Interests include Dutch, Duolingo, Cycling, TiddlyWiki, PKM,
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A book is like a TARDIS. It's bigger on the inside than on the out.
It can also do time travel.
Strength is in This Glass's DNA (www.bnl.gov)
Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds (www.thedrive.com)
Why are there so many conspiracy theories regarding soy beans?
Dear lemmy, someone very close to my heart is starting to fall into conspiracy theories. It’s heartbreaking. Among other things, he has now told me that soy beans are not supposed to be consumed by human beings and is convinced that despite the literal centuries of human soy bean cultivation and consumption, we shouldn’t eat...
What does cigarette smoking do for people?
I’ve never smoked, but I’ve been around people that do. What do people feel during/after smoking? It doesn’t seem to make people high or hallucinate or anything. It maybe mildly relaxes them?
You arent stuck in traffic, you are the traffic.
I wonder how many fires have been started because people left the pizza box in the oven while trying to keep it warm
I’ve seen a few people put their delivered pizza in the oven after everyone grabs a piece to keep it warm. I’ve also seen a lot of those people forget the pizza is in there and either have to throw it out or only noticed after they preheated their oven.
Why doesn't the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union?
Admittedly, I don’t know much about Brexit, but from what I have been exposed to, it seems like a decisively economical and political impairment that made travel and business with the rest of Europe more difficult and costly. Since it is so highly criticized as a terrible move, why doesn’t the UK just rejoin the EU?
Do Multivitamins actually do anything?
I’ve gone back and forth on taking a multivitamin since I know my diet isn’t all that great. Ideally I should be working to improve that diet but let’s say due to certain circumstances that’s a bit difficult at the moment....
Upcycled plastic can be turned into soap, researchers find (scrippsnews.com)
Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to upcycle plastic into soap. Around 120 grams to 130 grams of plastic can make 100 grams of soap.
Could you compress text files by mapping a word to how commonly it is used and translating it with an application?
It’s a bit of a weird shower thought but basically I was wondering hypothetical if it would be possible to take data from a social media site like Reddit and map the most commonly used words starting at 1 and use a separate application to translate it back and forth....
If intelligent life is found in the universe will it change religion(s)?
…with the James Web Telescope looking for sources of artificial light to identify potential intelligent life, and the news this week of Perseverance searching for microbial life on Mars it feels like we are getting closer to a major discovery. But what - if anything - would it mean for the religions on Earth if life is proven...
how does my "neighbor" hear my private telephone conversations.
This is completely strange, and very long. I’ve exhausted all my ideas, and need fresh ones....