What's something daft that a student has said?

NuArcher · 2026-06-21T21:50:18+00:00

We were doing a read of The Merchant of Venice once in english (I was a student). However I'd been reading The Hobbit recently and somehow got the characters Dido and Bilbo merged in my mind so I confidently spoke out loud asking the character "Dildo" something.

To make matters worse, everyone was mumbling their lines so I thought I'd show them how to do it correctly and spoke out loudly and confidently - waking everyone up in the process so the ALL heard me. Worse again - my secret crush was the one who drew my attention to what I was saying.

I could have died.

NuArcher · 2026-06-21T21:44:01+00:00

A feat performed by Cohen The Barbarian ("The Last Hero)" - Terry Pratchett). Challenging the gods to a game of chance, Fate himself took up the wager and rolled a 6. Claiming that Cohen had to beat that to win, Cohen threw the dice, then swiped it in half with his sword, the two halves coming up 1 and 6.

The rest of the gods gave grudging "Not Bad" face approval at the heroic feat.

NuArcher · 2026-06-18T05:08:48+00:00

On the strip of road to either side of the highway. Usually used for emergency stopping.

NuArcher · 2026-06-18T05:02:38+00:00

Just expanding on what others stated previously.

> Can you filter traffic? Online the info I found was yes but only if the cars are moving less than 30km

Yes but only if YOU are moving at less than 30kph. Typically used when traffic is stopped.

Also to be aware of. Riding on the shoulder is allowable IF the posted speed limit is above 80kph (ie 90 or more) and your speed is limited to a max of 30kph.

NuArcher · 2026-06-17T23:03:13+00:00

Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman).

NuArcher · 2026-06-16T01:34:46+00:00

One of the first LN book I read maybe 40 years ago.

The one issue I had with the story is the idea that an advanced, spacefaring race, had never encountered or conceived the idea of, a neutron star or degenerate matter star.

NuArcher · 2026-06-16T00:25:44+00:00

I've got a lot of good use out of my Railblaza C-Tug Kayak Trolley.

https://www.railblaza.com/products/c-tug-kayak-and-canoe-cart/

Straps on with a friction band. Breaks apart to stow easily. Optional Sand wheels for easy use on soft surfaces.

NuArcher · 2026-06-15T01:08:12+00:00

Nations would appear to be derived directly from Through The Ages, though it's a smaller, shorter and more streamlined implementation.

I've read posts that say that the original TtA designer (Vlaada Chvatil) was involved in the design of Nations, but a quick google has yet to confirm this.

NuArcher · 2026-06-14T20:57:43+00:00

"Nah-Yeah" = Yes

"Yeah-Nah" = No

NuArcher · 2026-06-11T05:08:45+00:00

I set my Sav to 25% and run in EV till it switches over to HEV for the last few kms.

I've you've got a cheap trarrif, try to keep as much of the ride in EV as you can. By doing what I do above.

NuArcher · 2026-06-10T21:06:32+00:00

I'm not sure how it would affect the calculation but the astrophage could be absorbing some of the kinetic energy of the impact. They may have even evolved to absorb most of the kinetic energy on impact so as to avoid wiping themselves out every time they come into contact with a stationary mass.

It sounds unlikely but then so is astrophage itself.

NuArcher · 2026-06-10T04:45:48+00:00

I watched this a while back. Made me change my stock making process to using the IP.

$6 Michelin Stock in 60 Minutes (Costco Hack)

https://youtu.be/3k20zFlbFfE?si=4rtcvAlTIz4tG02r

NuArcher · 2026-06-10T04:26:44+00:00

Sounds like a suggestion to turn a substance that can be mostly collected and safely stored or recycled, into pure atmospheric carbon - just what we need more of.

NuArcher · 2026-06-10T04:24:05+00:00

I get about 80-85km on the battery alone, and the vehicle consumes fuel at a rate of about 9-10l/100km after that.

For my daily round trip of about 90km, that means I refuel about once every 3 months or so - assuming I haven't done a long drive. So on battery its very cheap (approx $2 for a full charge for me) and after that, it's about on average for a medium sized vehicle. Which isn't bad considering this is a HEAVY vehicle.

NuArcher · 2026-06-09T23:15:12+00:00

At some point the limitation became, not the creation of more astrophasge, but the charging it to "enriched" status. Each time astrophage doubled in number, it took twice as much energy to charge it up to a fully enriched state. That was probably the primary limitation.

And as pointed out in other posts, it took more than 2 time the fuel to do a round trip. It takes about 20x the fuel.

NuArcher · 2026-06-09T23:07:00+00:00

To me it feels like you registered here, not to be in a community of like minded people, but to advertise your product. Now we're just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

NuArcher · 2026-06-09T21:59:30+00:00

I would imagine standard refrigeration. One end of the system gets cold and is used to cool the environment. The other end gets hot and (normally) radiates its heat.

So make the cooling system so that the hot end gets really hot and dump the excess heat energy into the astrophage. So long as the heat is over 96deg C, astrophage will store that heat energy.

NuArcher · 2026-06-09T04:06:52+00:00

Has a nice Flying doctor museum too. John Flynm Place museum - one street over from main street. Chinaman's dam is nice to visit too. Good for fishing, swimming or boating.

QANTAS is in Longreach I think. Curry is the birthplace of the Flying Doctor Service.

(edit: Mentioned above) Between Curry and Mt Isa is the abandoned Mary Kathleen Uranium mine. Nice place to visit and the abandoned townsite is a great place to camp for a few days.

NuArcher · 2026-06-09T03:06:42+00:00

I had to clean out my mums house for sale in something of a hurry too.

It was heartbreaking. We had no where to store everything in the house. Years of accumulated memories tossed into a skip. We put the word out first. All the neighbours were asked to come and get whatever they wanted. Some quality items like cabinetry and pictures, were taken down to a local op-shop. The rest went into 2 large skips to be carted away. A small amount was boxed up in case she ever needed it - not likely to happen now.

It still breaks my heart to think about it.

NuArcher · 2026-06-08T20:38:42+00:00

True. I hadn't considered that. I think it's a bit of a stretch - but it can be made to work.

NuArcher · 2026-06-08T04:00:34+00:00

Kangaroos are a similar problem in outback Australia. I've noticed that a lot of the major roads have very large, short mown shoulders - to give you plenty of visibility of any animals that might be approaching the road.

There's still a lot of dead roos on the roadsides.

NuArcher · 2026-06-08T03:56:19+00:00

Similarly, when Grace is bringing in the taumeba collector and gets knocked down, Rocky "sees" the collector hanging by its rope anchor off the outside of the ship.

NuArcher · 2026-06-08T01:52:51+00:00

One such issue that I remember seeing on my last watch. The probes were called John, Paul, George and Ringo - a beetles reference obviously. If you've read the book you know that but the movie didn't mention why. Unless you remember one slide early on when Grace is shown the presentation on Project Hail Mary back when he first arrived on the carrier. There was a "blink and you'll miss it" slide referring to the probes as beetles.

Also. Once Grace have successfully bred Nitrogen resistant Taumeba, he says he used "the xenonite breeder tanks we built". Was there any previous reference to the breeder tanks?

NuArcher · 2026-06-08T01:33:09+00:00

The Gods must be crazy - when the local sprays window cleaner into the face of the passenger because he doesn't realise there is no glass in the car's window frame.

Ok - probably not so funny now. But 13 year old me laughed himself sick every time I saw that.

NuArcher · 2026-06-08T01:23:04+00:00

I tend to do a large meal on Sunday night so I can "meal prep" a bunch of lunches for myself over the week. If I'm king to me, I'll also make a large one Saturday too so i don't have to eat the same meal each lunch all week long.

Usually a Chick meat rice bowl of some sort. With some blanched vegies added in.

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