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@BlackPill did he survive?

@freemo I wonder how much radiation that amounts to

@cgarison Kansas not being included is a surprise

@xpil@fosstodon.org lol Jacobean. Auto correct mangled Jacobian to that.

@xpil@fosstodon.org this is due to the fact that the map (x, y) -> (x cos y, x sin y). Does not preserve volumes. In fact it scales them proportional to x! You can see this is you calculate the Jacobean determinant and getting y, or if you notice that that it maps a square [0,r]x [0, 2pi] to an annulus of area 2pir^2. The firs area scales linearly while the second scales quadraticly. Changing the map to (x,y) -> ( sqrt x cos y, sqrt x sin y) changes the Jacobean determinant to 1/2, so the volumes scale proportional to each other.

@bananarama @jeffcliff a saturation of small arms can make a population uncontrollable. Neither the Viet Cong nor the Afganis could defeat the U.S., but to accomplish their goal it was sufficient to jot he conquered. At the end of the day the state needs police and police are vulnerable to small arms.

@Publius I prefer distributed rather than centralized means to protect freedom. I.e. mass gun ownership vs a militarized and privileged police force.

@Coyote wtf is happening in Greenland?

@mangeurdenuage @RikaDerufu the argument that something doesn’t exist or doesn’t matter because it’s socially constructed are just arguments from epistemically nihilism and nihilism respectively. It’s saying the knowledge doesn’t exist and nothing matters so I can define the world to be whatever I like. Also,

>>> French philosopher

There’s your problem

My three year old cousin just died from falling out a window. I was not close to them or that part of my family all though I'm amicable with them and it's still very sad. However, I just got a message from a recruiter for Amazon Go on linked in that started with how they are so sorry for my family in our trying time. I can only assume they learned of this through Facebook. I wonder if it was a generated message using Facebook marketing api and I got the "recent tragedy in the family" form.

@epic @Coyote @D00B @bitcoin @ForbiddenDreamer @WashedOutGundamPilot @mystik I guess I'm confused. From the patent paper it looks like the primer is used as a heat source to ignite the hydrogen and I assumed it was a normal primer. I believe those were traditionally made from some byproduct of fulminated mercury, I don't know how they are made now. I also don't understand how water and salt could ignite the hydrogen, but chemistry isn't my strong suit.

@Coyote @D00B @ForbiddenDreamer @WashedOutGundamPilot @bitcoin @mystik That's an intermediate goal, lol

@Coyote @WashedOutGundamPilot @D00B @ForbiddenDreamer @bitcoin @mystik One of my life goals, actually, is to own a property big enough to have a blackpowder cannon range

@mystik @Coyote @D00B @bitcoin @ForbiddenDreamer @WashedOutGundamPilot still needs a primer. That's the hardest part to make at home

@ForbiddenDreamer @Coyote @D00B @bitcoin @WashedOutGundamPilot @mystik I believe that those are only rimfire primers and that you have to reshape them. I know I heard of a guy doing that, but what's the point? 22 is still cheap, just buy a couple thousand rounds if you're really worried. If they try to ban 22 you'll probably only be able to get pneumatic nail guns.

@D00B @Coyote @WashedOutGundamPilot @bitcoin @mystik This is blackpowder, which is much weaker and dirtier than modern smokeless powder. It will work well for your flintlock muskets though. For anything more modern, including ball and cap and blackpowder cartridge you need primer, which is fairly dangerous to make.