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couchmaster518 t1_jeefucl wrote
Reply to comment by ToxiClay in eli5: Why do seemingly all battery powered electronics need at least 2 batteries? by OneGuyJeff
I recently saw a picture of the insides of a 9 volt battery and, guess what, it contained six AAA batteries.
couchmaster518 t1_jb9nzqp wrote
Reply to comment by mattttb in TIL the largest moon in our solar system, Ganymede, is larger than the planet of Mercury by Jugales
It’s called shrinkage, and it can happen to any planet
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Reply to comment by hamsterpotpies in After a Decade of Tracking Politicians’ Deleted Tweets, Politwoops Is No More by psychothumbs
That doesn’t scale very well to the size of the platform; you’d need to remember every tweet forever, and check them all every day to see which ones were deleted
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Reply to comment by BobRoberts01 in The Last Of Us stunt horse by bill_loney538
60%, at most
couchmaster518 t1_j8eyyr0 wrote
Reply to comment by Bigfops in Men with prostate cancer who also had relatives affected by the disease – or by other cancers with an inherited element like breast, ovarian or bowel cancer – were up to a fifth less likely to die from prostate cancer or any cause compared with those with no family history of cancer by giuliomagnifico
Good point. I’m in the “family history” situation too and the extra attention is comforting.
couchmaster518 t1_j8dnj9r wrote
Reply to Men with prostate cancer who also had relatives affected by the disease – or by other cancers with an inherited element like breast, ovarian or bowel cancer – were up to a fifth less likely to die from prostate cancer or any cause compared with those with no family history of cancer by giuliomagnifico
“…the researchers are confident that the findings can be explained by an ‘awareness’ effect, and provide further evidence of the benefits of programmes to identify men at high risk and potentially screen for disease.”
couchmaster518 t1_j7rvgiy wrote
Reply to comment by 1ndomitablespirit in People from the poorest backgrounds are far more likely to develop a mental disorder later in life than those from wealthier beginnings. More than half of people with a low educational attainment at age 30 will have a diagnosis of a mental disorder 22 years later by Wagamaga
Poverty is a kind of violence
couchmaster518 t1_j6cxivf wrote
Reply to comment by arbenowskee in TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman
The oral sex reference, perhaps?
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Reply to (OC) Not even a few hours after his bath by maiobserver
“There, I fixed that awful smell you gave me all by my self!”
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Reply to HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct
Here’s a tip: uninstall Solitaire
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Reply to comment by SloppyMeathole in TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. by BitterFuture
Yup, lots of fun ideas is that book. Not the easiest book to recommend unless you really know the person’s tastes
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Reply to comment by FormABruteSquad in TIL in 1967 you could buy a Ford Mustang in 47 different colors by MoreTacoPie
My thoughts exactly… who wants a tutti-frutti colored car? That doesn’t seem very manly at all.
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Reply to comment by onlycatshere in Feds file lawsuit against Arizona over border wall made of shipping containers by AudibleNod
His name
couchmaster518 t1_itsxxe5 wrote
After watching that video I can definitely say that I do not want a robot like that to have any part of a surgery on me (as suggested in the video)… it will likely just grab some random internal organ or whatever and pull it out and shake it around, just to see what that looks like
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Reply to comment by lumentec in Updated Moderna Covid booster gives even better protection than earlier jab by Semper-Fido
Can UK news also drop “boffin” (or rather, “BOFFIN”)?
couchmaster518 t1_irmod97 wrote
Reply to comment by seamustheseagull in TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ
Because I was trying (but poorly) to make that exact point; removing Sunday de-religious-ized (??) the calendar so a secular society could be established. The attempt failed, obviously.
couchmaster518 t1_irkeu6i wrote
Reply to comment by my__socrates__note in TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ
No Sundays on their calendar… this was by design, if I recall correctly
Edit: the point of removing Sunday was to establish a secular calendar and society; I failed to get that across.
couchmaster518 t1_jegurfm wrote
Reply to comment by Ndvorsky in eli5: Why do seemingly all battery powered electronics need at least 2 batteries? by OneGuyJeff
I stand corrected! https://www.rfcafe.com/references/electrical/aaaa-cells-inside-a-9volt-battery.htm