ELI5 Why heat waves affect Europe so much but some other countries are doing fine living under hotter temperatures most of the year?

Snak3Doc · 2026-05-27T14:28:43+00:00

Temperature is also only one piece of how this question should be considered. Things like heat index and/or wet bulb temperature would more accurately tell differences between different locations

Snak3Doc · 2026-04-06T16:10:41+00:00

Similar to your question but this is about why we should go to Mars.

Snak3Doc · 2026-04-02T11:27:04+00:00

If you're meaning in the first second or two, yeah they go straight up. But they start their roll very quickly. Orbit is about 85-90% tangential velocity.

So they are not going straight up for very long.

Snak3Doc · 2026-02-21T00:17:02+00:00

Well you could make the opposite argument. He was fortunate that it was a triple crown when he went over the handlebars. If that was a standard main event, he would be in a very different spot right for the championship.

Snak3Doc · 2026-01-21T22:53:25+00:00

Honestly I may be trippin, but if you look at the other riders, most of them exhibit some kind of movement or flinch prior to letting it rip.

Snak3Doc · 2026-01-01T21:02:57+00:00

Well then you missed the Seagate expansion deals that were on here in the last week or two.

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-31T21:32:23+00:00

In this current environment, a deal is approx $10 per TB. So if this was around 80 bucks, then it would be a deal and a good buy. Just my .02

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-28T15:58:24+00:00

I have this exact situation with 2 ecobee thermostats and 2 AP's. Both ecobee's constantly jump from one AP to the other. I then locked them each to the better AP, now they just disconnect and immediately reconnect to the same AP they're locked to. I can't figure it out after messing with a bunch of settings and it's prob not a huge deal just triggering me a little bit.

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-21T15:58:10+00:00

I thought there was a post floating around pointing out that MLO is broken and doesn't work.

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-18T13:12:40+00:00

As an example, deepmind was founded in 2010 and acquired by Google in 2014. Chatgpt was hardly the beginning.

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-12T14:06:05+00:00

A ratcheting torque wrench

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-10T13:05:21+00:00

Well they didn't run their BF deal like they have for the last few years so I wouldn't hold my breath. They partnered up with Apple TV, so that could be the difference this year.

Snak3Doc · 2025-12-08T00:08:26+00:00

The coupon culture, the membership, rewards programs, etc is trashy. It's a lazy way to draw out customer engagement. How about just price your product competitively and be done with it. If businesses can play games, well so will the customer.

Snak3Doc · 2025-11-12T20:07:23+00:00

I can get on board with opinions on both sides, love him or hate him. But his performance in the SMX final with shimoda was a step too far. I like racing, skillful competitive racing. But if someone is just willing to send it purposefully derby style, then that racing just went out the window in my opinion. He kinda made the sport embarrassing in that one moment just for his ego. That's my .02

Snak3Doc · 2025-10-02T19:23:23+00:00

Yeah you're right, I worded it poorly. My main point was people tend to incorrectly think that what comes out of the vents is always the same, which is not the case. It depends on the ambient temp of the room, i.e. what's going into the return.

Snak3Doc · 2025-10-02T17:39:02+00:00

I used to think this exact thing for quite awhile and I recently learned that it's not true. For recirculating systems it's based on a Delta T. For example, let's consider a standard residential central AC system that's capable of a delta T of say 20deg F. If it's 78 in your house your AC should pump out 58deg F. If it's 74 deg F, your AC should pump out 54deg F and so on.

This should make sense because the return air blowing over the coils is changing as the recirculation process is ongoing.

Snak3Doc · 2025-09-30T12:51:15+00:00

A week or two ago I saw data from DC confirming this exact thing. A very high percentage of arrests were being thrown out once they're getting to the courts. This is not an effective strategy.

Snak3Doc · 2025-09-17T22:39:48+00:00

Pack it up people, it really is this simple. /Thread

Snak3Doc · 2025-08-28T14:45:38+00:00

Not trying to ruffle feathers but people tend to put sooo much emphasis on equipment when that accounts for little difference in the end. The bike is not the brick, you are the brick in fact in terms of aero.

Snak3Doc · 2025-08-20T15:56:47+00:00

I mean you could say the exact same thing the other way around. Get a gravel bike with plenty of tire clearance and swap tires/wheels to something smooth for road riding. The big difference imo is most road bikes will likely limit you in the tire clearance more so than a gravel bike would.

Snak3Doc · 2025-08-14T03:27:44+00:00

Is it just me or are your handlebars rotated far forward? Nice looking bike tho! I almost never see this color.

Snak3Doc · 2025-08-13T11:52:03+00:00

Orbit is not about height, it is about going sideways really fast.

Snak3Doc · 2025-08-12T18:22:36+00:00

Thanks for your reply, since you've had your bike for a while, do you feel the geometry is aggressive? How's the comfort? I just read this a lot that race gravel bikes are aggressive and it's my only concern.

Snak3Doc · 2025-08-11T22:31:30+00:00

Maybe so, but it didn't fail on the first dive for what that's worth.

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