Mildly interesting
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How they put in brick roads in the Nederlands! Call me stupid, but I just assumed it was done by hand. 555
wrote on 7 Aug 2022, 09:42 last edited byDoggone it, TG, why'd you have to post this??? Now Trump is gonna wanna buy the Netherlands.
Grump.
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A hedge cut in half
A bicycler legs after the Tour de France
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Wow. I’ll never complain again after my 25mi rides.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Wow. I’ll never complain again after my 25mi rides.
DVT is a big worry amongst professional riders, too. A co-worker of mine had an issue with it on a flight once. Not pleasant.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
I wonder how small a moon/planetoid/... would have to be such that one can escape with a jump.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
I wonder how small a moon/planetoid/... would have to be such that one can escape with a jump.
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@Klaus Would depend on the density, of course. The mass is easy enough to calculate assuming 1200 Nm force and say 82kg average mass.
wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 13:53 last edited by@jon-nyc of course it turns out there is an escape velocity calculator...
Looks like a planet needs to be pretty heavy before it can prevent you from jumping into the universe.
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The inside of the leaning tower of pisa is empty.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Just straight forward gravity calculations? Doesn’t appear to take into account the fact that some planets do not have solid crust on the surface.
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Served them right.
Fucking bacteria.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Fucking bacteria.
Apparently, you're not a biologist after all. Bacteria don't reproduce that way.