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[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

how does waste prevent a shortage from becoming a famine ?

Making the expected production a higher number than the expected need will give the headroom necessary to deal with a shortage without people starving.

If you're aiming to produce food for a population of 100,000, but have the capacity to make food for 200,000, then you can afford to waste half of your food without starvation. You can also accommodate a 50% drop in production without starvation.

So that buffer is expected waste, but it's also starvation resistance.

Each item in this list is a euphemism for drinking Corona.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

There's a quote in The Catcher in the Rye, attributed to Wilhelm Stekel:

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

In most cases, one can do a lot more aggregate good over a long period of time than in a flashy moment, and we should live our lives in recognition of that reality.

Same energy:

In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes that same rib twice in succession yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we, to believe that this is some sort of a, a magic xylophone or something?

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Not if you want it to stay extra virgin

Shotgun gauge is wonky, so it's not a given that the number would just be a diameter in units they are familiar with.

Yeah, it's not intuitive that bigger gauge numbers = narrower diameter unless you've specifically worked with wire or shotguns before.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That still makes no sense. Is the commenter surprised to learn that a 0.223 inch caliber is approximately 0.223 inches? That a .45 inch caliber is about .45 inches? Yes, that's how units work.

Yeah, anyone who has biked in city streets will tell you that the buses are much wider than even the big SUVs.