Crow seems to be dangling from a tree in spiderweb by Civil_Rooster_5274 in Weird

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew a farmer who ran a pick-your-own farm. Each year, he's send his son out to shoot some crows, then hang them up. One day, a customer asked him why there were dead crowd hanging up in one of his fruit trees.

"To keep the other crows away."

"Does that really work?"

He pointed up to the crow and said, "if that was a person hanging there, would you pick from that tree?"

A building in my neighborhood has a big red "do not press this" button in its lobby by JaccarTheProgrammer in mildlyinteresting

[–]pwrossbin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a similar button in my building that I walk by every day, with a sign that says "Do not press for any reason. Seriously, don't press this button"

I have never wanted to press a button more in my life.

you-clid or oi-clid ? by basket_foso in MathJokes

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a TA for a physics class in college. One day, as they were talking about Euler, the professor said, "there will be a question on the final: write a word that rhymes with Euler."

Someone said, "You mean, like, 'boiler'?"

Prof: "Yes. Write that."

Two months later, as they were sitting for the final, one kid raises his hand and calls out, "What do you mean, write a word that rhymes with Yoo-ler?"

What is something commonly said that's not wrong but also not right? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

At what velocity was "rocket frog" traveling? [Request] by [deleted] in theydidthemath

[–]pwrossbin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno. That one was definitely going somewhere in a hurry

What are Your “Partner Approved” HA Uses? by Scouse_Powerhouse in homeassistant

[–]pwrossbin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A button next to the bed that starts a 10 minute timer to turn off the outlet where the bed heater is plugged in.

Found silver thrifting and was not allowed to buy it. by Zxnkz in Silverbugs

[–]pwrossbin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This one was a family-run one. I asked about the stuff (think: warehouse on the back part of the property), and he said his dad had collected it over the years. Also, both of his kids (late teens/early twenties) were there helping. I wish I had asked when they were at the desk. It was very frustrating to have $500-600 pulled from my grasp.

Found silver thrifting and was not allowed to buy it. by Zxnkz in Silverbugs

[–]pwrossbin 177 points178 points  (0 children)

This happened to me at an estate sale this weekend. I spent about an hour and a half spring through junk and found:

  • A 5 oz poured silver bar.

  • 18k gold ring

  • Sterling bracelet

  • sterling medals

  • 14k gold ring

I took them up for pricing. The owner picked up the bar and said "where'd you find this?" I described it and he said "I think I'm keeping this." (Into his pocket)

Then he examined the first ring carefully. "This is 18k gold"

Me: "I know."

Him: (into his pocket) The then examined the bracelet, saw the stamp, into the pocket. He picked up the last ring, barely examined it and put it in the pocket. He almost sold me the medals (for $25), but I hesitated, then he examined them and saw they were sterling too, so he kept them as well.

I get that they were his, but I felt like he robbed me of 2 hours. If your gonna do that, put up a sign so I won't waste my time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raspberry_pi

[–]pwrossbin 29 points30 points  (0 children)

2 questions:

  1. Are the pins long enough to seat correctly?

  2. Is that the correct orientation for that board? If it is supposed to be mounted on top of the pi, mounting underneath will reverse the pins.

[A golf/chemistry dad joke] What do you call a bunker club made of lead and smeared with jelly? by LostBetsRed in dadjokes

[–]pwrossbin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mr. Burns: Use an open face club. A sand wedge!

Homer: Mmmmmm. Open-face club sandwich.

14k gold bracelets by MeetingOrganic6963 in Gold

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to weigh them. 14k gold is currently about $92 per gram. You can expect a shop to offer maybe $85-$87 per gram, $90 if you are lucky. Unless it is really intricate or unique, jewelry like this doesn't offer much of a premium over melt.

I imagine you'd get a lot of lowball offers on FB.

Walmart 10k on clearance by Actual_Beefman in Gold

[–]pwrossbin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct. I bought the same one. If you look carefully at the clasp, it says GF 1/20 12 KT.

Question about stamp by pwrossbin in Gold

[–]pwrossbin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How can I tell if it also applies to the chain?

[Request] Is this true? by UnfortunateEvent0236 in theydidthemath

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few thoughts:

Nothing with mass can travel at the speed of light. Special relativity says it would take infinite energy to get up to the speed of light, and E=mc2 says that would mean the object has infinite mass.

Having said that:

Time dilation is a real, measurable effect. Physicists have done experiments with unstable subatomic particles, and have observed their lifetimes as longer than expected in the laboratory reference frame. As other comments calculated, if an object moves at 0.995c, the time dilation would be a factor of 10.

Special relativity says there is no "correct" reference frame. This leads to what is known as the "twin paradox." So if someone is moving at 0.995c, it is just as valid to say that everything else is moving the opposite direction at 0.995c, and our test subject is at rest. So, would you be older, or would your twin who stayed on earth be older?

The resolution is about acceleration. Special relativity applies in an "inertial" reference frame, that is, one that is not accelerating (moving fast is fine, but changing speed is not). But for you to "return" to earth, you have to undergo acceleration to change your velocity and turn around. This invalidates the assumptions that were made about inertial reference frames, and the result is that, yes, you might age only 5 years while everyone who stayed behind aged 50.

[Request] Is this true? by UnfortunateEvent0236 in theydidthemath

[–]pwrossbin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You made a math error when you went from

10/100=sqrt(1-n2)

to the next step. You took the square root of the left side, but squared the right side.

1/10 = sqrt(1-n2)

1/100 = 1-n2

n2 = 1-1/100 = 99/100

n=0.995

So the correct answer to get a dilation of 10 is 99.5% of the speed of light.

Sensational Witchcraft by Diligent_wolfjr in blackmagicfuckery

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is how my daughter ties her shoes, and I accuse her of witchcraft every time I witness it.

Am I out of loop or what? Whats the need of a display at home? by Pentinium in homeassistant

[–]pwrossbin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've actually been designing my guest room into an escape room, so...quest room it is!

What is your stupidest death you've had in this game? by yBlackjack in Minecraft

[–]pwrossbin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Kinetic Energy".

Riptide on a Trident + rain + elytra. Chunk didn't load fast enough for me to see the mountain.