aberroco
aberroco t1_ja8dp9x wrote
Reply to comment by ledow in Didn't fear and rescued by M178music
No, you unlikely to get a frostbite/hypothermia from laying on ice for a few minutes. But you are if you would fell into ice cold water.
He got lucky, but this was a risk nonetheless.
aberroco t1_j68mp08 wrote
Reply to comment by 939319 in ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch
And lye, NaOH.
aberroco t1_j68m24i wrote
Reply to comment by hyzermofo in ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch
Like salt. Even the usual one, NaCl, dissolved in water and electrolyzed, dissipates to NaOH, NaOCl, HCl, H2 and Cl2. HCl, H2 and Cl2 are gaseous, so they bubble out, but NaOH (lye) and NaOCl (bleach) stays in solution.
And that's just one example, there's multitude of other chemicals that's produced by electrolysis, potentially making water toxic.
aberroco t1_j63yorf wrote
Reply to comment by Dependent-Law7316 in ELI5: How is donating equipment to participate in war, not considered going to war? by lloyd705
Half of ex-soviet block countries are currently in NATO and most of them, except only Belarus, practically hates Russia. Even countries that was sided with it before, like Kazakhstan or Armenia, currently distance themselves away. Even though in Kazakhstan it's autocracy pretty much like in Belarus. There's no profits in siding with Russia or in her winning the war, and besides, Russia already shown it's strength, or lack of it to be precise, and no one wants to be with loser.
And, btw, I'm from Russia (sadly). And though I've left the country, I know relatively well what's happening and where it's going.
aberroco t1_j63k42n wrote
Reply to comment by steruY in ELI5: How is donating equipment to participate in war, not considered going to war? by lloyd705
But those people probably brainwashed to oblivion.
aberroco t1_j63jsld wrote
Reply to comment by Dependent-Law7316 in ELI5: How is donating equipment to participate in war, not considered going to war? by lloyd705
Probably, technically that won't be a world war, since Russia won't have any allies, at least not of any significant power. It would be more like The World-Russian war.
I highly doubt that China or Iran would join such endeavor on russian side.
aberroco t1_j63jidv wrote
Reply to comment by gregory_rorschach in ELI5: How is donating equipment to participate in war, not considered going to war? by lloyd705
In addition to addition, Ukraine didn't formally declared war either.
aberroco t1_is5dtn2 wrote
Reply to Quantum computers and space travel by quantumscion
Could be, but not currently nor in near future. If/when QC would be able to solve a whole lot of complex integrals (big if), this potentially could allow us to simulate different quantum equations and construct and check different universe models, which, if proven valid, could lead to some theory of everything, which then could lead to exploration of some weird physics that allows for FTL or at least near light speed travels.
But, as you can see, there's a whole lot of ifs, each one bigger than other.
aberroco t1_jd9jziy wrote
Reply to comment by Smiling_Mister_J in Wagner Group chief Prigozhin greeting ex-cons returning from fighting in Ukraine - in Russia they're heroes while most of the world think they're villains. by TequillaShotz
You forgot to mention that they, y'know, probably killed someone before, or raped, or, y'know, mugged someone, that's why they're convicted.