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  1. Comment on What's the biggest YouTube channel still run by just one person? in ~creative

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    I doubt Kenji's channel is solo in the pure sense anymore. Consider this part of his last video on Egg and Rice Bowls. At the very least he has someone operating the camera.

    I doubt Kenji's channel is solo in the pure sense anymore. Consider this part of his last video on Egg and Rice Bowls. At the very least he has someone operating the camera.

  2. Comment on James Webb Space Telescope finds stunning evidence for alternate theory of gravity in ~space

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    I think I disagree with this wording. A lot of work is being done to model the possible properties of dark matter and dark energy. A likewise large amount of work is being done to calculate...

    In a sense, the ΛCDM model already isn't a proper scientific theory - it slaps dark matter and dark energy in it, without a more proper understanding of the workings.

    I think I disagree with this wording. A lot of work is being done to model the possible properties of dark matter and dark energy. A likewise large amount of work is being done to calculate testable predictions for the consequences of these properties. This is very much a scientific framework. Just because GR allows for the freedom to add different contributions to the universe's energy content doesn't make those contributions unscientific.

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  3. Comment on James Webb Space Telescope finds stunning evidence for alternate theory of gravity in ~space

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    That may have been the original motivation for it, but by now it is very difficult to explain cosmology without dark matter. The peaks in the cosmic microwave background, the formation of...

    That may have been the original motivation for it, but by now it is very difficult to explain cosmology without dark matter. The peaks in the cosmic microwave background, the formation of large-scale structure and weak lensing mass mapping all place stringent and mutually compatible bounds on the amount of dark matter in the universe. This makes it very difficult to motivate a model that does not include dark matter.

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  4. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    Looks fun! As a Dutch speaker it does look very Afrikaans to me. Out of curiosity: is there a reason you used <'n> to transcribe /ǝ/? From various Dutch and German dialects I'd expect <'n> to...

    Looks fun! As a Dutch speaker it does look very Afrikaans to me.

    Out of curiosity: is there a reason you used <'n> to transcribe /ǝ/? From various Dutch and German dialects I'd expect <'n> to represent /n̩/ or at least /ǝn/.

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  5. Comment on Show Tildes - Gametje in ~comp

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    I honestly never thought about it before. It is a pattern that you eventually just feel. As I understand it, it is the last sound that determines the diminutive, not the writing of the word. The...

    I honestly never thought about it before. It is a pattern that you eventually just feel. As I understand it, it is the last sound that determines the diminutive, not the writing of the word. The final -e in game is silent, so the word effectively ends with an m. Om the other hand, the -e in "lade" isn't silent, so the diminutive is "ladetje".

  6. Comment on Show Tildes - Gametje in ~comp

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    "Game" ends in an -m sound, in which case the Dutch diminutive adds -pje. This is apparently a regular pattern: Wiktionary has a page about Dutch diminutives.

    "Game" ends in an -m sound, in which case the Dutch diminutive adds -pje. This is apparently a regular pattern: Wiktionary has a page about Dutch diminutives.

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  7. Comment on Ten churches around the world that have been repurposed in interesting and creative ways in ~design