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lowqualityfacts , 3 months ago to random

This blows my mind.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

isaackuo , 3 months ago

@lowqualityfacts Definitely a low quality fact. The first horse drawn carts (travois) predate the invention of the wheel by way more than 50 years.

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

“US forces will build a temporary port on the #Gaza shoreline in the next few weeks to allow delivery of humanitarian aid on a large scale, #Biden will announce in the #SOTU speech.

“We are not waiting on the Israelis. This is a moment for American leadership,” a senior US official said on Thursday, reflecting growing frustration of what is seen in Washington as Israeli obstruction of road deliveries on a substantial scale”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/biden-us-port-gaza-aid-delivery?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

isaackuo , 3 months ago

@GottaLaff Wait. Biden will announce the humanitarian Gaza port in the SOTU speech?

Oh. OH.

This is some hardcore political strategy. Because the Democrats have solid control of their caucuses, and the Republicans do NOT.

ALL of the Democrats will applaud this announcement. The Republicans? Not so much. There will be some visible boos.

This is going to say a lot to a lot of viewers who they want to vote for, and not just at the top of the ballot.

nyrath , 4 months ago to random

Rocket packs have drawbacks.

Jet packs carry chemical fuel but uses atmospheric oxidizer. About 10 minutes before the fuel is used up.

Rocket packs carry both fuel and oxidizer. About 30 SECONDS before the fuel is gone.

Hard to increase duration, short of nuclear energy.

Users typically fly with rocket packs at an altitude too low to use a parachute (below 30 meters) but too high to survive the fall (above 9 meters)

isaackuo , 4 months ago

@tkinias @nyrath The no-survival envelope is not necessarily a big deal. I mean, let's assume you are NOT going for a military application. So it's recreational. You can fly over water, which makes a fall pretty survivable.

robindlaws , 4 months ago to random

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isaackuo , 4 months ago

@robindlaws I feel like the people in the comments aren't aware of Project Icarus/Icarus Interstellar.

(The reason it's named Project Icarus is because it's a modernized revisit of Project Daedalus ... not that this makes it any better.)

Sigh ... look. Odysseus was named by techbros who can just barely manage to not call something unironically The Torment Nexus.

LeviKornelsen , 5 months ago to random

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isaackuo , 5 months ago

@LeviKornelsen Could be a reluctant cult leader, as in "He IS the Messiah" (Life of Brian)