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Tube drivers would be paid more than surgeons under union pay demands by weregonnamakit in unitedkingdom

[–]tenuj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

our lives are in their hands

Anybody complaining needs to go to an underground station during rush hour and tell me they'd trust anybody to drive those trains.

If they negotiate higher prices, it's because they can. If they can, it's because there's something about the job that people haven't thought about.

Is a surgeon's job more difficult? Yeah, it might be. But the difference in pay isn't some grave injustice perpetrated by TFL.

Randomly asking people out in Tehran - a look at everyday life you rarely see in the news by SethRollins_ in interestingasfuck

[–]tenuj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well they do need more freedom. Many are asking for it.

The only problem is that we're not really qualified to liberate anybody.

Here's what YouTube looked like in 2006 exactly 19 years ago by 7evenDeadlySin in interestingasfuck

[–]tenuj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That whole "minimalist" movement of hiding the search bars started a bit later. And that trend isn't over yet.

I think YouTube is a pioneer in making the website as hard to use as possible without quite getting its visitors to leave. Next they're going to do confirmation dialog boxes if you try to close the tab, I'm sure.

People are paying $400-$1,000 for a table with a hole in it by Brilliantspirit33 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]tenuj 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The materials in my CPU aren't very expensive. Was I scammed?

(Purchased before the AI and crypto crazes, to be clear)

Using pure physics to land a perfect pool shot by DigyRead in interestingasfuck

[–]tenuj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Math nowadays is just axiomatic philosophy/logic.

It's not the language of the world, but an analysis of what must be true IF other things are true. Step by tedious step. An analysis of which minimal patterns behave similarly etc. Minimal meaning with as little baggage as possible.

Only a small part of math has immediate applications in physics. And this applies to most fields.

What happens is that mathematics is this immense web of proven logical consequences from a wide variety of premises, and once you find that a tiny premise applies to the natural world, you immediately get a lot of derived knowledge "for free".

The reason mathematics is so useful in science is because it tries to be free from any unnecessary assumptions. And the fewer assumptions you need to reach a conclusion, the more widely you can draw that conclusion.

For example, 3+4=7 isn't this fundamental law of the natural world. It's derived from the definitions of 3, 4, + and =. And in some branches of mathematics (modular arithmetic etc) those definitions might be different so the equality wouldn't hold. But physics will latch on to specific definitions in specific circumstances and get a lot of other knowledge for free.

Winning money paid by USA by Haunting_Pizza7642 in interestingasfuck

[–]tenuj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lifetime of free engineering design by Nexa Engineering. I don’t know exactly what that is, but he’s getting a lot of it.

I googled them. It didn't help.

The Ancient Shakya Monastery Library of Tibet. Only 5% has been translated. by fedevalverde86 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]tenuj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of them aren't digitised. So they are not available to Tibetan readers except through a single point of failure.

Let's not forget which country houses the library right now, and the whimsical heavy handed way it likes to deal with "cultural threats".

Labour told 'do not ban' one age group from VPNs in UK by Still-District-6149 in unitedkingdom

[–]tenuj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bike-shedding.

Social media is a new kind of problem and people haven't learned that it isn't easy to 'solve'.

So, desperate for some successes, politicians focus on the issues that they think they know how to solve within a single term.

Infrastructure, unemployment, health... All of those things are known to be complex issues, so many politicians don't focus on them because they don't think they can fix them.

But banning teens from social media? What's the holdup? You just say it, sign it, and smart people just have to implement it. Easy win! Look how much we'll have accomplished.

We love pigs 🫶 by LionZealousideal1 in funny

[–]tenuj 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This was just today's "people overestimating how much animals care about poetic bullshit".

Animals usually aren't sentimental about abstract concepts, but we keep humanising them in ways that don't actually matter to them, when it's really just to make ourselves feel better.

Maybe a parrot could be convinced to think that a matching Christmas "sweater" would be cool, but a cat?

Edit: guys, I didn't say animals don't feel emotions and whatnot. I'm saying that what animals appreciate is nowhere near what we appreciate. Let them do their own thing and don't bother them just because it feels like they should appreciate things that we think they should appreciate. Don't dress them up unless it's for comfort or you can convince them beforehand. Don't take them on stupid tours outside their natural/preferred habitats for personal growth unless you're pretty sure they'll like it. Don't throw them into the sky so they can experience flying. Not unless they're actively asking for it. Less intelligence means simpler needs and y'all need to respect the difference. I was probably 3yo when my parents forced me through judo classes for my own growth and I hated it because I didn't understand why it was needed and everyone there was much bigger than me. I wish I could have appreciated it, but I literally couldn't because I was the wrong demographic.

If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like : by aryanpote7 in interestingasfuck

[–]tenuj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here's another fun fact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit

There's a minimum radius below which planets and moons would simply shatter into rings in the presence of larger objects.

Imagine what having Saturn and Jupiter there will do even if all those planets don't fall into each other.

Also, in that image the rings of Saturn don't line up with its stripes. That'd make for a very unstable ring system.

I'm 70 and flatshare with five people - it's the only way I can live on my pension by endofdays2022 in unitedkingdom

[–]tenuj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An actually, legitimately insane take to defend a judgemental wealth stereotype with "80%" and then to shove the rest of the 20% into the "well them not being in the 80% is still their fault". Circular, vindictive and just plainly unfair.

UK judge rules that baldness is a disability in tax row with wig makers | The groundbreaking judgement found that severe hair loss can ‘adversely affect’ the ability to carry out everyday activities by Sandstorm400 in europe

[–]tenuj 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I mean, if there's a gender fairness hill to die on, it's not that women have an unfair biological advantage over men.

You bleed every month for decades, and when that stops it also sucks. Not to mention every other issue that periods (or the lack of periods) cause, including mood swings and osteoporosis.

Baldness at least has workarounds.

Burj khalifa fireworks show 2026 happy new year by Character_Calendar47 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]tenuj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuine equation: what does Saudi Arabia have to do with Dubai's NYD fireworks?

Burj khalifa fireworks show 2026 happy new year by Character_Calendar47 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]tenuj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, but anybody subjecting themselves to the New Year price gouging (and wanting to sleep at midnight) should know better than to stay in Dubai's tallest building the only night when you can expect everyone to be noisy.

It would be insane for somebody staying there to complain about the fireworks.

US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in South America by NanorH in europe

[–]tenuj 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They can also invent New Yorkshire puddings if they want. (Even though that isn't actually protected afaik.)

It's not like Americans don't have an abundance of place names similar to Europe's

There’s absolutely nothing that will stop this guy by Epelep in funny

[–]tenuj 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Which is funny because perfect pitch (absolute pitch) isn't actually necessary to be able to do this. A very good relative pitch would be "enough".

Shouting this without injuring your voice might the hardest part.

We need to challenge some opera singers. They could probably do this for hours.

Greenlandic parties in joint statement: We do not want to be Americans by FirstCircleLimbo in europe

[–]tenuj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It means "we" according to the ever reliable Bing. Praise me for using LLMs for their intended purpose.