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Bluefruit , to memes in Military top

No fucking way

funker530.com/…/indian-120mm-thermobaric-penetrat…

This is the second time today ive looked something up and found it to be true.

Rooskie91 , to science_memes in No problems here

Excited for IRL Horizon Zero Dawn.

BurgerPunk ,
@BurgerPunk@hexbear.net avatar

At least in Horizon they solved the climate crisis first, before creating the ribits that would wipe out all life

Spacehooks ,

Which then caused another a climate crisis

Stern , to science_memes in Smooth
@Stern@lemmy.world avatar

My brain: smooth and cute

Your brain: gross and wrinkly

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks ,

🎵My brain: highly developed olfactory processor

Your brain: anxiety possessor 🎶

ReplicantBatty ,

You didn’t have to come for me like that lol

dalekcaan ,

Language comprehension: Not applicable

:(

valen ,
@valen@lemmy.world avatar

We are not the same

pruwybn , to science_memes in I just cited myself.
@pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I thought the muscular guys were supposed to be right in these memes.

myslsl ,

He is right. 1 approximates 1 to any accuracy you like.

pruwybn ,
@pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Is it true to say that two numbers that are equal are also approximately equal?

mpa92643 ,

“Approximately equal” is just a superset of “equal” that also includes values “acceptably close” (using whatever definition you set for acceptable).

Unless you say something like:

a ≈ b ∧ a ≠ b

which implies a is close to b but not exactly equal to b, it’s safe to presume that a ≈ b includes the possibility that a = b.

match , (edited )
@match@pawb.social avatar

assert np.isClose(3, 3)

EatATaco ,

Can I get a citation on this? Because it doesn’t pass the sniff test for me. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximation

mpa92643 ,
WldFyre ,

ISO is not a source for mathematical definitions

mpa92643 ,

It’s a definition from a well-respected global standards organization. Can you name a source that would provide a more authoritative definition than the ISO?

There’s no universally correct definition for what the ≈ symbol means, and if you write a paper or a proof or whatever, you’re welcome to define it to mean whatever you want in that context, but citing a professional standards organization seems like a pretty reliable way to find a commonly-accepted and understood definition.

BeardedGingerWonder ,

Tbh I’m just impressed you: A) knew there was an iso standard 2) went to the effort of locating it iii) posted it in respectful manner, and e) are correct.

myslsl ,

Yes, informally in the sense that the error between the two numbers is “arbitrarily small”. Sometimes in introductory real analysis courses you see an exercise like: “prove if x, y are real numbers such that x=y, then for any real epsilon > 0 we have |x - y| < epsilon.” Which is a more rigorous way to say roughly the same thing. Going back to informality, if you give any required degree of accuracy (epsilon), then the error between x and y (which are the same number), is less than your required degree of accuracy

SpeakerToLampposts ,

I recall an anecdote about a mathematician being asked to clarify precisely what he meant by “a close approximation to three”. After thinking for a moment, he replied “any real number other than three”.

Leate_Wonceslace ,
@Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

It depends on the convention that you use, but in my experience yes; for any equivalence relation, and any metric of “approximate” within the context of that relation, A=B implies A≈B.

RustyNova ,

Nah. They are supposed to not care about stuff and just roll with it without any regrets.

It’s just like the wojak crying with the mask on, but not crying behind it.

There’s plenty of cases of memes where the giga chad is just plainly wrong, but they just don’t care. But it’s not supposed to be in a troll way. The giga chad applies what it believes in. If you want a troll, there’s troll face, who speak with the confidence of a giga chad, but know he is bullshiting

wizardbeard , to science_memes in Mythbusters

For anyone missing the show, there was a wonderful project called Streamlined Mythbusters where fans edited each episode down to remove the filler, pre and post ad recaps, etc. They usually also would reorder things so each individual myth was seld contained.

It’s wonderful, but some episodes legitimately got cut down to be 16 minutes long with no real content loss, which can be kind of jarring.

runner_g ,

Thanks for the Rec! I definitely miss the show. Adam’s YouTube channel sometimes scratches the itch, but not always.

Psythik ,

There is also Smyths, which is the same thing.

Unfortunately Mythbusters edits have a tendency to get pulled from the typical video sharing sites rather quickly. I wish someone would make a torrent of the entire series edited this way, and call it a day.

ltxrtquq ,

What, like the pinned post on the smyths reddit page?

AnActOfCreation ,
@AnActOfCreation@programming.dev avatar

Thank you so much for sharing this!!

Psythik ,

Excellent; thanks. I cached the torrent to Real-Debrid, so if anyone reading this so happens to be using that service, you can download the torrent directly at 1Gbps by pasting the magnet link (the first one) in Torrents section of the website.

HawlSera ,

Oh god, I forgot, it was during the “REALITY TV!” boom where marketing and hype had more substance than the shows themselves, and if the show had substance… edit it like it is Reality TV…

I do not miss that.

porksoda ,

You can find a torrent of all of them. I love putting Plex on shuffle when I’m doing chores around the house.

herrcaptain , to memes in Biogeochemistry

From what I remember from writing an undergrad history paper on these dudes, it was used for lots of things such as a treatment for chlamydia (or another STI - I don’t remember exactly). These dudes were banging their way across America, especially the black slave they brought along as apparently the locals thought he had big magic.

I’m not condoning any of this sort of colonialism - just clarifying that these dudes probably single-handedly introduced some new STIs to whole populations, and they were dragging their leaky mercury-riddled dicks along in their boats.

Track_Shovel OP ,

You’re right (I didn’t make the meme); mercury chloride was a historical multipurpose medicine.

Your comment is amazing, as an aside.

herrcaptain ,

Thanks! Their story is interesting in and of itself (in its problematic way suited to the era), but I do try to give it my own flair.

aleph , to linux in Why does nobody here ever recommend Fedora to noobs?
@aleph@lemm.ee avatar
  • requires a fair bit of post-installation configuration (suboptimal OOTB experience for newbies)
  • Uses btrfs by default but comes with no snapshots or GUI manager pre-configured for system restore
  • Less software availability compared to Ubuntu or Mint
  • More likely to break than Ubuntu or Mint
woelkchen ,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

requires a fair bit of post-installation configuration (suboptimal OOTB experience for newbies)

I’m not the biggest fan of Gnome’s defaults but the regular, non-techie users want a browser (maybe Chrome instead of Firefox, depending on preference) and possibly Steam for gaming. Both are on Flathub, available from Gnome Software.

Less software availability compared to Ubuntu or Mint

The software that isn’t available, isn’t of interest to newbie/non-techie users.

More likely to break than Ubuntu or Mint

If anything causes breakage, it’s those web tutorials telling inexperienced users to add a bunch of PPAs to do shit. “So you use Ubuntu but video playback is a big laggy on your super new, hardly upstream-supported Radeon graphics card? Easy, add this PPA with untested git snapshots of Mesa and Kernel.” Yeah, no.

flork OP ,
@flork@lemy.lol avatar

requires a fair bit of post-installation configuration

This is crazy to me because of all the distros I’ve tested over the years Fedora Kinote is by FAR the one I’ve had to do the least amount of tweaking with. It’s almost boring how “just works” it is. It’s honestly changed my perspective of what a distro can be.

jonno ,

Wait until you try out bazzite for gaming or just the regular kinoite ublue images. Both are basically kinoite with more tweaks and added software on top.

poki ,

Uses btrfs by default but comes with no snapshots or GUI manager pre-configured for system restore

False on Fedora Atomic.

Less software availability compared to Ubuntu or Mint

Distrobox and Nix exists.

More likely to break than Ubuntu or Mint

Mint, perhaps. For Ubuntu, this was only true in the past. And only if PPAs were used sparingly. But Snaps have been a disaster for them in this case. So much so, that even Valve told Ubuntu users to use the Flatpak for Steam instead of the Snap.

lightnegative ,

even Valve told Ubuntu users to use the Flatpak for Steam instead of the Snap

Hahaha really? That’s awesome. I wonder if Canonical will ever take the hint that nobody wants Snap when better, more open alternatives exist

poki ,

Yup. Here’s the post as found on Mastodon by the developer that works on Steam on Linux on behalf of Valve.

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

More likely to break than Ubuntu or Mint

how so?

aleph ,
@aleph@lemm.ee avatar

More frequent kernel updates.

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

fair enough, but its generally ok as long as maintainers wait for a few point releases beforehand.

xmunk , to asklemmy in Europeans of Lemmy, what places in Europe should foreigners avoid at all cost?

Switzerland. If you’ve got buckets of money it’s fine but donair can easily run you 18 francs and a real meal will cost you 100+. I’ve visited twice and both times the extreme costs involved have hamstrung my ability to actually enjoy things. The trains and geography are amazing - but the streets full of jewelers and high fashion specifically targeting millionaires or up are an awful example of late stage capitalism.

Raylon ,

Sorry but you’re exaggerating, a full meal including drinks in a mid-level establishment will be at max. 50 chf and that’s being generous. And with cheaper places you can even stay below 20 chf.

Yes, Switzerland is expensive but there’s no need to lie about it. Also the stuff about millionaires and all maybe fits a couple streets in Switzerland that are very touristy but there are plenty of places not at all like this.

xmunk ,

A full meal including drinks will usually run 50 chf per person if you’re a couple most meals will run 100+ - it is possible to eat on a budget (we’ve usually relied on sausage stands and donair). And yea, I’m mostly talking about what you’ll find in Lucerne, Zurich, or Geneva where you’re likely to visit.

safesyrup ,

I don‘t know where you‘re eating lol. A döner in zurich is about 14-15 francs at the moment never seen one for 18 francs and they increased prices the last two years as well.

If you‘re having a meal and drinks for 50 francs per person you have likely been to a fancy restaurant. Don‘t get me wrong, it absolutely is possible to easily go over 50 francs, however its also is very easy to stay below that and still have a good experience.

_edge ,

Donair? What’s that? Fancy Doner Kebab made with Don Perignon and air?

vzq ,

It’s the French transliteration. Doner would be pronounced “donay”.

HamsterRage ,

My first experience with this food was in Halifax decades ago. The Halifax Donair is a unique thing.

And it’s definitely Donair, not Doner.

_edge ,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donair

Interesting. The creation has a Wikipedia page.

philpo ,

Funny enough you are legally not allowed to call that a Döner in the EU. (Döner by law must not use ground beef. If they do you can call them Kebab,but not Döner)

MeThisGuy ,

y’all are missing out on the kapsalon

Blizzard ,

donair can easily run you 18 francs and a real meal will cost you 100+.

What the fuck…??? 😲

Borovicka ,

Well it’s simply not true, doeners are 10-15, and meals in sitdown restaurants are 12-25. I live in Zurich, restaurants are slightly cheaper than in the US ( plus there is no tip or extra tax, what you see on the menu is what you pay) - but there are less budget options available.

dwt ,

I’ve visited multiple times with a camper, and if you use apps like park for night to find free or cheap places to stay!then buy your own ingredients to cook, it’s actually really acceptable. And the nature is gorgeous!

AchtungDrempels ,

Same for me, with a bicycle and tent. Camp sites are also ok priced, at least for cyclists. Very much enjoy cycling in switzerland, i also think people are friendly. I used to have different experiences but those were just single persons / crazy people or something.

Decency8401 ,
@Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I live in switzerland and my lunch costs CHF 2.50 so I don’t know where you’ve been eating for one hundred + francs for a ‘real meal’.

philpo ,

How did you get a 2.50CHF lunch? Migro prepacked sandwich?

I always struggle to find cheap lunch options.

Decency8401 ,
@Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Coop Prix Guarantie CousCous salad.

merari42 ,

I paid 20€ for a Pizza Margherita in Oslo once. In some very rich places you can feel like a tourist from a developing country even if you are from a less-rich high-income country yourself.

disguy_ovahea , to funny in And I can vote, too!

Aren’t microplastics stored in the balls?

dactylotheca OP ,
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Pronell , to asklemmy in What was your worst work mishap, accident, or oopsie?

There were three women who were best friends, took their breaks together, etc. And in the Christmas season they wore matching knit sweaters and would walk down the hall side by side so it would read “Ho! Ho! Ho!”

But one day when I was leaving the break room, they approached… and one was out sick. Before I could stop myself I asked “Where’s the other Ho?”

Might’ve gotten a visit to HR from it if I hadn’t looked so shocked at myself.

grue ,

Honestly, they were inviting that one upon themselves.

MrsDoyle , to asklemmy in What is your favorite kid friendly book made just for traumatizing children?

Struwwelpeter. We had an English copy handed down by my grandfather. It’s insane.

Example: “Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug (“The Very Sad Tale with the Matches”): A girl plays with matches, accidentally ignites herself and burns to death. Only her cats mourn her.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter

vis4valentine OP ,
@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml avatar

Holy shit

i_stole_ur_taco ,

I still have my toddler books with the graphic Struwwelpeter running in with shears and cutting the thumbs off the boy who wouldn’t stop sucking them.

It’s a… “nostalgic” childhood trauma?

impudentmortal ,

(“The Story of the Wild Huntsman”) is the only story not primarily focused on children. In it, a hare steals a hunter’s musket and eyeglasses and begins to hunt the hunter. In the ensuing chaos, the hare’s child is burned by hot coffee and the hunter jumps into a well.

lol wut?

OutlierBlue ,

With stories like this out there why are the only movies that get made recycled trash as they milk the 4th, 5th, 6th movies in a franchise?

sem ,

I like the one where he wouldn’t eat his soup, and when he dies, his family leaves the soup on his grave

Thavron ,
@Thavron@lemmy.ca avatar

Mentioned by Dwight in The Office!

BreadOven ,

Sounds like a German kiss story to me hah.

harsh3466 , to asklemmy in What's the dumbest blockbuster movie you have seen that somehow received high praise?

For me, it was A Quiet Place. I found it incredibly dumb and impossible to believe that nobody on the whole of the planet ever considered that these aliens with ultra incredible hearing weren’t somehow vulnerable to noise? Just dumb as fuck, especially when you consider that sonic weapons already exist and are used, and sound is routinely used in torture/incarceration scenarios.

Annoyed_Crabby ,

I like it but yeah, somehow high pitched noise lose to gunshot.

teawrecks ,

Eh, I think of it more in the vein of It Follows. It’s not supposed to make sense, it’s supposed to be a minigame for the audience to play along with the characters. It lays out a simple set of mechanics and then uses that to build tense dilemmas, giving the audience a chance to think about what they would do in that situation, and what they definitely want to prevent from happening.

I didn’t see the second one, though. Heard it wasn’t great (no pun intended).

EmoDuck ,

Iirc, cochlear implants don’t actually produce sounds, but an electro static (?) feedback. So the aliens aren’t actually vulnerable to sounds but to that.

The movie probably could have explained that better

NickwithaC ,
@NickwithaC@lemmy.world avatar

Also the solution is guns.

lorty ,
@lorty@lemmygrad.ml avatar

The movie was great until that lame “solution” to the alien problem.

KingThrillgore ,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

I actually don’t mind the premises behind the Death Angels, but the reasoning is pretty weak behind them. They could be defeated easily and the cast would not survive outside of the film’s sound design. The rest is just shit occurring for the point of the movie to exist, and its told pretty damn well.

And then they made a sequel. And now a prequel. This didn’t need to be a franchise.

xenspidey , to programmerhumor in Punch cards ftw

256GB? that’s hitting on the low side

CanadaPlus ,

TBF they also had things like tapes pretty early on, and delay lines nearly since the start. The best comparison for punch cards would be text on a screen, because they were designed for the purpose of human interaction.

Mereo , to fediverse in Number of monthly active Lemmy users rising again

I think we are now in a positive cycle:

  • More and more useful comments are posted,
  • Which means more people get interested,
  • which attracts more and more people to the platform
  • That increases the quality and quantity of posts/comments/etc.
  • etc.
Lost_My_Mind ,

Hey, ya get what ya pay for. Pay a little money, get a little quality. Pay a LOT of money, get a LOT of quality.

Well, I didn’t get paid ANYTHING to be here, so you can imagine the quality of MY posts!

Hey, why did the poop walk into the poop?

To poop to the other poop! :D

See? Just zero quality…

Diabolo96 ,

It’s beans worthy quality content.

nightwatch_admin ,

This is fun but partially incorrect; yes, more money is better quality, however zero money means infinite quality. Prove me wrong, exhibit A is “the other site”.

ReedReads , to piracy in Was this community banned on lemmy.world? I was trying to access some bookmarked posts and comments but they weren't there.

Yep. They defederated bc of legal risk I think?

zcd ,

No balls

ReedReads ,

Yeah it is super shitty

SeaJ ,

When you do not have much of a bank account and you could easily be starting at tens of thousands in legal fees, it’s pretty easy to be unable to find them.

abbadon420 ,

Totally. I mean, it could cost you your life savings and possibly your freedom if they come for you. But their admin’s life savings is a sacrifice I am willing to make.

kionite231 ,

so you can defederate from a single community? or they have defederated from the entire instance?

ReedReads ,

I’m not sure what the semantics are. Maybe you defederate from an instance and block a community? But I’m just guessing. Semantics aside, if someone has an account at lemmy.world and tries to access the piracy community, they will not be successful.

skillissuer ,
@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

admins banned a community, not one but three. this one, piracy at .ml and another one at db0. it’s likely that lw admins defederated from entire instance too

e: i think it happened in the past but now db0 is federated with lw

Flatworm7591 ,

Can confirm, it’s only the piracy communities that are blocked, and we are still otherwise federated with lw. It’s not really a big problem as far as we are concerned, they can pick and choose whatever communities suit their instance. We will have lost some clicks and visibility from them, but at the end of the day, it’s not going to affect our share price lol.

ultratiem ,
@ultratiem@lemmy.ca avatar

There is no legal risk because no one is sharing files. All they do is share information. They likely did it because they morally disagree. But then like go ahead and let companies do whatever they want, like gate games behind every single different OS. Bought SF6 for console and want to play it on PC? Go fuck yourself, buy it again. It’s wild that “piracy” is instantly bad yet whatever a company does is A-OK-USA.

ColdSalmon OP ,

Da Fuq?

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