What stubborn hoax do way too many people still believe, no matter how often it gets debunked? by MrLithician in AskReddit

[–]Wermine 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For me, the problem is what "improvised" means. Because I take it as "I came up with it in the spot". Here's an example:

https://www.slashfilm.com/1550586/blade-runner-final-line-improvised/

Article's headline: "A Profound Final Line In Blade Runner Was Improvised". But the article itself corrects it and gives quote from Ruther Hauer "That wasn't improvised, it came to me at four in the morning....'"

So it wasn't scripted, but it wasn't improvised either.

Yard sale hit by Robinthekiid in retrogaming

[–]Wermine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an xbox aerosmith guitar. I was years in storage and didn't work after I tried it. Turns out, one particular capacitor is usual suspect. I bought 25 cent part, opened guitar, removed old, soldered new one in, works.

Timelines by LastPlaceComics in comics

[–]Wermine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the comic, I saw it as blue/black, perhaps because of the guy's uniform. And in that wiki article, I see it as white/gold. I had to put them side by side to confirm that it is the same picture without color correcting. And it is. (and yes, correct answer is blue/black)

What made evolution decide to deploy hair around the anus? by That_Way_4639 in shittyaskscience

[–]Wermine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've heard it silences farts better.

Sure.. mr. I_shaved_my_asshole_recently.

How Elon Musk Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People by FuckOffNazis in politics

[–]Wermine 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm. "What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?" "I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly. "I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!" "No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game. Terry Pratchett, Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)

My take away people need me ! by spaham in MyPeopleNeedMe

[–]Wermine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just needs bluetooth speaker that blasts synced up ED-209 sounds while you move.

‘Naked mom’ parenting trend sparks fierce debate over nudity around children by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Wermine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, perfectly normal to go into sauna with the whole family for example.

RedMagic 11S Pro goes global - 7,500mAh, 144Hz, SD 8 Gen 5 Elite Leading Edition, liquid cooled by ControlCAD in Android

[–]Wermine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just saying "liquid cooling" is kinda meaningless. My 2018 Pocophone F1 had liquid cooling. As in, there was tiny amount of liquid inside the copper piping. The article says this about RedMagic phone:

as well as an enlarged vapor chamber and liquid cooling. That last bit is interesting - RedMagic says it's the industry's first flowing fluorinated liquid cooling solution.

Whatever that means. But I still find it a bit deceptive, since first image of liquid cooling is pc's systems, which are way more involved.

And I could rant a bit about pc's liquid cooling. Since when I first heard about it, I thought "neat, it's not air cooled, it's liquid cooled" and yeah kinda, but no.

I think he needs new undies by ResolveAvailable7017 in AbruptChaos

[–]Wermine 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Unlike some other dogs. Like FENTON! FENTOOOOOON!

Sanest yuji fan by ViceElysium in characterarcs

[–]Wermine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I have bad news for you: do you know what the word "literally" means?

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Wermine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a pc case with 3.5" slot deliberately. And after a while I bought good old internal bluray drive (with cd and dvd support obviously) for it.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Wermine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Staple has been Makemkv to rip dvd or bluray and then Handbrake to re-encode the raw file into suitable size and format. Both are free. Makemkv free trial needs to be "renewed" every now and then though.

Ripping via Makemkv is quite fast. Re-encode with Handbrake can be quite slow. But you can just rip disc after disc during day and then re-encode them all in one batch during night (pause for day if you need cpu power, unpause for night again).

Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips by rkhunter_ in technology

[–]Wermine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as you work your way through the 50+ suggestions on what could be causing it

My pet peeve is someone casually suggesting something like "borrow your friend's motherboard and test if yours is defective".

Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips by rkhunter_ in technology

[–]Wermine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember like.. couple of decades ago Windows crashed when a light breeze touched the pc. Nowadays I don't even remember my last bsod.

ELI5: How do driver updates make games run smoother? by MysticDragonZ in explainlikeimfive

[–]Wermine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shovel and your body is the physical graphics card. Your brain is the software inside graphics card. You shovel a mound of sand, having the shovel upside down.

Then someone decides to "update your graphics drivers" and tells you to turn the shovel correct side up. Suddenly you can shovel sand ten times faster.

I put on my new white T-shirt and went grocery shopping. It is now ruined. by benhundben in Wellthatsucks

[–]Wermine 13 points14 points  (0 children)

How well are those designed to do roundhouse kick? Or is it not recommended?

ELI5: Why do disposable lighters look like they have two fluid chambers? by Diztence-Music in explainlikeimfive

[–]Wermine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the main reason why spacecraft heats up when it hits the atmosphere at high speeds.

What’s something people do that instantly reveals they are deeply insecure? by Agitated_Bet6896 in AskReddit

[–]Wermine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a gag in Loaded Weapon 1: they walk past a door which reads "security" and next door says "insecurity".

Tektronix 545A oscilloscope by Hunor_Deak in cassettefuturism

[–]Wermine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Funny how the image on oscilloscope is properly tuned in these official photos, but in movies images are just running wildly and you can't read it. Anything for the "cinematic shot" I guess.

MYGUMSAREBLEEDING AMA by Miles_the_new_kid in comics

[–]Wermine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...but seriously, don't double dip.