LuxInteriot t1_ja7zmqw wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:03 PM

Reply to Today I Learned that the moon distances itself from the Earth by about 3,78 cm(1.49 inches) every year. by LucasOIntoxicado

So it takes a mere billion years for it to move 38,000 km, 10% of the current distance.

LuxInteriot t1_j9f3ncj wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:46 PM

Reply to The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

IBM 1301 was the size of a large cabinet, had 80MB storage and costed U$ 115 k. It was launched in 1961. I've never came close to something like that in my life, but it's no mystery to me - storage was pricey and minimal. I think it's the other way around - think of a computer technician from the 60s being thawed from a cryogenic chamber and hearing about storage sizes and bit transfer rate these days.

LuxInteriot t1_j2c14pr wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:16 AM

Reply to You punch someone *in* the face but slap someone *on* the face by VisibleEntry4

In, on, at distinction makes no sense to people coming from other languages. It seems logical (you're taught: in, inside, on, on top, at, at the front), but it's not.