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Now think about artillery. Your Pattern 68 hurls a two hundredweight slab of rough-hewn asymmetrical rock up in the air at an angle of forty-five degrees, which science and experience have concluded is the optimum angle for distance.
Assuming air resistance is negligible
“A fool pulls the leaves. A brute chops the trunk. A sage digs the roots. —LORN AU ARCOS”
― Iron Gold
― Iron Gold
“All that we have is that shout into the wind--how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.
--Karnus Au Bellona”
― Morning Star
--Karnus Au Bellona”
― Morning Star
“But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good.”
― The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
― The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
“Only a fool takes pride in pretending that a skill he doesn’t possess is worthless.”
― Sharpe's Tiger
― Sharpe's Tiger
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
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