CaptainPedantic

@CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Venom vs Poison⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You called?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burning Up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Rankine would be even better than Kelvin in terms of “big number go brrr.” Water boils at 671 R.

  Of course, Rankine is the most obnoxious unit I’ve ever had to deal with, but those numbers sure are big!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burning Up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only good thing about Fahrenheit is that 69 degrees (20.5 C) is a nice temperature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Animals that use Drugs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Elephant getting drunk bit is a bit sus

  They’d have to eat a massive amount to get drunk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh no! I dropped (5£ to) Anna's Archives. Beware the mess, people.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my professors wrote the textbook we were using. Before the first day of class, he sent out a greeting email. Attached to that email was a .PDF of the textbook. Hell yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boeing Embarrassed as ‘Stuck’ Astronauts to Return with SpaceX.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ground control noticed helium leaks and the spacecraft had a cluster of thrusters fail. That’s not almost dying in a horrific way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists 'shocked' at new Stonehenge discovery | BBC News⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wensleydale?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any love for the Honda Odyssey?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was the four speed that was the biggest problem, but I guess both were bad. I have one in a 2000 Accord V6. The damn transmission doesn’t have a fucking filter. No wonder they crap out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has he done to deserve this?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It has nothing to do with disliking learning. Trying to learn and use a system of measurement without being immersed in it is really hard. For years, I’ve set all my temperature measurements on my phone and thermometers to Celsius, but because I’m surrounded by people and systems that don’t use metric, I have to convert back and forth between the two. It’s a lot of mental effort for basically no gain.

  Every day, customary speed and distance units and my intuitive understanding of them are reinforced when driving and seeing street signs. I know how long a kilometer is, but if you say “My brother lives 45 kilometers away”, I’d have a difficult time truly understanding that. I wouldn’t be able to estimate how long it would take to drive there, for example.

  Another issue is cost. In my job, it would take weeks or months to update all of the documentation and code to metric. Then customers would have to approve of all those changes. A whole bunch of machinery still uses customary units too, so they would have to be replaced or updated.

  I say all of this as a metric lover and evangelist. It’s not trivial to convert an entire massive country to metric. Countries that have converted already should be hugely proud of themselves for accomplishing a difficult task.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loyalty⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For something slow moving and sticky like fake maple syrup, a plastic bottle will let you squeeze the syrup out instead of waiting for it to slowly drip down to the nozzle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Physics Girl Long Covid and ME/CFS Livestream [Fundraiser + Interviews]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Buddy, I just shit your pants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Caaaarl! That kills people!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨😎😎😎⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s one of these in the middle of a painting from 1533

  Obligatory Lemmino video

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A moment can be fleeting⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And then everyone asks you if it’s natural, especially if you’re a man… oh well.

  Thanks for the fun fact!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨acceptable screws⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Philips screws are awful. They strip if you look at them wrong. Flatheads should only be used on thumbscrews just in case you need a little extra torque from a screwdriver.

  Torx and Hex are excellent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why British cities make no sense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Men