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256bits replied to the thread B Does Time Pass at Different Rates on Other Planets?.As for 'aging', yes. the gravitational time dilation is insignificant, for say Earth-Mars. But hold on. GPS has to take the... -
256bits reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with
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Government funded media can be 'at arms length'. Australia's experience (possibly UK and elsewhere too) is that such media are not... -
256bits reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread What Happens to a Fluid Drop in a Vacuum? Insights from Recent Studies with Like.
Yeah, for 20 years. From this forum. https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/interesting-water-wont-spash-in-a-vaccum.69402/
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256bits reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with Like.
It's really not, unless someone is over-interpreting the concept of freedom of speech, as I described before: it doesn't exist outside...
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If the internet were a brick-and-mortar corporation, the normal process would be for it to grow geometrically, but in doing so, it would...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.Has this passed in the US? The article states it has been presented a few times. with some changes with support from a few tech...
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256bits replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Well oops. I gave a smilie in the Today I Learned posting. :smile:
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TIL of an eggcorn. An eggcorn is much like a mondegreen, except that the substituted word doesn't cause the phrase to stop making...
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buck. Buck naked. 'butt naked' is likely a mondegreen eggcorn*. :smile...
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256bits replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Butt is a handy word to have around. Multifaceted, it can be a noun, verb, adjective, anything it wants to be. It tells its best...
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Today I learned that in Germany one can be criminally charged for water butt theft. This ‘murrican also learned what a water butt is...
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Except that 'IRL' people has only one physical presence and that natural limitation will severely hinder everybody in doing plenty of...
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256bits reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with Like.
Freedom of speech looks different to freedom of 'the press'. The latter is the freedom of press owners to promote their views widely...
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256bits reacted to collinsmark's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with Like.
So far I agree. But hold on. Two things. In my earlier posts, I thought we were talking about social media platforms like Facebook or...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.Cute phrases are only cute in their own context, outliers proving the exception rather than the rule. "The early bird gets the worm"...
