Kiethmasterson

Kiethmasterson

  • Commented on Social architecture and the house of tomorrow
    One thing I recall from reading about hydroelectric dams was the importance of "head" pressure delivered to the generator, depending on how far of a drop the water was falling before it hit the turbine, farther being more powerful and...
  • Commented on Social architecture and the house of tomorrow
    If an attempt at carbon footprint reduction raises concern over idle phone chargers, first dial your thermostat down to fifty (don't want pipes freezing!) and leave it there all winter. And quit using air conditioning unless you've already stripped down...
  • Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (2)
    Reply to Pigeon @798: Or if I hear someone on TV rattling off a statistic in meters per second, I have a hard time imagining what that means. So I just mentally double whatever number they mentioned, and it's close...
  • Commented on Upcoming appearances
    Reply to Bill Arnold @ 85: Needham's puzzle isn't too hard to answer plausibly, as to why the Industrial Revolution didn't happen first in China. Political disunity of the European type, where nation states compete for centuries, tends to spur...
  • Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (2)
    Discussion a few days ago in this thread covered "filksongs" as new words fit to old tunes, an ancient tradition even in China, see attached wiki link. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ci_(poetry) So in honor of a great pop tune of the 80s, "She...
  • Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (2)
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  • Commented on Sitrep
    Swedish series "Wallander" got me interested in foreign cop shows when I started noticing differences in how European police generally have freer access to wherever they want to go to investigate crimes, more than the U.S. anyway. Might be a...
  • Commented on That sinking feeling
    Facebook's hundred billion dollar stock plunge last week got me spontaneously recalling Henley's tune "in a New York minute everything can change" as I lounged drinking tea in the backyard this morning. The lyrics depict a red in tooth and...
  • Commented on Canned Monkeys Don't Ship Well, the Remix Version
    I have this itchy need to write a superhero story in which our protagonist acquires powers following an unfortunate accident in a CRISPR lab. Looking forward to the arch-nemisis episode "Enter the Asshat", in which a supervillain, named for his...
  • Commented on On hold
    Your friend from the oil rigs captured the gist of what I meant, but evidently took it further than I did. For my part I'm not af all surprised to hear that Christian beliefs can be and in most denominations...
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