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What is the opposite of orthogonal?

Lot of geometry references and I'm having trouble getting a grasp of the essence of orthogonality, it seems.

Also keep seeing perpendicular but what the heck does that mean in conceptual or real life analogies? Wall and floor but again, what the heck does that mean in practical terms?

I initially thought it was like two points being on a same axis but not the same pair of coordinates or in conceptual terms, two things that are points on the same spectrum/axis like in a range from 1-100 or something but it seems like its on two arbitrary points on like a seperate x/y axis so like what is the point of it or where is the actual relationship?

My divan does suck ass

Did he solve the issue basically perfectly for the time, and how might a modern judge have achieved the presumably correct and same verdict short of the more gruesome original hypothetical approach

Would that just be on the axis of care or interest in interpersonal dynamics terms

Headphones on haha

What subtler things make you think or notice someone is [highly] privileged?

It's kind of like the protest names not working sometimes. There has to be a better way to say this.

This is the meaning behind it:

Do not split.

But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.

And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.

If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/42969194

My phone got some splash water. Unfortunately some water drops landed in the usb charging port. The phone gave me the error message that it detected moisture and i should dry it.

At some point the phone died because of low battery. I did not have charged it yet because of the concernings that the water and charging could damage the phone.

UPDATE: i used paper towels and let it dry overnight. I charged and there was no warnings.

Imagine you had a car and somehow you manage to paint/mark it so it's identical to any other police car in your area. Assuming you don't use the siren lights ( or, hell, it's your car, do whatever you want) for how long you reckon you can drive that around before someone picks up on it?

This is the right community for this question, right, it has to be

People on the internet always compare not using a VPN to not wearing protection when dating. But when I use Google, it always mistakes me as being in the next town over, and I'm told this is due to living in a rural area. Is this not the same thing as being protected?

Was talking about this with someone today. People, especially the right-winged, will associate the so-called far left wing with Communism/Marxism. But I find it weird that any scale would just happen to have that as the far end of the spectrum. If you were to go down the scale to the very, very end, what political statement/remark would be the closest thing to the very tip of the spectrum? Something like "the robots should take over" or something?

No offense to Indians at all here, we all know the scam caller role is a stereotype. But they do have all those scam callers, and I noticed that whenever I pick up the phone and it’s them, never have I ever gotten another woman on the other line. It’s always a guy who asks about the warranty on my nonexistent car. Why? Are only men there allowed to scam everyone while scamming hasn’t entered the sphere of womens’ rights yet?

Does anyone know?

Just got some Swisse vitamin D and 3/4 of the tub is air. I've had similar experiences with other brands too.

So what's the deal?

Wouldn't it be more profitable for them to use smaller packaging? Smaller=less material cost, more stock can be shipped in the same delivery. They can still sell it at the same price if they want

I can understand the "fill with air" gimmick for things like potato chips, but not supplements. These are numbered. There's 60 pills here, you're advertising this number on the label, you can still put the same number on a smaller tub.

Why tho?

Anyone who has used Flarum, my forum won’t let me post anything with the secondary tags and it seems glitchy overall. I can’t do much and it’s annoying. I can only post to the “Discussions” section.

I'm saving up for a new phone and I'm thinking of getting a foldable one.
Are they really as good/bad as people say they are?

The one I had in mind was the Pixel Fold.

So here's a head-scratcher for me...

How can wildflowers NOT BE perennial..?

Got my partner to get me wildflowers seeds and she came back home with "annual" wildflowers...now I'm no biology expert here but this has me scratching my head.

Who woudda think it...

Read variations on this story a few times and it usually involves there being a mixup or whatever and someone "drinks" to "excess" but its not actually spiked or alcohol or anything psychotropic and they end up making an ass out of themselves and everybody else knew they didnt actually drink.

Are they faking or did they experience an honest placebo experience or something else crazy?

Something something cultural expectations