doctordevice

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[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You had it right the first time, 1 tonne (1000 kg) of CO2 at standard temperature and pressure would have a volume equivalent to that cube.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

At standard temperature and pressure (STP) it looks like CO2 has a density of 1.96 kg/m^3. 1 tonne = 1000 kg, so a tonne of CO2 has a volume of (1000 kg)/(1.96 kg/m^3) = 510 m^3 at STP. A cube of that volume would have side length (510 m^3)^(1/3) = 7.99 m, so roughly 8 meters per side.

I don't know how tall that person is, but if we assume around 1.6 m (5' 3") then the cube side length should be about 5 of her. Seems pretty accurate to me.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cursed cat... hands? Paws? Somewhere in between?

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Especially when Equifax leaked nearly half of all Americans' names, social security numbers, addresses, birthdays, and driver license number in 2017. That info is just out there and we can never remove it.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

This seems like a fun game, but I have absolutely no clue what this one is. Seems like no one else does either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Planck scale units aren't known or typically assumed to be minimum units. They're just the units that come out of combining some fundamental constants and are thought to represent a scale where the effects of quantum gravity have too much effect to be ignored. They just represent a theoretical limit to the validity of our current models.

Human knowledge will continue to push these boundaries as long as humans still exist, but it's arrogant to think our current human limitation is a universal limitation.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, it is canon that the Abrahamic god kills children en masse sometimes. He does love a good genocide.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Choosing not to prop Trump up as a pied piper during the primaries would also have been a good step. And putting anyone but one of the most unelectable politicians against him would also have been a good idea.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Agnostic atheist: Doesn't believe in any gods, claims the existence or nonexistence of gods is fundamentally unknowable

Gnostic atheist: Doesn't believe in any gods, claims to know no gods exist

Agnostic theist: Believes in god(s), claims the existence or nonexistence of gods is fundamentally unknowable

Gnostic theist: Believes in god(s), claims to know that those god(s) exist

I think all four types of people exist in decent numbers, but personally I, as an agnostic atheist, think either version of agnosticism is the only logically sound position. Gnosticism just feels disingenuous to me. Unfortunately I get the feeling that Christianity in the US is slipping further and further towards gnostic theism, and with that comes very dogmatic and oppressive rhetoric and actions.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago

Both my brother and my brother-in-law are professional chefs and they each eat the weirdest nonsense on their own. It's like their palettes have to be so refined at work that they need to throw the wildest combos of flavors together at home to feel like they're eating something different.

So if anything I think this qualifies you as the "chef guy."

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago

Put a much more simple and meaningful way rather than subdivisions: Australia is only about 5% smaller than the contiguous US ("lower 48").

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

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