Eranziel

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Came here to effectively say this. If we were people in 1820's Germany, 99% of us wouldn't have nearly enough spare time to even think about cataloging those beetles.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It was not a nuclear explosion, that would be insane. Pure hydrogen is highly explosive, which is why it's suitable for a combustion vehicle like the Mirai.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Others have pointed out the degradation issue, but you're also assuming that all plastics are thermoplastics. They are not. There's huge variation in chemical composition and material properties between different plastics, and most of them can't be melted and reformed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well, I have good news! There's a huge number of other systems out there, most of them are quite good, and there's plenty of very interesting mechanical innovation going on. I encourage you to explore, D&D isn't the only game in town. ;-)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yeah, 4e doesn't deserve the hate it gets. I found it much more mechanically engaging to play than 3.X or 5e.

4e was when WotC discovered D&D has a very large problem - it's not allowed to change anything, for worse or better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Which athlete / event was this?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Biblically accurate appetizers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is no way that arming Taiwan results in Taiwan starting a war of aggression against China.

What arming Taiwan does is make it an increasingly bad idea for China to invade Taiwan. It's a deterrent to make sure the nuclear power who constantly threatens Taiwan (read: China) doesn't think they can just go and take what they want without consequence, and probably commit a little genocide on the side.

You know, like Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

*Thinnest and yet roughest. Not thick enough to be a barrier, and it can rub you raw to provide an entry point at the same time!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

"Sealed" is also a vague suggestion with HVAC. Every ducting join, every piece of equipment, all of it leaks. I shudder to think how much heating/cooling is wasted that way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

This. Satire would be writing the article in the voice of the most vapid executive saying they need to abandon fundamentals and turn exclusively to AI.

However, that would be indistinguishable from our current reality, which would make it poor satire.

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