "we're not winning Taiwan war games in the first fight yet and FPV drones are useful in close-in positional warfare, quick CANCEL EVERYTHING"
Ideally, but anything that absorbs demand will bring down prices all around it. Maybe some rich techies move out of the normal apartments and into this big thing. Affordable would be better, but this is better than doing nothing.
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ideally, but anything that absorbs demand will bring down prices all around it. Maybe some rich techies move out of the normal apartments and into this big thing. Affordable would be better, but this is better than doing nothing.
No more anti-housing attitude! I don't care if you want your own property to endlessly go up in value; people have got to be able to live.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
No more anti-housing attitude! I don't care if you want your own property to endlessly go up in value; people have got to be able to live.
I just want to know whether it'll be Argentina or France winning the Nobel Prize for International Football.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I just want to know whether it'll be Argentina or France winning the Nobel Prize for International Football.
And the way they’re all far too enthusiastic about the latest trend or gadget— cameras, typewriters, phonograph recording. The iPads of their time.
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And the way they’re all far too enthusiastic about the latest trend or gadget— cameras, typewriters, phonograph recording. The iPads of their time.