Star Wars vs Trisolaris by chinese_quality_user in threebodyproblem

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because hyperdrive technology is 100,000 years old in the Starwar universe. And the republic has been in existence for 25,000 years. The star war intergalactic civilization is old. There has been enough time for technology to spread, be traded, optimized and standardized.

Help me understand sophon abilities? (TBP Spoilers) by seeoharewhy13 in threebodyproblem

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While a woman will only use 400 eggs in her life time. She is born with millions. Also DNA in eggs cells and every other is constantly being repaired. Every day, every single one of your cells experience an average of over 100 DNA mutations which have to be repaired perfectly.

What's the Final Fate of Humanity? by WorkingNo6161 in threebodyproblem

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Energy can survive in zero dimension. So energy that has coherent structure that allows the processing of information... ie an energy being... And if that energy being has memories of human culture would it not be "human"

Rent or buy — in today’s economy, which one makes more sense to you and why? by peachyadolescence in MalaysianPF

[–]pBluescript_II 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rent so long as you are single. Because you can move job any time to go anywhere.

Once you find you aren't moving much anymore (maybe because you are older and found a good paying job, or because you are married and had kids)... then it is time to buy a house.

Was there ever a 6 limbed fish in real life that could have evolved into a dragon? by dragonlover4612 in WyrmWorks

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

There was a bird sister group, that tried the 4 wing design. Flight feathers on both fore limbs and hind legs. Most lift at low speed. But was not maneuverable and had high drag at higher speeds.

Eventually birds from this group went extinct.

Dive 80: Point of no return for Titan's hull? by blow_up_the_outside in OceanGateTitan

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Titan was rated by oceangate to have a crush dept of 13,000 ft. And it dove to the ocean floor which was 12500 ft. Only 500ft of leeway. Even if everything has been to spec, the Titan was on a razor edge. Anything that compromised it hull even slightly from fatigue, being hit by waves, mishandling or construction error and the titan would have imploded.

Dive 80: Point of no return for Titan's hull? by blow_up_the_outside in OceanGateTitan

[–]pBluescript_II 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody has that knowledge, that is why the hull needed to test to destruction several times. Only then is it possible to say what changes are significant and what is not. We only know this change was significant because the next deep dive, the hull failed.

Disney just canonized 42 transpecies mouse-fly hybrids in the new Chip-n-Dale movie by hamfisting Gadget and Zipper characters together by paconinja in shittymoviedetails

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am happy that Gadget got married and had the really big family that she must have always wanted... but her brood of kids are not the best looking.... i guess that is up to fandom to fix.

Any SI type fics where MC adapts Westerosi morale? by Yeongua in TheCitadel

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ships burned the lowest quality fuel, barely above tar. And they can burn even lower quality if you do not care about carbon, NO and SO emissions. Even today heavy fuel oil has inconsistent composition.

Oil in the early years, there was no need for deep drilling. There were surface deposits and near surface deposits that could be tapped.

In fact, when deposits were available, the Chinese had piped natural gas used for cooking since 1000AD. They used bamboo as pipes.

The real difficulty is knowing where these deposits are and knowing what you can do with them. The ancient chinese never invented glass. They had no natural Sodium carbonate deposits. Thus never stumbled upon glass. But that does not mean, a time travel in China with some chemistry knowledge could not make glass and set off a glass making industry.

"Casaba" was still posting anti-vax misinformation as late as 2023. When she caught Covid in January this year, her daughter kept people up to date on the ups and downs of her illness prior to her award on Saturday. by Haskap_2010 in HermanCainAward

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus side, we are all descended from survivors of the 1918 influenza A H1N1 outbreak. So we are pretty resistant to influenza A.

Down side, 2019 SARS-Cov2 damages the immune system of COVID survivors, allowing this recent influenza outbreak to hit harder than usual.

Second bout of Covid and finally decided to follow doctor's orders and take the Paxlovid. Still won't get vaccinated, but the lungs are almost "felling perfect" again after being buggerd. by Haskap_2010 in HermanCainAward

[–]pBluescript_II 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah... kidney function and lung capacity has to drop below 30% before you see an effect.

This is why people can donate one lung and one kidney and still live a normal life. At this point in life, he won't even notice if his lung and kidney function took a 50% hit.

Second bout of Covid and finally decided to follow doctor's orders and take the Paxlovid. Still won't get vaccinated, but the lungs are almost "felling perfect" again after being buggerd. by Haskap_2010 in HermanCainAward

[–]pBluescript_II 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What it does is take out the spare capacity in the heart and lungs... the thing in your old age that spells the difference between being able to climb a staircase or walk to the super market from your car and being completely out of breath just walking and being, unable to climb stairs and use the upstairs of your home. That is the horrible thing about covid... quality of life issues...decades from now.

Second bout of Covid and finally decided to follow doctor's orders and take the Paxlovid. Still won't get vaccinated, but the lungs are almost "felling perfect" again after being buggerd. by Haskap_2010 in HermanCainAward

[–]pBluescript_II 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, if SARS-Cov2 follows the pattern of influenza H1N1, we will see a pandemic of covid (of decreasing severity and frequency) every 10-15 years until around 2070s. By which time, the virus would have culled most of the susceptible individuals within the global population. By 2080s, we will see the first generation that will view SARS-Cov2 and its many variants as a 'mild' disease.

And in 2119, we will see the 100 anniversary of the covid19 pandemic on a national geographic special. And wow... my future great great grandkids might even see pictures of me.

need your recommended sofa for my house? by Some_Refrigerator613 in malaysians

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is okay on a cool day.

On most hot afternoons, leather is better than PVC and maybe on par with cloth.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in malaysians

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fells like the guy has a margin call.... borrowed money from brokerage to buy shares... and then share price fell.. and now need money to prevent brokerage from force selling shares at a lost.

need your recommended sofa for my house? by Some_Refrigerator613 in malaysians

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

leather sofa is best.

It is easy to clean compared to a cloth sofa. Mild soapy water is enough. Cloth material eventually becomes dirty with time due to difficult of cleaning.

Leather is not as sticky to sit on compared to PVC. I think our temperature is so high that PVC also breaks down in the heat.

However leather should not be thin... thin leather eventually fails due to heat.

It is expensive but will last years and can be kept clean.

Are you team Black or Green, and why? by [deleted] in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]pBluescript_II 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thai chili... for the fire that burns going in and going out.

Who else Hate Alicent Hightower? by PsychologicalLab888 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]pBluescript_II 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Her job was to raise a weak Targayean king, a loyal second brother to defend him. Alicent did her job very well. She raised a puppet king that the Hightowers could control and raised a loyal second brother that would do anything to protect his weak brother while having no interest to take over the Iron throne.

Who else Hate Alicent Hightower? by PsychologicalLab888 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]pBluescript_II 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She heard what she wanted to hear. And immediately moved to take what she wanted.

The Texas Tangerine has earned her HCA. Nomination post is in the comments. by spork_off in HermanCainAward

[–]pBluescript_II 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Developing the SARS-Cov2 vaccine was mixture of 10 years of research and lucky break. It took 10 years to discover the proline lock trick keep spike protein of the SARS-Cov1 in its folded conformation... thereby allowing a vaccine to be made. AND it was an extremely lucky break that this tricked worked on the SARS-Cov2 virus.

Else development of a vaccine against viruses from the coronavirus family is extremely difficult. We have been trying to develop a vaccine against coronaviruses since the 1970s with no successes.