For me, at least, the top two pictures have an optical illusion. When I first look at them, I actually see a bunch of cylinders (or maybe fish scales?) instead of waves. However, once I look more carefully, the waves appear, and I can’t see the cylinders until I look away for a while.
This seems so unlikely that I even double-checked that the picture was a jpg and not a gif.
This elicited a genuine smile from me.
The violin is clearly too large for the cat to be holding it like that. It should be set up like a cello or bass.
I also had a sensible chuckle.
You’re right. There would definitely be a problem of heat disposal. For people who are confused by this concept, I suggest you watch this video about entropy.
If you’re going through the trouble of inventing a different universe, why not just invent one with an infinite energy source, rather than going about it roundabout?
Also, I don’t imagine that people really imagine “limited rate” when talking about “unlimited energy”. With that definition, I could sell you unlimited energy today for the low price of one hundred billion dollars. The rate is limited to 1 Joule per decade, but it will eventually pay off big during the heat death of the universe.
You and I must have different concepts of “unlimited”.
On this planet, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
You’re right. Think about this. On January 6, 2021, Trump was illegally inciting an insurrection. He was surrounded by Secret Service agents who are only ostensibly paid to protect him.
Secret Service agents first oath is to defend the Constitution. So, they actually had a primary duty that day, not to protect Trump, but to arrest him.
They had all sworn a solemn oath that required them to take action against Trump, but nobody did anything of the sort. In fact, they famously broke the law by not retaining the information from their phones from that day.
When allied soldiers came back after the end of WW2, Nazis and fascism were fairly unpopular among them.
I think it is no coincidence that fascism’s popularity has increased at right about the time that virtually all of those soldiers have passed away.
Aren’t cremains generally inside a plastic bag inside the urn?
One sort of history I really enjoy is etymology. I am looking up the etymology of words often enough that I should probably create a sort of normal workflow, but I either use a search engine or Wiktionary.
In this case, it’s not completely clear where the term “buff” as in muscular came from. It’s slang from bodybuilders, so it might be anything, but maybe it comes from buffing objects to make them gleam. And maybe from the fact that they have to be sort of “in the buff” to see all the muscles?
The other definition, enthusiast, has an interesting etymology:
The color term “light brownish-yellow” (by 1788) comes via the hue of buff leather. The old association of “hide” and “skin” led c. 1600 to the sense in in the buff “naked.” Buff-colored uniforms of New York City volunteer firefighters since 1820s led to the meaning “enthusiast” (1903).
These men, together with a score or more of young boys who cherish ambitions to be firemen some day, make up the unofficial Fire Department of New York, and any one who imagines they are not a valuable branch of the service need only ask any firemen [sic] what he thinks of the Buffs to find out his mistake. The Buffs are men and boys whose love of fires, fire-fighting and firemen is a predominant characteristic, who simply cannot keep away from fires, no matter at what time of the day or night they occur, or how long they continue.
So, the original buffs, meaning enthusiasts, were fireman buffs… Which is somehow not a common way of putting it in modern times.
Although I like history, I wouldn’t call myself a history buff. And I basically don’t think about the Roman Empire unless somebody else brings it up.
That is the correct one. And I was able to use his name to find the clip.
There’s this reverend from the Church of England who appears frequently on British panel shows. I forget his name. But anyways, he was on some show, let’s say QI, and they were talking about a guy who claimed to be a minister, but he turned out to be a confidence trickster, and the reverend jokingly says, “What’s the difference?”
Next:
“Any queens?” (Both royals raise their hands)
The good news is that if their records don’t go back more than a year, then you can just wait a year and create an account. They’ll have no idea who you are!
The status quo today is all of the bad stuff that guy said, and also that they’re not local.
I’m convinced that they make cell phones slippery on purpose. They either get to sell more accessories like cases, or they get to sell you another phone when you inevitably drop and break it.
Yeah, if they care so much, why don’t they just ask the superintelligent AI for an answer?