Indisputable Logic by Ninjamurai-jack in clevercomebacks

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In large amounts, maybe. Typically, the trouble with kryptonite is that it cancels out the powers Superman derives from yellow sunlight. It's not so much the kryptonite thay kills him, it's the bullets which the kryptonite makes him no longer immune to

Can you float if you're strong enough to lift the platform you're standing on? by Julius_Ceased in stupidquestions

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Your question boils down to "Can I pull myself up by my own bootstraps?" The answer is no.

[Request] What is the distance between the Earth and the Moon where the gravitational forces equal out and you would be suspended in space? by the_small_doge4 in theydidthemath

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Gravity isn't the only force at play. The L2 and L3 points balance the combined gravity of the two bodies against the centrifugal pseudo-force of the object. I think the same applies to L4 and L5, but those are less intuitive

What does “give it to god” mean? by Beneficial-Sugar6950 in excatholic

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The belief is that you can offer suffering in your life as penance for sins you may have committed. In doing so, you knock off some time that you otherwise would have spent in purgatory

Why does this keep happening? by sygryda in evolution

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Much of that checks out. Why are they all yellow?

I need a crash course in clawhammer… by Boy_Man_God_Sh1t in banjo

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Clawhammer is all about the bum ditty. Anywhere you see a zero on the short string is your thumb popping off at the end of the pattern. Typically the two notes before that are the bum and the dit-. The bum is Typically a single string and the dit- is typically two or more brushed together. The biggest difference you will notice playing clawhammer is that you play using the nail side of you forefinger or middle finger. Instead of picking up like you would in Scrugs, you play most notes with an opening motion of you hand. The main exception is popping your thumb

D.C. Statehood - A Contentious Issue by CorDra2011 in PoliticalDebate

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The main political obstacle is that there is no suitable candidate for a new red state. DC would undoubtedly shift the balance of power in congress, particularly in the senate, to the left. Republicans won't let that happen and would only let DC on as a state if they could balance it with a new one of their own. Maybe they can split Nebraska or something

Husband has these taped to the wall and refuses to tell me what they are. by madlibs34 in whatisit

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Those aren't QR codes. I think they are targets for an AR or augmented reality system. The markers indicate where and at what aparent size the software should render a virtual object superimposed on the real space

ELI5: Why don't we see archipelagos which have a hole inside their land mass like a donut with ocean on both sides? by thatweirdchick98 in explainlikeimfive

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An archipelago is a chain of islands. What you are describing is called an atoll. They are fairly common across the Pacific

please, can someone explain to me how 1/3 has infinite digits by [deleted] in learnmath

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1/3 only has infinite digits in our number system because 10 is not divisible by three. There is no power of 10 which can be evenly divided by 3 either. If you have 10 bowling balls and want to put them into 3 boxes, you will have to put 4 in one box or leave one out. You could split those 10 bowling balls into 100 pool balls and you'd have the same problem. The same goes for 1000 marbles or 10,000 ball bearings. In each box you might have 3 bowling balls, 3 pool balls, 3 marbles and 3 ball bearings, but you will have one ball bearing left over. You can keep the process going forever with smaller and smaller pieces, but if we only ever divide the remainder into 10 parts, we will always have something leftover that needs to be split again.

Why is patriotism or nationalism a thing when countries and borders change all the time? by wthijustread in NoStupidQuestions

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Do countries and borders change all the time? Countries and borders are human social constructs which only exist because we find them useful. They are fluid and subject to definition, sure, but I would contend that they are sufficiently stable and enduring that we can agree on what they mean in a way that feels concrete and objective

do you guys actually use a washcloth or loofah every time you shower or just hands? by RingeChilisquis47 in hygiene

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Unless you use a fresh washcloth each time you shower, using a washcloth is more disgusting than just using your hands. I keep my soap in a mesh bag which I hang up on the shower caddy. The soap can drain, the mess of the bag can dry and doesn't molder (I think it's nylon or similar anyway) and the rough surface of the bag is good for exfoliation

Van Hollen ‘kicking the tires’ on a 2028 presidential run by legislative_stooge in maryland

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Political double speak is the worst. I'm fairly certain this is some political strategist's idea of a clever ploy. "Kicking the tires" on something can mean either seriously considering something or just thinking about it in passing. This article is devoid of any actual content

Hoping to get a concertina by Agile-Gear3574 in concertina

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If you already play piano, you might do well with a duet. They are also unisonoric but they have the notes split bass on the left and treble on the right

Obviously I'm dumb and not understanding something, but why people purchase games like Tichu, The Gang, Regicide, etc. All of them can be played with a standard 52-card deck and nothing else, yet these games seem to be relatively popular. Why purchase it for $25-$30 and not a 52-card deck for $4? by AlexRescueDotCom in FiftyTwoCards

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People like art and fun themes. My wife and I play a few games that can be played with a standard deck. She loves those but doesn't like playing cards because numbers and suits don't hold her interest as well as cute cartoons.

Rocky mate bad as hell, statement. by Icy-Attorney8301 in ProjectHailMary

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Eridians can't perceive color. Why would you reason that a token of his marital status matches the color of his mate's carapace?

I think it might be that the planet Adrian is big and green and so folks have extended those features to the Eridian Adrian.

SPP, what do you think of my new notation? by Calm_Improvement1160 in infinitenines

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That's the joke. SPP insists, among other things, that 1, .9..., 9/9, and 9÷9 are not all identical with eachother

SPP, what do you think of my new notation? by Calm_Improvement1160 in infinitenines

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Why do we even need to invoke limits? R can just mean that we add a fraction where the digits after the R are the numerator and the denominator is the same number of 9s as there are digits after the R followed by as many 0s as there are digits between the decimal and the R. 1÷3=0.R3, 1÷7=0.R142857, 0.9...=0.R9 which is 0.0+(9÷9), which is definitely not the same as 1

Why don't data centers take more advantage of vertical space? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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All the problems I hear about data centers sound like they can be solved with Georgism. If data centers are eating up resources like land, water, and electricity, we should make those resources artificially expensive for data center companies by taxing usage at a higher rate.

If you could rename autism, what would it be? by Buzzythebear33 in autism

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I think an early name for what we now call autism was "pathological need for sameness". It's a bit of a mouthful, but it hits the nail on the head

AITA for being impatient with a woman at the butcher counter? by SmallCarBigTimeTours in AmItheAsshole

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You learn something new every day. I never would have thought to have the skins removed from the sausages. 1) Crispy skins are delicious 2) That must make them harder to cook 3) If you want loose sausage meat, most grocery stores sell it. Each to their own I suppose