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Comment Re:Really cool, application to rockets not so much (Score 1) 24

But nitroglycerine is very unstable and just looking at it funny can make it go off. That's when Nobel (of prize fame) managed to convert it to TNT, which was far more stable. Though it isn't shelf stable - left alone especially in a hot environment and the TNT starts to decompose into nitroglycerine.

I'm not an expert but I'm fairly sure dynamite, of Dynamit Nobel fame, is regular nitroglycerin that has been desensitised by mixing it with diatomaceous earth. The time to worry is when the nitroglycerine starts seeping out of the clay. AFAIK nitroglycerine and TNT are unrelated.

Comment Re:Stop china flooding the market with cheap rubbi (Score 1) 186

Yesterday morning Melania crossed the hall into Donald's room to tell him about a dream she'd had.
"My darling, last night I dreamed about a great parade in your honour. The streets were filled with smiles and cheers and laughter. Everyone was so happy, and you were at the centre of it all!"
"That sounds great Melania! But... how did my hair look?"
"I couldn't tell. It was a closed casket."

Comment Re:Soon in britain... (Score 2, Informative) 96

In the UK they've even set up a special police squad to monitor social media for anyone who might be challenging the government narrative

Bollocks. Name it.

and as we've already seen, they're prepared to let violent offenders out of prison early so as to make room for those who have said "hurty words" on the internet.

They're letting prisoners out slightly earlier, i.e. parole after 40% of the full sentence instead of 50%. "They" are doing this because the previous government's actions had left a prison system that only had room for a few hundred more prisoners in the entire fucking country.

Comment Re:Perspective-rounding. (Score 1) 80

Why the nice round number of 10,000?

From what I've read elsewhere it came from the adverts for the original pedometer.

The figure of 10,000 steps can be traced back to a 1960s marketing campaign in Japan. In the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a brand of pedometer was launched called the manpo-kei, which translates as "10,000-step meter".

Comment Re:Still better than RFK (Score 2) 41

I'd still trust the AI to make more sound decisions than RFK Jr. and it's probably a better person than him too.

Hannibal Lector would also fit both criteria. He's a great guy, apparently, maybe they should hire him. After all, despite all his little faults, no-one ever accused Dr. Lector of being bad at medicine. Or cooking.

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