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Uncanceled Units

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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian
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marcrichter
77 days ago
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OK I just HAD TO compare it against EU efficiency classes - large American-style fridges using 0.70 kWh/day are efficiency class C, apparently. 👀
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gordol
77 days ago
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How many furlongs per fortnight?
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fancycwabs
77 days ago
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I am reminded of this video about cursed units: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkfIXUjkYqE
Nashville, Tennessee
alt_text_bot
77 days ago
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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

The Future of Orion

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Dinosaur Cosmics
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marcrichter
138 days ago
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🔥
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JayM
137 days ago
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Hahaha.
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CrowdStrike

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We were going to try swordfighting, but all my compiling is on hold.
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marcrichter
256 days ago
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Oooh, reference to a classic! 🚀
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Eclipse Clouds

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The rare compound solar-lunar-nephelogical eclipse
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marcrichter
363 days ago
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Brutal... 😬
tbd
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Circuit Symbols

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A circle with an A in it means that the circuit has committed a sin and has been marked as punishment.
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marcrichter
589 days ago
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tbd
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JayM
589 days ago
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Ha!
Atlanta, GA
alt_text_bot
589 days ago
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A circle with an A in it means that the circuit has committed a sin and has been marked as punishment.
silberbaer
576 days ago
You mean, the Avengers tower has been... oh, what am I saying, it's Stark's building, of *course* it has.

Cuisine

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My connection to it goes way back, to my early days, when I was just a cloud of primordial hydrogen collapsing in the darkness of space.
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marcrichter
683 days ago
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tbd
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fxer
681 days ago
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I’ve always loved this chart of binding energy showing which elements can only make energy via fission, and which can only make it via fusion. With iron sitting right at the top like a bastard tyrant king

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/A-Lepine-Szily/publication/234065870/figure/fig1/AS:300141371248640@1448570687476/Binding-energy-per-nucleon-B-Z-N-A-as-a-function-of-the-mass-number.png
Bend, Oregon
diogro
680 days ago
Ha! I took intro physics with Alinka Lepine. Super nice lady.
alt_text_bot
683 days ago
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My connection to it goes way back, to my early days, when I was just a cloud of primordial hydrogen collapsing in the darkness of space.
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