Simon

Secular humanist, ex astro-physicist, sarcastic bugger
Attempting to explain physics from first principles

[Simon @PerturbSecular]

Relinked my scale of the universe tweets

https://t.co/pNimWb94E7

Any questions please ask

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@fakehistoryhunt Can spot what's not wrong?

The Thames is indeed a river

That's about it

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

A number of responses here are shocked, shocked! that I could say that Alexander was only great at killing, but if you challenge them to say what else he was great at...they mostly sputter.

So was Alexander great at things other than warfare and killing? 1/

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@daisyelfling Try to separate from yourself, judge yourself as you would a friend. What would you to an identical twin, rather than yourself. It's difficult and doesn't always help but sometimes it does

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@rorysutherland I'd be disappointed if a meeting of the General Synod didn't nick the bottles

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Rage bait is working as rage bait

Answer in ambiguous as there is no agreed precedent of implicit multiplication. Sources differ, including sometimes in the same source

This lists sources for both options

https://t.co/llRYgjM8ZH

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) =

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@CollabsRadish @MediocreJoker85 He found the eggs and bought them

But was still "there" so he had to buy eggs

Infinite loop

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As worded, it's physically impossible

If the belt matches the speed of the aircraft. Aircraft takes off no problem

But if Sw=Sb

Jets accelerate aircraft to Sa= dV
Which turns wheels Sw=dV and hence Sb=dV

But Sw = Sa+Sb so Sw=2dV and Sb = 2dV

But Sw=Sa+Sb...

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

We should all get the same answer folks 💪🏼

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@Longswordwife See for example

https://t.co/htSrTIQdC1

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@daisyelfling Glad I can help

I hope you feel better soon

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@daisyelfling Mango payment sent

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@duff_girl_ohyea Best of luck

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@Clint_Davey1 I'd add

Wicked sense of humour and an aversion to using long words

And to modify slightly your statement about American food. Except for pies

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@wrong_speak Cost

Airfares have dropped dramatically by packing more people on planes

https://t.co/0uH5GbZ505

Basically everyone was paying the equivalent of business class fares in that picture

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@sav__martinez Stay safe

[Taylor Trogdon @TTrogdon]

This is unequivocally the most astounding capture of the atmosphere that I have ever seen.

If you are a younger meteorologist, watch this then attempt to understand it through study. All hurricanes have a center, not all hurricanes attain cyclostrophic balance and produce one of the rarest phenomena on planet earth.

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Is there a German word for lurking awkwardly while someone repairs/survices something in your house?

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@sav__martinez I really want to go the Tyrol, so many spa hotels. I love the mountains but it's so lovely to have a comfortable hotel and great food in easy reach too