David Couvillion

UC Engineering, 2024

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

A new study reveals bottled water contains up to 100 more microplastic particles than previously estimated.

Utilizing advanced techniques, researchers found that popular water brands contain an average of 240,000 microplastic particles per liter, a count that's 10 - 100 times higher than past estimates.

Notably, 90% of these plastics are tiny nanoplastics, so small they can penetrate human cells and tissues and even cross the blood-brain barrier, potentially impacting human health.

This raises an important question: Might simply drinking tap water be a healthier choice?

https://t.co/4xhbQJ27Ig

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Lines of code:

MS-DOS: 4 thousand
WhatsApp: 30 thousand
Telegram: 50 thousand
Zoom: 60 thousand
TikTok: 80 thousand
Space Shuttle: 400 thousand
Minecraft: 500 thousand
Instagram: 1 million
US Military Drone: 3.5 million
YouTube: 5.4 million
World of Warcraft: 5.5 million
Boeing 787: 6.5 million
Google Chrome: 6.7 million
Chevy Volt: 10 million
Twitter: 10 million
Android: 12 million
iOS: 12 million
Mozilla Firefox: 21 million
Windows XP: 45 million
Large Hadron Collider: 50 million
Ubuntu: 50 million
Facebook: 62 million
MacOS X: 84 million
Tesla: 100 million
Google: 2 billion

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

To me, it's 99% probability that the universe is full of alien life. I hope we'll find conclusive evidence of it in my lifetime.

[Historic Hub @HistoricHub]

Size comparison between the Titanic and a Modern Cruise Ship

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my conversation with Sam Altman (@sama), CEO of OpenAI, the creator of GPT-4, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex, and other incredible AI systems that are transforming human civilization. This conversation was truly fascinating, challenging, and eye-opening. https://t.co/LTNPaJ8YQq

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Amazon (AWS) partners with #Avalanche to scale blockchain adoption.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

Elon Musk and AOC finally worked out their differences.

The chemistry these two have is crazy.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The first direct observation of gravitational waves captured the merging of 2 black holes which emitted 36 septillion yottawatts of power (3.6×10⁴⁹ watts), greater than the combined power of all light radiated by all the stars in the observable universe https://t.co/s1T5uNBA69

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Bucs’ QB Tom Brady broke two Microsoft tablets during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-New Orleans Saints game:

https://t.co/wYhwNolPVI

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

"A rocket will never be able to leave Earth's atmosphere."
- New York Times, 1936

[Historic Hub @HistoricHub]

Hiroshima in 1945 vs 2020.

[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex @ExploreSpaceKSC]

#OTD 45 years ago Voyager 2 launched aboard a Titan 3E. Voyager 2 explores the outer planets and beyond.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The average 4-year-old laughs 300 times a day. The average 40-year-old laughs just four times a day.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Starlink has proven itself in the harshest conditions in Ukraine. When nothing else worked, Starlink worked. Countless people have told me stories of how it has saved their life. Over & over they asked me to send a big thank you to @elonmusk, SpaceX, and to the American people.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The chicken you are eating has increased 364% in size over the last 50 years.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

We're all NPCs in somebody's game, if you zoom out far enough.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Best-selling albums of all time (in millions):

Michael Jackson, Thriller: 70

AC/DC, Back in Black: 50

Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard: 45

Eagles, Their Greatest Hits: 44

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon: 44

Eagles, Hotel California: 42

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

There are many more molecules in a glass of water than there are glasses of water in Earth's oceans.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Einstein developed a theory about space. And it was about time too.