[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 60 points 3 weeks ago

I love how this chart is going to update every year.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 month ago

So based on other comments here:

  1. Bathe the brisket in copious brine.
  2. Place in an oven on low heat on timer for 300 years.
  3. Ensure that during this time the brisket is pounded by gamma radiation continuously.
[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Panel 3 was pulled off so well, I actually felt a bit warm and fuzzy before panel 4.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 121 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Terry Pratchett is pretty much the Tolkien of flat earth literature.

Edit: give me 100 upvotes and that will satisfy me more than 2k on Reddit.

Edit 2: AWESOME!

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Ajahn Nyaniko reflects on finding a balance in meditation through frequent reflection and the importance of learning how to learn in developing the right mindset for practice. This Dhamma talk was offered on August 4, 2024 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

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Luang Por Sumedho gave this talk on 13 July 2024 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From my elementary knowledge of chemistry:

I had to go looking for Mercury and Lead and sure enough they look about right.

Column 1 reacts with water so you bet that'll hurt. Hydrogen needs a boost to start reacting with oxygen so no naked flame is recommended.

Anything in column 7 are desperate to rip electrons away from molecules so yes, permanent damage to your tongue and mouth.

Uranium is alright if you lick it once. A guy ate uranium cake once on TV.

The 'Please reconsider' lot seem to be a good way to die a horrible death by radiation.

Tc I believe is technetium which is radioactive and emits gamma rays, perhaps not soluable so stays in your body and you become gamma-man.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 100 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I know we'd all like some scientific actualisation of Star Wars but I mean:

  • They made noise in space 'cause that's fun.
  • There was always gravity on pretty much any ship.
  • I don't really recall any spacewalks so we don't see any instance of 'no gravity'
  • There's hyperspace since lightyears is a bit of a long time.
  • Stormtroopers seem very scientifically and inefficiently accurate

At this point I think the Star Wars movies (the oldies) pretty much ignored a fair bit of the science.

But if it was a death star literally put there in our universe, I think there would be a bit of structural considerations for gravity, but not huge due to it being quite hollow. Gravity is pretty strong when the sphere is entirely comprised of dense rock and no air. A mostly hollow sphere of air where air is something close to 1/1000 that of rock (yes, used the density of water lol) is not going to get much of a rollicking from gravity.

Edit: an interesting 'expose' on the moon landings claim one thing: why were the photos so relatively boring? Because they were real and that's all they could get for all the limited resources they had at the time.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 98 points 3 months ago

This comic almost has an xkcd flavour to it.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 34 points 5 months ago

It got on the news. They sacrificed their jobs for that at least.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 32 points 5 months ago

Presumably one can still set default in settings. I'm not giving up Firefox yet.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 57 points 6 months ago

What a fucking shit educator: 'Once a thief always a thief.' Humiliating a student in front of the class.

If I was the principal I would have them fired, or at least suspended.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 31 points 7 months ago

I always love seeing this comic here and there and thinking back to the original infamous question posed by many commenters: "what's up with the eye not on their head?"

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 37 points 8 months ago

Holy shit it's on the money

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When using sudo yay it recommends not using sudo. It seems I had two different outcomes from using sudo and then from not using it. Having used it, what effect does this have?

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