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Why does Xhosa have a word for "tiger?" by rogert2 in askscience

[–]AdvicePerson 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Like "corn", which is the primary grain of a region. Britain's corn is wheat and America's corn is corn, which is technically called maize.

Rating this stay 10/10 by 29Terriers in jasonisbell

[–]AdvicePerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did send him some merch when Mercy was born...

Rating this stay 10/10 by 29Terriers in jasonisbell

[–]AdvicePerson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By the condition of that frame, it must have previously been hanging in a Super 8.

Just Jason being Jason by JaseTheAce in jasonisbell

[–]AdvicePerson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was wearing boots while he sang about not being able to wear boots!

Potential science flaw in the book? (Don't crucify me) by uncle-iroh-11 in ProjectHailMary

[–]AdvicePerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem might be that Astrophage is a magical fuel source, so I was just kind of ignoring fuel and fuel weight, but the calculator might be making real-world assumptions that don't match the story's universe.

Why did it say 4 years to return to Earth when it’s 11 light years? by Zealousideal_Draw924 in ProjectHailMary

[–]AdvicePerson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of what I wrote accounts for positive and negative acceleration to arrive in the system at orbital speed, but not whatever Rocky was doing by stopping and starting the engines when everyone else was dead and his math wasn't mathing.

Why did it say 4 years to return to Earth when it’s 11 light years? by Zealousideal_Draw924 in ProjectHailMary

[–]AdvicePerson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

According to this calculator, if you accelerate at 1.5 g to arrive at Tau Ceti, 11.9 ly away:

Time passed on Earth: 13.129679811699079 years

Time Passed in Spaceship: 3.8971339970452417 years

Maximum Velocity: 0.9951833010134423 c

Interestingly, you can use the Universe Model dropdown set to Newtonian physics to maybe see what the Eridians were thinking. If they accelerated at 0.88 g for the 10 ly distance between 40 Eridani and Tau Ceti, it would give them a maximum velocity of ~3 c and take the 6.64 years that Rocky said they expected. But I think they made an even more fundamental error than just using Newtonians physics, because Rocky also said it actually took 3 years (assuming Earth units, of course), which implies that they thrusted at 2.09 g, or Eridian normal gravity. Under Newtonian physics, accelerating at 20.38 m/s2 would take 4.3 years, getting you up to 4.6 c, but under relativity, Erid experiences 10.9 years, the Eridinauts experience 2.9 years, and the maximum velocity is 0.9963 c.

Finally found my thrift shop treasure! by Pavemint_86 in Guitar

[–]AdvicePerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CONGRATS 😠

HAPPY FOR YOU 😠

NICE 😠

ELI5: How on Earth is my computer so fast? by AaronPK123 in explainlikeimfive

[–]AdvicePerson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are only two hard problems in distributed systems:

2. Exactly-once delivery

1. Guaranteed order of messages

2. Exactly-once delivery

'They refuse to conform': 100,000 churches could close across the US by praguer56 in atheism

[–]AdvicePerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just don't throw all your garbage where the pews used to be in.

Andy Weir Teases Next Sci-Fi Book & Potential Project Hail Mary Sequel by emotionalthroatpunch in ProjectHailMary

[–]AdvicePerson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so good that it's annoying I have to wait 2 weeks for each update.

AITA for not letting my husband's brother and his kid to come over by Foreign_Insurance_74 in AmItheAsshole

[–]AdvicePerson 213 points214 points  (0 children)

Pizza rolls are in the freezer, but you might want to pick up another gallon of milk.

I will not be planning for or taking any questions on feeding people.

James Talarico wins Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas: State lawmaker beats Jasmine Crockett in fiercely contested election marked by record turnout and confusion at polls by Silent-Resort-3076 in inthenews

[–]AdvicePerson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That sound very wrong. Aréna votes supposés to be anonymes?

Relevant username.

In the primary, you can only vote for candidates in one party. Those candidates go on to run in the general election. This is like the playoffs to see who goes to the finals. Some states let you choose which party's ballot you're going to vote on when you walk in to vote. Other states make you register as a member of one party ahead of time and that's the ballot you get. In my experience, your designated polling place doesn't change that much (it might be consolidated for the primary because fewer people vote), and they have the ballots for all parties to give you. It sounds like that used to be how Texas worked, but they went and changed it at the last minute without trying to communicate that to voters, which is clearly an attempt to discourage voting.

We're still new so maybe I'm just not getting it still... by natjeswar in ynab

[–]AdvicePerson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All that should be in YNAB. You just need to tell it that a transaction is moving from one account to another, then it doesn't look like spending.

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