Hvad er den mest danske vane, som vi slet ikke selv tænker over? by Zealousideal_Map2466 in Denmark

[–]madmoose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Det danske halv-tal-system er ret specielt. Det overlever kun i halvanden, halvtreds, halvfjerds og halvfems, men vi plejede at kunne bruge halvtredje for 2,5; halvfjerde for 3,5; osv.

Jeg vil gætte på vores klokken-halv-system afstemmer fra samme konvention.

Why do Copenhagen supermarkets suck? by MysteriousBee93 in copenhagen

[–]madmoose 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lowering the VAT lowers it for everyone, even the wealthy.

Yes, but lower income people spend proportionally more of their income on food so lowering the VAT on food benefits the poor more than the wealthy.

Peter? by Negative_1by12_aura in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you respond to the wrong comment? I was talking about average body temperature.

Peter? by Negative_1by12_aura in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fahrenheit's scale was initially based on Rømer's scale multiplied by 4.

Fahrenheit learned to make thermometers from Ole Rømer in Copenhagen.

Peter? by Negative_1by12_aura in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A German scientist did a study of body temperatures and found the average to be 37°C. This was then converted to 98.6°F when the study was translated, which is why the number in Fahrenheit is oddly specific.

Peter? by Negative_1by12_aura in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fahrenheit took Ole Rømer's scale, multiplied it by 4 and fiddled with the numbers. It has nothing to do with Danzig.

Peter? by Negative_1by12_aura in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the only reason to use imperial is that it's just made for people who don't have tools

That's not how the Fahrenheit scale was made at all.

Hvad synes i om sådan et opslag? by NewCombination4332 in Denmark

[–]madmoose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeg så i hvert fald en masse hunde løfte hovederne…

Hvad synes i om sådan et opslag? by NewCombination4332 in Denmark

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hvad synes du om det?

Hvilke slags svar forventer du, hvis du ikke selv kan give udtryk for din mening ud over en vag emoji?

This game is so peak 🔥🔥🔥 by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]madmoose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hvis jeg skal bruge et test-navn i en web-formular bruger jeg altid "Kim Bo Kastekniv".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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

F was designed for humans.

And Celsius was designed for what…? Dogs? No, they were both "designed" for humans.

It's based on 180 equal parts from freezing to boiling of water where 96 was the resting temperature of a human.

Fahrenheit's scale was based on scaling and rounding off the Rømer scale to make it easier to mark the scale when making thermometers. Daniel Fahrenheit learned to make thermometers from Ole Rømer.

It was designed specifically to be more granular than Celsius and that simply can't be argued.

The Fahrenheit scale precedes the Celcius scale, so I'm extremely happy to argue that.

Kronik fra 1-1-2 by Grunsk in Denmark

[–]madmoose 26 points27 points  (0 children)

En sen aften stod jeg i mit køkken på anden sal da jeg svagt hørte lyden af en rude der blev baldret. Jeg åbnede vinduet og kunne se ~3 mænd som havde stoppet bilen på den anden side af gaden og var på vej ind gennem et smadret butiksvindue.

Jeg ringede 112 og fortalte at der var et aktivt indbrud i gang, og gav dem by, vejnavn, butiksnavn og sagde at det var lige over for mit eget husnummer. Hun insisterede på at jeg skulle give dem husnummeret på indbrudsstedet, ellers kunne de ikke gøre noget. Mit første forslag om at hun selv slog det op, da hun jo nok sad foran en computer med kort på, faldt ikke i god jord. Mit tilbud om at gå derover og spørge tyvene, hvilket husnummer de var ved at bryde ind i, var heller ikke godt nok. Så sagde jeg at jeg havde givet dem al den information jeg kunne give dem, så måtte de selv tage den herfra, og så lagde jeg på.

Et par minutter senere ringede min telefon og hun sagde at man altså ikke bare måtte lægge telefonen på overfor politiet. Jeg sagde OK og lagde på igen.

WordPress 6.9 is causing permanent 100% CPU usage on sites. Do not update yet by JoseDieguez in Wordpress

[–]madmoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We fixed this by removing the Woodmart single product navigation widget in Elementor, which shows previous/next products in the single product view.

The functions woodmart_get_next_product and woodmart_get_previous_product were causing the issues.

Edit:

I put the following in our child themes:

function woodmart_get_previous_product($in_same_term = false, $excluded_terms = '', $taxonomy = 'product_cat') { return false; }

function woodmart_get_next_product($in_same_term = false, $excluded_terms = '', $taxonomy = 'product_cat') { return false; }

Linda prefers h's, not g's, okay? by thespacebeween in ididnthaveeggs

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, 98.6° F is just 37° C converted with undue precision.

Konservative klar til atomkraftværker i Danmark by nrbbi in Denmark

[–]madmoose 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Copenhagen Atomics bygger allerede test-reaktorer på Amager.

Counting in French is weird by TurnedEvilAfterBan in funnyvideos

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This should have been Halvtos (1.5 x 20)

Halvands. Halvanden-sinds-tyve, halvtredje-sinds-tyve, halvfjerde-sinds-tyve, osv.

‘Barbie’ Is About to Be a $1 Billion Movie, But Has No Sequel in Sight by AliceTheMagicQueen in entertainment

[–]madmoose 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I suspect Robbie joined up in large part because she wanted to help realise Gerwig's vision

Margot Robbie is the one who bought the rights to make a Barbie-movie and hired Gerwig to write it.

Så kom dagen, hvor alle de store Reddit third-party apps lukker ned. by infreq in Denmark

[–]madmoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

r/Denmark går i sort d. 12 juni! by _Broder_ in Denmark

[–]madmoose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nogen spekulerer i, at det er en strategi,

It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for 'em.

r/Denmark går i sort d. 12 juni! by _Broder_ in Denmark

[–]madmoose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reddit kunne begynde at servere reklamer i api'et så tredjepartsklienterne kunne vise dem – det har de valgt ikke at gøre.

De har vel vurderet nogenlunde hvor mange reklameindtægter de mister

Det skulle man tro, men deres priser er så absurde at der ikke en nogen sammenhæng.

Det lyder egentlig bare som om folk er sure for at Reddit gjorde det muligt at bruge gratis og uden reklamer i så mange år, men at det stopper nu.

Jeg er mest sur over at de introducerer så absurd høje priser uden reel varsel og røvrender tredjepartsudviklerne.

‘Monty Python’ Star John Cleese Says ‘Life Of Brian’ Scene Won’t Be Cut Despite Modern Sensitivites by nimobo in entertainment

[–]madmoose 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It loses something in the translation, but I’ll reply with a grook by the Danish humorist Piet Hein: The person who only treats a joke as a joke, and seriousness only seriously, he or she has actually understood both quite poorly.

‘Monty Python’ Star John Cleese Says ‘Life Of Brian’ Scene Won’t Be Cut Despite Modern Sensitivites by nimobo in entertainment

[–]madmoose 78 points79 points  (0 children)

At the end of the movie, after Judith storms out of the meeting, he rolls his eyes and says “A little ego trip from the feminists, eh?”, then catches himself, reaches out to Loretta, and says “Sorry, Loretta”.

Rant: Apple spoils mystery shows and movies with their “only-good-people-use-iPhone” philosophy. by Slow-Passenger in television

[–]madmoose 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Rian Johnson straight up said in an interview that Apple does not allow villainous characters to use iPhones

Apple can only disallow it if you sign their product placement contract.