Sol Lowe

"This is the generation that will learn (the hard way) exactly WHY things were the way they were for the last several thousand years."

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@LeoTrapovich If it works...

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@HalfTangible Yeah, no, he HARD deactivated during that first big exodus a year or so ago. And that was the last I and many of us ever heard of him.
Though admittedly few of us actually care enough about him to put any real effort into checking on him.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

I make no apologies.

[Warmaster @MrAntiHero1]

To the surprise of absolutely no one...here is mine.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

I'll add a clarification here just for honesty's sake: Farsight never actually got his hands on a physical copy of the Codex Astartes; his Mirror Codex was written purely from observation of Space Marine and Imperial tactics utilized during the Damocles Gulf Crusade. It should also be noted that said observations include both Black Templars and Ultramarines, pretty much both extremes of how chapters treat the Codex.
Also, despite the name GW gave it, it's not primarily an "anti-Space-Marine" doctrine; Farsight includes every xeno species the T'au encounter in it (and keeps his version updated). It just so happens to be one of the only comprehensive breakdowns of Space Marine doctrines in the setting.
But I do agree overall; T'au are not currently a genuine threat to the Imperium. Not on the level of Chaos or Tyrranids, definitely. They just don't have the raw logistics to be one currently. There is the potential to be one, eventually, but that's about as far as that goes.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@basedbinkie All I did was go on an enthusiastic walk through the woods.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

The problem is that the writers took it WAY too far trying to make Palpatine seem smarter than he actually was. As in, Palpatine SOMEHOW (never was explained how) knew the Vong were coming BEFORE the Clone Wars even started. Years before even the events of Phantom Menace. Even before Thrawn, who had actually skirmished with their scout ships while he was still serving with the Chiss.
And then decided the best course of action was to NOT tell anyone in charge of fleet and superweapon production what they were actually for. And the only people that DID know he sent with Thrawn when he "banished" him to the Unknown Regions. (Banished is in quotes because it was an excuse to send Thrawn to begin fortifying that region.) Now, not telling the public, I can understand, but even TARKIN was not told the true purpose of the Death Star. In novels where we get his internal monologue you don't see any mention of the Vong or ANY extra-galactic threat. Even novels written AFTER the Vong were a thing.
It gets to the point where one questions if Palpatine actually KNEW the Vong were coming, or just bluffed and used Thrawn's (warranted) fear of them to manipulate him to his side. Because that latter theory is more on par with the Palpatine we actually see.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@Steal_your_shit Good choice, but you can't beat the classic.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@Ochadoji999 And those of us lucky enough to live through the 90's got to grow up watching that gigachad of an Aussie wrestle those bad boys while teaching us all the importance of understanding nature.
Rest well, Steve, you absolute legend.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@Praxis_Fall Just wait for the AI behind it (because we know they're going to use one) to start completely preventing women from driving because of pattern recognition. Then everyone who was in favor of this will turn on it like black communities did on body cams.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

Yeah, alloys purely for military purposes (just because you want to live in peace doesn't mean your neighbors do), then decide from the get-go whether to focus Unity to rush an Ascension or go Science for tech-rush.
Currently, Ascensions are so strong and empire-defining that it is HEAVILY recommended to get the one you want first, then focus tech. Especially since certain Ascensions are required to unlock certain techs.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@dosegenderos Two points off on the "cursed" score:
1. The outfit sans "that" is actually fairly tasteful.
2. That's not even close to the most cursed sexual usage of a facehugger I've seen.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@OdballsS I walk to and from work 4 days/week. 10 hour shifts. Manufacturing. Moving on your feet all day. In steel toes.
I won't pretend to hit 15 miles every day, but even that really drives home just how rough it is. Been at this job near 4 years and sometimes the walk home still hurts.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@Torykbirdthrowa Something something "we used to be a real society"

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@MrAntiHero1 @spaceshark23 Because of how stealth works, it's actually better to have frigates in their own fleets.
Frigates with torpedoes are deliberately designed to be stealth bombers. The intended strategy is to stealth them next to an enemy station, bring in your main fleet to draw aggo, then BOOM!

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@spaceshark23 Me going Nanite Ascension:
"Wait... you can have something other than Swarmers in your fleets?"

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@OdballsS @elonmusk @SpaceX That first landing where the tower caught it? I was thinking the exact thing until the arms moved. Then my mind tried to do the napkin math on the physics involved and came back with, "You don't want to know."
Say what you will about the guy, but I'll clap for this, no shame.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

@mlive62256484 Dude, I grew up on it. I think my parents still have some of the original VHS tapes stored away.

[Sol Lowe @SolLowe]

We've not lost the line as a whole, thankfully. Of the 25 Big Boys produced, 8 survive, though only 4014 is operational. Sadly, its sister Challenger line is not so lucky; 105 produced, only 2 survive.
Union Pacific in deserves some special credit here, in truth. They've devoted an entire department with special workshop privileges to the preservation and restoration of steam engines. It's pure PR, but you won't see me complaining about it.