I wonder what the efficiency of absorption is, though. Does 100% of emitted radiation get soaked up by the cup, or does some escape into the surroundings?

Huh. I guess the kettle has some thermal mass to it making it less efficient for small amounts

Unless I’m misunderstanding your statement, you’re saying it’s faster to boil water in the microwave than the kettle? How’s that possible? I would think the microwave has more wasted energy

This thread is just switching me around from one earworm to another

That’s not clickbait, that’s you trying hard to be a pedantic ass.

Also, the idea of Randall Munroe of XKCD having to resort to clickbait is hilarious. He’s gotta be in the top 10 most famous scientists alive.

The series is named ‘What If’, not ‘How Could’.

hypothetical
/hʌɪpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/
adjective: hypothetical
    based on or serving as a hypothesis.
    "let us take a hypothetical case"

    supposed but not necessarily real or true.
    "the hypothetical tenth planet"
    
    Similar:
    theoretical
    speculative
    conjectured
    imagined
    notional
    suppositional
    supposed
    assumed
    presumed
    putative
    made up
    unreal
    academic

    Opposite:
    real
    actual
    Logic denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q.

noun
noun: hypothetical; plural noun: hypotheticals

    a hypothetical proposition or statement.
    "officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals"

You deserve to be beaten up.

(Not really, but I think we can all see why that rule exists in some form or other)

Mmm, in that case just sounds like unreliable data.

Darwinism at work again.

Um. You did notice panel 10 - 12, right?

Here’s how I’m reading the questions:

“are you an atheist”. 4%

4% of respondents have a firm belief that gods do not exist. (atheist)

“do you believe in any god” 20%

20% of respondents do not believe in a god, but do not necessarily think they don’t exist either. They don’t have enough knowledge to form a belief, i.e. they don’t know. (agnostic)

Not that I have a particular problem with desire paths, but what’s shown in the comic here is an example of how the design changed to take into account how people are interacting with it, and yet it didn’t work out.

I think it’s a squishbook

Sounds about right, there’s a difference between atheism and agnosticism, which is what the 2nd question is asking.

You not agreeing with the rules of the comm does not automatically translate to the mods power tripping.

Deep plots are nice, unfortunately they keep getting cut every couple seasons, so nobody wants to get invested

Slay*

Wouldn’t the dealers / shops by the most motivated to find the problems, if that’s the case?

Not gonna make much of a difference unless you take your mum with you.