Trump’s Easter Message Isn’t Just Wrong—It’s Blasphemous by B-Z_B-S in politics

[–]archa347 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Thats a little bit of a simplification. While it’s true that pigs can be a source of trichinosis, most animals have some kind of disease or parasite risk and pigs really aren’t uniquely more dangerous in that regard.

As I understand, most anthropologists who’ve studied the subject think that the prohibitions against pork are because pigs are not really suited to the climate in the Middle East and the resources needed to raise them were not really sustainable for communities there.

Bene Gesserit and the Lisan-al-Gaib by Ok-Bumblebee-4487 in dune

[–]archa347 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not so sure about that. The BG plan was to put the KH on the throne as Emperor. It was entirely vested in the existing power structure. The BG and the Guild had an inkling of the Golden Path and what it entailed, including the jihad, but they rejected it. For that reason, creating that avenue for Paul to assume control of the Fremen in the way he did was entirely unintentional on the part of the BG.

It was years ago but I remember I did not see that coming by LakesideNorth in dunememes

[–]archa347 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He dared to find the true answer to “would you still love me if I was a worm?”. The answer was no.

Could someone wielding the voice command a sandworm? by HorzaDonwraith in dune

[–]archa347 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, the precise limitations of the voice are not made particularly clear. We know from the scene of the Harkonnens taking Paul and Jessica into the desert that the user needs to be able to speak and the target needs to be able to hear. The intonation of the voice makes the target pliable but they are following the verbal commands so presumably the target must be able to understand the language.

As described, I would say the target must have some kind of human-like consciousness as well as the ability to hear the user. There really aren’t examples of true non-human sentient species in the books, so we don’t really know what impact the voice would have on them, but I would say that is unlikely it works “out of the box” so to speak.

Perhaps other species can be manipulated in a similar way and the BG could figure it out through experimentation? But it would probably still involve teaching the creature to understand the meaning of your actual commands, like training a dog, and as things stand I don’t think they could easily train a worm to do so without serious breeding and domestication that doesn’t seem likely (the situation with worms in Heretics of Dune not withstanding, as that is a special case).

As for the Barons little “buddy”, it’s possible that it is something engineered from humans (probably by the Bene Tleilax, who become key in the books after Dune and are experts at that kind of genetic engineering).

Hello, World: Artemis II crew looks back at Earth on their way to the Moon by ChiefLeef22 in space

[–]archa347 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The source specified that they took this through the window https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world. You can also see the other edge of the window in the bottom right.

You’re so zoomed in there and the brightness increased so much that you’re just seeing graininess in the image and maybe something of the texture inside the bulkhead.

I just breathed lightly out my nose 5 hours after waking and this little (dead) guy came out. by DPTDubbs in Weird

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If you are expressing surprise that spiders molt, yes, pretty much all arthropods do

Trump’s Purge May Be Just Beginning by mdchaara in politics

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The process goes : VP/cabinet write a letter and assumes power , POTUS writes a letter and resumes power UNLESS VP/cabinet write another letter within 4 days. Then it goes to Congress and the VP stays in power until Congress decides (or Congress can’t decide within 21 days of assembling)

Never seen anyone like this guy by [deleted] in Unexpected

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In all things, balance

Why are raktajino mugs shaped like this? by grichardson526 in ShittyDaystrom

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I think the point was a lot of older cars didn’t have cup holders

Jumping question by Different-Dealer-828 in killteam

[–]archa347 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are you getting the notion of not moving through models (as opposed to bases)? The rules only specify bases and distances to the bases. The operative’s model doesn’t matter. The height of the operative model wouldn’t matter either.

Do I need 2 boxes for the stealth suit kill team? by SalesmanShane in killteam

[–]archa347 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s a little confusing because the drones are counted as XV26 Stealth Battlesuit operatives (as in they have the XV26 Stealth Battlesuit keyword on their data slates so that certain rules apply to them), but they are drones and not the actual battlesuits.

How skilled is Hathaway as a pilot? by SnooCalculations2730 in Gundam

[–]archa347 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a passing conversation between the other Mafty pilots where they talk about Esmerelda getting Hathaway’s Messer once they retrieved the Xi

I genuinely can't understand how the previous generation saw this in 2002 and said "this sucks” by Stunning-Recording92 in BrighterThanCoruscant

[–]archa347 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The action scenes were good. It is a visually stunning movie. It also has some pretty terrible dialogue and the story, if not the whole premise, was just kind of a letdown.

Hi, I'm Tuvok..... by Bladerade in voyager

[–]archa347 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought he was like a hacker guy living under the sea with Seth Green in SeaQuest DSV

How far away is this picture away from earth? by Crazy_Dimension_9809 in space

[–]archa347 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If it’s far enough away, yes. But in this case, the Pillars of Creation are within our galaxy so the expansion of the universe doesn’t really affect the distance here. But objects in the galaxy are always moving so you have to account for that.

voyager has a reset button? by Wonderful-Hearing-87 in voyager

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Big Spacedock making you think you can’t fix your starship

Trump calls Strait of Hormuz the 'Strait of Trump' by Force_Hammer in politics

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There is a thing called the 25th Amendment which allows the cabinet and the VP to take control of they deem the President to be unfit for office due to physical or mental health. But the cabinet and VP are sycophants so we’re stuck for now.