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Today, 05:42 PM

Swift replied to a thread Road salt in Science and Technology

ensia.com quora.com (18 * 10^6) / (36 * 10^18) = 5 * 10^-13

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Today, 05:34 PM

Swift replied to a thread Road salt in Science and Technology

I don't know; I suspect on some absolute level it must, but it is probably immeasurably small and would have no noticable effect. However, road...

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Yesterday, 04:41 PM

Swift replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Ospreys range widely across North America (LINK). In Ohio, as in Scotland, they are associated with freshwater, but I gather they will also hunt in...

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Yesterday, 03:13 PM

Swift replied to a thread Hyperspherical Universe without Singularities. in Against the Mainstream

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2021-Jan-25, 09:43 PM

Swift replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

I actually think the whole arXiv before peer review is a bad idea. Even among peer-reviewed papers there is, IMO, entirely too much garbage, and I...

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2021-Jan-25, 06:25 PM

Swift replied to a thread Earth question in Geology & Planetary Surfaces

I wonder if life would have started earlier without the cataclysmic event that formed the Moon? And if it did, would it have made any difference in...

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2021-Jan-25, 06:14 PM

Swift replied to a thread Astronomy discoveries that did not live up to their hype in Astronomy

Agreed. And it is true not just in astronomy; I think it is probably even more prevalent in disciplines that directly affect human lives or culture...

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2021-Jan-25, 04:18 PM

Swift replied to a thread Lightweight Iodine Thruster Could Help Solve Space Junk Problem in Universe Today

I have to disagree with one of the statements in the article. I would not classify iodine as "non-toxic" (nor would I classify xenon as toxic)....

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2021-Jan-25, 03:59 PM

Solfe replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Really trivial stuff that bugs me? The Buffalo Bills.

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2021-Jan-23, 03:30 PM

Swift replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Sure you can - she was the poet that spoke at the inauguration of President Biden and she is the National Youth Poet Laureate. Neither of those are...

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2021-Jan-22, 05:05 PM

Swift replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Somewhat off topic for this thread (but it is OTB)... back when I was single, I had some weird/funny experiences with blind dates (or rather lacks of...

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2021-Jan-22, 04:58 PM

Swift replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Yes. It was interesting hearing about the speech difficulty she overcame; I had never heard of such a thing (having difficulty saying certain...

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2021-Jan-22, 04:52 PM

Swift replied to a thread International Space Station in Space Exploration

Heck, we did that as kids when we went to camp, or with our school lunches. "Hey, I'll trade you half my sandwich for your cookie"

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2021-Jan-22, 04:36 AM

Swift replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

That sucks. And that really sucks. Shingles scares me, as I had chicken pox and I know some people who have had it bad. I got the vaccine a...

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2021-Jan-22, 04:33 AM

Swift replied to a thread When you just *have* to make a joke in Off-Topic Babbling

Yes, the problem with pressurizing with helium is that your rocket exhaust doesn't come out with a roar, but more like a high pitched squeal. You...

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2021-Jan-20, 09:04 PM

Solfe replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

I'm not even checking see about this vaccine. My wife got it, my son will get it next month and I have no idea about the other two kids. I should...

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2021-Jan-20, 05:59 PM

Solfe replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

Quantum Leap is one of my favorites shows. I need to go check to see where it is streaming. No guarantee I have that service, which is annoying....

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2021-Jan-20, 05:21 PM

Swift replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

yes

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2021-Jan-20, 04:13 PM

Swift replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

mRNA vaccines did spring out of nothing in the last year, but are built on 30 years of research Harvard.edu wikipedia

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2021-Jan-20, 01:35 PM

Solfe replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

I am not sure if that is remotely the real policy, but it is the result. Call centers are petri dishes. People sitting on top of each other,...

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2021-Jan-20, 05:54 AM

Solfe replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

There that missing verb again. (Fixed it in my post.) I keep doing that. They provide computers, software, internet services and now cameras. The...

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2021-Jan-20, 04:52 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Adventures in DIY in Off-Topic Babbling

I love the giant red off paddle.

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2021-Jan-20, 04:50 AM

Solfe replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

I just found out that my new place of employment has about 400 of 600 staff working from home. I had no idea. Apparently the form to request work...

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2021-Jan-19, 07:35 PM

Swift replied to a thread East Carib volcanos firing up - La Soufriere in Geology & Planetary Surfaces

Coincidentally, my wife was talking about post-pandemic vacation spots the other day and was talking about St. Vincent. I said we might want to wait...

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2021-Jan-19, 01:46 PM

Solfe replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

My neighbor is supposed to get the vaccine tomorrow. I can think of no permeation situations that would make her eligible for this shot, but I do...

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2021-Jan-17, 05:03 PM

Solfe replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

Ok, here is something I plainy don't understand. My neighbor shovels the snow on her lawn. It seems to me that she has divided the lawn into...

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2021-Jan-16, 04:56 PM

Swift replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

I enjoyed Battleship too, even though I was constantly thinking of "that's not possible" or "that doesn't make sense" things.

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selvaarchi - 2014-Jul-19 01:23 PM View Conversation

Need some help. I have enter a new thread twice under space exploration "The Eagle has landed". Grateful if you could delete the first one on the list.
Thank you, selva
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Thanks
P Timmy - 2012-Jun-05 04:05 PM View Conversation

So how about it photographer Swift... you gonna post a picture in the "Guess what this is" thread?
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It seems they have been made a separate thread ... for some odd reason...
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Why were my two posts in this thread removed?
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Its me again! Just popping back in , knowing that today is my 22nd Birthday!
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Hey Gamefreak89, what's shaking?
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Hey Bud! Did you miss me? I haven't seen you, or the website in a long time.