One of the most remarkable & heartbreaking war stories I was ever told by a Veteran during my public life was the story of the Barnard brothers who landed together on Juno Beach on #DDay. A🧵 1/8
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Met Charle Munger in Omaha in the years after Lehman - he said:
"Larry, never, ever tell anyone about your problems, 90% of the people really don't care... The other 10% are glad you have them."
what I like about hippos being the most dangerous animal in the world: they’re vegetarian. not even omnivores. they don’t want to eat you, they just hate you. and I think that’s a beautiful thing
For instance, say the air temperature is -30C, and the windchill value -40.
Exposed skin would never cool to -40 *degrees C*...it would just cool to -30C faster in higher winds.
Here's a good article:
https://t.co/fJcJgVA21k
The wind chill is simply an an *index* that's based on the rate of heat loss of skin exposed to the wind - which isn't even the same for everyone.
Moreover, what it "feels like" to people is subjective and not measurable. 2/2
Friendly PSA: The wind chill value is *not* a real temperature.
Therefore, it is inaccurate to say things like:
"It is minus forty degrees outside with the windchill"
or
"The wind chill is minus forty degrees" 1/2
I'm not saying chiropractors should be illegal, I'm just saying they should have to have cigarette style warning labels in big print on their waiting room walls saying "The guy who invented this says he learned it from a ghost."