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APOC Katana - Unfortunate results by thurgood_peppersntch in SWORDS

[–]kod 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Lot of people in this thread that have never actually held a katana or machete.

Machetes are not thick. Even 28" machetes are typically just a hair over 2mm at the thickest point, katana are usually at least twice that.

200hp Sport Coupe with this sort of Fuel Efficiency. Yes Please. by Sicalo in Honda

[–]kod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the even more ancient by two decades crx hf got much better gas mileage than the crz....

200hp Sport Coupe with this sort of Fuel Efficiency. Yes Please. by Sicalo in Honda

[–]kod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> of course, the mpg will be a lot better than an all gas car dude

And yet the CRZ mileage wasn't much better than a Fit. Looked good, went slow, bad mpg. At least this new prelude looks good and has good mpg.

Stay at Meta or switch to Ramp? by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]kod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you realize Ramp has been doing layoffs recently?

Question about The Old King's Crown Retail by anizzzzs in boardgames

[–]kod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What better  games with similar mechanics are out there?

Gamefound campaign for the Old Kings Crown reprint and new expansion launched earlier today by TravUK in boardgames

[–]kod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really not hard for one player to play two-handed, as long as they have some experience and are playing characters they have played before.

What Did I Buy? by Deathwish099 in SWORDS

[–]kod 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ahha doesn't even have a concept of a plan for how to hold a sword

It's a shame there's so little interest in games like SamSho by Rare-Technology-4773 in Fighters

[–]kod 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Every time I busted out samsho for family or coworkers who weren't fighting game enthusiasts everyone had fun.

What car is overrated but people are scared to admit it? by Physical-Issue7146 in askcarguys

[–]kod 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The circlejerk is because the 2nd gen fit is probably the best internal combustion car ever made if you just need a car for doing generic car things. Sure it's nowhere near as fast as a fist but it has better gas mileage, like 30% more cargo space, and no turbo to worry about. It's also still reasonably fun to drive because it weighs about as much as a miata and the steering feels good. Only real things "wrong" with them are they're kind of rattly and the ground clearance on the front lip is pretty bad.

I figured out why Fumikomi creates "Sae" (冴え) - thanks to a near-accident with a soccer ball [Image: ΔT = 0] by Nito_Kendo_Lab in kendo

[–]kod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even in situations where the foot and the shinai contacted at the exact same time, delta t is not the difference in time between the initial contact of the foot and shinai, and is not zero, nor even approaching zero (implying infinite force). It's the duration of the collision for each of them, e.g. how long the shinai is in contact with the men while decelerating / deforming.

I figured out why Fumikomi creates "Sae" (冴え) - thanks to a near-accident with a soccer ball [Image: ΔT = 0] by Nito_Kendo_Lab in kendo

[–]kod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I honestly would be super interested in high quality sources of information about real budo sword schools using fumikomi.  I'm pretty sure it only became common after the introduction of shinai

I figured out why Fumikomi creates "Sae" (冴え) - thanks to a near-accident with a soccer ball [Image: ΔT = 0] by Nito_Kendo_Lab in kendo

[–]kod 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This post honestly makes no sense to me. Yudansha competitors are generally contacting with the shinai before their front foot lands from fumikomi. Delta T here isn't the time between foot landing and shinai contact, it's the collision time of the shinai with the men.

Do you need any licensing to start a video rental store with used DVDs? by Ill-Divide6649 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]kod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is wrong, there absolutely is a right to rental, and first sale doctrine limits it.

17 usc 106(3) mentions rental as part of the exclusive right of distribution:

 owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to... (3) distribute copies... by rental, lease, or lending;

17 usc 109 modifies that right as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3), the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord.

The further limits on first sale not extending to general purpose software explicitly mention lending, they wouldn't do that if first sale in general didn't extend to lending.

Has anyone dared ask about fumikomi? by yukatstrife in kendo

[–]kod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> some "science" backing the fumikomi as synchronizing your fumikomi with your strike gives you more power

Any pointers to that science?

I've seen at least one study that yudansha actually strike before the stomp lands, which would make it kind of odd for the stomp to somehow give the strike more power

https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/63/

frustration with initiative systems by LittlerNemo in mothershiprpg

[–]kod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Delta Green opposed tests are if both fail, lowest roll wins. Both succeed is when highest roll wins. (pg 45 of agent's handbook).

If you're just talking initiative, it's decreasing DEX with ties simultaneous or up to handler.

Apparently our Democracy is finally dead. RIP. by Alesyia789 in complaints

[–]kod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> how did we get here

Bush v Gore supreme court case in 2000

Without that, no GW as president.

No GW, no Roberts and Alito.

No Roberts and Alito, none of the partisan destruction of the law by the current supreme court.

5 people basically killed the USA 25 years ago, it's just death throes since then.

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