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Evan Schultheis

@evanschultheis.bsky.social

M.A. History, Winthrop University. B.S. Chemistry. Specializing in Late Roman and Byzantine Military Archaeology, Culture, and History. Author, "The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields, A.D. 451." Reenactor. Views are my own. #ActuallyAutistic

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GeekFilter 🏳️‍🌈🐻@geekfilter.bsky.social · last yr.

As promised! At some point I want to model it in 3-D. I know my illustration is a tad wonky. It's obviously not the best looking ship but I think it was better than the starting point.The version with the Excelsior-style hull was because of the 'parts' available to Starfleet during the Dominion War.

The original kit Basch model of the USS Trieste Merced plus starship. Never seen on screen, but built for the Dominion War scene on deep space.Orthographic drawings of an improved version of the same ship.A picture of the re-fit Merced class in orbit around earth.The same image orbiting earth only this is the version that has a secondary hull from scavenged Excelsior parts
Dot Porter@leoba.bsky.social · 5d ago

Do you use digitized medieval manuscripts in any capacity? Do you have opinions about the metadata that describes them? We want to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill out our very short survey. Please repost and share with anyone you know who might be interested! forms.gle/sBPXAnoRhwe1...

Digitized Medieval Manuscripts: Metadata Preferences

A brief survey about what metadata formats people prefer to go along with their digitized medieval manuscripts. The results of this survey will be used to consider what metadata we make available thro...

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CZEdwards@czedwards.bsky.social · 5d ago

THIS. People educated enough in the specific subject to pull the data together don’t need LLMs; people without the knowledge to weed data from the bullshit are at the mercy of the LLM. They’re obsequious Dunning-Kruger machines. Designed to flatter midwits and the technologically obsolete.

Ophie Dokie 🌻@ophiedokie.bsky.social · 5d ago

So, ok, a thing about telling yr audience "i use AI for my info gathering/research but then I look over it and fix any errors" is that you unfortunately told me youve outsourced your knowledge base on this subject to the machine, and therefore I have no reason to believe you CAN catch those errors

Queer Armorer@queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hi there, and welcome to #FridayFucksorSucks, a weekly game with simple rules: guns fuck, or they suck. This week, the Tracking Point XS1. A bolt action "precision guided" rifle chambered in .338 Lapua and powered by Linux. Automatically accurate out to 1200 meters, cost $27000 when new.

The gun from many angles looks like a semi-standard bolt action rifle. The optic is the real magic here, though, and you can see from any front angle that the optic has a strange suite of sensors where you'd expect normal optical glass to go.From the user's perspective there is a single view. However, the real magic is with the tablet that the gun shipped with. The "secret sauce" is you don't pull the trigger, you use a networked optic and program in what you're seeing, at which point you paint the target, aim the rifle, and when the rifle calculates a perfect hit IT pulls the trigger.TECHNICALLY the gun can be used as a standard rifle as well, you can see from the left side that there is a traditional trigger as well as a systemic attachment to the internal trigger, but when you use it that way you're spending 27000 on a .338 bolt action rifle which otherwise would be worth maybe 2000.The real "secret sauce" is it has a 3D model of the entire planet loaded onto this linux tablet that would hard code in the weather, distance, and the physical location of the target and automatically places the rifle appropriately based on telemetry. Once you created the scene the gun would attempt to paint the models onto what it was seeing allowing for some level of motion tracking, although it worked far better on static targets.
Wayne E. Lee@milhistlee.bsky.social · 2w ago

A short version of the arguments in my The Cutting-Off Way are now out as an article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History, "Native American Warfare in Eastern North America." Includes new case studies not found in the book! doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Native American Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

Abstract. The limits of our sources on Native American warfare mandate a structural analysis that begins with the basics of Native American subsistence sys

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David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w ago

Today on Volts: the US pays more per mile of public transit than almost any country in the world, thanks in part to federal planning, funding, & contracting rules that practically mandate inefficiency. I discuss how to change that with two authors of the "Transit Abundance Playbook."

The US is terrible at building public transit. Here's how to get better.

A conversation with Will Poff-Webster of the Institute for Progress and Stephanie Pollack of the MIT Mobility Initiative.

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kren@kren.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential

BEST HAM in the airport sign @ BCN