nilloc

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Except anmmonia is incredibly dangerous if it leaks…

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Aren’t ribs a good thing sometimes?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

My money out on a major state banning the cyber truck after it Julians a pedestrian.

I know that a normal car with sharp protruding bodywork/rust holes, wouldn’t pass the safety inspection in at least the 2 New England states I’ve owned cars in.

I could see CA and the rest of the west coast banning their sales first, or requiring so much rework that they aren’t viable cars there.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

There’s actually some crazy cheating in race walking though, and it’s implicitly encouraged by explicitly ignoring slow motion cameras.

WHAT ARE THE RULES OF RACEWALKING?

They’re fairly simple. Essentially, you have to walk without enabling someone to logically deduce that you might actually be jogging or running, and the distinction between walking and running is that at least one foot maintains contact with the ground at all times during a walk, whereas an essential feature of running is the peak-stride period when neither foot is in contact with the ground. The instant neither of your feet is in contact with the ground during what’s intended to be a walk, you’re technically running, and are therefore subject to disqualification. 

The loophole in the rules is that all such instances of running must be detectable to the naked eye, and no slow-motion replays can be relied upon to expose the cheaters. Therefore, racewalkers are arguably encouraged to cheat by surreptitiously running whenever it’s possible and they believe their illegal movement can remain undetectable, similar to how swimmers who specialize in breastroke have been indirectly encouraged to engage in illegal dolphin kicks for years.
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/racewalking-controversies

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

There’s actually some crazy cheating in race walking though, and it’s implicitly encouraged by explicitly ignoring slow motion cameras.

WHAT ARE THE RULES OF RACEWALKING?

They’re fairly simple. Essentially, you have to walk without enabling someone to logically deduce that you might actually be jogging or running, and the distinction between walking and running is that at least one foot maintains contact with the ground at all times during a walk, whereas an essential feature of running is the peak-stride period when neither foot is in contact with the ground. The instant neither of your feet is in contact with the ground during what’s intended to be a walk, you’re technically running, and are therefore subject to disqualification. 

The loophole in the rules is that all such instances of running must be detectable to the naked eye, and no slow-motion replays can be relied upon to expose the cheaters. Therefore, racewalkers are arguably encouraged to cheat by surreptitiously running whenever it’s possible and they believe their illegal movement can remain undetectable, similar to how swimmers who specialize in breastroke have been indirectly encouraged to engage in illegal dolphin kicks for years.
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/racewalking-controversies

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 year ago

There’s actually some crazy cheating in race walking though, and it’s implicitly encouraged by explicitly ignoring slow motion cameras.

WHAT ARE THE RULES OF RACEWALKING?

They’re fairly simple. Essentially, you have to walk without enabling someone to logically deduce that you might actually be jogging or running, and the distinction between walking and running is that at least one foot maintains contact with the ground at all times during a walk, whereas an essential feature of running is the peak-stride period when neither foot is in contact with the ground. The instant neither of your feet is in contact with the ground during what’s intended to be a walk, you’re technically running, and are therefore subject to disqualification. 

The loophole in the rules is that all such instances of running must be detectable to the naked eye, and no slow-motion replays can be relied upon to expose the cheaters. Therefore, racewalkers are arguably encouraged to cheat by surreptitiously running whenever it’s possible and they believe their illegal movement can remain undetectable, similar to how swimmers who specialize in breastroke have been indirectly encouraged to engage in illegal dolphin kicks for years.
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/racewalking-controversies

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta make sure the drug tests come back clear?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Helps even more to be a sociopath, which tend to have a lot of manipulation skills.

They’re still no match for a tightly knit community, which capitalism and government regulations have all but eliminated.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I live on google maps shortcut street. It’s about 1/4 mile long and kids used to be able to play street hockey and basketball in the street.

Now it’s treated as a drags strip by loud motorcycles, brodozers, and moms in SUVs late to drop off their kids at the preschool.

The bikes and trucks are so fucking loud that I’ve been thinking of building a noise meter with an animated dick that gets smaller the louder you are. This summer might be the year to do it.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool, TIL, just curious about what happens to the posts you’ve made, if you delete your old account?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Our 90s Mac ran OS 7.6 with 24 MB of ram and a 500MB HD.

Played shareware/warez games pretty well too, even OG Warcraft over 56k dialup direct to my friend’s PC.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If the stock wasn’t so overly valued based on Musk-lies I’d agree, but I think they’re in trouble either way.

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