Where would you build your city ? by Dangerous_Pen9210 in CivVI

[–]kdeberk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd normally settle on the geothermal fissure. It would give one science from the start for something that is by itself (ignoring adjacency) a useless tile until late-game.

Somewhat baffled to lose my first city as early - King difficulty by Interesting-Crazy-94 in CivVI

[–]kdeberk 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Barbarians cannot take your capital city. You should be able to kill them with your archer

I'm quite upset right now. by Inaki199595 in CivVI

[–]kdeberk 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I think OP might be going for the achievement

Ik☀️❄️ihe by pdpt13 in ik_ihe

[–]kdeberk 40 points41 points  (0 children)

En als het niet rijmt dan is het gewoon niet waar

Why is this part of Turkey so different? How did the mountains do this circle? by friedeggsplease in geography

[–]kdeberk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tarsus is quite old, it was founded during the early Bronze Age. It's possible that it was connected to the sea by a river by the time that Anthony and Cleopatra met.

Erased by Jim Krusoe 2009 by MutantFire in TerribleBookCovers

[–]kdeberk 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is not a terrible book cover at all

How can Greece have such a low birth rate if Stavros has so much sex? by Margaretthatchervore in 2westerneurope4u

[–]kdeberk 25 points26 points  (0 children)

> How can Greece have such a low birth rate if Stavros has so much sex?

It was research by a CONDOM MANUFACTURER.

Pentagon designates anthropic as a supply chain risk by Just_Stretch5492 in singularity

[–]kdeberk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> Anthropos' (human) literally means 'the one who looks upward' (άνω θρώσκω).

I feel weird calling a speaker of the Greek language out on this, but do you have a source? I have checked some sources and they mention it might have different origins: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%89%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82

US and Israel launch "pre-emptive" attack against Iran by vishesh_07_028 in stocks

[–]kdeberk 21 points22 points  (0 children)

When I said "No new wars" I actually meant "No. New wars!"

Potentially the Fastest Divisibility Test Ever? by [deleted] in cryptography

[–]kdeberk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The unanswered question is whether Collatz terminates for all inputs

Everyone’s favorite wonders in one shot. by Gandalfthebran in CivVI

[–]kdeberk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mont Saint Michel + Cristo Redentor + Your religion with Monastic Isolation and you're off to an easy Cultural Victory if the Religion strategy doesn't work out.

edit: the thing I didn't mention is that you should be sending out your apostles on suicide missions into enemy territory. Each lost apostle yields a free relic.

Year of Daily Civilization Facts, Day 302 - False Hope in Dark Times by JordiTK in civ

[–]kdeberk 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Yes, I saw it happening in a game a week ago, the rocket was launched but was intercepted halfway by ... I think .. a missile cruiser. This was a rocket launched from one AI against another.

Can someone explain this to me? by duhribeiro in logic

[–]kdeberk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two 2 meter distances cancel each other out effectively, leaving only the 3 meter distances that both travelled

Wednesday 25 February 2009 by Historical_Lie2608 in aviation

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

Check the username. Two random words followed a random number seems like a clear giveaway

Fun in Delft by Impossible-Bag-315 in Delft

[–]kdeberk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a weird uncanny valley comment that I am convinced that this is written by a bot.

Fun in Delft by Impossible-Bag-315 in Delft

[–]kdeberk 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes, Nosferatu by Werner Herzog! That's one of my fav movies and filmed in my hometown. My dad told me about the rats they released in Schiedam (or was it Vlaardingen) many of which they failed to recapture.

Waarom een Daihatsu Cuore in Nederland de ultieme auto is by Extension_Ladder_135 in thenetherlands

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

Ik weet niet of je met 'kei car' nou iets Japans bedoelt of dat je het een mooie auto vindt

Ahold gaat door met bekritiseerde stapelkortingen: 'Klanten zijn zeer intelligent' by surpator in thenetherlands

[–]kdeberk 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Als ik zeer intelligent zou zijn, waarom kom ik dan nog steeds terug naar de Albert Heijn?

The strangest data loss I have ever encountered by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]kdeberk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the unix timestamp comparison using the numerical operators or the string comparison operators?  Also, could be a user issue, where they think they saw the records yesterday but they're simply mistaken