phcorcoran

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In an unarmored context, which applied very often throughout history, the spear is easier to use and especially lighter, which makes it a better and more nimble weapon. Spears can also be much longer than heavier pole arms whilst remaining usable, keeping the danger further away from the user

The speed at which one can move a spear tip is impressive and getting stabbed by it has large stopping power. The spear can also parry attacks in a large sweeping area, which makes it hard for anything else than another spear to get through

The more complex pole weapons start to shine in an armored context, where stabbing someone at the end of your long pointy stick becomes harder. Then, the hook-y, chop-y and spike-y bits of the halberd can really help tackle the armor

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sorry but you can totally control the margin size in LaTeX if you learn the right incantation

backslash UsEpAcKaGe letterpaper H-maaaaaaargin point seventy-niiiiiine inch brackets GEOOOOOMETRY

then you spread the entrails slightly and stab towards the sky. Really don't see what the big fuss is all about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I took "rather than the other way around" to mean "rather than negatively-correlated" in this context, since positively was emphasized

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Honestly, I would recommend the audiobook over the book; having someone else figure out how to say the special names makes it much easier to keep track of them in your mind, I find

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Picking a higher density of the material just means the one gram would occupy less volume, it doesn't affect how much energy that gram is equivalent to in terms of E=mc2. For that calculation, as the equation implies, only the mass matters; a gram of feathers is equivalent to the same amount of energy as a gram of lead for that equation. Now, this equation is in fact a simplified assumption; if you launch your feather at relativistic speed, then we're talking

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Р̈У̊Л̧Е̃ ... vengeance haha

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Centicentigrade

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I agree with you; I think it is indeed the absolute bare minimum they had to do but I also agree with xc2215x that it's a good move. They moved from -100 to -99 on my shithead-o-meter scale

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I mean, Substack lit all the benefit of the doubt I had for them on fire with their previous response.

This new action doesn't restore that, but all things being equal, I do want nazi shitheads to be de-platformed and have their funding cut off.

I think one can both acknowledge that they finally did a move in the correct direction and still think that they suck overall

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