Comments by "Geoffrey Lyons" (@granatmof) on "SmarterEveryDay" channel.

  1. I like how initially the concept looked simple, but with simple explanations they got further and further into why it was so complicated.
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  2. The bullets also presumably traveled further across the battlefield allowing them to slow even lower that the lower powder levels. Metallurgy is still an issue, getting samples of similar lead bullets of the era and recasting them in a similar process may lead to similar metallurgy. Maybe compressed air may work. probably not though.
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  3. There's a reason the CEO is a software guy instead if a materials guy. That's why they don't mind showing their robots working because the code to get them to that point was the hard part.
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  4. It cannot be understated how much investment the branches of the US military make into training personelle and maintenance. The Russo-Ukraine war is a clear indication when a military neglects training and maintenance: it loses any tactical or material advantage it had on paper to engage peer state and lower threats. Russia went from being the second best military in the world to reverting to atrocious military doctrines from the previous century. Long gone is the capacity for fast attacks, precision munitions or multilayered attacks that can quickly seize the advantage and now it results in worsening an ever increasing humanitarian crisis. The dividends for American in having well trained military personelle is what they can accomplish when theily eventually leave the military. However many veterans suffer from the long term injuries sustained by the ridiculous level of training and bodily stress they undergo. The irony that the US military is so effective but operates on socialist principles never ends for me. Soldiers have access to medical care, universal housing, education, and nutritional support, and reforms are making mental Healthcare support an evolving improvement. It's amazing what young people can do with a robust social safety net underneath them.
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  5. The Grand tour Vietnam special where the ape drove a replica Vietnam War us patrol boat that used jet engines made me appreciate the abilities and usefulness of jet engines for boats. The additional computer controls and added degrees of freedom of this boat is pretty cool.
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  6. Y'all have a bias of results. The one on the right wins all but 2 fights. It likewise looks like you have two different models of edger. I know you have the disclaimer that it's not scientific, I'm just staring y'all have a bias for a head to head. In cub scouts the wood block derby track had a bias where one side won every race and no one noticed but me. It was annoying.
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