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You sure? The wacky system of units has a lot of different meanings for the word ton. Among others, it is a measure of power.


The others already said the core aspect, but to get specific: the difference between your weight on the pole and your weight on the equator differs only by like .5% or something like that. This is the difference between spinning and not spinning (centrifugal force and no centrifugal force). (And also the difference in radius, since the Earth’s rotation makes it a tiny bit flatter than a perfect sphere would be)


In the same sense that we contain a massive volume of gas, because there is a lot of hydrogen in our bodies. Yes, hydrogen is a gas, and yes, there is a lot of it on our body. But it’s bound, so it doesn’t count.

It would be more accurate to call it stone than metal, because the calcium in our bones is also bound to other elements, which means it does not exhibit its usual metal characteristics.


You mean in the same way that there is no centrifugal force?

Technically right, but doesn’t matter if you are in the rotating frame of reference.


Which is ridiculous and funny, because our (at least 15 year old) DVD system can swap between audio tracks flawlessly!


I have an i5 8600 and a 1070 and a 450W power supply. At least on that front you have plenty of headroom for an upgrade. PCPartPicker calculates the total maximum power usage as advertised if you input all your parts, so you can double check there if you’re in doubt.


A new GPU should be able to work on older interfaces, right? Sure, you get half the bandwidth to the CPU, but is that even the limit?


I’m not gonna join in the discussion, but if you cite numbers, please don’t link to the advertising website of the company itself. They have a strong interest in cherry picking the data to make positive claims.


Presumably what they meant, yes. Sometimes YouTube translates video titles for example. Of course, the video is still in the original language, so it’s completely useless, except for videos without speech.

Every program should have a setting to define in which language you want to interact with it.


Do you mean going outside, even if it’s dark is the skill?

Or do you mean not going to dangerous places is the skill?

Because those are two very different things, if you’re in a peaceful region.


I think crypto could have its place as the cash of the internet. No one can watch your transaction, but if the other person takes your money and runs you are shit outta luck. No way to revert transactions, perfect for money laundering, but also anonymous, which can be a plus.

But all this makes it completely unsuitable in everyday use.

Also: yes, there is a fixed amount of Bitcoin. But you know what governments all over the world did when Inflation was sky high? Change the interest rates to change the amount of money that goes into the economy to make everyday items affordable again.

And for Bitcoin in particular, if everyone actually uses it as intended the artificial limit of the transaction rate would only allow you to perform one transaction every two yearsor something like that.


You sure it’s not about getting wasted every day and regretting the hangover in the morning?


Only for kids in the same age range. And quite frankly, I think that’s the right way to do it. As if a law would make horny teenagers not have sex.

Setting the age of consent to 18 years just technically makes them pedophiles if you actually enforce it. And I’m of the opinion that laws should be enforced or removed entirely. Having a law and usually not enforcing it gives rise to a dangerous middle ground where persecution depends on other arbitrary factors. Like income, race or how well the cop likes you.

(If you are interested in German law, just reply and I can explain/translate the relevant parts of the law for you)

Edit: translation is also available here: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html relevant are sections 176 and 182


[citation needed]

I highly doubt that for every 10 000 rape cases reported only one is actually successfully pursued by law enforcement.