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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    "You're going to need a bigger shark cage."

    "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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      https://www.facebook.com/reel/484287686997254?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

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      • jon-nycJ Offline
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        Several surprises here.

        DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • CopperC Offline
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          No need for a helmet.

          8a47147a-e1b5-484f-9db5-2affa0ee7086-image.png

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            #781

            This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

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              #782

              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

              This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

              That’s very cool, thanks for posting it.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                Several surprises here.

                DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                IvorythumperI Offline
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                @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                Several surprises here.

                DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

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                • IvorythumperI Ivorythumper

                  @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                  Several surprises here.

                  DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                  I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                  The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

                  CopperC Offline
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                  @Ivorythumper said in Mildly interesting:

                  The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

                  Eventually they'll start selling indulgences on Amazon.

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                  • IvorythumperI Ivorythumper

                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                    Several surprises here.

                    DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                    I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                    The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

                    jon-nycJ Offline
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                    #785

                    @Ivorythumper said in Mildly interesting:

                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                    Several surprises here.

                    DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                    I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                    The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

                    Wow. And this graph shows a 40 trend and stops well before Covid.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                        Almost as embarrassing as the Steve Ballmer clip.

                        I was only joking

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                        • George KG Offline
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                          George K
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                          Zebra stripes not just for camouflage:

                          https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html

                          Seeking a potential solution to this situation, a team of Japanese researchers cleverly applied lessons from research on zebras. Animal scientists have long pondered the function of zebras' dsitinct stripes, and a growing consensus now suggests that they deter insects, possibly by confusing bugs' motion detection systems that control approach and landing.

                          And so, the researchers painted six Japanese Black cows with black-and-white stripes, which took just five minutes per cow. They then observed the cows for three days, taking high-resolution images of them at regular intervals to count the insects on the animals and also recording any fly-repelling behaviors like leg stamping, tail flicking, and skin twitching. The same cows were also observed for three days with painted-on black stripes (to see if it was the paint chemicals, not the coloring, that repelled flies) and and with no stripes at all.

                          The apparent effects of the stripes were remarkable. The number of biting flies observed on zebra-striped cows was less than half the number seen on unpainted cows and far less than cows painted with black stripes. Moreover, zebra-striping reduced fly-repelling behaviors by about 20%, indicating that the cows were less bothered by the insects

                          Oh, and for those who will say "TTIWWOP", here you go:

                          Screenshot 2023-01-12 at 8.02.01 AM copy.jpg

                          "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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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                                @bachophile said in Mildly interesting:

                                Border Collies are great dogs!

                                The Brad

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                                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                                    It’s such an amazing result - that close but not equal.

                                    If you were to guess the number of atoms in the universe and missed it by just one, that would an incomparably larger miss than this expression gets to pi

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      It’s such an amazing result - that close but not equal.

                                      If you were to guess the number of atoms in the universe and missed it by just one, that would an incomparably larger miss than this expression gets to pi

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                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      It’s such an amazing result - that close but not equal.

                                      If you were to guess the number of atoms in the universe and missed it by just one, that would an incomparably larger miss than this expression gets to pi

                                      I wonder if that has something to do with Euler's identity.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        More very-interesting to geeks stuff.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          My high school teachers would say something like, "that's fine - but you didn't show your work."

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