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Name four things that America isn’t good at. Just try.
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May 7, 2018 03:58
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There's a "no dog in this fight" joke to be made here, but I've had a really long day and am in a bad mood so just pretend I made a good one.
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May 7, 2018 04:01
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oldpainless posted:Name four things that America isn’t good at. Just try. We're not very good at losing world wars.
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May 7, 2018 04:03
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We are also not good at not being the best
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May 7, 2018 04:05
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oldpainless posted:Name four things that America isn’t good at. Just try. 1.) Land wars in Asia 2.) Public transportation 3.) Infant mortality 4.) Curing your mom's super STDs
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May 7, 2018 04:06
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La Brea Carpet posted:1.) Land wars in Asia That's rough because this dumb country just cured Hep C but I guess she might have gonorrhea 8 I don't like to speculate but I heard you get it from lady sex and well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK1VTB-OvDw Put 'em up against the wall
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May 7, 2018 04:13
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oldpainless posted:Name four things that America isn’t good at. Just try. 1.) economic equality 2.) sensible drawing of congressional districts 3.) not murdering innocent brown people (domestically) 4.) not murdering innocent brown people (internationally)
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May 7, 2018 05:02
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1) cricket 2) talking quietly 3) soccer 4) units of measurement
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May 7, 2018 05:25
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5) electing presidents
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May 7, 2018 05:25
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K is superior to both F and C; the best date format convention is YMD à la ISO 8601
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May 7, 2018 05:33
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farenheit is fine because 69 is like the perfect temperature, jeans, sure, shorts, fine too. sandles, go for it, shoes? that works too. it's the perfect temp.
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May 7, 2018 05:58
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Plinkey posted:farenheit is fine because 69 is like the perfect temperature, jeans, sure, shorts, fine too. sandles, go for it, shoes? that works too. "It's a really niiiiice day outside."
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May 7, 2018 06:01
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Drone_Fragger posted:Are you a time traveller from the 1850s, we have a thing called "the decimal point" now my dude. Granularity and precision arguments are a moot point in the face of such a terrifying point. In a frictionless vacuum, sure, but units do matter in the real world. Acre-feet is a weird as gently caress unit of volume, except it's actually useful for things. You've got 30 acres that need 6 inches of water per growing season? 15 acre-feet. Yeah, you can express that as 1.85e+7 liters, but that means more math, more steps, and more chances for error. Fahrenheit conveys more information more concisely. "How's the weather today?" "In the 70s." vs. "Hmm it's gonna vary from 21.11-26.11 C."
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May 7, 2018 06:13
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Month first is actually best because it narrows things down to the smallest possible chunk of consecutive days. Day first? Congratulations, you have 12 possible days spread over an entire year! (Bee boop I am a database search)
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May 7, 2018 06:17
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Dates go year-month-day so that when they prefix a file they sort nicely by date. Also because that's sufficiently unambiguous when I'm sending emails to an international audience.
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May 7, 2018 06:18
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Fly Molo posted:In a frictionless vacuum, sure, but units do matter in the real world. Acre-feet is a weird as gently caress unit of volume, except it's actually useful for things. You've got 30 acres that need 6 inches of water per growing season? 15 acre-feet. Yeah, you can express that as 1.85e+7 liters, but that means more math, more steps, and more chances for error. Low 20s.
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May 7, 2018 06:19
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the correct date format is YYYYMMDD so that it sorts by name properly you primitive screwheads
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May 7, 2018 06:21
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AMISH FRIED PIES posted:Month first is actually best because it narrows things down to the smallest possible chunk of consecutive days. Day first? Congratulations, you have 12 possible days spread over an entire year! (Bee boop I am a database search) get better indexes
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May 7, 2018 06:24
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Imagine if data sizes were measured in a system like the imperial system instead of a system like the metric system. Everything would be measured in floppies, CDs, and DVDs. "But it's better for everyday use."
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May 7, 2018 06:41
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AtomD posted:Imagine if data sizes were measured in a system like the imperial system instead of a system like the metric system. Everything would be measured in floppies, CDs, and DVDs. "But it's better for everyday use." You do realize that MB can be defined as 2^20 Bytes or as 1 Million Bytes and that those are different numbers? I'm sorry sales people have ruined your perfect aspie unit of measurement. All units of measurement are arbitrary and defined by humans to communicate measurements to other humans.
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May 7, 2018 06:53
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number of bits are pretty hard and fast
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May 7, 2018 07:00
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Everyone in the world used inconsistent bullshit like the king's hands or a frog's leg until French revolutionary autists came along, and it worked just fine. The American system is a quaint throwback to that, nothing wrong with that. I mean, everyone should still make fun of them, but it doesn't seem to handicap them too much.
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May 7, 2018 07:04
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holy poo poo no one cares 
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May 7, 2018 07:07
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Fly Molo posted:In a frictionless vacuum, sure, but units do matter in the real world. Acre-feet is a weird as gently caress unit of volume, except it's actually useful for things. You've got 30 acres that need 6 inches of water per growing season? 15 acre-feet. Yeah, you can express that as 1.85e+7 liters, but that means more math, more steps, and more chances for error. You do this in science too. Crossectional areas can be described in barns, for example. Often done by absorbing constants into measurements. Picking good units to fit a given problem makes it easier to discuss and understand.
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May 7, 2018 07:09
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I love that there are Americans in this thread who apparently think the rest of the world has no idea what a given temperature in Celsius means just because they don't. I also laugh heartily at the Americans who think that temperatures below 0 F are rare and not just most of winter, like they frequently are here.
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May 7, 2018 07:16
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RoboRodent posted:I also laugh heartily at the Americans who think that temperatures above 100 F are rare and not just most of summer, like they frequently are here. Fixed for Australia.
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May 7, 2018 07:21
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pyf unit of measurtement the milihelen
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May 7, 2018 07:29
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I don't see why I would take advice on units of measurement from savages who still practices circumcision
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May 7, 2018 07:38
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I personally use YMD in most cases if I can help it because it sorts better but I can understand the draw of MDY. In normal speech, people typically say "May seventh," not "The seventh of May," so MDY follows normal casual speech patterns better.
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May 7, 2018 07:52
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I'll take "circular logic" for 500, Alex.
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May 7, 2018 07:54
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punchymcpunch posted:pyf unit of measurtement Smoot or gtfo
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May 7, 2018 07:56
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oldpainless posted:Name four things that America isn’t good at. Just try. 1) knowing the earth isn't 6000 years old 2) knowing the earth revolves around the sun 3) not marrying your cousin or sister 4) not mutilating baby genitals
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May 7, 2018 08:00
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Dillbag posted:the correct date format is YYTTMMDD 
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May 7, 2018 08:09
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chitoryu12 posted:60s: Wear a sweater or light jacket. everybody laugh at this weak rear end baby, probably from florida
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May 7, 2018 08:26
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I think the people saying the increased granularity of Fahrenheit is useful are greatly overstating their case. I don't think I'd ever bother to change my heater by an increment of fewer than 2 degrees Celcius. Small factors in the environment, like a door being opened or a change in the weather outside, are going to cause greater variances than one degree Fahrenheit. 
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May 7, 2018 08:34
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Pakled posted:I personally use YMD in most cases if I can help it because it sorts better but I can understand the draw of MDY. In normal speech, people typically say "May seventh," not "The seventh of May," so MDY follows normal casual speech patterns better. e: A system can obviously display the date however the user wants, but I see way too many systems that use MDY or even DMY internally which makes me want to murder the programmer. punchymcpunch posted:pyf unit of measurtement Collateral Damage has a new favorite as of 08:57 on May 7, 2018 |
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May 7, 2018 08:55
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Guy Goodbody posted:All y'all thinking Celsius is better because you're European and you grew up using it, or because you know that Metric is better than Imperial so you assume the same must be true for the temperature scales. But it's not! Expand your mind! set aside your preconceptions and you will inevitably agree with me as you always should. All y'all thinking Fahrenheit is better because you're from America and you grew up using it, or because you assume that bigger numbers are better. But it's not! Expand your mind! set aside your preconceptions and you will inevitably agree with me as you always should.
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May 7, 2018 09:11
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punchymcpunch posted:pyf unit of measurtement Snowglobe of Doom posted:A mega-Hitler is a unit of measure, specifically: 6 trillion people murdered.
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May 7, 2018 09:12
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punchymcpunch posted:pyf unit of measurtement megafonzies per cubic beard-second
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May 7, 2018 09:14
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One 9/11 of people.
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