SomeoneSomewhere

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere 4 points 1 month ago

The other scores seem to be more about inherent cursedness, not simply 'there is a far better option'.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 35 points 1 month ago (28 children)

I am very surprised that Rankine gets such a high cursedness score. Isn't it just the same as Kelvin but based on Fahrenheit instead of Celsius?

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 67 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Until the day comes that I get a letter in the mail from the government saying, "Here's how much you paid in taxes, if you're cool with that then please disregard", I will not be satisfied.

NZ does that. More accurately, they email you to tell you that there's a letter available online - I don't think they send physical mail by default.

Then they pay any refund straight into your nominated bank account.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

"We are gentlemen at the World Conker Championships and we don't cheat. I've been playing and practising for decades. That's how I won.

Mr Jakins won the men's competition but lost in the overall final to women's champion Kelci Banschbach, originally from the United States, who only took up the game last year when she moved to Suffolk.

Hmm.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 0 points 1 month ago

Agreed, but "I wouldn't let him past" sounds a lot like deliberate blocking.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Taking the lane shouldn't be necessary if there are actual bike lanes and you don't need to turn. This sounds like deliberately blocking traffic.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Most turbocharged engines need at least mid-grade due to the higher overall compression. Plenty of Toyotas with a turbo.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 16 points 1 month ago

Requirements often depend on the type of building occupancy and the chance of fire spread to neighboring buildings.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 59 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I do feel that eating a Capri Sun with a fork seems like a better idea than installing a bulging battery in a phone.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 1 points 1 month ago

It's also torches and everything after the regulator, which run at much lower pressure. At least in NZ

I think it might be because they're connected and disconnected regularly so misconnection is a common problem, even with colour coding. Gas work on houses involves actually putting the fittings on pipe and is done by people who should be concentrating more on that rather than on what they're about to weld/cut.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"Lossless" isn't the term you want; that refers to not lossily compressing the main data. Lossless compression or storage of media is very rare outside of text and sometimes audio, because it ends up so large.

You want to preserve metadata. That applies regardless of how lossy the data compression is.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've heard flammable gas uses reverse (left hand) thread to prevent cross connection. At least for welding gases in NZ; not sure about natural gas.

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