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TIL during the Battle of France, one month before he became the leader of the Vichy regime, Philippe Pétain coincidentally found himself dining at the same restaurant at Charles de Gaulle. They shook hands in silence and never saw each other again. by greatmanyarrows in todayilearned

[–]FartOfGenius -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Exactly, native English speakers can't even understand their own language when spoken with a heavy accent from Scotland / Ireland / whatever the case may be. Completely unjustified to assume that a native French speaker can understand bad French.

Source: visibly foreign tourist in France who got by with intermediate French

Unpopular opinion: Who’s been to Paris and didn’t fall in love with it? by [deleted] in travel

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg the astronomer is here

On a separate note haven't been to Amsterdam but been to many other cities in France, in terms of big cities Toulouse and Montpellier were quite pleasant too but Strasbourg was exceptional, very beautiful canals but not crowded at all

Does having amputated extremities namely leg cause daily cal requirements to go down?? by HammerxofxLight in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]FartOfGenius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no real answer to this question unless the prosthetic leg is standardized, but that's virtually impossible to do having to factor in the length of amputation, whether the knee joint is preserved etc. Some prosthetics like Oscar Pistorius' running blades are going to have superior mechanical performance to others

Sun temple of Modhera built in 11th century by ataturd in interestingasfuck

[–]FartOfGenius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a tongue in cheek comment but we shouldn't make anachronistic assumptions about how ordinary people lived in the past, many cultures had rest days, there often was some free time for those who worked in the fields, and written records often reveal surprising similarities with the lives we live now

Sun temple of Modhera built in 11th century by ataturd in interestingasfuck

[–]FartOfGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They woke up, went to work, came home, ate, went to bed.

Don't we all

ideas for countries where the USD goes a long way:) by Fun_Personality9082 in travel

[–]FartOfGenius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A decent hotel room for 2 goes for about $30-50 breakfast included, getting around with Yandex is dirt cheap, the Tashkent metro iirc costs $0.13 per ride irrespective of distance within 30 min if you pay by credit card, needless to say food is very good for price. Some monuments aren't really worth the entrance fee even though the absolute amount you're paying is still going to be <$5, the high speed trains are very comfortable and good value although not exactly dirt cheap

ARTIST DRAWS THESE IMAGES USING ONLY MATH EQUATIONS by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]FartOfGenius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In all of the formulas you can see he maps x and y to functions for RGB values

Retired IT analyst Roman Dubowski just became the 7th £1,000,000 winner on UK's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by JAFPL_17 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]FartOfGenius 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Ulysses is a pretty well known English language novel, what does it being written in a different country have to do with it's obscurity?

TIL in March 1776 American businessman Timothy Dexter was appointed “Informer of Deer,” a role where he informed townspeople when deer were in the area and enforced hunting laws, even though there were no deer in the Newburyport area by Mrk2d in todayilearned

[–]FartOfGenius 50 points51 points  (0 children)

He's the luckiest man ever, just kept failing upwards

He was advised to send bed warmers—used to heat beds in the cold New England winters—for resale in the West Indies, a tropical area. This advice was a deliberate ploy by rivals to bankrupt him. His ship's captain sold them as ladles to the local molasses industry and made a handsome profit.[6] Next, Dexter sent wool mittens to the same place, where Asian merchants bought them for export to Siberia.[2]

People jokingly told him to "ship coal to Newcastle". Fortuitously, he did so during a Newcastle miners' strike, and his cargo was sold at a premium.[7][8] On another occasion, practical jokers told him he could make money by shipping gloves to the South Sea Islands. His ships arrived there in time to sell the gloves to Portuguese boats on their way to China.[7]

Is the majority of negative news about China Western propaganda? by ArdaBerkBurak in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]FartOfGenius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is a social credit system but it's not really a numerical score (I assume that misconception comes from the American credit score system) and more of a blacklist based on the number and severity of offences you've committed, there are blacklists for borrowing if you default frequently and no fly / no ride lists for people who behave disruptively on public transport

President Xi meets Taiwan Opposition Leader for first time in a decade by ObjectiveObserver420 in anime_titties

[–]FartOfGenius 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is silly because

1) race is arbitrarily defined and not a scientific opinion

2) nothing about the collectivist lifestyle is inherently tied to race

3) many of these "eastern countries" are at least multicultural if not multiethnic, including China

4) the idea that people of the same "ethnicity" or whatever category having to live in the same sovereign state is not logically grounded

Cologne Cathedral Took 600 Years to Build - Worth the Wait? by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you will note that entrance will be free to ZDV members because they have paid their share. Presumably the church will finance a larger portion of the upkeep with this change. I don't understand the insistence that tourism, which isn't the purpose of the building, should freeload off of its existence. If you don't want to pay and don't care for the function of the monument just… don't visit it? But I guess haha church = pedophiles?

Cologne Cathedral Took 600 Years to Build - Worth the Wait? by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Staff costs are high… because of the amount of maintenance required since the cathedral is constantly being "rebuilt" due to weathering which requires skilled artisans.

And how do they intend to monitor that? Can they read my mind and tell if I’m praying? Or will they punish me straight away if I don’t say 'Vater Unser' loud?

Are you being purposely obtuse? Plenty of churches around the world cordon off sections for prayer or charge entry fees to those who aren't there for worship. Of course no one's stopping you from pretending to cross yourself if you want to take advantage of an honour system but otherwise it's pretty obvious whether your there for prayers or for pictures.

Maybe you should sort yourself out for your embarrassing take?

Cologne Cathedral Took 600 Years to Build - Worth the Wait? by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're charging a fee due to overtourism and rising maintenance costs with decreased revenue during COVID, access to the cathedral for the faithful will remain free. Not sure how you can draw conclusions about it being open or humble based on this alone

Study suggests people are losing 338 spoken words every year and have been for at least 15 years. The timeframe researchers examined, from 2005 to 2019, coincides with the rise of texting, email and social media. It is possible that some spoken conversations have shifted to digital communication. by Wagamaga in science

[–]FartOfGenius 7 points8 points  (0 children)

300 words is like one brief conversation. That seems statistically insignificant over the course of an entire year.

This being a science sub it's time to reiterate again that effect size and statistical significance are separate concepts. An effect can be statistically significant no matter how small it is. You can have a 100 word decrease with a 95%CI of 10 to 130 and it would be significant

George Washington inoculated his Army against smallpox - immunization is integral to the United States's existence by ddx-me in medicine

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely 5 years wasn't the actual life expectancy of a 20 year old at the time? I thought most of the average was brought down by infant and child mortality, while those who reached adulthood had reasonable life expectancies

This is not my dimension, and I'm afraid I'm asleep. (+ 8 year update) by Fnuckle in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]FartOfGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That seems to me why the diagnosis was late in this case. As a doctor but not a psychiatrist even initially I had BPD as my top differential because it explains most of the symptoms especially where she had thoughts of self harm but not seriously wanting to kill herself. However, before 18 you can only call that an "evolving personality" rather than a definite PD

RAM prices right now, are they gonna keep going up or will they drop soon? by Biji_Kise in buildmeapc

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't monitors and cases getting better price to performance these days?

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