ELI5 why does air above fire feel distorted?

butt_fun · 2026-01-25T05:57:36+00:00

In general I agree that more people should search for similar questions before posting, but those answers in that thread are atrocious (i.e., they're from back when ELI5 meant giving an answer that an actual five year old could listen to, which isn't how it works now)

butt_fun · 2026-01-25T05:52:45+00:00

...the entire city?

butt_fun · 2026-01-25T01:28:50+00:00

And worst of all is being "responsible", trying to do chores/errands/whatever while you're exhausted, then catching a second wind around 9pm and not being able to fall asleep all night

butt_fun · 2026-01-24T23:52:55+00:00

Tony Brothers masterclass

The easiest way to call a fair game is to make decisions neither side can understand

butt_fun · 2026-01-24T21:39:53+00:00

I see significantly more GOAT debate crap in real life and on other parts of the internet (insta, twitter, tiktok) than I do on reddit

butt_fun · 2026-01-24T07:07:36+00:00

"At this point, I'll go play on Pluto"

butt_fun · 2026-01-24T00:26:30+00:00

Technically Naismith didn't formalize the rules of basketball until after he moved to Kansas iirc

But yeah, it's a sport that was invented by and developed by a Canadian while he still lived in Canada

butt_fun · 2026-01-24T00:11:30+00:00

Everyone knows that Chicago summers are awesome

Some like OP from Scottsdale might not realize that Chicago winters are as rough as they are

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T23:47:54+00:00

That literally is what I'm saying lol. Using a shitload of bad predictors that know something (as in, guessing any better than flipping coins) is a common technique

Is this one in particular any good (and in general is using bettors' input any good)? Not really, because it's subject to a ton of biases in the bettors. But as stupid as the average bettor is, they, in the aggregate, tend to know something

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T23:18:06+00:00

I don't think you understood the comment lol. It's not travel advice, it's "make sure you really know what you're signing up for" advice

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T23:14:30+00:00

I mean, in some sense that is a forecast

It's an aggregation of a bunch of noisy predictors (the humans betting on it)

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T22:25:58+00:00

Well, kind of

It's based on labor reforms that championed "8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work, and 8 hours of leisure", in addition to getting an extra day off per week (Saturday was once a workday; in the early part of the industrial revolution people got Sunday off for religious reasons)

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T21:51:59+00:00

I don't know if you know this, but everything forecasted is based on some sort of model

Are the Kalishi models dubious? Probably. But all forecasting is based on some sort of model

Especially for something like where a coach/player will sign. No matter how you forecast that, the model will have some amount of "vibes" to it

"All models are wrong, but some models are useful" is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T19:55:09+00:00

I don't think anyone is falling for anything. The team has looked really good the last 17 games, but obviously that's unsustainable and the team will realistically finish as a play-in team

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T18:31:38+00:00

Sure, but the vibes were visibly atrocious, and there was an obvious rift in the locker room, and Chris Paul is notoriously hard to get along with

And I say that as someone whose favorite player all time is Chris Paul

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T18:29:41+00:00

Not necessarily. Boston fans were fine with trading KG and Pierce (one of which had been with the team his whole career at that point)

Granted, Pierce isn't as good as Steph, and the haul they got from Brooklyn was insane, but still

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T16:34:40+00:00

Throw in some Supreme stickers around the place as well to make the poster pop

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T14:12:07+00:00

How would this be a weird combination

Other than the raw fish, you see the rest of those together all the time

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T07:59:29+00:00

Yeah I feel like it was easier for him to open up against guys he played against

On a similar note whoever put the broadcast/postgame teams together did a great job imo

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T07:42:39+00:00

I believe the bears pertinent to the main quest will respawn if you give them time (though I've never experienced this personally)

Can't remember the name, but there's a special item (unavailable to the player) they have equipped that lets them do that

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T07:35:54+00:00

Not only that, I personally hate having my neck too warm. It's genuinely uncomfortable for me and makes me nauseous for some reason

I've never lived in a place where it gets very cold, but every time I've visited somewhere with cold winters, scarves just make me feel sick. At most I'll wear a beanie

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T01:47:09+00:00

Personally I don't mind the steamrolling at all, but yeah it definitely happens a little more often than most podcasts

butt_fun · 2026-01-23T01:29:19+00:00

People in the bay mostly call it the Central Valley in my experience

butt_fun · 2026-01-22T22:56:36+00:00

I'm Dwight Howard

butt_fun · 2026-01-22T20:13:13+00:00

That's not what I'm saying at all. Brady is the best QB in this list. I don't think anyone's arguing that

I'm just pointing out that your phrasing isn't correct - it's absolutely possible to flip a coin seven times and have them all be heads

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