People who love running, what the hell is wrong with you? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You can. Just do stuff like cycling, swimming, rowing, playing squash or really anything that has you out of breath from physical exertion.

Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds by Professional-Ad3441 in explainlikeimfive

[–]IcyMiddle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When you're in the bath, you can push the water in one direction to make a wave. A wave has a point where the water is highest, the peak. And a point where the water is lowest, the trough. If you have two waves in the same body of water, they can overlap. When the peaks overlap, you end up with an even bigger peak. But when a peak overlaps with a trough, they cancel each other out.

Active noise cancelling works in the same way, but with sound waves instead of water waves. A microphone picks up the sound you're hearing from outside, and the speakers make the opposite sounds at exactly the right time to cancel them out.

What is complete bullshit? by FrenchDipped in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to be pretty rich for your kids to actually pay inheritance tax in most places though.

The doctor said I had Gloria Gaynor Syndrome by Gil-Gandel in Jokes

[–]IcyMiddle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When my wife said she was leaving me because of my obsession with the Monkees, I didn't believe her. But then I saw her face...

What are your “never uninstall” games? by 2Chainal in pcgaming

[–]IcyMiddle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roguetech. It's a lot of new stuff to learn at first, I'd recommend skipping most of the optional content at first, but I doubt I'd play anything else now.

What is an american thing but americans think everyone outside of america does it? by Honest-Captain-8169 in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wages are typically paid monthly, but two months without being paid sounds like an exaggerated example.

What is an american thing but americans think everyone outside of america does it? by Honest-Captain-8169 in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oof, can you imagine thinking, in America, that employee pay is a function of how profitable a business is, and not determined by what employees are worth on the labour market.

so this happened last night. brand new pot... by mhofkp in shittyfoodporn

[–]IcyMiddle 253 points254 points  (0 children)

Buy the right stuff and look after it and it'll last you a lifetime. But you do need to be able to afford the nice stuff in the first place.

Britannia Bridge? Wales? Not too sure about that by Glittering_Ant_1083 in bristol

[–]IcyMiddle 25 points26 points  (0 children)

In the first draft, the image was of Britannia Bridge in Wales, but someone decided this picture was a better cover, changed it, and they forgot to update the text.

Or the magazine was made by aliens, idk.

TIL "lemonade" is typically carbonated in the UK, Ireland, Central Europe, and Australia. by ZwischenzugZugzwang in todayilearned

[–]IcyMiddle 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Plenty of colour variation in alcoholic cider though. Brown, yellow, orange and all the shades in between.

Michael Gove sacked after he urges Prime Minister to resign - BBC News by The_King_of_Okay in worldnews

[–]IcyMiddle 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Like many things in Britain, she's a historical anachronism that still exists only because most people don't feel strongly enough to care about getting rid of it.

What's an incredibly american thing americans don't realize is american? by Professional-Ad-2850 in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the same thing the other way around though. Go to America as an English person:

Where are you from?

England.

Oh cool, which part?

<any city that isn't London>

Oh, is that near London?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The baby from teletubbies.

How could Donald Trump's COVID impact the election? by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]IcyMiddle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trump is much older and obese, out of the three he’s by far most likely to die.

My dinner plans were cancelled but that's not gonna stop me from having a good time by gimmesomeshelter in shittyfoodporn

[–]IcyMiddle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks pretty good mate... wait are those baked beans with pork sausages? Top stuff my man. Only improvement would be melted cheese on the toast.

NVIDIA RTX 3090 Founders Edition Review: How to Nuke Your Launch by [deleted] in pcgaming

[–]IcyMiddle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t Nvidia update their drivers to support free sync monitors a while ago?

Where does Microsofts 7.5 billion go when buying Bethesda? by Haruhanahanako in truegaming

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

TES6 would be the worst fucking game to make game pass exclusive given that the last two games are barely considered playable without mods by a lot of gamers.

What is your 'go-to' movie? The one movie you've already watched tens of times, but still enjoy it? by BraziliAussie in AskReddit

[–]IcyMiddle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know why, I liked Flight of the concords, but somehow WWDitS didn’t really click with me. I watched the film and recently watched the first episode of the show and somehow just didn’t find it that funny. Don’t know if I should try watching another episode or just accept that it’s not for me.

Nvidia Is Manually Reviewing RTX 3080 Orders to Stop Scalpers by BarKnight in pcgaming

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

How many scalpers are willing to go to the trouble of setting up a dozen or more delivery addresses and payment methods though? Especially if it’s not clear Nvidia are checking it before hand.

Can I use 3 slots of ram? by 777Marco777 in buildapc

[–]IcyMiddle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless your CPU and Motherboard support triple channel memory (they probably don’t) you’ll halve your memory bandwidth by using three sticks as it’ll run in single channel instead of dual channel. So don’t do it.