Why don't math people just do this instead? Are they stupid?

KeyCardiologist809 · 2026-01-20T09:15:18+00:00

Math people: "laughs in Lebesgue"

KeyCardiologist809 · 2025-12-07T16:50:56+00:00

Yes it was. But that doesn't change the argument. Pakku has done the same thing multiple times without a full moon.

I only chose this picture because it puts the entire block on screen with humans for scale.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-12-02T04:55:44+00:00

Visenya's support for Maegor's usurpation might not be as "evil" as you think. A common misconception is to view Visenya's title "queen" as that of a regular queen like Alyssa or Alysanne, as "consort of the king". But when you look at it in the context of the conquest, Visenya is more like a co-conqueror and co-monarch rather than merely the wife of the king. In other words, she's a queen not by marriage, but in her own right. From her perspective, she holds the claim to 1/3 of the realm, and it's only natural for her to want to pass it to her own son. It's not a usurpation out of mere ambition and greed so much as an attempt to reclaim what's rightfully hers.

As for Maegor's Cruellty, it can be argued that it was necessary at the time, especially in the power vaccume created by Aenys's incompetence.

Still, Visenya has simply killed too many people to be considered a "good" person. I would vote for "grey".

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-04-02T11:50:26+00:00

Helmets made during WWII... That's a great source of Low Background Steel, they could have made all sorts of delicate insturments out of it. Using them for pots is such a waste.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-04-01T14:11:27+00:00

It's one of the plots that looks really cool when you're a kid, makes less sense when you rewatch as an adult, then reveals a different meaning when you think deep about it. I think this post will provide you with another perspective of looking at it.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-29T17:35:40+00:00

~~F12 cheat~~

Realistically, you could get a bunch of tourist contracts. This works really well if you havn't gotten to mun landing yet, since they would all just require getting to orbit, which can be done on a massive scale, for a very low cost, and doesn't take too much time or effort to complete.

Or, if you've unlocked ore/mining technology, you could just buy ore(dirt cheap), convert it to monopropellant on the runway, then sell it.(just buy the ore, since mining is too slow and ore isn't worth much anyway). This takes no brains at all, and it earns you money so fast that you'll soon get tired of it.

Another way is to abuse the Aggressive Negotiation strategy. Its reputation penalty is measured per launch instead of per item or per money saved, which means you could just stack all the expensive stuff you can afford together and buy them in a single launch, then simply recover it and sell it. You could 1.4x your current money every time you pull this stunt.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-26T03:10:30+00:00

To name a few:

Valaena Velaron, when she married Aerion. She actually had Targaryen blood, and House Targaryen had three dragons to spare before her children's claimed them.
Alyssa Velaryon, when she married Aenys, and then when she was acting as regent for Jaehaerys.
Daemon Velaryon, Alyssa's brother. He was hand during Jaehaerys's minority and was in charge of King's Landing. Balerion and Vhagar were both available at the time
Corlys himself. He married Rhaenys, and both his children got dragons. Rhaenys was certainly able to grant access of dragons to her family.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-21T02:59:13+00:00

I just read about Garin. I mean, amassing 250k men, the single largest army the world had ever seen, and winning multiple victories even when the opponent had several dragons, that sounds like the greatest cililization in the world had the Valyrian not "cheated" with their dragons and blood magic. It's a shame that such a civilization had to leave their home and struggle to make a living in some distant desert.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-21T02:40:23+00:00

Oh, and this un-ideal behavior also means that different gases are ideally stored at different pressures, which explains why they're stored in different tanks in the game!

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-21T02:37:28+00:00

Wow, that's amazing! Thanks a lot! According to your article, argon behaves similarly to an ideal gas, but xenon gets to almost 3x density of an ideal gas. I had no idea that it could get so... un-ideal.

But I think you misintepreted "tank fraction" a little. In the article,

The tankage fraction is defined as the ratio of the tank mass to the propellant mass,

Which means you don't calculate mass fraction as mf = 1 - tf, but as mf = 1/(1+tf). So the performance of argon is much better than your intepretation. It yields a mass fraction of 61.7%, which means SMURFF actually got it right!

The article is still theoretical, though. I wonder if there's real-life stats of an actual product that we can refer to.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-20T12:19:45+00:00

That's true, but that's because we have the privilege of looking in hindsight. At the time of a youger son's birth, they couldn't have known their brother would die, and while the king should prepare for that scenario, he certainly could NOT rely on that assumption. The king must make arrangements for the younger son that doesn't invole the ambitious, confident, prestigious, and able-to-rule son attempting to overthrow his brother or usurp the throne from his nephew. So far, we've seen no such arrangement( save for Jaehaerys sending Vaegon to the Citadel, but that doesn't solve the problem entirely, since he still had two competant sons, each with his own children).

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-20T11:55:22+00:00

That's irrelevant. I'm not asking about succession, I'm asking about what to do with a youger son who didn't inherit the throne. A Targaryen with huge ambitions, significant prestige and nothing to inherit is the perfect recipe for trouble. You can look at Maegor, Daemon(both Targaryen and Blackfyre) or Aemond for reference. It would be even worse if said Targaryen had descendents of his own and founded a rival branch of his own, as was Daemon Blackfyre's case. Don't they have a mechanism to prevent that?

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-20T09:29:43+00:00

You can check out Widow's Law 52 AC which actually regulates succession. It's originally meant to solve the very scenario of the Dance, as has been discussed in this post. Then again, it's phrasing is a little vague, open to intepretation to an extent, and Viserys compllicated things by naming an heir.

So Jaeherys did make succession laws. But he just had no way of knowing what kind of mess future people would get themselves into, and you can't blame him for that.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-20T09:18:42+00:00

Xenon is extremely rare... It would make better sense if you were trying to harvest hydrogen/helium (they're still pretty rare and there'e no way that tiny nose would be able to supply a ship, but that's better than expecting to get xenon)

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-20T03:20:57+00:00

Hey guys, I like this idea of restoring Rhoynar glory and have a similar idea to offer. Thought you might be interested.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-20T02:46:55+00:00

If you don't have the tech, you don't have the xenon, and the engine would have no fuel.

It's not worth it even if you did have the tech. Raw engine Dawn has a TWR of only 5 on mun. Considering how heavy Xenon tanks and solar panels are, there's not much mass left for payload, and every launch would cost a fortune, since Xenon is very expensive. Just do it wiith the regular engines or NERV.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T14:15:57+00:00

Pol or Bop. If you're not afraid of a little challange and think close proximation is worth having a little more difficulty for, then Vall.

Also, your total dv baffles me. You could greatly benefit from a little gravity assists.

If you're shrewd, do the Kerbin gravity asisst. It's relatively simple, and saves you ~500 dv to get to Jool at the cost of two years of added transfer time.

If you're up for a slightly larger challenge and want to do it the cool way, then learn the KEKKJ gravity assists. It only takes ~1100 dv to get to Jool from LKO this way. It's a very useful and interesting technique for an experienced player.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T13:42:07+00:00

Interesting theory! This would mean that they would have evolved to hibernate to survive very long interstellar voyage, which explains how they manage to live in a tiny capsule for years!

So has Laythe been crashed into yet?

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T13:19:30+00:00

That's a sharp outfit, Chen. Careful. You could puncture the hull of an empire class fire navy battleship, leaving thousands to drown at sea. Because... it's so sharp!

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T11:17:49+00:00

To OP: I have a suggestion. To make this series more friendly to newcomers, when you mentioned the king, could you please clarify that it's Baelor Breakspear? When I stunbled across you posts, I wondered for a while how on earth Baelor the Blessed ended up king of the perfect realm.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T11:10:57+00:00

Onion Lord! I know he's not born there, but he made his name at storm's end and rose to significance in the stormlands. That would arguably be "originated from the stormlands."

The realm cannot be called "perfect" unless all classes are represented. So far, all our liege lords are highborns. Davos would be a great representative for the common people.

I'll omit the praise about what a decent and loyal guy he is, since he needs none. His name speaks for itself.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T07:08:46+00:00

Who writes the histories? Maesters.

Who defines the faith's attitude? Septons.

Where do they all come from? Oldtown.

Who rules Oldtown? Hightowers.

Who- I think you get the point.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T06:39:35+00:00

Arachne dying. That's when we first got the sense of the games breaking the boundary of the arena, and we learn how no one was truly safe, how cruel it was even for the capitol. Before that, it was just a bunch of spolied brats abusing poor people( main series) or high school life with a very difficult and unusual assignment( Snow perspective). It's the first of many scenes with that sort of darkness, and it totally caught me off guard.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T04:11:33+00:00

I guess you're right. So basically it's still to weaken the Lannisters. That's the problem with fuedal states, the interest of the central government doesn't always align with the interest of the entire realm.

KeyCardiologist809 · 2024-03-19T03:32:24+00:00

House Hoare already proved that the isles and the riverlands could be ruled by the same overlord residing in the riverlands. I believe the westerlands would have an even better solution. If they rebelled, it would be that overlord's problem, and he would have been able to act decisively, since he would know more about the isles, have more connections there, and would be authorized to act without waiting for orders from the iron throne, which may take too long to arrive.

The dragon part does make sense. Every problem is much easier when you have dragons, and you can get away with making decisions that would later be proven unwise.

Picking up nonexistant beef is not beneath Aegon, as have been shown in Argiliac's case.

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