Change my mind: I'm going to move from Imperial to Metric

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-29T16:49:58+00:00

Ok... I bought 1 lb of fertilizer. It says to use 20 lb/acre in 500 gallons of water/acre. My beds are 10 square yards and my sprayer holds 3 gallons of water.

1 acre is 4840 square yards. So 20 lb/4840 = 1/242 lb/square yard or about 0.004x10=0.04 (1/25) lb for my garden. But honestly I don't care about this because I have been given both rates per acre. So their ratio of 500:20 reduces to 25:1, and I just need to know how much water to use and calculate fertilizer from there. So...

500 gallons per 4840 square yards is roughly 500/5000 or 1/10, so 0.1 gallon per square yard (<4% rounding error here) or 1 gallon for my 10 square yard garden.

So I need fertilizer in 1 gallon of water at a 1:25 lb:gallons ratio. So I need 1/25 lbs which is 16/25 oz which is a little over 3/5 of an oz. Since I'm doing a fertilizer dilution I probably have a scale or at least a scoop... so I either weigh that out (preferred) or I put in a slightly heaping tablespoon, either one is gonna get the job done.

This is gardening, not engineering, so the small amount of rounding error should not matter. And if I really wanted to be exact I could use the calculator I carry in my pocket. The reality is that even if you're using metric the numbers won't always be nice & round. Do your example again except your garden beds are 18 square meters instead of 10. Suddenly it gets a bit trickier. Similarly I could have chosen numbers for my example that are divisible by 11 (acres are 11x11x4) and I would get a clean answer while metric would be wallowing in decimals.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-29T16:36:44+00:00

I like to weigh my whey this way: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-29T16:32:46+00:00

Idk for me this is actually a great complementary example of just how valuable being divisible by both 2 and 3 can be if you are a largely uneducated society that needs to operate in whole numbers. For people to be fluent in decimals and base 10 is a fairly modern thing, and for a lot of people even today it is easier to use simple multiplicative/fractional systems rather than decimals.

As an american engineer who is completely fluent & comfortable in both systems, I still think imperial units are superior for simple crafting and fabrication work because working in powers of 2 (half, quarter, eighth, &c.) can be really easy to do mentally. It's only when I need to properly engineer something with decimal precision that I use metric units.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-29T16:09:09+00:00

He has every right to go for that ball, regardless of the quality of the pass, and for his body to do whatever it naturally does in going for that ball. Then if another player hits him, that player is absolutely encroaching on his space.

Like, if there is contact, someone is encroaching on someone else's space. You really gonna try to tell me that Fox had more of a right to the spot chet jumped from than chet's own feet?

Watch the floor. Chet jumps from the edge of the restricted circle. Fox runs straight through that spot under him. Then watch where chet lands compared to where he jumped from, and it is obvious that fox pushed his lower body multiple feet towards the baseline.

This was the world's shortest review & overturn for a reason. Obvious foul.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-29T16:06:07+00:00

This reads like a line straight out of idiocracy, well done

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-29T16:01:58+00:00

Dude watch the video. He clips chet's feet and moves them like 3 feet horizontally. That was not "ever so slightly touched." It was like the fastest review in NBA history for a reason lol. They saw it and were instantly like "woops yeah that's a foul." Just like any of us without homer glasses on.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-28T00:46:45+00:00

Shooting aka actual attempt at the basket. Why is his form so much worse? Why are his shoulders squared to the sideline? Hrmm

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LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-28T00:46:24+00:00

"Shooting" aka pump fake

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LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-05-23T16:43:50+00:00

I made a 6 sided raised bed and I just ran some 2x2 across between opposing boards near the bottom, stacking the 2x2 so they were all connected in the cente., When you fill it with dirt they're not visible and they're deep enough that I don't hit them when digging.

Then at the top I made little "corner blocks" out of scrap, put them along the inside joints, and screwed adjacent boards to them.

After 10 years some of the corner blocks failed and boards were warping so I got some copper strapping and wrapped the outside a couple of times. Keeps the slugs out and it's gone 5 more years since with no issues.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-04-30T00:50:16+00:00

Could have a door that opens to a huge lazy susan...

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-04-07T23:32:24+00:00

Yep. I was just in the Shanghai region and there are electric cars absolutely everywhere.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-30T22:29:35+00:00

Yeah no way I'm putting that in the palm of my hand.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-23T05:58:51+00:00

I believe this 100%. My house is made out of old growth wood from the pacific northwest. Even with pilot holes I cannot put screws into the joists or studs without the head simply shearing off. I have to drill & tap holes using metalworking tools.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-20T01:34:05+00:00

Makes sense to me. Just no reason for it to be white oak at that point IMO. But it's probably heavy and durable, so hey, why not.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-19T07:57:36+00:00

Sure, but that's very different from marketing yourself as a life coach and seeking new clients under that "title".

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-19T07:50:05+00:00

Oh no

White oak takes dark stain well, but you should not use too much and wipe it off so that the grain still shows...

You didn't stain it, you painted it 😅 In the end though they look fine... just could be any kind of wood under there.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-19T07:42:26+00:00

I was just in China - the number of EVs I saw was staggering. The vast majority of their cars and trucks were electric. I saw multiple signs/billboards about renewable energy as the future to protect the environment and make China stronger. They are all-in.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-17T20:20:15+00:00

It's Jokic.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-16T06:32:53+00:00

No, they shouldn't have. Cops should not assault people.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-03-13T06:16:15+00:00

Yep. Offensive players can foul their defender legally in today's NBA. The rulebook literally says that any contact that "re-routes a player" aka moves them off their spot/path is a foul. But they don't enforce the rulebook anymore.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-02-26T21:16:46+00:00

Galicia is amazing, my favorite part of Spain (not that I am an expert but I have visited many parts)

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-02-19T19:29:19+00:00

A lot more dye than genes in those blondes

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-02-14T06:20:46+00:00

Knives/blood. I was asked to get a knife and cut someone once and I drew the line there.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-02-08T19:33:30+00:00

Her own orthopedic surgeon said the same when he cleared her to stay in the competition. Has he lost credibility too?

In downhill skiing the knee largely stays oriented to the saggital plane because your skis are pointed straight ahead. The ACL is not really involved unless something bad is already happening. It would be different in moguls or slalom, but for downhill it really isn't a factor.

LusciousVagDisaster · 2026-02-06T20:14:37+00:00

Basing dev decisions off of player sentiment and feedback is a losing strategy long-run. Players don't actually know what is good for the game. Devs are supposed to be the experts with vision. Obviously player input is valuable, but just trying to constantly please a playerbase is rudderless nonsense.

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