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Post by Omni on Oct 8, 2013 23:21:15 GMT -5
Omni Yep, like "switch" statements in Java/C#, and break-esque functionality in general in Assembly language because there really aren't many other good ways to implement if/else. >_> I learned that Multi-Variable Calculus is my favorite course that I'm taking right now. (and probably not just because most of the instructor's examples are based on some characters) The 'switch' structure is actually what I was referring to in my spoiler box. XD I just finished a C++ class last week and started on Java. C++ also has 'switch'. EDIT: Apparently thirst can be mistaken for hunger. This might explain a few things. EDIT EDIT: And today I learned how ridiculously easy it can be to escape someone's grip and injure them in most circumstances, even if they're way bigger and stronger than you.
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Post by Omni on Nov 12, 2013 22:56:09 GMT -5
Today I learned that parchement paper is not another name for wax paper, and using the latter when you're supposed to use the former can sometimes set the smoke alarm off (even if it's not really burning much, if at all).
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Post by Coaster on Nov 17, 2013 2:23:07 GMT -5
Well. Unlike just about every other website I can tell, this forum loads and displays really well on Nintendo system browsers. I'm impressed. EDIT: ...other than never ever being able to display signatures, from what I can find. Anyone know if there's a setting or something? And 3DS even kinda halfway runs Flash!... well, like, it runs Fruit Machine really slowly but gives up real quick when trying to load Expellibox. EDIT: Nevermind; it runs HTML5 and JavaScript but not Flash or video, which is a bummer. And it can't even read most NT comics
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Post by Breakingchains on Nov 22, 2013 18:58:49 GMT -5
There's a plant called Giant Hogweed that is "phototoxic". That is to say: get it on your skin, nothing happens... until you enter direct sunlight. At that point, it starts causing a terrible rash, pain and blistering that can leave serious scars. But until you go into the sun it's completely benign.
Kinda fascinating how that works.
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Post by Raichi on Nov 30, 2013 17:37:33 GMT -5
That my nephew is adorable and easy to babysit!
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Post by M is for Morphine on Dec 18, 2013 18:01:59 GMT -5
So we know that we use Latin (or occasionally Greek) to coin new words and scientific concepts. But today I learned what it might look like if we kept it wholly Germanic. It's a humorous bit from a constructed language club. Very funny imo.
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Post by Alyssa on Jan 3, 2014 18:01:54 GMT -5
There's a kind of rodent called an agouti. These guys love to eat seeds from a certain type of tree, burying them to come back later and feast. Only that means the trees' seeds are being eaten before they can grow into new baby trees. So these trees drop their seeds only for a few hours each night. More specifically, they drop their seeds during the ocelots' peak hunting hours. The agouti who bury the seeds can do that and no more because they are hunted and eaten by ocelots before they have time to come back and eat the seeds, giving the seeds a much higher chance to germinate and grow. The ocelots learn to hunt around these trees in order to have a much higher chance to catch an agouti. The agouti can obviously never come back to get their buried treasures, and the seed is safe underground from them and from any bugs that like to eat seeds as well.
Basically these trees are hiring ocelots as assassins to ensure their own survival.
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Post by Yoyti on Jan 10, 2014 18:15:14 GMT -5
Today I learned that Wagner was planning at some point to write an opera entitled Jesus von Nazareth. I think you can guess the subject matter. He wrote drafts of the libretto, but no music. It's not that he died before finishing it, he just stopped working on it after a while. I'm not sure if that's more disappointing than the alternative.
I would so very much want to see this opera. If Wagner could handle Nibelungenlied and Parsifal, I have no doubt that he could have more than done justice to this story. Does anyone know if we can bring him back to life?
And today you learned that there's a Jewish atheist who would love to see an opera by Wagner based on the story of Jesus.
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Post by Omni on Feb 10, 2014 0:05:32 GMT -5
Accidentally eating something with mold (besides stuff like blue cheese, of course) is unlikely to hurt you. Along with the fact that you're always getting exposure to mold and have some immunity, it tends not to survive stomach acid. If it does make you sick, it will likely be within a few hours, probably within 24 hours, possibly after a week. Often, reactions are due to allergies. (That or psychosomatic.) If you do get sick, light exercise can help, and apparently garlic is a good antifungal. (Several people mentioned activated charcoal, though one mentioned it might cause some problems and not always be worth it.)
There are multiple types of black-colored mold. The type that's considered dangerous (stachybotrys) isn't even always black. It also might not actually be as dangerous as thought, at least when ingested by accident. It's hard to say, though, because there's little data on ingesting black mold, and the data available conflicts itself.
(And of course, not all mold makes penicillin. Don't try to make medicine out of your moldy foods.)
Still, don't eat moldy stuff on purpose, and clean up mold patches on walls and such. One doctor was saying the quantity of mold is more concerning than the type of mold.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2014 0:10:15 GMT -5
TODAY I LEARNED THERE'S AN ACE ATTORNEY APP *ilikemybadgeplz* It's going to cost $17 and I already have a huge list of stuff I want to buy but this is probably going to take priority, because aaaaaaaaaaaa
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Post by Komori on Feb 12, 2014 0:07:56 GMT -5
TODAY I LEARNED THERE'S AN ACE ATTORNEY APP *ilikemybadgeplz* It's going to cost $17 and I already have a huge list of stuff I want to buy but this is probably going to take priority, because aaaaaaaaaaaa You mean the one that's just a repost of the first 3 games?
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Post by Omni on Feb 12, 2014 22:43:17 GMT -5
When using an umbrella, it helps to have the wind blowing at the top. This helps keep it from blowing inside-out, and most raindrops are likely to be blowing that direction, anyway.
If it does go inside-out, sometimes pointing it so the wind blows at the top can pop it back into place.
Also, garlic (as an herb) is good for lots of things. @.@
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Post by Omni on Mar 16, 2014 16:54:12 GMT -5
Stress has a negative impact on memory.
Also, there's a unit of measurement called 'pony.' There are about 128 ponies in a gallon.
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Post by Tiger on Sept 8, 2014 13:48:57 GMT -5
*blows the dust of this dead but awesome thread*
The white spot on the back of a tiger's ear is called an ocelli...which is weird because otherwise the term refers to "simple" eyes (basically eyes with a single lens, like those of humans (or tigers!)).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 13:31:16 GMT -5
*blows the dust of this dead but awesome thread* The white spot on the back of a tiger's ear is called an ocelli...which is weird because otherwise the term refers to "simple" eyes (basically eyes with a single lens, like those of humans (or tigers!)). Mammal eyes aren't ocelli. Ocelli are simple eyes that can only detect light from dark, and they're mostly found on invertebrates.
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