This is what happens when you survey jackpot winners about the value of lottery tickets.

Bite your opponent’s ankle to win by default

A few things that helped me when I was at a similar spot:

• Don’t play “hope chess.” That is, always assume your opponent can see what you’re trying to do, don’t “hope” they don’t notice.
• Don’t force your opponent to make a good move. Sometimes it’s good to attack their pieces, but if moving their piece out of the way results in a better attack on you, it’s a net loss. The inverse of this rule is true: if you can develop your pieces or otherwise position things well while forcing your opponent to waste turns shuffling pieces around, you’re gaining ground.
• Your emotional state will affect how you play. You can’t play impartially, but you can try to be aware of your mental state to be more aware of your default tendencies and correct for them.
• Learn to get comfortable with tension. Just because a piece is being threatened or there’s an opportunity to attack doesn’t mean it’s the best move.

Instead of building it this big, they should build it as big as the following one will be.

There are dozens, though the four (solid, liquid, gas, plasma) are considered the “fundamental” states.

But non-Newtonian fluids (like cornstarch mixed with water) and stuff like superconductors don’t fit into the simpler definitions, so there are lots (and even more proposed).

Can confirm. I currently live in the suburbs, with a fairly wide lot (100ft). In the warm months, there is almost never a moment of daylight where I can’t hear lawn equipment (lawnmowers, leaf blowers, etc). And my house is well-built and sealed properly. For some reason, everyone thinks they need a giant riding mower or an enormous gas-powered leaf blower. There are lawn service contractors parked on the road almost all the time. The winter months aren’t as bad, but snow blowers are out at the slightest hint of snow.

I had a much quieter experience when I lived in an apartment building. It’s anecdotal, but it makes sense once you’ve lived in both.

Honestly, I think they might say the same thing without the /s.

GO DENNIS

Funny thing - regardless of where you put ground, all the voltages are positive relative to the negative battery terminal. Because voltages are always in reference to something (usually our reference is ground or the negative terminal). If you ever have to measure voltage, you’ll notice the device has two probes - you can only measure voltage between two points.

Holy forking shirtballs

It’s the sound a Mid-Westerner makes when they’re trying to get past you.

But for real, it’s because this was super common:

typedef struct {
   // data structure
} SomeDataStruct;

void SomeFunction(SomeDataStruct * data) {
  // lots of functions like this
}

Like many things, once OOP became a thing, people started adding to it. This is why you get a ton of different definitions and such.

I’m guessing you swirl it around and it comes out somewhat controlled either at the top or bottom. Not sure though.

Oh man, we did something similar! We called it a pillow pile–we’d collect all the pillows and cushions from around the house, put them at the bottom of our stairs, and jump off the stairs. Probably a miracle we didn’t get hurt worse than we did.

Yeah, I literally just googled a couple of Swedish words for the meme.

Another one from my childhood: “Get Out”

We’d split up the money from a set of Monopoly, and each person would get a room on one level of the house. First, we’d hide all our money in our respective rooms, and once you were ready, you’d raid other people’s rooms looking for their stashes. The main rule was, if the owner of the room was inside the room and said “Get Out” you had to leave. We’d sometimes make deals like “I’ll pay you $X for one minute in your room,” or we’d just try to be sneaky about it. Once you got some money from someone else’s room, you’d go back to yours and close the door to hide it. Whoever had the most money at the end won.

Caveat: your mom is less than happy finding Monopoly money throughout the house, as you’d invariably forget where you hid some.

From my experience, kids will always find ways to create and use imagination as long as they get the opportunity. It seems more difficult today than when I was growing up, just for them to find places they are allowed to congregate.

And my 3 year old has a very deep appreciation for a good stick.

It’s less weird if you have a group of people over, as long as everyone knows it’s a group thing. That’s my default (I find bars too loud for conversation)–board/party games and drinks are a great combo.

Dysfunctional + Hippie = Hipster

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Is that… your zeta factor?