The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXVII

[shadowplay]

where is cfc's password recovery form?

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

While I know that service-induced PTSD in soldiers has been documented quite a bit in modern times, I do wonder, in pre-industrial times, such as the medieval and ancient times, was there any documentation or literature of soldiers having equivalent personal issues after returning from war?

 

[Phrossack]

We went over that a bit in our class on ancient Greek warfare. Sophocles's plays Ajax and Philoctetes are routinely used these days to help veterans with PTSD, since they can sympathize so much with the titular characters. Ajax seems to have something resembling PTSD, while Sophocles's problems of abandonment, alienation, and constant suffering from a wound seem to be metaphors for the struggles of veterans.

Most free men in ancient Greece had probably fought in war at one point or another, including Sophocles, and as it seems only men could attend plays, the plays were probably written by veterans for veterans. Or at least, by a man who happened to be a veteran, for men who happened to be veterans, but the point is that the problems veterans face would have been clear to everyone involved.

 

[The_J]

where is cfc's password recovery form?

Automatic password recovery doesn't work, because the email from CFC isn#t working.
In case the contact form is also still broken, there are 2 options:
- see if someone's hanging around in the chat, who you could ask to ask in the registration problems thread in SF that one of the admins does a manual password reset
- make a DL, ask for a manual password reset and get your account merged

 

[Takhisis]

If CFCchat doesn't work, try fiftychat.

 

[warpus]

Do you guys think that there are enough people on here who know stuff about Norway to start a "I am planning a trip to Norway and need help" thread?

 

[Cutlass]

I'm sure we could find several people who know something.

 

[Takhisis]

Well, there are Norwegians in the forum, so yes.

Alternatively, you can read Scandinavia and the World's 100% accurate descriptions of the area and its inhabitants.

 

[bhsup]

Yeah, I learned if you go to Svalbard, bring a gun and don't hug the polar bears.

 

[warpus]

Yeah, I've seen a couple Norwegians around, but they seem to only say stuff every once in a while and/or hibernate.

Starting thread!

 

[Takhisis]

mmkay, I'll subscribe to it when I see it.

 

[Mouthwash]

Do you guys think that there are enough people on here who know stuff about Norway to start a "I am planning a trip to Norway and need help" thread?

http://wikitravel.org/en/Norway#Get_in

 

[Ajidica]

On the "Nutritional Facts" of food, it might say:
Calories: 190
Fat Calories: 80

Are the Fat Calories included in the 190 or in addition to it, making the total 270 calories?

 

[Antilogic]

As I understand (American) labels, 80 calories of the total 190 come are fat calories.

 

[cardgame]

Why is that even important? Surely the actual amount of fat is what matters, not the calorie content of that fat?

 

[Mise]

The % calories from fat is a useful proxy for how unhealthy something is relative to how filling it is. Reductio ad absurdum: 100 fat-calories from butter is nowhere near as filling as 100 fat-calories from chicken breast. So whereas eating a chicken breast would fill you up good and proper, eating the equivalent number of fat-calories from butter (like 15g or something?) would leave you pretty hungry. Given that you generally eat until you're full, if your meal choice is between getting full on chicken breast and getting full on butter, then % calories from fat would help you decide which is the better choice.

That's how I use it anyway, I'm sure there are other reasons why it might be useful. In fact I'm sure there is, but I can't think of it right now...


EDIT: Just re-read your post - if you're asking why it's in calories rather than grams, then it's probably because people think in terms of calories rather than grams...

 

[bhsup]

Is the comment by "a google user" a typical view of younger people? I have trouble wrapping my head around the idea of people struggling to read an analog clock, with or without numbers, but I suppose it could be a generational thing if they've grown up with only digital clocks around.

 

[Tee Kay]

Is the comment by "a google user" a typical view of younger people?

No.

(Nowadays I just assume people in reviews/comments sections are trolling unless persuaded otherwise)

 

[Mise]

I'm nearly 30 so I'm no longer qualified to answer

 

[Arakhor]

I'm nearly 30 so I'm no longer qualified to answer

I've now completed half of my Biblically-allotted three-score-and-ten, so I'm certainly qualified to answer!