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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If anything, it might be a bit much.

The Danish Parliament would like a word...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Turn the page about 45 degrees clockwise, you'll write more straight across the page and the pen will work better because you're not pushing it. Experiment until you find the angle that works best for you.

Additional bonus: No more smudges on your hand/the page.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I think that's called grayjay.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Astronomers would notice immediately, as the stars would be in very wrong positions. The IAU is the primary reason why IT people have to hack around leap seconds.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Published in World Economic Forum · 5 min read · Nov 12, 2016

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

What the vast majority of people would probably think of when they hear the word 'fire' is actually flames; flames are quite simply particles emitting light.

For an everyday example, take a campfire: The wood logs you see burning are at such a high temperature that they give off methanol (and other flammable chemicals), which is most of what's burning. Apart from the methanol being driven off of the wood, there will be other chemical compounds and/or larger clumps of more-or-less-burned wood that will be carried off. These larger clumps in particular, while very small, are nonetheless large and hot enough to start emitting light in the visual spectrum. This is essentially what a flame is: Particles emitting light.

Fire in and of itself is quite simply rapid oxidation in the presence of oxygen.

The above is, arguably, a gross oversimplification.

TLDR: Flames are particles, fire is combustion.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's worse than that, the first safety inspection is after four years, not six.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t matter.

It REALLY doesn’t matter.

Best way I saw it expressed: If you did something that was NOT a nazi salute, but other people perceived it as a nazi salute, you would IMMEDIATELY apologise and walk it back. Given that Muskolini has not done that, he did indeed do a nazi salute.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia link (to the Peeping Tom section).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

They know about it; doesn't mean they actually did anything to counter it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The issue is not ammonia (at least not when it comes to urine) but rather urea, which also reacts with hypochlorite to create chloramines.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago
 

EU brings product liability rules in line with digital age and circular economy

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