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26-Second Pulse
Monday August 10th, 2020 at 9:25 PM

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There are some papers arguing that there's a volcanic component, but I personally think they're just feeling guilty and trying to cover the trail.
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There are some papers arguing that there's a volcanic component, but I personally think they're just feeling guilty and trying to cover the trail.
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https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2006GL027010

Mathematical Symbol Fight
Friday August 7th, 2020 at 3:49 PM

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Oh no, a musician just burst in through the door confidently twirling a treble clef.
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Oh no, a musician just burst in through the door confidently twirling a treble clef.
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DexX
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I wield the two-handed integral.
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Screwtape
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I'm sad to see that Psi only placed halfway up the list, given that Sai (which are exactly the same shape) are actual legit real-world weapons.
rraszews
2 days ago
It's the short range that gets you. What you really need is a set of throwing Kleene Stars

Exposure Notification
Wednesday August 5th, 2020 at 5:27 PM

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I don't see why everyone is so hungry for BAD news, but fine, I'll give in to feedback and add a dark mode.
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I don't see why everyone is so hungry for BAD news, but fine, I'll give in to feedback and add a dark mode.
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Scientist Tech Help
Monday August 3rd, 2020 at 6:57 PM

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I vaguely and irrationally resent how useful WebPlotDigitizer is.
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I vaguely and irrationally resent how useful WebPlotDigitizer is.
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Cosmologist Genres
Friday July 31st, 2020 at 12:38 AM

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Inflationary cosmologists call all music from after the first 10^-30 seconds "post-"
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Inflationary cosmologists call all music from after the first 10^-30 seconds "post-"
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Pods vs Bubbles
Wednesday July 29th, 2020 at 11:09 AM

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Canada's travel restrictions on the US are 99% about keeping out COVID and 1% about keeping out people who say 'pod.'
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Canada's travel restrictions on the US are 99% about keeping out COVID and 1% about keeping out people who say 'pod.'
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jlvanderzwan
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.. is this a 'Murican thing that I'm to Yuropean to understand?
HybridAU
12 days ago
As an Australian I was wondering the same thing. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2339:_Pods_vs_Bubbles seems to imply that it's a term for isolating with a small house hold or family group. Although I'd never heard either term.
acdha
12 days ago
If you have a functioning government you don’t need to. America is far enough down the rabbit hole that we need to plan for isolation until there’s a vaccine or treatment.
dukeofwulf
12 days ago
Here's a good article to help show where we're at at this point. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/double-bubble-strategy-can-help-during-covid19-how-to-do-it-properly
adamlogan
11 days ago
I’m American and I haven’t heard or seen these words used. You’d probably only hear or use the term if you were a part of a bubble/pod anyways. I’d have more fun calling it a posse though Bubble does make more logical sense.
jlvanderzwan
11 days ago
Good point though: posse, crew, clan. So many options that are more interesting than "bubble"
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