Formatt
@formatt.bsky.social
IT/security, technology, geopolitics, (UK) military enthusiast, tinkerer. Mastodon: @formatt@bagarrosphere.fr
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And CATOBAR as designed 😉
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
And CATOBAR as designed 😉
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Actually this is not Rafale-specific; the video shows a carrier landing from the pilot POV, with very low visibility, so relying almost exclusively on instruments. Carrier landings are already hairy enough in good weather, so this is quite something!
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Actually this is not Rafale-specific; the video shows a carrier landing from the pilot POV, with very low visibility, so relying almost exclusively on instruments. Carrier landings are already hairy enough in good weather, so this is quite something!
The collective ILS, HUD, and various instruments:
a close up of a man 's face with the words " you 're gonna have to trust me "
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " you 're gonna have to trust me "
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November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The collective ILS, HUD, and various instruments:
"Han... proton torpedoes don't react well to blaster fire"
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Han... proton torpedoes don't react well to blaster fire"
Must be hard to shoot through the bayonet, but I guess the Picatinny rail on top makes up for it; surely they could mount a thermal sight or a laser...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Must be hard to shoot through the bayonet, but I guess the Picatinny rail on top makes up for it; surely they could mount a thermal sight or a laser...
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L'existence de Nsync et rsync implique l'existence de osync, psync et qsync
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
L'existence de Nsync et rsync implique l'existence de osync, psync et qsync
"Move fast and break things" !
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"Move fast and break things" !
GO FOR IT
IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME
(my first ever post in caps, yeah, worth it)
IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME
(my first ever post in caps, yeah, worth it)
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
GO FOR IT
IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME
(my first ever post in caps, yeah, worth it)
IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME
(my first ever post in caps, yeah, worth it)
Jamais entendu parler de cette anecdote dans l'antiquité, mais plutôt pendant la 2GM avec les impacts sur les avions (c'était les débuts de la recherche opérationnelle) --> récit apocryphe?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivo...
Survivorship bias - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Jamais entendu parler de cette anecdote dans l'antiquité, mais plutôt pendant la 2GM avec les impacts sur les avions (c'était les débuts de la recherche opérationnelle) --> récit apocryphe?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivo...
Well, as long as Russian troops don't pour out of it, all the better I guess...
September 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Well, as long as Russian troops don't pour out of it, all the better I guess...
That's a blatant LIE!
I mean, 500 mg is "Extra Strength" ? The red boxes are 1000 mg on our side of the pond!
I mean, 500 mg is "Extra Strength" ? The red boxes are 1000 mg on our side of the pond!
September 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
That's a blatant LIE!
I mean, 500 mg is "Extra Strength" ? The red boxes are 1000 mg on our side of the pond!
I mean, 500 mg is "Extra Strength" ? The red boxes are 1000 mg on our side of the pond!
C'est bien tout ça mais on aimerait voir des progrès dans le domaine de l'auto-interception!
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
C'est bien tout ça mais on aimerait voir des progrès dans le domaine de l'auto-interception!
Quelle heure? J'ai une réunion importante le matin...
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Quelle heure? J'ai une réunion importante le matin...
Excellent book by the way.
I'd like sooo much the Europeans to retake the initiative in all this, and play their own wandering pedestrian...
I'd like sooo much the Europeans to retake the initiative in all this, and play their own wandering pedestrian...
September 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Excellent book by the way.
I'd like sooo much the Europeans to retake the initiative in all this, and play their own wandering pedestrian...
I'd like sooo much the Europeans to retake the initiative in all this, and play their own wandering pedestrian...
Mais...? Je croyais que le dernier PC Windows XP venait d'être retiré du service?
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Mais...? Je croyais que le dernier PC Windows XP venait d'être retiré du service?
Big trend here. Instead of decluttering UIs and datasets (which would require actual work and thought), let's use AI to search the mess and try to make sense of it. Job done. Or is it?
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Big trend here. Instead of decluttering UIs and datasets (which would require actual work and thought), let's use AI to search the mess and try to make sense of it. Job done. Or is it?
- What are these doors?
- You don't miss much, do you... would you launch an ICBM horizontally?
- You don't miss much, do you... would you launch an ICBM horizontally?
August 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
- What are these doors?
- You don't miss much, do you... would you launch an ICBM horizontally?
- You don't miss much, do you... would you launch an ICBM horizontally?
Happy birthday! Try to enjoy, in spite of the usual difficulties!
a man and a woman are sitting on an airplane . the man is knitting while the woman is sleeping .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on an airplane . the man is knitting while the woman is sleeping .
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August 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy birthday! Try to enjoy, in spite of the usual difficulties!
Ah yes now I definitely see it 😁
July 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ah yes now I definitely see it 😁
And the tortuousness of said stations would spoil calculations anyway. Oh how I loved Montreal's underground with its spacious, straightforward corridors...
July 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
And the tortuousness of said stations would spoil calculations anyway. Oh how I loved Montreal's underground with its spacious, straightforward corridors...
Having visited Paris a few times, I distinctly remember the feeling of repeatedly trying to find the best station to stop at, then going like "whatever... these are only a few hundred meters... we can walk!"
July 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Having visited Paris a few times, I distinctly remember the feeling of repeatedly trying to find the best station to stop at, then going like "whatever... these are only a few hundred meters... we can walk!"