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Comment Wrong guy took mine (Score 1) 21

My facebook id has been spaceman375 for over 10 years (tho I haven't logged in again after the 1st 3 months.) I can't get it on my whatsapp account because some guy used it for his instagram account. I have 2 email accounts that are spaceman375, one from last century. It's my login on many websites, and yet somehow somebody else gets to take it. [expletive]

Okay, I'll stop bitching now. Must be the heat...

Comment Re:Uh huh... (Score 3) 32

For decades now I would have whole-heartedly agreed with your scathing sarcasm. But today the clueless script kiddies are bolstered by AI. I think a bit of caution is laudable for a year or three until we get a handle on the wave of zero-days. Your point still stands; they did this because of the points you make; that doesn't invalidate the stated protectional purpose as well.

Comment Re: What's the motivation? (Score 1) 181

I notice you have dropped your other argument without acknowledging it.

And no, I do not have reading comprehension problems. "I made a mistake" puts the blame on you. "[something] made me make a mistake" puts the blame on [something].

Given that English is not your first language (my presumption being based on a reference to German news sources in 1986) I think it's fair to say that this is an understandable error. English is a fucked up amalgamation often jokingly referred to as "three other languages in a trench coat" so a simple grammatical error like this is easily explained by the language barrier. I have a bunch of German colleagues that all have some word and grammatical choices when speaking English (saying things like "unpossible" rather than "impossible," for example) that probably make perfect sense as a direct translation and I would think this falls into that category, wouldn't you say?

Comment Worse than you think (Score 1) 31

The latest Centauri Dreams essay is about applying the Fermi equation to an intergalactic, possibly whole universe context. The numbers are bleak. TL;DR is if we don't see them everywhere they aren't there at all. I don't buy it this time, but that site is a fascinating and educational read every time.

Comment Re:Reality? (Score 1) 86

You may get more confusion than conclusions. In high school I hypnotized a few friends (individually, not together), told them they could go out-of-body, and asked them to describe the house nextdoor, which was completely different from mine. They all got the floor plan right, but the interior decorating, furniture, people, and pets were all over the place.

Comment Re:reconstruction ? (Score 1) 86

Not remembering your dreams usually means you are low on zinc and/or b6, zinc being more likely. The usual supplement dose is 30mg. If you try it don't take it before bed; take it with breakfast or lunch. Also, don't expect anything for a week or more. It takes time to build up a proper serum level. It certainly increased my dream recall dramatically.

Comment Re: What's the motivation? (Score 1) 181

At that time, we had no WWW ... so I hardly can point you to a German news source that shows it was a graphite explosion.

Are you suggesting that German news sources don't have archives? It's amazing what we can do with computers these days. But, sure, it doesn't sound fair to ask you to look for a needle in a stack of needles, so I'll let that go.

Lets check German Wikidpedia?

Let's.

Well, the German text neither mentions a steam explosion, nor calls the "fire of the graphite" and explosion. It is just named fire.

Funny, I found the text with little difficulty, and I speak like thirty words of German. From German Wikipedia:

Durch die Überschreitung der (lokalen) Auslegungsleistung wurden die Kanäle der Steuerstäbe blockiert und die exponentielle Leistungssteigerung war nicht mehr aufzuhalten. Schlagartig verdampften große Mengen Kühlwassers, und der dabei entstehende hohe Druck ließ den Reaktor bersten.

Additionally, with regard to your "I did not say that" you said "your steam bullshit made me type wrong." You certainly placed the blame for your error upon me.

Comment Re: What's the motivation? (Score 1) 181

1986 when the even happened: it was classified as a wild graphite fire that resulted in the explosion of a huge pile of graphite.

You have the cause and effect reversed. The cooling water in the reactor became supercritical and flashed to steam, causing the explosion. The graphite burned because it was already extremely hot and the explosion allowed oxygen to get to it, completing the fire triangle. I am old enough to remember 1986, too, and I would be interested in seeing your "1986 news source" that claims the graphite exploded, as solid graphite does not do that. Perhaps you are simply misremembering?

Your steam bullshit made me type wrong.

I respect that you originally wrote "hydrogen" in your previous comment and made a typographical error. However, there is no "steam bullshit" as this is the actual cause of the explosion. Additionally, "look at what you made me do" is something people who cannot accept responsibility for their own actions say when they're trying to blame other people for their errors.

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