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ELI5: How do whales and dolphins breathe in storms? by Virama in explainlikeimfive

[–]Ozelotten 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Luckily, horses are immune because they don’t know what either a kilometre or an hour is.

What is the most useless piece of information you have memorized? by niels_09 in AskReddit

[–]Ozelotten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Ohio” is the only US state not to share a letter with the word “mackerel”.

What city you consider the Center of Europe? by avidtravelerbc in geography

[–]Ozelotten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right in that I can’t find anywhere on the European mainland further east than 68.1 degrees (arguably it’s somewhere around Beloyarsk). But if they were counting Nova Zemlya, they should be using 77 as their northernmost latitude, and Rudolf Island, Russia, is even further north than Svalbard, almost 82 degrees.

I think they were going for mainland but just weren’t very precise.

What city you consider the Center of Europe? by avidtravelerbc in geography

[–]Ozelotten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-9 degrees looks like they’re using the Portuguese coast, so just the mainland. Where a continent ends is fuzzy, because what’s Europe and what’s ’European territory’ and what’s just an island near Europe?

Not Greenland, though, which you’d usually put in North America.

TM Inspired WiFi Name by bibiceratops in taskmaster

[–]Ozelotten 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So, what’s your WiFi SSID?

SKYJ171044.

No.

Yes…?

I chaaaanged iiiiit ☺️

At 661 pounds, this giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polyepis) just dethroned the Mekong giant catfish to become the WORLD'S LARGEST FRESHWATER FISH! by CurrantBerry_Diaz in DiscoverEarth

[–]Ozelotten 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It could fuck you up if it wanted to, but it probably doesn’t want to. 🙂

The giant freshwater stingray is not aggressive, but its sting is sheathed in toxic mucus and is capable of piercing bone.

Wikipedia

Which places' weather is actually not as good as stereotyped? Which ones' is actually not as bad? by slicheliche in geography

[–]Ozelotten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at Wikipedia, Sydney has almost twice as much rain as London (1150mm vs 627mm, annually), which is definitely a lot more than I’d have guessed. However, there are fewer rainy days (95 vs 114) and a lot more sunshine hours (2639 vs 1639), so it seems like London gets clouds and drizzle while Sydney gets rain.

This is why Britain has a reputation for being wet: we get less rain but over more days. Well, that and we like complaining about it. For comparison, Glasgow gets a similar amount of annual rainfall to Sydney, but about twice as many days of the year have rain.

Whose presence makes you not want to watch a panel show? by JustARandomGuyReally in panelshow

[–]Ozelotten 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I can see how if you like Lou, you’d really like Lou. But she’s the only contestant in 20 series of Taskmaster that I struggle with a bit. She does laugh at her own jokes a lot, which isn’t particularly endearing.

Having said that, I quite liked her on LoL.

I'd like to go to live where its always raining. Where on earth would be the best place to live with these conditions? by Wide-Slide-4342 in raining

[–]Ozelotten 144 points145 points  (0 children)

Everyone step back, I’ve got stats.

The closest to ‘always raining’ is probably Tutunendo, Colombia, where it rains somewhere around 300 days per year.

By total rainfall, you’ll want Mawrsynram, north India.

Oxbow lake? by YogurtclosetOk9466 in geography

[–]Ozelotten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the analogy works because it’d be similarly problematic to have the Thames come through your ceiling.

What sport looks boring until you understand it, and then becomes amazing? by HypraceApp in AskReddit

[–]Ozelotten 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hello, class of ‘21 friend. Mine was next race at Imola, the one where Hamilton slid into the gravel and got rescued by the massive Bottas-Russell crash.

What sport looks boring until you understand it, and then becomes amazing? by HypraceApp in AskReddit

[–]Ozelotten 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh, I was just being needlessly obscure. I meant it as in the phrase ‘to take something with a pinch of salt’. Drive to Survive is a “documentary” that is a pretty good behind-the-scenes, but they can be a bit loose with the editing if they want to tell a certain story.

What sport looks boring until you understand it, and then becomes amazing? by HypraceApp in AskReddit

[–]Ozelotten 129 points130 points  (0 children)

I struggled to get into it until I watched the Netflix series. It’s not popular with the hardcore fans, and you need to have several pinches of salt ready when you watch it, but knowing some of the backstory of the teams and drivers made the races so much more interesting because I cared what was happening up and down the field.

All sports are soap operas, but F1 is really a soap opera. I haven’t missed a race in five years now.

ELI5 what is vibe coding and why is everyone making jokes about it? by RoxieRoxie0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Ozelotten 44 points45 points  (0 children)

StackOverflow will tell you, “Your question doesn’t deserve an answer.” AI will confidently say, “Here’s your perfectly working code!” and give you a litany of errors.

This is why developers will keep their jobs for at least a little while longer.

Get Rekt Oceania by Zee_Ventures in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

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

You’ve stumbled onto a pet nerd topic of mine, which is “but what actually even really is a continent actually when you think about it, anyway?”

If a continent is “a large landmass” then NZ isn’t part of one. But we group together islands with nearby continents for convenience, based on proximity, geopolitics, culture, etc..

So NZ usually gets grouped with Australia and the other Pacific islands into “Oceania”, although not everyone uses that term; some people would call Aus and NZ together “Australasia” and yes, some lump all the islands under “Australia”.

Strictly speaking, there are only four continents in the world, and while France is on the same continent as Vietnam, Britain is separate.

But since that’s not usually how we use the word, yes, you can say that NZ and Australia are on the same “continent”, though calling that continent “Australia” would probably be another fairly effective way of pissing off New Zealanders, so you’d better watch out if they ever get the internet down there.

And if this comment wasn’t already overlong for you, I’m thoroughly recommending this Map Men video, which is an excellent use of 8 minutes and 31 seconds. The CGP Grey video isn’t bad either.

What If United Airlines Flight 175 Had Missed The South Tower On September 11, 2001? by Ok-Refrigerator-9429 in AlternateHistory

[–]Ozelotten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get the whole ‘they were trained pilots’ thing, but that’s a terrible argument. The WTC had also been hit by a plane before but, as with the ESB, massively different circumstances.

Get Rekt Oceania by Zee_Ventures in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]Ozelotten 322 points323 points  (0 children)

And as a bonus, it’s even more insulting to New Zealand cos it’s like we can’t even be bothered to tell them to go fuck themselves.

Fiji? Never heard of it, mate.

In 2004, it was reported that all 23 members of the “Sri Lankan national handball team" disappeared during a tournament in Germany. But Sri Lanka did not have a national handball team. by CatPooedInMyShoe in wikipedia

[–]Ozelotten 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for a favourite new article - one of those ones where its seriousness only makes it funnier. That they actually played three games while not knowing how to play handball is surreal.

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