
M137
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Science hippie 🌱
- Comment on Scientists discover ‘ballista spider’ that launches prey at 140x the force of gravity 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t get any sleep last night so it might just be my wonky brain but isn’t “at 140x the force of gravity” an incredibly weird way to say it?
- Comment on Anyone know what's on my hot pepper leaves? 2 weeks ago:
Grated Parmesan cheese.
- Comment on The way "self-checkout" has been pushed on us is nothing short of injustice 1 month ago:
I’ve written about this before but it seems self checkout is very different in the US (and probably some other countries) from here in Sweden (and, again, other countries). A lot of people prefer it here and it’s easy so to use and you rarely need to call for help. The descriptions in several of these comments about it requiring babysitting and cashier assistance was only a thing for a while when it was new about 20 years ago until the tech got better. Now it’s rare to see more than one person, even in big stores, needed to help and they often do other things around the self checkout area because they are so rarely needed. I’m sure part of it is cultural, people in the US are definitely more prone to try to cheat it or do other things that forces the stores to have that babysitting.
- Comment on Toilets: to caulk or not to caulk? 2 months ago:
Nice caulk