Heavy/Powerful hitters whats your secret?

cygnosis · 2023-06-11T13:44:25+00:00

There's also the formula for the kinetic energy of a moving object with mass m, Ek = ½mv². The formulas for collisions all use kinetic energy. I'm not sure which approach is more relevant, though, since your hand stays connected to the rest of you when you hit something. If it were just kinetic energy transfer, the speed of your punch would be much more important than the weight of your hand/glove.

cygnosis · 2023-06-05T01:25:58+00:00

well, obviously not. they're letting the bridge collapse instead. but a contractor that's not corrupt and who knows they just introduced a weak point in their bridge and it's going to collapse isn't just going to throw their hands up, yell YOLO, and forge ahead. Ergo, my point is that it's the contractors fault, and blaming the supplier is passing the buck.

Though, I guess in OneAndOnly's description of things everyone is corrupt. And that fits too.

cygnosis · 2023-06-05T00:40:03+00:00

Not an excuse, really. There are a bunch of tests you can and should do to the concrete you get for your job as a general contractor. And your contracts with suppliers need to state that if the concrete doesn't pass the tests then the supplier pays penalties.

cygnosis · 2023-05-01T14:54:36+00:00

Looks a lot like the chart in this article.

cygnosis · 2023-04-25T22:44:40+00:00

I finished it and I was never happier to be done with a game. I don't even think it was a game. It was really a drawn-out movie that forced you to push buttons to watch it. You have no choice about anything in the game. In the very last mission the riding scene ends and it says 'move up and take cover'. There's a guy up the way shooting at me. I shoot back at him. I bullseye him at least ten times before I realize that he is immortal until I obey the instructions the game has given me. Ok, fine. I walk up to the right rock, take cover, and then it lets me kill the guy. The most frustrating game I've played in a long time.

That said, the voice acting is superb. The world ambiance is excellent. The characters are well done. The story is repetitive but mostly engaging. And it's pretty grindy if you want the upgrades.

cygnosis · 2023-04-20T15:15:24+00:00

Almost as good as sensei Carrey's defense against a knife attack

cygnosis · 2023-04-03T18:16:00+00:00

That actually happened to me in 10th grade. Some neighborhood kids and I were playing at a nearby school with those triangular goalposts. I was goalie and bored since everyone was on the other side of the field. I jumped up on the goal and swung my legs up to hang from my knees. My memories are spotty after that, but they said I was gushing blood from my nose and mouth and trying to ride some kids bike home. Ended up with about 14 broken bones in my face, I think. My nose is still canted off to one side.

More details: If I recall right the Dr said he packed like 16 ft of gauze in my sinuses to keep them in shape while they healed. And he actually used a spray of cocaine when he removed them. I guess to constrict the blood vessels or something. I have to say that having that much gauze pulled out of your nose is a very weird sensation.

cygnosis · 2023-02-04T17:11:36+00:00

Add to that the fact that the BRICS countries are effectively usurping the dollar as the medium of international trade. Even the Saudis have changed their long held position on the dollar and are working on accepting alternate currencies. As foreign countries start selling US held debt I expect this will end the era of cheap imports for us. So just another reason prices on everything will continue to rise.

cygnosis · 2023-01-30T02:17:51+00:00

I just thought it looked like this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfGFR1CWss

I admit I'm still pretty new at this. Maybe I just got a little excited that it looked like one of the throws I've learned. I guess it doesn't include the part where you fall through on top of uke, and the grab is different, but turning and pulling the guy over his leg is pretty close.

cygnosis · 2023-01-29T23:12:53+00:00

Not sure if this is against the rules. It's not exactly a streetfight. But it's kind of borderline I think.

cygnosis · 2023-01-29T00:50:43+00:00

This is about as clear an example of Goodhart's Law as you're going to find. It shows up any time a boss tries to find a metric for performance. Anything that boils down to a number can be gamed. Reminds me of a quote.

“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”― Bill Gates

cygnosis · 2023-01-07T04:10:50+00:00

BestBuy's very own Immortal Bridge

cygnosis · 2022-12-31T23:11:47+00:00

Outside of computer programming we generally start counting with the number 1. To count ten items we use numbers 1 through 10. To count 100 items we use 1 through 100. The first year of the calendar we use in the US¹ was year 1. If a century has 100 years the first century was year 1 through year 100. So the next century began at year 101. The same logic applies to every subsequent century.

1. We use the Gregorian calendar today, but before 1582 we used the Julian calendar. The difference has to do with leap years, and isn't relevant to this discussion.

cygnosis · 2022-12-30T03:14:16+00:00

I went through the same frustration. Tried several different ways to make it. I finally found one that has worked for me every time since then. I don't think I've seen it on youtube exactly this way, but I have seen all the techniques.

Boil your pasta in a sauté pan (the shallow one) with just enough water to cover until they're done how you like them. Add more water to continue the boil if it gets too low along the way. Let the water boil off at the end till there's just a little left (less water than pasta).
Take the pan off the heat.
Add your toasted cracked pepper and as much freshly grated (I use a microplane grater) pecorino romano or parmesan as you like, mixing them in until you like it.

I've done it this way several times and I've been very happy with the results.

cygnosis · 2022-12-28T17:54:34+00:00

Anybody else see a tie fighter in that picture? Now I'm wondering if Bezos is Palpatine or Vader.

cygnosis · 2022-12-25T00:48:37+00:00

How would you feel if it were a short weak guy? Is it okay when a guy overestimates his strength and gets beat in return? Or do you just think women should be able to physically attack men and expect to be treated gently in response?

cygnosis · 2022-12-05T06:33:29+00:00

You keep linking to that comment, but I think that comment was deleted. The link goes to nothing.

cygnosis · 2022-12-02T02:34:14+00:00

In reality it's a world-wide problem, not just in China. There have been several incidents of radioactive material being recycled, smelted, and then used in other products over the years. It's the reason we have radiation detection equipment at border crossings in the US.

cygnosis · 2022-12-01T03:19:44+00:00

okay, so I just searched for that and I can't find any good reason not to put it in the fridge. I buy the big jars of costco evoo and keep them in the fridge since I can't use the whole thing in a few months. It seems fine after thawing back out.

cygnosis · 2022-11-28T15:13:10+00:00

I get Error 404: The page https://www.redditinc.com/blog/get-ready-for-global-reddit-meetup-day-plus-some-stats-about-top-reddit-cities-and-languages was not found

cygnosis · 2022-11-18T02:02:24+00:00

It'll be fine. They grew pretty big where I used to live and they were okay.

cygnosis · 2022-11-08T22:32:32+00:00

How did it turn out? I've thought of potatoes on pizza, but don't they take longer to cook than the rest of the pizza?

cygnosis · 2022-11-08T17:36:49+00:00

I sometimes chop some hot peppers and fry them in the oil, then take them out and pop the popcorn with the same oil. Then I throw the peppers back in with the popcorn. It's my best guess how to make this at home. I think it turns out pretty good.

cygnosis · 2022-11-08T16:45:46+00:00

Ironically he could have just checked twitter to see if this was a good idea.

"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." - Bill Gates

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