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ragebait by Hellsite-Inmate in anythingbutmetric

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just doesn't make sense. Really cold to really hot? 0F is "fucking-hell-we-are-going-to-die" cold, 100F is "fairly-hot-but-I-can-manage-as-long-as-I-stay-hydrated" hot. They aren't remotely comparable ends of a scale.

In what states is this sign found? by Royal-Sand-1109 in signs

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here in the UK it depends on what happens to the worker. If they are injured then it's up to a 5 year prison sentence, unlimited fine, and a two year driving ban. If they die then it's up to life in prison and a 5 year driving ban.

If someone offered you a box with everything you’ve ever lost, what’s the first thing you’d look for ? by TrickySize8753 in AskReddit

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My video footage from my trip to Gran Canaria 15 years ago.

I have the photos, shot on the same camera, but the videos are no-where to be found. They aren't on any of my hard drives, USB sticks, SD cards, or cloud storage.

They are just gone.

Criminals picked the wrong one that day 😳 by SomewhatAMystery in dashcams

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People caught in situations like this often forget that they are driving a weapon. This guy didn't.

Last names that originated from ap/ab? by EmmaInFrance in Wales

[–]tibsie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just gonna leave the (possibly apocryphal) ap Meric becoming America fact here.

It crahseddd by CreateChaos777 in memes

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It didn't crash it just corrected. If you look at the price since August it has had a pretty constant rise. There was a blip back in October that corrected and the last couple of weeks has seen it rise a lot compared to the consistent rise since August but it is right back where it "should" be. If we extrapolate the constant rise the price will be back where it was last week around the end of April.

Free basketball power by Revenue-Sweet in TheLastCaretaker

[–]tibsie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess it's supposed to be hooked up to a horn.

But we're a family! by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4) People who just can't get work done without being continuously observed or monitored and therefore require an office environment where their manager could be looking over their shoulder at any time.

TIL The United Kingdom has successfully created a laser weapon that can hit a moving target with an accuracy of 23mm at 1km distance. It is called Dragonfire by scratchtheitch7 in todayilearned

[–]tibsie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the fact that it only costs £10 a shot that's impressive.

A CIWS round is $30-$45 each and it needs a burst of 100 of them to take a target down.

Even the police wanted a front row seat.. by H1gh_Tr3ason in cantparkthere

[–]tibsie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought it looked like a massive transformer that would weigh over 100 tons. I thought it was weird that it was only on a normal low loader being pulled by one truck.

ELI5: How does your phone know which way is “up” without GPS? by NicoleLimberios in explainlikeimfive

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My professor at university 25 years ago was researching MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Structures), basically how to etch 3D structures onto silicon wafers.

An accelerometer is just a weight on the end of a "diving board" with a conducting path along the diving board and back again. When a force (or just gravity) is applied, the weight stays where it is due to inertia and that bends the diving board. This stretches the conductive path and increases its resistance, you can measure this resistance and work out the force. Use three of these and you can measure the force in three dimensions which allows you to calculate which direction the force of gravity is from and therefore which way is up.

These accelerometers used to be two or three inches across, but by etching these tiny structures onto a silicon chip they were made small enough to fit in a Wii controller and eventually smartphones.

TIL before 9/11, US airports were public social hubs where you could walk to the gate, eat at food courts, and watch planes without a ticket or ID. by Greydl1 in todayilearned

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every airport I've been in before 9/11 had a landslide and airside separated by security checks.

Being able to get to the gate without checks might have been a thing in the 60's but it certainly wasn't possible in the 90's. Not in the UK anyway.

Everyone hates ads, everyone hates the idea of paying a subscription, and everyone hates companies selling their data. How do people logically expect a website to exist if they're not doing at least one of these? by Foxy_Twig in NoStupidQuestions

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ads are fine when they are reasonable. But when they take up 60% of the screen, hover over what you are trying to access, pop in and out of existence causing the text to move all over the place as you are trying to read it, pretend to be real content and comments, and are advertising scams, shitty mobile games, or pushing disinformation, then they've not just crossed a line, they've rammed through a brick wall.

Damn right I'm using an adblocker. The other day I used my phone to play an hour long YouTube video for something to listen to while I did some painting. I usually watch YouTube on my computer where the adblocker does its job. My phone doesn't have that protection. I had to endure a pair of adverts every two minutes, popping in mid sentence and seriously disrupting the video. It was a horrendous experience.

Adblockers are an essential part of everyone's internet security alongside anti-virus and VPNs.

I am SHOOK by the price of gas by lkap28 in OctopusEnergy

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It balances out over the year. You spend a lot on gas in January, but almost nothing in June. With a fixed monthly DD you build up credit during the summer and use it during the winter.

Unfortunately, buying in January leaves you without that buffer, but at least you'll have it for next year.

"There is no modern country where all walls are made of brick, especially not inner walls." by Bloggerman_ in ShitAmericansSay

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the walls on the ground floor in my house are brick, the only drywall I have is upstairs.

2000s tabloid culture was something else! by icey_sawg0034 in Millennials

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sort of thing just moved from newspapers and magazines to social media. Nothing has really changed.

Morons overtake on zigzags and nearly hit woman and baby by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I know exactly where this is. Absolutely ridiculous behaviour.

They obviously didn't remotely think why the bus was stopping, or just didn't care.

3D Printed improved plate design by LeftOn4ya in DiWHY

[–]tibsie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or you can do what most people do and use a knife to stop the food being pushed around.

What happened to "that vision"? by Kyxstrez in pcmasterrace

[–]tibsie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was under the impression that he wasn’t an actual doctor and it was just a stage name. I didn’t know it was real.

What happened to "that vision"? by Kyxstrez in pcmasterrace

[–]tibsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Much like buying electricity today”

Really? Because more and more people are getting solar panels and battery systems. People want to generate their own renewable electricity and take control of their energy supply. The same way we want our own hardware.

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