It’s… definitely not right. Most estimates I found from a quick Google search put global energy consumption at a bit under 600,000 PJ per year, so even if they meant to say daily energy consumption or something they’d still be off by an order of magnitude.
The closest I can get to the number they gave is that global daily electricity consumption is a little over 200 PJ, so right on par with estimates for the Tsar Bomba.
…I mean, yeah? If the number is 50 or 10 that works out great. But let’s try that with 7% of 13. Now it’s 13% of 7. Just like you said, “much easier to calculate.”
Okay, choosing prime numbers was intentionally mean on my part. But 3% of 9 becomes 9% of 3. 4% of 2 becomes 2% of 4. Can anyone honestly look me in the eye and tell me that this tip has helped them out in any meaningful way?
No, I think we all learned that multiplication is commutative in late elementary school, and obviously that’s an important thing to know.
But I think the original post tried to make it out to be some magical mathematical trick, and I really don’t understand that. Maybe I misunderstood the post.
Edit: wow, “commutative” is a really hard word to spell.
Yeah. It’s suffering. There have been many studies which show that pets undergo extreme stress when humans decide to set off fireworks.
I’m sorry that you think it’s a “little yapping dickhead”, but it’s still a living being with feelings. I don’t think it deserves trauma just because it barks a little too much.
The space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics... (sh.itjust.works)
The panzer has spoken (sh.itjust.works)
little yapping dickhead rule (mander.xyz)
WAKE UP (lemmy.world)
Wake up
Saw a news story people about people getting arrested for at Wal-Mart for forgeting to scan one item (midwest.social)
youtu.be/tmoQxq2P7Y4?feature=shared
hootenannies (lemmy.ml)
I don’t know honestly at this point I’ve stopped asking questions
Asking the real questions (i.imgur.com)
Lemmy, meet Socrates! (i.imgur.com)
Don’t mind him he’s just transfixed by a fly on the wall