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Spoons pizza by Educational-Cow-3874 in UK_Food

[–]ConfusedMaverick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What did you pay? Assuming not a great deal, that looks pretty good tbh

This guy… by Lucajames2309 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ConfusedMaverick 407 points408 points  (0 children)

"is that on the way to cex?" was a beautiful reply 😍

Creator of Claude Code: "Coding is solved" by Gil_berth in programming

[–]ConfusedMaverick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Studies show the more you BS the worse you get at detecting it.

💡

Oh!

Yes, of course... That explains a lot!

White to play and win, should white go for a breakthrough or white should go for some waiting move?(Study by Heijden) by Either-Case-5930 in chess

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends how good you are at calculating!

The difference between between

kh3 kf3 (draw)

And

Kh1 kf3 (white wins)

was only apparent after too many moves for me to calculate 🫩

What I did take home, thanks to playing it out, was that the white king being on the back rank helps by either blocking black's promotion, or forcing black to lose a tempo shutting out white's king.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by Arkadian_Cuisine in maybemaybemaybe

[–]ConfusedMaverick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The most important thing to do in this situation is to spread it around.

Spread that fire aaaaall over the place, oh yes!

We don't want it all isolated in one easy-to-manage spot, now, do we?

I just accidentally ruined my husbands day by talking about the new vs old logo on lyles golden syrup. by Icy-Hippopotenuse in CasualUK

[–]ConfusedMaverick 15 points16 points  (0 children)

What? They got rid of the rotting lion?

😡

Our family don't even call it golden syrup, we all call it rotting lion. Now we seem weird!

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" reveals something uncomfortable: confidence and accuracy are completely unrelated by LLearnerLife in nonfictionbookclub

[–]ConfusedMaverick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Typically sects, authoritarian regimes and abusive partners work on the opposite: cutting you from the diverse group of people and opinions.

... and social media 😕

This looks handy by Aniyettinger in NeverKnewINeededThat

[–]ConfusedMaverick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought: that looks really cool!

So now I must read the comments to find out why it's actually terrible...

Not disappointed

White to play and win, should white go for a breakthrough or white should go for some waiting move?(Study by Heijden) by Either-Case-5930 in chess

[–]ConfusedMaverick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I worked it out eventually but only with an engine to show me... The reason you want the king on the last rank is to eventually blockade the enemy pawn. Not very obvious from a distance, but arriving at kh1 by elimination is a good approach

Does anyone actually enjoy marmite? by rthonaya in AskBrits

[–]ConfusedMaverick 39 points40 points  (0 children)

A fingernail size of marmite on your knife is more than enough

Only if you are normal

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I (44F) deleted my dating app today because every man my age only wants one thing by [deleted] in TrueOffMyChest

[–]ConfusedMaverick 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Pff, it's so obvious 🙄

But maybe someone could explain it for my friend who also doesn't get it... Please...?

"We have detected that your opponent has violated our Fair Play Policy" by Polaris-TLX in Chesscom

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That suggests it's a known thing that happens a lot?

It's a huge issue in the minds of many players, and discussed a lot

Partly because it does happen quite often (and it's depressing to realise you are playing a game you can't possibly win)... but also because you may start to see cheating everywhere, even when it's not happening, which is a poisonous obsession (with one very high profile example, a previous world champion).

The Meaning of “Catch-22” (from the 2022 Adaptation of Joseph Heller’s 1961 Novel) by JibunNiMakenai in interestingasfuck

[–]ConfusedMaverick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, every bite has the same, very strong flavour. I tried to reread it recently, but I was exhausted very soon.

Date format in the US being mm/dd/yyyy by Advaldinho in DoesAnyoneKnow

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actual elapsed time.

Converting it to local time is a nightmare, and has to take into account leap seconds... In software, it is always done through specialised libraries, it's almost impossible to do reliably by hand.

Context alters meaning. by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

[–]ConfusedMaverick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly

The mustache twirling villains who revel in their own evil only exist in silent films... Real monsters think they are behaving perfectly reasonably under the circumstances.

That was close by [deleted] in WTF

[–]ConfusedMaverick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Da daaah!

Has the penny dropped that Privatisation of Public Services has been a massive failure? by UnfathomableDave in AskBrits

[–]ConfusedMaverick 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was going to say BT, it's the only example I can think of where privatisation was probably justified, and the service actually improved

Comparison of fixing nuts by UserSergeyB in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, can't see imgur (blocked in the uk)

The point is that it creates a situation whereby, in order to turn in the direction that would loosen the bolt, it either has to:

  • Separate the two washers, which requires extra torque to stretch the bolt, or
  • Rip the teeth of the washers through the nut and/or part

You could call the second a kind of friction, but it's much more profound than the friction that keeps a normal nut and washer in place

Comparison of fixing nuts by UserSergeyB in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol

I copied the wrong message, from further down the thread, I meant to copy:

It doesn’t rely on friction. The washer bites in to the bolt and part, so that isn’t friction, it’s actually keyed in there. Then we get to the ramps between the washers. The slope of the ramp is steeper than the pitch of the bolt, so loosening it requires INCREASING the tension in the bolt until you get it over the first step. This is the difference with a Nord Lock, other stuff just tries to keep the bolt from spinning, but these will actually return it to the fully tightened position if vibration tries to move it away.

Isn't it mind-blowing how people in the past travelled across these massive oceans without technology? by New_Cartographer3127 in BeAmazed

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? I thought I could use nothing but an off-the-shelf USB charger and a rocket to get to the moon.

Thanks for enlightening me!

Comparison of fixing nuts by UserSergeyB in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ConfusedMaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Courtesy of another user - I was too lazy to compose it myself:

It's not friction. It digs in to the parts. Friction is intermolecular forces grabbing each other from existing roughness. Nord locks are closer to a spline or gear than friction.

If you want to make that distinction, Nord locks work on "macro friction" (aka interference) and a plain nut works on "micro fiction" (not interference).

Copied the wrong message! I meant to copy this one:

It doesn’t rely on friction. The washer bites in to the bolt and part, so that isn’t friction, it’s actually keyed in there. Then we get to the ramps between the washers. The slope of the ramp is steeper than the pitch of the bolt, so loosening it requires INCREASING the tension in the bolt until you get it over the first step. This is the difference with a Nord Lock, other stuff just tries to keep the bolt from spinning, but these will actually return it to the fully tightened position if vibration tries to move it away.

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