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FlowVoid, (edited ) to askscience in [Solved] Trees supposedly take 30 years *before* they absorb CO₂. Why?

Probably because the writer is not reporting her own original research. She is reporting work done by others, they often used metric, and any metric units were converted to common US units because the article was intended for a general American audience.

And why isn’t there a button to restore the original metric units? Same reason why when a newspaper reports a translated quote from Macron or Putin or Xi, there is usually no button to restore the original French or Russian or Chinese: the editor decided that it wasn’t necessary for the intended audience.

FlowVoid, to askscience in [Solved] Trees supposedly take 30 years *before* they absorb CO₂. Why?

It’s a website written by an American for an American audience, which means the writer uses inches, pounds, and US gallons.

No need to feign surprise that Americans generally don’t like the metric system.

FlowVoid, to askscience in [Solved] Trees supposedly take 30 years *before* they absorb CO₂. Why?

They are related, because the energy they use and the mass they grow both come from absorbed CO2.

In other words, every molecule of CO2 expelled by a tree was previously absorbed by the tree. Unlike humans, energy use by trees is carbon neutral. Which means trees cannot grow unless they absorb more CO2 than they expel.

FlowVoid, to steamdeck in Good Times

My sort of interesting experience:

I tried to buy the LE on launch day, and couldn’t get through the payment page. When it was listed as sold out, I bought a regular deck without much difficulty.

Then I saw the LE was available again, and decided to try to buy it again. I was planning to cancel my original order if I could get the LE.

I tried to check out dozens of times over the next 24 hours, but on the final page I kept getting the “something went wrong” error.

About an hour ago, I decided to cancel my original order (you can do this by requesting a refund on the order page). The refund was issued 15 minutes later.

I went back and tried to order the LE again, 30 minutes after the refund was confirmed. Went through on the very first try.

So from my limited experience, I think Steam might be blocking all LE orders (and maybe even regular deck orders?) if you already have an active order.

FlowVoid, to news in Australian man survives crocodile attack by biting reptile’s eyelid

That’s not a bite. THAT’S a bite.

FlowVoid, to news in Donald Trump's colossal admission during trial

If you want Trump to face more than a fine, then you’ll have to wait for him to actually be convicted of a crime. That won’t happen until next year at the earliest. And while conviction is the most likely outcome, it’s not guaranteed.

FlowVoid, to news in Donald Trump's colossal admission during trial

He’s going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars and control of his real estate properties. That’s a serious consequence, particularly for someone who is not actually a billionaire and is seeking office mainly in order to drum up business for his real estate properties.

There’s a reason why is acting so outraged right now, and it’s because he’s not acting.

FlowVoid, to news in Bingo: Trump Admits Intent to “Induce Lending” With Financial Statements

The NY case is going to end up with hundreds of millions of fines and the dismantling of Trump’s real estate business. Which is a pretty big deal.

There is a common sentiment of “just send him to jail already” but that’s not how due process works. He’s not going to get sentenced to jail before he’s been convicted in the Georgia case or the federal cases.

And despite the common sentiment, people aren’t generally thrown in jail for the first violation of a gag order, or even the second one. They generally get fined a few thousand dollars the first few times, which is exactly what happened to Trump.

Jailing Trump for two gag order violations might be briefly satisfying, but it would be immediately reversed on appeal and throw the whole case into question. So the judges need to do everything by the book.

FlowVoid, to news in Actors’ Union Says It Receives ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer From Studios

That line is whatever you want to copyright.

So if you make an AI generated movie and then add one voice actor, then I can copy and sell everything except the voice actor.

I can copy the movie replacing the voice actor with another, edit them out entirely, write and sell a novelization, use the images from your movie to make action figures and T shirts…

FlowVoid, to news in Judge Tells Ivanka She Can Probably Afford a Babysitter

The Artist Formerly Known as Prince did pretty well with his original name.

FlowVoid, to news in Jeff Bezos Is Moving to Miami After 29 Years in Seattle

Let’s say you have 100k in the bank. The equivalent purchase for you

Not necessarily a good comparison, because most people with 100K in the bank have a higher income/savings ratio than Bezos (whose income is basically just the return on his wealth).

So it would be more accurate to say, “Let’s say you are retired with 100K in the bank. The equivalent expense for you would be $50.64”.

FlowVoid, to news in Biden officials alarmed by soaring Palestinian death toll in Gaza

Fair enough! Thanks for explaining!

FlowVoid, to news in Biden officials alarmed by soaring Palestinian death toll in Gaza

Maybe it is, but that’s that doesn’t violate rules of war.

The sad fact is that the rules of war permit a lot of awful things, because war is intrinsically awful.

FlowVoid, to news in Biden officials alarmed by soaring Palestinian death toll in Gaza

Also because it had no humanitarian aid for Gaza and no military aid for Ukraine

FlowVoid, to news in Biden officials alarmed by soaring Palestinian death toll in Gaza

Quite the opposite, Biden just threatened to veto an Israeli military aid package.

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