A shield that opens quickly in tight spaces and protects a soldier from enemy fire would be a great asset, but DARPA's not stopping there. This shield would also be able to make the soldier beneath it invisible, and would be self-healing, meaning that if a bullet does manage to get ...
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(Krakauer 207). The battlefield for McCandless was not a booby-trapped jungle, saturated with enemies and soldiers for the opposition; no, McCandless’s battlefield was the Alaskan frontier. Like a soldier going to war, McCandless knew that where he was going was dangerous. Krakauer remark...
And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.Most poems, however, exist only for us to enjoy and to reflect on. And empirical evidence supports this role for literary art (Djikic et al., 2012...
Choose a hero that you like playing (preferably something that is aim intensive and hitscan, so no Mercy or Pharah) and depending on your starting point (assuming it’s higher than the viable range) lower your sensitivity incrementally down into the viable range. To find my sensitivity I ...
“It was like the Ironman of VO,” says Day. “I had not experienced anything like that. I am the queen of the 30–60 second TV spot. That’s my safe place.” She had to take a break after the fourth day, because she had gone hoarse. But then Day soldiered on, and became th...
You can use this trick to take a bit of high-end off of your pots as well. Let’s say you have a 500K pot, and your pickups are just a little too bright on them: you can add a 1Meg resistor like the image above, and you’ve turned your 500K pot into a 333K pot. This wil...
Thus, these have come to be my rules for success. 【1】 That might sound proud, but the fact is that you must always turn to people who are brighter than yourself. It’s like playing any game. Even as a child, I never wanted to play games with anyone who was as bad as I was....
“Yes, I’d like to order more of your day lilies please.” (Image byIwctoysat theEnglish Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0,Link) Dad’s trick: how my dad finally defeated his local deer My dad lives next to a golf course. There are dense forests that give way to open grassy areas, and a...
Chicago Like a Local blog|inSpecial events Published onMay 16, 2025byChoose Chicago In Chicago, Pride is more than just a month. The city celebratesLGBTQ+ cultureall year long with film festivals, art exhibits, drag shows, theatrical events, and more. But June is truly a special time, whe...