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Bee

Dec 26, 2022

@inkeduprunner I could never bring myself to do journaling on Notion, since it’s not E2E encrypted

Bee

Dec 26, 2022

Mr Spock 🖖Dec 26, 2022

Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.
Social media is probably our worst downfall. An unending source of distraction, it gets in the way of focus – the very thing we need to get stuff done. Also, more worryingly, it has given humans the pressure to share and be interesting. This would not be a problem for Spock. A Vulcan is far more concerned with being interested than interesting

Bee

Dec 26, 2022

Rod Hilton Dec 25, 2022

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

Bee

Dec 26, 2022

Dr. Victoria Grinberg Dec 26, 2022

Light needs about 8 min 20 sec to reach us from the Sun which is 147 million km away.

Let's say this distance corresponds to one sheet of toilet paper. Then the distance from Sun to Neptune is about 30 sheets. Voyager 2, the 2nd farthest travelling human artefact, is about 100 sheets (1/4 of a 400 sheet roll) away.

How far away is the closest star, Proxima Centauri? About 670 toilet paper rolls. And the center of our own Milky Way? 4 million toilet paper rolls.

#astrodon #scicomm #VicisAstro

Bee

Dec 26, 2022