Some random cool links for you while I break this place
Randomly remembered this one.
Pretty badass name for a badass bomb; in fact, it is the most powerful hydrogen bomb to date. Its code name is also the name of one of my friends, which is also pretty badass (I love my friends; no homo. Or perhaps full homo. I love my friends).
Thankfully, it was not used against anyone directly and was simply a show of Soviet power and technological advancement, although unfortunately it did shatter a few windows. Its mushroom cloud was about 67 km high and it weighed a whopping 30 tons. Its blast wave travelled around the world a few times too.
The footage of it detonating is declassified. Will be including it once I get to a place where I can watch videos with audio.
[Currently reading a book on physics in the invention of weapons. Perhaps they will mention it. Will be updated accordingly once I get to that chapter and find new info on it.]
Apologies for any inaccuracies. I'm not a stock market expert (of course), but I had an interesting conversation today.
Today, I learned about premiums in the stock market. Well, sort of. This is the analogy that was taught to me by a graduate student studying in stock market statistics. I forgot the exact name for the field, unfortunately, however this was a very basic explanation of what he was studying.
Suppose there is a company selling a coat. It takes around $75 to manufacture the coat. If it snows tomorrow, the company will be able to sell the coat for $150. If it does not snow tomorrow, the company will be able to sell the coat at let's say $90. A retailer has the option to pay that company a $5 premium in advance for them to sell them the coat at $100 regardless of whether it is snowing tomorrow or not. If it does snow tomorrow, they will get a $45 profit. If it does not, then they will have a $15 loss. Of course, this move is much riskier on the part of the retailer paying the $5 premium than it is for the company, who will profit either way. Of course, the company will also have people doing that same risk analysis, telling them whether it will snow tomorrow and to sell to the retailer or not.
That was a basic explanation of what he was studying. He's attempting to predict if it will snow.
I'm actually very bad at stats, and am better banging my head against a keyboard than I am at number crunching.
I got curious about how other languages are able to translate their characters into morse. Obviously, English has 26 letters and then a few extra punctuations. But what about for an alphabet that can span thousands of characters?
Each Chinese character is assigned a 4-digit code, which is then translated into morse. Pretty neat.
Link to the wikipedia articleDO NOT EAT C4. C4 IS NOT EDIBLE.
SOURCE: YOURE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING
Found in a random file in my computer, with editing for grammar mistakes, etc. (lol):
I learned about the Erfurt Latrine Disaster from a stranger on a bus. He was a rocket + nuclear weapons grad student who studied undergraduate in history.
A bunch of knights were called to a meeting in a castle, which took place on the second floor (the floor was made of wood). Back in the day, of course all of them would be wearing armor. However, unfortunately the combined weight of all the people and their armor made the floor give way, and a lot of nobility ended up drowning in their septic tank.
The bus stopped and there were no more history facts.
Sketch of my character Ilya.
My character Enoch, nickname is Knox. Still trying to come up with a better nickname for him. His story takes place sometime during the Cold War, in Poland (or rather, most likely a fictional country loosely based on it). His uniform, and the uniforms of his crew members are not meant to be 100% historically accurate, with some elements taken from uniforms of other countries during that time period or completely made up.
He and his crew do not fight against people, but rather monsters like you would find in Bloodborne.
WEAPON LOADOUT:
An airsoft field I played at. I'm relatively new to airsoft, and this was perhaps the second field I've ever gone to (played on rental gear, of course). I wanted to share it, because I thought it was neat. I hope to play more in the future. It's a bit difficult, though, because I am relatively shy, and none of my existing friends wish to be dragged in it with me. So I guess I will solo this endeavor if I continue it ahaha.
I either discovered this from a visit to a museum or from going down an Internet rabbit hole. I thought it was interesting, mostly because I've never heard of a gun that could shoot underwater before. Read more about it here. I thought I'd just link to the original article; I might make a summary for a TLDR later while linking back to this and more sources. [more to be written later, placeholder to remind myself this exists]
The Mongols would drill holes in their arrows so they would whistle. This was a psychological tactic used to intimidate their enemies, who would take cover behind their shields and only hear the onslaught of whistling arrows. One thing that I remembered from this video essay. Unfortunately, this video essayist uses AI art in his videos, which I do not agree with. However, I often find the written portion of his videos insightful, and that part is his own (to my knowledge) and of very high quality.
Easy stovetop rice for those who don't have a rice cooker.
Pour in however much rice you think you can eat or store for later. Usually, I do 1 to 2 cups, and this is enough to feed me and have some left over. Rinse the rice in cold water 1-3 times; do this by filling the pot until the rice is submerged, then moving the rice around with your hand. When you pour out the water after each rinse, place your hand towards the bottom and leave a gap just big enough for the water to traverse through but will keep the rice from being poured out into the sink. After the second or third time rinsing the rice, fill up the pot so that half is water and half is rice. You can feel the proportions with your index finger. Another trick you can do is to place your index finger into the water and have the tip just touch the rice; if the water reaches the first segment of your finger, the proportion of water should be right. Place the pot of water and rice on the stove and bring the water to a boil. Once it is boiling, turn the heat to low and place the lid on the pot. Wait around 15-20 minutes; this is a general guideline, but once the rice looks like, well, rice, take a fork and fluff it to test the texture. If you're feeling brave, you can even taste some to see if you like the texture. Once the rice is to your liking, turn off the heat and serve.
My personal fried rice recipe. Meant for those incompetent at cooking (like myself).
Notice how there are no measured amounts of each. Thats because I genuinely don't know. I fuck around and find out each time I make it.
Pour the sesame oil into the pan and heat on medium high heat. Once it seems heated, put in the rice, and the egg, and mix them together. Then, pour in the soy sauce. However much saltiness won't kill you is how much you should pour in. Mix it up. Pour in some oyster sauce, maybe one or two shakes of the bottle, and mix it up too. The proportion of oyster sauce is definitely less than the amount of soy sauce. Again, judge the salt using your gut, your heart, and how brown the rice is. If it's looking like the chair in the background of this website, you fucked up (unless you like it that salty; in that case, proceed). Pour in just a bit more sesame oil, and mix it up. Then, mix in the rice and the protein.
Hopefully it tastes semi-decent. Considering how my cooking usually turns out, the edibility of this dish was a surprise.
My mom's milk bread recipe:
Mix all the ingredients together and let the dough rise for 1.5 hours. Then, knead the dough, and let it rise for around 1 hour. Bake it at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
The first time I made this, I kind of fucked around and found out and it still tasted great. So the rising times are a little arbitrary. As well as the baking time. Just use it as a general guideline and when it looks about right, just go yeah fuck it and give it a taste.