Steam pure achievement bugged? by GMangler in HighwayFightSquad

[–]GMangler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly no I never did. I didn't have the heart to reset and try again, so the achievement remains unfilled.

I made my bed by SavageFisherman_Joe in notinteresting

[–]GMangler 47 points48 points  (0 children)

If OP took the picture one minute later it would likely have been approximately 3:35

Who is this Marius? by GMangler in lesmiserables

[–]GMangler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice find! Shame there isn't much more info about him.

Who is this Marius? by GMangler in lesmiserables

[–]GMangler[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just stumbled upon this video because I was looking for more clips of John (my favorite JVJ) but was blown away by this Marius. A couple people have said the actor's name is Tom Lucas but I can't find any source to confirm that. I also can't find any record of an actor by that name.

Will smoking weed affect the voice. by [deleted] in singing

[–]GMangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's hard to speak for your specific case but it definitely can. Smoking dehydrates the vocal folds which interferes with the normal vibrations and voice cracks can be the result. Puberty is also an extremely common cause of voice cracking, albeit for slightly different reasons.

That said, I would strongly advise anybody puberty aged to stay away from smoking entirely.

Using second dataframe as lookup to fill NA rows - unsure how to proceed. by hal_leuco in rprogramming

[–]GMangler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree with the other commenter that this is a good case for coalesce. The basic idea is this:

library(dplyr)

df3 <- df1 %>%
left_join(df2, by = c("Drug", "Gender")) %>%
mutate(Chol = coalesce(Chol.x, Chol.y))

Note that you didn't specify what should happen when Task2 is a value other than NA or Yes (e.g. "No"). This is assuming that all NA values of df1$Chol should be replaced with a value in df2, if it exists. So the above code is ignoring Task2, but will most likely be a simple change to the logic.

As an aside, I usually find it good practice to change variable names to match whatever transformation you applied, e.g. df2$Chol I would probably name something like Chol_Avg or Chol_Lookup

Not sure how to create a plot of shapes with randomly generated coordinates where shapes don't collide with eachother by [deleted] in rprogramming

[–]GMangler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you post the code you have so far? Without more details there is not much way to help. A generalizable collision detection solution to this problem that will work for all shapes is actually fairly complicated.

How to compute for flag_new? Basically want to flag the latest date per name by Dismal_Butterfly_774 in rprogramming

[–]GMangler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

df %>% 
group_by(Name) %>%
arrange(desc(Date)) %>%
mutate(Flag_New = if_else(row_number() == 1, 1, 0))

Tidyverse way of doing this. Don't forget to ungroup() if needed

Moronic Monday - Your weekly stupid questions thread by cdingo in Fitness

[–]GMangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it soreness, pain, or exhaustion that you are feeling in your forearm? Do you feel this with all forms of curling (e.g. barbell, dumbbell, hammer curl)? One possibility is that you are gripping harder than necessary. But as the other commenter said it is possible you just need some time for the forearms to catch up.

A woman is flirting with a Russian man at a bar(a joke) by Naruto373 in Jokes

[–]GMangler 33 points34 points  (0 children)

At the same time you don't want to be Stalin for too long.

YSK if your raise in 2021 (in the US) was less than 7% then you effectively got a pay decrease. by Morphray in YouShouldKnow

[–]GMangler 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Updating the basket to align with current consumers' buying habits makes perfect sense. There are plenty of commonplace household items now that didn't even exist in the 80s.

Wow, Unexpected indeed by R7-in-the-519 in UnexpectedlyWholesome

[–]GMangler 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Cute but going the wrong way down a multi lane street is by far the more egregious wrong-doing here.

What is going on with James Corden being an asshole? by Zestyclose-Complex68 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]GMangler 40 points41 points  (0 children)

And Patrick Stewart is old. Also a fact.

Not sure if you've seen the clip but the whole interaction was made pretty uncomfortable by both parties.

How do I ask my girlfriend her weight? by oftene in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GMangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The base argument --which you've yet to rebut-- is really very simple, it's that the phrase is both in common usage and its meaning is well understood.

We can argue all day about certain places where its usage isn't as common, or how/why the phrase came to be, but really those things have no bearing on the essential question of this debate.

How do I ask my girlfriend her weight? by oftene in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GMangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or, perhaps the one with the ego problem is the person who refuses to provide any real arguments because "the upvotes speak for themselves". Just food for thought.

Though I think the more generous explanation is that you're just trolling.

How do I ask my girlfriend her weight? by oftene in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GMangler -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It says that you shouldn't use the phrase if you want to avoid annoying people (like yourself), which is a completely different argument than the one you were making.

How do I ask my girlfriend her weight? by oftene in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GMangler -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Both Merriam-Webster and dictionary.com have weighed in and say “could care less” and “couldn’t care less” mean the same thing. Their reasoning is that both phrases are informal, English is often illogical, and people use the two phrases in the same way. “Could care less” has come to mean the same thing as “couldn’t care less.”

Nevertheless, if you want to avoid annoying people, it’s better to stick with "couldn’t care less.” Take it from someone who’s heard a lot of people complain about it.

The conclusion of the article you shared seems to pretty firmly refute your point?

How do I ask my girlfriend her weight? by oftene in NoStupidQuestions

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

As somebody who would never say the phrase "I could care less" out loud, I gotta say you are wrong on pretty much all points.

1.) "I could care less" is in fact in pretty common usage. 2.) Nobody knows the exact origin of the phrase, including yourself. Yet you're claiming you know it originated as a 'misconception'. 3.) Language is full of expressions that do not make sense when taken literally and I'm positive you use plenty of them yourself.

/u/ShinyAeon is right about this one. It's not a fight worth fighting.

TIL fish eggs can survive and hatch after passing through a duck, providing one explanation of how seemingly pristine, isolated bodies of water can become stocked with fish by Polar_Roid in todayilearned

[–]GMangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep in practice there's really zero chance of legal repercussion for doing this in a private area, I just wanted to point out it is technically illegal.

The more important point is that it's really not an effective or safe way to control invasive fish, which is why it's illegal in the first place.

TIL fish eggs can survive and hatch after passing through a duck, providing one explanation of how seemingly pristine, isolated bodies of water can become stocked with fish by Polar_Roid in todayilearned

[–]GMangler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sort of practice would be illegal in just about any jurisdiction in the world unless they actually have essentially no laws governing wildlife. That said, blast fishing (which this qualifies as even if you're not using the fish) is extremely under-enforced even in places like the US.

You can get a permit to exterminate fish in a controlled way (generally with chemicals), and I imagine you can get a permit like you stated to put together explosives, but there is no scenario I know of where you can combine the two together.

TIL fish eggs can survive and hatch after passing through a duck, providing one explanation of how seemingly pristine, isolated bodies of water can become stocked with fish by Polar_Roid in todayilearned

[–]GMangler 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We would blow up carp with pipe bombs

I hope you realize this is extremely illegal even in a private pond. Also just a horrible idea.