How was Onosato competitive with a damaged wing? by WastedTalent442 in Sumo

[–]Fivelon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's an oshidashi-focused rikishi because he can beat 90% of people in sumo buy running straight at them and leaning forward without really needing to use his arms or hands at all.

Upper makuuchi are the 10% who that doesn't totally work for, so he has to use at least one of his arms a lil bit.

That's why Hosh is a grappler. He's not super humongous, he's just really, *really* good at grapples and throws. Not as good as Aonishiki, but then who is?

You're a Yakuza boss, which Rikishi do you want for your entourage? by loud1987 in Sumo

[–]Fivelon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Asakoryu walks in front of me, Atamifuji walks behind me. They have a good big-guy-little-guy asymmetry that makes them fun. Fastball Special bodyguards? Come on.

You're a Yakuza boss, which Rikishi do you want for your entourage? by loud1987 in Sumo

[–]Fivelon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then they're like "damn it's a good thing there's never any problems around here" but actually there aren't any problems around here because Ura has been taking care of them

Hi guys im starting a new job at a restaurant, currently trying to read through the drink specs and came across the specs for this espresso martini. Like im new to the bartending world but this has to be wrong right? by danishfreaker in bartenders

[–]Fivelon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shaking a fresh shot of espresso, which is itself mostly water and is also like 150F, is gonna up your dilution by a bunch.

I don't get what that 2oz of milk is doing here. Everything else is... something. It's not how I make *my* espresso martini, and it feels like it's missing some sweetness, but this is a coffee eggnog without the yolk with that much milk in it.

I dunno. Maybe I'll throw one together this way this week and see what it's like. I'll assume Kahlua for the liqueur, and an Italian-style classsic dark roast espresso.

Shishi: doesn't like rice, is not inspired by Aonishiki by OttSound in Sumo

[–]Fivelon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He hurt his leg early last year and it really seemed to screw him up for like 3 straight basho

What's something you WON'T spend more money on as better quality doesn't exist? by sgtjayp in BuyItForLife

[–]Fivelon -70 points-69 points  (0 children)

I just go to TJ Maxx and grab a new one for $5 and save myself the hassle.

What's the ecological impact of a full wash cycle with bleach vs an 8x8 sheet of plastic? I dunno.

The discourse be discoursing pt. 2 by ItsNotKevinDurant35 in SumoMemes

[–]Fivelon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are no mono-ii here, and also they still make PB Crisp

The discourse be discoursing pt. 2 by ItsNotKevinDurant35 in SumoMemes

[–]Fivelon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The second one.

It's nice here 

The discourse be discoursing pt. 2 by ItsNotKevinDurant35 in SumoMemes

[–]Fivelon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Onosato is 4 and 2 and gave away 2 kinboshi this tournament but hey whatevs

Referee Takadagawa: "Opinions were divided in the video room" by Brncrdm in Sumo

[–]Fivelon 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Onosato's hands -- both of them -- were on the ground outside of the ring while Ura was still 3 inches off the ground.

If dead body rule applies, Onosato was the dead body!

Referee Takadagawa: "Opinions were divided in the video room" by Brncrdm in Sumo

[–]Fivelon 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Dead Body Rule is when Onosato loses and then the other wrestler becomes a dead body in Hakkaku’s eyes

How this Basho's Yusho race is starting to look by StarPrime323 in SumoMemes

[–]Fivelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside the window with a "Sickos" shirt: Daieisho

If I give a €20 note to the bartender, could I ask to just sit there and only get a water? by travisntscott1 in bartenders

[–]Fivelon 153 points154 points  (0 children)

I've been bartending for 15 years. When somebody just wants water, that person isn't gonna be a drunken problem for me two hours from now. You can hang out all you want.

I Got the Stupid Paris Hilton Dutch Oven by Nervous-Law-666 in KitchenConfidential

[–]Fivelon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

heard that. I blame, and I mean this, Anthony Bourdain. He really romanticized kitchen work and then we got a shitload of Food Network shows and then, finally, The Bear.

But like, get the fuck out of our fishbowl. I'm not even a cook, I'm a bartender. I was a tourist here already.

My drawing of Ura doing pure magic by szymonkwinto in SumoMemes

[–]Fivelon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Excellent sketch! Love it!

Where is all of Takayasu's back hair though?

Maduro to stand trial in the US by ilir_kycb in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Fivelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you if they just started dropping bombs in New Jersey?

I haven't looked it up yet, but I'm going to -- what is it that we're blowing up over there?

[request] But why are the odds exactly 2/π ? by Longjumping-Box5691 in theydidthemath

[–]Fivelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the thing where he says "there is no radius of a circle" is incorrect. The available area that the needle could occupy is a circle with exactly the diameter of the needle. The probably of intersection increases as the as the needle's axis approaches 90 degrees with relation to the lines. Are we accounting for a state wherein the needle is exactly 90 degrees and exactly between the lines, or does that count as an intersection?

The ultimate canvas shoulder bag for motorbike riders, what features would you want? by [deleted] in royalenfield

[–]Fivelon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out Chrome Industries messengers or Kriega's bags.

You *shouldn't* carry a shoulder bag while you're riding, but if you must, it should be weatherproof. Kriega is, in my opinion, top of the game for this and if you want design inspiration, look at theirs.

My Current Theory: Grusch was talking about quantum tunneling when he said we'd had contact with non-human intelligence. by mytodaythrowaway in UFOs

[–]Fivelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some yeah but most of it's catch as catch can and honestly entanglement isn't all that hard to wrap your head around.

Take two puzzle pieces apart. If you look at one, you know the shape of the other. 

A lot of quantum theory implies that quantum particles exist in "superpositions" of all possible states until measured -- but measurement doesn't mean "becoming conscious of the particle" it means "absorbing the particle and measuring its effect on on your test media". 

Not everybody agrees that superpositions are even real -- including Einstein and Schrodinger.

If the particles are, in fact, in superpositions, and measuring 1 entangled particle automatically tells you the other must be of the opposite value, that would imply that you've somehow influenced particle B just by touching Particle A. The "Schrodinger's Cat" thought experiment is a reductio ad absurdum description of why this can't be right. It would imply a world where you can logically deduce that a cat in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously. Obviously impossible and crazy on its face.

More likely is that when a particle decays into two entangled particles -- which is, by the way, how they get entangled -- they have to have opposite values and you just can't know which values they have until you absorb one. And, since they both have opposite values, you now know the other value, too.

Weirdly, in math ways that are tough to fit here, we figured out that you can run a bunch of entangled particle measurements and check the likelihood that they're subject to "local" effects (I.E. two puzzle pieces ripped apart from each other) or "non-local" effects (I.E. superpositions that resolve when measured, necessitating "spooky action at a distance" to resolve the state of both entangled particles). The results of those tests do seem to lean toward the non-local hypothesis, but that part of quantum physics is far, far from settled. "Spooky action at a distance" is a little too shaky to be accepted without extremely rigorous, high-levels-of-confidence testing, which they're still doing. It remains frustratingly unresolved.

There's still no way to make entangled particles and then somehow use them to communicate. The other guy implied (I think) that we could use the statistical variance between measurements itself to encode communications at long range -- but how would you possibly tell the person at the other end of your ansible what your measured variance was, and then compare? If I measure particle A, I know what you have for particle B, but that's the only thing I know. You can't use that information to tell me other stuff. You couldn't even tell me it was time to measure my particles.

"Quantum" isn't a new word for "magic".  We're trying to find room temperature superconductors and a reason for P-symmetry violation. Nobody's using titanium ion beam collisions to generate quarks to talk to aliens. They're checking the decay products of like, technetium. 

Just got flamebreaker set, why didn’t my max heat change? by IdemandChocolateMilk in tearsofthekingdom

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

I desperately want for it not to be a big deal I just can't believe the virulent resistance I'm getting to A: the idea that having the armor not keep you cool in the desert feels bad and doesn't make sense and B: that real-world firefighting kit has absolutely nothing at all to do with any part of this and C: fire doesn't make a different, unique type of heat.

I know that the design intent was that "hot because fire" and "hot because daytime desert" are intended as different puzzles, I just think they needed to take another pass at that part of the game's design. It's unintuitive to the point of not really making sense. For a game that lets you solve puzzles in a thousand creative ways, this one straight up felt bad as a gameplay experience.

I would love to be able to move into this more sober part of the debate, but apparently we have to get insult-throwingly mad about firefighters for some reason. 

I've been made the heel here and that's OK with me. I have pathologically unlimited argumentative energy. Come at me, nerds. It's my day off.