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sweetplantveal t1_jasuvnw wrote
Reply to Wisconsin cave holds tantalizing clues to ancient climate changes, future shifts - New research shows rapid warmings of >10 °C in <10 years occurred repeatedly during the last glacial period in central North America, likely coinciding with Dansgaard-Oeschger warming events by avogadros_number
Anything surviving that kind of swing is pretty metal.
sweetplantveal t1_j8skux3 wrote
Reply to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki to Step Down by 08830
Google rented a house from her back when the company fit in a suburban house. She's done most of a decade at YouTube. I could see this move being much more about her than about the company. She's put in her time.
sweetplantveal t1_j7s2u0r wrote
Reply to SpaceX prepares for a massive test this week: Firing all 33 Starship engines at once by upyoars
The Raptor engines are unusual in that they can throttle down to 40% but as far as I know they still rely on turning some on and some off during different flight stages. If not takeoff and max q, for sure during landing. That coordination has to be super complex...
For context, the engine has been under development for a decade and testing for five years. It's a smaller engine than usual on heavy lift vehicles. It's height is 10 feet. The F1 engine from the Saturn V is almost twice as tall, could fit a Raptor sideways in its nozzle, and develops over 3x the thrust. But where the Saturn V has 5 F1s on the bottom, BFR has 33 Raptors. About twice the thrust in total.
This test is a big deal for Space X. A TON of their future plans hinge on the Raptor.
sweetplantveal t1_j6uva1a wrote
Reply to comment by machstem in Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result. by MistWeaver80
Sounds like a dream yard
sweetplantveal t1_j6quw0e wrote
Reply to Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result. by MistWeaver80
Trees make a place livable. I think we should be investing in urban forestry.
sweetplantveal t1_j619red wrote
Reply to comment by PuraVida3 in NYC bike path terror suspect found guilty on all counts in killing of 8 people by electromagneticpost
Five years and change for someone caught in the act is NOT slow in your opinion. Gotcha.
sweetplantveal t1_j60kgva wrote
Reply to comment by frodosdream in NYC bike path terror suspect found guilty on all counts in killing of 8 people by electromagneticpost
God the justice system is slow. Isis was doing this in Europe, then this, then the far right was running over protesters weekly. Then it basically stopped happening and now we have a conviction for the first case. Jfc.
sweetplantveal t1_j2q7xiu wrote
Reply to comment by Miffers in RIP Ken Block. Keep scaring May. by Dat_Lion_Der
> According to a Facebook post from the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office, Kenneth Block was riding a snowmobile on a steep slope at approximately 2 p.m. Monday when the vehicle upended and landed on top of him
I expected an avalanche when I heard snowmobile accident. Rip.
https://ksltv.com/516461/rally-car-legend-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident/
sweetplantveal t1_j29k8qm wrote
A lot of movies delay revealing the bad guy to build suspense. Alien is what pops to mind. Do you specifically not want to ever see baddies?
sweetplantveal t1_j29ethk wrote
Reply to comment by KingDuken in New York’s governor signs watered-down right-to-repair bill - Last-minute concessions weakened the rules, which will only apply to new consumer products sold after July 1st. by speckz
Yeah the limitations, such as new products built and sold in NY and manufacturers being able to bundle parts (an entire motherboard or drive unit or whatever), means the practical impacts of this are going be very limited.
sweetplantveal t1_j26w3u8 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Exclusive: U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China by Smithy2232
Does Winnie the Poohs dick taste like honey? This guy definitely knows.
And pro tip, try taking a shot at the CCPs enemies where they're actually vulnerable. Taiwan isn't having a problem with covid surging right now. Like at all. And their government is a lot more trustworthy with reporting.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Taiwan+covid+rates&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
sweetplantveal t1_j26ug4z wrote
Reply to Got a great deal on some Yerb today. by zbartrum
Limit 1 free 😵💫
sweetplantveal t1_j0w0tg1 wrote
Reply to comment by Sufficient_Creme6961 in Rewatching 24. My season rankings by Ambitious-Finish5364
You apparently. But I see your point, why be anything other than a passive consumer of what ever the executives and algorithms put on our screens.
sweetplantveal t1_j0vpppn wrote
Reply to comment by Sufficient_Creme6961 in Rewatching 24. My season rankings by Ambitious-Finish5364
Lol I'm actually a big fan of the first few seasons but come on. It turned into self parody where about 16 of the 24 hours was just Jack in a poorly lit room yelling at a guy with pliers in one hand and a waterboarding kit in the other.
Edit AND torture mostly works in the show and anyone who studies it has found out people pretty much say whatever they think you want to hear regardless of truth/reality.
sweetplantveal t1_j0v11jl wrote
Any reflection on it being grippingly produced torture porn to soothe America's battered conscience?
sweetplantveal t1_j08less wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod in Feds file lawsuit against Arizona over border wall made of shipping containers by AudibleNod
A lack of consequences with a clear political upside means the calculus says break the law every time.
sweetplantveal t1_iz0ez8n wrote
Reply to Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2023 Tour With the Strokes, St. Vincent, and More by Task_Force-191
What a weird NA lineup. For example there's four shows in six weeks, they're going to Fargo ND, and it looks like St Vincent is only with them in Vegas for the one show.
sweetplantveal t1_iyf92xo wrote
Reply to Results from a study showed that a computerized simulated-driving program improved ADHD teen driving by reducing the rate of collisions/near-collisions post-training by dark_knight1702
At a glance, the 'self diving' attention sensors would be good for everyone from a safety perspective.
sweetplantveal t1_iydal2k wrote
Reply to comment by trex1013 in Best songs to listen to in surround sound? by BrotherLary247
In Rainbows was my choice!
sweetplantveal t1_iyb1ufv wrote
Reply to comment by ShankThatSnitch in ELI5 Are cows constantly producing milk? by ms_myco
Man, Ty! I absolutely loved that video. Now I'm team rebrand all dairy cows as good meat all the way.
sweetplantveal t1_iyazh7i wrote
Reply to comment by soylamulatta in ELI5 Are cows constantly producing milk? by ms_myco
It's like starting a debate over which is better, Mercedes or Porsche... Then in response to an opinion, insisting cars should be outlawed in favor of bicycles only. It's just a different, if superficially related, subject.
sweetplantveal t1_iya4jdw wrote
Reply to comment by soylamulatta in ELI5 Are cows constantly producing milk? by ms_myco
Look. I'm not here to argue all of the merits and issues with eating any meat in any situation. Pretty far off topic.
sweetplantveal t1_iya3x6p wrote
Reply to comment by Various_Succotash_79 in ELI5 Are cows constantly producing milk? by ms_myco
I was under the opposite impression with the breeds. TIL
sweetplantveal t1_iya3mgo wrote
Reply to comment by soylamulatta in ELI5 Are cows constantly producing milk? by ms_myco
It's a male dairy calf. The rest of its life and how it's treated is up to the farmer. Why couldn't they have a great life pre butchering?
sweetplantveal t1_jegfwk5 wrote
Reply to comment by windowpanesir in Have you completely lost any desire to watch Everything, Everywhere All At Once? by Peon-Flux
Parasite was a master class in film making. Lots of praise beyond the cinematography but the fact op hated it and is focused on best picture makes me wonder what they actually value in a film.