Mildly interesting

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

Dat's racist.

[Axtremus]

Didn't know that before and not exactly surprised. Apparently there are multiple bands named "Beethoven", including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camper_Van_Beethoven

[jon-nyc]

Claude Shannon. He was my dad’s hero when I was growing up. I was probably the only 4th grader in the state of Florida who could tell you about Shannon’s theory of information.

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-tracked-ravens-trailing-yellowstone-wolves-turns-out-they-re-doing-more-than-scavenging/ss-AA1Zk55l

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-tracked-ravens-trailing-yellowstone-wolves-turns-out-they-re-doing-more-than-scavenging/ss-AA1Zk55l

Interesting information, but I wish they would have done a better job in trying to add pictures that remotely had something to do with the information. 555

[jon-nyc]

The equipment of a British soldier, battle of the Somme, 1916.

[Renauda]

Link to video

[Horace]

the age old feud between wild boars and humanoid robots. Probably see peace in the middle east before those two get along.

[jon-nyc]

Seinfeld, but everyone is Asian.

[jon-nyc]

There was probably at least one person in SD who was trying acid for the first time that night.

[Axtremus]

[Axtremus]

[Horace]

Videos on this topic have been posted before, but I liked this song.

Link to video

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace In addition to the above interesting video, I also learned that there is a formula for figuring out how long the chain should be

Vessel size (LWL): Length Overall (LO) - 2 x Beam
Draft (D): Depth of water below the vessel’s keel
Cargo type: Liquid, dry bulk, or general cargo

Results:
The results of this study are presented in the following formulas:

Cargo ships: Minimum chain length (Lc) = 0.5 * LWL + 2 * D
Tankers: Minimum chain length (Lt) = 0.7 * LWL + 3 * D
Passenger vessels: Minimum chain length (Lv) = 0.9 * LWL + 4 * D

[Mik]

[jon-nyc]

Where our tax money goes.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc Interesting and not as much difference as I thought. Big difference is in social protection.

[Doctor Phibes]

So the the government of the country without universal healthcare spends more than all the countries with it?

[Mik]

Yes, that's interesting, but so many factors play into that. The spending alone doesn't really tell the whole story.

Like TG I was struck by how similar they were.