Diff of Quotes at 159cad4
@@ -1747,2 +1747,4 @@* "for a person a good operational definition for a god is something/someone that controls what they care about but they have no control over"-* "i am not sure what to make of the idea of running a medium bypass turbofan for long durations on the ground for power generation. i haven't given this a single bit of scrutiny because it gives me a feeling that i'll discover an entirely new axis of disappointment in society. why do the wealthy seem just as desperate as the poor? why does power present itself without even the airs of dignity? why would we lash down our flying machines and make them pull nothing at all?"\ No newline at end of file+* "i am not sure what to make of the idea of running a medium bypass turbofan for long durations on the ground for power generation. i haven't given this a single bit of scrutiny because it gives me a feeling that i'll discover an entirely new axis of disappointment in society. why do the wealthy seem just as desperate as the poor? why does power present itself without even the airs of dignity? why would we lash down our flying machines and make them pull nothing at all?"+* "When Genghis Khan was besieging Yinchuan, he had each soldier build five campfires, tricking the Chinese into thinking his much smaller force had a much higher GDP per capita, prompting them to surrender the city."+* "Some of the most well-presented and mindset-altering esoteric engineering wisdom is locked away in PowerPoints that have only been presented once to 12 people at a random regional conference somewhere in kansas"\ No newline at end of file