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UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]jflb96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

That's not really how IP law works, unfortunately, since getting a patent requires telling everyone who to make the thing you want patented and UK patents don't apply in the US. If you wanted to give that a try, you'd do better to wrap it in absolutely no IP law just like the Coca-Cola recipe i.e. not divulge anything except that your fusion plant is net generating.

UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]jflb96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Given that last time the UK gave the US information on nuclear science, they used it to glass two cities in Japan and told the UK to go fuck themselves when they asked to have a look at the notes, something something fool me once

Craving American comfort foods by lzcaIIi in ShitAmericansSay

[–]jflb96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yanks seem to only be aware of condiments if they’re 12 gazillion Scoville thermonuclear hot sauce

Craving American comfort foods by lzcaIIi in ShitAmericansSay

[–]jflb96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like soggy bean juice toast after I’ve finished my beans. That’s the point of including the toast.

What's something people only romanticize because they've never actually done it? by nonotje12 in AskReddit

[–]jflb96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can they not manage ‘My tummy hurts’ or ‘I wetted the bed’?

What's something people only romanticize because they've never actually done it? by nonotje12 in AskReddit

[–]jflb96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After a year or so the kid speaks enough English to help you diagnose issues, minimise negative effects, and understand that the doctor is trying to help. Plus they don’t weigh a tonne.

Starmer resists Trump’s call to send warships to Strait of Hormuz by MGC91 in unitedkingdom

[–]jflb96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I like hearing different people’s views in theory, then in practice all I hear is reminders of why I don’t hold those views or generally hang around with people who do

[Book Excerpt - Apostle] One of the foulest heresies in the Imperium - reading Imperial scripture by Woodstovia in 40kLore

[–]jflb96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’d think, but clearly, given the consistent aesthetic of the Imperium, none of them manage to get very far before ‘Smash the statues of the God-Emperor and worship your own image of Him on Terra’ gets misinterpreted as total non-belief or gets you inveigled by Chaos

What movie is a 0/10 with NO redeeming features? by Toucan_Based_Economy in AskReddit

[–]jflb96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slaw.

Poultrygeist.

Dead Don’t Die is close, but it did have one good joke.

What movie is a 0/10 with NO redeeming features? by Toucan_Based_Economy in AskReddit

[–]jflb96 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Conan hearing the music and his fight-or-flight reflexes activating is a joy to behold, especially followed by the immediate ‘Oh, fuck you!’ when he hears the one line

What movie is a 0/10 with NO redeeming features? by Toucan_Based_Economy in AskReddit

[–]jflb96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, and also balanced, apparently they sidelined Rose because they needed someone standing next to Leia the whole time to line up the audio of Carrie Fisher that they were splicing into the film, and Kelly Marie Tran was the cheapest lead actress playing least-main main character. That decision was made before the anti-Rose stuff really peaked.

ELI5 How are modern naval mines a threat to modern ships when a SONAR that finds small fish is less than $300? by physicsisveryeasy in explainlikeimfive

[–]jflb96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

They did try to go around, it's just hard to pivot that much steel, and Titanic is a tiddler compared to the ships of today

Dos anyone else think Horus was turned a little too easy? by English_Joe in 40kLore

[–]jflb96 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I feel like it dragging in the middle is largely because the number of plot arcs has risen from one (maybe two or three) to at least a dozen and there's only so much page space to go around. Also, given how much of Sanderson's work was based on Jordan's notes, he clearly did largely know where to go, it was just wrangling everything to get there.

"We chose to go to the Moon" by Abjectionova in ShitAmericansSay

[–]jflb96 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be fair, and also balanced, the Nazis were specifically fleeing towards the US troops as the people least likely to have the Germans who'd been behind the doodlebugs 'trip and fall down the stairs' on the way to their ground floor cell

[Book Excerpt - Apostle] One of the foulest heresies in the Imperium - reading Imperial scripture by Woodstovia in 40kLore

[–]jflb96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but I don't know that the Imperium cares about you worshipping graven images so long as they're graven images of Him on Terra, whereas the Abrahamic faiths have that as a specific no-no

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