3772 pts · February 10, 2014
Americans need to understand how bad Johnson was. He’s the entire reason we are still fighting the Civil War.
Perhaps worth noting: this is an actual hypothesis supported by biologists, but it’s not “the” hypothesis, as in the one and only. Other biologists question this hypothesis, and/or advance alternatives.
What slide? That’s advice for *motorcycling*, you know, the activity that involves a motor and highway speeds. If she was doing vert, she’d need gear. This is flatland skateboarding, she’s rarely moving any faster than she could run, and quite a bit of it is a walking pace. The speed is absolutely crucial to the danger, she’s much less likely to make a mistake and the consequences are quite unlikely to be serious if she does. It’s not *zero* risk, but she really is not being irresponsible here.
(My source for this, by the way, is just Wikipedia. I don’t actually know shit about historical archery in England or Japan, or anywhere else for that matter.)
The horseback thing is *a* theory but not one that’s been particularly born out (or refuted) by the evidence. Ultimately, we have historical evidence of asymmetrical bows in Japan that is far older than we have evidence of horseback archery in Japan, suggesting the bows were asymmetrical for some other reason, but it’s also possible that they were doing horseback archery with asymmetrical bows far earlier than we thought and the evidence just hasn’t survived (or, at least, been found).
The blazon for the Mexican flag is “A vertical tricolour of green, white and red, with the National Coat of Arms centred on the white band,” and the National Coat of Arms is blazoned “Atop a nopal pedestal, a Mexican golden eagle devouring a rattle snake, all proper.” China’s artist would presumably understand tricolor, red, white, green, eagle, and snake, but not be familiar with a golden eagle, nor a rattlesnake, in particular, and would have no reference for “nopal” (a cactus), hence this.
More likely, from a textual or verbal description. Reading or hearing a description of a flag, and then having a skilled artist recreate it (without having ever seen it), is very much an intended feature in heraldry/vexillology. It’s a relatively modern idea that these things would look *exactly* some particular way every time. Europe had a technical language (blazon) for specifying what these look like, and I imagine China had something similar.
Trump is incredibly fucking dumb—but this take might actually manage to be dumber, or at least dumber than Trump is being here. Literally a month ago, we were cheering on the sweep by progressives in the Dem primaries. Trump here is just doing the same thing, but for his side. It’s still a *little* dumb—there isn’t much non-MAGA Republican Party left, i.e. not much serious non-MAGA candidates in these elections—but it’s sensible for him to brag about that and try to generate hype.
Some rich will, especially those who only got rich in this bubble and don’t know how to play it right. But their “suffering” will probably be more like, “can’t afford to stay in the game and has to retire early on plenty of money for comfort but not enough for luxury,” while everyone else struggles to survive. And the rest of the rich treat it as a timeout in their game, at worst.
Reign of Fire is a great movie—we can definitely do better than “way better than Eragon,” that bar is subterranean...
[Fucking mobile typing, fucking imgur immutable comments] …wind up going nowhere because they turn out to not actually work as well as the press release claims, or have terrible side effects, or, most often, both.
There is no denying the awfulness of the pharmaceutical industry, but a cure for cancer would be immensely profitable. Profit motive is not doing them from producing one. In this case, the answer truly does seem to be that it’s that hard. All these stories wind up for
Given the region of origin for the story (and, if we are credulous, the presumed region in which Eden is found), many scholars consider a fig more likely. Though really, if it did exist, it would presumably be some unique fruit not found on any other tree.
Sigh, fuck, can’t argue with that. Ugh.
Wait, I am in America and I have two children and I have never heard of anyone putting a baby in a cage. Are we being hyperbolic about cribs or something?
I never understood why Brave was so well-regarded when it was founded as “Web 3.0” crypto bullshit. I know it also purported to care about privacy and security, but anyone touting crypto is untrustworthy—they’re either a grifter or dangerously incompetent.
Good to know! Appreciate the explanation.
Ah, good, then perhaps you can explain what I just read. Is it satire? Ravings of a, not quite mad, but certainly very idiosyncratic, mind? Is this meant to be enjoyed for its absurdity, or is this being promoted as some sort of deeper truth? To wit, why is it Like That, and, being Like That, why is it being presented? What is the context here?
I lived 10 minutes away from DCA for several years; I assure you that locals call it DCA too.
I love these so much
It’s true, spiders reject the institution of marriage.
Per other comments quoting Wikipedia, we don’t know why it’s asymmetrical. The horseback angle is often suggested, but there is evidence for asymmetrical bows far older than there is evidence of horseback archery in Japan. There are a bunch of other ideas, too, but ultimately while any of them might be true, we don’t have any real evidence saying any of them were an actual reason they had in mind at the time.
I don’t think anyone imagines that they’d do as good a job as two dedicated machines; those get bought because people don’t have room for two separate machines.
In college, there was a point where the local supermarket did buy 1, get 3 free (as in, 4 for the price of 1). Since I was self-medicating ADHD with Coca-Cola, you better believe that I bought several hundred cans of soda that weekend.
Watched those with my 4yo over the July 4th weekend, seemed fitting. First time he really cared about the plot to a movie; it mattered to him that Fieval found his family. Don Bluth is utterly brilliant.
“most people looking in the fantasy book section are not looking for romantasy” seems unlikely to be true considering that these books have taken over that section because they sell more units than others in that section. If they didn’t do that, they wouldn’t have taken over. And the people buying them must be looking for them where they are.
Turns out that Chukotka (Wikipedia spelling, I assume it’s considered more accurate than RISK’s) has few permanent roads, and none connecting it to the rest of Russia. You pretty much have to fly there. Anyway, I suspect their current status is due simply to their “normal supply” being “very little,” so it hasn’t really been impacted.
The 1 “normal supply” region is Chukotka, which is ~50k people spread out over ~285k sq mi. Per Wikipedia, it has substantial mineral resources, but the actual mining operations are somewhat limited due to how remote it is, how little infrastructure there is, and how cold it is. Most of the population is in subsistence reindeer herding, whaling, or fishing. There are few permanents roads, and none that connect it to the rest of Russia. So I’m guessing their “normal supply” isn’t much...
(Also, while it’s not *insane* to think there might be bloat in there, that’s far from a guarantee. It’s not as though anywhere else is doing better with less. It might just be that education needs to cost vastly more than people think; in fact, I strongly suspect that’s more of it than “bloat.” But we won’t know that until we figure out what actually works, which we haven’t yet.)
Eeeehhhhh... NYC spends more per student on public school than anywhere else in the US, on top of having more students than anywhere else in the US. It *is* an enormous budget, and it *is* concerning that the results aren’t better after spending all of that money. It’s not insane to think there could be bloat in there. What’s insane is cutting it without knowing what the bloat is, or how to actually get good results. Get the results first, optimize efficiency after.
Americans need to understand how bad Johnson was. He’s the entire reason we are still fighting the Civil War.
Perhaps worth noting: this is an actual hypothesis supported by biologists, but it’s not “the” hypothesis, as in the one and only. Other biologists question this hypothesis, and/or advance alternatives.
What slide? That’s advice for *motorcycling*, you know, the activity that involves a motor and highway speeds. If she was doing vert, she’d need gear. This is flatland skateboarding, she’s rarely moving any faster than she could run, and quite a bit of it is a walking pace. The speed is absolutely crucial to the danger, she’s much less likely to make a mistake and the consequences are quite unlikely to be serious if she does. It’s not *zero* risk, but she really is not being irresponsible here.
(My source for this, by the way, is just Wikipedia. I don’t actually know shit about historical archery in England or Japan, or anywhere else for that matter.)
The horseback thing is *a* theory but not one that’s been particularly born out (or refuted) by the evidence. Ultimately, we have historical evidence of asymmetrical bows in Japan that is far older than we have evidence of horseback archery in Japan, suggesting the bows were asymmetrical for some other reason, but it’s also possible that they were doing horseback archery with asymmetrical bows far earlier than we thought and the evidence just hasn’t survived (or, at least, been found).
The blazon for the Mexican flag is “A vertical tricolour of green, white and red, with the National Coat of Arms centred on the white band,” and the National Coat of Arms is blazoned “Atop a nopal pedestal, a Mexican golden eagle devouring a rattle snake, all proper.” China’s artist would presumably understand tricolor, red, white, green, eagle, and snake, but not be familiar with a golden eagle, nor a rattlesnake, in particular, and would have no reference for “nopal” (a cactus), hence this.
More likely, from a textual or verbal description. Reading or hearing a description of a flag, and then having a skilled artist recreate it (without having ever seen it), is very much an intended feature in heraldry/vexillology. It’s a relatively modern idea that these things would look *exactly* some particular way every time. Europe had a technical language (blazon) for specifying what these look like, and I imagine China had something similar.
Trump is incredibly fucking dumb—but this take might actually manage to be dumber, or at least dumber than Trump is being here. Literally a month ago, we were cheering on the sweep by progressives in the Dem primaries. Trump here is just doing the same thing, but for his side. It’s still a *little* dumb—there isn’t much non-MAGA Republican Party left, i.e. not much serious non-MAGA candidates in these elections—but it’s sensible for him to brag about that and try to generate hype.
Some rich will, especially those who only got rich in this bubble and don’t know how to play it right. But their “suffering” will probably be more like, “can’t afford to stay in the game and has to retire early on plenty of money for comfort but not enough for luxury,” while everyone else struggles to survive. And the rest of the rich treat it as a timeout in their game, at worst.
Reign of Fire is a great movie—we can definitely do better than “way better than Eragon,” that bar is subterranean...
[Fucking mobile typing, fucking imgur immutable comments] …wind up going nowhere because they turn out to not actually work as well as the press release claims, or have terrible side effects, or, most often, both.
There is no denying the awfulness of the pharmaceutical industry, but a cure for cancer would be immensely profitable. Profit motive is not doing them from producing one. In this case, the answer truly does seem to be that it’s that hard. All these stories wind up for
Given the region of origin for the story (and, if we are credulous, the presumed region in which Eden is found), many scholars consider a fig more likely. Though really, if it did exist, it would presumably be some unique fruit not found on any other tree.
Sigh, fuck, can’t argue with that. Ugh.
Wait, I am in America and I have two children and I have never heard of anyone putting a baby in a cage. Are we being hyperbolic about cribs or something?
I never understood why Brave was so well-regarded when it was founded as “Web 3.0” crypto bullshit. I know it also purported to care about privacy and security, but anyone touting crypto is untrustworthy—they’re either a grifter or dangerously incompetent.
Good to know! Appreciate the explanation.
Ah, good, then perhaps you can explain what I just read. Is it satire? Ravings of a, not quite mad, but certainly very idiosyncratic, mind? Is this meant to be enjoyed for its absurdity, or is this being promoted as some sort of deeper truth? To wit, why is it Like That, and, being Like That, why is it being presented? What is the context here?
I lived 10 minutes away from DCA for several years; I assure you that locals call it DCA too.
I love these so much
It’s true, spiders reject the institution of marriage.
Per other comments quoting Wikipedia, we don’t know why it’s asymmetrical. The horseback angle is often suggested, but there is evidence for asymmetrical bows far older than there is evidence of horseback archery in Japan. There are a bunch of other ideas, too, but ultimately while any of them might be true, we don’t have any real evidence saying any of them were an actual reason they had in mind at the time.
I don’t think anyone imagines that they’d do as good a job as two dedicated machines; those get bought because people don’t have room for two separate machines.
In college, there was a point where the local supermarket did buy 1, get 3 free (as in, 4 for the price of 1). Since I was self-medicating ADHD with Coca-Cola, you better believe that I bought several hundred cans of soda that weekend.
Watched those with my 4yo over the July 4th weekend, seemed fitting. First time he really cared about the plot to a movie; it mattered to him that Fieval found his family. Don Bluth is utterly brilliant.
“most people looking in the fantasy book section are not looking for romantasy” seems unlikely to be true considering that these books have taken over that section because they sell more units than others in that section. If they didn’t do that, they wouldn’t have taken over. And the people buying them must be looking for them where they are.
Turns out that Chukotka (Wikipedia spelling, I assume it’s considered more accurate than RISK’s) has few permanent roads, and none connecting it to the rest of Russia. You pretty much have to fly there. Anyway, I suspect their current status is due simply to their “normal supply” being “very little,” so it hasn’t really been impacted.
The 1 “normal supply” region is Chukotka, which is ~50k people spread out over ~285k sq mi. Per Wikipedia, it has substantial mineral resources, but the actual mining operations are somewhat limited due to how remote it is, how little infrastructure there is, and how cold it is. Most of the population is in subsistence reindeer herding, whaling, or fishing. There are few permanents roads, and none that connect it to the rest of Russia. So I’m guessing their “normal supply” isn’t much...
(Also, while it’s not *insane* to think there might be bloat in there, that’s far from a guarantee. It’s not as though anywhere else is doing better with less. It might just be that education needs to cost vastly more than people think; in fact, I strongly suspect that’s more of it than “bloat.” But we won’t know that until we figure out what actually works, which we haven’t yet.)
Eeeehhhhh... NYC spends more per student on public school than anywhere else in the US, on top of having more students than anywhere else in the US. It *is* an enormous budget, and it *is* concerning that the results aren’t better after spending all of that money. It’s not insane to think there could be bloat in there. What’s insane is cutting it without knowing what the bloat is, or how to actually get good results. Get the results first, optimize efficiency after.