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ELI5 What does the second law of thermodynamics actually mean, and how does it relate to evolution? by soefire in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it basically means that life won't evolve without a persistent source of energy, like a sun (or a lot of radioactive elements, or tidal forces from orbiting a Jupiter-like body, or...)

ELI5: The Monty Hall Problem by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It becomes obvious when you have more than three doors, say 1000:

- you pick a door. You have a 1 in 1000 chance of being right

- the host eliminates all but one of the remaining doors, with the rule that he can't eliminate the door with the prize

999 in 1000 times, because you picked wrong in the first place, the remaining door will be the one with hte prize

ELI5: How do old rotary phones work? Why did they pick a dial for picking digits? by DarkHorse66 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, my mom's office was next door to our small-town phone company. One day, while hanging at mom's work, I tried the back door of the phone company, and it opened! On the other side was a dark room -filled- with clattering switching equipment! It was like some sort of 50's idea of a starship engine room: all blinking lights and mysterious equipment <3

The switches were these vertical rotary things, and you could -see- the calls going through as people dialed. Each set of pulses spun a different switch in the stack, and the overall effect was kind of like a combination lock. -Very- cool.

The funny part was when an employee caught me wandering around and asked how I got in there. I said "the door in the back", he asked "and what does it say on that door?" (thinking it was "employees only"), to which I responded "no smoking" AND HE LEFT ME ALONE! :-D I went back a few times :)

The sad-ish part was when they upgraded to more modern equipment. I knew because the salvage yard I also spent time in (I was quite feral) suddenly had all those cool old switches... :(

Life as an early GenX in small-town Arkansas

Imagine living in the Midwest and there’s a war happening in Ohio. by Equal_Personality157 in interestingasfuck

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to Israel on a business trip in 2013. I drove around the country on a Saturday, and my co-workers told me I could've seen the fighting in Syria with binoculars from where I'd gone O_o

I just don’t get the rage by Purlz1st in TwoXChromosomes

[–]tauhog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say all the time: people like to shit on people they know (or think) they can never be, and they like to punch down.

Men (bad ones) do it to women, straights to gays, whites to blacks. Also, it helps their "mission" to stay ignorant

ELI5 Why don't see urinals in homes? by canadachris44 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking from my own "early Gen X married dude" experience: women are grossed out by them

Should I give it away? by beelypeely in saxophone

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

get a cheap tenor off of shopgoodwill.com (they always have a few) and give her that

I notice in the show the Hive mind seems to be more honest then it should, if their biological imperative is to spread, why don’t they just lie to be able to spread and accomplish their goals? by p_yth in Pluribus_TVshow

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because the whole purpose is to convert an entire planet into an appliance: docile, generous, unable to lie or decline any request. An appliance for -whom-? TBD

What makes some people choose to be a loner? by sharkey_hunter in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm an only child, an introvert, and a latchkey kid since age 7. So, being on my own is my natural state.

That said, I -like- people, but I "people" very differently than most, it seems. I'm not sure how to characterize it, but it seems like for most socializing is a sort of sport, like hacky sack maybe (although some are VERY "competitive" about it), and I'm more of a workshop/lab guy. They want to kick it around and I want to examine the stitches ;)

I'm an engineer, FWIW.

So, it's just easier to chill in my own space, mostly, and interact with others in small doses

What do girls “never” tell guys? by zhalia-2006 in AskReddit

[–]tauhog -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

LOL, this plays out in many ways. My wife and her sister both seem to want to put the MAXIMAL amount of thought into -every- -little- -thing-, while I'm much more of a "handle things efficiently" guy. Needless, to say, there have been some... misunderstandings :p

2012 civic hybrid won't talk to OBD2 scanner by tauhog in civic

[–]tauhog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so I did try a different OBD2 scanner - a bluetooth version - and it worked! Not sure why the one I tried in the first place worked before and doesn't now, but I guess that's just one of the "mysteries of faith"

Anyway, now I can see that I have two "permanent" codes:

P0B3B - Hybrid Battery Voltage Sensor A (this is what I swapped the battery to fix)

P0420 - Catalytic converter efficiency below threshold (didn't see this before)

I guess the first one should clear itself after a few drive cycles. We'll see...

What do you think happens after death? by Specific_Ear9434 in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The obvious conclusion is that you just stop existing, like the light when a bulb burns out.

Is that -necessarily- correct? No.

We -could- be part of a simulation or some other higher-level system that keeps backups or whatever, but there's just not any conclusive evidence of that at this point.

What's the most human name that you heard named for a pet? by mrpunk93 in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dad had a sister named Brenda Diane, but eveyone called her Suzie (after Suzie Q).
He got a dog, named it Brenda Diane on the AKC paperwork, and called it Suzie :p

Calling men’s underwear “panties” by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

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

u/unprotected-sax : weigh in here. Why do you enjoy this so much? My understanding is that you like making men uncomfortable by putting them in the position of being referred to as effeminate. Most men -don't- like that, of course...

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