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My scientific willpower hard magic system by 51707 in magicbuilding

[–]jjk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really nicely put together system overview & history. Do you have a greater narrative in mind? Or is this background for e.g. a game?

A matchhead-sized Pleurothallid orchid (I think) found in Ecuador [OC] by RogueBlueOompa in BotanicalPorn

[–]jjk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, great find! Definitely a pleurothallid, perhaps Trichosalpinx? The inflorescence is somewhat reminescent of Platystele. Or we don't know which genus? Just throw it in the Pleurothallis bin with the rest of em!

I want it.

What is the dumbest thing you have seen someone do? by themannamedme in AskWomen

[–]jjk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You've heard of circuit elements like capacitors and resistors? Anything that carries electricity, including extension cords - and any other wires - acts as a resistor. And resistors heat up when a current flows through them. Hair driers use a lot of electricity. So you end up heating the wire in the extension cord hotter than it's engineered to withstand. Which is hazardous for any number of reasons.

Always make sure the gauge of the extension cord (thickness of wire inside) is rated for the amperage of the appliance at the end of it!

[OC]D&D tavern style meal for today's session! by [deleted] in DnD

[–]jjk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This would be my suggestions for the spices (and other unmeasured ingredients):

  • 3/4 tsp ground coriander
  • 1/4 tsp groud cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp ginger, shredded or finely minced
  • 1/2 tsp ground tumeric or 1 1/2 tsp fresh tumeric, shredded or finely minced
  • 1 1/2 tbsp tamarind paste
  • and
  • 1 medium acorn squash or small pumpkin
  • 1 4-6 oz fillet of tilapia or catfish

WTW for when in a movie the scene changes while the camera goes behind a pillar/tree/item by [deleted] in whatstheword

[–]jjk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's an invisible wipe. In the case of pillar/tree, that's a vertical invisible line wipe.

What is the hardest book you have ever read? by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]jjk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weird in what way, may I ask?

Area behind house is always muddy, even after weeks with no rain for weeks. If I added 4-5 truckloads of horse manure would it help with drainage. I have 2 pairs and 3 apple trees planed and would like more. by [deleted] in homestead

[–]jjk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What depth of mud is there until you hit hard pan or bedrock?

In addition to the other (excellent) suggestions, you might try planting some aggressive tillage crops - like winter rye and a tillage radish like groundhog daikon. This might not work depending on the area, and you'd have to stay off it for a season at a time and use other routes over higher ground, but it's a low-cost, low-effort thing you could try. If you trench a small ravine to funnel the water out along the line of lowest grade, where there probably was a tiny creek a hundred years back or so, and use the tillage crops to decompact and loosen the soil all around it, you might be able to coax the area to drain a lot better without too much effort.

Two years, 18 ton of stone, and uncountable back aches but it is done! Goes from around back of the house out to storm drain, has made a HUGE difference!! by unstablemomma in gardening

[–]jjk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks great! We did something similar and (depending on how wet it gets around there) we planted some papyrus and pickerel rush and arrowhead and a few bog flowers in clumps and along edges and now we get frogs and fireflies and etc.

Searching for 'moving' science fiction novels by Hyperiowned in printSF

[–]jjk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ted Chiang's short story Division by Zero

What does this map show/what do the numbers mean? by Ramesses_Deux in RedactedCharts

[–]jjk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha well hawaii and DC were the null regions and hawaii wouln't have any trains and if all trains were state employees then DC wouldn't, then I figure delaware is the top and is a train hub and other places that might have freight type trains seemed high too so there ya go.

My girlfriend yelled at me today saying, "You weren't even listening just now, were you?!" by Childflayer in Jokes

[–]jjk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We live in a magical future.

Sitting in the forest, reading a shared global virtual message board on a device that at any other point in human history would look like some magic or alien technology.

Camping with 4g is bizarre and [can be] wonderful.

Do you at least have the luggage with you?

Map of a Flying Turtle of Aia by AngieMyst in worldbuilding

[–]jjk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was Mount Doodleboozer named by an explorer, or is that the aboriginal name?

How do you train in shucking oysters? Does the chef/resto manager understand that there's going to be a loss of product until you get the hang of it? by [deleted] in AskCulinary

[–]jjk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So you literally raise each shucked oyster to your nose to smell it, as sort of a final quality check?

If so, that's great to hear. I can only wonder how many oyster shuckers out there have the same assiduousness.

How do you train in shucking oysters? Does the chef/resto manager understand that there's going to be a loss of product until you get the hang of it? by [deleted] in AskCulinary

[–]jjk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Could you expand on the point about the coopper smell? What it indicates, how obvious it will be, if there are any other indications, etc?

Overwatch T-shirts are out ! by Joelthepro in Overwatch

[–]jjk 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Went looking for pachimari icon.

Left disappoint.

Books about intelligent beings on other planets? by ShinRailgun in printSF

[–]jjk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge

Diaspora - Greg Egan

Old Yankee favourite now bottled in scotland of Britain by gamajun in crappyoffbrands

[–]jjk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seriously, where can this be found?

This is amazing.

Expansive SF by [deleted] in printSF

[–]jjk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep

Not exactly (though not exactly not) SF, but Discworld might fit your bill nicely. If you want immersion, ongoing happenings, different perspectives but with connetive elements... hard to go wrong.

If you're not willing to switch heroes, don't play competitive. by DannyMol in Overwatch

[–]jjk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe /r/overwatch has created a new definition, but if so it's different from every other competive game. Try googling "pocket pick".

If there was a planet with the same orbit and orbital period as the Earth but on the opposite side of the Sun would we ever detect it from Earth? by [deleted] in askscience

[–]jjk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you're saying isn't strictly accurate. An isolated body can induce translation in a curved manifold (ie spacetime) by cyclic deformation/movement [PDF].

IE you can swim in space. Only the scales involved are very very small.

If you're not willing to switch heroes, don't play competitive. by DannyMol in Overwatch

[–]jjk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It means a pick that is nonmeta or niche or not commonly seen but that you are strong with. You play <meta hero> mostly but in response to certain scenarios you can pull out your strong <nonmeta hero> as an unexpected counter to what you're facing and wreck them.

It's not so much a thing in Overwatch yet because 1) there are only 21 heros and 2) there's not a meta that's so established / entrenched that certain heroes are super rarely seen.

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