It may sound contradictory, but a “softer” (more compliant) spring (in this example corresponding to a longer wire) stores more energy than a stiff one when the same load (force) is applied.

Yes, your calculations are correct. The force of 200 N corresponds to the weight of a mass of 20 kg.

In Germany, anyone has the right to provisionally detain a perpetrator caught in flagranti until police arrives. This would also apply to the US sherrif on vacation.

Bent but unbroken

Yet, Rimu mentions it in the release notes, so that’s the “official” reason:

To reduce server load and network traffic, a maximum number of votes that can be cast each day has been set at a level that will only affect the top 2% of voters, leaving the bottom 98% unaffected. This quota can be altered with an environment variable. View a profile to see how much of their daily quota has been used.

The quota already came with the version update to 1.7 about 6 weeks ago in July.

As far as I’m informed, the Matrix runs on Windows XP, but maybe not yet in russia.

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A p-value, which measures how surprising the observed data would be if there were truly no effect, of greater than 0.05 does not, they say, show there is ‘no effect’. … Instead, the authors say, a non-significant result simply means there is insufficient evidence to conclude a difference exists, not proof that a difference does not exist.

https://lemmy.world/post/50543308

The best way to practise the two finger picking technique is with your girlfriend
Oh sorry! You’re bassist, you don’t have a girlfriend.