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Lokarin posted...

makes sense to me, insurance will cover the car and if insurance felt like their profits were threatened they'd hire their own hatchet men to fix crime.

No way, insurance pays for the car at today's value, not replacement value. Car thieves are horrible people.
Better solution is to hide the body. Maybe one day Canadians will be allowed to defend themselves.

slacker03150 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/471387ec.jpg
I wonder how much assassins make per job.

Not much, first rule of assassination, kill the assassin

Lokarin posted...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/air-canada-must-honor-refund-policy-invented-by-airlines-chatbot/?comments=1&comments-page=1

If it's alive then it's a representative of the company and therefore the company is still liable.

potdnewb posted...

you should go read about wolverine
what tech does he possess that would require him to be the smartest person ever

A cell phone.

Go hand a 90 year old person a cell phone.

potdnewb posted...

it is estimated he was born something in the early 1880s

This doesn't work then unless he's the smartest human to ever live.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Wolverine is Canadian

Therefore can be at most 150 years old.
And considering he's actual a functional adult with semi modern tech. He's probably under 70.

captpackrat posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/7/2/AAQwHjAAEfcc.jpg

Deadpool got his powers as an adult and unless it heals prior injuries?
Wolverine would have got his power as a teenager? So unless he was to get the procedure as a teenager, it doesn't grow back previous injuries?

adjl posted...

Quite easily. That's like a half-hour walk (at least on Earth; it'd be much slower on the moon).

I think the most likely explanation is that they've got other science to do before driving over to check out the weird thing, and they're just trying to keep public interest in the mission by sharing weird teasers like that.

I mean by how blurry that photo is.

adjl posted...

Ah yes, the stage that they built on the moon to fabricate a trip to the moon.

Also, how slow is that rover that it's going to take 2-3 months to move closer to the object and take a better picture? I don't know off-hand what the curvature of the moon is, but I can't imagine that the horizon is more than 100 km away, and taking 2-3 months to travel that far would be like 0.07 km/h, or about 60% faster than a garden snail.

It's 2.4km. You could walk to it.
So either that thing is crazy tall and really far away, or the Chinese rover camera is worse than an early flip phone camera.

OhhhJa posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/3/8/AAdPqnAAEeBS.jpg

Damn that hit hard. But should be windows 95

Red shifted for speed, I get it

acid_snake141 posted...

In the interest of religious freedom, I also want them to display the Pillars of Islam, the star of David, maybe a statue of Baphomet.

Let's go through the top 5000 religions and put them all up.

Grendel_Prime posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/9/AAA-LjAAEZ75.jpg

Nice one

Bahahahaha.

I remember when that crap was in my schools too. Back then I never knew why it disappeared or why people needed notes every day to not go. I used to just skip it by hiding under the stairs for a minute then hang out.

It's a people problem.
Get rid of the people and the problem is solved.

Possibly legit argument could be made that it's a media problem. This shits been happening for 6000 years but only recently have we all had access to be informed of every single murder.

I feel like MP is something lessor wizards have to deal with.

Metalsonic66 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/5/5/AAFUswAAEYe3.jpg

Because brown is not a color computers can display so the image fucks with our eyes

The why are you leaving is a dumb question these days.
The answer is always that you're looking for new experiences and opportunities.

What the interview is trying to get you to do is to bad mouth your previous employer. Don't fall for this trap. They'll try a few times.

Like every other applicant you inexplicably had a perfect experience at your previous job and have absolutely no reason to want to leave except that you want another job.

adjl posted...

And if memory serves, the primary issue with the Hindenburg was actually that the whole thing was coated in powdered aluminum, which is a pretty potent oxidizer (see: thermite) and made the fire that much worse.

Yes. Hindenburg like all the other airships actually had hydrogen at the top and oxygen at the bottom and a bunch of passengers walking around smoking inside it.
People are purposely misled and misinformed by big oil to fear hydrogen despite it being safer.
Almost the same reason people are purposely misled and misinformed to fear nuclear power despite it being safer. We have nuclear power plants in Ukraine right now under attack from missiles and there hasn't been any radiation leaks.

I also asked how realistically fast he could actually go.
It said that the result is a negative number, therefore no speed is possible without external help like a down hill slope, or a jet engine.

Jet engine says a lot to me lol.

So then I asked it to compare to a car. The result was that Fred was still 15 times more efficient using muscle power. A result that surprised me. And fits the argument that pedal power is better. Except it's impossible.

adjl posted...

That's largely impossible to calculate theoretically, unfortunately. Fuel economy calculations are empirical measurements, averaged out over a variety of driving conditions to get something vaguely representative (if usually on the optimistic side) of normal driving. Between air resistance (which can vary wildly depending on the car's shape, wind conditions, and weight), hills, stopping and starting, rolling resistance of the wheels, the condition of the road, and probably other factors I'm not thinking of off-hand, there are just too many variables for a calculated answer to be particularly useful (at least, an answer calculated by any person or system currently available, since I'm sure there will come a day when an AI can examine the bulk empirical data and come up with an algorithm).

For fun I asked Bing

Thats a very interesting question. According to the web, Fred Flintstones car is a Canopysaurus1 and it was made of fiberglass log bodywork2. One source estimates that the car would weigh close to 5,000 pounds3, while another source says that it was built with electric golf cart parts2. Assuming that Freds family, neighbors, and pet dinosaur add another 1,000 pounds to the cars weight, the total mass would be about 6,000 pounds or 2,722 kilograms.
To drive this car at 55 mph or 24.6 m/s for 1 mile or 1.6 km, Fred would need to overcome the rolling resistance and the air resistance of the car. Rolling resistance is the force that opposes the motion of a wheel on a surface, and it depends on the weight of the car and the type of tires and road. Air resistance is the force that opposes the motion of an object through air, and it depends on the shape, size, and speed of the object.
To simplify the calculation, lets assume that Freds car has no wind and a flat road. Lets also assume that his car has circular wheels made of stone, and that his car has a rectangular shape with a frontal area of about 2 square meters. Using some typical values for the coefficients of rolling resistance and drag, we can estimate that Fred would need to exert a force of about 1,200 newtons to keep his car moving at a constant speed of 55 mph.
To exert this force with his legs, Fred would need to apply a torque or a rotational force on his wheels. Torque is the product of force and lever arm, which is the distance from the axis of rotation to the point where the force is applied. Assuming that Freds legs are about 0.8 meters long and that he can apply a force of about 500 newtons with each leg, he would need to apply a torque of about 400 newton-meters on each wheel.
Now, to find out how many calories Fred would need to burn to produce this torque, we need to know how fast he is pedaling and how efficient his muscles are. Pedaling speed is related to angular velocity, which is the rate of change of angle in radians per second. To maintain a linear speed of 24.6 m/s with wheels that have a radius of 0.5 meters, Fred would need to pedal at an angular velocity of about 49 radians per second or 467 revolutions per minute. Thats very fast!
Muscle efficiency is the ratio of mechanical work output to metabolic energy input. It varies depending on the type and intensity of exercise, but a typical value for cycling is about 25%. This means that for every joule of mechanical work done by Freds legs, he would need to consume about four joules of metabolic energy from food.
Putting it all together, we can estimate that Fred would need to burn about 3,800 calories to drive his car for one mile at 55 mph with his family, neighbors, and pet dinosaur on board. Thats equivalent to about 16 cheeseburgers! Thats a lot of work for a short trip!
Of course, this is just an approximation based on some assumptions and simplifications. The actual number could be higher or lower depending on many factors. But I hope this gives you some idea of how physics can help us answer such questions.

adjl posted...

By comparison, gasoline holds about 31,000 calories per gallon, which at 50 mpg works out to 620 calories per mile.

But if we add more data...
50mpg at 55mph
1500 pounds + 70 + 70 + 200 + wtf a dinosaur weights let's just round up and say 2500 pounds. We have no idea how much Fred and Barney must weight to move 2500 pounds with just their feet.
So how much energy does Fred need to move 2500 pounds of car and people at 55mph?

Someone send this to xkcd

koopabrosblack posted...

Dangerous? I can't imagine they're any worse than a motorcycle. Dress for the slide, not the ride.

The way they explode...

koopabrosblack posted...

I drive the opposite, a sports car with a 450 HP V8. Vroom vroom

Ehhh, I wouldn't feel safe driving around with a high pressure tank of hydrogen in my car, knowing the average driver.

It's less explosive then gasoline. It has significantly less energy potential than gasoline. But you're fine driving around in a car full of gasoline.
To the disappointment of Michael Bay, do you know what happens when you shoot a tank full of hydrogen, nothing. Hydrogen harmlessly escapes.
Now let's talk about how hard it is to put out the fire from a lithium battery in your car.

MightBeOverSoon posted...

Kinda sad that a few people are still desperately trying to slam on the breaks as if there is any stopping what is coming. May as well just gun it into oblivion at this point tbh.

We can fix global warming.
Send rockets to the next near miss asteroid. Fix it to hit the earth. Maybe some place no one cares about, like Russia. And the resulting ice age will reset the Earth.

Pedal powered would be the least sustainable version.

Do you know what the most inefficient source of power is?
You.
Do you realize how much you would have to eat (ok fine we already eat to much, but it would increase) just to be strong enough to pedal your family around like that?

DarkMinun posted...

My fear is that the mix of technology improvements and charging infrastructure in rural and northern Canada won't be adequate for everyone to be served by EVs by 2035.

They all lose 40-60% of their range in extreme cold, which is multiple months/year here, and we still have communities served by temporary ice roads with no intention of ever building roads to them. I can't carry extra charge in a jerry can when a battery car won't go far enough.

In this situation, the choices would be to make exceptions to the ban, lift it entirely, or leave people without their only modern form of transportation.

Hydrogen is the answer. But unfortunately literally everyone and everything is stupid when dealing with hydrogen. Despite it already being proven to work perfect at -70c weather.

Sodium batteries are well on their way.

Electric car costs 4 times too much. So i can't afford it.

I would be willing to stretch for a proper full size car with electric. But no one makes full size cars anymore. Just SUVs. Even compacts are going away. Every time i get in one of those SUVs, i can't believe how tight and poorly laid out they feel. With terrible trunk space and very few seats, and usually terrible safety and terrible anti roll. I don't get why everyone fell for these scams.

The solution is obvious. The kids need guns too.

I mean sure, they should require remote activation by the teacher, but they could defend themselves then.
And really, elementary schools should teach gun safety and use. My dad taught me at 5 years old. Proceeded to shoot myself with a bb gun.

I know what you mean. In the bathroom every 30 minutes to let it rip.

Until they die.
Cars don't last long here because of winter.

Worse in most genres.
Partially because of a lack of patience coupled with a lack of time

I'm not entirely certain why more effort isn't put into nuclear power.

It's relatively safe, we know this. And that's with the painfully primitive design is basically sticking hot things in water and collecting steam.
Imagine if we just used the same tech as a nuclear battery. Create the electricity directly. I don't know why we don't but it seems like an obvious missed opportunity.
For some strange reason humans always choose the most environmentally destructive path for everything. Even when it's actually cheaper to be sustainable.
Just think of anything in your life. So you reuse your water bottles? Did you even know you can fill them back up? Canada just banned biodegradable plastic for no apparent reason other than apparently to hurt the environment and put businesses out of business.
We are truly too stupid of a people to live and deserve the apocalypse.

I found Maverick the better movie.
Both were frustrating rehashes of the original.
So what tips it for me was Maverick was shorter and more exciting. Avatar was 2 hours too long for the content they had and loaded with plot holes. Or maybe they thought we wouldn't notice when the entire army vanished? And just what was Sully doing the whole time instead of learning to survive in the water?

Not that many. Usually I do 8 to 10 hours then stay in a hotel. That's enough time sitting and eating and focusing on the road.
And if professional drivers are restricted to 10 hours. 8 hours seems good for an amateur like me.

I have however snowmobiled longer. 12+hour day trips are normal. Including one ride that started at 6am and ended at 10pm in another province.

adjl posted...

Cinematic stuff like that tends not to be as satisfying as something that actually lines up with what you're doing, though. It's cool to watch, but you're basically just pushing play on a short movie when you trigger attacks like that, which doesn't give as much sense of actually being involved in the battle. It can also get really repetitive when they're animations that happen frequently, hence animations usually get turned off or skipped for games like Disgaea where you're using these 30-second animations literally thousands of times.

That's how I feel playing those Batman games.
And those Asscreed games.
Actually pretty much all of them, the input doesn't match the output. Press button awesome happens is boring lol

Sufferedphoneix posted...

It's more visually pleasing cause it looks more like a real fight and not people taking turns to whack each other over the head.

The Last Remnant solved that aspect pretty well. 100 other mistakes though

Sufferedphoneix posted...

Idk what you mean. Action combat is way more visually pleasing than turm based. Unless the combat just sucks

visual pleasing?

I mean trailers.
And turn based games make great trailers, since they contain long ridiculous animations that can be clipped into trailers that hide all the turn based bits.
I recall Xcom 2 did exactly that with their trailer, watching the first one you wouldn't know it was turn based.

But moving past trailers. Turn based nearly always produces flashier effects because again time stops during these effects. In FF7 they blow holes in the planet, blow up a star. In LoD your thrown into space and dropped on the planet. Going more recent (and funny) Neptune teams up and literally blows up the planet, then says "don't worry, this is just an animation".

No, turn based is significantly flashier than action. Action combat like elden ring is slow and boring and dark and dull in comparison.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

I think it's because most people want a visual spectale that turn based usually doesn't provide. At this point pokemon is only popular cause it's pokemon

No definitely not.
All the most popular games are not visual spectacles. The only games that are are the ones pushed by AAA developers and by their marketing departments so they make good trailers.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

I think that few of them become big super popular games anymore.

Like octopath was the first time in a long time I remember seeing a turn based game so hyped and talked about outside pokemon

I think that's just because they don't have 200 million dollar marketing budgets.

I didn't know it was in trouble. There seems to be a new turn based game released every week. Of varying quality.
I'm currently playing this
https://store.steampowered.com/app/269190/Edge_Of_Eternity/

I'm amazed they've become so terrible at making shows at the Bbc that it takes several years just to produce a few bad episodes.
And you'd think after a few years the rookie mistakes like out of focus camera, over zoomed cameras, exaggerated facial expressions, mumbling would be fixed. But nope, the show looks like a 13 year old given a 20 million to make a TV show. Now let's zoom into Jodie's nose hairs while she talks to Yaz and keeps leaving them frame because she's moving so much.
Oh and continuity, that's an ice cream flavor right?

It's going to be sad but it'll be the final death of Netflix.
Their model of paying huge amount of money to make 1 season of a show every 4 years it's not working.

I worked at Walmart 1 day.
Quit immediately at the end of the day.

Focused harder in becoming a computer programmer instead

Seems brave blocks it by default too. Very occasionally you see it start its animation then disappear.

Kombucha posted...

Yeah.. about that.

Ublock -- > Gear Icon

My Filters

Then:
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Thank you, fixed it for me

adjl posted...

White chocolate and cream cheese are an excellent pairing. I made red velvet cupcakes once with white chocolate cream cheese frosting, and they were great. The white chocolate cheesecake recipe I tried turned out a little too sweet for my liking, but with a few tweaks it would also have been amazing.

Cover with raspberry compote to add the counter flavor. It's divine.

As a fat guy I've eaten a lot of chocolate.

American chocolate is dog shit.
European chocolate is pretty good.
Canadian chocolate is nearly as good as European but priced like American.

I personally prefer white chocolate inside baked things, like cheesecake. But milk chocolate in it's own. Dark chocolate I've abandoned entirely because dates taste remarkably close to dark chocolate.

And no, brand chocolate is not the same in every country.

Gamefaqs at the same level as screen junkies. Damn how gamefaqs has fallen. Competing with a youtube channel that makes one video a week since Andy was cancelled.