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WeDriftEternal t1_iueuy58 wrote
Reply to ELI5 why does the quarterback have to call the play at the line if they’ve discussed it in the huddle by jpurcy
At the line, the QB is calling out the defensive positioning a lot of time (so the rest of his team knows what defense is being run), as well as distracting the defense on when they are going to snap the ball
WeDriftEternal t1_iue4u5d wrote
Reply to comment by bruceleroy99 in when did commercial breaks get so long?! by bruceleroy99
AMC does some funky stuff when they have these off-timing shows occasionally. Really, they're the only channel that does, they may be doing the thing where they push more ads right at the beginning of the hour (as the show extended a few minutes into the next hour), which is why they are extending the length slightly. It allows them to push more ad viewership for nielsen into a 5th quarter hour time slot.
This is highly unusual though, so they are kinda one-off weird exceptions.
Generally the most you'd see is 18 minutes in an hour, but even this is rare, 16 is more common for max ad time per hour, and its usually fairly spaced out evenly, give or take
1h9m would realistically be a about 22 minutes, at most of commercial time, that is if they do some awkward stuff with the extra 9 minutes, and go full steam on ads during the first hour
Just more explaining how it actually works for commercial blocks during airings
WeDriftEternal t1_iudup9o wrote
Reply to when did commercial breaks get so long?! by bruceleroy99
Probably you’re just angry. Those timings are off
Cable nets generally get 12-17 minutes per hour of commercials. Usually it’s around 15 then you have some bumpers and such. And rarely do commercial blocks go over 3-4 minutes.
22-23 minutes of content for a 30 minute show and 44-46 for an hour long.
Sports is the one that gets wacky, just due to its live nature.
WeDriftEternal t1_iu9vl67 wrote
Reply to ELI5 - Why does wine have a higher alcohol percentage than cider or beer? by Excellent_Physics767
Lets do a better ELI5
Yeast are voracious eaters and farters. They want to eat sugar all day and fart out alcohol and CO2. To make beer/wine/cider, you put yeast into a sugar-water substance. For beer thats a "tea" made of grains, for cider, its made of fruit, for wine, its made of grape juice. The yeast eats up all the sugar, until it runs out, you stop it, or there is so much alcohol that the yeast dies from the alcohol (seriously).
Different beers, wines, and such will actually use different yeasts that give a different flavor and are more or less tolerant to how much alcohol they can take. The yeast used for wine can often take a bit higher alcohol.
Now, the process. Well, if you leave either to ferment more and more, they will get more and more alcohol. Wine is often fermented (and aged) for much longer than beer, leading to more alcohol, in addition, some of the wine evaporates, increasing the overall alcohol of the remaining liquid.
Lastly, wine is traditionally made 10%-15% alcohol, and served in smaller glasses. Beer is traditionally served in larger quantities, and meant to be "easier" drinking, and often 5% alcohol. Both brewers and wine makers will be targeting a specific alcohol percent for taste and flavor, a good brewer/winemaker will actually hit their target (its not as easy as it sounds!).
Fun though, there actually are some wines that come in around 8% and of course specialty beers that can be 10%-20%! Additionally, there are craft brewers experimenting with using wine yeasts in beers too, although its often not a great success.
WeDriftEternal t1_iu55g41 wrote
Reply to comment by meowskywalker in ’The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Writing Rick/Michonne Spin-Off, Credited as Co-Creator by MarvelsGrantMan136
The movies have been unofficially dead for a couple years
WeDriftEternal t1_iu3ak95 wrote
Reply to comment by ArcanumOaks in ELI5 How can a public company become private? by hellothere564738
Whoever is buying the company makes an offer, it can get negotiated by the company/board. Once the negotiations are complete, they can put it up to a vote. Don't overthink this too hard, its not as strange a transaction as you may think.
There are some outlier situations where a certain large shareholder may not get to vote if they have a conflict, but not always. Even as the majority holder, well, in many cases, of course being the majority holder means you can make the decisions, even to sell.
WeDriftEternal t1_iu39cmd wrote
When these transactions occur, it goes through a process with the shareholders.
The first step is agreeing to the sale price. This is put to a vote, if this passes a majority vote of the shareholders, well.. kinda thats it. The company is going to be sold. The shareholders have no more say, you can't "refuse to sell", the decision has already been made, you had your option already to vote against the sale, but the other side won. The owners of the company (shareholders) have made a majority decision and it goes, your shares will be sold whether you like it or not. There are some outlier exceptions, but not important enough to get into.
tl;dr: You can't refuse to sell once the sale is approved by the shareholders.
WeDriftEternal t1_itrcpij wrote
Reply to comment by Cantomic66 in Will The Expanse ever get the last 3 seasons to finish out the last 3 books? by MajorRichardHead7
It’s been back there a while
WeDriftEternal t1_itm6wfo wrote
Reply to Will The Expanse ever get the last 3 seasons to finish out the last 3 books? by MajorRichardHead7
It doesn’t look likely any distributor wants to pick up the bill for more seasons. It was never really a money maker
WeDriftEternal t1_itm0iin wrote
Reply to comment by lightsongtheold in Apple raises the price of Apple TV+ to $6.99 by Murky-Insect-7556
Are you really trying to compare Apple TV to HBO. Come on dude...
WeDriftEternal t1_itlzfmg wrote
I don't know anyone who actually pays for this, everyone is on free subs or a friends. My guess is, the bulk of subs come from people not realizing they need to cancel their free trial.
Not that there isn't good stuff there, but its not really great recurring offer, its good to go binge a show or two then cancel, and I dont need an account for that, I can ask a friend.
WeDriftEternal t1_irako11 wrote
The She-Hulk comic book is comedy. It’s a lot about the joke that they had to make a women version of Hulk and it leans into being campy and fun. Sure she does super hero stuff, but it’s not “serious”
The show took that to be sorta sitcom-like comedy breaking the 4th wall to act as the camp. Because that’s actually the character in the comic too. She’s more Deadpool than Hulk and makes jokes about the situation to the reader
WeDriftEternal t1_iuj9wdh wrote
Reply to eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000
In the end, it appears not much in the long run. Glenn Greenwald who was the actual person releasing the information Snowden gave to him says (according to himself) he specifically didn't release a lot of the info as he deemed it was too sensitive. We don't know what he didn't release, only that he says he didn't release some things (again no verification on this, his word only).
The information that was released publicly, really didn't have anything that impactful in it, despite what a news show's host may try to scare you with. It described a lot of US (specifically the NSA's) and others surveillance techniques, however, this was already broadly known within the public and defense/intel community, this was just the first time it was "officially" verifiable and contained a lot more details than they would want disclosed. Since the 80s, most of what was revealed was known publicly in the right circles, and wasn't' at all surprising, again but that doesn't make a good news story! In the end, we don't know the direct impact other than the NSA and others needed to make some changes to their strategies
FYI his stuff was NSA not CIA -- very different things.