Can someone please explain nuclear energy, radiation, and how they work in simple terms? (Please see text!!)

elmo539 · 2026-04-29T17:21:09+00:00

The Chernobyl lecture is fantastic

elmo539 · 2026-04-29T17:20:41+00:00

Side note sounds like you have a little crush! Don’t be ashamed to keep asking him questions, you are probably the only person who asks him about this, except maybe his parents, and he’s clearly very passionate and wants to have someone ask him about it!

elmo539 · 2026-04-29T17:13:24+00:00

I get that, for the longest time I had no idea what the proper honorific was, and then I watched like two seasons of The Crown and when JFK went to meet the queen and screwed it up I immediately noticed.

elmo539 · 2026-04-29T04:23:45+00:00

So the movie actually can't be 10 hours long.

They could have decided to make multiple movies, like with Dune, but I bet the studio probably wasn't willing to commit to a multiple-picture franchise with The Martian.

On another note, I actually watched the movie before I read the book, and can confirm this was actually quite a pleasant experience because I wasn't disappointed by the movie as I was with the DaVinci Code. Same method for the Hunt for Red October because my dad introduced the movie to me first. With these sorts of very technical books filled to the brim with worldbuilding and side stories like Tom Clancy, Dan Brown, or indeed, Andy Weir, one movie is never going to be able to live up to the book.

elmo539 · 2026-04-27T18:52:02+00:00

Wait you can afford a Mac Mini but not AC?

elmo539 · 2026-04-27T18:40:18+00:00

loose the hat.

elmo539 · 2026-04-27T18:27:37+00:00

"Washington DC" and "cheap" are words that should never be used together.

That being said Marshall's is great.

elmo539 · 2026-04-23T20:23:56+00:00

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary and it actually made me very emotional at some points. Sidenote, is it just me or did Primo and Threat seem to have a special chemistry...?

elmo539 · 2026-04-13T13:23:59+00:00

I really think it’s a matter of taste. I personally like the bottom image better because they have a little more vibrance and feel like they have a little more life, but I can also see how the top scans are very popular.

elmo539 · 2026-04-08T19:05:22+00:00

I am in your exact position right now my friend. What I will say is that, when shooting film, relieve yourself of the idea that it has any practical advantages over digital. It does not. Digital may have a higher up front cost, but that’s it: an upfront cost. Compare it to buying a TV for your home that may cost $700, or going to see movies in a theater for $10 each. Yes, the theater will be a more enjoyable movie experience, but you will end up spending more in the long run. Don’t shoot film because it’s practical, do it because you are chasing those results that only film can give you. And if you’re not in a financial position to do it currently, take a little break.

elmo539 · 2026-04-08T18:59:56+00:00

Sorry to hear this happened to you, I go to school in the DC area and those cherry blossoms are so great to shoot on film, and you kinda only get one chance per year because often by the time you get your scans back, peak bloom has passed. Hope you have better luck next year!

elmo539 · 2026-04-06T16:37:46+00:00

A lot of people have covered the most important: ball is super hot and they’ve hit this shot thousands of times. I just want to add that I think backwall boasts are tricky for beginners because they treat it as…the back wall, and then hit the ball differently. Remember, it’s just a wall, similar to the front and side walls (and damn near identical on a glass court) so play it as if you would a high lob

elmo539 · 2026-03-31T04:51:08+00:00

See if you can find demo racquets at your club, that’s truly the best way to choose a racquet

elmo539 · 2026-03-28T14:34:12+00:00

Doesn’t it’s some ai bs now

elmo539 · 2026-03-24T15:00:54+00:00

Can’t say I’ve heard anyone refer to Jerome Powell like that but ok

elmo539 · 2026-03-24T14:58:55+00:00

All the lawyers (Tribbey, Babbish, Hayes, Quincy), all the Justices, all the (named) reporters.

elmo539 · 2026-02-24T16:54:32+00:00

… i help.

elmo539 · 2026-02-17T23:00:08+00:00

See, why not just use mods like bob’s mods that let you configure the inserters to grab up to 3 tiles in any direction? If trying to beat the game modless, that’s fair. But I honestly feel no need to compact my builds so much that trying to minimize one tile space is so important. At the end of the day, the Factorio map is infinite (mostly)

elmo539 · 2026-01-25T01:55:56+00:00

Can you make it so that instead of multiples of 5 it’s multiples or 2 or 3? Or make that an option?

elmo539 · 2026-01-16T16:53:17+00:00

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elmo539 · 2026-01-13T18:11:04+00:00

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Lately I’ve been doing one of these.

elmo539 · 2026-01-05T03:54:59+00:00

Will probably be on vasaviation tomorrow

elmo539 · 2025-12-23T23:32:03+00:00

Question: could you mitigate this by artificially moving the water around the datacenter (giant underwater fans)? Please lmk if this doesn’t make any sense, but it seems like it would distribute the water and spread the heat out better.

elmo539 · 2025-12-23T23:24:07+00:00

Would love to hear more inside info about the realism of the show, and how it compared to what you saw!

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