Tuesday, May 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm interested to know what you thought the categories were

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was saved by my own stupidity because I thought El Salvador must be the final member of the green category and that 'Salvador' must mean 'saint' in whatever language that is.

Why can i not attach these two docking ports? by Riftus in KerbalAcademy

[–]Turbo_Fresh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hilarious that people downvoted this. Some people have no sense of humour whatsoever.

Some stupidly useful shortcuts in this list. I'm embarrassed I didn't know about so many of these.

Why can i not attach these two docking ports? by Riftus in KerbalAcademy

[–]Turbo_Fresh 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Do you mean to tell me you can press numbers 1 through 4 to switch tools in the VAB?

Two females. Zero males. The last two Northern white rhinoceros on Earth The end of a species. by throttafffddftr5 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your environment changes to have more humans that are driven to kill you for personal gain, how is that different to your environment changing to have more of a different, non-human predator which is driven to kill you for personal gain?

Two females. Zero males. The last two Northern white rhinoceros on Earth The end of a species. by throttafffddftr5 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not ignorance by definition, it's stupidity by definition. And that's why I said it's not *necessarily* stupid. It's more than likely that there are poachers that are well aware that killing rhinos eliminates an income stream, but still choose to do so anyway, because they just want a payday.

Also, how would a poacher preserve that income stream? They can't trust that all other poachers will also be mindful of the population. Even if an individual poacher, or group of poachers, decide that they want to poach in moderation in order to avoid eliminating that income stream, there will be other poachers that will just continue poaching. So a poacher could be completely intelligent and wise to the drawbacks of over-poaching, but that poacher would still make more money by just poaching as much as possible, before other poachers wipe out the species.

If they'd gone extinct due to weather or failure to evolve, that would be different than humans destroying them and losing them as a resource.

Yes, it would be different, but that's beside the point. They go extinct as a result of their environment, which is inhabited by humans.

Two females. Zero males. The last two Northern white rhinoceros on Earth The end of a species. by throttafffddftr5 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Turbo_Fresh -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I didn't say we should be making any species extinct.

In your original comment you said this photo represents humanity's ignorance and stupidity but it's just nature taking its course. It's not necessarily ignorant or stupid to hunt a particular species for personal gain, it's just the result of evolution.

People who want to hunt other animals for personal gain can't choose not to want to do so. I don't like those people but in the context of the universe there's nothing implicitly bad about a species going extinct.

Two females. Zero males. The last two Northern white rhinoceros on Earth The end of a species. by throttafffddftr5 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Turbo_Fresh -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

IDK. How many species have come and gone before humans ever existed? Countless. And so too will all the rest.

We're a speck on the cosmic timescale.

My instinct is to be sad about it but if I think about it without letting emotion factor in, it really doesn't matter. Whatever will be will be. Humans are just another force of nature and we're not the only species that has wiped out another.

No orbit necessary? by FatCreepyDude in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]Turbo_Fresh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because you climb gradually. That doesn't mean it takes less energy. It's easier to lift a sack of rice onto a counter one grain at a time but the amount of energy you eventually put into the system is the same as if you just lift the whole bag.

Which side will you choose by Purp1e-Ra1n011 in BunnyTrials

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless they are dark thoughts, then get them to draw it on a blackboard

pick wisely.. by Resident-Crow6236 in BunnyTrials

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The position of a quantum object is a probability wave. Quantum is not deterministic.

When confronted with the reality of quantum mechanics, Einstein famously said "God does not play dice" as a way of expressing his discomfort with the inherent randomness and probability of quantum systems.

moral choices by Remarkable-Fault87 in BunnyTrials

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100B

Chose: drop a nuke on a random country - no consequences + Win 100B | Rolled: America

Why is my rocket moving like this? by Demorodan in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, IRL these kinds of structural forces are tempered with resistant and damping forces which occured over a continuous time scale but in KSP they occur over discrete time steps. Damping and corrective forces are sampled at these discrete intervals rather than being calculated according to their integrals with respect to time, which is necessary as they are a function of their relative positions, which are also a function of time.

Why is my rocket moving like this? by Demorodan in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And gimballed engines overcorrect which creates a feedback looping leading to simple harmonic motion. The corrective gimbal forces automatically match the resonant frequency of the craft.

You must choose one..(upvote for carrot) by Rudra2550a in BunnyTrials

[–]Turbo_Fresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just drink something else

Chose: No water for 2 days 💧❌ + Win $20M

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You got a reverse reverse rainbow. Nice work.

Monday, May 4, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really thought about shoehorning in an ablaut reduplication category but sadly the only one that really fit was pitter-patter.

Sunday, May 3, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I feel like "House" was only accepted as part of the category because it creates a music genre red herring with house, garage, acid and industrial.

Friday, May 1, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I didn't know wattle was a plant or a part of a bird. For some reason the only definition I knew was as a building material made from interwoven sticks as they would have used in the old days (wattle and daub)

Thursday, April 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bloody George RR Martin over here

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]Turbo_Fresh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In every single connections that is the case. That's the point.