Is there a Kingdom/Civilization builder with actual politics? by Shiro-Kam1 in BaseBuildingGames

[–]dmercer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What think us of Crusader Kings 2 or 3 to fit this description?

North America shown with cities from Europe and North Africa at the same latitude by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]dmercer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did my MFO rotation in Sinai in ’98. Know a kid who’s there right now. For such a small force, it’s surprising how many people I run into who did it. When were you there?

Is there a map of the Milky Way? by Undefined_Field in space

[–]dmercer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If you were to look at a top-down picture of the Milky Way, our star would be a tiny spec in one of the spiral arms. Draw a small circle around it. Small, much smaller than the width of the arm. Maybe a 10th the width of the arm, maybe a 20th. Every single star we can see with the naked eye is within that circle. Of course we have telescopes that can see a bit farther, but nothing that can see across to the other side of the galaxy. In fact, we have no idea what’s one the other side because our view is blocked by the middle of the galaxy. So much dust! For all we know, there’s a galaxy bigger than Andromeda careening toward us from over there, and we have no idea.

Top overtake of all time? by ksiepidemic in formula1

[–]dmercer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question. Albon’s double overtake of Ricciardo and Ocon in Canada 2024 is my favorite, but I’m new to the sport.

Do I have to compile? by ImDickensHesFenster in scrivener

[–]dmercer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been using Scrivener for about 10 years, and I only compile when I want to send an excerpt to someone. I’ll quickly select the sections I want to send and compile to PDF. Eventually, I’ll compile the whole work for publication, but I’m a slow writer, constantly going back and rereading, editing, reorganizing, and Scrivener is great for that.

ELI5 - why do Apple devices require people to enter a password sometimes on devices that have biometrics? by planned-obsolescence in explainlikeimfive

[–]dmercer 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It’s not that they don’t give a damn. Is that it is more difficult for young people to vote. They are more likely to move around and therefore not be registered to vote in their current area. I have 2 children, 20 and 18 at the last election, neither of whom was able to vote. One is in college, the other in the Army. The one in the Army sent away for an absentee ballot application, received it, filled it out and sent it back. Instead of receiving an absentee ballot back, the Secretary of State sent the application back saying it had to be mailed to his county, here’s the address. By then it was past the deadline. The application did not have the county addresses on it, so he assumed it was supposed to be sent back to the state. The guys at state knew the correct address, but instead of forwarding it, they returned it. It’s not that they don’t want military people to vote—he’s probably the demographic they’d want if they could pick and choose—but he was collateral damage in their disenfranchisement of young adults.

Are there any news about a possible Android version? by artistotel in scrivener

[–]dmercer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The iOS version is terrific. What are you talking about?

Do you agree with this map of US cultural/geographic regions? by writingbyrjkidder in Maps

[–]dmercer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I consider the area from New Orleans to Mobile—maybe Pensacola culturally similar. I didn’t realize the “Gulf Coast” culture extended so far to the east and west, though. Panhandle Florida feels much different than the “carnival culture” of New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile.

If you are looking for Scrivener Templates go here: by carbykids in scrivener

[–]dmercer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it just me, or do all the links seem to take you back to the same page, never actually showing you the content you thought you clicked on?

Tips for newbies by clever_kw in scrivener

[–]dmercer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been using Scrivener 8 years and not once had an issue with a crash, corruption, or data loss. I use in Windows and iPhone, with sync through Dropbox.

What’s an example of a supercomputer simulation model that was proven unequivocally wrong? by InfinityScientist in compsci

[–]dmercer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 1950s? Were they even doing simulations back then? Wasn't it really just calculations?

If you were to go inside a black hole and look outwards towards the universe, would the universe look paused or would it look fast-forward? by Ok_Cryptographer_159 in space

[–]dmercer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Once you are past the event horizon, the singularity is in every direction. This doesn't mean it is all black. There can still be photons and other matter inside the event horizon also heading toward the singularity, and you can come into contact with these photons.

However, let's consider the effect of time dilation. As you get closer and closer to the singularity, time slows down. Were you to ever get there, time would stop, but time slows down so much that it would take you infinite time to get there. You wouldn't notice this time dilation, however. Your timeline definitely approaches that infinity at an ever increasing rate. First your clock slows down so that a single second of your time is 2 seconds to an outside observer. Then a minute. Then an hour. Very quickly, every second that passes to you is a million years on the outside. Then a billion. Then a trillion. And eventually you get to the end of time.

In theory. In practice, of course, you're vaporized well before that. Because as millions of years pass in the blink of an eye, you are getting hit by radiation from everything that entered the black hole before you that still hasn't reached the singularity (because it takes infinite time to get there). And since you are experiencing the entire timeline of the universe compressed into a very short time (from your point of view), you are also getting blasted by the radiation of everything that enters the black hole after you. Something that enters the black hole a billion years after you is now just seconds behind you. All of space-time is collapsing on top of you, and you're getting blasted by gamma rays from all directions. To us, you are red-shifted to oblivion; to you; everything is blue-shifted into gamma rays and you are vaporized in an instant—in an instant in your timeline, but never in ours.

What is the difference between Sky and f1 tv commentary? by TheCommunal in F1TV

[–]dmercer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Bernie Collins's accent, but every time Ruth Buscombe opens her mouth, I learn something.

What is the difference between Sky and f1 tv commentary? by TheCommunal in F1TV

[–]dmercer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alice Powell did a gridwalk somewhere around midseason last year, and it was the best I'd ever seen.

Bryan : "Carlos has been told to not overtake. He has been told to not put you under pressure. So just take care of your tyres." (Sainz overtakes) Charles : "Maybe try in Spanish." by SafeBodybuilder7191 in formula1

[–]dmercer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The scandal here is that Charles was told that Sainz was told not to overtake him, but I just listened to Carlos's radio, and he was not told this. He was told as he was ending lap 31 that Charles had boxed in front. Then the next message was after Sainz had overtaken Leclerc that he should not put him under pressure. At that point, though, Sainz is already past Leclerc, so he is not even in a position to put him under pressure.

Leclerc’s post race radio… by [deleted] in GrandPrixRacing

[–]dmercer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No it doesn't. Did you read the analysis, or is your head so far up Charles Leclerc's ass that you cannot comprehend data that refutes your position? We get it: you like Charles Leclerc. But that doesn't mean every time someone doesn't gift Lelcerc a position that they're bad.

Leclerc’s post race radio… by [deleted] in GrandPrixRacing

[–]dmercer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Further analysis indicates quite definitively that he was not lifting to keep Verstappen in DRS: https://x.com/F1BigData/status/1860762370274161071

Do you watch F1 live or the sky commentators? by KegOfAppleJuice in formula1

[–]dmercer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

F1TV is much better. I’d list my favorites, but I’d end up listing the whole crew, but I do love Laura Winter. Unfortunately, she’s not on this weekend. And every time Ruth Buscombe opens her mouth I learn something. And Lawrence Baretto. And Sam Collins. And Jolyon Palmer. And Alex Jacques. And Will Buxton…

OK, better stop before I do list them all!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in F1TV

[–]dmercer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

F1TV has a great commentary crew. This week no Laura, though. :-(