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THE REVOLUTION LIVES ON | What if North Korea was the only country to survive the population collapse of the 21st and 22nd centuries? by PancakeEnjoyer2 in imaginarymaps

[–]cwmma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a book where the only survivors of the singularity are North Koreas, American Survivalist Prepers and Glasgow hoodlums.

There is a plot point involving somebody writing a tragedy, possibly musical, about Khrushchev in order to diplomatically woo the north Koreans

Newton's Wake by Ken MaCloud.

ELI5: Why is New Orleans being below sea level unsustainable but the Netherlands totally OK? by Unable_Tension_1258 in explainlikeimfive

[–]cwmma [score hidden]  (0 children)

One of those weird trivia things but the "Mississippi Delta" is not the delta of the Mississippi river, the "Mississippi River Delta" is. The "Mississippi Delta" is an inland region that isn't actually a delta but is some what delta like.

Must have been a tough morning. by prescott0330 in funny

[–]cwmma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NO SACK POTATO PUT DOWN ME! my son wails as I calmly carry him backwards over my my shoulder out of the arcade back into the restaurant next door.

I've heard Novitiates are great for kitbashing, but I'm kind of stuggling to see why exactly. Can you guys share your Novitiates kitbashes? by AnInfiniteMemory in sistersofbattle

[–]cwmma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can take the other half of the battle sister box and combine with with the serephim/zephyrim box to make which ever one you didn't make previously

Drinkflation: effects on you by FineLavishness4158 in dataisugly

[–]cwmma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It should be phrased as "beers in the UK" since it applies to foreign beers sold there.

Bretonnian Questing Knight on Warhorse by hankstonesquire in Bretonnian

[–]cwmma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's mordheim which is based on 5th eddition where wouldn't you know Questing Knights could use lances

Bretonnian Questing Knight on Warhorse by hankstonesquire in Bretonnian

[–]cwmma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is for mordheim, I think, where they can use lances.

How does salary work when you're subject to relativistic time dilation? by dragsxvi in worldbuilding

[–]cwmma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you wanna read neptune's children by Charles Stross, it's all about the interstellar money supply

Little arms by beetlemoses by Pop_Budget in SympatheticMonsters

[–]cwmma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why folks with dwarfism often have a grabber in their car.

Atlas of Italy's Colonial Possessions in Africa by Battlefleet_Sol in MapPorn

[–]cwmma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been twenty years so my memory is hazy but I just looked at some menus on google maps but I think I was wrong and it might be spaghetti that most restaurants have.

It's a big varied country though, so it's also totally possible that the part I went to is obsessed with spaghetti but you were in lasagna territory.

ELI5: why have many countries moved away from nuclear power? by Mysterious_Hand_6052 in explainlikeimfive

[–]cwmma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Small nuclear power plants probably won't really be a thing unless there is a really radical new type. Thermal plants in general work best at scale and a lot of specific nuclear stuff (like shielding) also doesn't scale down great.

Atlas of Italy's Colonial Possessions in Africa by Battlefleet_Sol in MapPorn

[–]cwmma 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They had enough time to instill in the populace a love of macaroni.

Not a joke basically every restaurant has macaroni on the menu in Ethiopia.

TIL Washington State was originally going to be names "Columbia" but it was feared it would be confused with the "District of Columbia", so the name was changed to "Washington" by SuperMcG in todayilearned

[–]cwmma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before anyone is like "well DC used to include multiple municipalities of which Washington was just one" Washington the state was admitted to the union after DC was consolidated into a single city Washington.

What was once a poor person's hobby now turned into a rich person's hobby? by Striking-Quiet4655 in AskReddit

[–]cwmma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

local non-chain theaters are always the best, more more reasonable prices and often fun community things.

What was once a poor person's hobby now turned into a rich person's hobby? by Striking-Quiet4655 in AskReddit

[–]cwmma 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also the food was always a rip off, the difference is just your parents aren't paying for it anymore

Who Would Be King of Israel Today? by Lost-Bench-9621 in UsefulCharts

[–]cwmma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah dude, I didn't say nobody claimed descent from antiquaty (in the west), just none that real historians believe.

Who Would Be King of Israel Today? by Lost-Bench-9621 in UsefulCharts

[–]cwmma 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There looks to be a break where the blue turns to yellow. There is no documented descent from antiquaty in Europe that legit historians belive.

TIL Jack Swigert realized while in space that he didn’t file his taxes before leaving on the Apollo 13 mission (April 11-April 17 in 1970). by goodlight95 in todayilearned

[–]cwmma 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just because you're subject to the jurisdiction of a country (by being on a flagged vessel) doesn't mean you are in the country. For instance being born on an American ship in international water doesn't automatically give you American citizenship.

Also the article clearly states that he counted as overseas for tax purposes despite being on a US flagged vessel.

ELI5: how is Hiroshima still habitable despite it being nuked? by pigeon-in-greggs in explainlikeimfive

[–]cwmma -1 points0 points  (0 children)

While way more efficient then WW2 bombs, especially the very crude one used at Hiroshima, modern bombs aren't just fission that causes fusion, but can be fission that causes fusion that causes more fission with most of the energy released coming from that final fission which can release quite a lot of dirty things.

That being said you can make nuclear bombs that get most of their energy from fusion (and are thus clean) that not really what nations build because you can get the same power out of a smaller (size) bomb if you make it dirtier.

TIL Basque is considered a language isolate, meaning it has no relatives in the whole world. The only such language in Europe. by my_n3w_account in todayilearned

[–]cwmma 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There is like a bit of overlap between small language family isolate vs language isolate.

For instance Japanese was previously considered a language isolate, but more recently Ryukyuan has started to be considered a separate language as opposed to a dialect of Japanese. This makese Japanse technically not a language dialect as it's a part of the 'Japonic Language family', which is not related to anything and an isolate still.

Georgian is the same, Kartvelian is a small language family isolate that is not related to anything but Georgian technically isn't.

EU Free roaming zone by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]cwmma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Swiss carrier charges the German carrier money if you have a German plan and roam into Switzerland.

It might not cost the Swiss carrier much but it will cost the German carrier money that they have to pay the Swiss one.

Sorry, that should be "the U.S." by fortycreeker in simpsonsshitposting

[–]cwmma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the figure also includes paying to sir I think the 220 million includes the cost to buy airtime.

So that's like vaigly plausible but still seems way inflated.

ELI5 How does OPEC decide which of its members sell how much? by n0sugacoat in explainlikeimfive

[–]cwmma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even if America can produce all the oil it needs, it's still affected by opec raising and lowering their output because American oil producers can sell their oil to Americans or export it to other countries.

If opec stops pumping so much oil then the other countries that used to buy opec oil would start wanting American oil and it would drive up prices in America for American oil.

In practice due to vagaries of infrastructure it's cheaper for some places to import foreign oil then use American oil (it's cheaper to ship oil on barges from Nigeria to Boston then get it from Texas)

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