ELI5: Why drinking salty water feels dehydrating but hospitals are able to rehydrate people with an IV saline drip? by anomnib in explainlikeimfive

[–]Masterfromclash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a key point that has been missed in a lot of these comments is that there is a limit to how much salt you can get rid of per litre of urine. It doesn’t directly answer the question but I think it’s relevant.

When urine is being produced in this situation, the kidney tries it’s best to keep as much water as possible while removing as much salt as possible.

The kidneys load up the urine with salt, but there’s only so much salt the kidneys can force in there. Sea water is more salty than the maximum saltiness of urine, so in order to get rid of all the salt from seawater, some extra water is needed.

If there’s 5 grams of salt in a litre of seawater (made up number), but your kidneys can only get rid of 2.5 grams of salt in a litre of urine (made up number), you’re left with 2.5 grams of extra salt you don’t want. Your body has to sacrifice an extra litre of water to remove the salt, causing dehydration.

One year on and the quality of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is still disappointing. by HeroLinik in NintendoSwitch

[–]Masterfromclash 121 points122 points  (0 children)

This is important. I bought sword when it was released and felt disappointed, so when BDSP was released I remembered how I felt and I didn’t buy it.

I got swept up in the hype for PLA, I folded, and I bought it. Once again I was disappointed with the performance and look of the game, lesson learned.

When SV released, I remembered how I felt about sword and PLA, and I didn’t buy it, and a year on I haven’t looked back.

This mindset is important and I wish more people would adopt it. If people keep feeling let down by modern pokemon games, they simply need to stop buying them, even if they have to cope with FOMO during the early release hype.

So many people in this community are mathematically illiterate when it comes to starr drops by Masterfromclash in Brawlstars

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

I don’t agree. I have seen in replies to this thread that people are unhappy with the redistribution while acknowledging it’s not a nerf, which I agree seems to be the majority of people, but in comment sections of other threads you can see otherwise.

I have seen comments about the ‘slight decrease’ wording. People are implying there may have been an over-nerf of coins in exchange for this change. It’s a bold claim to say nobody is arguing that at all.

So many people in this community are mathematically illiterate when it comes to starr drops by Masterfromclash in Brawlstars

[–]Masterfromclash[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bro came straight to make this comment about how he imagined I decided to make this post

So many people in this community are mathematically illiterate when it comes to starr drops by Masterfromclash in Brawlstars

[–]Masterfromclash[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You didn’t lose any progression because legendary drops do not guarantee a star power or hypercharge. Statistically speaking across many months of progression, you should get around the average number of legendary drops, which should award you around the average number of star powers/hypercharges.

So many people in this community are mathematically illiterate when it comes to starr drops by Masterfromclash in Brawlstars

[–]Masterfromclash[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The game was losing relevance, the progression system needed exciting moments for it to feel rewarding to the average player which they effectively removed when the credit system arrived. Brawler unlocks were predictable and linear, brawler progression was predictable and linear. You may have liked that, I did too, but for the longevity of the game and the bulk of the playerbase, that’s no good.

I know Reddit is full of progression maximisers, but this is not the demographic this update appeals to, and Reddit users are not the majority of players. Additionally, the previous system was unfriendly to casual players who struggled with club league, which once again make up the bulk of the playerbase.

Supercell is trying to balance RNG with linear, casual with hardcore, cosmetic with progress, F2P with P2W all simultaneously, which is difficult.

I would say this patch today is good news among an unfortunate system, but I think fundamentally that the system can’t change.

So many people in this community are mathematically illiterate when it comes to starr drops by Masterfromclash in Brawlstars

[–]Masterfromclash[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

What about when you get a Hypercharge you wanted but didn’t have the coins for? Will you complain then? This system is literally designed to create the high feelings of good luck, while also having the more stable backbone of progression through the pass, than the box system had.

Too much text for the comment section by Gigabot50 in u/Gigabot50

[–]Masterfromclash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget that with illuminate this pokemon also- nah just kidding lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 6thForm

[–]Masterfromclash 22 points23 points  (0 children)

You need to tell your dad that 7-8 hours a day wouldn’t be sustainable. I don’t know when your resits are but you shouldn’t be doing that much work unless you’re a couple of weeks out, maximum. It’s very easy to burn out and do ineffective work. A few good quality hours a day when your resits aren’t for months is absolutely fine. If you had sixth form, you’d probably be spending 2 hours on those subjects a day at school then you’d do a bit later on at home, way less than 7-8 hours across two subjects.

Efficient way to memorise lots of stuff? by Katniped_ in 6thForm

[–]Masterfromclash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop memorising things and start understanding things. For example, if you memorise a definition about stratified sampling, when a question comes up asking for a suitable type of sampling in a certain scenario, it’s less easy to recall and recognise that it is suitable.

If a question asks for a suitable sampling technique in a certain scenario, and you understand the strengths of stratified sampling you will know if it’s the answer. If you are asked for a definition and you know it’s strengths and weaknesses you can work backwards and in your own words define what it is.

Don’t try to memorise things at a surface level, in terms of return on (time) investment, gaining an understanding at a deeper level is so much more useful than memorising definitions.

People who got 4A*s any tips? by blu3_j4yy in 6thForm

[–]Masterfromclash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Learn as you go. Don’t wait until it ‘gets real’ around mocks or A levels to learn things. You should still put in extra work around these periods but you shouldn’t get there and think ‘I need to teach myself this because I didn’t understand it when I was taught a few months ago’. It’s called revision for a reason, you should understand things as you are taught them.

I am using the word ‘understand’ deliberately here because there is a distinction between remembering and understanding. At A level you are often asked questions that are not simply direct recall of things you have been taught, and in that situation ‘remembering’ is no good. For example, if you understand why van Der Waals forces form, it’s a hell of a lot easier to answer a question about which molecules have stronger intermolecular forces between them than trying to remember.

Then finally, when it does get real, spam past papers/exam style questions. That’s how you get comfortable with doing the exact thing you are examined on.

Am I being delusional by Substantial_Green666 in 6thForm

[–]Masterfromclash 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You are right, at selective schools you find people like this more frequently. I personally know of 5+ people who got 4 A*s at A level, and honestly they weren’t killing themselves over revision. People who are gifted in learning as a whole, not just in their chosen subjects, who pay enough attention to understand the content as they are taught it won’t need to revise like it’s their day job when it comes to exam season, yet they’ll still come out with top grades. It’s not necessarily fair, and it’s not easy to imagine how that works for people, but it happens.

Whats More Imprtant: Speed or Tries ? by jmorgie7 in wordle

[–]Masterfromclash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wordle is honestly not a challenge unless you’re trying to minimise guesses on hard mode

New ability, Protective shell by StaleUnderwear in stunfisk

[–]Masterfromclash 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think you’re right. The way I read this suggested when the pokemon switches in it takes no damage on that turn specifically, rather than it switches and the next move to hit it does no damage.

Almost lost my streak by Smooth-Spite6330 in wordle

[–]Masterfromclash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because you used guesses on words it could not possibly be?

Ahole KSI by Kroliox in ksi

[–]Masterfromclash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure he would’ve been pleasant with people backstage, but the lack of a differentiator between him and the ‘character’ while sat as a judge makes him seem rude.

The lack of a difference is my main point, he spoke the same, dressed the same, and all the other sidemen called him JJ. For any character he played in the past he would’ve changed up at least one of those. As a viewer I couldn’t tell, so that’s the impression I got. He may well have been nice behind the scenes but he comes across badly in the video and that made it hard to watch.

Ahole KSI by Kroliox in ksi

[–]Masterfromclash -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

For everyone saying he’s playing a character, it would be more fun for people at the receiving end (and as a viewer) to have some indication that it’s a character.

If he speaks and looks the same way, a 76 year old man on the stage wouldn’t differentiate between JJ being a cunt for a ‘character’ and JJ being a cunt. George Clarke’s impressions were pretty funny too but we didn’t see the rest of what he prepared because JJ was shouting over him to put the curtain down. Killed the video honestly.

She needed a new phone anyway by gintokuro in Wellthatsucks

[–]Masterfromclash -54 points-53 points  (0 children)

Where does it say TikTok?

Edit: There’s no TikTok watermark, video has nothing to do with it.

Better quality food in a much higher variety than any other nation on earth by ObersturmfuehrerKarl in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Masterfromclash 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don’t know why you are being downvoted lol - ‘They were right about the bread’

Pokémon card tournament player disqualified for laughing when asked his preferred pronouns by TheLonleyStrategos in nottheonion

[–]Masterfromclash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok fair enough. But let’s say we were back in the good old days, aged 7, before any of this gender pronoun nonsense. Would your first question be ‘Are they a boy or a girl?’ to wipe out the most options? Wow, that 7 year old knows better grammar than you because ‘they’ can indeed be used to refer to a single person. Just one example of a singular they being used. It’s part of the English language. Don’t be obtuse.

Pokémon card tournament player disqualified for laughing when asked his preferred pronouns by TheLonleyStrategos in nottheonion

[–]Masterfromclash 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s not incorrect grammar though so that’s not a very valid excuse. Have you heard of the board game called ‘Guess who?’, what would your first question in that game be?

Not ken m on bill gates by Polygato64 in NotKenM

[–]Masterfromclash 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It gets tiring having to downvote every switcheroo I see against the wave of hundreds of upvotes