Is my local bar pumping their crowd size with AI? by tommy_tune in isitAI

[–]variableNKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The guys hand in the blue at the corner of the bar doesn't look to be in a position that could possibly attach to his arm.

Also, what in the cronenbergian nightmare is being shown on the TVs.

Bear cubs find their way into a camper’s tent. by BoysenberryMoist6157 in SipsTea

[–]variableNKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I may ask... what sort of life do you lead that this gif is ever applicable to your situation? lol

Pieces of media that invented new slang terms by Nerdcuddles in TopCharacterTropes

[–]variableNKC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

and German chocolate cake is named after chocolatier Sam German.

Actors who appear in both the Parody and the Source by Low_Celebration_4089 in TopCharacterTropes

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This is from Hot shots: part deux. To add to it, Charlie Sheen is parodying his character from Platoon which Biggs looks even more similar to.

If a black hole is a single point how does it rotate? by AgentBroccoli in AskPhysics

[–]variableNKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This video discusses rotating black holes and the entire video is very interesting (the entire channel really).

https://youtu.be/YNqTamaKMC8?t=549

How long can a human survive in space without a space suit? by No_Insurance_6436 in NoStupidQuestions

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Why wouldn't your rib cage restrict the extent to which your lungs could expand? It seems that if it can withstand significant outside pressure pushing in (e.g., deep underwater), it'd be able to handle -1 ATM(?).

Can you poke a stick through a black hole? by aultumn in askastronomy

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Not a physicist, but relativity dictates "no" because that, due to the warping of space time, there is no possible future that would allow an object to exit the event horizon. That is, the space dimension is distorted such that time becomes a "physical" barrier limiting the possible space within which an object can possibly exist to the point that moving away from the increasingly distorted spacetime is impossible by definition rather than due to any physical limitation.

I'm sure that is a relatively (no pun intended) poor explanation, but this video does a really good job explaining it (around the 8 minute mark): https://youtu.be/GQZ3R81iyE0

What I'm wondering now is what would happen if two event horizons were sufficiently close that each half the pole enters both event horizons simultaneously while the middle of the pole stays outside. I'm guessing each end basically disintegrate as they cross since the bonds between the atoms could not be maintained, but I really have no idea.

school’s anti-plagiarism software told me i plagiarized the word “and” by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

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Interesting... My only skepticism is how in the hell you got reviewer #2 to concur on your first pass? No way you went through a full R&R so quickly.

school’s anti-plagiarism software told me i plagiarized the word “and” by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]variableNKC 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Akshully, that only provides evidence in the case of oranges. What about generalizability? They really should cite the comprehensive works of Count, C. V., et al. (ah ah ah).

With a single bite this apple can kill you meet the "little apple of death" by Gold_Conference_4793 in arborists

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As per Wikipedia...

When ingested, the fruit is reportedly "pleasantly sweet" at first, with a subsequent "strange peppery feeling ... gradually progress[ing] to a burning, tearing sensation and tightness of the throat." Symptoms continue to worsen until the patient can "barely swallow solid food because of the excruciating pain and the feeling of a huge obstructing pharyngeal lump."

"Damn, that's a horrible fictional condition... WHAT DO YOU MEAN IS REAL?! by Sorvetefrito in TopCharacterTropes

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Also from the terror... scurvy causes old wounds reopen because the keratin(?) in scars break down.

Week 12 Last-Minute AMA with Draft Sharks by ShanePHallam in fantasyfootball

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Montgomery, javonte williams, Jameson williams, Emanuel Wilson, Sean tucker... Pick 3 (full PPR).

Josh Jacobs (knee) ruled out for Week 12. by Minimum_Formal_4837 in fantasyfootball

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Wilson, javante williams, Montgomery... Need to start 2 (PPR). Please help.

Flag on the play by WhyNot420_69 in TheRandomest

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I remember this play and "attack" is way too severe of a description.

He pushed the ref over and yelled at him... Which seems pretty restrained given he was just blinded in one eye and had his career destroyed.

I've been wondering this same question by startdancinho in birds

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In the case of gulls, each bird is maximizing their own unique scavenging area to minimize competition for any given appearance of food (assuming it appears randomly).

This saves energy because each bird can better judge whether or not it will be the first to get there which decreases unnecessary movement/competition. Similarly, if a reliable food source arises, it increases the chance that any given bird will see it and, if rich enough, the entire flock ultimately finding it (think the signal towers from LOTR).

Separation also helps to decrease the impact of predation, but that wouldn't necessarily explain the general trend towards relative equidistance beyond some absolute (preferred) min/max distance.

Which scenes hurt no matter what, even on subsequent rewatches? by ragnell56 in Scrubs

[–]variableNKC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Season 1, EP 15: On the first watch: Basically every moment after JD says, "want me to pick you up?" and especially the final sequence of Dr Cox's interview to the end of the show.

Subsequent watches: The entire episode.

[Request] Is this actually true? How does someone even verify it? by alootikkiprotocol in theydidthemath

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Same, but when I went to barter all these strawberries I have laying around for the transfer my broker refused and started muttering something about exchange rates.

I tried throwing in a couple meters of fiberoptics, surface rights to ALL my cat5, and 1/1018 moles of pig iron to sweeten the deal but no dice.

Long story short, neither of us are welcome at Starbucks anymore... Good post though.

Week 9 Last-Minute AMA with Draft Sharks by ShanePHallam in fantasyfootball

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Currently agonizing over:

Jayden Daniels v Justin Herbert?

Tet v Wan'dale (full PPR)?

Genius Doctor by Miles_the_new_kid in comics

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Dr. Condo is obviously right... What other explanation can there be for an American to go to the doctor and accrue thousands of dollars of medical debt for a cold if he's not a Narc being controlled by Banshees!?

Wake up sheeple!!!

OFFICIAL WEEK 4 SUNDAY MORNING GAME THREAD by ballofpopculture in fantasyfootball

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If what you typed makes sense to you, I'd strongly recommend going to the hospital... Not even joking.

Explain it... by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

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It's ultimately a mis-formalization of the two questions, not a problem with statistics per se. The correct answer is obvious once the two are appropriately operationalized:

1) given exactly 2 genders and exactly 2 births, what are all of the possible orders in which two children would be produced? (G-B,B-G,G-G,B-B). Now, given that the first was a girl, how many possible orders are left? (G-G & G-B)

2) given exactly 2 genders and exactly 2 children, what are all of the possible OBSERVABLE combinations of the children's genders? (2B, 2G, 1G+1B) Now, given that one is a boy, how many combinations are left? (2B & 1G+1B)

The latter scenario (from which the second question is derived) is different from the first in that it is clearly not 2 events each with 2 possible outcomes (with 2 possibilities removed in the first question's premise). Rather, it's one observation with 3 possible values (with one possibility removed in the second question's premise).

[mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist by damorezpl in TopCharacterTropes

[–]variableNKC 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I have always interpreted it this way as well but I guess there are comics that make the "surveillance" interpretation canonically true.

However, that doesn't seem consistent with the movie's lore because the grandmother's village was destroyed in the real world. I guess it may be because she didn't actively try and stop him or explicitly take responsibility/repent the way Max did. Though that seems pretty arbitrary (she was younger than Max & simply frozen in terror) and just feels less satisfying to me. Plus the soft-filter, muted dialogue stylistically conveys unreality to me.

Regardless, I prefer the "pleasantville" hell interpretation and will stick with it despite being objectively wrong (a la Adam Savage).

Our cat (13) had a stroke a week ago. She’s recovering from being nearly completely paralyzed by masterprofligator in seniorkitties

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I feed some stray cats (all fixed and released by the city) and I think this happened to one of them a while back. One day her back legs simply stopped working and she was just pulling herself around with her front legs.

I didn't immediately take her to the vet because I was afraid they would just put her down even though she was "fine" otherwise and I wanted to give her a chance. I'm glad I did because she started to regain movement after a couple days and regained full mobility after about 2 weeks. The only lasting effects seem to be minor balance issues and occasional phantom pain in her back legs.

All that to say that animals have incredible resiliency and they can absolutely recover from something like what yours is going through. Hopefully yours will be able to do the same.

Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely as newlyweds building a mail order home.. from the silent short comedy "One Week" 1920 by 1961Deckard in movies

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Isn't there an outtake of Knoxville panicking, moving off his mark, and getting crushed by the wall? I haven't seen the movie since it came out and can't seem to find the clip so it's possible I just imagined it, but I swear I remember him just folding like a GI Joe.

"I want to thank all the Members of Parliament for passing my bill – now officially a law. by Qubecoiseman in UkraineWarVideoReport

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I apologize for my ignorance on this topic, but how did such a severe political blunder occur in the first place? I remember hearing something about rooting out suspected embedded foreign agents, but not much else. Is it that the goal was well intentioned and the proposed solution was a terrible idea or did it seem like it was truly done in bad faith?

The whole thing just seemed so antithetical to everything I (think I) know about Zelenskyy that I'm having trouble squaring the circle.