Everything posted by zapatos
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What are you listening to right now?
Great song and even better story! Thanks for sharing Airbrush! Here is an improved version of a country song by a great reggae band.
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Corona virus general questions mega thread
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=yahoo-non-hosted&yptr=yahoo
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Corona virus general questions mega thread
Might just be a translation issue. You ever read assembly instructions for products that come from china?
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Corona virus general questions mega thread
Externet lives in the US. For him to be so worried about his well being indeed likely causes more risk for him than the actual virus does.
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Corona virus general questions mega thread
You mean you keep thousands of people in close quarters and a virus spreads? Shocking!
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Implications of movie physics
Snow after an avalanche is quite solid. People don't dig themselves out of an avalanche. The snow will maintain its shape even if a door or window is opened.
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Please tell me we have free will
Which hook do they claim they are getting off? With the law? God? The wife they are cheating on?
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Please tell me we have free will
Not on this planet. AFAIK arguing determinism has never gotten anyone off the hook.
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men vs woman
Right here in the OP. Surely you haven't forgotten what you posted?!?! So does that mean your workmates in the discussion included women or not?
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men vs woman
LOL! I'm guessing none of your work mates were women or you'd be unable to type right now. If you are going to claim men are so much more capable then women you'd best be prepared to back it up with evidence. Can you?
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Only 10% of the Nobel prize winners are atheist ?
Since about 40% of scientists are atheist (https://www.pewforum.org/2009/11/05/scientists-and-belief/) how do you explain the underperformance of atheists when it come to the Nobel Prize?
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Only 10% of the Nobel prize winners are atheist ?
I can't find where the source data came from. I looked at the book the chart came from in the first link but I don't see his methods. How does one know the religion of someone who won the prize 100 years ago? My brother in law (a scientist) claims Christianity but that is for the sake of his mother. He is an atheist in reality. Did claiming atheism impact your ability to receive grants 100 or even 50 years ago? That may also have some impact. I also would have expected a higher percentage of atheists, but on the other hand, Jews are highly over represented. Go figure.
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Only 10% of the Nobel prize winners are atheist ?
He didn't claim it "mattered". Some of us just find certain things interesting and are curious about them. You also didn't answer his question.
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Book by Stephen Hawking
Caesar's Last Breath by Sam Kean
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Today I Learned
I recently learned about Muscovy ducks. We were trying to figure out what to do about the flies that gather around our chicken coop and were told about the Muscovy's, which are excellent at catching and eating flies!
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Today I Learned
On the opposite end of the spectrum today I learned the term callipygous, which will allow me to comment on my wife's friend's figure without her knowing what in the hell I'm talking about. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/callipygous
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Woodworking: Amateurs, Craftsmen, & In-Between
Damn iNow that is really awesome! Many years from now your kids are going to be fighting over who gets to keep which of your projects. You are making things that will be in use in your family for years and years!
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The ebb and flow of the light.
How many total photons does a star emit in its life and how many photons does a black hole absorb in a given amount of time? And finally, how long will it take a black hole to absorb the number of photons it emitted?
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What are you listening to right now?
Loved it! And of course there was a hound dog walking by. 😁
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Today I Learned
Today I learned that most turkeys eaten on Thanksgiving are hens, while toms are generally turned into deli meats.
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Woodworking: Amateurs, Craftsmen, & In-Between
Very nice! And how was that board cut? It looks like a cross section in the middle of a board.
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Strange self-induced feeling
Pithy statement that sounds profound yet has as much substance as a fart in the wind.
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"Wait a carrot-picking minute...
Nice tidbit. When I was in college one of the guests to our Speakers Series was Mel Blanc. He was hilarious.
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"Wait a carrot-picking minute...
Those cartoons meant a lot to us also. Besides the Bugs Bunny cartoons being my introduction to classical music, my wife has an approximation of the following tattooed on her, um, body.
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"Wait a carrot-picking minute...
One might even find an avatar on this internet thingy!