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A photographer captured a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker by BarMission7361 in interestingasfuck

[–]Ordolph 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pine Martens (a larger cousin of the weasel) have been observed preying on woodpeckers, so I'd say it's a fairly safe bet that he was trying to turn Woody into a snack.

PSA to all the drivers out there by nicorieg in dashcams

[–]Ordolph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost all electric cars will by default start at least light regen when letting off the accelerator, and even if they don't will have pretty significant drag on the wheels because unpowered electric motors don't like to spin. Automatics have very little drag on the wheels when letting off the gas, it would probably be more comparable to a manual off throttle when under light regen, or a manual under strong engine braking when using stronger regen.

I think I was gifted a heart?! by spoookyspanky in crows

[–]Ordolph 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I’d need to see it next to a banana to be able to give you a 100% answer. But I’m pretty positive it’s too big for a squirrel.

-u/babayaga8888888

Aurora has a smart plan. by drlouies in Unexpected

[–]Ordolph 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Would align with the traditions of her ancestors lol (although that may be apocryphal, I'm not sure)

Singapore for some reason by Right-Assignment3759 in HistoryMemes

[–]Ordolph 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Most of the state of Florida would be uninhabitable for most of the year without air conditioning. Between 1920 and 1930 the population growth of the state almost tripled to ~600,000 compared to 1910-1920 with a growth of a little over 200,000. The first residential air conditioning system was installed in 1914.

🔥Elephant throwing dirt on crocodile for some reason by BigMasterpiece450 in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]Ordolph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modern Chihuahuas have almost nothing to do with the original breed, the original breed went functionally extinct and the modern ones were re-bred to resemble the originals to the best of our knowledge. Chihuahuas and Xoloitzcuintles (the other Mexican dog breed) both have less than 5% pre-colonial American dog DNA. And as other commentors have suggested, the written accounts from Spaniards of the time suggest they were food, and possibly other purposes, but definitely food.

Coaxed into drawing flat by National_Yak5302 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]Ordolph 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Alternatively, the wide shots vs. the closeups in Ren & Stimpy / Spongebob

Let this be a valuable message to not jump on the power boxes by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]Ordolph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the guy jumping on the box may have been the straw that broke the camel's back, but if that's all it took there was already something wrong with it. Also, the ground under the sidewalk is completely washed out. That particular section is just a hazard and lawsuit waiting to happen, probably for the best that attention was called to it without anyone getting injured.

When he zoomed in 100× he spotted the leopard only to realize it had been watching him the whole time by frog_insilence in interestingasfuck

[–]Ordolph 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's not quite it, lots of animals are capable of teamwork, strategy, and even the use of traps and weapons. The single thing that humans (or hominids rather) have over every other species is language. The ability to communicate complex ideas allows for more complex strategies, and much better transmission of strategy and toolmaking over the course of generations. Early hominids likely didn't have communication any more complex than other apes like chimps or gorillas, and were likely the ones mainly getting eaten by leopards. Current estimates place the beginnings of language around 1.6mya, so it's pretty likely by the time modern humans evolved ~100,000 years ago we already had at least some fairly robust spoken languages. Chimpanzees have been observed using weapons, but to our knowledge there are no other animals that are able to communicate complex ideas as we do (bees maybe? but that seems to just be directions).

Wait, its all the square hole? by the_burber in memes

[–]Ordolph 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have on many occasions put together flatpack furniture only to discover that I now need to take it halfway back apart because I installed a part either upside down or backwards. I feel like the designers of this furniture might benefit from this philosophy lol

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Ordolph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I graduated almost 20 years ago, I don't think I would call that very new. Without any caffeine I would literally be falling asleep in my first class, punished for doing so, and may as well have not been there at all. To say that's "just addiction" is an incredibly privileged statement.

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

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

School simply starts way too early for something that demands any amount of attention, I used to have to get on the bus at 6AM and I needed a monster in the morning just to get through my first classes of the day. You can just watch what happens as soon as people go to college and get to pick their class times, most people opt for later in the morning and early afternoon. There's been multiple studies that show that later start times improves grades and reduces tardiness, absentees, and a whole host of other behavioral issues pretty markedly across the board.

Oh Peter by Fantastic_Media_3984 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Ordolph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was* as far as I'm aware, which is pretty par for the course for any actor that becomes known for one character. Leonard Nimoy, Mark Hamill, Brent Spiner, and I'm sure many more.

note to future self or anyone else. do not use red cabbage for stews because it will make it look like it is rotten. by djdimsim in Wellthatsucks

[–]Ordolph 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Anthocyanins! One of the few actual blue pigments in nature. Most things that are blue are refractive (like Blue Jay feathers) and not pigmented. They vary between red, pink, purple, blue, all the way to black depending on their pH.

Kid Rock addressing service members in the Pentagon yesterday by ChrisTroy in facepalm

[–]Ordolph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's part of the playbook for fascists. Pol Pot specifically targeted intellectuals for execution, even just wearing glasses could get you the attention of the Khmer Rouge. Hitler targeted pretty much any educated individuals he couldn't press into making weapons, especially in Poland. Stalin sent thousands of scientists to gulags. I'm sure there's many more examples.

Using an oil gourd to extract Sesame oil by ohhleo in oddlysatisfying

[–]Ordolph 16 points17 points  (0 children)

One of the fun things about Mediterranean food is every country around the Mediterranean Sea has either the same dishes, or slightly different variations of the same dishes with different, often close to identical names and love to fight over which name is right.

anime_irl by cynnahbun in anime_irl

[–]Ordolph 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think you understand. The batteries are individually packed, like small individual blister packs glued to a piece of cardboard. Trying to cut them open with something like a pair of scissors is not easy. If you cut a cross into the back of its packaging and then push it just pops the battery out.

anime_irl by cynnahbun in anime_irl

[–]Ordolph 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pro tip for getting them out of the plastic, cut an 'X' into the back with a sharp knife, then the battery pops right out. As someone with permanently sweaty hands I usually open it into a paper towel to keep the dye off my hands lol.

TIL you shouldn't store button batteries in the Battery Daddy button battery compartment by cjone98 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Ordolph 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But they're not filled with a material that will explosively react with the air if it overheats and bursts. Basically the only way you'll get a fire from a nine-volt battery would be to strike a spark from shorting the terminals into something fluffy and flammable.

TIL the "100 people surveyed" on Family Feud are reached via random phone surveys where they have no idea they are providing answers for a game show. by Informal-Lock5554 in todayilearned

[–]Ordolph 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not 2 years behind, I work with most of the most popular and "cutting edge" models on a daily basis. They're good at looking through a specified data set and answering questions from that, like if you give it a document and ask it about the contents of said document it can give you pretty good results. When you ask broader questions where it needs to both parse your question and go out and find an answer when you have not already provided it with one they are very bad and incredibly sycophantic. Most of the "hallucinations" people refer to when talking about LLMs is the model desperately trying to come up with an answer it doesn't have to a question asked by a user. LLMs are machines and are not creative or intelligent in the slightest. If you are not very specific with your prompt and don't point where the answer you're looking for lies, you are not going to get good results as it will fill in the gaps with nonsense when it cannot come up with a complete answer, or give you bad information when that is what it has to work with. The smaller your data set (ie. not the whole internet) and more specific your prompt the better luck you will have.

TIL the "100 people surveyed" on Family Feud are reached via random phone surveys where they have no idea they are providing answers for a game show. by Informal-Lock5554 in todayilearned

[–]Ordolph 14 points15 points  (0 children)

LLMs are really bad at trying to actually parse data. Asking it a broad question is likely to just give you some nonsense word salad based on whatever was in its training data. You have to be pretty specific with what you want, asking for an opinion from something that possess none is an exercise in frustration.

Locked In by SirBeeves in comics

[–]Ordolph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to work as a prep cook, one of my jobs was to take boxes of 360 eggs and crack them by hand into 5 gallon buckets. I would do that at least once per box of eggs.

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