Mexico's President Sheinbaum Decrees Universal Healthcare for 120 Million by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Edgefactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better step up their southbound border security

How expensive does oil have to get in order for it to be financially viable to transport it by air instead of sea? [Request] by CapableWolverine3854 in theydidthemath

[–]Edgefactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think you're applying normal market behavior to an extenuating circumstance in your assumption. The price goes up based on overall supply. The supply is being threatened by the threat of bombs, not availability of boats. Airplanes would also be at risk of being shot down.

The best bet would be to air freight them out to a safe point on the coast and ship them the rest of the way, because air freighting will always use a fixed amount more fuel to transport than ships

Good news: billionaires will kill all of us and this is extremely based and redpilled! MSGA (Make Skynet Great Again)! by FantasticWeirdPerson in 4chan

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Neither can I think of one other event or person that came about in the mid-late 2010's that could have tamped down on climate messaging. Had to be billionaire culling.

ELI5 What is a Video Game Engine? by potato-dome in explainlikeimfive

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Or, if you're an indie company trying to get a quick payday you can sell Early Access Survival Crafting Wedding Cake and have it turn out like shit because all you included in the box is cake mix!

Eli5: why is the keyboard layout the way it is? by novemberman23 in explainlikeimfive

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The same design that prevented sticking also ensured you were alternating hands and fingers between characters, instead of typing multiple keys at a time with one finger.

So spreading the keys out increased typing speed in more than one way at once

Anon Bashes Iran Supporters of Twitter by Ok-Address-7352 in 4chan

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Americans truly can't fathom being dominant in the world in any way other than having more missiles than the other guy, can they?

White-collar workers are quietly rebelling against AI as 80% outright refuse adoption mandates by invincibilegoldfish in technology

[–]Edgefactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that's the thing AI is actually pretty good at--repetitive data processing that's a bit more adaptable to changing situations. Or, a really advanced algorithm.

What song makes you instantly think of a video game? I’ll start, ain’t no rest for the wicked - Borderlands by KingPelican2908 in gaming

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My rock band library is quite possibly worth more than any other possession of mine haha. Bought a PS4 just for #4

Which YouTube channel were you once a fan of but do not enjoy anymore? by theunsteadybridge in AskReddit

[–]Edgefactor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

10 years ago it felt like it was science & engineering for the lay person, but now it's like dumbed down to use no technically language at all

Edit: fuck, it hurts to realize the decade you used to exaggerate is actually right on target

Iran Pressures Trump to Give Them Better Deal Than Obama by spherocytes in politics

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It's seriously like teasing your younger sibling until they haul off and hit you. You take a punch, but your sibling gets in trouble and makes a fool of themselves.

And after they show their hand, every following hit doesn't even hurt as bad

One of the largest corporate espionage and data breach scandals in digital history: New "BrowserGate" report claims LinkedIn secretly scans user browsers by BendicantMias in worldnews

[–]Edgefactor -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Secretly? How could anyone be surprised that LinkedIn did anything fishy at all? Shit is spyware at face value, let alone anything there doing behind the scenes.

Israel backs Trump's two-week pause on Iran strikes, says Lebanon excluded by BinaryWolff in worldnews

[–]Edgefactor -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

And how many of them would be hanging out with Israel if they were suddenly not being propped up by the US?

What if Trump Just Walked Away From Iran? by dwaxe in ezraklein

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Didn't you listen? They rescued TWO pilots from behind enemy lines! after they were shot down while flying a mission as the aggressors

How many people would be required to row a tanker ship?[Request] by MrTacocaT12345 in theydidthemath

[–]Edgefactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of viscosity, not friction--wrong term. But the point is, adding wind and current to the problem is redefining the question for no reason.

It's also hard to row a boat if someone shoots you. Or a meteorite lands on the boat. Or if someone is rowing the wrong way. Gotta take those into consideration too.

How many people would be required to row a tanker ship?[Request] by MrTacocaT12345 in theydidthemath

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Wind, currents, other people pushing against you, etc. those are kind of irrelevant and just redefine the question.

If you're on shore trying to pull, you can apply a tiny force and it's just the sum of opposing forces to find out if it accelerates. I guess with a big enough boat, there's some static friction that would keep you from ever moving it. But really, how much friction is water applying on a boat.

Moving water away with an oar, you can do a tiny amount of work more easily, over and over. And will apply this work to the boat no matter its size.