I'm not at liberty to discuss

[Tog Driver]

4 hours ago, Caroline said:

I know. It's probably why I don't have a fiancé yet while others my age are already married

Come to think of it, I’m not known for being good with anger management, but maybe trying something constructive instead of pretending to beat the shit out of someone who wronged you?

[Tog Driver]

19 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Shooting watermelons and cans might seem dull but helps with concentration. I'm not american so I only have old grandpa's rifle to use, can't get a fully automatic machine gun at Walmart.

Nice, what kind of rifle?

20 minutes ago, Caroline said:

 I'm not american so I only have old grandpa's rifle to use, can't get a fully automatic machine gun at Walmart.

Theeeeeey can't do that in the US either?

[Spotty]

Should I buy gas station simulator?

 

Pros:

• If I'm spending my spare time playing that I won't be around to lock the MotF thread

 

Cons:

• A false sense of security will cause you to spam and another mod will lock the thread
• It's AUD$26

 

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Spotty said:

If I'm spending my spare time playing that I won't be around to lock the MotF thread

I'm not sure how I feel about this and it scares me

Just now, Spotty said:

A false sense of security will cause you to spam and another mod will lock the thread

But only Batman never sleeps. You being busy will create a hole in forum defenses.

 

[Tog Driver]

5 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Should I buy gas station simulator?

Do it.

if you feel like it.

I've been wanting sprocket ever since I found out about it a few weeks ago, haven't brought myself to buying it though.

[adarw]

what is the flash in a flash drive like what does it do? (the flash part)

[Spotty]

7 minutes ago, Tog Driver said:

I've been wanting sprocket ever since I found out about it a few weeks ago, haven't brought myself to buying it though.

Seems like the perfect game for you. What's holding you back from buying it?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, adarw said:

what is the flash in a flash drive like what does it do? (the flash part)

It's the data storage part. NAND flash is used in internal SSDs, and I think in most flash drives (though there's also NOR flash which is different, and I'm not sure where it's used)

[Tog Driver]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Seems like the perfect game for you. What's holding you back from buying it?

Not quite sure really. I already have a lot of games I want to play, not enough time to play them. usually I wait for a sale. I've spent a lot of money recently on somethings I didn't need. there's something else I want but don't need. I guess all these factors and more mixed together are making me want to try some self control. and somehow my self control leaves out Sprocket, yet I impulse bought a milkshake last week, and an iced coffee, and a brownie, and a more expensive breakfast than normal. . . .    if added all up had I not bought those things I could've bought sprocket instead. . .

[Forbidden Wafer]

1 hour ago, Spotty said:

Should I buy gas station simulator?

Gas station? Seems kind of boring. 
Flight, truck or farm simulators are probably more engaging. Or just go back to good and old Sim City (SNES or 3000. 2000 is bad and 4 is kind of meh).

[Tog Driver]

45 minutes ago, Caroline said:

It's a Gewehr 1898 but my grandpa modified it to shoot smaller rounds because, well, military grade ammunition isn't something you can get at the town's gun shop, I don't think the original rounds are produced anymore given the age of the rifle but tbh I'm not that deep into guns, I just know I can make holes on things with them and that's enough. Also personal defense although it's a bit heavy.

Oh cool! Any idea what round it's chambered in now?

 

47 minutes ago, Caroline said:

about the rest I'll refrain from commenting on walmart guns, reason:

I don't know about the wallmart specific gun situation, but actual machine guns are extremely regulated and hard to get a hold of.

[Tog Driver]

5 hours ago, The Unknown Voice said:

I have a friend that has a Machine Gun License. He used to shoot it once a week, but not anymore.

 

Nice, any idea what kind of gun it was?

[Red :)]

1 minute ago, Caroline said:

Always wondered how soldiers managed to reload this particular gun in the middle of a war, it takes time and precision to fit each bullet into a tiny clip.

training, possibly

[sub68]

13 minutes ago, Caroline said:

 

Always wondered how soldiers managed to reload this particular gun in the middle of a war, it takes time and precision to fit each bullet into a tiny clip.

They have the clips loaded beforehand.

13 minutes ago, Caroline said:

.308 bullets

Aka 7.62x51.

It is a NATO cartridge, so it still military but still legal.(so is 5.56)

(Mostly in a DMR role)

*Legal side US so EU iirc is more strict on ammo

[Wh0_Am_1]

28 minutes ago, sub68 said:

They have the clips loaded beforehand.

Aka 7.62x51.

It is a NATO cartridge, so it still military but still legal.(so is 5.56)

(Mostly in a DMR role)

*Legal side US so EU iirc is more strict on ammo

Though .308 Winchester has greater pressure and a slightly greater headspace, so not all guns that support 7.62 NATO support .308 Winchester, and vice versa.

[sub68]

23 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Though .308 Winchester has greater pressure and a slightly greater headspace, so not all guns that support 7.62 NATO support .308 Winchester, and vice versa.

yeah see I am not that good.

Quote

7.62×51mm NATO ammunition to feed reliably in rifles chambered for .308 Winchester, but can cause .308 Winchester ammunition cases to rupture when fired in rifles chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO.

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62×51mm_NATO

[Tog Driver]

5 hours ago, Caroline said:

It uses .308 bullets since they're legal for civilian use.

Always wondered how soldiers managed to reload this particular gun in the middle of a war, it takes time and precision to fit each bullet into a tiny clip.

Does it use stripper clips? Little metal rails with the rounds on it, that you put into a notch on the gun and can just shove them in all at once?

[WhitetailAni]

Petition to rename this thread to:

[MotF] LTT’s Unofficialler Gun Club

[sub68]

Just now, FakeKGB said:

Petition to rename this thread to:

[MotF] LTT’s Unofficialler Gun Club

uhh

 

[WhitetailAni]

2 minutes ago, sub68 said:

uhh

 

Ye, hence the “unofficialler” part

[sub68]

7 minutes ago, Caroline said:

What's the difference? just metric vs imperial measurings?

no, Uhh its NATO vs normal companies messuremeants. but its kinda different.

[Tog Driver]

17 minutes ago, Caroline said:

That. Didn't know it was called stripper clip.

 

24 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Munition Recommendations on The Forum.

I approve of this plan.

[Beerzerker]

On 9/20/2021 at 3:26 PM, The Unknown Voice said:

Dollar Tree has leds....For a Dollar.

 

Did that already and got exactly what I paid for too.
 

On 9/20/2021 at 7:57 PM, Spotty said:

Should I buy gas station simulator?

 

Pros:

• If I'm spending my spare time playing that I won't be around to lock the MotF thread

 

Cons:

• A false sense of security will cause you to spam and another mod will lock the thread
• It's AUD$26

 

I remember once I was playing a game online (COD) and this guy showed up - Was that you Spotty?

[Tog Driver]

14 minutes ago, Caroline said:

I wrote about guns and now youtube recommends me videos about rifles 

 

[they know]

 

Nice, I do want to watch that video, his channel is pretty high quality firearm content with humour mixed in.

[Beerzerker]

22 minutes ago, Caroline said:

I've skipped this comment before.

I do want the yellowish light, I can't stand cold tones except at the workshop where clear tones are important when repairing electronics.

Thing is more complicated than it seems, probably because I overcomplicate it but let's skip that part. You know incandescent lamps right? it's a tiny glowing filament inside a glass shell, pretty simple, same goes for the tungsten arc lamps as the light emitting component is small, LED (and CFL) are something else, most mainstream bulbs I've seen are made out of 10 or 20 surface mounted diodes on a board with a white plastic shell on top that acts as a diffuser, sure this maximises the effective angle from about 45º to 270º and overall aparent light output, but at the same time it makes objects and people cast diffused shadows which isn't nice.

 

Newer vertical diode lamps cast somewhat better shadows but you (I) can still notice a slight superposition as the lamps have multiple "filaments" inside and not just one that glows brighter which could probably go around this problem as it'd imitate an actual tungsten filament or arc discharge, I'm guessing no one's made this yet because of heat as LEDs aren't as resistant as metal.

 

This probably wouldn't be a problem at all for most people as they keep buying them but it certainly is for me, the lamp holder on my room is at a height of 3m and LED lamps make everything look... strange, it's as if the room was in a videogame with textures set to ultra and shadows set to low.

 

And that's another wall of text right there.

 

edit: I've found single filament lamps do exist but are ridiculously long lol, also they haven't reached my country yet, I'd rather have one with a clear glass rather than amber though. It should be equivalent to 250W, not sure if that's a thing with LEDs yet.

I was a maintenance guy for over a decade at my last place of work so lighting isn't anything I'm unfamiliar with.
Building maintenance was one of the things I had to do, in fact I was designated as the building guy but really did it all like the rest had to as well - And they had NO problem calling me to replace a bad drive motor or gearbox on the producton line/conveyor system, even had to do some of the HVAC stuff too the others more or less didn't have to worry about overall.
That's why I knew about the different lighting styles you can get, as you put it the kind of light at times makes a difference in how well you can see and it's not a matter of "How Bright" so much in those cases.

You'll have to experiment and see what is the right brightness and light-type for what you are wanting to have since there is no easy answer, it's really an individual thing in play with it.

As for the things I was doing, I was what the union guys refer to as a "Millright" in that if it had to be done, I was one of the guys that had to do it and not everyone can do that kind of stuff.

I'll also PM you a vid link to something I did just yesterday to illustrate these "Skills" I've got.
I don't think they like links to vids, even if it's just personal being posted out in the open but I'm happy to show you what I've done and that goes for anyone else that wants to check it out.