Octavio
@Octavio@lemmy.world
- Comment on 3 days ago:
OK, honestly I’m not going to celebrate a murder. But nothing can stop me from appreciating the heck out of the irony.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 4 days ago:
Oh, what’s interesting about a nautical mile is that it wasn’t originally even based on a number of feet or meters or whatever. It represented one minute of latitude (60 minutes in a degree type of minutes). Since the earth is an oblate spheroid instead of a perfect sphere, that meant that traditional nautical miles varied based on your position until they were standardized it in 1929.
I think it’s about 1.85 kilometers, but I wouldn’t have occasion to do the conversion because I’m a landlubber.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 4 days ago:
Yeah, absolutely, I’m not arguing in favor of making everyone do the memorization, I just think it’s interesting that it occurs after enough exposure.
I’ve often thought that if we’d have evolved to have 6 digits instead of 5, we might have adopted a base 12 system and made fractional calculations a lot easier.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 4 days ago:
I don’t know glitchdx from Adam, but I say with confidence that they were being sarcastic, and laying it on pretty thick.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 4 days ago:
Most people who deal in imperial units know off the top of their head that 1/3 of a mile is 1760 feet. They don’t have to calculate it. After a while you see that number come up often enough and it’s committed to memory.
I’m not saying that metric isn’t better, it is, and I wish we would hurry up and switch to it. I’m just saying that the numbers involved aren’t a handicap once you have worked with the imperial system for a while. If you have a set of sockets that you work with every day, you know instantly that 3/8” is bigger than 19/64”. Hell, even 5/16” is bigger than 19/64”.
And, you must admit, 333 meters is not one third of a kilometer. It is one third of 999 meters. The number 5280, for all its awkwardness, is beautiful in the sense that it is evenly divisible by 12, Meaning that it can be exactly divided into quarters, thirds, or halves without a fractional part.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 4 days ago:
Management has no incentive to field a competitive team. They are the worst team in baseball, haven’t been any good since 2007, and they are currently 9th in attendance, in a not-so-huge market.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 5 days ago:
So many businesses and shops are named 5280. Breweries, coffee shops, bars, transmission shops, interior design shops, animal hospitals, dry cleaners, bakeries…that number is plastered on signs and advertisements everywhere. 😂
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 5 days ago:
Fair, but I lived in Denver for 26 years. I will never forget the number of feet in a mile. 😂
- Comment on You no longer need JavaScript: an overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, of course you can add front end interactivity with css, but you still need JavaScript to run your server-side.
If I told this to 2005 me he’d think I flipped my lid. 😜
- Comment on AI can find cancer pathologists miss 2 weeks ago:
Yep. My thesis is that a larger share of AI investment and energy should be directed toward more promising areas.
- Comment on AI can find cancer pathologists miss 2 weeks ago:
Good, use it for that. It fucking sucks at art.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 3 weeks ago:
I have a better idea: don’t do that.
- Comment on One Angry Man 5 weeks ago:
The Dirty One.
- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 5 weeks ago:
Haven’t you seen the weekly headlines about his “plummeting” poll numbers?? Just ignore the fact that it always “plummets” to the same 42%.
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 5 weeks ago:
I like Codeberg better anyways.
- Comment on Y'ALL GOT ANY OF THEM HALLOPINERS 1 month ago:
Right, right. Came here to say this. Although of course it’s not the correct word. 🤣
- Comment on The next time you hear someone say they're just vibing in life without a job, just look at this image. 1 month ago:
Or they might have broken their back working long hours for 20 years sacrificing to live below their means and build up a big enough stash to be able to vibe for a while and maybe even find something to do that would be meaningful for them and possibly help others. I don’t presume to know anyone else’s history, struggles, or circumstances, and it seems a bit unkind to make assumptions.
But, probably, yeah. In most cases. I just felt personally attacked because I just left a job I hated, moved to a low cost of living area, massively downsized on housing, and realized I can exist for quite a while without having a job, and can finally try finishing some side projects I never had time for. So, I still work, it’s just that nobody is paying me.
- Comment on I feel like it was on purpose 1 month ago:
I got my MBA a couple months before the dot com bubble burst. Tell me about it.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 months ago:
I live abroad, so I can just ignore the whole stupid thing. 😄
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 2 months ago:
Yah know, I got laid off in 2014 and it still hurts a little.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 2 months ago:
I haven’t had windows for 5 or 6 years when I switched to Mac. But earlier this year I bought a cheap Windows 11 machine because Windows was required for a contract I thought I was going to get (but didn’t). I was going to return it but thought meh it might be nice to have a personal laptop I can play around with. But I was unimpressed with Windows 11 so much that it mostly gathers dust now.
I’m thinking this is the perfect opportunity to take the plunge into Linux. Has anyone on here used Linux and have any advice?
- Comment on UnitedHealthcare lawsuit accuses Guardian of trying to ‘capitalize’ on CEO’s killing 3 months ago:
Capitalizing on the suffering of others is literally United Health’s entire business model.