SonicScrub

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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Sure the engine tech is fantastical, but the "realism" is in the attention paid to g-loading, momentum, the vast expanse (heh) of space, etc. The authors have chosen strategically which aspects of their story to be fantastical and
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
There's no hard boundary between the two categories, since nearly every sci-fi is going to have fantastical elements to them. For example The Expanse authors have paid careful attention to the physics of space-flight, which they then u
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
"The Crown" in Canada refers to the government, which is for all practical purposes is controlled by the various federal and provincial elected bodies. "Crown Land" is land that is technically owned by the sitting monarc
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
I can't speak for Britain, but in Canada, it's not just that the people would get upset if the monarch decided to use the land differently. They are legally unable to. The courts are not subservient to the monarch, and the monarch
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
They only do on a technicality. Canada is huge and only a tiny fraction of it is inhabited. Most of Canada is government owned, which is referred to as "Crown Land" (owned by "The Crown", which is the legal entity contro
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
> If the Japanese had simply been given the option to retain their figurehead Emperor, they'd have certainly surrendered rather than accept the occupation of northern Japan by Russian forces in a replay of East Germany. Do you have
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Agreed. Although my ego might not be able to take it if it turns out I can be outplayed by my IKEA smart lamp.
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Rotating blades like this should never go beyond the critical Mach number where local airflow on the blade upper surface reaches Mach 1.0 (about Mach 0.8ish). The shockwaves that form are attached to the surface and like to shift around wi
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Not a book, but the acoup blogs are available in audio form: https://m.youtube.com/@AGreatDivorce I am not sure if that helps your situation, but I personally prefer to "read" this blog in this format. Life is bus
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
The evidence strongly disagrees with your anecdote in relation to cigarettes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565856/ And in relation to sugary drinks https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
I missed that somehow. I guess that explains why reading it reminded me so much of the blog post!
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
If this interests you, I'd recommend the ACOUP blog articles by Bret Devereaux on this subject. https://acoup.blog/category/collections/this-isnt-sparta/ Audio format https://m.youtube.com&#x2
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
I think you need to crack open a Thermodynamics textbook and re-lookup the definition of "open" and "closed" systems. Open systems are certainly capable of maintaining stable heat-balances, where net energy outflow equal
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
I can't speak for the other nations, but Space technology in Canada is controlled under the Controlled Goods Program (CGP). A CGP clearance is obtainable as a Permanent Resident. No citizenship required. Various Canadian companies are
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
I know I'm just one voice, but a podcast I listened to moved behind the Spotify platform, and I just stopped listening to it. I was already bought-in to that platform. I use Spotify premium for music. But only for music. I don't w
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Podcasts are very popular. https://explodingtopics.com/blog/podcast-listeners The sheer diversity of content, and low barriers to entry ensures that almost anyone could find something that suits their interests, no mat
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Is that the case? Wouldn't the mods by definition be the most passionate people about reddit, and therefore the sort of people who would most likely be upset about the recent changes? And therefore anyone who would potentially do the j
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
> other than the mods being free labor for Reddit Is this not the answer to your question? Reddit can't afford to pay people to do this job. They rely on impassioned people to volunteer.
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
I agree, it's not garbage. It's designed and optimized to provide a primarily image/video experience, and focus the app more on the endless scrolling / low information density, skinner-box experience that has infected ne
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Strongly disagree. The sheer number of flight hours performed by all the world's professional pilots multiplied by the average percentage of a flight that a pilot could be considered to be "fatigued", multiplied by the odds o
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Not sure what the Manitoba Act has to do with this. Could you clarify what you mean?
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
Just want to expand on this comment, because it can be easily handwaved away with a "our version will be democratic". The level of power afforded to central planners is a stabilizing force away from distributed power, and towards
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by SonicScrub 3y ago
The power and control wielded by centrally planned economies allows for wide-scale top-down dictation which vastly exceeds that of the democratic-capitalistic states. Thus enabling destruction on this scale. It's not about specifics of
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
Worth noting that while China has a larger navy in terms of number of ships, the US Navy is larger in terms of tonnage, and most critically has more aircraft carrier task forces. I am aware that there are still some unanswered questions reg
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
This is why both platforms exist. There seems to be this strange idea that the F35 must be compared against the abilities of fighter in a direct 1v1 dogfight scenario, despite that this situation would almost never happen. Modern air-to-ai
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
While entertaining for sure, the details of the movie are almost entirely fictional.
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
The story about the Bradley procurement as written by John Boyd, and made popular by the Pentagon Wars is misleading at best, and entirely wrong in many regards. The movie's most famous scene ( the Bradley design montage) is entire fic
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
> Software developers are not using M/D/Y anyway, and everyone else who deals with international business should already understand the difference That's a pretty major assumption that does not jive with experience. Date f
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
Developers? Maybe but even if we accept that all developers pay close attention to their date formats to avoid misinterpretation errors, others who produce work within the developers workflow are certainly not doing so.
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by SonicScrub 4y ago
It's pretty silly when people complain about different tastes in subjective areas, such as music, architecture, pronunciation, food or other cultural differences. However, when it comes to methods of technical communication such as tim

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