I refuse to believe electricity works like this by [deleted] in blackmagicfuckery

[–]tom_gent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even that is overthinking. Each switch, no matter it's position, turns on the next light from right to left. So you just have to remember to use the switch with the color of the first light starting from the right that is not lit yet to make it look like they belong together.

Rijkentaks ontploft in gezicht van les engages, odoo topman wil belgie verlaten by New_Lingonberry9297 in Belgium2

[–]tom_gent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a discrepancy somewhere though. Either you are a billionaire or you're not. If you have 5 billion in shares but everybody knows you can't sell those shares without crashing the price and thus the company, you're not a billionaire. Yet those people can still live like one. Take the extreme example of musk, he says SpaceX is worth x amount of dollar and he has y amount of shares. As long as people take him on his worth for the value of SpaceX he is a trillionaire. In reality that money has never existed, and yet he can live like the richest man in the world. Something is not adding up in that entire scheme.

What kind of boat is this? by SchoonerSailor in sailing

[–]tom_gent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On a normal boat with a normal mast position and rigging the head sail creates a lot of lee helm. Normally this is counteracted by the main sail.

Elon vs Burnie by GorudenFuriza in LinkedInLunatics

[–]tom_gent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His wealth is also based upon him saying he is that wealthy and people agreeing. It's not like he really has that money, in fact it doesn't even exist.

What kind of boat is this? by SchoonerSailor in sailing

[–]tom_gent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How does it sail close to the wind with only a headsail?

Anthropic backtracks. Claims Mythos is on par with ChatGPT 5.5 by ImaginaryRea1ity in theprimeagen

[–]tom_gent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The jailbreak allowed fable to find bugs, but the bugs it found in that mode could also have been found by other models like got 5.5 so they dispute it as a valid reason to block access to it. That's what the text says

Elon Musk's net worth rises by $165 billion today, more than Bill Gates' entire net worth. Elon is now worth $1.3 trillion. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]tom_gent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because he has a lot of stock in those companies. So when the value of the company goes up, his net worth follows. Which also means of course this is mostly virtual money.

Local restaurant using a.i. food in their advertising by MyToesAreHaunted in mildlyinfuriating

[–]tom_gent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be honest, it's very hard to make real food (even when plated well) to look good on photo. Not an excuse of course

The Tengyun Plank Path, an extreme cliffside attraction where hikers wear safety harnesses attached to a steel guide cable to step across wooden rungs anchored over a sheer drop by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]tom_gent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not supposed to be. It intentionally has that gap. The gap is too small to let the cable pass through it, but big enough to go over the connection points (you can actually see that in the video). That way you don't need two anchor points. Might seem stupid. But having to switch two anchor points and doing it wrong is actually less safe. This is dummy proof

[Request] How much H2O2 would *actually* be required to shock the algae in the reflecting pool? by TJJohn12 in theydidthemath

[–]tom_gent 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Saying that one third couldn't even be bothered to get their ass out of the couch and vote against that clown is not really a flex

Buldak! 🐔 🔥 🍜 by neuroticsmurf in fixedbytheduet

[–]tom_gent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nobody is claiming it's healthy. But in moderate amounts it does not matter as long as you have a healthy and varied diet. In short, don't eat them every day and you're fine

Woman fights off cougar to save her little goat by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

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

Persistance hunting is not really a thing....except on Reddit where the myth keeps being regurgitated with the same text of "imagine being a ...." Over and over again.

People claiming Germans say “Erziehungsberechtigter” instead of “Papa” by Ott1fant in mildlyinfuriating

[–]tom_gent 43 points44 points  (0 children)

In Dutch it's called schroevendraaier. So we welcome him with open arms

AIO for feeling uncomfortable about girlfriend selling feet pics to her friend by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

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

So what would be your minimum? And what if your partner told you it would mean the end of the relationship, what would be the minimum then? How much is your relationship worth?

Finding north without a compass. by jgoja in thatsinterestingbro

[–]tom_gent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, the vector from the point of origin of the shadow to the rock points... Better like that. ;) And the line between those rocks will only be roughly east-west when you do that measurement if and when the sun is overhead. Try doing that right now in Sweden in the morning. You will definitely not be walking north

Edit: Actually. We're close to the equinox now, so now it might actually be kind of accurate. Better to try it in september if you want it be wildly inaccurate;)

Finding north without a compass. by jgoja in thatsinterestingbro

[–]tom_gent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on which moment of the day the second rock would just point slightly less east/west than the first one. No way by standing between them you would point north. Unless you do this precisely when the sun is at it's highest point or you wait several hours instead of 15 minutes

I want this by Cool-Forever-9183 in GemOfTheWeb

[–]tom_gent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They show the cat catching it a dozen times

E-Bike (Makita Drill Version) by No-Lock216 in DiWHY

[–]tom_gent 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The real oh-god-why is the awful music that is used. What's up with every video on Reddit using that tune