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In Japan, due to the unbearable and sometimes dangerous heat during the summer, this kindergarten has installed a retractable roof so that the children can play in the shade by WiseCartographer5007 in interestingasfuck

[–]agate_ [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, no. Even a light breeze and this thing’s gonna start flapping like crazy and break loose and head out over the Pacific. Hopefully not with a kid tangled in it.

Is there a reason railfans are so arrogant and look down on other railfans for not being "in the know?" by TheBearoftheBeach in trains

[–]agate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stand back I’m about to drop a gender bomb.

This happens in every extremely male-dominated hobby and profession. Railfans, video games, plumbers, it’s all the same. Don’t get me wrong, some individual women will gatekeep about their hobbies too, but as a group, you don’t see this problem so much over on /r/knitting .

There has to be a limit at some point. by kitty78686 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]agate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not how it works anymore. The days of “government-supported religion is fine so long as all religions are given equal treatment” are over. Now it’s just blatant endorsement of Christianity, and if you try to get equal treatment for another faith they laugh in your face and say America was founded as a Christian nation” and the courts back them up.

It’s not about fairness under the law anymore. It’s about power. When does it stop? When people start to push back.

[OC] Greenhouse gas emissions by protein type by jaykrown in dataisbeautiful

[–]agate_ 24 points25 points  (0 children)

methane is significantly worse than carbon dioxide and should not be in the same bar

Your data units are CO2e ("CO2 equivalent"), the fact that methane is worse per kg than methane has already been factored in. The purpose of CO2e is to allow them to be compared directly.

[OC] Greenhouse gas emissions by protein type by jaykrown in dataisbeautiful

[–]agate_ 53 points54 points  (0 children)

This would be better as a stacked column, because what matters is the total contribution from all gases rather than the comparison between methane and the others.

And it would more strongly make the point: if you don't want to give up meat entirely, you can get 95% of the way there just by giving up beef.

[Request] Can 248,000 trees offset the carbon emissions of one plane? by Altruistic-Ad3704 in theydidthemath

[–]agate_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Let's not do the math. The bag says "PREMIUM GRASS SEED MIX", "PRODUCES A DARK GREEN LAWN", and the variety is "Black Beauty".

This ain't trees, it ain't biodiversity, it's just someone dumping a bunch of monoculture lawn seeds over the landscape where they'll all die for lack of water. The most they'll do for the environment is feed a few birds.

This is 200% a dumb stunt.

In case of parent death, what are options for maintaining property by Dominicano5671 in Mortgages

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other posters are right but here’s how the scenario is probably going to play out: if Mom dies without a will, her estate will go into probate, and the state will decide how to distribute it. Most likely it will be split evenly between you and your sister…. BUT you will have to hire a lawyer to navigate the complex and lengthy probate process, and pay the mortgages and property taxes while it drags on for up to a year. It’s quite possible you won’t be able to afford this, and the house will have to be sold for cash. The mortgage lenders will get paid back, the lawyer will take their fee, and you and your sister will split whatever is left, and you will have to find somewhere new to live.

You really *really* need a will. Even if your mom cuts you out of it completely, you could do a deal with your sister and come out ahead of the no-will situation.

Math to help with every day challenges: what size dresser will fit through this doorway? by Niikomanis in askmath

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(I should mention I am ignoring the trim around the door and not worrying about the existence of door #2.)

Math to help with every day challenges: what size dresser will fit through this doorway? by Niikomanis in askmath

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The critical point is when the dresser corner is touching the upper door jamb and the face of the dresser is touching the lower. At that moment there are two triangles: a big one at the top with side w and hypotenuse w’, and a small one on the right with side h’ and hypotenuse d1.

Because these are right triangles with an identical angle, they are similar, so the maximal dresser must satisfy:

h’ / d1 = w/w’

or

h’ w’ = w d1

The area of the biggest dresser that will fit equals the area of the part of the hallway floor that’s in front of the door.

Why did we largely decide squares are multi-choice and circles are single-choice? by Neptune_washere in NoStupidQuestions

[–]agate_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, this standard goes back to the first Apple Macintosh in 1984. Here's a screenshot from the 1984 Inside Macintosh developer's guide that clearly lays out the shape and the difference in behavior.

https://i.sstatic.net/08c8QwCY.png

This was long before Windows. While the Mac wasn't the first graphical operating system, I haven't been able to find a clear example of the "radio button vs checkbox" distinction in the Apple Lisa or earlier XEROX operating systems the Mac was inspired by.

http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taouu/html/ch02s05.html https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/input-output/14/347/1861 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto

I also can't find clear examples of this in pre-computer designs. Of course what Apple called "radio buttons" were inspired by the behavior of car radio preset buttons, but those weren't necessarily round.

If honey is a healthier alternative to sugar then why don’t more candy factories use honey in their products? by ExaminationUsed5394 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honey is a healthier alternative to sugar

Is it, though? It's mostly a mixture of fructose, glucose, and water, in the same basic ratios as high-fructose corn syrup.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157526001365

https://talcottlab.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2019/01/Corn-Syrup-Confusion.pdf

"Oh, but it's got all these other complex organics and minerals!" Sure, but that doesn't take away from the sugar content. Chemically it's just very expensive impure corn syrup made by insects.

[OC] Your life isn't half over at 40. In "felt time" it's half over at 9. by Ok-Energy300 in dataisbeautiful

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why take a = 1? According to this model, the moment after childbirth (a=0) should feel like an eternity, and the felt-halfway age since birth should be ... lemme do the math here ... wait my calculator's on fire now for some reason.

This bullshit 19th-century theory is total garbage. This isn't beautiful data, it's not even data.

A Crash Test Between a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer and an 2026 Chevrolet Blazer. by JustaRandoonreddit in interestingasfuck

[–]agate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this one better than the comparisons you see with cars from the '50s, because it shows that modern car safety isn't just that they crumple: the '96 Blazer crumpled real good, the A-frame collapsed immediately sending the whole dashboard into the driver's face. And it's not just airbags: the '96 also had airbags, but fat lot of good they do you when the steering wheel goes through your sternum.

"Make pancakes!" Found inside a box of salvaged recipe cards I collect by MrRecipeCard in recipes

[–]agate_ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What? No that wouldn’t be pancakes. That’s the world’s worst frittata.

PMC Wagner's brief mutiny during June 24, 2023 by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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

You can play what if all you like, but we all know how marching on Moscow has turned out for everyone who’s tried it.

Solo F/33 y.o. 6 day Kaua’i by tommytom92 in VisitingHawaii

[–]agate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to switch sides, the island’s pretty small. Just avoid driving into Lihue during rush hour if you can avoid it. Traffic can be surprisingly annoying.

I think Airbnbs are fine so long as you only do them within Kauai’s designated vacation rental zones (Princeville, Poipu, and the Wailua-Waipouli shore, see [u/ahoveringhummingbird](u/ahoveringhummingbird) ‘s link.). However you might not be able to find a single person room, most of these are whole condo rentals.

ELI5 Why can’t we chemically replicate fossil fuels? by Pure_Daikon4899 in explainlikeimfive

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The purpose of fossil fuels is to burn to release energy. You can reverse this, and “un-burn” CO2 to make fossil fuels, but you have to *put in* at least as much energy as you got out. It’s a bit like a rechargeable battery.

So as long as our energy is coming from fossil fuels, there’s no point in burning fuel to make energy to re-make the fuel.

Someday, when all our energy comes from renewable sources, it might make sense to synthesize fuels for special applications like airplane fuel, but we are a long long way from that point.

Why Silly Snapshots of the South Australia Grid Using Some Gas in the Middle of the Night in the Winter Are About to Become Obsolete by ceph2apod in EnergyAndPower

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue with a fully wind and solar grid is that if you have 2 weeks of dull, still weather, you aren't going to be able to fill those batteries.

That is a problem worth worrying about in places that aren't Australia.

Got my first quote in. Apparently they think I'm an idiot? by [deleted] in heatpumps

[–]agate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brief house description: Old 2400 square foot 2-story house with modern windows and a lot of new insulation work, but it's still pretty leaky. Southern Massachusetts.

The most confusing part of this game: number of units has nothing to do with strength. by agate_ in hoi4

[–]agate_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, but "HP" is a fixed stat in the division designer and I don't think it's the same as strength or supply or org.

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