Nah. According to Scientific American, which has a plausible explanation, hot water freezes faster than (very) WARM water, but more slowly than cold water. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-it-…

Amused by the trashing of this piece of Canadiana. Then you brought in god’s game of hockey. Them be fighting words. We are going to put a glove on the end of the CanadArm (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadarm), throw it to the ice, and pummel you, Burneko.

Very interesting, as a rule of thumb. But I think probably wrong. I think you need to be matching tie width to 1) collar spread (your knot is going to be a function of both knot size and tie width) and 2) breadth of shirt visible between the lapels. A slender, high-buttoned suit will usually have narrow lapels. But a…

This is extremely culturally-specific. In many cultures, it will have no effect. In some, it may be perceived as a green light (e.g. an "unchaste" woman attending a bar without spouse).

I have to say, I think the reference to "white privilege" that we see so much of nowadays is misconceived . I don't mean that there isn't grossly discrepant and racist treatment. I mean that what is usually described is the white person receiving a right or treatment they deserved and a person of colour receiving…

To be pedantic (or precise), an areligious Golden Rule isn't necessarily empathy. Its closest analogue may be Kant's categorical imperative, which was decidedly non-emotive (generating debate embodied in Hume's thinking).

Some of your other arguments (esp. price) might hold, but I'm not buying the weight one:

Is an "imitate assholes and run away" project really instructive? It strikes me as a little childish.

I think this is a little unfair. I know and understand the tips above. I use 95% of Word's features. I'm a geek. But I think a big portion of the blame is owed to the developer. 30 years after WYSIWYG interface is introduced, is it intuitive to the average user that the gaps represented by a line-break and a paragraph…

"Do you hold your mouse like a pigeon-toed pteradactyl desperately clutching its prey? Can you see your tendons bulging out of your hand? Do you look at your monitor with your head perpetually cocked at a 60 degree angle? Has your husband spontaneously divorced you because of your mouse grip? Well, we have an…

I am less skeptical about the 25 lbs in 3 months.

Phone keypad. Dear lord. Again. How hard would it be, Apple, or what kind of aesthetic catastrophe, to just give us an insertion point and full paste functionality? After someone emails me their number with no long-distance prefix or country code, why can't I type it and paste their text of the number? If I mistype…

Not American. 80% of the world drives on the right side of the road: perhaps your lazy stereotyping. And you obviously missed the point. The infographic is wrong because it *mixes* conventions from different countries. You can obviously take issue with someone being dumb and lazy because they require an infographic to…

Step 5, in "Reverse Parallel Park" is very confusing because normally no one, with left-hand (North American) drive considers the headlight in front of the driver to be the "front right" corner of the car. This only makes sense because the driver's looking backwards out the rear windshield—but the drawing makes it…

Ugh. JJ Abrams' trailers. 1) Ominous voice over; 2) a series of 'enchanting' visuals with little action; 3) movie/creator name; 4) a half second clip of every punch, scream or explosion in the movie to a percussive beat; 5) fade to black. Doesn't the formulaic trailer make you fear a formulaic movie? (Substitute: 1)…