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xylogx

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  • Details on the shoe of the archer at terracotta army (OC)

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  • Wow it has treads!

  • Why do "assassins" or whatever always have a Copy of Catcher in The Rye on them or with them? I read the book and nothing about taking out people, well prolly catholics but that is it?

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  • Specifically the brainwashed assassins were programmed with an urge to buy copies of the book. The CIA tracked purchases and used it to keep tabs on the assassins movements.

    It is kind of ludicrous, but not a bad movie.

  • A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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  • Rough surfaces can be more aerodynamic than smooth ones

    “For more than 80 years, the principle of “the surface of an object must be smooth” has been the basic premise of aeronautical engineering throughout the world in order to suppress the transition to turbulence and reduce aerodynamic drag. This premise was based on the results of a 1940 study by Ichiro Tani, a Japanese aerodynamicist who quantitatively demonstrated the relationship between “surface roughness” (an indicator of the state of the machined surface) and turbulent transition, arguing that surface roughness, which was unavoidable with the manufacturing technology of the time, prevented laminar flow from being realized.

    However, in 1989 Tani reinterpreted the experimental data on rough-surface pipes obtained by fluid engineer Johann Nikulase in the 1930s, bringing a new perspective that “roughness may not necessarily only promote turbulent transition and increase fluid resistance.” Inheriting this idea, a research group led by Yasuaki Kohama of Tohoku University experimentally demonstrated in the 1990s that fibrous rough surfaces, which have fine fibrous irregularities on their surface, have the effect of delaying transition under certain conditions.”

  • Can someone explain to me like I am five. How the whole time travel thing worked in Avengers: Endgame they reference alot of movie that are not accurate. How is EG accurate then?

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  • Multiverse, not to be confused with Multipass, which is something completely different.

  • Trying to buy a vehicle in the USA right now feels a lot like a black market experience.

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  • Caveat emptor

  • What is your favorite media villain?

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  • It cannot be Thanos because he did nothing wrong.

  • What is your favorite media villain?

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  • I feel like everyone is a villain in that series.

  • Damn, you folks see Harrison Ford's commencement speech?

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  • Wow Han Solo really Indiana Jonesed that speech!

  • What is your policy on letting a child use the internet?

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  • The kids devices have their wifi shut off at 11 pm each week day night. From time to time I will have them show me their screen time history and their Youtube watch history.

  • Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.

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  • Bullshit:

    Meta reported for its most recent quarter (Q1 2026, ended March 31, 2026):

    • Revenue: $56.3 billion
    • Net income (profit): $26.8 billion

    That was up from:

    • $42.3 billion revenue a year earlier
    • $16.6 billion net income a year earlier

  • Your Passwords Are Probably Screwed

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  • You're half right. The way companies expect people to use passwords is unsustainable. People can remember a password. No one can remember a unique, hard-to-guess password for every login they have. So they re-use passwords. Password re-use is so common and unavoidable that losing a single password is disastrous. It should not be. This is one of the promises of FIDO and passkey, not relying on a password that can be stolen, guessed and re-used.

  • 5.9/10

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  • IMDB reflects popular opinion. Everyone has unpopular opinions, heck I liked the Emoji movie. Also, for some niche movies the ratings are wildly skewed since only die hard fans are voting on them. And for some movies where there are strongly held opinions, many people will pile-on and vote on them without even having seen the movie.

    All that said, IMDB is a useful tool for getting read on popular opinion on movies. Also, IMDB is standing behind me with a gun to my head. Send help, please.

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    Nice view across the Potomac

  • What do you find fascinating?

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  • Did you know in experiments on Chimpanzees it has been shown that they likely have equivalent memory and cognitive abilities to humans?

    So what is the secret to our success? Social learning.

    Hands down the most fascinating thing I have learned are the theories of Joseph Henrich, an anthropologist and the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology of Harvard University, in his book book “The Secret of Our Success”

    https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691178431/the-secret-of-our-success

    https://youtu.be/jaoQh6BoH3c

  • ‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more

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  • Carl Sagan’s warning seems relevant:

    “I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...”

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Boomers can't understand why gen-z can't put their phones down and watch the TV like a normal person.

  • What are some good nutrition/medical channels on youtube and instagram that you would recommend to a family member?

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  • Viva Longevity

    https://m.youtube.com/@Viva-Longevity

    “Our channel is not commercial—no product promotions, no Patreon page, we turn off all optional ads.”

    Dude is a scientist who is doing this channel as his retirement project. High quality production value and science based.

  • This hits a little too close to home

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  • Now this hits too close to home!

  • Oat milk w/ coffee: ya or na?

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  • Love me an Oat Milk Latte

  • We got you

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  • No one can be happy all the time. Learning to deal with periods of unhappiness is a form of resilience or strength.

  • What's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?

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  • Quantum mechanics

    A. Spooky action at a distance

    B. Schrodinger’s cat

    C. God does play dice

    D. One of the most well tested theories in science

    E. Is the underpinning for semi-conductors and lasers

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Remap CAPSLOCK to F11

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    Lets give killer drones to the AI, what could go wrong?

  • Privacy @lemmy.world
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    Democratic lawmakers call for constitutional right to privacy in Wisconsin

    captimes.com /news/government/democratic-lawmakers-call-for-constitutional-right-to-privacy-in-wisconsin/article_a5a83b39-3dc1-435c-a4dd-2d140c6d214f.html
  • Privacy @lemmy.world
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    Consumer Reports applauds Virginia General Assembly for sending key location privacy bill to governor’s desk

    advocacy.consumerreports.org /press_release/consumer-reports-applauds-virginia-general-assembly-for-sending-key-location-privacy-bill-to-governors-desk/
  • What is this thing? @lemmy.world
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    What made these tracks in the snow

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    War on Christmas 2: Rudolph Strikes Back

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    Did we learn nothing from Terminator? Skynet? Hello?

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    Bonus Bun

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    Twelve Coffee Day

  • Dungeons and Dragons @lemmy.world
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    Don't drive angry

  • Life Pro Tips @lemmy.world
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    LPT: Easy way to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

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    Fall colors this way

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    The Moon on a crisp, clear autumn evening

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    Nice dusk trail ride

  • Videos @lemmy.ml
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    Fascinated to hear about your favorite Youtube channels/creators. Who has that thing that really hits? Why is what they do special?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Need text editor advice

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    Weeping Willow

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    Orb Weaver