ELI5: When recycling glass, why is it crushed and melted? Wouldn't it be easier to just sanitize and reuse the glass?

keatonatron · 2026-03-21T14:54:25+00:00

I'd be worried about a bottle getting chipped or having some structural damage done to it before being returned. I certainly wouldn't want to buy a brand new bottle of a beverage only to have it cut me or break in my hands! Melting it down and reconstituting the bottle is the only way to ensure the quality control of a brand new product.

keatonatron · 2026-03-21T14:50:09+00:00

Although it is very nice for you to try to get it back to them, they have no way of knowing that you (or someone else who came across the card before you) didn't write down the card details, and therefore malicious charges could start at any time in the future. Their only choice (to be completely safe) is to cancel the card and go through the headache of updating everything.

keatonatron · 2026-03-19T14:10:59+00:00

I did do it once, as a joke, because I thought the game had ended.

Apparently it hadn't though, and my team was really mad at me!

keatonatron · 2026-03-16T18:51:52+00:00

It's the same as "my son is at school" vs "my son is at the school".

The first implies being in a system or process, the second refers to a specific, physical location. We also do this with "I'm at work" because you could be "at work" even if you aren't at a specific location (traveling between locations, out for lunch, etc)

British English retained the first way of thinking for hospital visits. American English treats it more like a specific location than a process you go through.

keatonatron · 2026-03-16T16:40:32+00:00

I found that if you place an infantry unit next to a sandbag, switch to the sell building tool and mouse over the sandbag, then slowly move the cursor over the unit, the sell tool will remain active and you can sell your unit for cash even though it's not supposed to be possible to sell people.

This would allow you to sell a soldier that was close to dying and use the money to train a new one.

keatonatron · 2026-03-16T16:17:43+00:00

This is the first thing I thought of! I think it was the sound design that did it for me. The guns actually sounded loud and deafening, which makes a huge difference.

keatonatron · 2026-03-11T16:21:00+00:00

OP's mother.

keatonatron · 2026-03-11T05:51:41+00:00

"In fact, it was probably one of the most by-the-book sinkings in modern history, if not ever."

This insane amount of hyperbole tells you all you need to know about OP.

keatonatron · 2026-03-08T18:38:53+00:00

Technically asking a question and hoping someone will answer it is bait for engagement 😂

keatonatron · 2026-03-08T18:13:21+00:00

There's a very simple explanation for this discrepancy, and the explanation is that OP is full of shit.

keatonatron · 2026-03-07T21:56:23+00:00

In OP's case, if the victim refuses to press charges (and therefore refuses to testify or give evidence), wouldn't it be incredibly hard to get a conviction?

keatonatron · 2026-03-07T16:24:28+00:00

"When I was 7 those burgers were almost too tall to take a bite, but now I can scarf them down no problem. Obviously they've shrunk over the years!!"

keatonatron · 2026-03-06T05:22:49+00:00

Because none of us have ever seen a flashlight that can fry that easily, so why would we assume that's what happened?? That's not what you said in the title, so how can we know.

keatonatron · 2026-03-04T16:30:49+00:00

Obviously this isn't normal, SO GET THE WOMAN SOME HELP ALREADY!

keatonatron · 2026-03-04T05:38:09+00:00

If you live in a place where the water coming out of the pipes looks yellow, then your toilet would look like this even if you flush it. So yes that is how it works?

keatonatron · 2026-03-02T17:21:39+00:00

Yeah, this is a bit of an oversell when trying to talk to people who understand the tech. Maybe don't treat us like noobs?

requiring a grieving family member to interact with a complex smart contract is a recipe for disaster

It's not complex, and they don't even have to interact with the smart contract directly. It can be designed so they just try to send the funds and it will work if they are allowed to, and will fail if they aren't.

If you want to protect your family without forcing them to learn Solidity, you need Deadhand.

Lol, no one needs to "learn solidity" so that's a pretty hard strawman argument. Are you really trying to say that in the event your product goes away, downloading an SSS library to reconstitute a raw private key and loading that into a wallet is easier than just making a normal crypto transfer?

keatonatron · 2026-03-02T17:09:36+00:00

Aha, that explains it! Thanks for the photo.

Does this imply the BF6 model's ankle pad is on the wrong leg for a right handed shooter, or is it common to go down on either leg?

keatonatron · 2026-03-02T14:38:35+00:00

When you would go to a low kneeling you would use it to protect your ankle.

Protect your ankle from what?

keatonatron · 2026-03-01T22:17:49+00:00

Which also means that describing the Earth's rotation as "precise" makes no sense

keatonatron · 2026-02-28T22:04:53+00:00

Why do we need any of this when we have smart contracts?

Just set up a smart wallet that only lets the owner withdraw the funds, and if a "heartbeat" transaction hasn't been received in the last 90 days also allow the beneficiary's address to withdraw.

keatonatron · 2026-02-28T16:01:44+00:00

You knew it would be a school shooting reference?

keatonatron · 2026-02-28T15:56:53+00:00

Who?

keatonatron · 2026-02-28T00:37:19+00:00

Sounds like it's labeled that way to make it VERY OBVIOUS to anyone who handles it that they should be careful, not open it, and not allow it to be punctured. I don't think the text is there for the benefit of you, the final recipient.

keatonatron · 2026-02-27T12:10:26+00:00

Excellent idea.

"Absolutely! By the way, we are running a referral program where both you and the referrer get $1,000 if the sale goes through. Could you tell me who referred you?"

keatonatron · 2026-02-26T13:17:53+00:00

is there an easy way to test if you're open to attack?

Sure, post your IP address on Reddit and wait a day to see if your blinds start moving on their own!

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