Wendals87
Wendals87 t1_jedl5cj wrote
Reply to comment by jsharpminor in My girlfriend left me because of my abandonment issues... by Risperdali
oh fancy! I got mine in a box of corn flakes. It was for kids but that is really just a recommendation
Wendals87 t1_jac2vh2 wrote
keep your chin up
Wendals87 t1_j3aqfz0 wrote
Reply to TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides. by Dearfield
I guess there is more than one side to this story
Wendals87 t1_iyd1hsc wrote
Reply to comment by tdscanuck in ELI5 How is the Tether price I pay determined? by LGZee
do you have any source for the lawsuits and people aren't able to redeem USDT?
Their asset backings are calculated monthly and available on their website
https://tether.to/en/transparency/#reports
I can see a lawsuit against them and a court order for them to produce a full report, but I can't see anywhere that they have failed to produce it
This year they did 16 billion dollars in redemptions without a big impact to the peg
Wendals87 t1_iy3an4o wrote
Reply to TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2
just like people! light a fire under them and they'll get moving real quick
Wendals87 t1_ixya1cz wrote
I couldn't believe it but it's true! if you lay it end to end
Wendals87 t1_ixwsh4y wrote
Reply to comment by JSutt771 in What do you call doctors who graduated online? by Lord_Darth_Voldemort
so you expect doctors to know every single illness and treatment now and in the future without ever having to reference something? Of course they look things up whether that's a textbook or an online journal or database
Wendals87 t1_ixwscta wrote
Reply to comment by MpVpRb in What do you call doctors who graduated online? by Lord_Darth_Voldemort
it doesn't work that way. If they passed they are smart enough to be a doctor. If they passed but are at the bottom, they are still smart enough to be a doctor but just means there are other smarter people
Wendals87 t1_ixharm5 wrote
Reply to TIL people turning 100 usually receive a letter from the US President congratulating them. by trukilla420
I live in Australia and we got letters from the Queen for our 100th birthday
My friend got one when he was 22 for some reason! it's still on his fridge 10 years later
Wendals87 t1_iw1wtd8 wrote
Reply to TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm by PoppedUrMomsCherry
what was he, the sleep police?
Wendals87 OP t1_ivsv8jc wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC by Wendals87
No. this happened in 2019
FTX exchange going bust was the cause of the recent crash
Wendals87 OP t1_ivlp8hu wrote
Reply to comment by mike9132 in TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC by Wendals87
my guess is that they used a CEX, in which case the authorities were able to get access (with a warrant and all the legal requirements met)
Its like your password to your phone. They can't force you to give it up, but if they find it by other means or offer you a deal they can get access
If they had it in self custody and the seed phrase was never given up, they couldn't get access BUT it would be watched for any movement and they would catch them at any point they made a mistake
They wouldn't be able to spend it
TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC
euronews.comSubmitted by Wendals87 t3_ypkcsg in todayilearned
Wendals87 t1_iu6ivwp wrote
Reply to comment by NekuraHitokage in ELI5: How does sleep paralysis work? by wzahh
The human mind can do some crazy things to make something that is not actually there, seem really real. Especially if you have seen or heard about other people experiencing the same thing (even if just in a movie or fictional)
I am very sceptical of anything supernatural and there is always a scientific, non supernatural explanation behind everything (even if we don't know what that is yet)
Wendals87 t1_itufm6x wrote
Reply to comment by captainAwesomePants in Eli5 how did we make the first computer by Bamisher_007
This was a great explanation and explains that technology is built on the shoulders of giants
Each new technological breakthrough was doable because someone had a breakthrough earlier that allowed the next person to build something not possible before
Wendals87 t1_itpuju3 wrote
Reply to comment by VertigoOne in ELI5: Why do book adverts so often use review quotes rather than plot/character/setting detail? by VertigoOne
I understand your point and it's hard to know what it is about based on adverts only. I guess this where the saying, Don't judge a book by its cover " comes from
It's all about appealing to the most people as quickly and cheaply as possible, without drowning in too much information. I am no marketer, but I know that advertising firms don't charge big dollars for no reason. They know what sells the most and unfortunately it cant work for everyone
>On Thursday morning, the world was destroyed. Best get a towel."
>In Regency England, can love really cross classes?"
>"When the state makes truth fiction, what can you know?"
If I have never heard of, or read those books, those lines mean nothing to me. It gives me no information about what the book is about, characters etc.
A quick "this book is great!" doesn't either, but I can gather that someone at least the review found it good!
Wendals87 t1_itpomfd wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why do book adverts so often use review quotes rather than plot/character/setting detail? by VertigoOne
there isn't much room on the front cover (a little more on the back but still not much) after doing the cover art and title. They can squeeze in short quotes from reviewers to give a very quick idea on the reviews but not enough room for a more detailed description.
For actual adverts, it needs to be short, sharp and to the point. Not many people would watch an advert where it had a small wall of text that explained what it was about. For most people, the cover artwork, title and a quick one sentence positive can capture their attention and they can then read the blurb in the book or look up more information about it
Wendals87 t1_it9brp0 wrote
Reply to comment by StabledGenius in TIL of the Schön scandal, concerning physicist Jan Hendrik Schön, who rose to prominence after a series of breakthroughs with semiconductors that made him in contention for the Nobel prize. It was later discovered that all his research was completely fraudulent. by AmiroZ
why the downvotes? this is actually a thing that happened. I don't know if capitalism is to blame or just fame
https://futurism.com/neoscope/decades-alzheimers-research-allegations
Wendals87 t1_isarbwp wrote
Reply to I was on a blind date with a woman, and during our dinner conversation.... by GreatInconsequence
I thought you said you were from Iran!
(from the the IT crowd of you didn't get the reference. She said she used to be a man)
Wendals87 t1_iquh82y wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1996, Dallas business man John Spano bought controlling ownership of the NHLs New York Islanders for $165 million dollars. After nearly a year it came to light he didn’t have nearly enough funds to complete his purchase of his team. by Mrpink415
I swear i sent you the cheque on the mail!
I'll transfer the money on my pay day I swear
I'm just waiting for my inheritances money to come through
You see i was on my way to the bank to deposit the money and I got ambushed by a bunch of terrorist ninjas
Wendals87 t1_jedl6rn wrote
Reply to comment by depressedbee in My girlfriend left me because of my abandonment issues... by Risperdali
even in death you can't afford to not have a roommate