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Post by the light works on Jun 15, 2023 15:47:21 GMT
often a birth defect or a severe injury during growth will cause one arm to fail to grow to full size. I guess there could also be a genetic abnormality that causes only one limb to grow in excess of the rest of the body.
otherwise, if you only exercise one arm and not the other, there will be an imbalance of muscle development.
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Post by wvengineer on Jun 17, 2023 13:53:24 GMT
I have read about professional archers in the middle ages gaining very asymmetric arms after years of training.
One arms gets a bit shorter since it's only purpose is to be in compression for holding the bow. The bones in the arm would grow into a curved shape due to the constant compressive force on them. The other grows larger muscles since it is the one holding the string.
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Post by ironhold on Sept 6, 2023 16:29:47 GMT
"Flying Witch", episode 10 Kei, Makoto, and Nao are in some type of home economics or life skills class together, and the day's class requires them to cook a series of (by Japanese standards) simple dishes. Nao panics and sinks into despair, and as she notes it's because of an incident that happened as a child. She tried to help her parents cook, but confused vinegar (if I heard it right) and cooking oil, leading to a near-disaster that resulted in her parents rather discouraging her from cooking again. Kei and Makoto have to talk her through it, leaving everyone so distracted that no one remembers to make one of the assigned food items. Oops. Myths: 1. What would happen if someone uses something *other* than cooking oil or a fat in their frying pan (et al)? 2. Kei is shown briefly microwaving the onion he has to chop, claiming that doing so will keep a person from crying when cutting it. Can this actually work, and if so how will it affect the taste and ability to cut? 3. Given that one of the recipes is for cookies, Makoto decides to go one better and make a cookie that's popular among witches... the twist being that they're filled cookies meant to look as much like a real human finger as possible (complete with an almond sliver for the nail). How close can a cookie come to looking like a human finger and still be edible, both due to ingredients used and due to psychological factors? Bump. Food Theory tested "microwaving an onion" as part of a group of myths about how to cut onions. Turns out that it just makes things worse depending upon how you do it, but *freezing* them will slow the reaction... in exchange for making them harder to chop.
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Post by the light works on Sept 6, 2023 16:52:55 GMT
"Flying Witch", episode 10 Kei, Makoto, and Nao are in some type of home economics or life skills class together, and the day's class requires them to cook a series of (by Japanese standards) simple dishes. Nao panics and sinks into despair, and as she notes it's because of an incident that happened as a child. She tried to help her parents cook, but confused vinegar (if I heard it right) and cooking oil, leading to a near-disaster that resulted in her parents rather discouraging her from cooking again. Kei and Makoto have to talk her through it, leaving everyone so distracted that no one remembers to make one of the assigned food items. Oops. Myths: 1. What would happen if someone uses something *other* than cooking oil or a fat in their frying pan (et al)? 2. Kei is shown briefly microwaving the onion he has to chop, claiming that doing so will keep a person from crying when cutting it. Can this actually work, and if so how will it affect the taste and ability to cut? 3. Given that one of the recipes is for cookies, Makoto decides to go one better and make a cookie that's popular among witches... the twist being that they're filled cookies meant to look as much like a real human finger as possible (complete with an almond sliver for the nail). How close can a cookie come to looking like a human finger and still be edible, both due to ingredients used and due to psychological factors? Bump. Food Theory tested "microwaving an onion" as part of a group of myths about how to cut onions. Turns out that it just makes things worse depending upon how you do it, but *freezing* them will slow the reaction... in exchange for making them harder to chop. what I've found best for cutting onions is to buy only sweet onions, refrigerate then, and then use a sharp knife. of the three, using sweet onions instead of stronger onions makes the most difference.
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Post by ironhold on Jan 10, 2024 1:03:09 GMT
Spy Classroom - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_ClassroomPremise: The series takes place in a fictional Central European nation known as the Din Republic in the wake of what is implied to be WWI. Owing to the devastation caused by the war, most nations are now emphasizing "silent" warfare by way of espionage in the hopes of forestalling actual armed conflict. 20-year-old Klaus is, despite his age, the best agent in the Republic and perhaps the best in Mainland Europe. His superiors have ordered him to assemble a team so that he can train them, and he picks eight female cadets aged 14 - 18 from different military schools; they each have their flaws, but he sees the potential. Consideration: In episode 8 of the anime, Klaus asserts that a sufficiently trained spy can detect the malice a person feels towards them and that this can give valuable warning time ahead of being attacked. This pays off in episode 11 by way of Grete, one of the cadets, conditioning a trigger-happy individual into shooting at an ostensible assassin with a distinctive facial birthmark, when it's actually Grete herself in disguise; she sets this up so that the trigger-happy individual shoots at her but hits the real assassin's accomplice instead, and since Grete was the target the accomplice couldn't sense the malice & thus had no chance to dodge it. Myth: Can a person truly sense malice to the extent that they can anticipate attacks even without seeing the person they feel is going to attack them? It's implied that Grete saw the trigger-happy individual shouldering their shotgun and so dodged *then* rather than attempting to evade the actual blast itself, and thus I'm not including it in the things to test.
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Post by the light works on Jan 10, 2024 1:09:00 GMT
Spy Classroom - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_ClassroomPremise: The series takes place in a fictional Central European nation known as the Din Republic in the wake of what is implied to be WWI. Owing to the devastation caused by the war, most nations are now emphasizing "silent" warfare by way of espionage in the hopes of forestalling actual armed conflict. 20-year-old Klaus is, despite his age, the best agent in the Republic and perhaps the best in Mainland Europe. His superiors have ordered him to assemble a team so that he can train them, and he picks eight female cadets aged 14 - 18 from different military schools; they each have their flaws, but he sees the potential. Consideration: In episode 8 of the anime, Klaus asserts that a sufficiently trained spy can detect the malice a person feels towards them and that this can give valuable warning time ahead of being attacked. This pays off in episode 11 by way of Grete, one of the cadets, conditioning a trigger-happy individual into shooting at an ostensible assassin with a distinctive facial birthmark, when it's actually Grete herself in disguise; she sets this up so that the trigger-happy individual shoots at her but hits the real assassin's accomplice instead, and since Grete was the target the accomplice couldn't sense the malice & thus had no chance to dodge it. Myth: Can a person truly sense malice to the extent that they can anticipate attacks even without seeing the person they feel is going to attack them? It's implied that Grete saw the trigger-happy individual shouldering their shotgun and so dodged *then* rather than attempting to evade the actual blast itself, and thus I'm not including it in the things to test. didn't the mythbusters do one about sensing someone looking at you?
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Post by ironhold on Jan 10, 2024 1:22:36 GMT
didn't the mythbusters do one about sensing someone looking at you? If they did I don't remember seeing it. It's been *months* since I watched an episode of Mythbusters. Last I saw, Discovery - Warner was trying to shunt the re-runs off of Science Channel and on to TruTV. I don't think they even did the annual marathon this Christmas.
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Post by ironhold on Feb 9, 2024 15:54:52 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farming_Life_in_Another_World#Anime"Farming Life In Another World" Hiraku, the male lead, has such a terrible life that even God feels sorry for him and offers him a do-over. Hiraku chooses to be a farmer because he got into a reality TV series about farming when he was laid up during his final months, and so God plops him down in the middle of a forest no human dares enter due to its brutal reputation. Between his god-given stamina, the magical farming implement he's granted, and Hiraku's own gleeful ignorance, he manages to turn a random patch of forest into a thriving farm. Before long, he domesticates an entire family of inferno wolves, convinces a demon spider to live on the farm (trading silk for potatoes), talks a female vampire into being his wife, and generally manages to thrive while being blissfully unaware of the full magnitude of what he's managed to achieve. Episode 5 - Turns out that the inferno wolves are repelled by the scent of cilantro, to the point that they won't even eat meat that has been seasoned with it. Cue the female vampire and a few others making cilantro wards because they're afraid of the inferno wolves. Myth: Are any canine species, let alone wolves of any sort, repelled by the scent of cilantro?
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Post by the light works on Feb 9, 2024 17:54:59 GMT
according to the AKC, cilantro is not harmful to dogs, which can be taken to mean that dogs will eat it. they do say the stems are hard for them to digest. of course, cilantro is a plant that some humans find repulsive, and it is allegedly a genetic trait; so its entirely possible for a family of dogs to be genetically predisposed to hate the stuff.
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Post by ironhold on Apr 20, 2024 19:11:41 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_%C3%97_Family_Code%3A_WhiteSpy x Family is an action comedy series about a mismatched "found" family wherein the husband is a spy for a foreign government, the wife is an assassin for the mafia, the daughter is a telepath, and the family dog can see the future. In the movie, there's a scene where Lloyd (husband) gets Yor (wife) a tube of fancy lipstick as a gift as she's been complaining that the cold weather in a place they're visiting is chapping her lips. Later on, Yor uses it to defeat an enemy cyborg. Yor notes that the lipstick is oil-based, and so she uses her assassin skills to cover the cyborg's body in it. They're battling in the middle of a burning airship, and so there's plenty of fire. As the cyborg foolishly popped open their chest armor to show off how much ammunition they have, the fire catches the lipstick, follows it up the cyborg's body, and goes into the ammo bins. Are oil-based lipsticks and other cosmetics actually flammable, and if so would they do what is depicted in the movie?
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Post by the light works on Apr 20, 2024 19:31:03 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_%C3%97_Family_Code%3A_WhiteSpy x Family is an action comedy series about a mismatched "found" family wherein the husband is a spy for a foreign government, the wife is an assassin for the mafia, the daughter is a telepath, and the family dog can see the future. In the movie, there's a scene where Lloyd (husband) gets Yor (wife) a tube of fancy lipstick as a gift as she's been complaining that the cold weather in a place they're visiting is chapping her lips. Later on, Yor uses it to defeat an enemy cyborg. Yor notes that the lipstick is oil-based, and so she uses her assassin skills to cover the cyborg's body in it. They're battling in the middle of a burning airship, and so there's plenty of fire. As the cyborg foolishly popped open their chest armor to show off how much ammunition they have, the fire catches the lipstick, follows it up the cyborg's body, and goes into the ammo bins. Are oil-based lipsticks and other cosmetics actually flammable, and if so would they do what is depicted in the movie? a quick youtube search netted the result that lipstick doesn't seem to be able to burn on its own. a google search netted the result that it can contain various waxes, petroleum products and even animal fats. which means it is combustible under the correct circumstances - though I would think those circumstances would involve a wick. but the bottom line is; did he buy this lipstick at costco, to give her enough to coat a robot with?
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Post by ironhold on Apr 20, 2024 19:42:47 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_%C3%97_Family_Code%3A_WhiteSpy x Family is an action comedy series about a mismatched "found" family wherein the husband is a spy for a foreign government, the wife is an assassin for the mafia, the daughter is a telepath, and the family dog can see the future. In the movie, there's a scene where Lloyd (husband) gets Yor (wife) a tube of fancy lipstick as a gift as she's been complaining that the cold weather in a place they're visiting is chapping her lips. Later on, Yor uses it to defeat an enemy cyborg. Yor notes that the lipstick is oil-based, and so she uses her assassin skills to cover the cyborg's body in it. They're battling in the middle of a burning airship, and so there's plenty of fire. As the cyborg foolishly popped open their chest armor to show off how much ammunition they have, the fire catches the lipstick, follows it up the cyborg's body, and goes into the ammo bins. Are oil-based lipsticks and other cosmetics actually flammable, and if so would they do what is depicted in the movie? a quick youtube search netted the result that lipstick doesn't seem to be able to burn on its own. a google search netted the result that it can contain various waxes, petroleum products and even animal fats. which means it is combustible under the correct circumstances - though I would think those circumstances would involve a wick. but the bottom line is; did he buy this lipstick at costco, to give her enough to coat a robot with? It's a tube of lipstick bought from a local vendor. The series is an action comedy that often goes for the over-the-top, so it's plausible *in universe* that there was enough. The question is - would it have even burned?
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Post by the light works on Apr 20, 2024 22:57:38 GMT
a quick youtube search netted the result that lipstick doesn't seem to be able to burn on its own. a google search netted the result that it can contain various waxes, petroleum products and even animal fats. which means it is combustible under the correct circumstances - though I would think those circumstances would involve a wick. but the bottom line is; did he buy this lipstick at costco, to give her enough to coat a robot with? It's a tube of lipstick bought from a local vendor. The series is an action comedy that often goes for the over-the-top, so it's plausible *in universe* that there was enough. The question is - would it have even burned? as I said, in the youtube clip, it looked like it had to have a wick.
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