AmidFuror

@AmidFuror@fedia.io

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What I got out of your anecdote is that waiters in France provide better service if they think that will earn them a tip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it's not unprecedented.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do older files tend to have file extensions in all caps?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It's because eyeglasses hadn't been invented yet, so we needed to make file names bigger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protect consumers my ass! 🤦🏻😡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Further, I hate sportsball and humanity in general! I survive on rainwater and berries, and my cave (for now) is rent-free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Local Public Tennis Court Requires Online Registration⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you can convince the nearby suburb to add online reservations for their courts so people can be able to go play without having to check if they are empty or wait for others to finish their matches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did/does Oman not raise a stink about Iran also closing their half of the strait?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The other commenter is undoubtedly thinking about the position of the vast majority of Oman, which is disconnected from the portion shown in red and is further south on the Gulf of Oman.

  It's an oddity of geography that Oman has that bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does not a CR (Carriage Return) automatically start a new line on some online text editors?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both of your poems look the same to me, because you don't need to end lines with two spaces to have a line break with Mbin. I started adding the two spaces for Lemmy users. I needed second-hand feedback to even know it was an issue.

  I guess Mbin will soon implode because when the user enters a newline, they may not actually want a line break there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did/does Oman not raise a stink about Iran also closing their half of the strait?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dubai is in the UAE. The capital of Oman is Muscat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it were suddenly revealed that a significant number of questions posted in this comm were ai bots would that bother you?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice try, Claude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why it is that in the USA for most people the default color for a casual sock is white but in most other places the default is black?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and systematic racism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do tires have the width and diameter they do?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is perhaps an easier to understand explanation:

  https://www.physlink.com/Education/Askexperts/ae140.cfm

  Although a larger area of contact between two surfaces would create a larger source of frictional forces, it also reduces the pressure between the two surfaces for a given force holding them together. Since pressure equals force divided by the area of contact, it works out that the increase in friction generating area is exactly offset by the reduction in pressure; the resulting frictional forces, then, are dependent only on the frictional coefficient of the materials and the FORCE holding them together.

  If you were to increase the force as you increased the area to keep PRESSURE the same, then increasing the area WOULD increase the frictional force between the two surfaces.
  Answered by: Paul Walorski, B.A. Physics, Part-time Physics Instructor

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toothbrush heads⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or have Parkinson's.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone knows that Societ sunscreen was the pinnacle of effectiveness and issued according to need.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Acceptable blackface.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to New York City⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Streets are for emptying chamber pots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are we so afraid of cockroaches?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL! Hyenas (some species) inhabit a much wider range than I knew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are we so afraid of cockroaches?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm curious if you encountered hyenas when you were on the ground or in a Land Rover. Possibly you live in Africa but have visited Asia or Europe and run into bears?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planted chillies, neighbouring tree infested the planter.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It can get chilly down there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask the Dutch about dycicles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planted chillies, neighbouring tree infested the planter.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How many years until you can harvest a helicopter? Then you could fly to the store and buy chilies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can energy be associated with/related to spacetime ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Woo boy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say "my taxes"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Language differences always have deep cultural explanations and aren't just due to minor historical contingencies. Once a language change has locked into place, the associated cultural connection infects future users.

  Next up: Why do Americans say things like "I wash my hands" while Spanish speakers say "Lavo los manos" (meaning wash the hands)? Probably something to do with end-stage capitalism and ownership.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Find Cow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Easy. Now find cooocwcoc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I lose my temper if I'm blocked from a community or by a user?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Blocked and reported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a good Lenny community to talk about teaching kids at home?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would just sit him down by the river and have him imagine seeing a family of his favorite animal, bunnies. Whether you draw the line at mice, puppies, or women, something has to be done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When a judge tells the jury to ‘forget XYZ,’ how can the jury possibly do that?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Username checks out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moving to the USA could be the Most Expensive Mistake of your Life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now both left and right are trying to discourage immigration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is RAM size measured? Why doesn't it match the marketed size?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds mostly harmless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is RAM size measured? Why doesn't it match the marketed size?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Zaphod showed up in another comment thread. What is going on?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce 'Niche'?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That damn downvoter is always getting me too! And a lot of the times his friends join him.