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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in Story Monday, August 19, 2019   


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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in NP Wednesday August 21, 2019   
    And not just mathematics. I've read that Sanskrit has a technical subset dedicated to describing language and grammar, and there is no modern human language that this subset can't accurately define the grammar of. (In contrast, English can't accurately define the grammar of even English... although it's slightly better at defining the grammar of Latin.)
     
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in NP Wednesday August 21, 2019   
    And not just mathematics. I've read that Sanskrit has a technical subset dedicated to describing language and grammar, and there is no modern human language that this subset can't accurately define the grammar of. (In contrast, English can't accurately define the grammar of even English... although it's slightly better at defining the grammar of Latin.)
     
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from mlooney in Story Monday, August 19, 2019   
    Somewhat out of date, but the price is right
    There is also this
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from mlooney in Story Monday, August 19, 2019   
    Somewhat out of date, but the price is right
    There is also this
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in NP Friday, Aug 16, 2019   
    It isn't so much the oxygen percentage, it's the oxygen partial pressure - i.e. how much air pressure oxygen is providing.
    Prior to Apollo 1, our manned space missions routinely used pure-oxygen environments - at partial pressures roughly equivalent to the oxygen content of the atmosphere at sea level.
    The Apollo 1 fire occurred in a test of whether the space capsule would keep the air in. So they pressured it to above one atmosphere... with pure oxygen. Under those conditions, practically everything is flammable and some things are extremely easy to ignite - a few things will even self-ignite, that won't under more normal conditions.
    The after-fire review asked two big questions that nobody had good answers for: why were they using pure oxygen for this test when ordinary air would have been fine, and what was the point of having the astronauts present for the test?
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from CritterKeeper in Story Friday August 16, 2019   
    I've had fun with the thought that maybe everyone in Moperville is hiding the fact that they have magic or someone they know has magic...
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in Story Monday, August 12, 2018   
    Last 3E game I was in I dual-classed cleric and barbarian. After a few months I figured out that I could have RPed the barbarian better as a straight cleric. And had better, safer barbarian rages - and more of them after a few levels - although they would take a couple turns to kick in rather than being instantaneous.
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from mlooney in NP Monday, Aug 12, 2019   
     
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    Don Edwards reacted to Darth Fluffy in NP Friday, August 02, 2019   
    ... and now I'm hearing "Dueling Grand Cathedral Organs" in my head; thanks.
     
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in Story Monday, July 22, 2019   
    Today the Nazis have to vociferously accuse anyone who opposes them of being Nazis.
    That's how little of an immediate threat they are... which has no bearing on how big a threat they may become.
    What's more worrisome than the Nazis is the number of government officials, particularly in or with oversight over police agencies, who would rather let the Nazis rampage than risk being accused of being a Nazi.
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from Illjwamh in This Day In History   
    I wanna know more about that pet alligator who barely speaks...
    Is there a word missing from this? Like "female"? Because the US and France, among others, have had democratically elected heads of state for a long time.
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from The Old Hack in This Day In History   
    The "dottir" at the end of her surname is kind of a clue... Iceland still uses actual patronymics.
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    Don Edwards reacted to Darth Fluffy in Story Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019   
    Because the movie would have sucked?
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    Don Edwards reacted to CritterKeeper in Things That Make You Happy   
    The number of replies chiming in with "Me too!" in reply to this thread is heartening.  :-)

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    Don Edwards reacted to ProfessorTomoe in Happy Independence Day.   
    We were the first Brexit.
    Glad to see you again, old friend.
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    Don Edwards reacted to mlooney in NP Wednesday June 26, 2019   
    /me makes a note in The List.
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from Tom Sewell in Story Friday, May 17, 2019   
    In a totally unexpected twist, it will... tell the time.

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    Don Edwards got a reaction from CritterKeeper in Things You Find Amusing   
    Snerk.
    "While the question itself wasn't necessarily stupid, it's clear the circumstances that apparently led you to have to ask it certainly were."
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from Illjwamh in This Day In History   
    /me's list is of the incorrigible punsters he's puncilled in for punishment 'pun some future occasion which he hasn't punned down.
    Like all anti-pun measures, it seems to only incorrige them us.
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from Pharaoh RutinTutin in NP Friday, Mar 29, 2019   
    No, it is the curse.
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from ijuin in Q&A Wed March 13 2019   
    So if you have sort of figured out something about how magic works, you have a rule of thaum?
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    Don Edwards got a reaction from ijuin in Q&A Wed March 13 2019   
    So if you have sort of figured out something about how magic works, you have a rule of thaum?