m0darn

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah I was looking at that being like,

THAT would have been helpful!

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah it seems that Pluto got bigger since I learned this fact, and AI summary is also out dated

Edit to add: I hope it's obvious I meant our estimate of the surface area of Pluto increased, not that I think Pluto is growing.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I see 17 million sq km for Russia, and 16 million sq km for Pluto.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

~~Pluto is smaller than Russia~~

Edit: this fact seems to rely on a contested measurement for pluto. I guess it would still be true if we look at volume but that's kinda weird.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

I'd rather be part of the EU than part of the USA and I think Canadians could be convinced to trade their LOONIES for L-EU-NIES.

But

Canada is twice the size of the entire EU with a population less than that of Spain (a little more then Poland). The capital of our easternmost province is closer to Brussels than it is to the capital of our westernmost province (it's also closer to Berlin, Vienna, Bratislava, and maybe even Rome). I don't think that a governing system designed to meet the needs of European countries is going to be that good of a fit, we have many European values, but our econo-political-geography is probably too dissimilar for it to work.

If the EU created some sort of half-in, half-out affiliation for us to join then maybe?

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you took all the DNA from every cell of one person and laid it in a straight line they would die

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

most of the New Testament wasn't officially canonized for 300 years, so it went through quite a few writers rooms

Yes.

before being formalized at Nicea.

No.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Why is it that 6 of the 7 countries with the lowest amount of caivities do not flouridate their water?

Probably because of diet or availability of dental care. But if only 4/44 countries in Europe fluoridate, then fluoridating countries are over represented in that example's 7 ( ie if fluoride didn't help we would expect it to be 10/11).

Why did you pick top 7 by the way? Is it 6/8? 6/9? 6/10? It's an extremely weird threshold and makes me think you're cherry picking data to suit your narrative.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Why would I want an adjunct in my water?

To protect the teeth of your neighbour's kids.

I don't want the government wasting money on it.

Is it a waste of money? It seems quite plausibly cheaper than your suggestion. In Canada we have implemented a national dental care program for people earning under a certain threshold. I think anything we can do to improve the sustainability of that program is a good idea.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

I still don't want it in my water

Why?

If you buy spring water do you check the fluoride content to make sure it's below a certain threshold? Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium?

 

My neighbour (40/m) ("N") confided that his recently retired father (70/m) ("G") has started going to the casino twice a day (all day but he comes home for dinner).

G's losses affect the food they eat (multi generational household).

N doesn't really know what to do. I'm not so concerned for N, moreso his mother/G's wife.

It's not my business but, when I was a kid my boyscout leader committed suicide after gambling away his house so I'm pretty sensitive to this sort of thing. I'd like to help if I can.

Any advice?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by m0darn@lemmy.ca to c/homestead@lemmy.ca
 

This goose has adopted my parents, and is attempting to establish residency in their cabin. We suspect it is domestic and escaped from its coop. It's a seasonal cabin and they're planning to close up soon. What should they do? Central Ontario. Near Bracebridge.

UPDATE: A neighbor of theirs is set up for chickens, so could accommodate a goose. And shortly after making that arrangement an ad appeared in the community message board. So the goose is going home.

 

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the scale of the problem of nuclear waste. If we took all the nuclear waste produced in a year and evenly blended it into all gasoline burned in a year would the radiation be deadly? Dangerous? Detectable?

It's easiest to get numbers for the US.

2 000 000 kg of waste per year

510 000 000 000 Liters of gasoline

Obviously this isn't a real proposal, although I think it would reduce carbon emissions...

 

Wikipedia says

A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses superpowers, abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime.

So yes, he is definitely dedicated to protecting the public, but it feels wrong to call him a super hero. What do you think?

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