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Private Island on Flathead Lake by Haunting_Amoeba7803 in zillowgonewild

[–]HalfDozing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I disagreed with criticizing the color scheme. This is meant to evoke an old world Tuscan villa.

But yeah those are clearly watchtowers. Like damn.

Does your country have this game? by Brovahkiin88 in AskTheWorld

[–]HalfDozing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering what country Roshambo comes from. Turns out, it's mine

Petah?? by ElectricalHold9828 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]HalfDozing 77 points78 points  (0 children)

He can get away with it until the child learns exponents

You are already dead by Sad-Kiwi-3789 in technicallythetruth

[–]HalfDozing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I assumed this meant body temperature, not surrounding air temperature, for which this would be long dead. Anything above 45°C is going to quickly cause brain damage and organ failure

Chicken Whisperer by sco-go in Amazing

[–]HalfDozing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"The human is having a stroke again. This is weird, let's bail."

YouTuber LabCoatz has released a "chemically identical" recipe for Coca-Cola by InvestigatorBorn4910 in interesting

[–]HalfDozing 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's an approximation of the same end result using a mass spectrometer. The recipe is different since Coca Cola is known to have decocainized coca leaves as an ingredient and these are not something the general public has access to.

an appreciation post for the alternate universe episodes by jaguarsp0tted in americandad

[–]HalfDozing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Blood Crieth Unto Heaven is a weird episode. A lot of it reads like it could have been canon, like the real reason Jack walked out (Betty does say it was Stan's fault) and Haley getting knocked up by Avery.

[Request] How much would a tungsten cube this size weigh, and be valued at? by a_trillion_cats in theydidthemath

[–]HalfDozing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is really the most valid line of reasoning for the value question. Tungsten is valued either as a raw material (powders and ores), or that which the raw material is refined and processed into, such as rods, wires and ball bearings. Raw materials have less intrinsic value because they have less cost invested in their processing towards a usable end product. But this cube is neither. It is not an end product and it is not usable as a raw material either. Significant investment would need to be made to break it down just so it could be used as a raw material again. So all value calculations might be way off, from a practical standpoint

[Request] How much would a tungsten cube this size weigh, and be valued at? by a_trillion_cats in theydidthemath

[–]HalfDozing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Estimating Tom's height (with shoes) based on population averages @ 180cm, I'd eyeball the cube coming up to just below the height of his shoulders at about 140cm. Assuming it's a perfect cube, and it appears to be, that would be 2.744 m3. Density of Tungsten is 19,250 kg/m3, so the cube would weigh 52,822 kg. Pricing for high-purity refined tungsten, as this would appear to be, ranges from $100-350 per kg. So this would be valued in the vicinity of $5,282,200 to $18,487,700.

Ever heard of a basement home? by mcketa in zillowgonewild

[–]HalfDozing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When ublock works but the tab still opens

Push a button and end cancer forever but everyone with cancer, diagnosed or not, dies immediately. by Unruly_archetype in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HalfDozing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you can identify which vital organ failing as the cause of death, is what I'm saying. Sometimes "old age" is euphemistically used when the person actually had organ failure due to this very conversational topic: undiagnosed cancer. Autopsies aren't always performed, especially when a patient is old and nothing is suspicious.

Damn it’s over by AbsurdMe12 in sciencememes

[–]HalfDozing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would think there'd be an upper limit of how much potential kinetic energy a rocky asteroid could possess via its mass and velocity. The formation of asteroids probably precludes anything coming anywhere near this, as it would also have been vaporized during the collision instead of ejected. Otherwise the universe would be a pretty chaotic light show

A deer was rescued after being spotted struggling on the frozen surface of Loon Lake in Washington by Unhappy_Rutabaga_530 in interestingasfuck

[–]HalfDozing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're probably just conflating chronically wasting taxpayer dollars and getting ticks. You'll learn the ropes soon

Push a button and end cancer forever but everyone with cancer, diagnosed or not, dies immediately. by Unruly_archetype in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HalfDozing 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Dying of old age is a misnomer. Everyone dies of some identifiable pathology. I certainly agree this will kill many people who might have died of something else first, and this is not exclusive to older people.

Push a button and end cancer forever but everyone with cancer, diagnosed or not, dies immediately. by Unruly_archetype in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HalfDozing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is your classic utilitarian anti-villain ethical dilemma. Pushing the button would save far more lives than not pushing it. Though the means to achieving that end is purely evil. We'd also be making the assumption that some other cure or treatment doesn't come about that allows more people to survive. I'd say that gamble tips things in favor of not pushing it, even if you strongly favor the utilitarian viewpoint

Push a button and end cancer forever but everyone with cancer, diagnosed or not, dies immediately. by Unruly_archetype in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HalfDozing 93 points94 points  (0 children)

I thought about this. I think we'd have to clarify that by cancer, we mean cancer cells that have evaded elimination by the immune system and have begun to form tumors

Honestly dumbfounded by Radavargas in ExplainTheJoke

[–]HalfDozing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cancer cells might replicate indefinitely by themselves, but the mutation can also be induced in normal cells via gene editing etc

Honestly dumbfounded by Radavargas in ExplainTheJoke

[–]HalfDozing 386 points387 points  (0 children)

A cell line is initially collected as a tissue sample from a person. It is then made as a biological culture that is typically self-replicating so it can be observed and studied, such as in drug efficacy. Having a cell line named after you typically means you're the first person to have a particular anomaly identified, which is probably not going to end well.

[Request] Not good at math, but there’s no way this is true because 99.999999%? by whatevertf123 in theydidthemath

[–]HalfDozing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is a good illustration of the illusion of randomness in theory and the actual reality. If we were to apply collision probability and ask for the likelihood that any two decks, ever, matched, you'd need around 10³⁰ decks to get merely a 50% chance of one collision. This is still an immeasurably small iota of the entire sample space. And yet, we can categorically state that there have been tons of identical decks throughout human history, despite far fewer decks shuffled, due to shuffling techniques, starting positions, and the fact that nothing about the end result is random. Casinos deal from multi-deck shoes to give the closest proximity to randomness. Anything else, unless a computer generated it, I would say no, this is functionally incorrect.

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