sterlingphoenix

sterlingphoenix t1_j26pdlm wrote

I don't like coffee.

It doesn't matter what you add to it. I won't like it. I've -- accidentally -- had some of the insanely sugary coffee shop coffees and it's one of those "I could get used to this if I really, really forced myself" kind of things, but that's the best you can get. Same for coffee ice cream. Gross.

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve, basically.

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sterlingphoenix t1_j1yukqy wrote

As an IT professional, when you say "Network port" I think it's the physical port on the computer you plug the network cable in. E.g., the ethernet port.

If you're asking "What is a port in networking terms?" that gets asked pretty often, but the bottom line is that you have one network cable and one network address, but you can run multiple services on that connection, and ports are used to differentiate them.

So the software on the connecting side will go "Hey, I'm trying to talk to port 443" and the networking software on the target will go "hey someone's trying to reach port 443, anyone listening to that?" and a piece of software (in this case, the web server) will say "Oh yeah that's me."

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sterlingphoenix t1_ixurhk6 wrote

Rabies is 100% preventable. It's very close to 100% fatal without the treatment.

So, basically, the high mortality rate is almost exclusive to people who do not seek treatment. As for why people would not seek treatment after being bitten by an animal, I remind you that people were refusing vaccines for a global pandemic they could see all around them.

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sterlingphoenix t1_iw7tfc0 wrote

Oh I wasn't accusing you of anything. Just mentioning that I haven't heard of it and, having followed your link to it, realising why.

I am absolutely not complaining about the fact that I learned something new!

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sterlingphoenix t1_iuiesyg wrote

First, you're taking a bit of a gamble there. It might not taste bad, but that doesn't mean it isn't.

With that said, there are many factors that'll keep food from spoiling. Properly sealed food with all the air removed is one (and that might be the case with your salsa). The food itself being inhospitable to bacteria is another, and refrigiration is yet another factor.

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sterlingphoenix t1_iuen7nk wrote

Oh, I hear you -- a while back I was curious why a cello and violin cost the same since a violin is so much smaller.

And the answer I got was that violins, being so small, are a lot harder to make because they're still as complex as a cello but, well, a lot smaller. That takes a lot more skill and specialised tools.

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sterlingphoenix t1_iudmvx1 wrote

Our eyes can't really "process" any FPS. Our eyes aren't cameras and don't really work the same way.

We do know, though, that 24 frames per second is the minimum amount after which we perceive a series of pictures as motion rather than individual shots. But just because that's the minimum doesn't mean we can't benefit from higher rates -- and apparently we do. 24 frames per second looks like motion, but 60 fps looks like smoother motion, and 144 fps looks even smoother, etc. There's probably an upper limit, too, and at some point it does become meaningless marketing stuff, but hey.

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sterlingphoenix t1_iucq25n wrote

Yup, they're fast and can run long distances, well, fast. Humans aren't as fast but can run for longer. This is the point; we're not the fastest species, but we can run for longer than any other. An ostrich will get tired before a human.

Now we're not talking about a you-an-me human. We're talking hunter-gatherer humans.

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sterlingphoenix t1_iub0v30 wrote

What it also does is provide balance while standing and -- more importantly -- running. Humans are the best endurance runners in the animal kingdom and out posteriors are largely responsible for that. We could chase down prey until it got too tired to run away and then club it.

Clearly this was a bigger advantage than disadvantage. Evolution is not directed.

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