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Yesterday, 06:44 PM

Swift replied to a thread Road salt in Science and Technology

It is not overwrought in the least. I know that in Ohio (and elsewhere) that the use of road salt has allowed the invasive species Phragmites, which...

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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 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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2021-Jan-26, 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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2021-Jan-26, 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-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-22, 12:48 AM

Jens replied to a thread The Joe Biden Admin Space Exploration Policy in Space Exploration

I may have misunderstood, but Senate chair positions are not presidential appointments, right? Or do you mean if Biden selects him to serve in some...

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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, 08:53 AM

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

I'm sort of surprised. The danger of taking an international flight and stuff might outweigh the danger of staying put even in a place with lots of...

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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-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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2021-Jan-16, 04:41 PM

Swift replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

Visitor to our backyard the other night, a coyote. Think I also saw him another night on the game camera, but it wasn't as good a video (not that...

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2021-Jan-16, 04:28 PM

Swift replied to a thread Middle-aged kit building in Off-Topic Babbling

I'll have to see if any of the Shapeways people make an N scale road runner. It might have to be a dog and a chicken. ;) I'm not a rivet...

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2021-Jan-16, 04:17 PM

Swift replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

KSC is run by NASA, Cape Canaveral was run by the Air Force (I guess it is now run by the Space Force).

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2021-Jan-16, 03:01 AM

Swift replied to a thread Middle-aged kit building in Off-Topic Babbling

Made a lot of progress on the model railroad in the 9 months since I last posted about it (thanks Covid). Have pretty much all the track in place,...

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2021-Jan-16, 02:50 AM

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2021-Jan-16, 02:46 AM

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

PC Computing (magazine) - never had a subscription, but read it pretty regularly (bought a copy or the library) Used to like browsing computer...

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