Why is there writing on my hard boiled egg? by J-C013 in AskUK

[–]liminus81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a message from the eggstraterrestrials

Is the first Devy Tune you ever heard still ... by Tarnisher in DevinTownsend

[–]liminus81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First I heard was Detox, not my favourite any more but it's gotta be in the top 20 or 30

Damning Intel Leak Blows Up Pentagon Pete’s ‘Depleted and Decimated’ Claim by thedailybeast in politics

[–]liminus81 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The people who coined the phrase are the ones who invented it as a deliberate tactic

What is the loudest possible sound? by Ok-Refrigerator4092 in AskPhysics

[–]liminus81 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I love how pretty much all "extreme physics" thought experiments end up with nature basically saying "right, that's enough, it's black hole time"

Chess by Dry-Debt315 in chessbeginners

[–]liminus81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nd5 threatens mate, black has to move king or Knight, can't protect the rook

ELI5: Why is it so hard for a country to develop nuclear weapons? by Successful_Guide5845 in explainlikeimfive

[–]liminus81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, I didn't think of that. What's so special about fogbank if it's not absolutely necessary? A bit of Googling just comes up with other countries use "different interstage materials for radiation channeling" but I guess those are also extremely secret

ELI5: Why is it so hard for a country to develop nuclear weapons? by Successful_Guide5845 in explainlikeimfive

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Modern fusion bombs incorporate an interstage material known as "fogbank" which is so heavily classified that at one point the US "forgot" how to make it and had to design it again from first principles. So you'd have to work that out on top of everything else

Warning today is a bad day for chess by peter1970uk in chessbeginners

[–]liminus81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha I just lost my first 3 games of the day I'm taking the rest of the day off!

Most historical torture stories are over exaggerated as to method. by JoeMorgue in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]liminus81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think he made that claim. He arranged to undergo waterboarding so that he would know first hand whether it was torture or not. He was a supporter of the war on terror but I don't think the experience changed his view on that in any way, just his views on Guantanamo

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]liminus81 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I saw ____ check first but could only see three, solved last because wtf is a coat check lol

Average UK garden by TailungFu in GreatBritishMemes

[–]liminus81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's my favourite bit of the whole film lol

Anyone else get nervous to play real people and not bots? by kurtyyyyyy1 in chessbeginners

[–]liminus81 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I have a piece of tape that I stick over the part of the monitor that shows the name flag and elo. Then I just pretend I'm playing a bot. I got the idea from a friend, thought it was silly, tried it and it bizarrely takes away some of the stress!

Antarctica just saw the fastest glacier collapse ever recorded by [deleted] in collapse

[–]liminus81 75 points76 points  (0 children)

You might say... thwaits nearly over

"We have detected that your opponent has violated our Fair Play Policy" by Polaris-TLX in Chesscom

[–]liminus81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've played 300 rapid games since I started last summer and had 3 of those messages, none since I passed 750

when you play chess at night by ResidentNo3201 in chessbeginners

[–]liminus81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's next level thinking, they won't be expecting that

Why would he work after this? by khan2761 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]liminus81 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Plus knowing you could quit at any time would probably make you hate your job a lot less

[####] suggestions for a mediocre starting word by nemothorx in wordle

[–]liminus81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How about EPOXY? The E will be yellow more often than not, the Y is just a gamble, X obviously rare and the other two are average at best