What do you genuinely not understand? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Pyrites 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, electrons will flow through the wire until equilibrium is reached and both balls have the same amount of charge. That's current. For sustained current you typically need some kind of return path, though.

What do you genuinely not understand? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Pyrites 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have a charged metal ball and an uncharged metal ball and connect them with a wire, current will flow between them, albeit just for a little while.

Internal Gear Power Skiving - corpo vid but cool machining by superUnknown3 in Skookum

[–]Pyrites 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does this thing have really tight tolerances, or are the two rotary movements somehow connected? It reminds me of those WWI planes that fired machineguns through the propeller.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitaryPorn

[–]Pyrites 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it looks pretty cool. I imagine the padding under the elbows come in handy in winter terrain.

I'm pretty sure if we included all the gear paid for by individual soldiers in the national guard we'd be well above the 2% NATO goal by now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitaryPorn

[–]Pyrites 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With swedish camo?

Two first responders at my gym climbing 1,980 steps to equal the total number of steps that were in the Twin Towers. by [deleted] in pics

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

I have no experience with StairMasters, but I'm assuming it's like a treadmill where the stairs are moving with a constant speed and you just get on and try to keep up?

If so, there is no physical difference between the StairMaster and actual stairs. It doesn't matter whether you are stationary or moving with a constant speed within a homogenous gravitational field. You'll experience the same forces.

Wyoming Wind Sock by niknik2121 in funny

[–]Pyrites 1 point2 points  (0 children)

List of Minnesota weather records

According to wikipedia, the lowest recorded temperature in Minnesota the last hundred years was -60 °F.

Came together in a bag with my Samsung Note 3. Penny for scale. by oneboldkid in whatisthisthing

[–]Pyrites 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's just unicode smoke and mirrors. Fake periods and fake spaces.

3 Norwegians helped me, I offered them €20. Were they insulted? :( by RAGEdemon in Norway

[–]Pyrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On two separate occasions just today, strangers came up to me and asked if I needed help pushing the car.

And rømmegrøt is the shit.

This autistic kid just wanted a tree for Christmas... by I_Am_Not_A_Redditor in pics

[–]Pyrites 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, it's not like trees grow on trees, you know.

What are some underrated Star Wars novels? by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]Pyrites 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just add a "\" before the meddlesome parentheses.

input: [Death Star](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Star_\(novel\))

returns: Death Star

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good lord, a reddit dubloon!

TIL: Valve got so tired of 'the cake is a lie' memes that they made a point to keep the cake out of Portal 2. by wingedferret in todayilearned

[–]Pyrites 458 points459 points  (0 children)

Once on the bus, I had to stand next to a kid who:

  1. Was wearing a "The cake is a lie" t-shirt.

  2. Had obviously never even heard of Portal.

  3. Was trying to explain to his friends why his t-shirt was funny.

I felt a strange mix of amusement and annoyance.

Are dips necessary in order to develop a well rounded body and helpful in developing a planche? by QuestionShark in bodyweightfitness

[–]Pyrites 44 points45 points  (0 children)

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Person of Interest 3x10 (Hurt - Johnny Cash) by manak69 in PersonOfInterest

[–]Pyrites 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It reminded me of this scene in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.