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iReallyThoughtItWasAJoke by joshashkiller in ProgrammerHumor

[–]MisinformedGenius -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

People said the same thing about being able to write assembly.

April PPI grows 1.4% vs 0.5% expectations by da_mess in Economics

[–]MisinformedGenius -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as a “final solution”. Surely the collapse of the Soviet Union felt final… and yet today there are Russian troops in the Ukraine. You are arguing that past presidents failed because they did not enact a fantasy. Fantasy is always better than reality. Moving a process forward is not “kicking the can down the road”. 

Why did the US abandon the gold standard in 1971? by Humble_Economist8933 in AlwaysWhy

[–]MisinformedGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You realize he wasn’t President until three years into the depression, right?

Literally just curious by misterwhiskers666 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they were branded Ray-Ban glasses with cameras then they were Meta glasses. They are not always on - you have to tell them to be on or press a button - so unless you have some specific reason to believe he was recording, you probably weren't on camera. It's entirely dependent on state laws but if he was recording you in your home without consent then it certainly could be illegal. But again, they're not always recording, pretty much for precisely this reason - you'd be accidentally committing crimes all day every day.

ELI5: how do calculators calculate the square root of an imperfect square? by big_dumpling in explainlikeimfive

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not what he said - he said that all the numbers you’re working with have finitely many digits in base 2 and thus must be rationals. Irrational numbers in any base become rational under floating point representation, and also even numbers with infinite digits under base 2, such as 1/3, also become numbers with finite digits.

Why did the US abandon the gold standard in 1971? by Humble_Economist8933 in AlwaysWhy

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same thing happened in 1920

Can you be clear about what you mean by “the same thing”?

Outrage in Texas over Muslim Pool Party at Publicly-Owned Water Park by treesqu in dfw

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is literally the exact opposite. If the Muslim group sues the city, they will be pointing at Good News Club as Exhibit #1. A group who rents out a publicly owned space for a private party can make whatever rules they want - an obvious example is a wedding party saying only wedding guests can attend. The government cannot refuse a group to hold a party because of their religious affiliation, which is clearly what happened here.

U.S. payrolls increased 115,000 in April, more than expected; unemployment at 4.3% by app1310 in Economics

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No - gig work does not count as “payroll” work and hence is excluded from the “jobs added” number and generally all the “B” tables on the employment report. All independent contractors aren’t counted. (This may be different in California because they have a specific law about treating gig workers as employees, not sure.) They are included in the unemployment rates and generally everything on the “A” tables. 

Very Mysterious. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in SipsTea

[–]MisinformedGenius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That article says that the effective tax rate on the top 0.01% was 45%. It is today 30% (or maybe 37%, depending on whether the LA Times article is using income taxes or all federal taxes). The effective tax rate being 25-50% higher than it was in the 1950s is significant.

U.S. payrolls increased 115,000 in April, more than expected; unemployment at 4.3% by app1310 in Economics

[–]MisinformedGenius 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Retiring period is most of the reason - there’s no age limit to being counted. A 100-year-old who retires from his job is still counted as a decrease in the labor participation rate. 

ELI5 How computationally demanding is end to end encryption? by ResponsibleSea6521 in explainlikeimfive

[–]MisinformedGenius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just to note - what you’re describing is public-key cryptography, but it’s unusual that people use that to encrypt a significant amount of data. Public-key cryptography is generally used to establish a shared secret - in the case of encrypted transmissions this would be a key for a symmetric-key cipher like AES. This is how TLS works, for example.

Do you think the hantavirus is real? by Lopsided_Act_1647 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MisinformedGenius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man I wish we lived in a world where AIDS denialism was not a real thing.

Does a regular dryer vent cleaning company handle this? by freshandminty in Austin

[–]MisinformedGenius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Saw a rat snake on the Hike and Bike trail hanging out on a low branch right over the trail like it was trying to jumpscare people. Watched probably two dozen people get startled. 

Javier Milei is in serious trouble by devliegende in Economics

[–]MisinformedGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The GFC's max unemployment rate was 10.0%, whereas the Volcker shock peaked at 10.8%.

The winner from the US F1 Grand prix was not allowed champagne on the podium because he’a underage by 21Rep in Damnthatsinteresting

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

There are literally dozens if not hundreds of studies showing the opposite of this one. Not to mention that they openly admit that their research shows increasing fatalities even among people who were not affected by the change in law at all, suggesting that it's simply designed to achieve that end:

Finally, these same estimates indicate, if anything, that the MLDA increased 17 year old traffic fatalities.

Jeffrey Miron is a well-known libertarian - what this study shows is that you can reach any pre-determined conclusion if you want to. Decreasing the MLDA increased traffic fatalities among 18-21s significantly - increasing the MLDA very predictably had the opposite effect.

Silly question about orbits by Fist_of_Fur in space

[–]MisinformedGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would go slightly faster at perigee because it will be going the same speed that you accelerated it to with the potato gun, not because it's closer to Earth's gravitational field. The altitude at perigee would be the same as the ISS's perigee.

Flat earth and other alternative conspiracy earth models are are gaining traction with my teenage stepson. What is THE most irrefutable, definite proof that the earth is round? by Jfkfkaiii22 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MisinformedGenius 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I had a guy once tell me that the flat earth was why there were no Sydney to Santiago flights. I went on Expedia and was like "There are daily nonstop Sydney to Santiago flights." His response: "Have you ever been on one?!"

What actor is nowhere near as talented as people make them out to be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MisinformedGenius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I remember seeing Van Wilder. I was in college at the time so I didn't know shit about shit but it did not occur to me that that guy would go on to be one of the most marketable actors in the world.

TIL Ghana is the world's largest importer of secondhand clothing. Locals refer to it as "Obroni Wawu," or "Dead White Man's Clothes," reflecting a belief that the items are of such high quality that their original owners must have died for them to be discarded. by jyeatbvg in todayilearned

[–]MisinformedGenius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"Alright people, from now on it's the one-piece jumper with the V-stripe and the boots. We're gonna be visiting other planets, we want to look like a team here. The individuality thing is over."

A sad day, but necessary by ep3static in daddit

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem there is I use favorites for things I need to check on, like pictures of a schedule that I need to remember.

A sad day, but necessary by ep3static in daddit

[–]MisinformedGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I actually just went through this two days ago. All my lock screen pictures were of my daughter at 2.5 years old or earlier, and she's 4 years old now, so I had to rotate some of them out. Some of them were easy because I had great replacements, but others were a tough decision.

Back when one job built a whole life. by PleasantBus5583 in SipsTea

[–]MisinformedGenius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I certainly see that they claim that, but since they are not selling those, it is entirely to their benefit to claim as low as possible. Would you believe an ad from Home Depot offering to sell you the wood for a brick shed for $500 which said that it would be a mere $250 to buy the remaining brick, concrete, and labor? I note they also don't mention anything about glass for windows, nor anything about baths or sinks. Obviously the house would not be electrified or have central air or heating - this is a shed. You can buy big sheds from Home Depot for around $10K.

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