T3CHT
@T3CHT@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What happens to flies when you let them fly out the window of a car at 75 mph? 1 week ago:
So birds can get their wings broken by sudden gusts while aloft. Without accounting for size (reynolds number) and reaction speed - a fly would suffer a similar fate.
But I’ve seen videos of insects and/or flies hit with directed blasts of air. They react very, very quickly by adjusting orientation and shape. If a fly tucks fast enough it might survive the aerodynamic forces due to its reaction speed, and be left to the fate of where it’s path goes while it slows to a flyable speed.
And size matters. What seems to us a thin and uniform body of air gas for them is thicker and rippling with waves of density and speed. The wrong placement might kill them with pure shear or high pressure, but I suspect they have the ability to surf those waves as well, and maybe even use them to steer through extreme conditions.
- Comment on it's a long distance relationship 1 month ago:
See also, ‘Purdue decay rate anomaly’ Why do researchers see correlation between nuclear particle decay and solar activity? Or don’t they?
- Comment on Many parents cab probably relate 2 months ago:
I have been to the science fair, and the county science fair, and the state science fair.
No, I didn’t touch my daughters project.
At county, there was an obvious element of parent projects, but judges interviewed kids and weeded out those who didn’t know much about the project. Some winners there still had obvious assists, but at least they could interview.
State was wild (CA). No parents in the hall during the day. Kids reported massive judging variations, little standardization and obvious tech bias. Her cognitive science category gave out all 3 awards for AI related projects.
Check in was insane. Allowed material were the board and a few feet of space on the table. People were pulling in with trailers. Massive arguments, tears.
Day of, kids were wearing fitted suits. Coordinated family outfits with ostentatious wealth on show. What a bizarre view of America.
- Comment on Many parents cab probably relate 2 months ago:
And let me guess, he’s “not a good test taker”?
- Comment on Where can I get sweet dish fish? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Menger cheese = string cheese 2 months ago:
Looks, there has gotta be a divide by zero in there somewhere, but I can’t find it.
But if I divide by less, Cheese = more/less cheese Which seems legit
- Comment on What do other languages use for "magic" words; or names and titles in fantasy and sci-fi novels or cinema? 3 months ago:
You should know the origin, and surprise - it’s Latin!
Per wikipedia: “The actual origin is unknown, but one of the first appearances of the word was in a second-century work by Roman physician Serenus Sammonicus… who in chapter 52 prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet containing Abracadabra written in the form of a triangle.[12][13]
The power of the amulet, he claimed, makes lethal diseases go away.”
- Comment on It improves the morale of the future worker. 3 months ago:
You are on a tough path and I hope you succeed. Im glad to count you as a fellow citizen here and I hope it gets better for everyone here.
- Comment on It improves the morale of the future worker. 3 months ago:
Thanks for sharing your story. I’ve heard of one child policy but never from a 2nd child’s perspective.
Your story is a disturbing parallel to modern immigrant stories in the US, as well as others, im sure.
Healthcare is just one step above having a safe place to be in terms of human need, but places/governments that cant meet childrens basic needs in modern society are worth shaming.
- Comment on Hell yea 4 months ago:
Stone cold sphagnorubin.
- Comment on Stanford Professor: The idea that Stanford University owes its graduate students a "living wage" is preposterous 8 months ago:
This is the issue with how this whole thing is framed.
Of course the university doesn’t owe grad students anything besides an education.
But, being a grad student need not involve any teaching or professor research support. That’s labor. It’s customary labor that may be exchanged for education, but it is indeed an exchange of value for labor and subject to everything that entails.
Source: got a real grad degree without any of that BS just paid tuition (partially via my employers tuition reimbursement:)
