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Some of our readers may be asking why subs such as SPS are necessary.

Let me present to you a concept known as the Overton Window.

It is a term that represents the window of acceptable political discourse in public speech - such as television, radio, forums, and reddit. Generally for politicians, but also used more loosely to mean speech in general. Such that things within the Overton Window are considered "acceptable", enough to gain or keep public office. More loosely, to represent the acceptable public opinion.

This comes in levels.

Unthinkable->

Radical->

Acceptable->

Sensible->

Popular->

Policy

In the past year we have heard more and more people talking abo

So I was looking at FH's stated launch capability to LEO

Per Wikipedia, Saturn V could life ~150t to LEO

Per Wikipedia, FH can lift (in fully expendable launch profile) about 70t to LEO, guessing somewhere between 50-60t in a reusable profile.

Now granted in the intervening ~50 years a lot of advances have come. The FH has better, more efficient engines (I think?), is made of newer and lighter materials, has more miniaturized electronics that weigh less resulting in lighter computers and avionics, etc. So in terms of capability I'm guessing 150 "1969 tons" would be equivalent to somewhat less (130? 120? 100?) of "2018 tons", but surely not 70 tons.

Which leads me to the following c

I've found a handful of Civil War websites that have tabs for popular ACW tunes (Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic, etc), some that sell tin whistles and tin whistle books alongside fifes and drums, but do we (or you) know whether they were actually used in the USA at that time, or how common they were?

Ok so this may be kind of long. I am not really sure why or how I starting googling tin whistles last night, I think I was trying to figure out what to get someone under $20 for a white elephant exchange at work.

Anyway, I found tin whistles. Then I watched some youtube videos and put 2+2 to realize what popular songs I've heard that used them.

Then I thought about the scotch-irish heritage my mother is always going on about, and thought maybe this is a way for me to kind of tap into that, or explore it somewhat.

So I've got a few questions. I picked up a Clarke Classic in D, waiting on it to arrive, I suspect that will suffice for now. What are some common upgrades?

Are there some

So I played way back but i've come back recently since ESO went leveled-world. in most rpg's i tend to try to get "ahead" of the areas i play in, either by trying to min-max non-level tied attributes (equipment, consumables) or by overleveling (which is no longer possible).

i guess what i'm getting at is, as i level up, am i really getting more powerful? are there some zones that are simply "more difficult" on average, regardless of what your level actually is?

just trying to wrap my head around this new system. what scales and what doesn't?

Played From Other Suns for the first time last night. Intro gave me the option between the recommended "comfort" mode and the other modes. I thought "I am tough, I can take it" and tried smooth loco. Within 3 minutes I was getting sick.

I have heard people talk about "getting your VR legs". How long did it take you to achieve this? Did you play every night? I'm wondering how likely it is that I will be able to condition myself out of this, or if it's "just the way it is".

Looking for a game to really impress my wife with VR. She's not really much of a gamer, but she likes the Nancy Drew series of games - the Myst-style mystery games where you solve puzzles and find items to progress.

Nothing scary, she's not really into horror games.

super creepy. what the hell

kind of threw me for a loop a few times starting out. "no way is the day that short!" then realized it was just the large second moon (or planet?) traversing in front of the star giving everything kind of an eclipse darkness.

as soon as the escape pod landed i stood on top for about 3 minutes before taking the plunge, just kind of noping

i spent the first like 3-4 hours too afraid to even think about going into the kelp forest more than just the very closest edge - and then just enough to get the kelp i needed

made a seaglide and it made me a little more brave because i felt i could outrun most things

swim over towards the Aurora, figured since the in-game AI narrator keeps talking about it, I should check it out. Hmmm it's getting darker in this water, lower visibility. HEARS GIANT ROAR. WTF.....seaglide......maybe he stopped. Turn around. HE'S STILL THERE.

Nope nope nope

I can't even imagine what the

It seems logical, but having not played in some years or kept up with the dev roadmap, asking if anyone knows: is Mordor the last xpac?

I bought a Vive about 8 months ago and tried it. After discovering I really did not have enough room to do room scale, I was kind of bummed. That plus what seemed like a lack of legit games (and a lot of shovelware) I kind of gave up on it and sold it.

I'm thinking about giving VR another shot. Thought I might try an Oculus this time, plus it's on sale. Also assuming it's come a long way since it first came out. But I will probably never have enough room for a room-scale experience. How does the future of seated and standing VR gaming look in terms of support and innovation? Am I going to be disappointed? Is room-scale what it's all about going into the future?