Keffpie t1_ituhpy5 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:23 PM

Reply to comment by BaltimoreBadger23 in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

Some Poles are still a bit salty about it...

Keffpie t1_itbbc7o wrote on October 22, 2022 at 9:43 AM

Reply to What’s the difference between Rengoku and a condom? by Aegis4521

A condom can fail

Keffpie t1_iso81nc wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:37 PM

Reply to Can we discuss possible astroturfing for Project Hail Mary? by dorodorodoroz1

I don't think it's astroturfing. It's a genuinely good book, and the people who didn't read it at launch probably discovered it through a friend or randomly, and want to gush over it. My wife read it after me nagging her for a year, and then she would not shut up about it. She's not a reddit-person, but she definitely posted about it on Instagram and Facebook.

Another book with the same pattern is Piranesi - that's not as "available", but it's just as deserved.

Keffpie t1_irm2oy5 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 8:32 AM

Reply to TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ

Time is one of the things that works better with circles, and therefore base 12, due to us living on a planet circling a sun (and with a satellite circling us).