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Kolanaki, (edited ) in Physicists of Lemmy, what is up?
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The same direction it usually is relative to your perspective, assuming you’re aligned to the galactic plane.

perviouslyiner, (edited ) in What are the facts you remember for no specific reason

Stanislav Petrov’s name, for some weird reason. Lots of people can tell the story but just refer to him as ‘a radar operator’.

mnemonicmonkeys,

The only guy to shoot down an F-117? Lazerpig just mentioned him in a video a week ago

perviouslyiner, (edited )

You are thinking of Zoltán Dani? That is another good story. Petrov was famous for not being aggressive.

mnemonicmonkeys,

Yes, thanks for the clarification!

frefi, in What really popular movie or TV show have you never seen?
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TV: Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, NCIS, CSI, American Idol, The Voice, Survivor

Movies: the Avengers movies, Top Gun (old or new), Deadpool movies

These are just the ones I can remember people surprised about

skeptomatic, in What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?

Found at 7-11, combo ketchup/mustard blister pack that when you simply bend and squeeze together, ketchup and mustard come out evenly for your corn-dog and no mess for your fingers.

gazter,

Those little squeeze packets are an Aussie invention, I believe!

coaxil,

We take our tomato sauce seriously here!

tocopherol,
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You have tomato sauce packets? It’s funny to think of ketchup as tomato sauce, in the US if you called it that everyone would be confused even though it is really the most accurate thing you could call it

coaxil,

We do no indeed! What do you guys call tomato sauce?

tocopherol,
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We would call the sauce for burgers, fries etc ketchup, ‘tomato sauce’ in the US would be the sort for pasta, like marinara. If you asked for tomato sauce for a burger people would be very confused lol.

coaxil,

Ah right right, haha that’s cool!

SkippingRelax, (edited )

Is it though? There are other things people refer to as tomato sauce and that could be confusing. As an Italian living in Australia i cringe every time someone refers to ketchup as tomato sauce. Tomato sauce should be a beautiful thing that goes in pasta, lasagne and all gorgeous food stuff. Ideally home made.

The vinegary shit that drunk people here put on their meat pie (that BTW would taste beautifully as they comes out of the oven, no need to put any nasty shit on it) - it’s called ketchup and you just ruined that beautiful pie.

optissima,

Ketchup is gazpacho

nickiam2,

I’ve never seen one with 2 different sauces tho. Such a good idea

Technoguyfication,

And the 7/11 corn dog is better than any I’ve eaten in the US.

finalarbiter, in What are the facts you remember for no specific reason

Orcas are a natural predator of the moose

Followupquestion,

Orcas are a natural predator of everything that his the ocean. Fun fact, orcas have been known to toy with seals by catapulting them with their tails. I believe I remember seeing at least one baby seal got seventy feet in the air before returning to the sea (and its inevitable death).

Interstellar_1,
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I hate to break it to ya, but moose aren’t in the ocean.

Rakonat,

All cases known to have happened are in Alaska, where moose were swimming across straits and between islands. Orcas are opportunistic hunters and nearly anything swimming in water deep enough for them to swim in has a chance of being eaten. Most of them keep their distance from humans but if you were swimming in their territory away from civilization and boat traffic you might be stalked and hunted.

Interstellar_1, (edited )
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oh that’s interesting! Thanks I didn’t know that!

douglasg14b, in What are the facts you remember for no specific reason
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If I was able to remember them on cue I would probably be a lot more interesting of a person.

The topic has to seed first and then all of the information I know about it rushes in.

HootinNHollerin, in What is this wire for?
paddirn, in What really popular movie or TV show have you never seen?

Latest one is Dune. I’ve read the book (rereading it now actually) and seen all the other versions, but for some reason I’m holding off on this movie, I guess until at least the next one comes out.

intensely_human, in What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?

It’s just a small thing. The escalators don’t run continuously. They start running as you approach them.

h3rm17,

We have those in Europe as well, not Hyper commin, but still

ammonium,

We have escalators that don’t stop in Europe? I didn’t even know those existed.

c10l,

We even have those in Brazil. Not everywhere, I reckon most are older than those but I’ve seen them in some malls and airports at least.

HandwovenConsensus,

I’ve seen some in the US that run slowly until you get close. I guess they think that if it was stopped completely, people would assume it’s non-operational.

drawerair,

They can put a sign saying it’ll run when there’s a person. Eventually it’ll be common knowledge. I’m just thinking re efficiency.

Adderbox76, in What really popular movie or TV show have you never seen?

Breaking Bad, Parks and Rec, Harry Potter Movies, Twilight Movies, 50 Shades Movies, Arrested Development, and roughly 90% of everything Tarantino has made with the exception of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction (The guy’s a douche whose entire oeuvre is two-plus hours of patting himself on the back for how film history literate he is)

jelloeater85,
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Breaking Bad was amazing. Arrested Development was funny as heck, great cast. Parks and Rec season 1 was meh, got wayyy better after the first season. Also you should try and watch Kill Bill 1+2, they were really good and over the top as heck. Also Django Unchained and Inglorious Bastards were really great too.

grue, in Where can a Boomer catch up on current computer/software technology?

Do I need a desktop for CAD?

Probably not, unless your models are really complicated or you do heavy duty finite-element analysis or something and thus need a high-end GPU. (If that were you, you’d know it and wouldn’t have needed to ask.)

Pros and cons of operating systems (and where do I find them?)

Linux is the best, but if your use-case is CAD you’re likely stuck on Windows because Autodesk etc. are run by assholes (in other words, because most CAD software only runs in Windows).

Browsers ditto?

Firefox, because it’s the only reasonably-mainstream browser that doesn’t use the same rendering engine as Chrome. You shouldn’t use any Chromium-based browser because allowing Google to have hegemony over web standards is bad for the Internet and society as a whole.

just_ducky_in_NH,

You shouldn’t use any Chromium-based browser because allowing Google to have hegemony over web standards is bad for the Internet and society as a whole.

Preach it, brother!

eatthecake, in What are the facts you remember for no specific reason

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.

covert_czar,
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Aibohphobia is the (unofficial) fear of palindromes

thomasloven, (edited )

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

hakunawazo, (edited )

That is just as cruel as forcing speech impaired people to pronounce the word speech-language pathologist.

Reverendender, in What are the facts you remember for no specific reason

Platypuses hunt underwater using bioelectric sensors in their bills. Also, you cannot beat the final boss in X-Men for Sega Gamegear unless you are using Iceman.

Nollij, in Where can a Boomer catch up on current computer/software technology?

A number of posts have mentioned brands, but it’s very important to consider the line within the brand. Consumer-oriented lines from HP (Pavilion, Essential), Dell (Inspiron, Vostro), and Lenovo (Idea pad, Legion) are absolutely terrible. Plastic everything, difficult/impossible repairs, no upgrades, etc. Every corner that can be cut, has.

Instead, look to the enterprise lines. Lenovo Thinkpad (my preference)/Think centre, Dell Latitude/Precision, HP Elitebook. I usually find the older ones (3-5 years old) that are off-least after enterprises are done with them, do a minor upgrade, and I’m good to go for a long time. Obviously that will depend on your needs, skill set, and desires.

Custodian1623,

HP is terrible at every level. Dell and Lenovo enterprise machines are fine

kurcatovium,

Can you elaborate? I have quite a few people around me using HP (mostly probook) and everyone gives it as recommendation.

Vlyn,

Even Lenovo dropped the ball on their latest Thinkpads. Terrible thermal design, they messed up their BIOS (long boot times, Lenovo support just told my colleague to roll back to an older version, lol. Then the next support call they wouldn’t give support because he wasn’t on the newest version). Overall total bullshit for fully decked out $3000 machines.

Personally I’d never buy a laptop if I can avoid it, desktop parts are just so much better and cost less.

AngryishHumanoid, in What are the facts you remember for no specific reason

2 facts about the CMOS battery on a motherboard: CMOS stands for “complimentary metal oxide semiconductor”. Its a 2032 watch battery.

indepndnt,

Also, the 2032 numbering indicates its physical size: it’s 20mm x 3.2mm. There are for example 2025’s (like in my car remote) that are 20mm x 2.5mm.

And CMOS refers to what the battery was powering on the motherboard (a small amount of CMOS static RAM) rather than anything about the battery itself. I don’t know if motherboards still use any static RAM, the batteries might only be there to power the clock these days, making the name just a historical convention.

chiliedogg, (edited )

It goes beyond button batteries too. Lots of batteries use the same system. For instance, many flashlights run off of 18650 cells.

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