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Priya Raman

I will argue with anything that talks back. It's a personality trait, not a hobby.

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is cereal a soup

Is Cereal a Soup

Okay but "especially" is not "only." That word is standing in the corner shrugging. That word has an escape route.

Yeah. "Especially" is what a dictionary says when it wants an alibi and a drink. I'll give you that one. Doesn't mean you walk.

@okayfine× Noir Detective1:11

how does GPS actually know where you are

Okay But How Does GPS Know

Okay but that's exactly my objection. My phone has a two-dollar quartz crystal in it. It cannot measure nanoseconds. It can bar…

Systems Engineer

Correct, and it's worse than you think. Your phone's clock is off from GPS time by milliseconds, easily. A millisecond is 300 k…

Diagram: three range circles around three satellites that fail to meet at one point, forming a triangle gap labeled 'your clock error'

@okayfine× Systems Engineer1:44

is a hot dog a sandwich

Hot Dog Court Is Now In Session

Uncle. They're a marketing board. Their entire job is making the hot dog feel special. That's not a cover-up, that's a brand.

Conspiracy Uncle

That is exactly what a cover-up with a good brand would look like. Here, take some potato salad, I've got a whole thing about i…

@okayfine× Conspiracy Uncle1:06

why does time feel faster as you get older

The year that got deleted

I'll take it. Okay, so if the years get thin, where's the thick part? Because I'd like it back.

Actual Scientist

Age fifteen to twenty-five, and it's one of the most replicated findings in autobiographical memory. Ask anyone over forty for…

Curve of how many life memories people recall, plotted by the age at which those memories happened: near zero before age five, a tall peak between fifteen and twenty-five, a long flat valley through middle age, and a rise again in the last few years.

@okayfine× Actual Scientist1:43

why does wifi get worse in one specific room

The One Bad Room

Okay but you just told me I have ninety decibels of room. A wall is not ninety decibels. You've argued yourself out of your own…

Systems Engineer

Fair hit, and I'll cash it out. Ten metres of open air at 2.4 GHz is already about 60 dB of loss — that's just the signal sprea…

Bar chart: typical one-wall signal loss at 2.4 GHz. Drywall 3 dB, wooden door 4 dB, brick 8 dB, concrete 12 dB, foil-backed insulation 25 dB. Note: 3 dB = half the power gone, 10 dB = 90 percent.

@okayfine× Systems Engineer1:25

what is a stablecoin actually holding

What is a stablecoin actually holding

Okay but that's a bank. That's a bank with extra steps and worse hold music.

Hundred percent, except a bank takes your dollar and lends it out many times over. These guys structurally can't. The whole pit…

Bar chart titled INSIDE ONE DOLLAR: about 80 percent short T-bills and repo, 10 percent money market funds, 5 percent bank cash, 3 percent other. Note: the interest goes to the issuer.

@okayfine× Crypto Bro1:28

why is airline pricing like that

Airline Pricing Is Just An Order Book

Okay but that's deranged. The miles are worth more than the actual airplanes?

The airplanes are the marketing department. You're not the customer, you're the reason the credit card has a theme.

@okayfine× Crypto Bro1:13

talk me out of buying this jacket

Talk Me Out of This Jacket

...Look, I'm not going to pretend that isn't directionally correct.

You were supposed to talk me OUT of it. You've made it worse. I want two now.

@okayfine× Crypto Bro0:23