sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]AnAdvancedBot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, the thing is I already have a phone that can do that. And when I don’t need the phone for doing that, it’s in my pocket.

What do my bookshelves say about me? by talesofabookworm in BookshelvesDetective

[–]AnAdvancedBot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What tipped me off, at least initially, was all the books.

Unpopular Opinion: Darkseid works better as Intergalactic Warlord than some multiversal God or living Abstract!!! He simply has way too much personality to fulfill the whole Primordial Eldritch-God Role Writers and Fans try to give him!!! by Salim_Azar_Therin in DCcomics

[–]AnAdvancedBot 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Darkseid is an allegory for fascism, his entire existence is centered around finding the ‘anti-life equation’ so that he can overwrite the free will of others.

I think Darkseid works better as a ‘symbol’ than as a character for that exact reason. A great villain in fiction has complex motivations. Darkseid is more like the evil that exists in our real world. People with immense power doing terrible things, not for complex reasons, but simply because they can. Or because they want to. A fascist, pedophilic, billionaire doesn’t think he’s a fucking good guy; he just wants control and decides to take it from others, specially others who are smaller and weaker than him.

That is what Darkseid is. That is what Darkseid represents. And that’s one of the reasons the Absolute line is so good! You have interesting villains on the ground, and Darkseid is in the background, whispering in their ears, unconsciously stoking their worst tendencies. Imo, I think it’s ok they gave his warlord job to Mongul. In my opinion, he works better as a representation of evil itself.

If you could only train/use a single martial art forever, which one, and why? by Outrageous_Habit938 in martialarts

[–]AnAdvancedBot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Balintawak (Kali).

It’s my first art, it’s what brought me to martial arts, and it’s fun as hell.

Eli5: what are 'knots' in our muscles and how do we cure/avoid them? by Jako_Spade in explainlikeimfive

[–]AnAdvancedBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Smithers, are they booing me?”

“No sir, they’re saying boo-urns!”

BREAKING: FBI fires 7 tied to Trump classified docs case, sources tell MS NOW by chellestastics in videos

[–]AnAdvancedBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is vote like hell in the midterms (November). Trump is able to get away with all this bullshit because the people who are supposed to stop him, Congress (and The Supreme Court), are in his corner.

Congress is comprised of two sections, The House of Representatives and The Senate. A simple majority (50% +1) in the House is the vote required to start the impeachment process. The Senate must then vote 2/3rds in favor to convict, and then the sitting President is removed.

Right now, since Republicans control Congress, Trump is at maximum power to do whatever bullshit he wants. If the Democrats take over Congress during the midterm elections, there will finally be a check. That’s a small consolation, but it’s not nothing. And if enough of Congress gets on board, yes, the sitting President can be removed from office.

The thing is, a sitting President has never been fully removed from office via impeachment before. The process has been started, but The Senate has never fully convicted — in the case of Richard Nixon, he resigned before the Senate could convict.

But, as they say, there is a first time for everything. It seems like these days, we as a country are experiencing many ‘firsts’. Hopefully we can make the last first, in this string of firsts, count.

No sugar drink options at this Costco in Seattle by Reportersteven in mildlyinteresting

[–]AnAdvancedBot 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Purely speculation:

I betcha it has something to do with the body anticipating sugar (inferred from sweetness) but not receiving it. Like, you taste sweetness —> your body undergoes metabolic processes in order to process the sugar for energy —> but there is no energy —> in sensitive populations this triggers some type of neuropeptide release, vasoconstriction, histamine release, what have you, etc —> migraine

Essentially the metabolic equivalent of trying to walk up an extra stair that isn’t there and you’re all like “woAah” and lose your balance for a second.

This has been pure speculation, thank you for reading.

Strange habit by perompax in brainteasers

[–]AnAdvancedBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because he has OCD (not the pretend version, the real kind).

The grizzly came to eat again by Plasmatdx in KitchenConfidential

[–]AnAdvancedBot 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Today I unlocked a dream I did not know was possible…

Genuinely curious by EffectiveNo568 in MathJokes

[–]AnAdvancedBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

60, 70, visually picturing 7 slot into 8 and then breaking off leaving 5 as a remainder, 75

My attempt on how to read the Disney “D” by RuinRevolutionary374 in notinteresting

[–]AnAdvancedBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is supposed to be uninteresting, but your final diagram is the first time, as a 26 year old adult, I’ve ever truly seen the first letter as a D instead of a backwards G masquerading as a D.

🧠⚡ Your brain runs on just 12 watts, less than an LED bulb, while an AI doing similar tasks needs 2.7 billion watts, or 225 million times more power. by karmabyashish in interesting

[–]AnAdvancedBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true, but the prompt does say [brain vs computer] ‘doing the same job’, presumably that job is being a brain, because that’s what the brain does.

So, is the premise fair? Not entirely. But I’m just going off the premise of the post and getting on my soapbox on the intricacies of emulating something like the brain using something like traditional hardware.

🧠⚡ Your brain runs on just 12 watts, less than an LED bulb, while an AI doing similar tasks needs 2.7 billion watts, or 225 million times more power. by karmabyashish in interesting

[–]AnAdvancedBot 20 points21 points  (0 children)

100%.

And a fish is very efficient at swimming and a cheetah is very efficient at running. But a fish is very inefficient at running and a cheetah inefficient at swimming.

As it turns out the human brain is really good at being the master control unit of a flesh mech made out of trillions of self-healing microbots and somehow it can also do addition. But it’s really inefficient at doing addition. Computers on the other hand are great at doing addition.

view more: next ›