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Sludgeyy

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  • Life pro tip for friends of pharmacists

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  • Plumber "hot water heater"

    Accountant ".02 cents"

  • Graduation inflation

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  • Sorry it is called Curve Grading.

    Curve Grading

    Many ways to do it. But that example where the best student scored a 60%. Everyone would get +40%. That's a Standard Curve method.

    Personally, they didn't curve a lot of grades when I was in high school. It was more a college thing. A hard test that pushes the limit of your knowledge without being unfair.

    But yes a grade can change afterwards for whatever reason the teacher wants. They could just throw on 10% if they felt generous. Definitely apparent when it's like a writing assignment without clear right or whole answers like math.

  • Graduation inflation

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  • The teacher can pass or fail you

    You could do all the work or none of it and it is up to them to say "pass" or "fail" by giving you a grade

    After a test you could "round" the grades. Like if it was a very hard test and the highest grade was a 60%. You could round everyone's test up by 40%.

    If you made a 0%, now you have a 40%. Everyone passes!

    (Don't think this is too common, but plausible)

    Teachers are "encouraged" to not fail any student by a lot of pressures.

    You have to go above any beyond to fail high school. Trying hard and getting bad grades will generally get you enough to pass. Teachers will "work" with you.

  • Agree to Disagree

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  • Hikaru sacrificed queen but why ?

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  • Double check.

    King has to take queen.

    When Bishop moves it's a discovered check with the Rook.

    You cannot block both checks therefore King has to run.

    Open spot for Rook to move to back rank.

    Checkmate.

    It's all forced.

  • They Are Brazil’s Favorite Flip-Flops. Now, the Right Is Boycotting Them.

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  • Didn't Crocs just sue the US government over tariffs?

  • We Went To Nebraska: The Beef Crisis Will Shock You

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  • Giles Corey wouldn't enter a plea to face an unjust trial so they tortured him to get him to enter a plea.

    Giles Corey endured torture so his family would get his property

    There's no correlation between "More Weight" and "More face-eating leopards"

    Giles Corey was in the right, he wasn't a wizard. He fought an unjust government.

    "These people" are nothing like Giles Corey

  • Limbs

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  • Torso and appendages

    Head/neck being an appendage is arguable. But basically because there are better words to describe it, not because it isn't one.

    Axial and appendicular

  • Finland raises reservist age to 65

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  • Winston Churchill was 64 when WWII started

  • What popular belief do you disagree with?

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  • You sprinkle some more cereal on the milk whenever you run out of cereal.

    The whole point is to not have soggy cereal

    Really depends on preference and cereal type

    It's less of an argument between milk first vs second, but people that like soggy vs crunchy cereal.

    The important thing is to not add too much cereal before you can eat it all. Adding in cereal last just helps make sure you don't.

  • Someone has a LOT of dusty computers

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  • I'd recommend one of these

    A cheap no name brand works too but I enjoy this one. Definitely overpriced at full price but it's on sale.

    You can also pay a little more and get a duo tool that's a tire inflator or a vacuum as well as a blower. Great for the car

  • Explaining hardware to enthusiasts

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  • Cheapflation: The Kroger brand "shake and bake" seasoning no longer comes with the bag to shake it in 😠

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  • Or just roll them around in a bowl

    Shaking is not required

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    TIL that Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a self-confessed child molester, according to his autobiography 'Scar Tissue'

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  • What did Marilyn Manson do?

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    Money. Why does THAT work?

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  • Money or currency is a way to represent value

    It is a medium of exchange

    Could your boss pay you in cows? Could you take those cows and trade them for a car? Yes but this would be difficult.

    So if your boss gave you a cow voucher "money" and you could trade that for a car, then you wouldn't have to lug the cows around.

    It facilitates trade

    Why a US dollar, or another currency, has value is a whole other question

  • ELI5 What is the hate against socialism? I mean doesn't it mean a system where the people take care of themselves and neighbors?

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  • Socialism. Production and distribution is owned by the community (government).

    It has nothing to do with "Handouts". Or helping your neighbor really.

    There is no redistribution of wealth. That is communism.

    Socialism with handouts is communism.

    You could have a completely Socialistic society that let's some of it's people starve because it benefits the majority.

    A great example to look at socialism is the nazi party creating Volkswagen.

    People in Germany needed an affordable car. They created the production and distribution of affordable cars, owned and operated by the controlling government party.

    Now, you can debate all you want on if it was a good or bad idea.

    Average German looking for simple affordable car? Probably would think it was a good idea.

    Rich German looking for a Duesenberg? Probably hates the idea of Volkswagen and spending their tax dollars on it.

    Poor German? They aren't getting a car anyways

    A large government can easily have a monopoly on a good or service.

    If that's a good or bad thing is debatable

    For example, say America was 100% Socialistic.

    Government would gain access to all satalites and towers and issue the Volkstelefon. Affordable phone and internet for everyone!

    Sounds great?

    Imagine if tomorrow Trump issued his phone in that style.

    Probably not a good idea?

    So why all the hate?

    ELI5: Because socialism is not always the right answer just like capitalism isn't always the right answer.

  • Read it in a southern accent, it'll make sense

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  • You can tell it's not southern because they say soft drinks instead of coke.

    "Dew ta nawt havin' wader we can't sail ya coke"

  • If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director

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  • But what you're saying is that it is to provide people with an alternative path from windows.

    Even if the steam machine had windows on it, the majority of the same people would buy it.

    My point is very few people are going to buy the steam machine to get away from windows

    "Steam says this works for everything I own" Purchased no matter what.

    Not "I want a new PC without windows, let me try out the new steam machine"