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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:19:09 PM EDT
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So, what doesn’t matter?
This is not a religious or spiritual thread. This is more of a technical thread. There are things lots of people worry about that you don’t think matter much. (Like the old school thought that you must change your oil every 3k miles or you can’t swim after eating…..) The hope of this thread is to find people that know what they are talking about that might dispel some things many of us believe….that we probably should not (or at least as much as we do) We have so many subject matter experts here. Perhaps we can learn some stuff…and probably watch a few train wrecks. The TLDR is, perhaps you KNOW something that most people worry about and they shouldn’t. Good luck and may G-d have mercy on us all…! |
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Your fleshlight doesn't need to be stored in a Faraday cage in case of nuclear war.
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Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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What don’t you want?
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical
I am shocked and amazed each day I wake to find electricity and the internet still working. |
Everything matters to someone.
Basestar Hybrid Though clearly as a civilization we passed the point where knowing it all leads to madness quite some time ago. |
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It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.
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It Just Doesn't Matter! - Meatballs (6/9) Movie CLIP (1979) HD |
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Consequential knowledge is what really matters.
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It doesn’t matter! In fact in a few seconds you won’t even BE matter
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Three things I could not care less about:
1) Global warming, 2) Personal pronouns, and 3) White guilt. |
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Almost everything we buy insurance for and try to protect against has a much lower risk than dying in a car crash. Well, except for actual car insurance.
Whenever my wife is worried about the kids doing this or that "dangerous" activity, I tell her driving them to school is more dangerous, because statistically, it is. |
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I read mosquitoes perform no useful function and can be eliminated without fear of repercussions
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Originally Posted By Jambalaya: Almost everything we buy insurance for and try to protect against has a much lower risk than dying in a car crash. Well, except for actual car insurance. Whenever my wife is worried about the kids doing this or that "dangerous" activity, I tell her driving them to school is more dangerous, because statistically, it is. View Quote Statistics aren't a measure of personal risk, tho. You can mitigate risk in all kinds of ways that decrease your chances of mishap far below that statistical average. It why I chuckle and roll my eyes when people cite statistics about owning guns and being shot in the home |
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Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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Quicksand is way down at the bottom of the list of things that matter.
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Nobody actually committed suicide on Black Tuesday, or at least because of it.
Anyone who thinks they know how to tie shoes is incorrect unless they're familiar with the Turquoise Turtle. If that seems like a nonsense term to you, you don't actually know how to tie your shoes; you just think you do. Manhole covers are traditionally round in shape because that's the only shape that cannot possibly fall into its own hole. |
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White glove cleaning firearms doesn’t matter.
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Originally Posted By 19ontheslide: Manhole covers are traditionally round in shape because that's the only shape that cannot possibly fall into its own hole. View Quote Not an expert, but I'd debate this one as questionable. The real reason is that the circle has the closest ratio of lip to cover, so you get the most hole for the lid you use. You could make a triangular manhole that can't fall in by just extending the lip more and more. |
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Handgun caliber doesn't matter. Shot placement does.
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Reserved for something witty.
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The ultimate fate of the universe (heat death).
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"Originally Posted By thezentree:
What NRA just did was legitimize the left's argument that guns are the problem, not people. Great job NRA" |
Re-member, remember, the election in November
TX, USA
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Originally Posted By Swervin: Not an expert, but I'd debate this one as questionable. The real reason is that the circle has the closest ratio of lip to cover, so you get the most hole for the lid you use. You could make a triangular manhole that can't fall in by just extending the lip more and more. View Quote Normally, I would join you in your request to debate the issue you mention, but then I realize..."it just doesn't matter" |
If there was one wish a man could be granted, it's that his dog lived as long as he. osprey21
"Everything is fixed, and you can't change it" Jesus Christ - Superstar |
Military small arms are mostly for mental comfort and building Espirit De Corps. Belt feds and larger along with explosive weapons like artillery and mortars do astronomically more of the actual killing. At the end of the day in a standard conflict a rifle is a rifle.
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Tyler was right: the things you own end up owning you.
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From the Master teacher…
Click To View Spoiler Matthew 6:25-34
King James Version 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. |
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GFIs
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Originally Posted By Swervin: Not an expert, but I'd debate this one as questionable. The real reason is that the circle has the closest ratio of lip to cover, so you get the most hole for the lid you use. You could make a triangular manhole that can't fall in by just extending the lip more and more. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Swervin: Originally Posted By 19ontheslide: Manhole covers are traditionally round in shape because that's the only shape that cannot possibly fall into its own hole. Not an expert, but I'd debate this one as questionable. The real reason is that the circle has the closest ratio of lip to cover, so you get the most hole for the lid you use. You could make a triangular manhole that can't fall in by just extending the lip more and more. More hole for your lip. Nice. |
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Sunk and fixed costs.
They just don’t matter. I’ve seen very senior executives get this wrong once in a while. For people with less experience they can do the calculations they can hear the reasoning and still don’t believe it. When random sampling you don’t need to force the same distribution as the previous sample. If you try to you will bias your results. If you have to it is a flaw in your sampling method. My experience is 90% of people get it. The 10% can’t understand it and sometimes have degrees in statistics. CLT baby |
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People over value averages. I won’t say they don’t matter but people overestimate how much they matter.
For instance would you rather make an average profit of $100 on 1 or $10 on 1000000000? If the average profit of your last few widgets is 0 you may be the best or worst manager in the world. Even maximizing ROI or ROI thresholds can be wrong. If I have fixed $$ ROI is fine. However, once we throw borrowing in, ROI for individual decisions starts breaking down. |
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2: Statistics aren't a measure of personal risk, tho. You can mitigate risk in all kinds of ways that decrease your chances of mishap far below that statistical average. It why I chuckle and roll my eyes when people cite statistics about owning guns and being shot in the home View Quote I told him; Your life is a percentage, my life is binary. The risk of fire in a modern home is minuscule but I have three fire extinguishers. And I did use one once. |
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Member Ranstad's Militia
You ever notice that no one says "don't judge me" when they've done something positive? - gearjammer351 Do it. GD needs entertainment. Your misery will amuse us. - Cypselus |
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Nothing Else Matters.
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Then there came from hunting, the weather-eyed shooter.
ARFCOM Callsign: Varmint |
Then there came from hunting, the weather-eyed shooter.
ARFCOM Callsign: Varmint |
On a synchronous motor or generator, the polarity of the two leads feeding the wound rotor coils does not matter. That is, the DC current could go either way and it will still work just fine.
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If I were a hedonist, I'd be a hermit.
You need a good airgun if you don't have one already. |
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