It’s cute to watch these people realize that Harry Potter was just a rather well-done rehash of British boarding school stories that have been popular for 200+ years — plus magic.
I’d read a few of them that were tucked in the back of the library as a kid so I was aware, but most people haven’t read the absurd number of things that I have.
No work is all that original and any work truly original is likely to be nearly incomprehensible.
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With a USB3 flash drive and SSD it’s faster to reinstall Windows on a new PC than it is to update the OS, drivers, applications, and clear out the bloat.
This isn’t 2005 anymore.
___— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) December 26, 2018
This is true, and I understand the technical reasons why this is the case. However it is ridiculous that I can install Windows 10 in 5-7 minutes and it often takes two hours to fully update it. That is just not acceptable.
“The loudness of pure tones and, to a lesser degree, of complex tones, also depends on the frequency. This is because the ear is inherently less sensitive to low- and high-frequency sounds. The ear is most sensitive to sounds in the frequency range of 1,000 to 5,000 hertz. For example, a 50-hertz pure tone at 78 decibels, a 1,000-hertz pure tone at 60 decibels, and a 10,000-hertz tone at 72 decibels all sound equally loud. (At very high sound levels, 80 decibels and above, the ear’s sensitivity does not vary as much with frequency as it does at lower sound levels.) One reason for this variation in sensitivity is that a considerable amount of low-frequency sound is produced inside our bodies by flowing blood and flexing muscles. The ear is less sensitive to low-frequency sounds, so these internal sounds do not ‘drown out’ the external sounds that we need to hear.”
–Inquiry Into Physics, 8th Edition by Vern J. Ostdiek and Donald J. Bord
How America’s diet has changed over time.
The average American consumed 2,481 calories a day in 2010, about 23% more than in 1970.
Look at all them genetics making everyone fat. Strangely, the calories consumed matches fairly well the average weight gained.
Men are 17.6 percent heavier — which translates into a roughly 30-pound gain. “At 195.5 pounds, put five American guys in a room and you’ve gathered roughly half a ton of manhood,” Ingraham notes. In the same period, women’s weight shot up from 140 pounds to just over 166 pounds — an 18.5 percent increase.
Eating a lot more food with less physical activity (a minor contribution, but still important) shockingly leads to greater weights. Who would’ve guessed?
It’s a bit odd everyone is eager to grab onto the “genetics” explanation for food-related behavior, but when one attempts to explain any other human behavior with genetic ideas that’s just not even a notion capable of being entertained. I think I see a problem here.
More than 70% of economists and fund managers blame tariffs for market sell-off.
More than 70% of economists and fund managers are wrong.
The tariffs have had only a minor effect. The real reason for the sell-off is the rise in interest rates, some earnings misses, QE being wound down to some extent and uncertainty related to the Fed. The prospect of all the free money being much more expensive and the unwinding of QE are the real culprits here. Don’t be misled by punditry. If they knew what the hell was going on they’d be trading, not writing articles and making videos.