[–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

I don't see how a concave mirror disproves Aristotles theory. Why wouldn't concentrating the friction rays also result in more heat?

As for the second bit, the sun isn't made out of metal. And metal isn't the only thing that turns white. Dog shit used to turn white, but not because of heat.

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  • [–] 68 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

    Blowing up data centers will not stop troll farms. Troll traffic is not coming from Yandex.

    Some of the claims appear to conflate data centers with Russian “troll farms” such as the Internet Research Agency (IRA), which became well-known following a 2015 expose. The IRA operated out of a St. Petersburg office building, not a datacenter operated by Yandex. Nor does there appear to be any particular reason the IRA would require an inordinate amount of network resources.

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  • Pyrrhic Victory (en.wikipedia.org)
     

    A Pyrrhic victory is a victory gained at such a cost to the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. The phrase references a statement attributed to Pyrrhus of Epirus. After his victory against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, Plutarch reports that Pyrrhus exclaimed "One more victory over the Romans and we are completely done for!"

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