BugleFingers

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Roots are more or less the life blood of a tree, and while small damage by itself won't kill it (to my knowledge) it opens it up way more severely to pests and "infection", promptly killing the plant.

*I'm not a botanist, this is an answer based off of my "common knowledge".

Please use this for better sources or salted information: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I've only met one entomologist (by trade), in an airport in France and they were headed to a warhammer 40K tournament. We talked for maybe 4ish hours on the social complexity of ants.

This was roughly 10 years ago, still an awesome memory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are there other rocks that may stick to the tongue? Something porous and/or absorbent?Pumice for instance?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I (begrudgingly) wake at 4:15am and yes, god has forsaken this time of day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

TIL, I did a project on this 10 or so years ago, so either I misremembered or new information came to light

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

I know the /s but I also want to introduce you to amorphous solids! (Because I like them so now you get to read this lol) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_solid

Which is essentially a "solid" structure without a proper crystalline structure. This will cause it to move as a liquid at incredibly slow speeds. Such a glass for instance. Extremely old historical glass can be seen to be thicker at the bottom than the top. Not because it was built this way, but because over hundreds of years it has "poured" down [1].

*This is a simplified explanation and therefore may not be acutely accurate for sake of simplicity

TL;DR Some solid stuff is really just super slow liquids. I.E. Glass

[1]: See link in comment reply. Glass is an amorphous solid but sources say that glass pane construction is the cause of thicker bottoms rather than it's movement over time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, than there's no issue to begin with

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

So the amount you are adding is getting smaller with each iteration, 1/4 is smaller than 1/2, however you are still adding 1/4 on top of the 1/2, and those two are combined, closer to "1" than either of them independently correct? (1/2 +1/4 =1/3. 1/3>1/2)

So if the number gets bigger forever than at some point it will eventually hit "1", since we already started with "1" the next "1" will be "2"

I hope I'm explaining it well enough, it's similar to how 3.33(repeating)x3...=10 (though technically for different reasons)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I believe starting with 1/1 which equals 1, you are then adding infinitely (fractions) on top of the 1. So 1, then 1 1/2, ect, so the next full integer to be hit (infinitely down the line) would be 2.

I don't do high level math so I hope this explanation is correct or intelligible, this is just how I understand it intuitively

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the way that language is commonly used, yes. People have been using it wrong for so long "jealous" has effectively become synonymous with "envious". Even if I dislike and disagree with it being used this way.

If someone is eating a donut and you say "I'm so jealous [of having the donut]" I'm fairly confident most everyone would understand you mean envious by definition but are using the word jealous to convey that meaning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I've gone twice, the first time, it was awesome! I was with two friends, we roamed and checked out basically every street. I even got to put a lock on the lock bridge for my partner at the time. Everyone was friendly and 2 of us spoke French so that helped a ton.

The second time I went was a few years after. The terrorist attacks had happened and the experience was not as great. The Eiffel tower is now gated and patrolled, you need had to get in lines and wait to get up close. They also had taken down the lock bridge (I was still with the same partner). It was still a good experience for sure, the vibe was different though.

Paris at night is beautiful, though remember that it is still a city, so treat it as such.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The guess I have for myself would be 1-2 months. I have very few obligations, my work would probably call and email that I'm laid off, my family doesn't tend to hear from me except a couple times a year and it's not uncommon for me to go weeks or a month+ without interacting with my friends.

I live alone, no pets, so I'd probably start stinking before the apartment complex comes in to figure it out

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