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Happy eclipse day - and clear skies to those lucky enough to be within the path of totality!

FREAKING LAST DAY OF AUGUST!!!

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I just found it particularly interesting and thought I ought to share.

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Interesting panel with scientists about the question "are we all part of a simulation".
Its less chessy than it sounds at first, and goes into some interesting scientific topics.

Amazon has 11 more of these crayons left in stock.

Shoo, ya bots. Go away Bing, no one likes you. And I don't trust you Google bot. Imma keep an eye on you!

Here's a Youtube video that I just watched found extremely chilling: How Big do Tornadoes Get?
When I was a kid, I was very terrified of tornadoes.
I remember becoming hysterical and inconsolable a few times when I saw the sky turn green, which I had learned was a sign of a possible tornado.
A friend of mine recently drove through one that touched down roughly 6 km west of where I live, but wasn't very strong (by tornado standards) and didn't end up doing much damage.
He described the horrible sensation of the wind starting to pick up and shove his truck. He gunned it and made it home unscathed.

Baile nam Fonn wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:52 pm

(...) He gunned it and made it home unscathed.

He what? He shot the tornado and then went home? Damn son...

I've always found tornadoes (and natural disasters of any kind) fascinating, ever since I was little. Not exactly sure what sparked that fascination, but I've never seen a green sky before. Yellow, yes - but not green.

The Ig Nobel awards for 2017 have been announced.

Physics – To Antoine Fardin, for using fluid dynamics to probe the question "Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?”

El Reg article (and link) here.

Silver = Thomas Thwaites confirmed.

0111narwhalz wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:24 am

Silver = Thomas Thwaites confirmed.

Oh no! You have found out my secret identity. Now I must turn you into cats, for future experiments!
Muwhahahaha!

Silverware wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:43 pm

0111narwhalz wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:24 am

Silver = Thomas Thwaites confirmed.

Oh no! You have found out my secret identity. Now I must turn you into cats, for future experiments!
Muwhahahaha!

Crazy scientist detected! Run everybody!!!

Arrr!