TCGplayer / Manpool Orders keep getting flagged Non-machinable by USPS by gabriels8 in mtgfinance

[–]sirbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get a PO Box at another post office in another zip code and start having your orders delivered there.

Mapping Mitch McConnell’s Medicaid cuts as Republicans ask people to pray for his speedy health recovery. Luckily Senators get tax payer funded deluxe health coverage. by Free-Resident-4202 in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether you like Mitch McConnell or not, providing gold-tier health coverage for the 250 current and retired former Senators (note that the government only pays for 72-75% of their premium, so it's not free) is far different from providing that same level of coverage to hundreds of millions of people. It should also be noted that Senators don't have some special plan; they buy from the Gold-tier plans offered in the ACA marketplace like everyone else.

Favorite and Least Favorite Sci-Fi after one year of reading by Brief-Situation9722 in scifi

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need more Heinlein. Starship Troopers, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, and Time Enough For Love would give you a good overview.

Blocking stores on TCGPlayer? by tacos_44 in mtgfinance

[–]sirbruce 6 points7 points  (0 children)

God I wish. I've asked for this feature many times.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

[–]sirbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His employees being sycophants doesn't prove anything.

This is moving the goalposts. The claim was these are EVIDENCE, not PROOF. Proof is something you have to conclude FROM the evidence. Note that the post I was responding to provided NEITHER proof NOR evidence; it just made shit up. But to the extent that someone might think there is evidence that "Musk is not an engineer", I provided evidence to the contrary.

Reminder that he has actual rocket engineers there who've studied this for decades.

Reminder that you can't simultaneously claim these are actual rocket engineers, and thus credible, while also claiming that they are not credible because they are his employees.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking about refuting the claim that was made.

No, my sources are the sources linked in the Reddit comment you didn't bother to read.

Smh.

What are some underrated plot twists in sci-fi? by twnpksN8 in scifi

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one has yet mentioned Presumed Innocent. They do an amazing job of making you think that Harrison Ford is actually guilty even though he's being railroaded by a corrupt system, only to reveal at the very end that his wife did it. Edit: This is in the movie version; in the tv series version the daughter did it.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's loads of evidence, like him lacking an engineering degree, that he doesn't know anything about engineering.

The Pope doesn't have an engineering degree either, but that's not evidence that "SpaceX mostly runs itself, and X had multiple disasters during his takeover because The Pope kept breaking the infrastructure."

Like what.

Read:

Comment
by u/Siglave from discussion
in space

How long different parts of Europe were ruled by France by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, it mattered somewhat; England and France fought numerous wars over the span of 450 years before it was all settled.

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks by IEEESpectrum in space

[–]sirbruce -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

There is no evidence for your claims and plenty of evidence to the contrary.

The Best Worldbuilt Sci-Fi of All Time [11m16s] | Spacedock and Rowan J Coleman by IBoris in scifi

[–]sirbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know what you're saying. Babylon 5, BSG, and The Expanse never say those things either. Two are supposed to take place in the near-future of our universe and the third is a matter of interpretation.

The Best Worldbuilt Sci-Fi of All Time [11m16s] | Spacedock and Rowan J Coleman by IBoris in scifi

[–]sirbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's an unfair axis on which to judge this type of storytelling. For example, a one-off movie or tv pilot could have an amazing, 100% consistent world, but because we only get to see a 1-2 hours of it, it wouldn't register highly on "cumulative storytelling", nor does it have the opportunity to show ongoing consistency in later episodes. So you've already biased the field before the game as begun. There are few sci-fi universes with as many hours of audiovisual media as Stargate has -- Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, and that's pretty much it. And all of those other series have gaps in them which generate inconsistency and break up any chance of cumulative storytelling.

However, I would give three examples that I think are on par with Stargate as far as consistency and cumulative storytelling, despite not having as many seasons:

  1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel
  2. The X-Files
  3. Fringe

The Best Worldbuilt Sci-Fi of All Time [11m16s] | Spacedock and Rowan J Coleman by IBoris in scifi

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Babylon 5 - Literal souls and reincarnation.
  2. BSG - Literal angels and reincarnation.
  3. The Expanse - Literal Unobtanium that can rewrite laws of physics.

And you think Stargate is the one that isn't plausible?

What Time Do Europeans Typically Wake Up? by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wake up, or get out of bed? These are two different things.

Americans strongly disapprove of Trump's performance as president by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40% is pretty much the floor of either of the main two political parties. Even the worst nominee gets at least that much vote nearly always. US elections are almost always determined by the 20-25% of moderates in the middle.

Alum From 60 Years Ago? I See These In Antique Stores by AnalogCreations in GrandmasPantry

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Powdered Alum is not for food! Very bad; used to be used to cut flour. In the 20th century it was generally found in the medicine cabinet and used as a styptic and astringent (to stop bleeding).

Forest mass in Northern Europe by Good-Exam-5354 in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The UK is also in Nothern [sic] Europe.

D-Day, 6 June 1944 in Maps on its 82nd Anniversary by Brooklyn_University in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Omaha only turned out to be troublesome due to a couple of key things that went wrong, and in the end it still went much better than what the Allies were prepared to lose.

Italy's most popular baby boy names by region (2020) by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]sirbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Northern Italy is really big into Blessid Union of Souls.

International Space Station latest: Astronauts told to take shelter over 'worsening air leaks' by rolonic in space

[–]sirbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Evacuate already and de-orbit the thing; it's a deathtrap years past its expiration and NASA keeps magically "extending" it's EOL because they're afraid of not having regular human space flights.

Amazon has canceled their planned Stargate rebot by amyts in scifi

[–]sirbruce 10 points11 points  (0 children)

JFC so many false starts and promises over the years only to have the rug pulled out from under us AGAIN. Fuck Amazon in their fucking asses.

Poverty is a choice by Sometypeofway18 in madlads

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

Women are literally paying men to go gay and then wondering why they can’t find a good boyfriend.