Actually if you’re not being cynical you’re literally a bad person who wants people to die. How can you possibly celebrate progress when there are unsolved problems and the world still isn’t perfect?
The sound of the largest explosion is estimated to have been 180dB at 160km distance, and SPL falls off by 6 dB for each doubling of distance, so at the commonly used 1m distance it would have been over 280 dB.
I’ve often wondered why, after a century of innovation, modern bicycles look so similar to the ones that people rode in the 1890s. After all the innovations in the world since that time, why haven’t we improved on the bicycle?...
If the difference is a factor of 187 wouldn’t you need 187 years in South Dudan to equal a year’s income in the US? 187 / 12 is just over 15, but now you’re comparing years to months
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which Israeli and Palestinian media reports said had resulted in Israeli casualties....
For me showering means standing in a windowless room staring at a blank wall for 20 minutes (I get lost in my thoughts). Also there are several steps and I have to think about each of them....
Down and to right? (lemmy.world)
Charts are from 2018.
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Nicaragua cancels Chinese plan to complete controversial canal (www.theguardian.com)
Critics said proposal to build canal linking Atlantic and Pacific would endanger environment and rural communities...
Cruise worker accused of stabbing a 75-year-old and 2 guards with scissors on vessel bound for Alaska (www.adn.com)
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the ~~sound~~ pressure wave travelled the earth over 3 times (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cna6g6/til_the_1883_eruption_of_krakotoa_which_killed/...
Chemicals in car interiors may cause cancer — and they’re required by US law: (thehill.com)
Robert F Kennedy Jr says health issue caused by dead worm in his brain (www.theguardian.com)
Third-party US presidential candidate says 2010 issue ‘caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died’
Lil grippers (mander.xyz)
Arrest of journalist Olga Fedorova (Alex Kent, New York, May 8 2024) (kbin.earth)
130-year-old bicycle vs brand-new modern bike (www.youtube.com)
I’ve often wondered why, after a century of innovation, modern bicycles look so similar to the ones that people rode in the 1890s. After all the innovations in the world since that time, why haven’t we improved on the bicycle?...
Anon ends racism (sh.itjust.works)
Weird Knife Wednesday: HUAAO "Bugout" Titanium (lemmy.world)
Ceci n’est pas une Benchmade....
Should we tell him? (sh.itjust.works)
[Astutillo Smeriglia] genie.exe has stopped working (programming.dev)
Choose your difficulty (lemmy.world)
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Denethor's Facebook posts are getting out of control (lemmy.world)
Kroger sale flyer from 2019 (static.frequent-ads.com)
These prices just aggravate me.
Hamas armed wing says responsible for Israel-Gaza border crossing attack (www.reuters.com)
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which Israeli and Palestinian media reports said had resulted in Israeli casualties....
How to make showering not boring?
For me showering means standing in a windowless room staring at a blank wall for 20 minutes (I get lost in my thoughts). Also there are several steps and I have to think about each of them....