Dabundis

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[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The thing that makes any unit useful is being an agreed upon standard, which is true of both F and C. the "feel right" part is just how it got there. When Celsius stuck a thermometer in freezing water and marked its position, he called that 100 degrees based on vibes. Later on, a french academic decided that actually freezing should be 0 and boiling should be 100, and that decision was based on vibes. Why is it any different when Farenheit made a vibes based decision to put 0 in a different spot than celsius?

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If you take issue with defining units based on vibes i have terrible news about the second, the meter, and the kilogram. Basically any unit is arbitrary until it becomes a standard

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

And celsius fully ignores the effect pressure has on the boiling/melting point of water. Turns out temperature units only measure temperature

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Farenheit is set up such that temperatures between 0 and 100 convey the subjective feel. 0F is really cold, 100F is really hot. Obviously cold and hot feel is subjective, but what could be more human than subjectivity?

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (6 children)

If you use both hands to type the mouse would either fall off or be damgling from its cord

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure this was from the standup routine Ally made him do for total forgiveness

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if you get fortune teller 4 antes from now???

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a super lucky spread of 2d6 rolls

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 83 points 2 months ago (4 children)

"Highway Hypnosis" is a well documented phenomenon. Your body is essentially autopiloting the drive. It most commonly happens when you're driving a route you're familiar with, like a commute.

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Technically what you made very well could still be "Pesto", since the word refers to how it's prepared not what's in it (shares the same root as Pestle). The basil, pine nut, olive oil, and cheese recipe you were following would be Pesto alla Genovese

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Twist, tuck, freeze

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 200 points 2 months ago (10 children)
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