Curious layman
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On 9/30/2021 at 11:42 PM, TheVat said:
In the immortal words of Roy Scheider, in Jaws, "you're going to need a bigger boat."
Or a Japanese one.
QuoteThe scientists are exploring ways to reduce the power of typhoons by dropping large amounts of ice or other cooling elements into the eye of the storm, while another branch of their research is focused on harnessing the power generated by a typhoon.
No idea how plausible any of these ideas are, just something I came across.
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3 hours ago, John Cuthber said:
I think they value it; they just don't recognise it.
To be fair, they have seen few examples.That's because honesty is the quickest way to end your political career.
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On 1/20/2003 at 5:16 AM, blike said:
Will we make it to mars by the year 2010, as president Bush has suggested?
On 1/20/2003 at 8:08 PM, fafalone said:I'd say by 2020.
Nope.
Early 2030s I reckon. Elon might disagree, but what does he know.
On 6/18/2004 at 3:43 PM, budullewraagh said:not a chance in hell; we'll be $1.2 trillion in debt by then if bush stays in office. good thing he won't
Lol.
As of August 31, 2020, federal debt held by the public was $20.83 trillion and intragovernmental holdings were $5.88 trillion, for a total national debt of $26.70 trillion.[5][6] At the end of 2020, debt held by the public was approximately 99.3% of GDP.
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5 hours ago, swansont said:
The period varies with the square root of the length, so the oscillations are out of phase. But they will eventually get 180 deg. out of phase, and later back in phase, with each pendulum having completed a different number of oscillations, and relatively quickly if you choose the lengths properly.
I didn't explain myself properly, when I posted the video from my phone the video shows up, I don't need to go on twitter to see it. But on my iPad I do. Now my iPad is old (iPad 4s), so I'm just wondering if it's because my old iPad is out of date.
I thought it was the site that decided how media is shown.
I had a similar experience trying to post a video of Brain cells trying to attach each other in Joigus's thread. I won't post them if you have to click onto twitter. ( don't worry, I'm not planning on posting endless twitter videos)
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Posted video from twitter. On my phone the video shows up on the screen. From my ipad there is no video.
Anyone know why?
This physics video is 90 seconds long and frikken awesome. I'd love to share it. It's this,
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really bad weather where I am, was gonna post something, but it's all going cock eyed. Apologies.
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Just a quick check.
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The Brazilian Amazon, where dense rainforest was long believed to be absorbing human-caused pollution, has emitted close to one-fifth more carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere than it has stored.
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Jail time for Trump?
Is this just the beginning of something bigger?
Can he just hide in Florida, or can they arrest him regardless of where he lives?
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Out in the depths of the universe, outlandish black-hole-like entities might exist with the power to redefine physics as we know it. A new study calculates that, in the coming years, gravitational wave observatories on Earth could find these hypothetical oddballs, which are known as exotic compact objects.
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1 hour ago, Area54 said:
Wouldn't 50/50 be best.
Have astronauts orbit Mars and send small reusable landers to the surface for samples. You could cover more area then.
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I could swear on a stack of bibles that I just posted a news item. Now it's gone. Puff, vanished. It's not in trash, just ghosted away into thin air.
Did it get moved by staff?
Did I even post it?
edit: Ok worked it out, it's the same as studiots post.
ignore the pissy remark that was here before if you read it please 😬
No problem, thanks.
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1 hour ago, dimreepr said:
Is it more painful to lock someone up and throw away the key?
Depends if their innocent.
I would rather die than spend the rest of my life in prison for a horrible crime I didn't commit. Some people fight, but in all honesty, I don't think I'd have the strength.
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30 minutes ago, dimreepr said:
Am I the only one who's wiped his arse with a dockleaf?
Nope. 🙂
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25 minutes ago, Moontanman said:
Ok, which species of monkey kills lions but does not eat them? BTW, you can quote any language you want, I can use google translate.
I think he means the Bili Ape. Their big fuckers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bili_ape
http://scienceheathen.com/2015/01/11/bili-apes-giant-lion-eating-chimp-chimpanzee-subspecies/
QuoteThe local folk-stories of the surrounding region make note of massive ape-like creatures that kill and hunt lions, catch fish, and — the stories go — howl at the moon. With many local hunters mentioning an animal that looks something like a cross between a chimpanzee and a gorilla — an animal that apparently, according to the stories, is unaffected by poison darts, as the other apes are.
While you may be now making the assumption that such stories can’t possibly be true, you’d actually be wrong — a fair amount of research has gone into this subspecies of chimpanzee over the last few decades, and there is apparently quite a lot of truth to the stories.
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3 minutes ago, Moontanman said:
Accidentally? I think? Not sure...
Western lowland gorillas occasionally eat Termites and small insects.
Well that's what the internet says. My source;
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3 minutes ago, altaylar2000 said:
at least innocent of bloodshed
Gorillas eat insects.
Plants can also be predators, Venus fly trap, so even plants aren't safe from you.
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1 hour ago, altaylar2000 said:
Killing a predator simply because it is killer of innocents
You do realise that animals that are hunted also hunt other animals.
You kill a great white shark to save a fish, who then spends most of its time looking for other fish to eat.
There'll be nothing left but grass if we kill all the predators.
In regards to your question,
We can return to cannibalism now if you really want to. Lab grown meat, just use your own cells, nobody died so guilt free. Perfect 👌🏻
Thinking more about your question, what about deep space travel? I don't think we'll outright eat them, maybe use them as compost instead, use fruit and veg to absorb nutrients.
No idea if this would work and it's petty gross but it would have to be an extreme situation to return to cannibalism and space is extreme.
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Will we one day explore the universe?
Will we find other civilisations or animals? What do they look like? what's their planet like, the weather, scenery etc...
These are the things I ponder.
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That's a good question, thank you for explaining that.
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24 minutes ago, J.C.MacSwell said:
How is it that 1.21 million Americans are able to work for below the Federal minimum
As someone who earns about $15 an hour, I can tell you it's with great difficulty.
For an adult working a 40+ hour week, $11 an hour ain't worth shit. Earning less than that is just demeaning. How are you supposed to improve your situation if you don't have money to spare?
I think America needs to start adding extra import taxes to companies that don't pay their workers fair wages or pensions on top of the minimum wage increase.
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Inspired by the banned books thread.
i read Blood Brothers . A play about twins separated at birth, lots of superstition and the differences in how different parts of society are treated IIRC. Very good, I really enjoyed it. Even thought about going to see the musical a few times.
And Of Mice and Men. Novel about Lenny Small and Lenny Milton, displaced ranch workers. The teacher read most of this and did the voices, so this was really enjoyable too. Didn't really understand it until a while ago when I read an excellent summary of it on Quora. Been thinking about reading it again.
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Jordan Peterson's ideas on politis
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@swansont
Um, what else would someone call you, that's your name. Are you really that brittle?