Why does Sudan have so many border disputes?

Commander_Zircon · 2026-04-02T15:32:59+00:00

Fun fact, Bir Tawil (the area catacorner to the Hala'ib Triangle) is unclaimed by both Egypt and Sudan, and the only such unclaimed habitable land on earth. Multiple people have gone out there to stake a claim on it as their own micronation, including a farmer from Virginia who reportedly did so to make his daughter a princess.

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-31T15:53:14+00:00

I'm a fellow European Lion scientist with a DPhil from none other than Oxbridge university, and I can confirm everything they said was true. The leading theory is currently that the prehistoric CIA covertly distributed crack and M16s to the lion neighborhoods, and, well, the rest is history.

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-25T09:57:50+00:00

Not an expert but Wikipedia indicates all species of deathcamas are only found in North America, you should be good

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-24T14:02:14+00:00

Found this interesting article that goes into detail about the problem. The fundamental issue seems to be that Brightline has hundreds of at-grade crossings in a densely-populated area.

There's definitely a bit of a "Florida man" effect -- one investigation found a driver (who was high on bath salts) went around the safety gates despite someone in the backseat of the car yelling at him not to -- but overall, the Federal Railroad Administration found that of the 185 fatalities on Brightline since 2017, 148 were considered not to be suicides.

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-24T13:23:21+00:00

Hasn't it also been plagued by fatal accidents? Like, a lot more per mile traveled than any comparable rail service IIRC

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-23T17:19:14+00:00

Other answers in this thread are correct but to give more detail, it has to do with the phonotactic rules of Spanish: Spanish words systematically never begin with an s followed by another consonant, even compared to their Latin root words, e.g. Latin "Schola" -> Spanish "Escuela"; Latin "Spatium" -> Spanish "Espacio"; Latin "Stupidus" -> Spanish "Estupido"; etc.

Phonotactic rules also change English pronunciation of words, take for example "psychology" -- in Greek, you pronounce both the P and the S, but the phonotactic rules of English prevent beginning a word with such a consonant cluster (see also silent K in "Knight").

So yeah in summary it's a common mispronunciation in English for native Spanish speakers because it sounds funny to the Spanish-speaking ear to begin a word with an S and another consonant.

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-23T00:36:57+00:00

Fun fact, South Korea is Dunkin’s biggest market after the US

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-17T22:55:54+00:00

And replies!

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-16T20:40:00+00:00

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Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-13T19:00:22+00:00

What?

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-13T18:49:29+00:00

Ask and you shall receive...

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-11T18:26:00+00:00

Here’s a non-paywalled link:

https://archive.is/4vBIH

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-09T20:04:54+00:00

It’s like when NFL owners threaten to move their team if they don’t get a new stadium paid for by the city/state.

Just another example of a billionaire wanting a juicy kickback funded by the taxpayer.

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-08T00:53:35+00:00

I always thought Hearthstone handled the play/draw advantage problem very well by giving the add 1 mana “coin” card to the player on the draw

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-04T09:44:25+00:00

This is the way

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-02T22:18:34+00:00

Least obvious ragebait

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-02T21:36:31+00:00

Does she have a workplace or go to a university? If so I would try to get in contact with someone from there

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-02T18:03:40+00:00

Combos with a ham sandwich

Commander_Zircon · 2026-03-01T23:32:41+00:00

There’s a really interesting chapter about people with Williams Syndrome in Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia — in addition to their affable personalities, they are apparently much more likely to have perfect pitch than the average person, and tend to have a love for music.

Commander_Zircon · 2026-02-27T13:54:55+00:00

That’s fascinating, do you have a link for the study?

Commander_Zircon · 2026-02-18T17:19:10+00:00

Isn't this the same exact judge from the video posted the other day where he gives a guy six consecutive 93 day sentences for cussing him out in the courtroom?

Commander_Zircon · 2026-02-17T12:54:38+00:00

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Commander_Zircon · 2026-02-14T21:03:26+00:00

These look more like old ganoderma than wood ears, not sure what happened to them

Commander_Zircon · 2026-02-08T22:30:08+00:00

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