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Mrknowitall666 t1_j6llb7j wrote
Reply to comment by Dog_N_Pop in ELI5: when people give up red meat for lent, why do they always eat fish instead? Aren't chicken and turkey white meats too? by Inanimatepony
Ya, well, you can't eat birds either during lent fast days.
ruidh t1_j6ll9l4 wrote
Reply to ELI5: when people give up red meat for lent, why do they always eat fish instead? Aren't chicken and turkey white meats too? by Inanimatepony
I give up all meat, not just red meat. Chicken, pork and veal are all out. I end up having a lot of vegetarian days. I could have fish, but I don't like it that much.
Mrknowitall666 t1_j6ll7be wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: when people give up red meat for lent, why do they always eat fish instead? Aren't chicken and turkey white meats too? by Inanimatepony
Well, in early Christianity, the prohibition was on land animals. Ie, fish isn't meat, but seafood
Mrknowitall666 t1_j6ll31f wrote
Reply to comment by waltzinair in ELI5: when people give up red meat for lent, why do they always eat fish instead? Aren't chicken and turkey white meats too? by Inanimatepony
Flesh Meat = land animals. Fish isn't an animal in the 1sr century
Caucasiafro t1_j6lkx1t wrote
Reply to comment by neverfarts in ELI5: Why does the order of adjectives matter? by AbleReporter565
German cases and genders are so weird. For me the fact that die is both nominative and accusative feminine is the most confusing part. Somehow neuter staying as das makes mir sense.
See_Bee10 t1_j6lkwa8 wrote
Reply to comment by 2MB26 in ELI5: Why can't people let go when they're being electrocuted? by TheRadNinja46
If you touch with the back of your hand, you might get shocked but when/if your hand locks up it won't grab on to anything. The electricity itself isn't holding you, it just interferes with the way your brain talks to your muscles and you end up holding yourself.
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United-Ad5268 t1_j6lksac wrote
Reply to comment by AshFraxinusEps in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon
Because that’s the case with the majority of plant and animal life that has existed. Extinct. No trace.
LSF604 t1_j6lkljr wrote
Reply to comment by TheLuteceSibling in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
GPUs are better at parralel processing thanCPUs but much more special case.
zvii t1_j6lkkud wrote
Reply to comment by omnigeno in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
More likely you're only picking up left or right audio from one plug or the other
patniemeyer t1_j6lkjky wrote
Adjectives are descriptive words that can combine in numerous and ambiguous ways. "brick brown" could be interpreted as a color description and not actually implying brick as a material at all. A lot of the ordering we have internalized is probably about disambiguation.
rob_allshouse t1_j6lkimz wrote
Reply to comment by kanavi36 in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
No. There is a GPU in “integrated graphics” provided by Intel or AMD. It is comparatively weak to a discrete GPU, and often uses shared memory instead of dedicated memory, but it’s definitely a GPU.
stephanepare t1_j6lki92 wrote
Reply to comment by BadWrongBadong in ELI5 How do food producers work out the best before date? by Overseer090
That's half the reason. The other reason is for marketing purposes. This way, you guarantee taste, not edibility. You get less complaints that your stuff doesn't taste good, as people know they're past the "best before" date.
ObIivious OP t1_j6lkdl7 wrote
Reply to comment by Easy_Reference6088 in ELI5: linear regression and how it plays a role in deep learning by ObIivious
Thank you thank you. I can see how this may apply in deep learning so ill continue to do research. The word regression is what confused me initially.
See_Bee10 t1_j6lkcdr wrote
Reply to comment by DressCritical in ELI5: Why can't people let go when they're being electrocuted? by TheRadNinja46
I think you have that backwards. AC causes muscle contractions. If DC did, you wouldn't see videos of people locked on to things that have become electrified, because the power from the plant is AC. That's why Edison electrocuted an elephant.
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ashjafaree t1_j6lk2ov wrote
Reply to comment by tdscanuck in ELI5: How do we measure temperature without humidity? by [deleted]
>Temperature doesn't change with humidity
So why wet bulb and dry bulb is different
WeirdGamerAidan OP t1_j6ljzn3 wrote
Reply to comment by kanavi36 in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
In that case why does windows recognize them separately in task manager (with separate status windows and everything)?
forehead2k t1_j6ljv62 wrote
Reply to comment by Jiopaba in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
I do the same thing for the same reason as you. Only difference is that when I turn off the light I close the bright-adjusted eye and rely solely on the dark-adjusted eye. Keeping them both open after turning the lights off messes with my head and lack of depth perception isn’t a huge trouble for a quick trip to the bathroom.
On the handful of occasions where I am in the dark for longer, I will open both eyes after a minute or so.
justanotherguyhere16 t1_j6ljquy wrote
Reply to comment by Away_Establishment45 in ELI5: why does low haemoglobin have such dangerous effects (stroke, heart attack etc.) by Away_Establishment45
Cancer screenings usually take longer. Depending on the type of cancer some blood tests may pick up on it. Some require specific tests. Hard to know without knowing exact testing that was done. It could be an iron deficiency or recent infection or something simple all the way up to bone cancer or leukemia etc. any diagnosis should be from a doctor directly involved in their care with all the info.
Easy_Reference6088 t1_j6ljqlq wrote
Reply to comment by ObIivious in ELI5: linear regression and how it plays a role in deep learning by ObIivious
Yep, the line is just an estimation of what a dog of that size would probably eat based on the data with the X axis being weight and Y being the predicted food eaten. It would not be perfect because no dog is the same but it would be a pretty good guess with enough data.
Pokemonobsessedlesbo OP t1_j6ljn28 wrote
Reply to comment by ChibiSailorMercury in ELI5 - why are bonded pairs okay in animals but not humans? by Pokemonobsessedlesbo
I said some behaviors not all, that’s just silly. Any use of critical thinking would presume that eating poop isn’t a common instinct, even in most animals, pica is not normal.
TheUpperHand t1_j6ljic0 wrote
justanotherguyhere16 t1_j6ljfbp wrote
There’s a lot of research that shows animals pick their mating habits based on which is most beneficial for the species. So you generally see most of a species exhibit the same mating habit. Species that have “bonded pairs” generally do so in order for one mate to provide food and protection while the other takes care of the offspring. Species that don’t have bonded pairs generally have either genetic diversity needs or more constrained resources where only the alphas mate (wolves and lions and such)
Humans are more complex animals and have greater ability to think and process emotions. That makes mating take on a whole new complexity.
Teauxny t1_j6llbtj wrote
Reply to comment by NoLiveTv2 in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
Is it true they gave you the little alcohol bottles for free back then?