Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website -3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you're going to be snarky about units, at least get the significant digits correct. The infographic gives 100°F as the temperature. If I had to guess I'd say that wherever that number came from, it's precision is much less than a whole °F, but for simplicity let's just say that the precision is a whole number, no decimal places in the precision. At that precision 37.5°C and 38°C are both also 100°F. There are 9/5 °F for every °C after all. If you'd said 37.7°C I wouldn't have even commented. But that was one decimal place too far (and being too lazy to find the ° symbol or type out degrees).

You're all probably saying, "Who cares? Why do you care? Aren't you just being any even more annoying pedant?"

I do. I don't know. Probably.

But, if you're going to be a smartass, you better at least try to be smart about it.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Whenever I'm forced to use windows, show file extensions and show hidden files.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because vector graphics take up much less space. That's the joke.

Now I'm going to put the joke out of it's misery.

Most of the illustrations, formula, tables etc. in a math book could be vector graphics, most of them were in 90% of the upper level math text books I've ever had, usually in only 2 colors. Many math formulas can be represented and formatted directly using only Tex or LaTex. Mostly physics and math involving more than two dimensions would have more raster images, even color. But it's not like the publishers are going to be handing out PDFs with original vector graphics embedded. That would make high quality knockoffs trivial.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 40 points 2 months ago

Thumper (Bambi) is a rabbit.

Hazel (Watership down) is a hare.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

The crouching guidelines were never about avoiding being stuck, rather about reducing harm if you are incapable of reaching a safer location.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, given your work history, where do you stand on the Clerks deathstar contractor debate?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Same reason anyone has played any of the thousands of games that predate "the cloud" or games that don't even have a save feature. Cloud saves? No thanks, never have, maybe never will.

Besides, if you're not paying for the service, you're the product not the consumer.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

Wow, what a dumb and toxic take.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for further proving my point.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

Ditto. The plastics floss/pick combos work even better. Being thinner and super flexible, they are less likely to cause damage and reach the tiny crevices better.

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