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[01:07:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Scientists Discover New 'Origins of Life' Chemical Reactions - https://sylnt.us - surprising-reactions
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[03:11:17] <progo> Runaway1956 how many libraries of congress in a kilometer?
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[03:43:38] <halibut> progo: The LoC seems to contain about 1,350 kilometers of bookshelves, so I guess there are 0.0007 libraries of congress in a kilometer.
[03:44:00] <progo> halibut++
[03:44:00] <Bender> karma - halibut: 21
[03:44:16] <halibut> I wonder what you would get if you interpreted that as lining all the pages of text together, and unspooling all the tapes, and counting the spiral grooves on the records.
[03:44:31] <progo> I remember when everyone was making coffee table book content on "Multimedia CD-ROMs" they were always comparing database sizes to the Library of Congress
[03:45:07] <progo> also the media likes to compare volumes to "olympic sized swimming pools" for some reason. instead of acrefeet or cubic kilometers
[03:46:50] <halibut> XKCD to the rescue again: https://xkcd.com Volumes should be measured in either Ron Pauls, or refrigerators.
[03:46:50] <systemd> ^ 03Converting to Metric
[03:47:33] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy - https://sylnt.us - wheel-in-the-sky-keeps-on-turning
[03:48:55] <progo> huh
[03:49:08] <progo> would have thought a person is bigger than 65L
[03:49:32] <halibut> I just noticed my karma. I'm now officially 21! Is that the drinking age? Does that mean I can drink https://drinkkarma.com ?
[03:49:33] <systemd> ^ 03Home - Drink Karma
[03:50:31] <progo> LOL! 10° jacket weather
[03:50:32] <progo> no
[03:50:56] <progo> sometimes in the winter I don't put on shoes and I wear flip flops to the store, down to about -3°
[03:53:01] <halibut> You can estimate a person's volume pretty easily. The typical person is roughly the same density as water, given that some people sink, while others barely float, and a lot of people float fairly easily. Thus, people in the 50kg to 100kg range correspond to 50L to 100L. If you think the typical person is less dense than water, then you increase that range a little.
[03:53:47] <progo> I did not know that humans sink in water without added weight or power
[03:54:03] <progo> I thought everyone was naturally a little buoyant
[03:58:36] <progo> but anyway, I've always been told that a good first order approximation for the density of a human is: water
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[06:37:33] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Chevy Bolt Owners Must Choose Between Rebates and Battery Defect Lawsuits - https://sylnt.us - bolt-from-this-company
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[09:26:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Robinhood Woes - https://sylnt.us
[10:24:16] <FatPhil> confirmed, water ~ human density-wise. bones are of course heavier, and fat lighter. properly functioning lungs lighter still, of course.
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[11:11:26] <c0lo> All people sink if you replace the volume of air in their lungs with water.
[11:11:50] <c0lo> =submit https://www.theguardian.com
[11:11:52] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $4.1m Over False Sandy Hook Claims" (28p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[12:08:06] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Who Owns the Rights to Your Face? - https://sylnt.us - has-anyone-seen-my-face?
[12:08:42] <Runaway1956> Don't forget that person density in relation to water is gender dependent. Women naturally float higher in the water than men do.
[12:09:12] <Runaway1956> Also, you've not specified fresh water, or salt.
[12:09:33] <Runaway1956> Not many people drown in the Great Salt Lake, as compared to Lake Erie.
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[12:46:58] <FatPhil> TIL: Alex Jones' bankruptcy isn't real, and is being faked by crisis actors.
[12:49:51] <janrinok> lol - very good!
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[13:15:09] <c0lo> Brexiters should be extatic, nobody in their mind would try to get into a country having the worst recession since WWII.
[13:15:13] <c0lo> =submit https://www.theguardian.com
[13:15:16] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Bank of England Hikes Interest Rates and Says Inflation Will Hit 13%" (27p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[13:15:34] <c0lo> (not yet there, but in the making).
[13:17:33] <FatPhil> I still have a little bit of my money in the UK, I wonder if I should turn it into something else into an inflation hedge.
[13:17:56] <FatPhil> s/else into/else as/
[13:17:56] <SedBot> <FatPhil> I still have a little bit of my money in the UK, I wonder if I should turn it into something else as an inflation hedge.
[13:18:25] <c0lo> The brits are behind aussies, we are alredy at 1.85%!!!
[13:19:35] <FatPhil> reliability of official statistics is always in question, and of course, they don't necessarily translate across international borders, as the baskets are non-equivalent.
[13:19:58] <c0lo> (whinging poms, rather).
[13:20:18] <c0lo> Granted, the inflation rate is predicted to hit only 7% downunder somewhere in december.
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[13:24:21] <c0lo> In re banks, the 4 major aussie banks were pretty quick to raise their interest rate for borrowers. In their rush, they forgot to do anything for saving accounts. If the brits do the same, I'm affaid whatever bit of money you have in UK banks are soon to become even less by value
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[13:25:51] <c0lo> Scotch shares may be more stable in re their value.
[13:34:59] <FatPhil> I'm happy with my actual whiskies, I don't feel the need for equities related to them.
[13:38:10] <c0lo> If you can afford the postage, maybe you are interested in some copper bullion? Still cheap 'round here, I might buy a ton at this price (grin)
[13:38:12] <c0lo> https://www.ebay.com.au
[13:38:14] <systemd> ^ 03COPPER INGOTS PURE BRIGHT COPPER 99.9% PER KG
[13:40:11] <FatPhil> Copper's 1800s. I'm buying U3O8 instead, that's the future.
[13:41:13] <FatPhil> I do like the units "99.9% PER KG"
[13:42:42] <c0lo> What's U308
[13:42:54] <c0lo> s/8/8?/
[13:42:54] <SedBot> <c0lo> What's U308?
[13:45:24] <FatPhil> $U.UN
[13:45:44] <FatPhil> https://sprott.com
[13:45:46] <systemd> ^ 03Sprott Physical Uranium Trust
[13:50:50] <c0lo> Mmmmm... you think they'll manage to add 70 more neutrons to U238? That'd be quite a feat.
[13:51:55] <progo> that says (U_3)(O_8)
[13:51:58] <progo> not zero
[13:52:28] <progo> other than a molecule formula I have no idea what that is
[13:52:57] <c0lo> Triuranium octoxide
[13:53:02] <progo> yes\
[13:53:16] <FatPhil> What gets turned into UF6, and finally neutrons and heat
[13:53:55] <c0lo> Yellow cake. It decays over time, FatPhil.
[13:54:26] <c0lo> Better invest in lead (Pb), it's quite stable.
[13:57:17] <FatPhil> a half-life equal to the age of our planet is something I can easily bear
[13:57:38] <FatPhil> my whisky evapourates way quicker (but that's priced in already, I never lose anything)
[13:58:16] <FatPhil> why is pouring insinuiating itself into my thoughts - is it 5pm somewhere?
[14:00:27] <inz> now it is
[14:17:06] * FatPhil pours himself a coffee
[14:17:27] <inz> and soon it is 4:20 somewhere
[14:18:19] <FatPhil> What's the next timezone to the west - DMT?
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[14:28:11] <FatPhil> Pah, I laugh at your pitiful 8% and 12% inflation - our latest statistics show inflation at about 23%!
[14:29:04] <FatPhil> (mostly because we have to buy in all our energy, yay)
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[14:53:10] <c0lo> Foot&mouth disease in Indonesia, they slowed the imports. Massive floods in Queensland a couple of months ago.
[14:54:14] <c0lo> The result - $7.00 for iceberg lettuce, $20 for a kilo of rumpsteak.
[14:54:36] <c0lo> A good thing I like rumpsteak better than lettuce.
[14:55:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - North Korea-Backed Hackers Have a Clever Way to Read Your Gmail - https://sylnt.us
[15:03:34] <FatPhil> I think our rump steak prices are up to ~40e/kg now.
[15:16:42] <inz> I prefer my steak fatty
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[17:37:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Porsche's New Companies are All About Electric Bikes - https://sylnt.us - Porsche-electric-boogaloo
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[19:30:30] <FatPhil> humans of soylent, prithee
[19:31:07] <FatPhil> has anyone seen some vids of humans pretending to be modern computer games, NPCs etc.
[19:31:27] <FatPhil> I saw one a few days ago, and it was wonderful
[19:31:37] <FatPhil> but I can't find it.
[19:32:17] <FatPhil> I'm not looking for shitty ones, no owners and dogs dressed up in cardboard boxes because... pixels
[19:32:48] <FatPhil> g/f's not seen any, and I'd like her to see the artform
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