What's an interesting fact you learned recently?
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That sharks as a species, are older than trees, flowers... and older than the rings of Saturn.
"Get off my sea-lawn"
-- Sharks probably
They're also older than Polaris. Not just older than since Polaris has been our North Star, but older than the star itself.
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The water in rain falling in the west of Lake Superior will take 200 years to reach the Atlantic.
What? How the heck does that make any sense? Also, how would you even track that with high accuracy?
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What? How the heck does that make any sense? Also, how would you even track that with high accuracy?
Estimations are made from the lakes depths, sizes and flow rates. Superior is fed by 200+ sources, but less so for the downflow lakes. Several are only fed by the uphill lake. This gives better accuracy when making estimates on how long it would take to replace all the water contained or travel time of the water itself.
Here’s another: According to fossil evidence, the Grest Lakes used to flow towards the Pacific, but an object, thought to be a comet, struck Lake Ontario (Charity Shoals) and changed the flow to the Atlantic.
Okay, one more: The Great Lakes are tilting over time. The Lawrentian ice sheet depressed the crust of the earth so much by its weight that it is still rebounding. I believe it is Lake Huron that they can see the tilt level changing about a tenth of an inch a year to the south.
The Great Lakes are truly a marvel of nature.
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You can graft a tomato plant and a potato plant together so the one plant can produce potatoes underground and tomatoes above ground because they are from the same family.
Yes it's possible, but the tomatoes and the potatoes fight for resources and make subpar produce
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
Interesting! Is your vision still good other than nearsightedness? I wonder if there are other methods of labeling vision that could more accurately describe that.
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
Vonnegut didn't get famous until Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). He had already written a load of what are now classics but still had to have a day job.
Player Piano (1952)
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Cat's Cradle (1960)
Mother Night (1961)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)I'm sure there were also loads of short stories in that time frame.
And for anyone who hasn't read Vonnegut, I think it's important that you try.
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Not a new one, but I've learned more recently:
Water does not last forever, is not all dinosaur pee. Natural processes create and destroy it, nonstop, since forever.
Got any plants nearby? Those fuckers are busily cracking water into glucose and oxygen so that you can breathe and eat. Have you said thank you once?!
6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Take a shot of baking soda for your heartburn, oh boy will you create water!
NaHCO3 + 2HCl → NaCl + H2O + CO2
CAVEAT: The gas comes up your pipes, the water goes down your pipes. Violently. Probably a gravity thing. Not for the faint of heart, but hey, no heartburn!
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
Steven Donaldson had his first Thomas Covenant novel rejected by 27 publishers before it was finally bought.
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
wrote last edited by [email protected]Recently had lens replacement surgery (AMA?) which gave me 20/15 far sight vision. Seeing things up close is difficult (need reading glasses) but making out details from far away objects is unreal. It's like having HD vision.
Anywho, 20/20 simply means that you can make out details at 20 feet that the average person can make out at 20 feet. In my case, I can make out details at 20 feet that most people can only make out at 15 feet.
If you have 20/40 vision, it means that what most people can make out at 40 ft, you can only make it out of it were 20 feet away.
Now you know how that works.
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Recently had lens replacement surgery (AMA?) which gave me 20/15 far sight vision. Seeing things up close is difficult (need reading glasses) but making out details from far away objects is unreal. It's like having HD vision.
Anywho, 20/20 simply means that you can make out details at 20 feet that the average person can make out at 20 feet. In my case, I can make out details at 20 feet that most people can only make out at 15 feet.
If you have 20/40 vision, it means that what most people can make out at 40 ft, you can only make it out of it were 20 feet away.
Now you know how that works.
What was the recovery from that surgery like? Any pain / discomfort / concerns?
I am considering getting lens replacement for my dog if I can come up with the money, but financial concerns aside, my other biggest concern is how stressful / painful / risky that kind of procedure might be for her.
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You can harvest asparagus twice a day.
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They're also older than Polaris. Not just older than since Polaris has been our North Star, but older than the star itself.
God damn the ocean is terrifying.
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
I learned this the hard way earlier this year when I got lasik. I used to be able to read the clock from across the room in my house with my contacts, but now that I have 20/20 without contacts, I can no longer make it out. So I guess the contacts were giving me a slightly higher than average vision.
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If you live in America and live to the age of 79 there is a possibility that you have walked by or interacted with 36 active serial killers.
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
Yeah, my glasses actually correct past 20/20, but my contacts only correct to 20/20. So everything is more blurry when I wear my contacts.
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What was the recovery from that surgery like? Any pain / discomfort / concerns?
I am considering getting lens replacement for my dog if I can come up with the money, but financial concerns aside, my other biggest concern is how stressful / painful / risky that kind of procedure might be for her.
Well, not being a dog, I can't really say for certain, but I'm sure your puppy will be fine. For me, there was little to no pain at all, even during recovery. Only mild discomfort, and I mean very mild. It's outpatient surgery and the actual procedure only takes a few minutes (for one eye). It was really no big deal at all
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Not a new one, but I've learned more recently:
Water does not last forever, is not all dinosaur pee. Natural processes create and destroy it, nonstop, since forever.
Got any plants nearby? Those fuckers are busily cracking water into glucose and oxygen so that you can breathe and eat. Have you said thank you once?!
6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Take a shot of baking soda for your heartburn, oh boy will you create water!
NaHCO3 + 2HCl → NaCl + H2O + CO2
CAVEAT: The gas comes up your pipes, the water goes down your pipes. Violently. Probably a gravity thing. Not for the faint of heart, but hey, no heartburn!
the water goes down your pipes. Violently.
That's what salt water does. That's how people die when they are in a life-raft and drink seawater: defecating terminally.
So I hear, thankfully only second-hand.
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You can graft a tomato plant and a potato plant together so the one plant can produce potatoes underground and tomatoes above ground because they are from the same family.
i hear you can do that to some fruit trees too.
like oranges and lemons iirc?
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You can harvest asparagus twice a day.
wow. Do they grow that fast or is there some mechanism that one triggers with the plant?
