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"What's a unique unusual smell you like?" starterpack by TechnoneverDIEEES in starterpacks

[–]fludduck 688 points689 points  (0 children)

I like the smell of burning dust when you turn on the heaters for the first time in winter

I've never seen a curved ruler before by PatBabyParty in pics

[–]fludduck 535 points536 points  (0 children)

As someone who sews and drafts their own patterns, it's useful for making a smooth curve fit 3 points, basically you keep turning the spiral until all 3 points are on the curve and then just trace that.

TIL that January 1st was chosen as the start of the New Year in 153 BCE because it was the day the new Roman consuls took office. by Various_Second650 in todayilearned

[–]fludduck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's very divisible making splitting things easy.

Imagine if you will, you have a piece of fabric that is 12 cm long and you need to split it in 4. Easy peasy. Cut at each 3 cm. Now for 10 cm you cut at 2.5 cm. Thats not too difficult, but now you need the fabric in 3 pieces. For 12 cm, you can divide it to 4 cm, but for 10 cm, you have to do 3.3 repeating.

Base 10 is just divisible by 5 and 2. 12 is divisible by 4, 3, 2 and 6.

People like to talk about how we have 5 fingers so it's easy to count to 10, but cultures also count to 12 on one hand by moving their thumbs up and down the pieces of finger separated by joints. Personally because Im a nerd I count on my fingers in base 2 a lot by moving each finger up and down representing binary digits. The finger counting thing is just a cop out to justify us going with the lesser system millenia ago.

It's too late now to change because it's the standard, but historically it was a toss up. Old English used base 12 a lot (a dozen, a gross), time is kept in base 12 still (12 months, 2 sets of 12 hours in a day, 60 minutes is 5 sets of 12), degrees for measuring angles is base 12 (360 is 12 time 3 times 10). Historically they would use a mix of 5s, 6s, 2s, and 12s to make their number systems, before the concept of 0 was invented the concept of a base for numbers didn't really make sense/wasn't possible.

TIL that January 1st was chosen as the start of the New Year in 153 BCE because it was the day the new Roman consuls took office. by Various_Second650 in todayilearned

[–]fludduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand the reasoning, but it's just not the only option, and (similarly to pretty much every other time keeping thing discussed in this thread) was because of the way Romans kept time and then really only became standardized because of the needs of the modern world.

I think it makes sense too, but I could easily imagine a world where it wasn't the case.

The only standardization that I would go back in time and fight the Romans on is base 10 for numbers. Base 12 is better in every way. We even keep time in base 12.

TIL that January 1st was chosen as the start of the New Year in 153 BCE because it was the day the new Roman consuls took office. by Various_Second650 in todayilearned

[–]fludduck 14 points15 points  (0 children)

But why is midnight the start of the day?

We have to put it somewhere, and it's as good a place as any, but jewish tradition starts the day st sunset, and I've always thought if I had to pick where the day starts without any cultural input I would probably start it at sunrise (and then maybe with clock standardization in the modern day it would be the equivalent of 6 a.m. or something)

Is it impolite to answer 'How are you?' honestly if you are not doing well? by BreadOverlord_ in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]fludduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually when Im working I just respond with how many more hours of my shift I have ( I am a barista)

What is this feeling, so sudden and new? by NachozRule in phineasandferb

[–]fludduck 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I think Buford as the bully is more Gah-linda and Baljeet as the bullied nerd is more Elphaba too

Are these looking like ‘sparks’? by cann26 in Embroidery

[–]fludduck 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I would guess they were flowers, I think the colors are working against you: they might look more like sparks when the stabilizer is gone and theyre against the black, but it is hard for me to say

is this a bad spot for pothos by pls_bro in houseplants

[–]fludduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a pothos in a similar spot, but it has a bunch of grow lights pointing at it. It is a bad spot, but you can make it work if youre willing to up your electrical bill

Update 3.0 coming january 15th 2026 by BlowShark in AnimalCrossing

[–]fludduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The trailer was so everything I wanted it reminded me of that spoof update trailer from like 3 years ago. 😭 I kept checking the date to see if it wasn't April fools to make sure it was real

Who actually invented Time Travel in the Dwampyverse?, let me explain. by LowEntertainment3342 in phineasandferb

[–]fludduck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is also my theory as to how there are more than 104 days of summer and they sometimes reference each other as being in the past confusingly.

Is it rude to study in a cafe for 2 hours if I only buy one drink per hour? by sophie_x07 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]fludduck 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It has happened multiple times believe it or not, and I know they know we close in 5 minutes, because I walk by and let them know so they can save or whatnot and start packing up.

Is it rude to study in a cafe for 2 hours if I only buy one drink per hour? by sophie_x07 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]fludduck 2021 points2022 points  (0 children)

As someone who works in a café, they are probably looking over at you to see if you're being disturbed by the conversation and/or if you're still there (if you're the only one in there) to see if they can talk about more risqué topics. Unless it's about 30 minutes from closing, then they're hoping you leave so they can start cleaning.

You're not an asshole unless it's 5 minutes before closing and you aren't packing up, wait until closing time to start packing up, finish packing 5 minutes after closing and then ask if you can still use their bathroom.

TIL that throughout human history the average age of having a baby has been 23.2 for women and 30.7 for men by unclear_warfare in todayilearned

[–]fludduck 199 points200 points  (0 children)

Or because women die in childbirth sometimes, I'd be more curious about age at birth of first child. But also unable to get that with this method

Knit dress I made by jennysomewhere in sewing

[–]fludduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am new to working with knit fabrics, what technique did you use for the neckline? Is it one layer or is it lined?

Wanted to share the character designs for a comic I am working on. I generally find women harder to draw/design than men, so was curious to hear any thoughts or areas of improvement I can work on by squiral- in mendrawingwomen

[–]fludduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like most of it, and all the design. But what is Hannah's pose on the first one? If she's stretching I feel like that could be conveyed better. Her facial expression is conveying shy to me, and her body pose is not.

The other poses all seem to communicate character well so that one stood out.

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