IrateAnteater

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[–] IrateAnteater 63 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Yes, and in that exact order.

[–] IrateAnteater 3 points 2 months ago

The water argument gets brought up all the time because it's the only argument present on on either side.

After that, you are simply arguing about which number you would rather see, which is a pointless argument to have. You like 0 to 100, I like negative numbers, so I would rather use -18 to 38. Arguing one or the other is like arguing if grey or beige is the "better" colour.

[–] IrateAnteater 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Basing a unit of measure on a purely subjective and variable thing like "it feels hot/cold" is a terrible idea. The metric system specifically tries to avoid that.

Plus, whether it feels hot/cold is going to be equally easy in metric and imperial, since nobody's personal preference falls in the same place. At least with metric, there's an additional point of reference for worrying about ice.

[–] IrateAnteater 3 points 2 months ago

Basing a unit of measure on a purely subjective and variable thing like "it feels hot/cold" is a terrible idea. The metric system specifically tries to avoid that.

Plus, whether it feels hot/cold is going to be equally easy in metric and imperial, since nobody's personal preference falls in the same place. At least with metric, there's an additional point of reference for worrying about ice.

[–] IrateAnteater 63 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure the comparison here is between McDonald's and Burger King, so good food is already out of the question before the conversation even started.

[–] IrateAnteater 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You've never had a stomach bug and trusted a fart you shouldn't have?

[–] IrateAnteater 7 points 2 months ago

I get mad at Windows features occupying ports, even when that feature isn't in use.

[–] IrateAnteater 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Canada has a similar chart, with some fun modifications. For example, distance could be feet/inches, millimeters/meters/kilometers, or minutes/hours, depending on what you are measuring.

[–] IrateAnteater 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lays makes good chips. It's too bad that they're really only good for the data center market, since you can't have just one.

[–] IrateAnteater 1 points 3 months ago

I'm confused. Are you saying that the gravy seals have any hint of a chance against the US army?

[–] IrateAnteater 64 points 3 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, this isn't really a "gun control" type situation. A single, targeted, killing, would have been just a successful if it were done with a knife instead. The gun control arguments are more applicable to spree killings.

[–] IrateAnteater 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not in an ideal world. Ray tracing is how light actually works in real life. Everything we do with global illumination right now is a compromised workaround, since doing a lifelike amount of ray tracing in real time, at reasonable framerates, is still to much for our hardware.

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