BrerChicken
@BrerChicken@lemmy.world
Dad, physics teacher, musician, and sailor. Originally from the subtropics now living in the New England Tropics.
- Comment on If you're selected for jury duty (US), should you give up your anonymous social media accounts? 3 weeks ago:
Nobody was being asked for their social media credentials, it’s not like you have to give them full access. What happened was that the attorneys looked the jurors up and went through their old posts, all stuff that was publicly available. One of the jurors they dismissed posted a picture of people celebrating Biden’s election win, and that was enough to show that they were biased.
- Comment on What is a good, healthy, unhurtful, socially positive way to express anger? 2 months ago:
Have you considered playing the drums?
- Comment on What's the best way to read a book in a dark room? 4 months ago:
Can’t beat an audiobook in that case!
- Comment on Does anyone wish they could go back to the beginning of schooling and re-live their education/school experience from the start? 4 months ago:
The things I wish I learned better in school are things like trig, which would be nice because I’ve developed a little interest in things like machining
I see that you’ve watched some videos, and you should definitely continue that. I teach HS physics, but I never took an actual trig class because of an administrative quirk. I thought I had this huge gap in trig but eventually I realized that there’s just not that much. You can definitely teach yourself trig!
Khan Academy is great, but the secret sauce is in really trying to understand WHY you get some of these problems wrong. If you really spend some time trying to find each mistake, and thinking about what exactly makes it a mistake, you’ll be all set.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 4 months ago:
My washing machine’s making this weird string of beeps?
Oh I got this. You have to put it into diagnostic mode, and then it will flash lights at you, giving you the error codes in binary. I’m not kidding!
For more info you can lift up the top of the machine by unscrewing some screws on the back. There are lots of screws on the back, but only three or four of them attach the top. If you lift the top up you can push the drum back and then slide your hand into the space between the drum and the frame. There’s a ziplock bag in there with the service manual, and it’ll tell you how to spin the knob to enter diagnostic mode. On my Maytag I have to spin the knob R, R, L, R, not to quick, not too slow.
I was blown away when I learned this all. I was having a problem with my clothes not drying, but still the components seemed to be working. I was getting a specific error about one component, but when I tested it it was fine. In my case the problem was where the wires from that component plugged into the control board–it was just slightly loose! So I pushed it in and everything is nominal.
- Comment on [House of Highlights] Mavs announcer Brian Dameris went off on James Harden 👀 5 months ago:
I’m not a fan of JH in anyway, but this roast was painful to watch. Yes, all of those things are true, but Dude talking is pretty much a nobody, so the attitude is kinda ridiculous.
- Comment on Honest question: what was Hamas' long-game with respect to kidnapping Israelis? Did they think Israel would just negotiate rather than retaliate? 6 months ago:
I’m sorry but this is simply not correct. Some people in the Israeli government in the past have agreed to a 2-state solution, but extremist Israelis kept revolting. Yitzhak Rabim was literally assassinated by an extremist Israeli for signing and supporting the Oslo accords.
Most Israelis and Arabs recognize the need for a 2 state solution, but the Israeli government is not on board right now. And whoever makes any kind of moves in that direction gets pushed out pretty quickly.
- Comment on In The Empire Strikes Back, why does Han significantly outrank Luke? 7 months ago:
Han brought a fast gunship to the party. That counts for something!
- Comment on Noah Lyles: we are the world (the NBA's not) 8 months ago:
FIBA champs are the world champs, period. I agree with Noah Lyles!
- Comment on is this funny? 8 months ago:
The joke is the person he’s sitting with, who is a modern day troll.
- Comment on What's the Best Non-Alcoholic Alternative to an Ice Cold Beer at the End of the Day? 8 months ago:
I had a really cold can of hop water and it was so so good! Lagunitas makes some, but there are other brands that probably taste similar. It was so good and so refreshing!
- Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad 9 months ago:
Your edit is actually missing the biggest reason–all the energy and water it takes to raise the meat. It’s just not sustainable.
- Comment on If monkeys masturbate, why don't they get addicted? 9 months ago:
This is not a study, and those monkeys are addicted to alcohol, not masturbation. I’ve actually seen this clip before.
But I was just making fun of your comment, which was honestly pretty hilariou.
- Comment on If monkeys masturbate, why don't they get addicted? 9 months ago:
They’ve done studies on a type of monkey on a Caribbean touristy Island.
Oh have they now?? 🤣🤣
- Comment on Mark Jackson out at ESPN in NBA booth blowup 9 months ago:
For the record, if the ship is burning you let that baby keep on sailing away from you.
- Comment on Mark Jackson out at ESPN in NBA booth blowup 9 months ago:
Yeah but the rest of us–the bitter old men I mean–love having someone like that make us look reasonable. Seriously though, I enjoyed his analysis a lot, and he legit taught me a lot about the game. Yeah he feels strongly about certain things but I don’t mind disagreeing with any/everyone so that’s all good with me.
- Comment on What do all the people do in rural area towns and unincorporated areas? 9 months ago:
I teach their children how to use math to do physics.
- Comment on Can slow songs be a banger? 9 months ago:
Good example! There was a time when “hogwash” literally meant the slop fed to pigs, then it meant cheap liquor, and eventually bad writing. These days it means “BS” and you’d be ridiculous to pretend that “only” the original definition had any meaning.
- Comment on Can slow songs be a banger? 9 months ago:
Banger isn’t really short for headbanger, though they may have been related at one point. A song doesn’t have to be loud and/or aggressive to be a banger.
- Comment on Do you use the swipe to type feature on your phone? 9 months ago:
It’s an option on iOS. I use the FUCK out of it on every device that I have, even on tablets (though only in portrait mode, and with a reduced keyboard.) Yeah sometimes we mis-swipe, and some words (like “mis-swipe!”) are not going to be recognized. But you type the weird words, swipe the rest, and then fix any mistakes by tapping on the word suggestions as you go. Besides, it’s not like you shouldn’t read it over once when you’re done. People like to blame autocorrect for their mistakes but fr what the heck happened to editing your shit??
So yes, I use swipe, and it’s objectively more efficient so everyone should!