Error 334: Brain not found 13 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
Aww, my .
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- Somebody call the Outlast devs 15 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure Welcome to the Game had it as well. Was so funny watching let's players playing that who didn't know and babble away while the lights are off.
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This 'security' gate is just a ladder 7 comments
Witcher vs Dragonborn 7 comments
Witcher vs Dragonborn 7 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
One crown in W3 (by my 30 second calculation) is ~US$2. One septim is ~US$55 based on a few people's calculations (and my 30 second googeling).
Geralt gets paid around 250 crowns per hunt, or roughly $500, and the king pays him 3000 ($6000).
An early game quest in Skyrim will net your around 100 septims ($5500), and a late game one can easily be a few thousand.
This puts the dragonborn at minimum over 10 times more wealthy than our favorite witcher.
I got the value of crowns based on the value of copper in game. Probably very unreliable as the W3 plays currency incredibly loose, but even if you assume there's a deviation of 500%, my point still stands.
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Geralt gets paid around 250 crowns per hunt, or roughly $500, and the king pays him 3000 ($6000).
An early game quest in Skyrim will net your around 100 septims ($5500), and a late game one can easily be a few thousand.
This puts the dragonborn at minimum over 10 times more wealthy than our favorite witcher.
I got the value of crowns based on the value of copper in game. Probably very unreliable as the W3 plays currency incredibly loose, but even if you assume there's a deviation of 500%, my point still stands.
Chordae tendineae 7 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
In highschool science doing dissection a friend and I figured out we could play a very quiet guitar tune on a sheep's (i think) heartstrings. Sometimes they can be remarkably tough, others just fell apart.
Free AC:Unity in light of Notre Dame fire 4 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
How many cheques do you think this guy's cashing? /s
In all seriousness, it is awesome of them to do this.
In all seriousness, it is awesome of them to do this.
I freaking love science 14 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
Sources:
https://www.quora.com/Rockets-What-is-cost-of-sending-1-kg-weight-into-space
https://spacenews.com/32591orbital-sciences-replaces-spacex-on-stratolaunch-project/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw84qJIGZeo (this one's good)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_II_(rocket)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
Various twitter posts from Nasa and Space X/Elon Musk.
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https://www.quora.com/Rockets-What-is-cost-of-sending-1-kg-weight-into-space
https://spacenews.com/32591orbital-sciences-replaces-spacex-on-stratolaunch-project/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw84qJIGZeo (this one's good)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_II_(rocket)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
Various twitter posts from Nasa and Space X/Elon Musk.
I freaking love science 14 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
...roughly $124,153 per kg. For comparison, the Falcon 9 can lift 13,150 kg for $61 Million in a single launch at $4,640 per kilo, and the Falcon Heavy is only $1,700 per kg!
Although they are producing 3 other launch vehicles for the plane to carry (as far as I know, so far only called the "Medium Launch Vehicle, "Medium Launch Vehicle - Heavy", and "Space Plane"), these aren't predicted to be ready for another 3-5 years.
Unfortunately, despite being brand new, this system is becoming quite outdated and the design dates back to the days before Space X and Blue Origin were getting proficient at reusing rockets to reduce launch costs, and it simply cannot compete with modern launch systems.
To top it off, both NASA and Space X who originally supported and were preparing to partner with stratolaunch have backed away from aerial launch systems saying that it simply isn't viable anymore.
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Although they are producing 3 other launch vehicles for the plane to carry (as far as I know, so far only called the "Medium Launch Vehicle, "Medium Launch Vehicle - Heavy", and "Space Plane"), these aren't predicted to be ready for another 3-5 years.
Unfortunately, despite being brand new, this system is becoming quite outdated and the design dates back to the days before Space X and Blue Origin were getting proficient at reusing rockets to reduce launch costs, and it simply cannot compete with modern launch systems.
To top it off, both NASA and Space X who originally supported and were preparing to partner with stratolaunch have backed away from aerial launch systems saying that it simply isn't viable anymore.
I freaking love science 14 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
The aircraft is called the Stratolaunch "Roc" and is designed to carry specially built rockets up to high altitudes for them to deploy and reach orbit easier. It first flew last week (April 13th, 2019) and it is the largest by wingspan aircraft ever built at 110m (360ft).
Stratolaunch hopes to reduce the cost of launching small payloads to orbit, following in the footsteps (and actively working with) the Pegasus launch system which deploys rockets from other aircraft such as the US B-52 Stratofortress (I could just say "bomber" but that is just such an awesome word).
The Roc is fully capable of flying but unfortunately there's a small problem: there's barely anything that is compatible with it currently, and even less that is economic. It can launch up to three Pegasus rockets at once, but currently there's only about one launch per YEAR. In addition to that, NASA predicts the next Pegasus launch will cost around $55 million USD to get only a few hundred (~450) kilograms into orbit..
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Stratolaunch hopes to reduce the cost of launching small payloads to orbit, following in the footsteps (and actively working with) the Pegasus launch system which deploys rockets from other aircraft such as the US B-52 Stratofortress (I could just say "bomber" but that is just such an awesome word).
The Roc is fully capable of flying but unfortunately there's a small problem: there's barely anything that is compatible with it currently, and even less that is economic. It can launch up to three Pegasus rockets at once, but currently there's only about one launch per YEAR. In addition to that, NASA predicts the next Pegasus launch will cost around $55 million USD to get only a few hundred (~450) kilograms into orbit..
That dream didn't quite cut it... 6 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
These
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rmS8_CJNEo
might
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGas3e7p_9A
help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rmS8_CJNEo
might
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGas3e7p_9A
help.
Not mine, but I’d love to see it trending 7 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
Notice it says Catholic "Church." The point of this is likely not to point the finger at catholithism as a whole, but the high ranking members of the catholic church who - while only a small portion of them may have done wrong - covered up and defended the members who did. Actions such as knowing lying about other members' illegal actions, using religious exemptions to avoid punishment, assisting members in escaping countries where they may be in trouble, or even giving them "promotions" to give them more religious rights, or as an excuse to commit the previous actions.
In short, it's more to do with the actions of the organised religion, not the followers or beliefs of that religion.
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In short, it's more to do with the actions of the organised religion, not the followers or beliefs of that religion.
Absent perfect Yak 7 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
Also, apparently, the "Hottest" category is sorted by the last videos people watch before leaving the site. TIL.
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Absent perfect Yak 7 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
So I decided to look that up and as far as I can tell they don't generate tags or anything from titles (tags are user defined, but they have an AI working on that) but when you search for a term it will determine the results based on similarity to search and the currently "hottest" videos.
So basically, yes, putting more tags in a title would help it be seen. Although the help section for video metedata does state under "How to Write a Good Title:" "Don't make the title too long, as users will lose interest."
So basically, yes, putting more tags in a title would help it be seen. Although the help section for video metedata does state under "How to Write a Good Title:" "Don't make the title too long, as users will lose interest."
Thicc Plot 2 comments
Such a bargain 9 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
Even better is it basically ends in him saying "And the genie was set free and lived happily ever after, so this is basically just an ordinary lamp now."
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RIP In Peace, old friend 7 comments
aphelion
· 5 years ago
I may have accidentally done something like this a few years ago.
I started playing Warframe during a holiday period and met this person in game who I spent the next few weeks playing with, up to 8 hours almost every day. The one day my internet got cut off by a construction mishap and since I didn't have any contact with them outside of the game I couldn't tell them anything. Then a few days before i got internet back I started back at school and didn't have a chance to get in game for a while. The just when that started to die down I had a hard drive issue and had to wipe it and to this day haven't reinstalled Warframe out of a combination of guilt and fear I'll get into it too much again.
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I started playing Warframe during a holiday period and met this person in game who I spent the next few weeks playing with, up to 8 hours almost every day. The one day my internet got cut off by a construction mishap and since I didn't have any contact with them outside of the game I couldn't tell them anything. Then a few days before i got internet back I started back at school and didn't have a chance to get in game for a while. The just when that started to die down I had a hard drive issue and had to wipe it and to this day haven't reinstalled Warframe out of a combination of guilt and fear I'll get into it too much again.
This is terrifying 3 comments
