When I was a teenager, I made a trebuchet. It was so fun. It was not sophisticated at all – just made of 2x4 with a steel rod as the axle. The axle was about 1 m from the ground, to give you a sense of its size. It wasn’t large, but it could throw things quite far (about 60 m).

You’re missing the point, though. For the British, the suffering is what gives life meaning.

Is that a dugtrio?

Lawful good

Not only that, but he failed to wipe out the humans and animals. Not exactly instilling confidence…

I agree that separating automobiles from cyclists is far more important for safety. I really like protected bike lanes for that reason. The barrier occupies a little space, but I think it’s a win both for drivers and cyclists.

I’ve also seen photos of some interesting bike lanes that were elevated above the road, but also below the sidewalk level (between the two).

Thanks for explaining!

It just occurred to me that with the recent advancements in cargo-container-sized nuclear reactors, they would excellent fit to power aircraft due to their high energy densities. There were attempts at nuclear-powered aircraft in the past using older technology, but IIRC they irradiated crews and were primarily for bombers carrying nukes that would supposedly need to be in the air continuously for days at a time.

How about “Ritualistically murdered by Stephen Miller, who then drinks his blood to absorb his power.”

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Yeah but all of this is true of humans, too.

That’s the spirit

“Gay room” lmao

Doesn’t ticketmaster now allow you to re-list the tickets for sale within the Ticketmaster app? It would be smart if they did, because they would get a cut of the resale without taking the risk of the tickets not selling at high prices.

You have me curious. What kind of contradictions?

Does this include fire pits, bbq, and smokers?

The universe (or at least Earth) is a factory that produces endless suffering, and it would be better off deleted.

The article says that they contain NaCrO₂. That means that, by mass, they are 21% Na, 49% Cr, and 30% O. So I’m curious: why are they called sodium batteries, and not chromium batteries?

Haha. I used Lemmy.ml for a little while, and I noticed that it had a lot of pro-China posts and tankies, to the point that I found it likely to be state-sponsored propaganda. It’s reassuring to hear that someone else noticed the bias.

The lack of physical accountability, the inherent difficulty of text communication (avoiding ambiguity without the help of a face or body language), all this tends to make people into worse versions of themselves.

This is so true, and I hate it. I actually find Nextdoor quite refreshing because people are posting as their real selves, and nobody wants to be known as the local asshole. (Before someone makes an assumption, I’m not suggesting that we de-anonymize every social media platform. I just like having a platform that isn’t anonymous.)