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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Decimeters are great. You should try to use them more.

Something that is like 2.5 ft. I can easily convert to 7.5 decimeters. Then .75 meters. There is no way i could convert 2.5 ft to meters without some serious thinking, and paper would help.

Precise has nothing to do with what units you use. Mm is not more precise than Cm

36.982 mm is 3.6982 cm. They are both as precise as each other.

Humans are much better at knowing an inch or a foot in distance than a yard or a meter.

If I said, draw a line that is 4in or 1 decimeter. You would be closer than trying to draw a meter line.

I work in building in the US. I know an inch and a foot like the back of my hand. I never deal with yards. For yards, I'd just think of it in feet and ×3. Just like I'd do with decimeters.

I know the metric system, but my default unit is US Customary.

If I had to look at a room, I could tell you instantly if it was either 25 or 30 ft. If you asked for meters I couldn't just say "I know exactly how long a meter is (without thinking about it being basically a yard), that wall is closer to 7 meters than 9 meters"

I'd have to constantly work with meters to do that. Which I don't.

I'm not against things being gradually changed to metric. A lot of things are in metric. Like a 2L bottle of soda. If you put a pitcher of water in front of me and asked how many liters. I'd have to think of the 2L bottle. Just like if you asked for gallons, I'd think of a milk jug. Now I have a good grip on what 5 gallons is because that's the standard construction bucket, but 5L is 2.5 2L sodas.

I wouldn't be nearly as precise if I used metric without decimeters. Inches and Feet are the measurements I use the majority of the time. Even a 100ft wall is a 100ft wall. It's never referred to as a 33.33 yard wall. Using a metric unit closest to inches and feet is beneficial for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

1000 centimeters sounds ridiculous

Guess I could have said 1 decameter

1 decimeter is a 1/3 of a foot. Assumed a flamethrower shoots >30ft. 30×3=90. ~100 decimeters.

You could change it to 10 meters easily if you prefer it that way. A third of a foot or 9/10 of a yard. I find it easier to compare it to a third of a foot.

Like I'm 6ft tall. I'm 18 decimeters, or 1.8 meters. Otherwise, I would have said 2 yards or 2 meters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

distance in a controlled, directed manner.

Interesting take.

You're thinking of a flamethrower as it has to be a weapon and trying to fit the definition around that.

If I had a device that throws flames, let's say 100 decimeters. Is it a flamethrower? Am I really controlling the flames at the farthest distance? I would say no because the objective of the device is to throw the flame as far as possible. Compared to a torch that could burn a bullseye at 100 decimeters, flamethrower would just burn the whole target.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device.

What do you consider a flamethrower?

How far is ranged?

Construction uses what I would call torches, not flamethrowers

There is very few cases where you want to "throw" flames. It's inefficient. Keeping the flame and the material close is preferred.

Giant pile of tar you want to set on fire as fast as possible? I guess a flamethrower is effective. Burning brush, anything where you're catching something on fire so it spreads.

They use "flamethrowers" on bitumen roofs. But the idea behind the tool is to not throw the flames as far as possible.

I'd define flamethrower as "An incendiary device that disperses uncontrollable flames at a distance"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

What happens if you turn your kitchen sink on? Your drain shouldn't have a problem draining the amount of water.

Now take a large 5 gallon bucket of water. Dump the whole thing in your sink.

Not only is the amount of water too much for the drain but the volume of water makes it hard for the drain to even function properly.

How long is there going to be water filling in the sink? Eventually, it will all find its way out, but that takes time

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Crazy thing is he has to give a 70.23% discount for people to even think about buying a pillow

50 dollars for the world's best pillow is a steal

Something you use every night that can actually help with sleep and health. You shouldn't be skimping on your pillow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Their move of the queen to A5 was good because it developed a piece and attacked the pawn on A2.

You have two choices of protecting A2. Your move or the Bishop.

Engine doesn't think your move is good, so engine says only good move for white against Qa5 is bishop. Which makes it a decent move.

Yeah you don't want to mess up your pawn structure until you have to. Especially pawns that are protecting your king.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Their queen being on C7 is a better square for it. A5 is not a good square and they will have to move it. So while you kicked it out they didn't lose any tempo.

Moving bishop guards pawn and opens up middle of board for rooks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Intent

Was the picture taken for sexual intent?

Security camera taking a video of a topless 15 year old intent was not produce a pornographic image.

You as the security guard saving the picture of later...your intent is to make it sexual.

Now if you saved the picture because you needed to figure out which store the topless 15 year old was by. Your intent is to not make it sexual so that would be fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oh I have lol

It's funny that evolution would help solve some ark mysteries.

Like how did Noah fit one of every animal on the ark?

Well there weren't that many different types of animals when Noah existed and the ones he saved evolved to get all the animals we know today.

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