[–] 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It doesn't fly, it jumps. Those are not rockets, it's compressed air.

I am excited, however, to see people having their day in court due to this machine. "Technically, your honor, I went over the red light, not through it."

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Skin effect with current is when the majority of the actual electron flow is on the surface of the conductor.

    To tie your point into the explaination, it's like when you have a finger traced over some soft, smooth skin, and you feel that tingle. I guess? I don't think I'm doing it justice with words, I may just have to show you.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago

    We have people saying "ahh" and "unalived", we can't see a meme without a word being blocked out, and we have to scan ID's to get online. All of that was to protect children. And now we have to explain to the kids that, despite all the protections, they still may see something that will harm them?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    To your second point, with the way things have been handled these last few years, it would not surprise me in the least if those events were to transpire.

    The newscasters will have to break the deep, mournful silence following the second shot. I hope the shooters prepare for the eventuality.

    Otherwise, those horrid, panicked moments will stretch on for eternity. "What do we do?" Will be carved into their expressions, it will guide their jerky, indecisive movements. The senior enlisted leader of the execution squad will have to make a decision. And what's another pull of a trigger for an old veteran?

    It won't have been done to avenge the victims, or in honor to his fallen brothers in Fallujah, Helmand, or Aden. It will have been done because he was presented with a problem, and had the tools, the abilities, and the wisdom under pressure to carry it out.

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