[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

'Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's a guy,

— Once-ler, 2012

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yes, it's intentional. It represents the difficulty in keeping one's balance. For reference, check squat toilets:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Nah, they'd still be extinct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon#Hunting

After being opened up to the railroads, the town of Plattsburgh, New York, is estimated to have shipped 1.8 million pigeons to larger cities in 1851 alone at a price of 31 to 56 cents a dozen. By the late 19th century, the trade of passenger pigeons had become commercialized

Even if adjusted for inflation, 31 cents a dozen doesn't sound like a lot, but then market saturation happened and your prediction came to pass:

The price of a barrel full of pigeons dropped to below fifty cents, due to overstocked markets. Passenger pigeons were instead kept alive so their meat would be fresh when the birds were killed, and sold once their market value had increased again. Thousands of birds were kept in large pens, though the bad conditions led many to die from lack of food and water, and by fretting (gnawing) themselves; many rotted away before they could be sold.

Those who don't learn from the past are something something

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Some of us aren't exactly desirable and I refuse to marry someone for purely financial reasons, I want to, you know, actually love the person I marry...

Sadly, some are:

https://www.stylist.co.uk/relationships/when-one-person-owns-a-home-and-the-other-rents-in-a-new-relationship/455971

So it came as no surprise when a new study by CIA Landlord recently revealed that Tinder users who specify that they own a property in their profile receive 57% more matches than those who don’t.

🎶She likes me for me🎶

🎶Not because I own property🎶

🎶Or because I'm such a hottie🎶

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

How much power does the brain consume? In bagels. How many bagels does ChatGPT consume?

The great thing about math is that it's interchangeable.

https://rpsc.energy.gov/energy-data-facts#collapse-accordion-25-3

The average U.S. household used about 77 million British thermal units (Btu) in 2015

https://www.inchcalculator.com/convert/british-thermal-unit-to-kilocalorie/

The energy in kilocalories is equal to the energy in british thermal units multiplied by 0.252164.

33,000 households x 77,000,000 Btu/household x 0.252164 kcal/Btu = 640,748,724,000 kcal

https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-bagels

One plain medium-sized bagel –  about 100 grams – has about 264 calories

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/kcal-vs-calories

Instead, the terms calories — capitalized or not — and kcal are used interchangeably and refer to the same amount of energy

640,748,724,000 kcal / 264 kcal/bagel = 2,427,078,500 bagels

Your homework is finding out how much energy the brain consumes in bagels

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Just showing appreciation for "Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe."

That's Three Stooges-level of classic comedy, bravo!

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

The way parents can stop this is by asking the school whether they had a license from Disney to show the movie.

The permission slips are just proof they showed the movie to a large group of people (most likely without a license, because what school has a budget for that?)

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Take their money in exchange for what many consider "food," typically.

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh, y'all still have wait staff?

We have "digital kitchens" now: https://stories.whataburger.com/whataburger-debuts-new-digital-kitchen-all-the-flavor-with-more-convenience/

Same wait without the staff, tables . . . or blackjack

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Saw a recent video from America's Test Kitchen where they recommend temping baked potatoes and docking the skins: https://piped.video/watch?v=iG7wEqs9j4E

In the comments, someone said they had potatoes explode after baking, letting them cool for a bit, then re-baking.

Personally, I don't usually bake enough potatoes to justify turning on the oven, so I microwave them; which is notorious for for getting food everywhere without adequate supervision.

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yep, them New York City rats are tough as nails

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Enhance your calm, John Spartan.

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