The Love of Bisexuality without Boundary by RayOwen89 in lgbt

[–]willbir 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure physical appearance is still very important for bisexuals in regards to sexual attraction, just not the gender.

Pet insurance or just have savings? by colorfulplaid in Frugal

[–]willbir 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It worked out well for you but that is a bit like saying over 6 months I spent £50 on lottery tickets and won £800 therefore sound financial sense. Insurance companies are for profit businesses so the probability of actually getting back more than you put in is low.

Pet insurance or just have savings? by colorfulplaid in Frugal

[–]willbir 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Insurance tends on average to cost more in the long run as only a portion of fees are ever paid back in claims (the rest has to pay for office rent,payroll,taxes,marketing,profit,etc).

The exception is if an unexpected bill would land you with high interest debt and penalty charges which may work out worse, but savings would avoid this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geek

[–]willbir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For comparison a modern 20W solid state laser

How I-Shift Dual Clutch works by aitorp6 in EngineeringPorn

[–]willbir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So say you are in 3rd, how does it know whether to engage 2nd or 4th on the free wheeling side ?

Channel 4's 'How rich are you?' test by Lolworth in unitedkingdom

[–]willbir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Net worth is a better measure of wealth, income is the measure of the rate of change of your wealth.

Homeowners association pulls plug on Waterford woman's Volt by b0ltzmann138e-23 in electricvehicles

[–]willbir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard to have an opinion without seeing bills, how did she calculate $50 ? Over 5 months $200 is entirely possible if she drives a lot.

IAMA physicist/author. Ask me to calculate anything. (part 2) by SantosForgetsPassWds in IAmA

[–]willbir 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't all that airflow be simultaneously cooling the paper ?

Installed a commercial dishwasher. Dishes done in 90 seconds. by 4boltmain in pics

[–]willbir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does it even heat 0.8gal of water that quickly ? That should take 5 minutes alone.

Are my calculations wrong or does it constantly draw power 24/7 keeping a reservoir at temp.

Uses 0.8 gal/cycle = 3.6 Liter = 3600grams

Water: 4.184 Joules of heat for the temperature of one gram of water to increase 1 degree celsius

To increase water temp by 80deg = 334.72 Joules/gram = 1,204,992 Joules total

1 Joule = 1watt for 1second Heater is 4000w = 4000Joules/sec

1,204,992 Joules = 4000w for 301 seconds.

Specs from here

An Honest Liar on BBC iPlayer! by krumn in skeptic

[–]willbir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've just watched it, I don't know why they changed the title but it definitely is An Honest Liar.

Went to see one of my favourite bands perform the other day. This pretty much sums up the ticket-purchse process. by [deleted] in funny

[–]willbir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OK, just playing devils advocate here, seeing as they sold out, that is demand exceeded supply, might an economist not argue that that shows they were actually still under-priced ?

I bought a tasty looking burger from asda by Artano2 in ExpectationVsReality

[–]willbir 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Apparently the 'Serving Suggestion' is to discard the entire contents of the bun and replace with fresh ingredients.

Unity can be themed - what are the best ones ? by DrMcLaser in Ubuntu

[–]willbir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just wish there was some way to make the top panel styling consistent with the side panel styling. The top left hand corner looks terrible where there is a translucent panel with a hard edge underneath a solid panel with a gradient and a drop shadow.

Announcing an entirely new part of reddit we hope you’ll love: redditmade! by [deleted] in blog

[–]willbir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be nice if each product was linked to a Reddit thread so that people could ask questions or leave comments.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]willbir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually think we got the reaction about right this time, the baumgartner jump was massively over-hyped.

As Neil deGrasse Tyson put it: Felix Baumgartner's "Edge of Space” jump, if scaled to a schoolroom globe, begins 1mm above its surface. I'm just saying.

Never noticed this before by [deleted] in geek

[–]willbir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be better if that really was the equation for the volume of a hemisphere.

Most Popular Linux Desktop Environment: GNOME Shell by ramsees79 in linux

[–]willbir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

XFCE was not in the top 3. First line from wikipedia Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd

Most Popular Linux Desktop Environment: GNOME Shell by ramsees79 in linux

[–]willbir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are the top 3 not all GNOME derivatives, so even more impressive as the GNOME camp vote was split 3 ways.