DavidSh
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Today, 03:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly Banter<begin New Jersey in-joke> Alas, they got bought out by Six Flags long ago. <end New Jersey in-joke> Great Adventure was an amusement park in...326 replies | 17376 view(s) -
2024-04-12, 08:55 AMAlthough reptiles have more complicated jaw and skull articulations than mammals do, with variations between crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and...278 replies | 30394 view(s)
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2024-04-12, 05:53 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in WebcomicsWas anybody keeping track of proposed titles? I still like Tentacular Depravity, but the 2-dimensional data one is good, too. I don't see any...1508 replies | 149566 view(s)
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2024-04-11, 11:08 PMThe Chosen One. But wait, that's not her. A bit of a fake-out.1336 replies | 117935 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 02:50 PMOnly when it was dramatic. Or funny.278 replies | 30394 view(s)
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2024-04-09, 08:58 AMThe recent Types of Eclipse Photo panel fits with my past experience, except that I never had the fancy lens, nor opportunities to photograph from...14 replies | 1071 view(s)
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2024-04-08, 12:28 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Eclipse tomorrow 4.8.24 will be the last over the US for 20 years in Friendly BanterThere was a total eclipse in 2017, visible from a path stretching from Oregon to South Carolina. Before that, the latest visible from the US I see...11 replies | 518 view(s)
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2024-04-08, 08:19 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Eclipse tomorrow 4.8.24 will be the last over the US for 20 years in Friendly BanterIf we are going to cite authority, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory agrees with me, concluding "Best to specify the meaning on first use of...11 replies | 518 view(s)
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2024-04-07, 10:29 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Eclipse tomorrow 4.8.24 will be the last over the US for 20 years in Friendly BanterI think "contiguous US" is more accurate here than "continental US", since for the March 30, 2033 eclipse, totality would be visible from parts of...11 replies | 518 view(s)
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2024-04-07, 04:11 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterThe 2011 Virginia earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, more powerful than the recent earthquake in New Jersey, but also much further away from...1235 replies | 49297 view(s)
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2024-04-06, 01:14 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly Banter2011 must be the August 23 Virginia earthquake that could be felt pretty far away. What earthquake were you thinking of from 2023?1235 replies | 49297 view(s)
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2024-04-05, 05:01 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterAftershock just now, maybe 8% of the first one.1235 replies | 49297 view(s)
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2024-04-05, 11:25 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterAnybody else in range of this morning's northeast US earthquake?1235 replies | 49297 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 08:41 PMI guess that explains why Brightline, the company that operates passenger trains in Florida between Orlando and Miami, is starting construction on a...521 replies | 42967 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 04:22 PMI've seen five total solar eclipses, including flying out to Nebraska to see the 2017 one, so I'm not so sad that I have to miss this one. A deep...14 replies | 1071 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 02:10 PM"had"? Are you talking about Wall Drug? And are those signs no longer there? Free ice water a thing of the past? ------- ------- -------...521 replies | 42967 view(s)
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2024-04-01, 05:50 AMBut you have to read the fine print. The payout period is a trillion years. The lump sum payout is considerably reduced.4 replies | 330 view(s)
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2024-03-31, 09:58 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Darths & Droids VI: Thread title will appear here when received in WebcomicsThe peasant railgun rears its head in the author comments. Ignoring the conflicts between real-world physics and D&D rules, I'd think each peasant...716 replies | 95536 view(s)
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2024-03-29, 07:56 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Would Bloodfeast shrink again on leaving the anti-magic field? in The Order of the StickNow that the post about chocolate has been removed, I suppose you could read my post that way. I think some topics can actually support lengthy...35 replies | 5224 view(s)
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2024-03-28, 03:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Would Bloodfeast shrink again on leaving the anti-magic field? in The Order of the StickWould it be appropriate to lock a thread that speculates about something that has since come to pass? Otherwise, we might get non-sequiturs about...35 replies | 5224 view(s)
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2024-03-25, 05:30 AMThat's a language specifically for women, isn't it? So, I don't know anything about it.18 replies | 1480 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 09:10 PMTarvek has been, at least recently, depicted as paler-skinned than Gil or Agatha. While Seffie is even paler than Tarvek, I read it as just being a...1336 replies | 117935 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 02:59 PMThere is a classic Chinese novel that opens: "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." (天下大勢．分久必合，合久必分) It is entirely...428 replies | 15137 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 02:18 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in Webcomics"I know". Han's reply to a revelation from Leia near the end of the movie. As I said, maybe I was overly focused on Star Wars.1508 replies | 149566 view(s)
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2024-03-22, 02:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread How long would the Earth last if the sun became a black hole? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyI see the equations as giving the Roche limit as in proportion to the cube root of the mass of the primary. So octupling the Sun's mass would double...15 replies | 890 view(s)
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2024-03-21, 09:11 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in WebcomicsNow I wonder whether the quote from The Empire Strikes Back was deliberate, or am I just seeing Star Wars everywhere today?1508 replies | 149566 view(s)
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2024-03-21, 09:30 AMAmong the multitude of other problems, a stepladder doesn't let you match velocities, so you aren't going to get a soft landing.14 replies | 1071 view(s)
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2024-03-21, 09:22 AMCan they do healing on Sunny? I vaguely paladin laying on hands to heal, back when I was playing AD&D.324 replies | 32612 view(s)
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