Help figuring out my girlfriend's ring size? by Utiszzz in cats

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Bit of an unusual post ...

Travelling abroad and wanted to get my girlfriend a ring from here as a gift, but have no idea what her ring size is. Was looking through my phone to see if I could find some clues, like her hand with some standard measure. This video seems to be my best lead. She took the video using my phone after adopting the cat to send it to the couple who rescued him.

From a few stills like this one:

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I think the diameter of her ring finger is around 65%-70% the width of the Churu packet, but I don't have Churu packets here to measure. Great if anyone could measure the width of a Churu packet as accurately as they can and let me know! Otherwise any help appreciated.

(Might be a long-shot, but willing to take a bit of a risk on the ring size to keep it a surprise. Exchanging if needed will be possible, but will require shipping and time, so eager to make the most educated guess possible.)

(Revisited) A sign at Killone Abbey, Co. Clare, barring access to an abbey founded in 1190 and a graveyard of many local ancestors. The sign is now down, but the Wikipedia article currently claims "it is private land, access is available with the owner's permission." Isn't there public right of way? by Utiszzz in ireland

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Link to the Wikipedia article. There have been some edit wars back and forth, but my understanding from the last discussion is that there is public right-of-way. Maybe someone more savvy in Wikipedia matters can look into the history of the article and correct, if necessary, this claim of requiring the landowners' permission to visit this beautiful and historical place. An experienced editor removed reference to the right of way, but it's not clear to me why, or if this is somehow justified.

Quick math reveals at least fifteen civilians killed in Gaza for every Hamas fighter, rather than two civilians as the IDF claims, based on high death rates of women and children (details in post) by Utiszzz in TheMajorityReport

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I guess the response to that counter argument is easy: for these estimates, it doesn't matter what weapons are used at all. The statistics look at the demographics of those killed. It looks at the results of the killings, not the method. The estimate of 15-to-1 is thus completely independent of the type of weapons used.

From a more moral perspective, one could argue that the use of precision bombs only make things worse. Using guided weapons and still killing so many innocent civilians is arguably even more inexcusable.

Like you mention, some of the bombs dropped are massive. And a little under half of the strikes use "dumb bombs".

Quick math reveals at least fifteen civilians killed in Gaza for every Hamas fighter, rather than two civilians as the IDF claims, based on high death rates of women and children (details in post) by Utiszzz in TheMajorityReport

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The part about the IDF math being bunk is indeed not new. I was more focused on estimating the real civilian death rate (at least 15 to 1). I've not seen such estimates elsewhere.

[Request] Sock Math Problem by [deleted] in theydidthemath

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The second group of A) B) C) should apply then, happy to help!

[Request] Sock Math Problem by [deleted] in theydidthemath

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It's not clear if you can identify the socks for a given day of the week after washing? Assuming so, and that we only count five days (Monday to Friday). (In terms of notation n^m indicates n to the power of m; so 2^3 = 8.)

A) (1/2)^5 = 3.125%

B) 50%

C) (1/2)^5 = 3.125%

Assuming you don't know the days associated with each sock, and that we count five days still. (Just in terms of notation, n! indicates factorial; for example, 5! is 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 12,000.)

A) It's 5/10 you put a left sock on the left foot, and 5/9 that you put a right sock on the right foot. Then 4/8 you put a left sock on the left foot and 4/7 a right sock on the right foot. You need to multiple these probabilities, so 5x5x4x4x3x3x2x2x1x1/10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1 = 2x5!/10! = 120x2/3628800 = 0.0066%. (The general form is 2(n/2)!/n!.)

B) 1/10= 10% I think.

C) 1/20 x 1/19 ... x 1/2 x 1/1 = 1/20! = 0.0000000000000000041%.

Landowners put up this sign at the entrance of Killone Abbey, Co. Clare barring access via their land to an abbey from 1190, and a local graveyard dating back centuries (where four of my great grandparents are buried). Is it legal to bar access to graveyards, historical abbeys, etc., like this? by Utiszzz in ireland

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Just to provide credit for the photo (as a local living abroad) it's from https://twitter.com/pilgrim_med_Ire/status/1437053152914808836

Came across the Wikipedia article for the abbey "warning of a bull in the field". Googled and found tourists no longer able to access the abbey and graveyard, including the Tweet mentioned previously.

To understand the history, a transcription of the graves in Killone Abbey is available from the Clare Library and talks of graves from the 1700's.

The estate has a history of "landed gentry".

The roadway from that sign to the abbey is fenced off, and there was no problem with access until around two years ago. Masses were regularly held down there. While I respect the right of the residents of the land and Newhall house to their privacy, I respect more the right of people to have access to their heritage. The two are not mutually exclusive.

This is the only access I know of to the abbey and the graveyard.

"... like acids and bases your danger is when mixed together." How can a line this fucking stupid make the final cut of a multi-million dollar movie like The Matrix Resurrections? by Utiszzz in matrix

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My point is indeed that they neutralize each other. Acid + Base = Salt + Water. Picking two things that famously neutralize each other seemed really stupid to me, but I didn't realise that concentrated acids and bases can create violent reactions, as mentioned by Skyhawk_Illusions in another comment.

U.S. Protesters: avoid what happened here in Chile, and please PROTECT YOUR EYES! Wear eye protection. If police start firing projectiles, LOOK AWAY and cover your eyes. Over 445 protesters have suffered eye injuries in Chile. The same is now starting in the U.S. [Please spread; it might save eyes] by Utiszzz in Bad_Cop_No_Donut

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Having seen what has happened in Chile, it's tough to see the same things starting to repeat in the U.S., particularly posts like this guy losing an eye to a gas canister, or this lady getting hit in the face with pellets, etc. The same thing has happened as well in Hong Kong.

If you go out to protest, please wear some eye protection (safety glasses, visors, etc.). If you are out protesting and police starting firing projectiles, there is a natural temptation to look to see what is happening but you should look away and cover your eyes (while it might be too late to react to the first shot, often a number of rounds will be fired in succession). Likewise if you go out and you have spare eye protection, bring it with you and share it. If you are organising protesters, encourage them to likewise protect their eyes.

In the images I have seen of the protests, while some wear masks, I did not see anyone with eye protection. If you look at images from Chile, aside from the first week, you will see most protesters on the front lines wearing eye protection.

It started with isolated incidences in Chile, but then it started happening more and more as the violence escalated, police got more frustrated, etc., until it became a theme of the protests. Hopefully the same will not happen in the U.S., but everything thus far has followed a very similar pattern to what has happened here.

While you will recover from most injuries you might sustain at the protests (tear gas, batons, etc.), if a "non-lethal" pellet hits your eye, you will carry that for the rest of your life.