Keep the masses divided and all that jazz
Ahh, that's a really good point! I forget about the "X% of Y = Y% of X"
Honestly, I normally just use a calculator quick (move the decimal twice, multiply and all that jazz) for weird percentages or I want a precise answer.
But I like knowing different ways of thinking about it because it can become easier than using a calculator (with practice). And it's fun, cause I'm a bit of a math nerd
Nah, you broke my brain a bit too lol. I had to re-read carefully to try and follow... and I still wasn't sure by the end
Thank you! That's pretty neat. I tried 27% of 65
I added two 10% increments (6.5+6.5)... but instead of adding 0.65 (1%) seven more times, I added a 5% increment (6.5/2 = 3.25) and then 2 increments of 1%
So 6.5+6.5+3.25+0.65+0.65 = 17.55
I still had to use a calculator to add those weird numbers (and also check my work), but it does seem really practical for easier numbers. I usually need percentages for pricing (i.e. discounts/tipping), and the percentages are normally in increments of 5%, so that's pretty useful for figuring out a 15% or 75% of something real quick... or at least get me really close (when talking about something like $X.99)
Regardless, I appreciate the head trick!
Edit: I guess I could've done 30% and then subtracted 1% twice; but it's the same issue (of adding weird numbers) with the same outcome anyway. So thanks again!
Huh... that made my brain do a few twists. The reference point for distance would be our own galaxy (I assume). So you would think that the furthest one would be the "oldest" due to expansion of the universe... so I would think that you're correct in your correction?
Unless they meant "older" in the sense of "discovered earlier"? I have no idea anymore, I guess they could argue it either way
Edit: After re-reading it, I think they're just referring "Younger" and "Older" to how the galaxies appear to us (due to the time it takes light to travel). As in, the newest discovery is "younger" because that's the age that we can observe it as, by the time the light has reached us. Idk anymore, I know nothing lol
We always joke, wondering, "Is it cats or kids" when hearing screaming (like kids playing, or cats fighting). Sometimes, it really is hard to discern
Nope! It's a whole new fanny pack world for you to re-create
Use a fanny pack. It's ok to wear them again and will put you ahead of the "cool" curve
I prefer it colder when I sleep, but am usually comfortable up until about 72°F (22°C) during the day. But I live in the Southeastern US, so hot (and humid) is something you adapt to.
Outside, it's currently 93°F (~34°C), humidity of 55% and the "feels like temp" is 105°F (40.6°C). We're under a heat advisory until 19:00, which is common in the summer
Unfortunately... the new place I'm renting has an A/C that can't keep up. Sometimes, it'll reach 79°F (26°C) with the A/C just running up my electric bill non-stop. It's somehow bearable though, and doesn't feel as hot as I would expect, so that's good. Blackout curtains, some fans, and a portable A/C in one room if you need to cool back down (like after a shower); it's manageable/comfortable enough, until we can find something else.
It's not my preference, but I guess being acclimated to the heat down here at least helps a bit. Can't wait to move somewhere a little more arid, maybe with a true 4 seasons kind of weather
Sorry, when I said "So that's fun", I was being sarcastic
But that's kinda what I was trying to get at. You don't really know if a scammer is being trafficked or not, so casting a wide net that calls all of them human garbage becomes difficult
And a large portion of them are being trafficked for slave labor; so that's fun
Lower frequencies (like the HF range) can propagate further due to reflection/refraction with the earth and the ionosphere. Increasing the frequency can lead to e-skip and troposhpeheric ducting. But even the HF range has shorter wavelengths than our brains, which operate in much lower frequencies (Hz vs MHz). So you would think that our brainwaves would pass through tin-foil much more easily
But it's the tin-foil's electro-conduction that "foils" the electromagnetic waves' (i.e radio waves') ability to pass through it. But you would have to have no gaps in the tin-foil to completely block all waves from passing through. So like, an entire foil suit or a walking Faraday cage.
TL;DR - it's not about the length of the electromagnetic wave, it's the electro-conduction (insulating) property of the tin-foil that matters
Copyright from 1999-2020. Time to start selling off-brand versions!
No one cares about you 🙄 for the love of life. Get off it already... you even forced an emoji outta me, just to really get my point across /s
Sorry sorry, trying to be sarcastic-mean, not actually mean. Just wanted to rib poke for a second, but not at the expense of a person I don't know. I truly like seeing your activity around here; couldn't help myself though. Ya dick
I'm not great at sarcasm lol. I only wish the best for you, ya random squid 🐙
Even bad press is still press? I don't have an opinion on Stonehenge yet; I'm pretty sure the art they "defaced" was only the protective casing; and I haven't researched them enough to form a true opinion of my own
But now I'm curious as to whether (or not) "I think" their motives are "ignorant" or somehow "nefarious" at times. I've seen them in the news for a while now, and I haven't always agreed with their course of action... sometimes I believe it to be too impulsive. But they're still doing it. They've forced a discussion that keeps the issue in the forefront, and now it has me wanting to look-into their situation more. And I do believe-in what they're advocating, even if I'm not sure it's the "correct" way to do it
Yet here we are, talking about it. "There's no such thing as 'Bad Press'", I guess? Are they right?... maybe. Are they detracting from the plight?... also, maybe. Am I sure of my opinion of their protests?... no, not really. Seems like something I'll have to read more about.
So maybe, mission accomplished (in-progress)? Idk, but I see the merit regardless of their actions
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
But do they know the difference between Istanbul and Constantinople?
Oh say say say?
I drove a Honda Pilot with lane assist, and I hated how it jottled the steering wheel. It felt dangerous to me how much it resisted, even if it's not really that much.
I currently drive a Honda Fit with lane assist, and I love it. Literally use the lane assist every time. It beeps and has a warning on the dash about leaving the lane, and maybe it even has the same amount of resistance, but it feels a lot safer/natural
I think I just don't like the steering wheel "rumbling/jottling" or whatever, because it's like a false tactile feedback. I'm sure I could adjust to it, but it's not the best implementation imo
Also, the auto-brake thing (is amazing and should be standard) doesn't come on until you are wildly close (and the distance that it engages, seems to be speed dependent). So you'll really only see it engage if you're about to be in a wreck, or you're really ballsy trying to "test it"
Giant viruses are much more diverse in shape and size than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.
![Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest](https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/882406e1-3c79-447b-8ea0-ce6f88f40b67.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Giant viruses are much more diverse in shape and size than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.
![Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest](https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/3580ebcd-d60a-4587-8045-6bed8359848f.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Why do some people not get COVID symptoms? Here's what scientists recently found out about the genetic advantage of "super dodgers."
![COVID symptoms seem to never touch certain people — and researchers may have finally figured out why](https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/0b0e4b2e-810d-4bb3-baf3-7425bb12febe.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Here is the study the article references:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06331-x
A little extra traffic will go to reddit... but fuck them. They're taking monetary value away from your account, so ya might as well use the coins you have as you see fit (while you still can). Fuck u/spez and fuck reddit
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This was about 4 years ago... but it worked, and I only needed it to work once!
This was a post I made 4 years ago on the OGXbox subreddit. I miss our little community, so hopefully they'll find this place. I may as well add a little content to try and start things off. So about 4 years ago...
"It all started with me wanting an emulator and realising my old xbox was just gathering dust anyways. So it began.
Figured out my xbox version, already had splinter cell, got a usb to controller port adapter, set my well studied plan into action. It was all supposed to be relatively painless. That was 6 months ago...what a fool I was.
I soldered my points in preperation for a TSOP flash as that was my endgame mod. Ready to go, I went ahead and soft modded. Now I should haved nulled my eeprom, but at the time I didn't realize it would null the motherboard as well and not just the HDD, so I instead went to save my eeprom file safely away. It was probably lucky that I chose that route (I guess) because as I tried to solve network errors and get my eeprom file saved to my pc, it happened; my worst fear...the system froze, I restarted and nothing was working. My fucking HDD failed. So I guess lucky it didn't fail midway, trying to null the eeprom, but it failed and my eeprom file was lost. Fuck me, right?
But I'm determined now. I figure out how to make an eeprom reader...my soldering skills have now gone from never having done it before, to making hardware to read the eeprom off my motherboard. I can't lie, I really impressed myself when I actually recovered the file. So now to rebuild an HDD.
But I can't get an IDE HDD that doesn't come dead on arrival. I probably ordered and returned 5 of them before looking up a lockable SATA. So my new HDD finally writes properly, I have a SATA to IDE converter(?), new IDE cable, ready to try again. At this point, you're probably thinking, "why not just use a mod chip and be done with it?". I'll tell you why; pride. I didn't want a mod chip, I had a 1.0 version with a perfectly rewritable TSOP already, and damnit, I was gonna rewrite that bitch if it killed me.
Ready to try again, I start it up with more hope than I should've allowed myself. And what do I see on the screen now? Error 11. Now I feel defeated. Is it the new IDE cable? The converter? Am I so unlucky that my disc drive has now spontaneously failed too? I try switching cables, putting the old HDD back in just to see if I can get an error 7 again, but now it's just 11 over and over again. I give up.
Fastforward to last week, my friend gave me his old xbox to try again. It's a version 1.0 as well, but I go in with shielded hopes. I solder my points, softmod, null the eeprom this time (just in case, cause I don't have a working desktop for my eeprom reader anymore), and boot my Hexen disc. Go to flash the TSOP...and it works! Praise the gods, it works!
Now I can have more fun: -build a new HDD (that doesn't have to be locked, you piece of shit failing HDD that started all of my problems!) -Reset my friends HDD to factory with my first xbox eeprom file and try to flash that one as well or at least diagnose what has failed me -Enjoy at least one xbox that is safe from HDD/disc drive failures and start exploring all the new possibilities.
TL;DR - Lost my eeprom file while trying to mod, which set forth an adventure of despair and hoplessness, before finally succeeding.
Special thanks to the community for teaching me everything I know! Y'all are amazing"