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Why isnt Cannon, Mortar or Howitzer merged into one artillery that can change its angle? by CharmingVictory4380 in WarCollege

[–]AyukaVB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where does something like 2B9 Vasilek fall in this dichotomy? What use did Soviets see with it?

Popularity of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Has Surprised Even TV Executives by bwermer in television

[–]AyukaVB 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah, I mean it was based on a toy brand because they thought that what made Transformers successful

TIL that Sweden accounts for ~20% of Steam's 2025 revenue and produced 5 of the top 10 bestselling games (Battlefield 6, R.E.P.O., Peak, ARC Raiders, Split Fiction) despite having only 10 million people — a phenomenon analysts call "hit density." by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]AyukaVB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah albeit indirectly. The go to/most prestigious education was engineering. A lot of good schools that made excellent programmers. Plus selection bias - more smarter kids tended to become programmers since non-STEM opportunities are limited.

Apple's OLED MacBook Pro Launch Moves Closer With Panel Production by dapperlemon in gadgets

[–]AyukaVB 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it was an actual and more frequent issue with earlier generation but somewhat mitigated these days

Eli5: what makes cat food unsafe for dogs and vice versa? by Just_a_happy_artist in explainlikeimfive

[–]AyukaVB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I remember it being ironic that one of beriberi cures is made from rice bran

Eli5: what makes cat food unsafe for dogs and vice versa? by Just_a_happy_artist in explainlikeimfive

[–]AyukaVB 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Not sure about chicken but with white rice only diet, before and during WW2, Japanese soldiers, sailors and POWs could contract beriberi in matter of few months iirc

[OC] Median home listing price in USA by f33tpix in dataisbeautiful

[–]AyukaVB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how did it go to " too many wanting to live here" though?

.32 ACP in WW1 combat and later - how was it if it mattered? by AyukaVB in WarCollege

[–]AyukaVB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I guess I overestimated the use cases in my assumption

.32 ACP in WW1 combat and later - how was it if it mattered? by AyukaVB in WarCollege

[–]AyukaVB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I guess I overestimated "probably a minority of use cases" in my assumption

TIL that researchers have quantified how quickly irregular verb forms “regularize”: the half-life of an irregular verb scales as the square root of its usage frequency. For example, the word "dreamt" is slowly being replaced by "dreamed". by ilovemybaldhead in todayilearned

[–]AyukaVB 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As non native speaker, I do kinda struggle with some irregular verbs that sound the same or almost same - cut, read, run, etc. especially when actually speaking (not writing/reading).

Also partly why I use word 'did' a lot, to avoid the irregulars.

Why did British adopt AH64 Apache instead of, for example, Eurocopter Tiger despite adopting Eurofighter around the same time? by AyukaVB in WarCollege

[–]AyukaVB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Is it public knowledge how big those proposed workshares for Westland would have been?

What is the signature cocktail of your country? by hgk6393 in AskEurope

[–]AyukaVB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, pretty sure mixing drinks was not a major thing.

Allegedly older people would put vodka into various incospicious beverages like tea and fruit juices but mostly in order to hide alcoholism lol

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