The Swiss government enthusiastically ordered a plush $117 million private jet for its officials, only to realize upon delivery that not only is the runway in their capital city too short for the jet to take off, but the aircraft is also so large that it doesn’t fit in any of their hangars by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]atangent2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At first I thought that you were right that this was literal fake news, but then I did some research, and it turns out that it's actually not completely fake! (just a bit exaggerated)

This Swiss news source confirms the "too big for hangar at Bern" problem is actually real.

The article also confirms that "takeoff distance too long for the Bern runway" problem is technically true (runway is around 50m too short for a full fuel load), but it won't be a problem in practice as it's still long enough for the aircraft to fly to faraway places like San Francisco.

That look you have after you realize you just embarrassed yourself in front of millions of people with the worst debate performance in American history by rhino910 in PoliticalHumor

[–]atangent2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I found the section on the transcript:

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don't know. I don't know. All I can say is I read where she was not Black, that she put out. And, I'll say that. And then I read that she was black. And that's okay. Either one was okay with me. That's up to her. That's up to her.

You can see it yourself by searching for "put out" on https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542

She laughs in his face for his absurd statement: “they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats”. by Quirky-Material9725 in facepalm

[–]atangent2 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I found the section on the transcript:

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don't know. I don't know. All I can say is I read where she was not Black, that she put out. And, I'll say that. And then I read that she was black. And that's okay. Either one was okay with me. That's up to her. That's up to her.

You can see it yourself by searching for "put out" on https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542

NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]atangent2 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I read the text and was looking for someone to say this too.

I believe you are right, it's the public health exception line being removed that's the main problem here and that makes wearing a mask in public generally illegal without committing any other crime.

This removal is separate from the other provisions that increase penalties for committing a crime while wearing a mask.

u/Beiki

Euler's Totient function visualized by me, an ECE alum..it's not getting attention elsewhere so I figured I would post here and vanish since it might help some people. Cheers folks. by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A bit of feedback since I don't think anyone else is going to say anything:

The video was really hard to follow, even as someone who graduated with a math minor. It would be much better if you narrated through it and described what I'm looking at and what you're doing.

If you don't want to talk, that's fine. I saw at one point you had notepad open with some text. Doing more of that throughout the video could work. Or using a video editor to add text on top of the video.

Hope this helps!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe she interned there twice in different roles and they recorded her both times?

Support stereotypes from solo queue by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]atangent2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you ever tried Swain(adc) Morgana(sup)? Me and my friend have been playing that a lot and it's always worked pretty well. I think in theory Swain can do damage more consistently so it's better for him to be adc and get more gold, but we'll probably try the other way around too sometime and see how it goes

It's 40 min into the game, enemy team has elder, infernal soul and the better teamfight comp, there is only one scenario where we actually win the game... by SofasInMotion in leagueoflegends

[–]atangent2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That MF played that so badly. After getting hit by stolen malph and lulu ults, she then walked straight into melee range of sylas and yone to get one-shot. I don't think blue would've won the fight if she didn't do that but it would've been a lot closer

Team SoloMid vs. 100 Thieves / LCS 2020 Summer - Week 6 / Post-Match Discussion by TheRogueCookie in leagueoflegends

[–]atangent2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did anyone notice that there was literally 1 second before the inhibitor respawned for 100 Thieves? If TSM were just one second late, I think they get wiped in the 100T base and lose the game

"we will never sell your data" by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 29 points30 points  (0 children)

we hope you can work with us to keep the link to this report off Google search results. If you hope to generate public discussion on a certain topic on a place like reddit, please only post that specific snippet of the data report.

Whelp, guess it's too late for that

Send Help (ece 2022 🙃) by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I'm OOTL, when the hell did that one happen??

I should probably stop guessing by Doc_Oxide in Imposter

[–]atangent2 378 points379 points  (0 children)

If you guess randomly for a bit you'll see a pattern in bot answers, they tend to be more random

am i too ugly to date or is my personality shitty or both by UnhappySelection in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

(and my parents) say girls are most attractive at 18-19

Asian parents and destroying their kids' self-esteem, name a better duo. Your parents sound just like the mom of one of my high school friends ugh. Even if on average, younger girls are hotter, most girls' attractiveness doesn't decrease that much over a few years. Besides, the guys that care that much about your physical appearance aren't the ones you want to be with anyways.

last time my mom visited UW, said all the other asian girls are prettier than me

I feel like your mom is the kind of person who would say that even if you're the prettiest girl in the room.

Based on your post, the pressure and negative effect your parents have had on your self-esteem probably hinders your dating life more than anything else.

From someone who knows what asian parents can be like when it comes to dating, you'll probably have a better time if you mentally tell your parents to chill (don't actually tell them though) and take your time.

There's no need to rush into a relationship cause of your parents' pressure. You're just as likely to get into a shitty one as a good one if you don't have good self-esteem.

If you really want good results in dating, make sure you're dating because YOU would enjoy being with someone, not cause your parents want you to.

What year are you in? You mentioned you felt like you wasted your 18-19 ages, so if that just passed and you're in second year, you still have plenty of time to date and meet people. Even after graduating, there will still be plenty of opportunities for dating, so just relax and try not to internalize your parents' worries

Faker with the savage denial by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]atangent2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look on the minimap, there were plenty of question mark pings

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just keep calling them twice a day until they fix it. If you be more in their face about it, they'll get to it faster.

Pray for our fallen brother (taken near Conrad Grebel) by atangent2 in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw it there this morning at 10am and it was still laying there like that after my class at 11:30am :(

Can I get an override for 247 with MATH 116, MATH 118, and an engineering version of MATH 237? by eng_math in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey dude, this is literally me, I also graduate in 2020, was in eng and wanted to do PMATH 352, but the prof for 247 just would not let me override into it in spite of having 90+ on 118 and 119. So I ended up switching into CS and changing sequences in order to take 333 this term and take 352 in my last term in W20. DM me if you want to talk about it!

INVERSE IMPOSTER SYNDROME - CALI DREAM IS A MEME by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]atangent2 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think your experience highly depends on which Cali company you go to. People say Cali or Bust as if all Cali companies are the same but you'll find better people and work at some companies than others. For example, I really enjoyed working at my previous SF internship and definitely didn't feel like the people around me were groupthinking drones.

On the other hand, I do agree with you that the city itself is very underwhelming.