Those two are an absolute must for me.

You are using all of these yourself? What kind of crazy job is that?

Yeah. Microsoft managed to make Windows both better and worse over time.

It’s like a scissor, spreading ever wider. The shitty end convinced me to ditch Windows quite some time ago, so I’d say it feels like an asymmetric scissor.

They are mapping out how climate change will affect Geman cities, by comparing their prognostic climate data with historical data of other places.

As a european, I love to hate on the imperial system. But expressing that ratio in units that you actually use when measuring the thing makes sense.

It’s not like you’re actually doing fancy maths with it, just cross-multiplication.

If you don’t conveniently know your body weight in kg, you might as well remember the ratio in relation to lbs.

Yeah. I thought about sending this to my spouse for Valentine’s Day. 💝😻😘 But the Nort America part kinda ruined it.

It’s not the name though, it’s the full taxonomy.

That’s like your mom calling out your whole ancestry before you get grounded for the rest of the summer vacation.

The scientific name only consists of the genus and species taxons, so Escherichia coli is already the full name.

There doesn’t need to be any knowledge involved. It happens, because it works. Neither the beetle nor evolution itself “know” anything about quantum physics. The beetle is just a beetle and evolution is not even an entity that has any agency, it’s just a process that’s happening and that leads to remarkable results over time.

This is just one more example for the old discussion how complexity can develop through evolution. The classic example is the eye of vertebrates. Read up on that, if you’re interested in that discussion.

Well put. My answer would have just been, that it’s possible, but that it can be very, very expensive.

Don’t worry. Asbestos cement is not really dangerous, as long as the concrete is intact and you don’t touch it, there’s nothing to be afraid of.

It’s when it crumbles or you work on it, that you have to take care. The problem is Asbestos dust entering your lungs, where it’s very carcinogenic.

But intact walls and roof are okay.

I used to like a bit of philosophizing, but then I had a philosophy professor who ruined all the fun. What a Kant.

I once accidentaly shorted the connector cables of a battery pack with 4 AA batteries. It very quickly generated enough heat to set the insulation of the cable on fire.

Don’t underestimate short circuits!

Oh, so complex numbers are not numbers now?!