What's the weirdest thing you're upset about?
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I've never really forgiven him for normalizing electronic drums.
Nor should you.
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Hating daylight savings isn't weird, it's dumb and everyone knows it's dumb.
Timezones are arbitrary lines on the map that were made when trains were new and there was no good way to coordinate otherwise. We are way past that, everyone has an automatically synced and precise way of telling time on them pretty much at all times. The "time" is an arbitrary number. Noon is not when the sun is highest in the sky most of the year unless you live near the equator, midnight is rarely "the middle of the night", 9 to 5 should be deleted, and have one universal time would be one step closer to uniting human kind.
Timezones are fucking dumb, it's not the 1800s. I'll fight to the death over this.
If everyone in the world was on one universal time, some people would be functioning in the dark while people on the other side of the world are functioning in the daylight. Not fair. Time zones are essential. And yes, in most places in the world, 12:00 p.m. is when the sun is highest in the sky.
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If everyone in the world was on one universal time, some people would be functioning in the dark while people on the other side of the world are functioning in the daylight. Not fair. Time zones are essential. And yes, in most places in the world, 12:00 p.m. is when the sun is highest in the sky.
Why would they be working in the dark? They'd still get up in the morning, go to work, come home in the evening, etc.... just the number on the clock would be different
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Fuck that trumpet.
is he a trumper too? christ, as if i needed another reason to hate that guy.
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is he a trumper too? christ, as if i needed another reason to hate that guy.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Huh, no?
There's a literal trumpet at the end of the book series. Like the musical instrument. It's incredibly dumb.Edit: I'm almost certain Stephen King hates Trump.
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Huh, no?
There's a literal trumpet at the end of the book series. Like the musical instrument. It's incredibly dumb.Edit: I'm almost certain Stephen King hates Trump.
Right, i forgot about that. That's how memorable the ending was, for me.
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Right, i forgot about that. That's how memorable the ending was, for me.
Yeah it's really bad. Your gripe is justified in my eyes.
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There’s surprisingly a fair bit of overlap on the gear ratios of a 2 or 3x that makes a 1x11 or 12 have a similar range of ratios. However you do have to sacrifice either a bit of top end speed or climbing ability so you see a few more 2x on road bikes. I’ve never found myself wanting more from my 1x mtb drivetrain
Wait, you said a 1x can have a similar range, and then immediately followed up with:
you do have to sacrifice either a bit of top end speed or climbing ability
It is impossible for both statements to be true at the same time.
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Wait, you said a 1x can have a similar range, and then immediately followed up with:
you do have to sacrifice either a bit of top end speed or climbing ability
It is impossible for both statements to be true at the same time.
Or some differences in gear spacing. I’m not an expert in it, but tried my best to summarize a succinctly as possible
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Messenger's ui makes me burst a nerve
Don't ever use GiMP. You'll never be heard from again
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That vacuums are so terribly loud and whiny (and unnecessarily tiny space heaters). Older vacuums used to be bigger and run slower, but in my experience vacuumed as much or even better. Nowadays they put several kilowatt motors in there that somehow don't do as much but produce immense noise and heat.
If someone vacuums with their window open I can tell from over 100m away by the whine. Fuck that.
I used to hate vaccuming because of that. I'm glad to have an actually quiet vacuum now (a Henry). They're rare, but they do exist.
I mostly work in social services, but during times of intentional or unintentional unemployment, I run a handyman service and fix a range of smaller consumer gadgets and household appliances. Not an exaggeration to say that over the last 6 months 50% of my income was derived from buy/sell/repair of vacuums. I am not lying when I say I have a small vacuum shrine, somewhat as a gag but also in respect for the fact that vacuums kept me fed.
There's a few aspects to vacuums that play into your concerns.
The heating issue arises from the use of standard AC brushed motors in the cheaper builds, vs DC brushless motors in the higher-end. Basically AC motors are mini-heaters that spin a bit, and DC motors spin a lot and generate a tiny bit of heat. There's a cool Tech Ingredients video where the presenter discovers this by tinkering with ceiling fans, learning how much air they move, power consumption, and so forth. Worth a watch even just for curiosity.
The next issue is airflow. There is a complex chain of intake, impeller, dust bin, outflow, filters, etc. Impairments and poor design in any of these areas restricts airflow and makes the motor work harder.
The impeller is the "fan" that moves air and it's attached to the motor. The faster you move air, the more resistance, the more resistance, the more the impeller converts movement into sound. It approaches a threshold where it can't efficiently push the air any harder, and the energy needs to go somewhere so it ripples through the air medium.
And with fluid dynamics, the more resistance the more turbulence, which of course leads to more resistance.You can mentally plot an efficiency curve where moving almost no air would have incredibly high efficiency, but see it drop off sharply you approach the max, where you can dump as much energy as you want into that impeller, but it's maxed out and is now a noise-maker. A thought exercise would be to imagine a 1cm^3 motor that is expected to fill a Zeppelin in 30 minutes - we can intuit exactly why that's insane and could never happen.
The compactification of devices is the next huge area. If the consumer wants incredible suction in a tiny device, it's going to be a grid-melting racket-box. Physics is not to be argued with.
