Video of the day

Feral wrote:

This is amazing...

*wags and salivates*

If you consider 14 joules per gram per day amazing, then yes. Also, at current betavoltaics are around 1.4% efficient. This technology is decades old, and currently in use.

Also, this video is deceptive in that it implies a net reduction of radiation, when the process of thermally agitating the graphite releases plenty of non-carbon radioactive gases as well. Most of these we cannot isolate or use, so we wind up with radioactive gases that needs to be either re-compressed into a solid or mixed into yet more graphite or other material to house it, or release to the environment. At current, this is a net gain for uncontrolled radioactive material. Still useful for a number of purposes, so don't think I am bashing the technology. The video is deceptive, however.

Aww, that's a disappointment.

Dragatus wrote:

Aww, that's a disappointment.

Ditto.

Feral's video:

I wanted to say, they're stupid, but aggressive, and so set to win.

Jad.3 wrote:

Feral's video:

I wanted to say, they're stupid, but aggressive, and so set to win.

Nah, don't be too pessimistic. The Chinese kept them in check for centuries. Mostly through judicious trade steering, diplomacy and punitive expeditions.

I think that sort of attitude should be ground for expelling people from the country. I'm in favor of helping refugees regardless of their religion but they need to recognize, respect, and abide by our secular laws. If they aren't willing to do that they don't deserve any benefits of living in our countries and can kindly fuck off and return to wherever they came from (or try their luck in China for all I care).

But if on the other hand they will respect our secular laws and abide by them and be good citizens that contribute to society they are welcome to come and stay.

Dragatus wrote:

I think that sort of attitude should be ground for expelling people from the country. I'm in favor of helping refugees regardless of their religion but they need to recognize, respect, and abide by our secular laws. If they aren't willing to do that they don't deserve any benefits of living in our countries and can kindly fuck off and return to wherever they came from (or try their luck in China for all I care).

But if on the other hand they will respect our secular laws and abide by them and be good citizens that contribute to society they are welcome to come and stay.

I agree wholeheartedly. The problem is this is exactly what Muhammad forbade and declared a greatest sin (equal to apostasy), punishable by death.

Hallo, my name is Inigo... oops, sorry. Anyway, I agree with Dragatus, I think that's what all the common folk think anywhere, but that's not what the elites want for us.

They had to be mad... The English Latinform Greekform example was mind boggling.

Cross threading:

Jad.3 wrote:

Given the traits of the perpetrator, anal sex might have been included.

From what I understand mixing milk and lemonade is actually a rather bad idea.

Dragatus wrote:

From what I understand mixing milk and lemonade is actually a rather bad idea.

It's a basic mistake.

RED PRESIDENT IS BEST PRESIDENT

What the fuck am I watching edition:

Poland is the same!!! Yay!!!
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Maybe I really will emigrate to Israel...

This video is mostly true, however there are a few points which he didn't touched.


1) Most of the problems plagueing Brazil were created in 1988, with a new constitution after the CIA-backed military dictatorship ended. To put it simply, "the constitution made a federation bigger than the country", giving rights and setting the rules of government spending and taxation that were impossible to be sustainable. All of Brazil's politicians after 88 never invested any political capital in making the changes, for fear of losing votes.

2) The Brazilian crisis was caused due to an overuse of Keynesian politics, not socialist ones.

3) All of Brazil's political class are as corrupt as Lula and his party. The current president is under investigation by two different branches of justice and half of his ministers are also under investigation of corruption.

And I thought about emigrating to Brazil...

Feral wrote:

And I thought about emigrating to Brazil...

It's perfectly possible, but there are a number of safer, more advanced and welcoming countries out there, especially for someone with a PhD. Canada, New Zealand and Australia seem to be a favoured target for brazilians to emigrate to.

Canada under Trudeu slowly goes Sharia... NZ and Australia are damn far.

Feral wrote:

Canada under Trudeu slowly goes Sharia... NZ and Australia are damn far.

Well EXCUUUUUSE ME then, princess.

If you wait a few years you could try Mars. They'll need biologists there.

Dragatus wrote:

If you wait a few years you could try Mars. They'll need biologists there.

I prefer Snickers...

As fancy and neat as all that sounds, I do have worries. One is security (everything can be hacked), another is that eventually the human component will become redundant.