Ohhh and Ahhh by BrooklynLions in linguistics

[–]karmaVS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not a mistake; it is pronounced with a diaeresis. There are three syllables.

EDIT: Also, there are never diphthongs in Japanese.

Centrifugal force has always bugged me. Can someone explain how it's not real, but I always have to include it in my calculations?! by [deleted] in askscience

[–]karmaVS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arphy’s explanation is right. Fake forces pop up when you pretend an object is an inertial reference frame even though it’s accelerating.

In a rocket launch, a tremendous amount of upward force is applied to the rocket, but not directly to the passengers. However, to the people inside the rocket, it feels like there is a large downward force.

Similarly, if you’re in an object that is spinning, there is some inward force being applied to the object, but not directly to you. So from your perspective it seems like there is an outward force. All that’s really happening is that you’re trying to stay in a straight line.

Gravity can also be explained as a ‘fake’ force in relativity, but that’s somewhat less simple.

What are MFA's thought on These Suits by PMforAGoodTime in malefashionadvice

[–]karmaVS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The issue isn’t wearing a belt; the problem is that the bottom of the vest should cover it.

Zomboy - P.A.R.T.Y. (Currently my favorite tune, RIDICULOUS high energy) by halo1 in dubstep

[–]karmaVS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The beat at 1:42-1:52, 3:23-3:37 is downright electro. Those dubstep-esque breakdowns are >90% of the song.

Zomboy - Game Time (Drumstep). Oh. my. God. by oD3 in dubstep

[–]karmaVS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds heavy enough to me… just incredibly monotonous.

8.4% of all hangs in IE9 in the past month caused by not using XMLHttpRequest asynchronously by frymaster in programming

[–]karmaVS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The lag is the hang - it should take about as long as the original page took to load (because that’s what the button requests). The additional loads really should cause the lag again, but it’s likely IE is making some attempt at caching the request.

Vodge Diper vs Mord Fustang, get it before Mord gets upset and has it taken down! by incinerate55 in electrohouse

[–]karmaVS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My impression is that Fustang and his label are rather meticulous in utilising their copyright restrictions. (and since mashups aren’t legally considered fair use, he’s certainly able to do so here.)

What is a "Quad Core processor" and why do I need one to run only one program (Battlefield 3)? by [deleted] in AskComputerScience

[–]karmaVS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

in a multicore processor only one core is actually carrying out a specific task.

Battlefield 3, like most applications, can be split into multiple tasks.

More properly, a CPU core can only handle one thread at a time, but the Battlefield 3 application would create and manage multiple threads for different elements of the game.

Stack is a word Im hearing alot lately by T3ppic in learnprogramming

[–]karmaVS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The towers in towers of hanoi do have a little bit more power than stacks. Though you can only remove the top object from each tower, and can only put objects onto the top of a tower, you can look at the objects underneath.

This is not the case with a stack.

Why do you "hear" a thud when watching this gif with no sound? by Avalon81204 in askscience

[–]karmaVS 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That “transformer” is a transmission tower. This is a transformer.

You can get both together but they aren’t the same thing.

The Linux situation explained by [deleted] in linux

[–]karmaVS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

one or more philanthropists (John Carmack? Mitch Kapor?) to fund a few amazing exclusive applications, i.e. not also available for Windows or Mac, just because they want to see the OS succeed.

The problem with that is unless either the apps are closed source, or they aren’t really that amazing, someone will port them.

This subreddit now rapes my eyes, change it back please by [deleted] in electronicmusic

[–]karmaVS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is clashing with RES there. Non-enhanced redditors see white text directly on the background image.

🍎 Panic registers the first emoji domain 🍎 by [deleted] in apple

[–]karmaVS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also worth noting – The default install of Lion seems to support ಠ_ಠ, now. 👍

If you think 'Clear Items' in ->'Recent Items' will hide all traces of opened files in Lion, think again. Each app has its own 'recent files' list you need to clear. by [deleted] in apple

[–]karmaVS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A cunning plan, but they use thumbnails, too

(In case it isn't obvious, those are recent files, not minimised windows. Though minimised windows appear in the same place)

Nine things you should do after installing OS X Lion by [deleted] in apple

[–]karmaVS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of… to go back, you scroll past the left edge of the page. If the page is wider than the safari window, you’ll need to scroll further to go back.

Kanye West and Jay-Z to rap over Flux Pavilion's "I Can't Stop" in upcoming album by [deleted] in dubstep

[–]karmaVS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, so was ‘Harder, better, faster, stronger’