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  • kluursK kluurs

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    CopperC Offline
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    @kluurs said in Mildly interesting:

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    If he had instead invented the EV, he could have saved us all a lot of trouble .

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    • CopperC Copper

      @kluurs said in Mildly interesting:

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      If he had instead invented the EV, he could have saved us all a lot of trouble .

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      George K
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      #1515

      @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

      If he had instead invented the EV

      I got yer Diesel-Electric vehicle right here:

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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        #1516

        Leet level counting

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • MikM Offline
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          #1517

          How often does one need to count that high using fingers? I can do similarly in my head for all practical purposes.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • jon-nycJ Online
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            #1518

            Shepherds of old would count by touching their thumb to the segments of the four fingers, starting with the top of the index finger and moving down, then to the middle finger, etc.

            That counted 12, and they’d keep track of how many sets of 12 they had counted with the other hand the same way.

            That’s how base 12 entered our world (time of day, dozen, gross).

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • HoraceH Online
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              #1519

              We talked about this about a year ago:

              Link to video

              Today a grand jury decided not to charge the shooter.
              https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/03/harris-county-grand-jury-declines-to-charge-customer-who-shot-killed-robber-during-taqueria-heist/

              Education is extremely important.

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              • HoraceH Online
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                Horace
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                When you almost never leave, but then have to take a few days for a funeral:

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                Education is extremely important.

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                • MikM Offline
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                  Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

                  Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

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                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • MikM Mik

                    Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

                    Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

                    alt text

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                    @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                    Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

                    Damn, that's interesting.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      #1523

                      And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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                        #1524

                        @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                        And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          Offhand, I’m going with Texas is really big. It is. I’ve driven a whole lot of it.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            George K
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                            As long as we're comparing countries' sizes...

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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • George KG George K

                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

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                              @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

                              The above was filmed in Taiwan!

                              https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/25661/divers-in-taiwan-film-rare-encounter-with-giant-doomsday-fish-believed-to-be-a-harbinger-of-earthquakes?_=1704739307213

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                                George K
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                                Smooth ride.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Vikki Dougan
                                  is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

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                                    Vikki Dougan
                                    is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

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                                    @mark said in Mildly interesting:

                                    Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

                                    "In 1961, her backless dresses and "callipygian cleft" were celebrated in the song "Vikki Dougan" by The Limeliters in their album The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters.

                                    "Throughout the 1950s, she dated a string of prominent men, including Barry Goldwater, Mickey Rooney, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra and Glenn Ford."

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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        Gotta be pretty horny to do that.

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                                        • MikM Mik

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                                          @Mik OK, you made me look it up....

                                          Link to video

                                          https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57800/horrors-anglerfish-mating

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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