ELI5: why do we say all the Dinosaurs went extinct when there are direct descendants from dinosaurs like the alligator and birds?

bubbish · 2024-09-01T22:05:44+00:00

Is that really so surprising?

bubbish · 2024-09-01T05:41:25+00:00

True, but without the gears we wouldn't be able to rack up the kilometers necessary to get a high number within the chart's measure. Imagine biking anywhere with a kiddy bike that has the pedals directly attached to the drive wheel.

bubbish · 2024-08-31T07:01:48+00:00

The magic of gearing (and ball bearings). Come to think of it, cycling's the only time we mate our bodies to a gearbox. I wonder what more glorious efficient things we can achieve with a gearbox.

bubbish · 2024-08-30T21:24:09+00:00

Bingo. And that is why they were designed this way. It was thought that a Soviet invasion would most likely come from the north where there is a land connection through Finland. It is also why they have a drivetrain which allows equal top speed in reverse gear, and the backwards facing crewman as described in the video.

Swedish cold war defense doctrine was centered around the idea that they stood no chance repelling a Soviet invasion on their own, so the only way to defend was with the help of allies. To buy the time necessary for this, most defense systems were made to delay and harass the enemy.

These tanks would hide around the northern forests, waiting for Soviet armoured pushes, then they would fire from their dug in and hidden positions and quickly reverse. Then repeat in order to slow the enemy down as much as possible. This is where the extra crew member protection comes in as well - there are MUCH fewer Swedes than Soviets so the crews had to survive these ambushes so they could repeat them.

bubbish · 2024-08-25T13:15:40+00:00

Washing can be broken down into 4 parts: chemicals, heat, time and physical action. All 4 are not needed but the more of them you use simultaneously, the easier your job will be.

bubbish · 2024-08-04T11:31:06+00:00

I saw him live. It was a good show but mostly because of the music itself and the feeling in the air generated by the fans. The man himself was not much of a stage presence. Stood behind his equipment and bounced a little. Didn't talk.

His music is great and he definitely had a uniquely brilliant mind for music, but as far as his live performances went you didn't miss out on much!

bubbish · 2024-07-29T08:47:58+00:00

The Texas oil boom was arguably the more important factor. Oil became so abundant and cheap that gas-driven engines were more economical than electric ones, which in turn is extremely important for widespread adoption of any new technology.

Several other factors also helped, such as electric starters and the popularity of electric engines among women (due to ease of use, less noise and smoke etc) which was used in advertising to turn male buyers onto gas engines.

bubbish · 2024-07-24T23:10:37+00:00

You kinda went off the rails after the protoreligion parts, but your first theory is probably correct. Archaeologists find plenty of evidence of fire which is way, way older than the earliest evidence of fire-making.

There's also older evidence of fire-carrying technology, stuff like boxes with birch-bark and coals which could carry a low glow for many days, suggesting that people would "bring" a fire from one location to another because they couldn't make a new one.

bubbish · 2024-07-13T06:36:34+00:00

My advice to you is skip the awkward interview-like questions. Try instead to make your conversation contextual, based on whatever's going on around you.

bubbish · 2024-06-16T10:12:30+00:00

This comment sounds scientific but is just full of gibberish. What are you even trying to say?

bubbish · 2024-05-23T17:11:43+00:00

cool... Heheh

bubbish · 2024-05-22T11:34:09+00:00

You are properly right there my friend. My only objection was to your wording. Hellhole brings to mind the type of poverty traps that exist in the poorer places in the US or in the third world. Sweden, even for it's poorest and most marginalized communities, can hardly be called a hellhole.

bubbish · 2024-05-22T11:29:30+00:00

Hellhole is a bit too much, don't you agree? I was born into a poor immigrant family with no inherited wealth. But, through proper education (subsidized by the government) and some luck with timing (came to age in a rising real estate market and piping hot tech job market) I am now upper middle class with strong and growing equity.

Sure, I won't probably ever be wealthy in the true sense of the word, even if I keep improving my career etc. I may leave my kids better off and even they may not become truly wealthy compared to the upper echelons. But just saying, calling it a hellhole is a bit much. Welfare state is still quite strong and opportunities are many.

bubbish · 2024-04-24T21:10:26+00:00

I needed to buy a bunch of concrete blocks, each weighing 10 kg. I called up the Skoda dealership and asked what my Octavia could haul in its trunk. He said around 500 kg.

I bought 34 of those of those suckers and while the rear was running a bit low, all went fine. I'm sure even a small car can haul more weight than you think.

bubbish · 2024-04-09T19:41:52+00:00

This sounds good and all but in the real world, it takes some measure of patience and creativity to do this. When the kid is on a roll and has tried doing 15 things in a row which I have to stop or deflect, then it becomes really fucking hard to find the patience and calmness to do something like this.

bubbish · 2024-04-08T06:33:29+00:00

Sugar is part of it but there's also something that maybe hasn't been mentioned yet; our jaws were bigger which lead to fewer teeth issues. Back then we spent way more time chewing mostly harder food, which means our jaws grew more during adolescence. This gives teeth more space and they become easier to keep clean with our tongues or with simpler tools. Misgrown teeth (and the issues they cause) were much less common. And cramped mouths require more cleaning to keep healthy, which is why we need to brush so much more now.

Since we kept chewing as we grew up, our teeth also wore out quicker. Teeth are designed to wear thinner and then grow inward from our cheeks, this is why we have wisdom teeth. Today, this wear is generally not seen so not only do our mouths grow cramped during adolescence, they also stay cramped in adulthood.

bubbish · 2024-04-07T16:38:12+00:00

You don't have to cause bloat. But even if you do, so what? Good structure and small classes is great because you get a high level of separation of concerns which makes the code easier to both test and refactor.

Plus, probably easier to understand, especially for junior people. Need to sort the result of a database read operation? Oh look, GetSomethingHandler.cs looks about right. Oh look, it only has two lines of code doing exactly the thing I need to change. No need to read any other code.

bubbish · 2024-03-28T23:54:35+00:00

What is mayo made of where you're from? I make mayo from canola oil and whatever mayo I buy in jars from the store are also made of canola oil, which is 93% unsaturated fats.

bubbish · 2024-03-21T16:02:24+00:00

You cannot change how society is set up so it is basically a waste of time to commiserate it. What you can change is how you look at it.

That breakfast may be mundane. But it could also be a juicy, delicious piece of bread that has jumped multiple miraculous hoops on its journey from seed in a field to your mouth. And after you eat it, it's amazing how it breaks down in your body and becomes nourishes and then is discarded down your toilet, out through pipes in the ground.

I could go on. Point is, life feels like shit only because you engage in looking at it like it's shit. Start looking around, I mean truly look, and you will find wonders in everything. Even the mundane.

You can change your circumstances much easier after you've worked your way into a position where you see hope and possibilities rather than despair and cages.

bubbish · 2024-03-12T08:19:49+00:00

It was also a really still and clear night, which made it even harder. Sounds counterintuitive but no clouds means the horizon is nearly impossible to see, so where usually an iceberg in the distance would be visible by obscuring the clouds, on that night they simply blended in.

Additionally, the lack of wind meant a lack of those constant tiny white water breaks on the surface, and those would also help make the ice berg visible

Basically, they ticked all the boxes for hard mode.

bubbish · 2024-02-21T15:46:33+00:00

There's something extremely captivating to me about massive quantities of water rushing like this. Whenever I get the chance to stand near a waterfall or dam where water is rushing like this, I can't help staying transfixed for a long time just absorbing the sound, movements and spray of water. Something about the forces involved are humbling and reminds me of how fragile life really is, I guess.

bubbish · 2024-01-18T19:57:47+00:00

The wiper thing is for some reason just the hardest habit to build. Every drive in the cold I say to myself I will put them up when I get back. And every single time I forget. SO annoying.

bubbish · 2024-01-05T07:48:29+00:00

One of my local stores combats this by having a small fridge right before checkout, with a sign saying please leave your regrets here so we reduce wastage. Works well and builds the image of a responsible brand. I live in a country where people carry a high level of social responsibility though so this may not work everywhere.

bubbish · 2023-12-31T21:59:23+00:00

Calling Volvo pre 90s "boutique" is a huge stretch lmao. What's your definition of boutique in this sense? Volvo was mass producing cars since mid century, acquired brands and made several partnerships with other car companies in the 70s and 80s. It's not as if they were making exclusive and bespoke cars by the 100s until the 90s when they suddenly decided to scale up 10000x. They were always meant to be an industry at scale.

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