IrateAnteater

joined 1 year ago

Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Still not the kind of thing the average person was ever going to watch a four hour video on, regardless of attention span.

No, it's just depressing.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Hypothermia can be a problem in temperatures as high as 50F. 0F is a meaningless number, outside of purely subjective "it's cold" uses.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (5 children)

That's as hot as a person can really tolerate.

There's large chunks of the world proving that false every day. For the geographically impared, the simple fact that Phoenix has existed for longer than air conditioning, proves that statement false.

And 0F as the low point is equally as useless.

For day to day use, it's just a single number, no one is doing any conversions, etc, with the number. That was my point. There's nothing to remember. Do you forget what 72F feels like? Do you have to scale it in your head?

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (11 children)

When it comes to a single number on a scale, whatever you grew up with will be more "obvious". 100F doesn't give me any more information than 38C does. The whole "base 10" thing only matters if you are actually doing some math to that number.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 days ago (15 children)

"Intuitive" is a meaningless metric for a single scaled number. Whichever system you are used to will be the more "intuitive".

Also, climate can play into which system feels more useful. Where I live, 100F occurs only rarely (and since air conditioning is almost ubiquitous, not something I'd bother looking out for), while 0C is an outdoor temperature that I do need to be aware of for half the year.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 73 points 3 days ago (8 children)

No one will punish you for not returning the cart

My opinion on this is reason number 8735 why I will never, and should never, be in charge of a country.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 71 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Why is it that whenever something is spitting out junk data, those specific characters are involved?

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I've never really understood this type of thought when it comes to safety. Simple self preservation should lead you to the same conclusion. When it comes to safety, the squishiest one loses.

We don't blink an eye when told to not stand under something being lifted by a crane, so why balk at being told to be safe around the two ton travelling metal boxes?

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not up to speed on how US tax laws work. What does getting deemed a hobby entail?

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