The Musings Of The Consensus

 In my last post on  Gundam tech nerding, I mentioned a few examples of fictional tech from the Gundam universe with real-world analogs. In this post, I'd like to discuss a few more examples. 1. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - E-Carbon One bit of technology that does not get discussed as much by casual fans of the show is the E-Carbon material used as armor plating, a building material for the in-universe orbital elevators, and some that, in truth, already exists largely in real life right now. First, Carbon is one of the most common elements in the Periodic Table of Elements. Second, carbon is an interesting element in that it's not that special in its purest form (not to mention highly unstable), but when used in allotropes, or combinations of carbon with other substances, they can form many interesting and useful things. Two of special note are graphite, used in many industrial processes, and diamonds, which are basically a crystallized form of carbon and valuable in both industry ...

 I've watched quite a few Gundam shows and read some of the manga as well. While I enjoy the robots going at it in combat and the drama of the people involved, I'm a bit of a nerd and enjoy it when real-world principles are applied to making certain things in Gundam work.  Below is a list of my favorite instances of tech realism. 1. Mobile Suit Gundam - Magnet Coating The original Mobile Suit Gundam's titular machine ran into a problem towards the latter end of the show. While it had taken a while to master, its pilot, Amuro Rei, had gotten to the point where he was outpacing the machine. To put it simply, the Gundam could only move so fast without damaging its joints, but Amuro's brain was faster, and he thus could not push the Gundam to its limits without wrecking the internals. The solution was to apply "magnet coating". Real-world arms and legs are connected to joints, and the flexibility of those joints determines how well the limb can move. Magnet coatin...

Original source: https://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm A long time ago, I wrote a blog post on the 25 main points of the core platform of the Nazi party. Recent adventures in scholarship have made me want to revisit that theme, this time focusing on how well they implemented each point once they were in power. If you are a German and/or Russian reader, please discontinue reading now if the laws of your nation prohibit even academic and scholarly reading of the Nazi platform. This is neither endorsement nor condemnation of Nazis below, merely my observations on how well they pulled off these points when they had an actual government to implement them.  My responses will be in bolded text, in between each point. 1. We demand the union of all Germans in a Great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples. The Nazis definitely made an effort to do this, and then some. 2. We demand that the German people have rights equal to...

 I, in my official capacity as a writer for Christ Centered Gamer, have reviewed both FF7 Remake and Rebirth. Being a veteran of the OG FF7 on PS1, I have been overall pleased with both. Before I cover what they've done right, I'm going to mention two annoying things first as a form of preemptive balance. Also, I shall avoid dropping major spoilers except where absolutely necessary. First, being effectively a stealth sequel of the original, I find the remakes to be, for a total series noob, to be a bit too indulgent on assuming the player knows how the original story goes at times, especially all the side materials. I gather the developers want to streamline the bloated original canon and the remakes are a distilled version of it, but you have to go out of your way to get the full context for some of it. Second, Rebirth's pacing is bogged down with its open world mechanics. I got to the point where, outside of the bare minimum, I went out of my way to speedrun through its U...

 And now, for another round of cheese taste testing and my results. The first cheese I tried was goat log, a cylinder-shaped soft cheese log made of goat's milk. While the taste was not bad, it was VERY lactic and acidic, so if you want a mild cheese, this will not be your thing. Would be a good base for a cheese sauce though. The second cheese I tried is Calabro Ricotta. It is produced in the United States, but caters heavily to Italian customers, with its base in Connecticut. Like any true ricotta, this had a very soft and creamy texture and a mild flavor that makes it go well with practically any meal. My mother and grandmother practically inhaled theirs due to liking it that much. Be advised, ricotta is very soft and does not last long, so have a container to store it in and keep it well refrigerated. The last cheese, however, was the most interesting of all. It's another cheese like the Manchego I tried a while back, but where I found Manchego not fun for eating by itself ...

 For some reason, I had a weird thought about the Rapture involving books and media I've read, and in that moment, I realized a lot of them make little sense to varying degrees. Their premise is conceptually sound, as a fictional end-times apocalyptic fiction hook, but most media (invariably Christian-sponsored per the premise) always have some gaping plot holes and a lack of logic. For those who are not Christian, the basic premise goes like this. Presuming the events of the final book of the Bible (Revelation) speak nigh exclusively of some time in the future of humanity after the founding of the Church as depicted in Acts, the premise is that, in the twinkling of an eye, all who believe in God and His Son Jesus will be yeeted off Earth, leaving behind nothing save what was on their bodies, but they will just vanish. The rest of the world will naturally panic for a while after, until a smooth-talking liar unites the world, comes up with some elaborate lie to explain away the vani...