[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 28 points 3 months ago

Petrolium is made from ancient algae and plants, not dinosaurs.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 12 points 3 months ago

It's only science if you're willing to accept the conclusion the observations lead you to even if they prove your idea wrong, because the point of science is to learn and gain understanding, and that is done by being wrong about things and investigating to find the correct answer.

It's no longer science if you're not willing to accept the conclusions because they prove your idea false, which ultimately is the problem that happens with science deniers, they are unwilling to accept being wrong.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

I can do at least 45 seconds up to a full minute.

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/26992211

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Also can use Obtainium to fetch updates directly from the git services of apps.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

It does seem nice but I hear the association fees there are insane.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Well Rotating a rotor on a generator is the most convenient way to make electricity with parts that last a long amount of time. Also doesn't help that we use AC power while other sources like photovoltaic produce DC power which needs to be converted to be used.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've never seen one up close before, it's interesting how much their fins look like feathers, though it shouldn't be that surprising given their purpose.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

It's a similar story with Fungi since mushrooms are the reproductive part of them.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I unfortunately haven't been able to get the ones I grow to be very tall. They never grow taller than about half a meter even in a big pot. They're still pretty but I wish they would grow bigger.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah sunflowers are awesome.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

"Planet" in my book is anything that's too big to just be a large lumpy rock. Something with sufficient gravity to pull itself into the shape of a sphere.

The idea of planets needing to orbit in eliptical orbits on a plane, or clear their own paths is a bias from living in a stable planetary system, but much of the planetary systems and indeed much of the universe doesn't have the stability that exists in this local area, it's especially the case in younger planetary systems as well as much older ones.

Also many planets in the universe don't even have stars, they are rogue, scattered throughout the darkness between the stars.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

I mean it's already there and isn't going anywhere, might as well make the best of a bad situation and get some good out of it.

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