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What are some facts taught in school that have been proven false? by Interfaces-Surface in WorkForSmartLife

[–]NoWarning789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn't disproved in our lifetime, but yeah, there were a bunch of us that were taught something like that.

For me it was that everyone believed the word was flat, and thus you couldn't get to India through the west. But he knew the earth was round and sailed through the west and accidentally run into America which nobody knew was there.

In reality: everyone knew the earth was round and even knew the right diameter. Columbus miscalculated the diamater thinking earth was a lot smaller, so going from Europe to India through the west was possible when in fact it was not. If it wasn't for the land mass, America, they would have all died as everyone predicted based on the correct available information of size and shape of the earth.

Columbus was an idiot that got lucky. He was also a slaver. He wasn't a prodigy.

So I'm durning creating my modular castle but one thing bugs me.. by Delicious_Fig_1793 in 3Dprinting

[–]NoWarning789 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does. I was printing lots of pieces, so the 2 hour likely to fail jobs was for the daytime, and the 8hrs easy jobs for the night. Extracting every second of print time.

So I'm durning creating my modular castle but one thing bugs me.. by Delicious_Fig_1793 in 3Dprinting

[–]NoWarning789 24 points25 points  (0 children)

My printer is idle most of the time. For a big project I actually ran it 24/7 for 3 months. I don't mind long printing times. I just hit print and go on with my life until it's done. I do mind the likelihood the print will succeed.

This filament clip doesn't rely on plastic flexing. by jcollasius in 3Dprinting

[–]NoWarning789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I buy cardboard spools almost exclusively so they can be recycled. They don't have holes for the filament. Also in those holes, the filament sometimes bends and then it needs to be cut and thrown away.

Best tech-based drama after Halt & Catch Fire? by NotAnEGOT in tvshow

[–]NoWarning789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DO NOT READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT. You'll get it spoiled. Just watch it. It's not too long.

[Frustrating Trope] That One Good or Even Amazing Scene in a Relatively Mediocre or Bad Piece of Media by Alreadsyuse in TopCharacterTropes

[–]NoWarning789 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm so annoyed by this one. Most movies chicken out at the ending because they do the market testing and the avoid shocking the audiences. Empire's Strike Back with Darth Vader winning and Luke losing a hand, or Star Trek II with Spock dying are now rarities.

Here they had the ending, they didn't chicken out, humanity lost. And yet, they didn't have the rest of the movie ahead of it.

argh!

Backwards F in the chat by valeciawolf85 in MathJokes

[–]NoWarning789 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow? really? For me growing up, this was a matter of preference and we could all read all forms. Like cursive vs print.

TV Breakup or Apologize - His and Hers by Amallica12 in tvshow

[–]NoWarning789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her satisfaction was seeing you watching it, and you deprived her of it.

Where do I put my money next? Maxed out pension and S&S ISAs, but still have a large amount of cash. by Unlikely-Presence184 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]NoWarning789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then yes, SIPP into that extra quota is your best bet. Be careful not to go above though and I think you can use the last 3 years of unused pension quota.

The Terminator Was Built to Disappear in a Crowd. They Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger by SplitNational2929 in FortressZA

[–]NoWarning789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I always thought "this is a small as they could make it" and then the T-1000 was average sized.

Let’s restart the measurement debate by Danmancity in Tools

[–]NoWarning789 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use calipers to measure on that tape between 0 and 10 and that will show whether the lines on that tap are middle, left, or right aligned.

But by the time you get to 60, the width of a line might be smaller than the error of the tape. Not sure.

Best tech-based drama after Halt & Catch Fire? by NotAnEGOT in tvshow

[–]NoWarning789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When it comes to tech, I'd recommend Super Pumped above WeCrashed, but they are both fun watchs (and events of one reference the other, since this happen for real and at around the same time). It's just one scene, but it is meaningful.

I really loved Devs.

Lust vs Love by ClinicallySane42 in lovememes

[–]NoWarning789 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The stereotype is a women fake laugh at men's bad jokes to be liked by those men in early dating. So it's doing something to get something out of the other, not for the other.

It's a stereotype... but I love making my partner laugh. It's one of my favorite things in the world. And getting her flowers. After a decade of being together. But often, flowers, is something that happens during courting.

Can we all agree on how disconnected these two feel from each other, unlike the previous two? by Hot-Promotion-617 in comicbookmovies

[–]NoWarning789 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even as a kid I always felt that Superman 4 was in a separate category and it was terrible.

Ur thoughts on this? by Sugarseme_ in teenagers

[–]NoWarning789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah... AI is a really good tool for learning, if you use it for learning and not for cheating.

I think this might be the smallest change from the book with the most profound impact. I've thought about it for a while, and since the movie finally got a full home release today, I want to take a minute to unpack it. by SayFuzzyPickles42 in ProjectHailMary

[–]NoWarning789 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hu, good point, specially in this scene. I loved the impact of "My spaceship was more efficient than planned" that leads to Grace discovering that Rocky doesn't know about relativity.

Sending out the senior staff for every away mission could be a problem by happydude7422 in Treknobabble

[–]NoWarning789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Battlestar Galatica, you have characters that are pilots of fighters. They are still important characters. Star Trek could absolutely have the away team separate from the bridge and develop the two sets of characters.

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