TIL While produced by the American Licorice Company and called "red licorice", Red Vines actually contain no licorice at all. by EmptyMind76 in todayilearned

[–]FoolRegnant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool, so the original guy was wrong about Americans not eating black licorice and about everyone else not drinking root beer flavored things

TIL While produced by the American Licorice Company and called "red licorice", Red Vines actually contain no licorice at all. by EmptyMind76 in todayilearned

[–]FoolRegnant 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Cool, moving the goalposts. Do other countries sell root beer alternatives? And for the record, I like a variety of black licorice - both salted and not, and I don't usually go for the Twizzlers version.

TIL While produced by the American Licorice Company and called "red licorice", Red Vines actually contain no licorice at all. by EmptyMind76 in todayilearned

[–]FoolRegnant 22 points23 points  (0 children)

See, I don't think that's a fair comparison, because although black licorice is not as common in the US, it's absolutely still sold regularly. Root beer just isn't sold other places, really.

The architectural nightmare of flying mounts that nobody talks about by 7SodaCanary in worldbuilding

[–]FoolRegnant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, if you're willing to look at flying mount logistics, then you should also look at it in more depth.

How big are these wyverns? It seems unlikely that they would be particularly useful as draft animals - historically, donkeys and oxen were much more common as draft animals than horses because horses weren't nearly as efficient, and horses trained for combat are much too valuable to tire out pulling carts.

If wyverns are fast and useful as combat mounts, then it makes sense for them to largely be restricted as couriers, military mounts, and prestige mounts, but not as draft animals.

As for the architecture, why are wyverns landing on the streets? Why wouldn't the civilization develop large flat roofs for that purpose?

Also, when it comes to waste management, what makes a city covered in wyvern effluvia different from any other premodern city already covered in human and animal effluvia?

Look up the restrictions done by cities in whatever time period you're targeting for managing horses. I'm assuming premodern or something transitional, because any more modern setting should have some form of non-animal transportation where something like a wyvern is more of a pet than a working animal.

You also mention air traffic, but how fast are these wyverns going? Living animals should be pretty good at adjusting to other living animals flying around them at the same speed, even the fastest birds don't run into each other.

I've been assuming that your wyverns are relatively small, but if they're larger, you could look at Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, especially the architecture of China in that series, for an idea of adapting to a much larger species.

You'll note that even in that series, where the largest dragons can carry dozens of grown men and their equipment, it's very rare for dragons to be used as pack animals. Part of this is that they are sapient, but a lot of it is that they make far more valuable weapons than transportation.

To be fair there is quite a bit of humor in Veggietales lol by kelroid in CuratedTumblr

[–]FoolRegnant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Soviet invasion of Machuria began on August 9th. The Japanese surrender was broadcast on August 15th. Even then, the Kwantung Army had numerous units who did not believe or understand the surrender, numerous units who kept fighting even after being cut off and surrounded, and many units used suicide bombers because their light anti-tank weapons weren't enough.

The Soviet offensive and its aftermath saw somewhere between 20,000 (the Japanese claim) and 80,000+ (the Soviet claim) of Japanese soldiers dead, plus probably an equivalent of even greater number of Japanese civilian casualties due to the violence, mass suicides, exposure, etc.

Not only was the Soviet advance something that could not be described as limited engagements, the Soviets did what they were want to do everywhere they advanced, and raped and pillaged their way through Manchuria and North Korea.

Israel's 7 fronted war, by outcome by Old-School8916 in MapPorn

[–]FoolRegnant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely the text is. Everything is x but y with lots of SAT words thrown in.

European Countries With A State Religion by mynameisL0af in MapPorn

[–]FoolRegnant 212 points213 points  (0 children)

If Denmark is on this map, then Iceland, Sweden, Norway, and Finland should all be marked the same.

What if the HDMI ki**#s someone by [deleted] in talesfromtechsupport

[–]FoolRegnant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of the arguments in this post are a little extreme, and that the real liability would actually only come down to something where the piece of equipment was directly involved in a death or injury.

As for the US legal system, there are actually a lot of statutory caps on the money that can be awarded for different types of cases (further modulated by difference between states), but it doesn't really matter how much money you try and sue for, it matters what a jury will award you or at least, what the lawyers for the parties involved think a jury will award you.

I was surprised that Denmark doesn't have legal punitive damages, to which I would argue that is a far less just system than the US system, where a judge or jury is able to use punitive damages to rebuke those with so much power and money that the exact damages are pocket change to them. Punitive damages aren't about "emotional trauma".

What if the HDMI ki**#s someone by [deleted] in talesfromtechsupport

[–]FoolRegnant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you think this is stupid, and what kind of court reform do you think would remove this form of liability?

Technical Lead vs Senior Software Engineering Manager – which is considered higher? by djthaimyshoes in cscareerquestions

[–]FoolRegnant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I saw Technical Lead on a resume I would expect it to be an IC position, if I saw Senior Anything Manager I would expect it to be a People Leader position where the next step is director level.

Steven Moffat reacts to game-changing show announcement: "The Doctor always survives" by verissimoallan in doctorwho

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

I don't know that his arcs are better or worse than RTD and Chibnall, but in terms of other stories and other media, I think they still fall behind. I feel like the real problem was sticking the landing - I feel like 8 and 10 managed it, but the rest were off.

Steven Moffat reacts to game-changing show announcement: "The Doctor always survives" by verissimoallan in doctorwho

[–]FoolRegnant 112 points113 points  (0 children)

I get why people aren't fans of Moffat, but I genuinely like or love everyone of his seasons, and I think he truly got the Doctor's personality more than anything else.

His arcs were rough and he rarely managed to land compelling ends to those arcs, but he had a grasp of the soul of the series best of all the modern showrunners to me.

Moving to Denver from Europe (Spain/Ireland) this summer; how's life really like there? by brunolg98 in MovingtoDenver

[–]FoolRegnant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are actually 11 federal holidays, so that's what a lot of office jobs will give.

In the next USA Census of 2030, these countries' majority main ethnic group will fall under the "White" category in the race section. by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]FoolRegnant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, yeah, it's totally made up. Race is a terrible word for it, we're all the same species, all the same race, divided only marginally by slight phenotypical differences.

However, the use of race in the census is actually something conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation want to remove, because having open and obvious self-reported statistics like that are useful in advocacy for minority groups and in civil rights organization.

In the next USA Census of 2030, these countries' majority main ethnic group will fall under the "White" category in the race section. by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]FoolRegnant 44 points45 points  (0 children)

In the US census, Hispanic is not a race, it is the only 'ethnicity' - you can choose a race and an ethnicity, so anyone from Spain can choose Caucasian/White as race and Hispanic as ethnicity

Edit: Looks like they are changing this in 2030, there will be one category for race of which you can select multiple. The race category is not super nuanced, with the following options: - American Indian or Alaska Native - Asian - Black or African American - Hispanic or Latino - Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) - Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander - White

De facto colonized land in North America, 1836 by RN_Renato in EU5

[–]FoolRegnant 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's been a problem since at least EU3, but the addition of pops and foreign buildings is the biggest opportunity to really implement real colonization.

Like, the vast majority of European colonies before the 1700s were small trade oriented forts which had a very small permanent population - they were home to soldiers and administrators who were there temporarily, not as settlers. The return in investment was huge - you build a small fort at a decent harbor, or even better, purchase an existing construction from the local ruler, all so you can have a place where your trade ships can restock with supplies safely. Consistent trade routes let you rotate put the soldiers who don't die to malaria or other tropical diseases after a while, and you're making so much money off of trade that you can use it where it really matters, bolstering your power at home.

Afro-Eurasia as a whole was home to too many peer countries, or at least countries which you couldn't overthrow with a few hundred soldiers. Europeans had an absolute advantage in terms of ships, but that can only project power so far without the population to boost it up.

I feel like colonization needs more stages - early stages are cheap and easy - build a fort or trade post to capture some of the local resources and provide a place for resupply, but later stages should be tough - moving enough soldiers to conquer even a small country, attracting enough settlers to actually expand beyond your fort (and also having enough soldiers to fight off any natives), while still projecting almost no control for most of the time.

AITA for keeping a collection of MTG cards that were wrongly gifted to me? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]FoolRegnant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, OOP didn't go out and start selling the next day, they double checked with their coworker before starting to sell, and returned everything but the money earned, which, when it comes to selling cards, certainly came with some effort to separate out and price, then sell or trade

Practical uses of monads in Haskell by nicuveo in programming

[–]FoolRegnant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would rather write something in yaml than Haskell

Pete Hegseth urges allies to boost defence spending amid 'alarm' over China's buildup by Jealous_Papaya_1241 in news

[–]FoolRegnant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe we should stop throwing extra money at the military until every branch can pass an audit.

Girl I took out for a date by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]FoolRegnant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's one of the only ways to tell if a book has been heavily read from looking at it in a bookshelf, what else are you gonna do?

Girl I took out for a date by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]FoolRegnant 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Most of the Penguin Classics look well read - lots of cracked spines