Notices by TeflonTrout (teflontrout@mastodon.social)

@BethanyBlack Well

I hated myself into becoming a better person, and now I'm happy with who I am. That's rich from a cis white guy I know, but it's the only perspective I have to offer.

Hate is an emktion like anger, you can't repress emotions but you can watch what they do to you and react usefully to them.

I wish you didn't hate yourself because I quite like you, but hook that shit up to your cart and make it do work. <3

@dansup @FediThing @aral

Ok, but Nazis also made Volkswagen and Porshe. We can interact just fine with the car companies without working with Nazis.

You just paid that debt by giving them credit for the tool they built, goodness knows they've most likely used a ton of FOSS work in their own products just like most tech companies.

We don't owe them anything, they've not even come close to repaying their debt by sharing a tiny fraction of the code they've written

@ariadne I'd do it for free! I've got charisma, people skills, and 14 years' Army experience, and most importantly of all: A Y chromosome, a paltry amount of melanin, 240 lbs and over 6' of height.

You need a bro? I'll be your bro backup.

@goatsarah You are 100% correct about the issue of dead battery weight, hydrogen tanks have the same problem to a lesser extent, but lack the flexibility batteries have in form factor-you can wedge those bastards in all sorts of convenient places.

As for gliding? Well, most powered aircraft, particularly all jets that I know of, are *terrible* gliders. The aerodynamic rules that make them efficient at high speed also dictate that they float like rocks, so that's not a major consideration. 2/2

@goatsarah TANSTAAFL is a real bitch!

About aviation though: Hydrogen is a shit fuel source for flight for all the reasons it blows everywhere else- especially energy density by volume and weight.

Free space in aircraft is actually incredibly limited, and hydrogen containers are both fuck-off heavy and very constrained in shape. Wing fuel tanks work fine for liquids, but pressure vessels won't fit well between the rigid structures of wings and fuselages.

1/2

@anildash @TheSpork @CatDad So ask if they want help, and listen to their answer. It's really That Easy

@BethanyBlack WELCOME TO THE FOLD, my sibling. Please...help yourself to some Flavor Aid.

Lunch is at 11:30, DO NOT BE LATE

@Gargron @mosseri https://mastodon.ie/@davey_cakes/111578095588208885

Nope. Not a fan. I don't want the kind of people that support whatever makes money to have a toehold here.

@ryanhoulihan ...I've died on dumber hills, fight on