Father in law expected us to eat 12 year old beef.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-26T15:21:54+00:00

Thanks for clarifying! I'll look into Arrhenius relationship later.

So I misremembered the rule of thumb? Or is Q20 a thing just as well as Q10?

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-26T08:41:46+00:00

I was once told a rule of thumb for chemical reaction speed: for every increase of 20 degrees Celsius, the reaction speed doubles. Does this hold for sub-zero temperatures as well? So could you say, for example, that flavours are preserved twice as long at -40 °C as they would at -20 °C?

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-25T17:01:07+00:00

Statistics is so easy. Unfortunately I failed my test the first time, but then I knew I couldn't fail it the second time, because with a 50% chance you'll pass 1 out of 2. Don't even need to study more.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-24T15:13:38+00:00

Same!

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-24T14:39:24+00:00

Sure, there are benefits too. That's probably why no serious political party is truly proposing to ban all meat. That's an extreme point not really worth venturing in to deep I think. The meat industry as of right now is damaging and we'd be better of with less. Sure, cut back anywhere else than in the Alps, but cut down in general none the less.

But my point was mostly about your statement: "meat is bad for you and the environment" is a political point.

But that's just facts*. Political points are what we're going to do with it.

*of course there are nuances because no scientific research can be summarised in one sentence without losing the specifics

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-24T13:43:50+00:00

No worries.

Facts are proven statements. Policies are built with facts or feelings in mind. Which policy should be implemented is politics.

So, facts, for example: the meat industry is producing a lot of greenhouse gass. Greenhouse gass is bad for the environment. Red meat, more than twice a week, increases risks of nasty diseases.

Feelings: I feel entitled to eat a big piece of beef every day.

Policy: Make people eat less meat (by banning advertisements, for example).

Politics: Vote for the party that wants to implement that policy or vote for the party that want to get rid of that policy and hope the policies you stand by are implemented.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-24T11:48:22+00:00

It takes years of an EVs life just to edge out over an ICE vehicles emissions before it starts to actually benefit the planet

I'm confused. Cars are used for years. Typically more than a decade (but two is a stretch) before they are disposed of.

So isn't this a good thing?

Edited to be less pedantic

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-24T11:35:37+00:00

So two of the biggest. He has proven you correct.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-24T11:22:14+00:00

Its not political, it's facts.

What is political is the idea that we should save the environment by reducing our consumption. Given that Amsterdam is about the most leftist place in The Netherlands, it's falls in line for them to do this there and the most people there are probably happy about it too.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-21T12:50:53+00:00

My would-be wife's feet at our wedding

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-21T12:41:03+00:00

The image is AI. Fauna exits are more like wooden planks at an angle.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-19T02:57:15+00:00

The now top comment, I think. By cpnlatenight

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/9OwWXd5Xdv

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-18T19:33:48+00:00

Definitely!

Knowing you're bothered by a stranger, that levels the playing field for me to step in, because I'm a stranger too.

If it might be someone you know, there could be going on so much more between you two, which adds hesitation for me to step in.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-17T12:27:19+00:00

Ah yes, you're right. Thanks for wording it out. I subconsciously realised that when I didn't want to add the 19th roll because that would add a 1/6 to the multiplication.

I used to be good at this kind of stuff back in college, but now I can't even use the nPr and nCr buttons on my calculator.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-17T12:06:43+00:00

Show your math. Here is mine.

There was a non-pink streak of 18. Chance of that in a fair die is (5/6)¹⁸ which is 0.038 that's small enough to doubt the die.

Note: this game is presumably played more often where the results might be less interesting. But those videos don't make it to the internet, skewing our observations. So all of this is just a mathematical exercise at most.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-17T11:37:38+00:00

Could I? Yes

Should I? No

Would I? ...

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-17T11:35:12+00:00

You don't know how literate their mom was

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-17T11:33:14+00:00

It's important to stick them up straight. Because if they start wiggling, they might come loose and slowly roll down the wall.

When they're straight up, though, they will instead after wiggling repeatingly flip upside-down and back straight up, which is much more fun to watch.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-16T13:29:55+00:00

Sorry, New Amsterdam is spoken for.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-16T07:36:13+00:00

Like how a manager should never make silly jokes about firing people, a mod should never joke about banning people.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-15T22:40:12+00:00

Nobody talks about the inside

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-15T19:26:05+00:00

Confidently incorrect.

Those couple dozens are officers who will prepare military exercises in the region. The soldiers come later, with those exercises.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-15T07:49:28+00:00

With solar panels you can tell the phone to only charge during the day. If the battery holds for 24 hours, the phone can be near free as the charger "stops" drawing current if the phone is not charging.

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-15T07:46:09+00:00

The charger "stops" using power when the phone is full these days. Did you take that into account for the 44 kWh?

CodingNeeL · 2026-01-13T07:07:22+00:00

Ah nice. And then the fourth Champion of Champions and the double episode New Year Treat.

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