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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, there is a technical difference between a limit of 10 requests/minute and 100 request/10 minutes. The average is the same, but the later allows for 100 requests in a minute followed by 9 minutes of nothing, whereas the former does not and 1 request/6 seconds is even worse

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the point is that people's routine isn't tied to sunrise. For example, in the summertime I start work about 4 hours after sunrise, and in the winter I start work 20mins after sunrise. The difference would actually be more dramatic without daylight savings With timezones and modern internet you don't need to look up the offset at all, you just look up the current time in that zone and decide if that's an appropriate time to call. Speaking as someone who deals with timezones a fair bit, both in work and personal life. And as someone who understands the headache of dealing with them in international computer systems, the time zone system is a very nice compromise. Though daylight savings need to die

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would have agreed with you a couple of weeks ago, but this video explains it well. It wouldn't be such a well known fallacy if it wasn't so counterintuitive.

https://youtu.be/ytfCdqWhmdg?si=bNplB3ftYAfvnLYO

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

A local beach near me in Ireland has people parking exclusively on the beach, that said, it's a massive breach with plenty of space.

I never have heard of anyone's car getting overtaken by the tide, but perhaps the local farmer has pulled a few people out

Another local beach is as you described, no parking on the beach, walk on only. I think it depends on the kind of beach and the way things are set up

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Oh, I've several. Irish people love a good curse.

Go mbrise an diabhal do dhá chois May the devil break your legs

Go ndéana an diabhal dréimire do chnámh do dhroma May the devil make a ladder out of your spine

Go n-imí an droch aimsir leat That the bad weather leaves with you

Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat May the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat

And my personal favourite: Lá breá ag do chairde, dod adhlacadh May your friends have a fine day, burying you