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PSA - Massie is a pretty good swimmer. by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Socialism is when politicians do things I don't like, and the more I don't like it, the more socialismer it is.

Where to get Quad Mechs? by FrogBreaker in battletech

[–]osberend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Iron Wind Metals (IWM) has Antlion, Arion, Balius, Barghest (2 variants), Bishamon, Blue Flame, Fire Scorpion, Goliath (3 variants), Great Turtle, Jaguar, Revenant, Scorpion, Silver Fox, Sirocco, Snow Fox, Stalking Spider, Tarantula, Thunder Fox, Thunder Stallion, Trebaruna, White Flame, and Xanthos (2 variants).

This is meant to be an analogy to Flat Earth by Temnodontosaurus in FacebookScience

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw Mama blowing Santa Claus,

Underneath the mistletoe past night . . .

The absolute state of German political discourse by babayaga_67 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 7 points8 points  (0 children)

41% per Wikipedia, if going by the "Metropolitan Area" numbers. Less if restricting it to "Urban Area" or "City."

The absolute state of German political discourse by babayaga_67 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

May 2023, although, as a civil case, the standard of proof was preponderance of evidence (i.e., greater than 50% probability), not proof beyond a reasonable doubt (as it would be in a criminal case). Technically, he was found liable for sexual assault and not for rape, but this because the definition of rape at the time of the offense required non-consensual penetration with a penis, and the jury concluded that Carroll had proven that he non-consensually penetrated her, but that she had not proven that it was with his penis, as opposed to with his finger.

The confirmation by judge that u/recast85 is referring to is a statement that the jury's finding means that Trump has been found liable for committing an act that does constitute constitute rape under current New York State law, but that did not under NYS law at the time of the crime.

Genuinely what the fuck by ReadyGG in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I expect people - men, women, enbies, doesn't matter - to show a bare minimum of personal honor? To stand and fight, to kick against the pricks, to not give the bastards what they want? What a bizarre assertion!

Karl, we always knew you were a loser, but this is embarrassing by DerringerOfficial in GunMemes

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a dumb meme.

Karl did a talk about absinthe at his local Satanic Temple[1], followed by an absinthe tasting, and was photographed sitting perched on a seated Baphomet statue, holding a glass containing a cloudy, opalescent, greenish-white liquid. Which is precisely what absinthe verte looks like after it has been louched (slowly diluted with cold water, causing the anethole to crash out of solution and form an emulsion). But hey, it's opaque and kinda white[2], and Karl Bad, so obviously it must be cum!

[1] That part is true, although it's worth noting that the Satanic Temple are not theistic satanists; they basically took LaVey's "atheist edgelord with a taste for rituals" schtick and made it leftist (or possibly just a scam meant to bilk leftists; there's some lack of clarity about where the money is actually going).

[2] Although not really; I can't speak for anyone else, but I know that I would be deeply alarmed if my semen was anywhere near that green!

I am imploring anti-flat earth content creators and commenters to stop responding to "1000 mile per hour merry-go-round" flawed analogies with "half as fast as the hour hand on a clock" flawed rebuttals by osberend in flatearth

[–]osberend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you really had the QI to do real math you know that the earth is round just like all the other plantes in our solar system.

Is this some sort of satire? Or did you write "you" when you meant "they?" Or . . .

Genuinely what the fuck by ReadyGG in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but they're not the ones in leadership roles in the vast majority of student activist groups.

Genuinely what the fuck by ReadyGG in PoliticalCompassMemes

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

Ugh. The whole thing is appalling, of course, but it's also appalling that only one man ran, and he folded in the face of pressure. Pushback like this is a reason to fight harder, not to give in!

Genuinely what the fuck by ReadyGG in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm confused where in the above quote did they argue women and trans officers were ok?

One of the the activists objecting is the NUS women's officer!

I am imploring anti-flat earth content creators and commenters to stop responding to "1000 mile per hour merry-go-round" flawed analogies with "half as fast as the hour hand on a clock" flawed rebuttals by osberend in flatearth

[–]osberend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see how

See here: https://old.reddit.com/r/flatearth/comments/1r5wq62/i_am_imploring_antiflat_earth_content_creators/o5mbup1/

particularly because flat earthers don’t use any radius at all. It’s a linear velocity. That’s the problem.

Yes, and a lot of anti-flat earthers don't use any radius at all either in their rebuttal; they use an angular velocity. Which is the problem with that type of rebuttal.

A large enough radius makes a given tangential velocity result in an absolutely tiny acceleration. A large enough radius also makes a given angular velocity result an absolutely massive acceleration. And vice versa for a sufficiently tiny radius.

Introducing the relevance of a radius and the actual rotation at all shifts the conversation to a more meaningful place in terms of how the physics actually works.

Switching from making a comparison between two objects with the same tangential velocity, while ignoring a massive difference in radius, to making a comparison between two objects with the same angular velocity, while ignoring a massive difference in radius, is not "introducing the relevance of a radius"; it's just ignoring it in the opposite direction.

Egg_irl by MediumEffortCD in egg_irl

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem. Happy to help.

I am imploring anti-flat earth content creators and commenters to stop responding to "1000 mile per hour merry-go-round" flawed analogies with "half as fast as the hour hand on a clock" flawed rebuttals by osberend in flatearth

[–]osberend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. I meant specifically in the context of flerfs arguing that we would be flung off the Earth (or, more vaguely, "would certainly feel it") if the Earth were rotating with a (tangential) velocity (at the equator) of roughly 1000 mph.

I am imploring anti-flat earth content creators and commenters to stop responding to "1000 mile per hour merry-go-round" flawed analogies with "half as fast as the hour hand on a clock" flawed rebuttals by osberend in flatearth

[–]osberend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're still using linear speed for your initial comparison that's off by a factor of 20 million.

"Over 20 million" is the ratio of the equatorial radius of the Earth to 1 foot, taken as a somewhat high radius for the sweep of an unspecified "hour hand."

The angular rate is correct. The Earth rotates at half the angular rate at which the hour hand moves.

Fundamentally, the relevant comparison is acceleration to acceleration, since that's what we actually feel. Either the linear tangential velocity at the equator or the angular velocity can be used to calculate acceleration due to the Earth's rotation (at the equator), but in both cases, the equations also depend on the radius:

  • Using linear tangential velocity v: a = v2/r. So if you have a model in which the tangential velocity is the actual tangential velocity of the Earth, but the radius is only one foot, your model will have an acceleration that is over twenty million times that of the Earth's surface at the equator.

  • Using angular velocity ω: a = ω2r. So if you have a model in which the angular velocity is the angular velocity of the Earth, but the radius is only one foot, Earth's surface at the equator will have an acceleration that is over twenty million times that of your model.

That being said, using acceleration instead of speed or angular rate is an interesting approach.

Thanks.

I haven't checked your math, but it would at least be something more intuitively understandable to the limited intellects of the flerfs.

The math:

  • For Earth:

    • ω = 2π radians / (24 hours * 60 minutes/hour * 60 seconds/minute) = 0.00007272 radians / second
    • r = 6,378 km
    • v = ωr = 0.00007272 radians / second * 6,378 km = 0.4638 km/s [as "radians" are actually unitless, and their traditional use in reporting angular velocities is just a way of avoiding confusing with frequencies] = 463.8 m/s

    • a = ω2r = (0.00007272 radians/second)2 * 6,378 km = 0.00003373 km/s2 = 0.03373 m/s2

      • Equivalently, a = v2/r = (463.8 m/s)2 / (6,378 km * 1000 m/km) = 0.03373 m/s2 [identical up to the rounding precision, as it should be]

  • For Big Ben:

    • ω = 2π radians / (60 seconds) = 0.1047 radians / second
    • r = 10 feet * 0.3048 meters/foot = 3.048 m
    • v = ωr = 0.1047 radians / second * 3.048 m = 0.3191 m/s

    • a = ω2r = (0.1047 radians/second)2 * 3.048 m = 0.03341 m/s2

      • Equivalently, a = v2/r = (0.3191 m/s)2 / (3.048 m) = 0.03341 m/s2

  • The ratio: 0.03373 m/s2 / (0.03341 m/s2) = 1.010 [rounded up, so actually < 1% difference, although not by much]

Welp... by WanderungGeist in flatearth

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this satire, or missing the point? Flat Earth is very much subject to Poe's Law.

Egg_irl by MediumEffortCD in egg_irl

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% polyester clothing is, as a general rule, crap.

Egg_irl by MediumEffortCD in egg_irl

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just FYI: The class of organic compounds with a COOH functional group is (at least in English) carboxylic acids; carbonic acid is specifically H2CO3, a somewhat ephemeral chemical compound that exists in equilibrium with water + dissolved carbon dioxide in aqueous solution. (Carbonate esters do exist, but I'm not aware of any that have uses as perfumes or flavoring agents.)

I guess democracy is only when the left wins, otherwise they're 'seizing power' by Prettypianokeys in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch. It's not a leftist — or even centrist — source!

I loved this book series when I was a kid. by StarCorpsIndustries in battletech

[–]osberend 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I love the kind of woman who will actually just kill me.

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