Recent content by Mr. Coffee

One of the latest innovations the Ukrainians are doing is in their drone swarms some fraction of the drones are equipped with a Luneberg Lens. That makes the radar return from the drone much larger which causes it to soak up most of the air defense fire and let the drones not equipped proceed...

That's the same reason it makes no sense to shoot down drones with missiles. Even the cheapest portable SAM costs around $100,000. And the fancy ones can cost as much as $5 million each. Chances are we will have some kinds of computer-controlled mobile gun systems with 360 degree cameras. Or...

A lot of people thought fighter aircraft and bombers were obsolete in 1960 because of guided missiles. A lot of people thought tanks were obsolete in 1975 because of anti-tank guided missiles. Yet here we are in 2026 with both of those things still existing.

Well, everyone but millions of pissed-off Ukrainians... Yes, the "Russia could win this war if they really went all-out" trope has been around since 2022, never made much sense, and hasn't improved over time. In 2022 it was possible there was a strategy that Russia could have employed that...

We do not "all know that". As far as anyone can see, short of using their nukes, Russia has gone "all in" from the very start in February of 2022. The reasons that Russia is not winning their war has more to do with trying to execute a crappy plan, with crappy troops led by crappy officers...

I think that if someone is so emotionally immature and unregulated that they become enraged when another road user inconveniences them then they shouldn't have a drivers license at all and be forced to walk everywhere. We live in a horrifically broken society where we treat such bizarre...

In that case I'd go with a just a seat bag. Some combination of these two would do the job. You can also find other less expensive solutions out there but Swift Industries makes pretty stuff...

Velcro will never let you down. https://arkel.ca/products/tailrider-trunk-bag?variant=46307275440377 Oh, and it has both zippered external pockets and mesh internal pockets and a divider so you can sort of organize stuff.

LOLZ

Except that the bike lanes are mostly just paint and can easily be invaded by multi-ton murder machines at literally any moment. We can do much better than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_intersection

I agree except you skipped the part where we have been subsidizing both petroleum and the legacy auto industry all of our lives. So if 'subsidies are bad' then they certainly are equally bad. How many bailouts have the big 3 automakers in the states had in the last fifty years? I'm sure any...

Seems like China is doing a good job of hoovering up all the resources in Russia right now.

But if 90 percent of the time all you need to do with a tubeless tire is air it up you are still ahead quite a bit. There are really two advantages of tubeless: 1. You can run at lower tire pressure. Sometimes much lower tire pressures. This can help with certain surfaces and give you...

That shouldn't happen if your tire is properly fitted to the rim in the first place. And no, not all 700c or 650b tires will fit properly an all 700c or 650b rims. For such extreme cases, and when you have a sidewall tear, you should carry a spare tube and a tire boot so you can at least limp...