This is also, generally, terrible advice.

If you think everyone else is an idiot, then it’s probably you who’s the idiot.

I think the generally accepted definition of “by product”, especially in terms of production, is the secondary value that can be derived from primary value. A cows value is determined by its meat. They are economically feasible on that alone. Secondary value can be recovered from bone, skin, and organs but that value is still much less than the value of the meat. You couldn’t economically derive sufficient value from a cow with the secondary value alone.

Nice in theory. Reality is they will pass the price onto consumers, then tack on some extra and run a big PR campaign claiming that gas is expensive because of these rules. Consumers lose overall.

Wild goose is the same. It looks like beef, and kinda tastes like beef.

Same. Brushing my teeth puts me over the edge for vomiting. I have accidentally induced vomiting this way more than I care to admit (especially when hungover)

I always wondered how my dogs would react to a threat to our home. About a year ago a guy tried entering my front door at 2am and my dogs went berserk.

We then bought a home camera system and learned that our dogs literally sit guard all night while we sleep.

One of my dogs ALWAYS does this. She’ll just stand in the hallway and growl into a room. Drives me insane.

One of my friends works forestry for the DNR and does wild fire fighting during the season.

His soap box is that we don’t let smaller more frequent fires occur, which causes much more severe fires like we see today. The forests are supposed to burn. It’s part of the process.

I never said that. First paragraph I said that someone who doesn’t know the physics behind soda fizz isn’t illogical (like you said in your post). My second paragraph I shared a personal experience regarding the difference between my knowledge and the knowledge my blue collar family has, and that both knowledge sets are unique and valuable.

This is stupid. Not everyone knows or care about the physics/chemistry related to soda fizz. Not exactly a requirement to be a productive, insightful, and intelligent person. They probably heard this trick from someone, it made sense at their level, and they figured they can preserve their soda at the relative cost of absolutely nothing.

I’m an engineer with a masters degree. My relatives are very blue collar. I don’t expect them to know a lot do things that I do. I don’t know a lot of things they know. No sense in looking down on someone because they have a set a knowledge different than yours, and that you may not value as much.

Because homelessness (at least in the US) is pretty rarely the result of a lack of money. Largely its based around mental illness, addiction, and disenfranchised youth.

I like this kinda information because you can spin it multiple ways. Obviously one way is that his song spread awareness of the suicide hotline (most likely). Another way is to look at it and say “this song increased suicidal thoughts by 27%” (likely wrong). Another way is to assume that US logic fans are both unaware of the suicide hotline AND at a higher risk of suicide (probably also wrong, but less wrong than option 2).

Just a good reminder that data is subjective, and needs to be backed with a solid hypothesis and sufficient auxiliary information.

Also… BUY SNOW TIRES!!

Yes

Kinda. There’s an optimal speed. Theoretically the faster you go the more you tend to go straight, which is what you want. In practice you want to operate as close to the speed that your traction allows.

Also, going overly slow can be dangerous for interacting with other cars.

I don’t disagree. Definitely a skill worth learning. It certainly takes a level of feel to be proficient at it.

However, if you haven’t practiced this you’re better off not attempting it.

I’d like to add to this. If you’re not experienced in icy/snowing driving here is my quick guide to how to do it (source- Lifelong Minnesnowtan)

-Keep your wheels straight as possible. When you need to maneuver do so as gently as possible. No quick moments. Pretend you’re driving a boat.

-Keep your wheels moving. If you’re doing it right you should almost NEVER hit the breaks. Find a speed you have traction at, and keep that speed without touching the brakes. Brakes are what cause you to slide.

-Leave plenty of space for the car ahead of you.

-No cruise control

-If you feel yourself losing control DO NOT HIT THE BRAKES OR TRY TO STEER. The car wants to go straight. The more you fuck with the dynamics the more silly things happens. If you are well practiced and experienced you can be proficient at “steering into” a slide, but if you’re already comfortable doing this then my advice is moot.

Why words?

I think your on to something here. We should have hog fighting!

It depends on how you define intelligence. I personally don’t think doing mental math and remembering your calendar/schedule is necessary for “intelligence”.

Oh this is where I can shine. Design/manufacturing engineer.

So the three variables are materials, processes, and tolerances (design and employee skill are the 4th and 5th but we’ll leave that alone).

Cheap stuff have cheap materials and generous critical tolerances. They also skip some processes that contribute to quality (aka-reliability, but that’s a slippery topic).

Nah man. That’s a Drowsee.

I think one thing to consider is the utility of a religion. Christianity is a pretty clear and useful religion. 10 rules to live by. One god. Everyone’s welcome. Forgiveness is given. I’m simplifying things a lot, but you get the gist. All this makes the whole thing pretty easy and attractive, right?

Obvious utility and usefulness is highly dependent on the situation. A big hammer is a very useful tool, but not so useful when you’re dealing with intricate crystal sculptures.

So I think Christianity just happened, or was designed, to be usefull at the time.

You will definitely want to contact a structural engineer to evaluate this. I have to warn you though; this is very serious so be prepared to do a whole slab replacement of the house.

(I’m joking it’s fine)

I had to look it up, and it appears there’s about a 25% estimated survival rate (though not entirely verified).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2014/04/22/how-jet-stowaways-survive-the-freezing-cold/amp/