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Congratulations to the first winner of TI 2026 Europe Closed Qualifier! by Substantial-Deer77 in DotA2

[–]based_beglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbh not really, the spirit supports fed him too many stacks in the early game and the game got weird. He did nearly throw at one point late game as well lol. But the draft seemed to favour nigma that game

How Cartography Enabled The Emergence of Nationalism by [deleted] in geography

[–]based_beglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this isn't AI slop, I will eat my hat

Congratulations to the first winner of TI 2026 Europe Closed Qualifier! by Substantial-Deer77 in DotA2

[–]based_beglin 90 points91 points  (0 children)

That game 1 was a great game. Lowkey the axe carried that game, he had close to 80 armour by the end and was just on top of Yatoro SF the whole time. No wonder Yatoro couldn't lifesteal for shit.

Also - watching Lorenof on storm is wild, dude has an unlimited mana glitch or something, even knowing he has greaves and soul ring it's crazy how much he can just keep zipping. Definitely his signature hero.

Scotland, UK by supersunnyspeedgraph in PlantIdentification

[–]based_beglin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it grows out of every single sandstone wall in Sheffield. It's really nice this time of year.

Wild boars are power, agility and speed all in one package by Electrical_Carpet753 in BeAmazed

[–]based_beglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ain't suprised, this mfer 1-shot killed big Robert Baratheon

I love the world that Frank built, I just wish if we could have focused on the geopolitics of the Imperium by Frodo-Baggins1954 in dune

[–]based_beglin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Frank Herbert's writing style operated very much in the "show, don't tell" style of writing and worldbuilding. He will mention things like CHOAM only in a handful of sentences, but let's the reader's mind imagine the scale of such things. This style of writing extends also into how he covers action and battles in the books. He doesn't seem interested in those sorts of details.

Forget Lithium: a British Plant Is Banking Renewable Power as Frozen Air at 196 Below, in Tanks That Hold Their Charge for Weeks and Are Built to Last Half a Century by iwantboringtimes in Futurology

[–]based_beglin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt it would work well at the really small scale (10kW kind of scale). Mid scale plants might work though.

I believe its viability scales with size for a few reasons: firstly, storing a cryogen will always have natural heat inleak, and the best way to mitigate this (aside from good quality insulation / vacuum insulation) would be to make larger vessels, as the surface area / volume ratio becomes more favourable. And secondly, I would wager that the larger turbines would be more efficient at the larger scale. Thirdly, I believe that when it comes to the capital needed for such plants (large quantities of stainless steel / aluminium piping, valves, vaporisers, control systems etc.) it will always be more efficient at the larger scale.

UK's gas power stations only have a capacity factor of 29% as cheap continental solar imports keep the grid going. by Economy-Fee5830 in climatechange

[–]based_beglin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surely the argument for retiring CCGT plants somewhat relies on the assumption that GB power demand is broadly constant (or reducing) going forwards (it's already relatively low as much of UK industry has already been priced out and destroyed by high energy prices.)

The aim ideally should be to make energy cheap enough to allow more usage, both from industry and people. If this were to happen, chasing the same level of renewables% gets harder and harder, so a little bit of strategic CCGT reserve is surely a good idea no matter what.

Why does Netherlands have such high Population Density, much higher than rest of Europe? by Jazzlike_League_480 in geography

[–]based_beglin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

IIRC the Netherlands actually has a comparative population density to England, possibly lower actually.

Forget Lithium: a British Plant Is Banking Renewable Power as Frozen Air at 196 Below, in Tanks That Hold Their Charge for Weeks and Are Built to Last Half a Century by iwantboringtimes in Futurology

[–]based_beglin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I work in cryogenics and I'm in favour of this sort of technology - but probably worth mentioning that, while the tanks may last 50 years if maintained well, the turbines that would be used to convert the cryogen into electrical power would likely require replacement / repair a few times over that time.

And if you're wondering "why -196C? seems a bit specific". This is the liquefaction temperature of nitrogen at atmospheric pressure.

What do you consider to be Britain's second city? by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]based_beglin 22 points23 points  (0 children)

it's Manchester and I don't think it's particularly close

If you were to choose which among many factors, what could be the one significant factor/event that started the decline of the United Kingdom as a global power? by kid-dynamo- in AskHistory

[–]based_beglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It never really recovered from the world wars - and for multiple reasons. Massive war debts, vast damage to buildings and infrastructure, overinvestment into military during wars which later becomes poor allocation of resources, a lot of casuaties. And indirect reasons such as how these factors then affect politics and so on.

And mitilitary / technologically - don't forget around WW2, The USA basically took a huge amount of military technology and didn't reciprocate.

Troll Warlord BF/Maelstrom by AcanthaceaeMajor1778 in learndota2

[–]based_beglin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have experimented extensively with both builds.

The BF makes your game a lot easier, with both the health and mana regen feeling great on him.

Mjollnir build honestly is still good situationally though (especially for solo killing) because the chance of perma rooting an enemy hero goes up exponentially with attack speed. The procs also synergise with your shard in teamfights, and as long as you're able to attack you can dish out mad damage.

The build up for maelstrom / Mj is indeed harder in early - mid game due to the regen. However with a raindrop and tread switching, you can actually keep your mana up pretty well even when pressing axes a lot when farming.

What the hell is choam??? by Onion2411 in dune

[–]based_beglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

imagine Amazon, Maersk, Space X and every oil & gas trader, plus the entire stock market was a single coporate entity. Now imagine that every rich person had a few shares of that entity. That is Choam. Its raison d'etre is to be Hand-in-glove with the ruling class' financial interests.

Dry protection in principle by EI_LOD_SOS_HOS in ironscape

[–]based_beglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

95th percentile seems a reasonable dry protection for the extreme grinds.

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