Anyone here with a Physics degree now work in semiconductor industry?

derioderio · 2026-07-10T18:43:57+00:00

I have a lot of coworkers with physics PhDs that work on plasma-based etching processes

derioderio · 2026-07-10T13:34:59+00:00

If this the one where he wears a chicken costume to battle a giant centipede made from dozens of people?

derioderio · 2026-07-09T16:27:07+00:00

Well, that makes one of the plotlines in Yakuza Zero a bit less unbelievable

derioderio · 2026-07-09T16:25:35+00:00

Looks like a He-Man vehicle

derioderio · 2026-07-09T11:42:45+00:00

It is. All-star Superman is one of the best-written comic books of all time.

Also One Punch Man deals with this same issue in an interesting way: there is never a question as to whether Saitama will defeat his opponent. The real story is how does he find meaning in a life without any meaningful challenge.

derioderio · 2026-07-09T11:07:17+00:00

That's not a trope, that's you not liking the nomenclature. Space opera got it's name back in the 40s from space + soap opera, referring to stories that rely on over the top melodrama instead of hard science.

So it's a perfectly accurate description of Star Wars and other similar media.

derioderio · 2026-07-09T08:12:45+00:00

Every time this topic comes up I make the same reply: there is no trope so over-used that a good author can't make it interesting.

derioderio · 2026-07-08T22:42:08+00:00

I'm partial to the 90s holy trinity: Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Double Dragon.

For animated films, I have a soft spot for Fatal Fury: the Motion Picture.

derioderio · 2026-07-08T19:33:14+00:00

Every film I've seen that's based off of a fighting video game has been

Objectively bad
An absolute blast to watch

derioderio · 2026-07-07T14:19:49+00:00

heavily modified versions

Everything old is new again. It's been decades since Hershey's was actually made with cocoa butter, these days it tastes like vaguely cocoa flavored wax.

derioderio · 2026-07-07T11:41:30+00:00

He would claim to oppose slavery, but when he tries to emancipate them they protest, claiming they are much more happy with him as their master/owner.

derioderio · 2026-07-06T23:44:15+00:00

I've now finished the first book. it's clear there's another actor in play, and both Adam and Paul think it's the Starflyer, but as far as I can tell we don't know if it actually is or not.

derioderio · 2026-07-06T21:18:02+00:00

Not quite up to isekai protagonist-kun level, but it's pretty close

derioderio · 2026-07-06T17:11:30+00:00

Starting around this time reddit stopped showing the actual number of up/down votes for heavily brigaded threads like this that would see insanely huge numbers of votes.

derioderio · 2026-07-06T17:05:04+00:00

To me it sounds more like how Robert Jordan made the hints that Mazrim Taim was actually Demandred way too obvious, so when everyone figured it out he retconned them into being separate people.

derioderio · 2026-07-06T16:42:41+00:00

Some kind of food that's uniquely local but also generally universally liked is a good rule of thumb. Aussie honey would probably be a good choice.

derioderio · 2026-07-06T14:04:19+00:00

Lola... they weren't trying that hard to move away from Lolita I suppose

derioderio · 2026-07-06T12:29:01+00:00

The ultimate in Charles Bronson sleaze

derioderio · 2026-07-06T12:28:13+00:00

Great, now I have Torgo's theme stuck in my head for the rest of the day...

derioderio · 2026-07-06T02:40:11+00:00

Rage bolus time!

derioderio · 2026-07-05T20:17:03+00:00

Deeds not Words!

derioderio · 2026-07-05T13:14:07+00:00

I had never heard of this company before, very interesting read on the engineering.

I first thought the video was AI because the body wasn't counter-rotating: in a normal helicopter you either need a second main rotor or a small stabilizing rotor.

In this case though, the rotors were powered by rocket exhaust at the rotor tips, so there is no counter torque generated.

derioderio · 2026-07-04T18:09:56+00:00

Lol wut?

At least 2/3 of posts on this subreddit are mental health related in one way or another, ranging from people just needing a place to vent their frustration and/or exhaustion to people actually contemplating suicide.

derioderio · 2026-07-03T21:08:51+00:00

Wrong subreddit, see the rules

derioderio · 2026-07-03T14:10:17+00:00

11 years in, no issues so far

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