[-] Fern@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

For health reasons I stopped eating fast food more than 10 years ago. I'm still amazed so many people do. It feels like something you do when you're a kid to me. I know it's not that way for many. It is very unhealthy food though. I highly recommend not going. Best of luck.

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

This is a pretty amazing story. Dope pick actually.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by Fern@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

Lemmyversers, I'm looking for some help developing a new mnemonic device.

Inspired by a video by Epic Spaceman, where he explains a handy system for comparing the size of things from a banana to an atom, I’ve come up with a mnemonic device to aid in remembering these scales.

He lists items, each smaller than the previous by a factor of 10:

It goes:

  • Banana
  • Coin
  • Edge of the coin
  • Waterbear/microorganism
  • Red blood cell
  • Bacteria
  • "Good virus"/Bacteriophage
  • Corona Virus/"Bad Virus"
  • DNA
  • Atom

So a coin is roughly 1/10 a banana, and the edge of that coin is roughly 1/10 the size if that coin.

It gives good references for thinking about other things if similar size. A sort of banana for scale at each factor of 10.

And allows you to quickly determine approximations like Covid is roughly 1000 times smaller than a red blood cell. Or an atom is roughly 1 billion times smaller than a banana. (That doesn't sound right. Is that actually right?)

Do you think that's a useful memory tool? And are these best touchstones for scale at each level?

The mnemonic I've come up with for it as you may have guessed, is:

  • Be
  • Cool
  • Even
  • When
  • Really
  • Big
  • Goblins
  • Casually
  • Drop
  • Acid

Do you have any better ideas or tweaks you"d recommend for the mnemonic or the touchstones?

Would this be helpful when trying to wrap your head around the scale of the micro?

Also, what would make for a good macro version of this? Where everything got bigger by a factor of 10?

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 88 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In the ocean? I like decent grandmas who want their car batteries properly d'esordio of.

Edit: disposed*

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

I'm a big hugger. I wish that there was more affection between men, I often worry I'm making other men uncomfortable and then in turn I get uncomfortable about it. The whole thing makes me far more stressed than I wish it did honestly.

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

This popped up on my yt feed and I had no idea what a legit informative video it would be.

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

A E S T H E T I C S

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Indeed, the Babylon Bee is very cringe

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 84 points 3 months ago

I saw a YT vid where they mentioned that you hear things differently at a 45 degrees angle because of the different heights of your ears. So it makes sense as a behavior associated with trying to better understand and observe something.

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

I don't really understand why people get so aggro like this and start fat shaming. Like, do you react this way whenever someone smokes cigarettes or drinks alcohol? It's other people's bodies. I have honestly never heard anyone say these excuses. I normally see fat people shaming and beating up on themselves. This kind of shit makes them feel like it's not even okay to be seen because of this shit. Shame is not the answer.

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 167 points 4 months ago

Ye, objectified is probs what they meant.

[-] Fern@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Horay! Plus a little war profiteering; supporting a bit of genocide never hurt right? Not like his is the first administration to do it.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Fern@lemmy.world to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

Got some ideas/requests.

This is my favorite app so far. Love the swipe controls and the compact UI. Liking the snappiness of it all.

Ideas/requests

  • Add direct messaging (I can see my messages but can't respond to them).
  • Add trending communities when you click search/a way to explore communities rather than having to type in the specific community you want.
  • Make it so clicking on "all" at the top of the screen opens a menu that gives you the option to switch between all, local, subscribed and specific subs and functions as a search.
  • Allow user to customize UI a bit more, specifically in compact mode I'd like to be able to switch the side that the preview thumbnail is on.
  • Show profile banners and have a way for users to customize their banner and profile pic.
  • Add an edit post function.
  • Add sidebars.
  • Ability to save drafts on posts and comments.

Keep up the amazing work! ʕ⁠·⁠ᴥ⁠·⁠ʔ--

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