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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨degree in bamf⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Common misunderstanding - her full name is “Jessica McCarty Et Al”

from SMBC comics, 4 panels. Narrator: I realized something. Man, at home, to himself: Wait: Scientists no longer know any Latin Narrator: This presented an opportunity for a first mover Man, at an office: Hi, I’d like to get my name changed Narrator: the means were not entirely honorable Man, giving talk: Hello, ladies and gentlemen Narrator: But I am now the most cited researcher in history Man: My name is - “Et Al” Audience gasps
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will someone work on a new duck update! I want giant ducks man⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Why you say nun but not use the nun emoji 🧕🏻
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Society beware⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This was a half joke, the lack of male role model being solved by transitioning is kinda incidental, though it may have played a role because I didn’t identify with what I observed as the “male role”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Society beware⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I never had a good male role model growing up, so instead of being an asshole like my dad or anyone from church I just transitioned
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I do believe they exist⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I once tried to fall asleep to erotica on the theory that I’d have erotic dreams instead of nightmares but I couldn’t fall asleep so I listened to my sex playlist instead
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit seeks to launch IPO in March⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Ooh, I can finally short!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only it was like that⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Actually, earthquake magnitude can be projected to negative numbers. It’s well defined but it stops describing earthquakes. For instance, a -3 magnitude earthquake is the energy released by a cat knocking your cell phone off of a nightstand. (see page 290 of this book). Pretty sure the others are also logarithmic scales which are well-defined for any negative number. It just so happens that those negative numbers don’t describe anything we care to describe with those scales.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only it was like that⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Nonlinear measures are used for
1. Brightness of lights
2. Loudness of noises
3. Magnitude of earthquakes
Why not temperature?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone wish they could go back to the beginning of schooling and re-live their education/school experience from the start?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It’d be nice to do the whole childhood over again but with parents who loved me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only it was like that⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Inb4 nonlinear temperature scale
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
So basically we didn’t have a material that could function as a cathode until now?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Fair point - I’m not really that good with the physical sciences personally so apologies for my ignorance
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

We had a shortage in Canada… but after looking into it, it appears to have been caused by a labour strike. LOL

That’s a capitalism problem, not a resource problem. All resources require labor to harvest, renewable or no.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

expand and improve public transit dammit!

Currently living in Shenzhen and you’d be surprised that you can actually have it both ways. You can get around via transit quite easily, but also driving isn’t too difficult. The problem with US cities is mostly just single family homes, which waste a bunch of space. If everything is less dense, you have to drive further to get to where you want to go, and building public transit makes less sense since it needs to service more areas to reach the same amount of people
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I’m quite curious myself as to why it’s more difficult. My chemistry knowledge is chem1 level so all I know is that sodium atoms are larger and the energy levels for state change are slightly different
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I find it interesting that, on a post about sodium ion batteries, your comment completely excludes them
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here’s Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Ah shit, I googled the number but it looks like I got the number for a battery in an internal combustion engine car, apologies. I’m an electronics person, not a car person
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here’s Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve been surprised by USB-C. I recently bought a Xiaomi phone and it takes like 10 minutes to charge with the charger that comes with the phone (and it still works with the other ones). It’s 120 watts

At that rate it’d still take 12 hours to charge a 1440 watt hour battery, which isn’t the hour or two that people are used to with superchargers these days, but actually surprisingly servicable.