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  • I’ve been reading a military sci-fi book series about soldiers who can be resurrected, essentially infinitely. Being military sci-fi, many of the books are about battles that start with either traveling or fighting in space but are resolved on the ground. It’s not explicitly said, but the resources seem to be essentially endless.

    As such, when transitioning from ship-based to ground-based combat, the troops follow an unreliable process that involves jumping into a shell that is then fired at the ground like a bullet. Since they can be resurrected, not much care is put into making the launch process terribly consistently survivable.

    People who don’t survive their launch, especially recruits, are called “splats.”

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  • toynbee@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzI hope you like TICKS
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    7 days ago

    In case you’re interested, I believe post10 is primarily in property management now, which gives them the financial freedom and free time to do all the stuff they do in their videos.

    The YouTube channel started (at least when I came upon it) with them recreationally clearing beaver dams out from culverts (using their knowledge from the public works you referenced to determine whether doing so was both safe and legal). Once that demonstrated itself to be surprisingly popular, they started adding videos about other stuff. Personally, I like the camping videos the most.

    Caveat: I’ve done no research whatsoever other than watching their videos.

    Thank you for your service!