MongooseMan

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by MongooseMan 4y ago
I agree mostly, although as a counter-example, about a year ago Nutella released a new "extra cocoa" variant which was much tastier, and a bit less unhealthy (lower sugar content). It was so good that I refuse to buy regular Nutel
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
It might differ between countries, but I've found that physics is one of the most valued degrees. It's a demonstration of problem-solving skills that are very desirable for a variety of jobs (e.g. software development).
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
One important caveat in the article: > Update: It looks like Amazon is converting the uploaded EPUB to KF8 (AZW3). So, it looks like they might not support EPUB natively.
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
SpinLaunch's website claims: "To date, we’ve conducted tests over 6x the speed of sound." However, that doesn't seem possible because the centrifuge is not in a decent vacuum (as Thunderf00t points out in his second vide
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
> There are many mentally deranged people who have published papers and are "scientists". That's true, but it could be interpreted as a distraction from the fact that you haven't provided any evidence to support your
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
It's not impossible, but there's no reason to believe that the company is able to build it. The founder has little demonstrable understanding of physics, and their demonstration video was misleading. If SpinLaunch's idea was
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
That's true, but he has interesting insight into more seemingly realistic concepts like SpinLaunch.
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
He is a scientist with published papers, and he seems to have a decent understanding of physics. Obviously scientists are not perfect, but you seem to imply that most of his videos are incorrect. I can't see any evidence to support tha
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
I do have a degree in physics, if that helps.
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by MongooseMan 4y ago
Sorry to put a dampener on things, but Thunderf00t has already done two debunking videos on SpinLaunch. He's rarely wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ziGI0i9VbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibS
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by MongooseMan 5y ago
Comparing the deaths side by side misses an important aspect: most malaria deaths are children, whereas Covid mostly affects older age groups.
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by MongooseMan 6y ago
People aren't offended by the change; they're irritated. I'm irritated because it was an unnecessary change based on unsound reasoning, made by people who claim to represent a minority while not belonging to the minority or u
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by MongooseMan 6y ago
Kotlin doesn't just run on the JVM - it can compile to native binaries with Kotlin Native. It compiles to WASM and JS too.
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by MongooseMan 6y ago
There's an official Vim plugin by Jetbrains for all Jetbrains IDEs (including Rider). I find it a great way to combine the strengths of Vim with the strengths of a full IDE.