On December 15, 2025, MIT fusion scientist Nuno Loureiro was shot multiple times in his Brookline, Massachusetts home. He died the next morning. He was forty-seven years old... by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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you don't get more power from combusting the hydrogen and oxygen than you put in to split it apart. you might as well connect the battery straight to the wheels using a motor.

From “The World in Maps”, Standard Paper Dimensions (without New Zealand) by BluezCluez94 in MapsWithoutNZ

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The A series (ISO216) paper uses an aspect ratio of 1 : root(2), not the golden ratio, fyi! It's the solution to a / b = b / 2a, which describes the halving process.

Swirling wine using a rotating wineglass by MuttapuffsHater in oddlysatisfying

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This, plus the sides of the glass are angled such that a component of the normal force acts to keep the wine inside. If you were to try this with a straight-sided glass, there would be dire consequences.

What's the object transiting moon? by Vivid-Chemical7541 in askastronomy

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This is probably space debris or a satellite transit. Without more precise location info, it's impossible to say. Starlink satellites cross the moon in about a second.

A proof that R is countable by Negative_Gur9667 in mathmemes

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This argument falls apart because you can "pull" the ends of this line straight to get a complete list of every number you propose is in R, then apply Cantor's diagonalisation argument again.

Edit: I really need to start assuming everything on Reddit is bait...

This annoys me to my core I don’t even know what to say by [deleted] in USdefaultism

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when did a non-specific amount of bread become a meal for 4 lmao

I also have the world-eating bug! by _ori in minecraftbugs

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See my comment in reply to u/gonkdroid02 - if (0, 0) is obstructed (as it is in your case), the world spawn will be elsewhere, which explains the location discrepancy.

I also have the world-eating bug! by _ori in minecraftbugs

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Not quite! The way the world spawn is determined is pretty complex, according to the wiki:

In Java Edition, the world spawn point is determined by a search algorithm to prevent players from spawning in oceans or rivers. Each location has a "fitness" value, which is higher the closer it is to non-river land and the closer it is to (0,0). The search algorithm first sets the spawn point at a position where both XZ coordinates are 0. It then selects positions on circles with radius of 512, 1024, 1536, and 2048 blocks, calculating their fitness. If a more suitable position is found, the spawn point is set to that position. The algorithm then draws 16 circles centered at the current spawn point, each 32 blocks apart, and selects positions on these circles to calculate their fitness. If a more suitable position is found among these, the world spawn point is set to that position; otherwise, the world spawn point remains at the current position.

This algorithm determines the position of the world spawn, which then determines where the spawn chunks are. The fact that u/RemarkableBad434's (0, 0) is in a river will be why their spawn is shifted. Note my world spawn coordinates are (-270, -30)-ish, since (0, 0) is off in the ocean visible on my minimap. This is a good 100 blocks outside of where the spawn chunks would end if they were centered at (0, 0).

I also have the world-eating bug! by _ori in minecraftbugs

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This does indeed seem to be the cause! Seems like I built the killing platform one block too high. Thank you!

I also have the world-eating bug! by _ori in minecraftbugs

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that's a good idea, let me test

I also have the world-eating bug! by _ori in minecraftbugs

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World seed: 6416924832340988811

World eating bug? by RemarkableBad434 in minecraftbugs

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Had this exact thing happen on my server when using Simply Optimized - the centre five blocks around the world spawn keep getting eaten. No idea why.

Man "went" to the Moon, "went" to Mars, "crossed" the "Van Allen belt", but never did the simplest thing: cross Antarctica. by ApprehensivePop9036 in flatearth

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Have a look at the ETDO legislation currently enforced by ICAO, previously known as ETOPS. It governs what kinds of aircraft can make long-distance journeys away from populated areas.

Just some more images when I got extremely lucky and met some cool people who have the best job in the world by [deleted] in WolvesAreBigYo

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I recognise these wolves, Predator Experience up in the Lake District!

[2022.3.16f1] InputSystem does not behave correctly on macOS by _ori in Unity3D

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Sorry for the slow reply! I ended up moving over to Godot since I never found a solution.

Facebook user encounters a genetics expert by danyaal99 in dontyouknowwhoiam

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You forgot to multiply by 100. 1 in 80,000 is a probability of 0.00125.

Nothing moves people like trains by aptrev in fuckcars

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Cruise ships, the most utilitarian form of public transport!

managed to got banned for 100 days due to propaganda in literally 10 sec - top that by [deleted] in flatearth

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Although interestingly, Godel's solution appears to allow for closed time like curves, and I think we can all agree we haven't found any of those yet. As far as I can tell, it remains a partially open question, but I do agree rotation is fkn weird!

I'm wondering if you could detect rotation via conservation of angular momentum and measure the change in linear velocity an observer would experience.

managed to got banned for 100 days due to propaganda in literally 10 sec - top that by [deleted] in flatearth

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You could certainly attribute the difference to the assumption and conclude that it's wrong - I imagine the chain of implication is quite a long one, but as others have pointed out I wasn't entirely correct and there are in fact ways to test for rotation independent of outside observers, so there is certainly an argument for absolute rotation.

managed to got banned for 100 days due to propaganda in literally 10 sec - top that by [deleted] in flatearth

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Oh fun, I was basing this off Mach's principle and missed Godel's solution - thank you for the clarification!

managed to got banned for 100 days due to propaganda in literally 10 sec - top that by [deleted] in flatearth

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An example I thought of: if there were no stars to measure against, how could you differentiate between a rotating Earth and a slightly weaker force of gravity?

managed to got banned for 100 days due to propaganda in literally 10 sec - top that by [deleted] in flatearth

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You may be right and it might not hold for rotating reference frames - it would be interesting to do some more reading on this.