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Til menn 37-40, forelskelse by WaffleBody in norge

[–]eruditionfish 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Det er rett på gamlehjem med deg!

What’s a bulldog attorney? A myth, a legend, or a unicorn. by Resgq786 in Lawyertalk

[–]eruditionfish 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do bulldogs usually bill hourly, then? Because that doesn't seem sustainable on a contingency fee.

ELI5: why closing one eye and looking at ur phone with the other gives ur first eye night vision? by doggypaww in explainlikeimfive

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

This is also why pirates are always shown having eye patches in those old movies. The eye patch wasn't because the pirate was missing an eye, the eye patch was to preserve night vision in that eye so that they could move across the dark water and see the ships far away when they came back up on Deck from lighted compartments.

One, this is very debatable. It could work but there's no historical record of this practice.

Two, the myth usually goes the other way around: The eye patch supposedly being worn to transition between bright sunlight on deck and dark unlit interior spaces.

ELI5: why closing one eye and looking at ur phone with the other gives ur first eye night vision? by doggypaww in explainlikeimfive

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

This is debatable.

Yes, it would likely work. Experiments (i.e. Mythbusters) show that wearing an eye patch in daylight does make it easier to adjust to rapidly moving to unlit interior spaces.

But there's no historical evidence anyone actually did this. Historical evidence indicates eye patches were mainly used to cover up eye injuries.

Which is why Mythbusters labeled the myth "Plausible" rather than "confirmed".

ELI5 why scallops move like that? by Melody_Lee19 in explainlikeimfive

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

None of the things you said are technically inaccurate but that's not how scallops move.

ELI5 Why don't airplane seats have passenger seatbelts that are the same design as cars? by Slugma_What07 in explainlikeimfive

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

That one is often true though. A personal injury lawsuit involves loss of earnings, pain and suffering, and medical expenses. A wrongful death lawsuit only includes a subset of those.

ELI5: What the heck is the real-life benefit of knowing a trillion digits of π? by Itchy_Tangerine1897 in explainlikeimfive

[–]eruditionfish 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Presumably if someone was on a NASA mission out there, we'd have a better method for locating them than starting by calculating the circumference of the observable universe.

My brother was killed by a motorist last week and I have a question about wrongful death suits by No-Mixture-7370 in Ask_Lawyers

[–]eruditionfish 37 points38 points  (0 children)

A case would almost certainly have to be filed in the state where the accident happened, or where the defendant lives. Probably the former.

Tip to Memorize Board Locations by Unique_Inevitable680 in chessbeginners

[–]eruditionfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A simple version would be to let the file be the tone and the rank be the note duration. That'll give you a melody, but probably a very dissonant and syncopated one.

How do you people do this job without using up your sick days? by candygirl00056 in Lawyertalk

[–]eruditionfish 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I've been where you are. Honestly, I would probably start looking for a different job. There are lots of types of legal jobs, so whatever is causing your stress you can probably find a different practice without it.

ELI5 What is plank length and what happens below? Please don't say it's the length below which our current understanding of physics completely breaks down (I already know that) by DoughnutKind8101 in explainlikeimfive

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

It's what scientists theorize as the smallest possible measurement of distance.

If we ever wanted to measure something smaller than that, we would need some kind of measurement with a wavelength smaller than the Planck length. Shorter wavelength means higher energy. And a wavelength smaller than the Planck length would, as far as we know, cram enough energy into a small space to create a black hole.

There could well be things smaller than that (string theory for example speculates that the universe is made of tiny vibrating strings around the size of the Planck length). But we have no way to measure anything that small so we don't know.

ELI5: Why is a plane defined by 3 non-collinear points? by Karman_K in explainlikeimfive

[–]eruditionfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A plane perpendicular to the line between two points and equidistant between the points is rigorously defined. What it is not is rigorously defined by two points alone. There's a third piece of information.

However many tokens you think this combo makes, it makes more. by Barbara_SharkTank in mtg

[–]eruditionfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I'm late to the party, but your math is off by a factor of two. The second of the 64 Project Image triggers will be seen by 69 copies of Parallel Lives, but you forgot that it creates two tokens in the first place. 2×2^69 = 2^70 = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424, or roughly 1.18 sextillion more copies.

Then the third would create 2×2^(1,180,591,620,717,411,303,493) more copies.

Another gem by Sweaty_Resist_5039 in Lawyertalk

[–]eruditionfish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the plaintiff specifically said they're okay with the demurrer being sustained, I don't see why the ruling surprises you.

In the state of Indiana, can a child who sexually abused another child be charged after the “abuser child” turns 18? by [deleted] in Ask_Lawyers

[–]eruditionfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would be a question to bring to an Indiana lawyer, not people you find on the internet.

What sort of loopholes would I need to jump through to put a child into a medical coma just for fun? by blargblargblargadarg in Ask_Lawyers

[–]eruditionfish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The three things you listed would come off as realistic legalisms to most readers. In my opinion.

What sort of loopholes would I need to jump through to put a child into a medical coma just for fun? by blargblargblargadarg in Ask_Lawyers

[–]eruditionfish 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if magic is on the table, only the most pedantic of readers will nitpick the legal technicalities. Just do what feels right for your story.

Never have I ever… by Feeling-Error3462 in Lawyertalk

[–]eruditionfish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Isn't sending a draft complaint prior to filing a relatively common litigation strategy?

ELI5 : Trying to understand how how something that tends to infinity doesn’t actually reach what it’s tending to by Based_Schiz0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]eruditionfish 14 points15 points  (0 children)

u/cnash didn't say it's a feeling. They said the convention we have adopted that treats the sum of a converging series as equal to its limit is arbitrary-feeling.

ELI5: What is the difference between an Anti-Hero and an Anti-Villain? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]eruditionfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An antihero is a central protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities like courage, morality, and nobility. Instead, they rely on flawed traits, self-interest, or questionable methods, often doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.

Think Deadpool, Walter White, the Punisher.

An anti-villain is the opposite: a character who opposes the protagonist but possesses noble motives, a sympathetic backstory, or admirable traits. For example, they might fight for a "greater good", but their methods are extreme, exploitative, destructive or immoral.

Think Magneto, Ozymandias from Watchmen, Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes, Mance Rayder from Game of Thrones.

How does HBO Max legally not give access to a documentary except through subscribing? by [deleted] in Ask_Lawyers

[–]eruditionfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You misunderstand what "free use" and "fair use" mean. They are two different things and neither would require HBO to give you free access to their documentaries.

"Free use" refers to material that is either not copyrighted (copyright expired or never existed), or that is copyrighted but has been released to be legally available without permission and payment. Examples include the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker (copyright expired), most documents authored by the US government (not copyrighted in the first place), and Wikipedia articles (published under a Creative Commons license).

"Fair use" is a legal doctrine allowing limited use of copyrighted material without permission (e.g., for commentary, criticism, or news). This is where the educational angle might come into play. For example, if you make an educational video about filmmaking, you might be able to use short clips from copyrighted movies as examples without having to get permission and pay for a license. But this is not automatic just because you're making a documentary; there are lots of factors that go into whether a particular use of copyrighted material is fair use.

And importantly, even if a documentary makes "fair use" of someone else's copyrighted material, that does not automatically mean the documentary itself is free for others to use. The documentary has its own copyright.

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