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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing that would quickly start to happen is a lot of the smaller countries would either be forcefully taken over or be quieted down. Most countries have neighbours they do not share good relations with - and with nuclear armament - bigger of 2 could easily pose nuclear threat and have a much bigger say in their arguments. This could mean taking over contested/disputed lands or some kind of minearl deals being forcefully signed. Soon the total world country count would start to decrease purely because of this (annd would actually accelerate until a point where most countries would form coallitions with some nuclear power and sum total of power on both (or all sides in general) be roughly comparable such that no one poses a greater threat to another and not have an equal threat back at them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How exactly are people lighting Teslas on fire?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Particularly for electric cars - you have very inflamable lithium batteris, which when spiked very hard (by something sharp), so multiple layers short circuit and well short circuits leads to fire. But batteries are at the bottom of the body, with few easily exposed areas (otherwise they would be at risk of explosions all time). I do not know what people are doing exactly, but you can use a crowbar like thing to hit the beneath posterior, until you expose the battery, and then 1 or 2 hits can do it, or you can skip this and use a smaller conventional explosive.

  I would like to add this - I do not condone arson. Even if anyone wants to protest - this is not the way to do it, unless you burn your own stuff, then you are only harming environment. What i wrote is purely for educational purposes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some slow acting poisons?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  well you can try to look it up - slow acting poisons in minecraft.

  on a more serious note, as others have noted heavy metal poisoning like mercury or lead.

  I have another one - sulphur. Readiy available throughout ancient times, and non-toxic by itself (S8 form that is). But many of it’s compounds are toxic in varying degree. You can look its wiki page (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur) for some commonly available toxic salts, but I also have some ideas to incorporate in story - burning of sulfur (in incomplete form producing SO2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_dioxide). You can incorporate it very easily (someone tampered someone elses fireplace or incense sticks if we also want to hide any wierdities with flame). By itself it iis not very toxic, almost odorless, and not a strong color. It has existed even in food stored for long time due to degradation of sulfur containg organic compounds, wiki page also lists that wine this (another potential vector to supply this). When in body, it can produce H2SO3 (sulphurous acid) and by inhaling/ingesting small amounts for long time - it will gradually destroy alveoli/stomach inner lining and liver. Sulfur by itself is very cheap (you can find ores in a lot of places around the world, relatively easy to mine, also found near volcanic places), humans have used it in trying to make medicine out of it, and it has huge amount of history in alchemy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemical_symbol, thoughtco.com/tria-prima-three-primes-of-alchemy-…). In fact, since it is present in humans naturally, and msot organic matter for that matter - small amount of sulfur being present in someones’ reports will not raise a special eye, and they would just be recommended to not eat food that is traditionally know to have much sulfur (for example garlics (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyl_isothiocyanate). Garlic extract can also be used to deliver large amount of isothiocynate, but this would be a seperate method of poisoning all together - it is much more lethal, so not very slow acting, but one can keep giving a dose of this below lethal dose to keep damaging liver, and a final blow sometime.

  I hope you find this helpful, and I hope no villagers in minecraft are killed by this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Between Linux or Windows which do you think will be first to have a viable OS for quantum computers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  they are effectively GPUs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill aims to prohibit 'surveillance pricing' based on customers’ online behavior⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  on my first read, i definitely got that some guy bill is proposing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Swimming pool, blind dog⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  nets are indeed an excellent light and cheap idea

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Swimming pool, blind dog⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  maybe the kiddie-floaty like things (or the adult versions) in case the dog fells into water, then he may have something to hold onto/get on it. Also maybe some wooden slabs (plastics would be cheaper but would not look good, and they may even fly away in strong winds, but handling wooden slabs maybe harder because of weight, may be a 2 person task to take them on and off) cut to shape of your pool to cover it completely/partially. This will reduce the chances of doggy unknowingly (that is to you guys would know if it is risky for him to go outside or not) fall in the pool. This will also double up as ypour general pool cover to keep your pool water clean, and can also help you insulate your water better, in case you live in a frigid climate and heat the pool, or in some very hot climate and want to keep your water cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NZ Birbs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  kiwi

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trim around garage door replacement⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  can you share some photos, I did not get it (do not have garage, but worked with shutters of shops), My guess without anything else would be people who generally install this stuff would also do repairs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spineless people have spines⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  technically correct, the best kind of correct

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn't live there.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  even i was thinking i was aborting too early, but then again my system has too little memory, and a I feared buffered overflow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn't live there.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I too was waiting for my cold coffee to warm up a bit while typing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn't live there.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  can i just ask why all the downvotes, did i get something wrong?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn't live there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry did not get this one, is it because if there would more leaching on ocean floor, and possibly increasing depth (i dont think that would have any realistic impact) or is it in a joke-y sense saying that sponges have soaked up water and if they were not there, then sea level would be higher? If that is the one, then actually if sponges were to be removed, then the total sea level would technically decrease (not going into any biology here) purely because sponges in non expanded form will have some volume, and that is a non zero amout, going in water, they just have absorbed it - or to be more precise - swollen, so the original volume is still there, and if no sponges, that miniscule amount would be removed. And maybe if no sponges, then lots of fauna would die, and now i need a biologist (the marine kind) to confirm that for most aquatic stuff, they tend to have densities close to water itself (so they can be gravitationally neutral, and some puff up/release air from stomach to change densities slighlty so as to adjust to water density) and remove that much amount of fish would just remove there volume, and assuming same density, sea level would decrease. But maybe no fauna means huge algae bloom, and floor fauna to die, and reduced co2 capture levels by seas, and due to then possible increase in co2 levels would cause accelerated glacial melting and higher sea levels so more depth, but maybe in that case humans would not survive, and possible our emmissions gone would mean on land co2 capture would be more feasible, and maybe further decrease.

  Recursion depth reeached NaN. Halting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨slurp slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  that is what they are doing - guessing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The English word "four" has 4 letters. Are there any other numbers where the English name for them has that many letters?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  was not expecting cft

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder if my fears/concerns have helped me more than they have been a disservice to me this year?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  most fears are kinda like intuitions, where you come up with scenarios of things going downhill, they can definitely help you skip a few such scenarios