Deconceptualist
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- Comment on James Webb Space Telescope Finds Stunning Evidence for Alternate Theory of Gravity - The Debrief 4 days ago:
Haha, well if it’s any consolation, nobody fully understands it. That’s why we’re still looking at various theories of quantum gravity or even random gravity.
- Comment on James Webb Space Telescope Finds Stunning Evidence for Alternate Theory of Gravity - The Debrief 4 days ago:
Hypothesis, sure. But it needs to hold up to testing better than Lambda-CDM if we’re gonna call it the best hypothesis.
- Comment on James Webb Space Telescope Finds Stunning Evidence for Alternate Theory of Gravity - The Debrief 4 days ago:
I follow this stuff (as a non-physicist) so I understood it. It’s a pretty shallow article and mentions there there’s still evidence for the widely-accepted Lambda-CDM model. But like most coverage of MOND it declines to give good alternate explanations for specific key observations like the Bullet Cluster, gravitational lensing, and galactic outer rotational speeds.
- Comment on Bears Cave 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s called a rabbit hole because rabbits live there.
- Comment on Sea Creature Party 3 weeks ago:
[Obligatory] Your mom.
- Comment on Sea Creature Party 3 weeks ago:
What if you take off the costume? Humans aren’t entirely bilaterally symmetrical (at least not on the inside) and obviously not radially symmetrical so the paradox continues.
- Comment on Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions? 1 month ago:
Same for German.
- Comment on Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions? 1 month ago:
That’s just emphasis. You can tell because you can shift it to another word.
- What’s your name? (more pointed)
- How old are you? (as if it’s now suddenly important)
- What are you from? (maybe the person has an unusual accent)
- Where are you from? (more pointed)
- Comment on Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated 1 month ago:
Retro Games Corps got hit, even though Russ only does legal emulation and backups. News from Nerd Nest where he often guests.
- Comment on I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this. 1 month ago:
Different chili varieties definitely have their own flavors. Even blindfolded you’d probably be able to tell apart sauces made with poblanos vs banana peppers (both can have basically zero heat).
- Comment on I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this. 1 month ago:
Chilis have a natural variation in heat, which depends a lot on growing conditions. Jalapeños can range from ~2000 to 8000 scovilles. The hotter ones don’t taste different, they just have more capsaicin. That molecule itself has no flavor, it just triggers the heat receptors in your cells.
Maybe your perception of the heat has gotten entangled with the flavor so cognitively one is less satisfying without the other. But that’s specific to your perception and not how it works at the chemical level of the plant or human sensory cells.
- Comment on I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this. 1 month ago:
So buy the regular variety? They’re far easier to find.
- Comment on Dress Codes 1 month ago:
I needed this. Thanks.
- Comment on Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor? 1 month ago:
Even better, bananas foster flavor
- Comment on STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor gets Denuvo DRM removed, plus performance improvements 2 months ago:
Got a link for evidence? I’ve had an overall good impression of Liam and the GoL site; this is the first I’ve heard that’s negative.
- Comment on We Got You 2 months ago:
Dare I ask, why? I mean obviously meth addicts aren’t known for their shrewd decisions in general, but is there some sensory or cognitive change in particular that compels them to put foreign objects in their butts more than say, alcoholics would?
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
Oh, I re-read your previous comment and understand better now. It’s been a long while since I learned this stuff.
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
Umm I thought Martin Luther was like, the original protestant.
- Comment on When Harris had to pick a VP, all media kinda agreed it should be a white male, to balance the fact that she is black and a woman. So Waltz is the DEI hire. 3 months ago:
orange person
Oh damn, is oompa-loompa no longer considered acceptable?
- Comment on How does Ohio have stock for the new cannabis stores that just opened? 3 months ago:
There is at least one longtime Ohio business that’s very pro-cannabis. The CEO of Scott’s Miracle-Gro had been outspoken about it for years. Of course it’s profitable – they will gladly sell you fertilizer and accessories!
- Comment on W Earth 3 months ago:
That’s actually amazing that we have eclipse shots from Mars. Anyone know how it was taken? What instrument?
- Comment on Shiny and chrome 3 months ago:
Isn’t this just Skibdi Toilet?
- Comment on Purrs like a kitten 3 months ago:
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- Comment on Borderlands 2 improved on everything I liked from B1 4 months ago:
I remember enjoying the elemental guns (Maliwan) a lot in both BL1 and BL2. It’s a shame it took till the Pre-Sequel to add ice!
I’d argue the throw-to-reload mechanic isn’t in other games because it’s a gimmick.
The other letdowns in BL2 were A) the Hyperion “reverse kick” guns that were only accurate after you emptied most of the magazine, and B) the 3-barrel Gattling guns with magazines that were way too small to be worth spinning up. I feel like these together were 25% of my pickups and just a waste of time.
Many of the legendary guns and unique grenade effects were pretty fun in BL2 though. Those were both solid improvements.
- Comment on Borderlands 2 improved on everything I liked from B1 4 months ago:
I thought the weapons were a big step down in BL2. I swear 50% of the guns I found were gimmicks (e.g. throw it as a grenade to reload) but not actually all that effective.
Torgue weapons were especially bad. Yeah I know everyone loves Mr. Torgue and explosions are fun, but those guns are so inaccurate they can’t hit anything >2 meters away. I’d take a weapon that can reliably hit a target any day.
The devs also got rid of the Atlas and S&S brands from BL1. Those were almost always my pick unless so it was a real letdown to see them missing in BL2.
- Comment on It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play? 5 months ago:
Yep it’s Elden Ring for me too. I’ve been running my second character (pure sorcery) on and off for a while but the hype has my back in it. Oddly I’m a little tired of the gameplay and way more into the lore now. Hoping the new weapons and abilities give it a fresh feeling.
- Comment on It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play? 5 months ago:
Oh man, enjoy. In some ways it’s the best game ever. Some of the side encounters and story twists are top notch, and the game is gorgeous even on my ancient PC or Steam Deck. For some reason I stopped playing halfway through (I think I got distracted by Deep Rock Galactic over the holidays) but really need to pick it back up.
- Comment on It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play? 5 months ago:
Ugh yeah that’s tempting to reinstall once again. Last time I did the Call of Chernobyl mod which combines all three game maps and was pretty awesome. I hear Anomaly is really good too.