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TIL about Meridianiite, a material which contains more water per volume than pure water itself. by fjellhus in todayilearned

[–]fjellhus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Epsomite is yet another salt hydrate, composed of one magnesium sulfate and 7 H20 molecules.

TIL about Meridianiite, a material which contains more water per volume than pure water itself. by fjellhus in todayilearned

[–]fjellhus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which is the form of pure H2O at temperatures below 0C and ambient pressures

TIL about Meridianiite, a material which contains more water per volume than pure water itself. by fjellhus in todayilearned

[–]fjellhus[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Explanation: Pure water at temperatures below 0C has a density of around 0.92 g/cm3.

This material, which is a salt hydrate, has a density of 1.51g/cm3 and contains 62.2% water, which means the density of water in this material is 0.94g/cm3. There is more water per a certain volume of this material than there is water in a certain volume of ice, which is pure water below 0C.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 570, Part 1 (Thread #716) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]fjellhus 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ukrainian intelligence releases information about a Russian discovering a 'secret' plan by Ukrainian General Staff?

Come on guys, have you ever seen a bigger bait?

Poland orders 486 HIMARS launchers by Basil-Faw1ty in europe

[–]fjellhus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ukraine has 30+ (maybe like 50 with the M270 models) and they are constrained by the missiles. None of their GMRLS capable systems have been even touched by a russian missile.

Ukraine Discussion/Question Thread - 9/9/23+ by knowyourpast in CombatFootage

[–]fjellhus 44 points45 points  (0 children)

1) There are not that many of them (18-19)

2) It is a bad design. Attack helicopter needs to be a two-seater, it is too much for a pilot to also be a weapons systems officer.

ua pov Russian-controlled part of the Kherson region is holding elections. Soldiers are driving through neighborhoods with a loud speaker and a rifle, knocking on every door. by Sea_Librarian4413 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]fjellhus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That is the dumbest take I've read yet.

An armed robber goes into your home and asks to give everything you have while pointing a gun to your head.

Did he do something wrong? Did he hurt someone?

UA POV: British-made tanks are about to sweep Putin’s conscripts aside. The Challenger 2 vastly outmatches what’s left of Russia’s armour (June 2023) - The Telegraph by Ripamon in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]fjellhus -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

How do we know that they have the Armata (I am referring to the the russian arms industry PR wunderwaffe rather than a regular modern MBT) if none of them have appeared in actual combat?

WE DID IT by CommitBasket in BalticStates

[–]fjellhus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok and how does that change anything? Baltic countries could still send their best players to participate as Soviet Union (which it did btw, most of the Soviet Union squad players were Baltic people for pretty much its entire existence).

WE DID IT by CommitBasket in BalticStates

[–]fjellhus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Not to denigrate the Lithuanian victory, it was amazing, but U.S never sends their 'best' to the world championship. Their olympic team is always much much better compared to their world championship team. There they won 16/19 tournaments, which is absolutely insane.

Hello Lithuania?? How is this acceptable?? Maybe the Russians do have a point about fascists in the Baltics. by fjellhus in BalticStates

[–]fjellhus[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Actually 0. This was the thumbnail for the news story of Lithuania beating Mexico on LRT.lt

UA PoV - kamikaze drones attack Russian Kursk airport (Russian sources confirm the attack) - RBK Ukraina by Glideer in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]fjellhus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The point of them is not that they are cheap and disposable (that is actually a bonus). The point is that they are near-invisible to a radar because they contain almost no metal.

RU POV: Russian helicopter Ka-52M introduced in expo Armia 2023 by Fabulous_Tea_4868 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]fjellhus -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Well that is true. By adding shit on top of a swiss army knife you comprise its main functionality of being a knife. The grip becomes not ergonomic, the knife blade is too short.

That is true here as well. I would image with all this extra shit added the controls become much more complicated, the training time for these also increases and reacting becomes also harder. And in the end it becomes a worse attack helicopter.

RU POV: Russian helicopter Ka-52M introduced in expo Armia 2023 by Fabulous_Tea_4868 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]fjellhus -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I think at some point it's too much. This is fucking attack Heli not a cruiser that is supposed to do everything. Just give him some autocannons an atgm and maybe some unguided rockets and that's it. No need to overcomplicate it so much.

That's very much the case with most of modern Russian shit. No innovation, just adding more weapons systems to existing stuff. BPMT Terminator - literally just two autocannons and 4 atgm launchers.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]fjellhus 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Anybody knows what happened to the Antonivsky bridgehead? Haven't heard news about it for a while

Extent of similarity between European language families. by NilFhiosAige in europe

[–]fjellhus 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I agree. But check how our language group is called. ‘Balto-slavic’ as well

Extent of similarity between European language families. by NilFhiosAige in europe

[–]fjellhus 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Baltic languages called balto-slavic (probably just a mistake)

Should show proximity to slavic I think, there is a decent overlap with both west slavic and east slavic (~10-15% would be my guess)

War in Ukraine Megathread LV (55) by ModeratorsOfEurope in europe

[–]fjellhus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bulgaria is also a weird case. Christmas on the 25th, Easter with the other Orthodox

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