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pleasegivemealife t1_jac0ns8 wrote
Reply to comment by thesquirrelhorde in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
It's just a joke, but yes I believe the solution is more complicated than that
littlelondonboy t1_jac0nmx wrote
Reply to comment by edXel_l_l in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
What does OOT stand for?
backupalter1 t1_jac0lzk wrote
Reply to comment by TheRealSmallBean in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
Main character moment right here
tacetabbad0n t1_jac0hfz wrote
Reply to ELI5 How do banks work? by RussianPremier
By the bankers axiom.
Buy at 2 Lend at 3 Go home at 4.
When you deposit money in a bank it isn't really in your account. The bank uses the money people have deposited in invests in things, from giving out personal/business loans and mortgages to buying stocks and shares or even buying and selling debt. The profit they make doing this covers the bank's operating cost and interest on your account.
Essentially when you put your money in a bank you are in actuality loaning the bank your money.
This is why when banks collapse people loose their savings. The bank gambled with your money and lost it all.
PastelFlamingo150 t1_jac0fox wrote
Reply to comment by pdpi in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
That's not at all what I'm talking about. I'm talking about using the wasted nutrition to rebuild oceanic food chains from the bottom up while simultaneously pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere.
whereisfatherjack t1_jac04y3 wrote
Reply to comment by thatthatguy in Eli5: How did people know how long a year was in olden times? by Slokkkk
They recorded and taught book-smarts verbally, through poems and songs
whereisfatherjack t1_jac01n1 wrote
Reply to comment by Smallpaul in Eli5: How did people know how long a year was in olden times? by Slokkkk
They had a lot of the content and they stored it verbally, through songs and poems.
Nero1022 t1_jabztb8 wrote
Reply to comment by edXel_l_l in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
I just gave reward in your place, kind stranger. :)
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Infact, have some yourself!
P0L1Z1STENS0HN t1_jabzoq1 wrote
Reply to comment by Ansuz07 in Eli5: How did people know how long a year was in olden times? by Slokkkk
alreadyhaveanaccou t1_jabznks wrote
Reply to comment by TheRealSmallBean in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
Ambrose Furey couldn't have said it better himself. There'd be a tangent about Domoic acid though.
Personhuman815 OP t1_jabzb3x wrote
Reply to comment by varialectio in ELI5 How do you calculate pressure? by Personhuman815
Sorry for not elaborating more. Say I already knew the mass, speed, acceleration, etc of the object
Personhuman815 OP t1_jabzalu wrote
Reply to ELI5 How do you calculate pressure? by Personhuman815
Sorry for not elaborating more. Say I already knew the mass, speed, acceleration, etc of the object
pdpi t1_jabz6p9 wrote
Reply to comment by PastelFlamingo150 in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
“Can we solve the problem with one invasive species by adding another invasive species?” Is well-documented as a disastrous strategy
thelostecholar t1_jabz6bm wrote
Reply to comment by edXel_l_l in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
Don’t worry mate, some love is incoming.
ClemClemTheClemening t1_jabz13j wrote
Reply to comment by edXel_l_l in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
I got ya bro/brosephina
homeboi808 t1_jabyytv wrote
Bigger sensor means more light capture. No increase in megapixel count would result in lower noise. Increase in megapixel count results in similar noise (smaller though) but higher detail.
Larger sensors also give more depth-of-field (even if aperture is the same).
[deleted] t1_jabykyr wrote
Reply to ELI5 How do you calculate pressure? by Personhuman815
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TheSeyrian t1_jabyfey wrote
Reply to comment by its-a-throw-away_ in ELI5: Why is skin considered an organ? by PapaMamaGoldilocks
Out of the Milky Way. Where else would you gather stars from?
Verence17 t1_jabyf4t wrote
Reply to ELI5 How do you calculate pressure? by Personhuman815
Pressure is defined as force per m^(2). So you can just get a piston of known size (say, 1 cm^(2)), check the force pushing on it, divide the force by size and then convert as you wish.
Also, strictly speaking kg/cm^(2) isn't a physically correct unit of pressure, it's implied that weight in normal gravity is used. "1 kg of force" is actually 1 kg * g (free fall acceleration on Earth, ~9.8 m/s^(2)), so 9.8 N of force.
bal00 t1_jabyerq wrote
Reply to comment by Gaboik in ELI5: What is a "naturally aspirated" engine? Is it always desirable? Are there "artificially aspirated" engines ? by Gaboik
It's also true for cars driven at high altitudes. A naturally aspirated engine makes less power in the mountains than it does at sea level. Turbocharged cars can make up for that for the most part by just pushing more of that less dense air into the engine, so the power loss is much less severe.
holl0918 t1_jabyc46 wrote
Reply to comment by BaLance_95 in ELI5: how does rendering a video game resolution above your monitor resolution make the picture more crisp? by ItsSnowingOutside
There is no visable difference, but the imput lag (time between mouse click and thing on screen) is reduced.
AetherialWomble t1_jaby9nq wrote
Reply to comment by WjeZg0uK6hbH in ELI5: how does rendering a video game resolution above your monitor resolution make the picture more crisp? by ItsSnowingOutside
That's fundamentally wrong. More frames and the information displayed on your screen will be newer.
For the sake of simplicity, let's say you had 1hz screen and GPU producing 1fps. By the time a frame would appear on your screen, it's already 1 second old. You get to see the frame that was generated 1 second ago.
Now, if you had 4fps, the frame you see would only be 0.25 seconds old.
Linus had a video a while back, comparing 60hz and 60fps vs 60hz and 240fps. The difference is MASSIVE.
varialectio t1_jaby9ku wrote
Reply to ELI5 How do you calculate pressure? by Personhuman815
Calculate from what?
Do you mean take a reading from a gauge in one set of units and convert to kg/cm^2 ?
Or calculate from first principles like gas laws or kinetic theory?
FakeLoveLife t1_jaby99q wrote
Reply to comment by TheRealSmallBean in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
So algae thriving will end up killing algae? Thats quite interesting
SerbianShitStain t1_jac0ycu wrote
Reply to comment by littlelondonboy in ELI5: Why is it that when fertilizers make their way into waterways, all the oxygen disappears, killing the fish? by Psychological-Dog994
Ocarina of Time