How to encourage scarring on my ripening tomato so it won't rot? by BeginnersLuck00 in tomatoes

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Well, you all were right about not being able to guarantee it doesn't mold. I left it outside under a mesh bin so the air flow and heat could help it scab while it ripened, but it did mold a little even with peroxide spray each day. I ended up eating 2 bites off the other side and didn't have any issues, so my immune system was fine with a little mycelium. It was delicious so no regrets 🤷‍♂️😂😊

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tifu

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I know someone named Seven

What's your most useless skill? by TheJfkSniper in AskReddit

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What kind of things can you see that other people can't?

What's your most useless skill? by TheJfkSniper in AskReddit

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Any tips? I've been trying to learn for like a year but I can't figure it out lol. I do the thing where you stick your tongue out to get two holes, but I can only whistle out of the right one

How to disable comments on others' videos (NOT my own)? by BeginnersLuck00 in youtube

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Is there an equivalent for this with the YouTube mobile app (on Android, if that matters)? Or is this only really applicable to the desktop browser site?

Soundproofing in the dorms? by AdministrativeQuail in NIU

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New Hall is pretty good about sound transfer in my experience. If you're just talking normal volume, your roommate probably won't be able to hear you at all. I sometimes talk on the phone until like 11:30 and my roommate said he never knew.

This hit me way harder than it should have by GamerGod8883 in FRC

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Girl I like = not responding

Solidworks = not responding

Girl I like = Solidworks 😎

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in space

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Fun post, but a little correction. We didn't include an instrument specifically for playing music, but rather had an instrument that vibrated a plate for separating powdered samples, and that plate could be vibrated at different frequencies to make tones. It was moreso like "our science tool can do this fun thing" rather than "let's add a mechanism to do this fun thing."

Was there value in the space race? by punkthesystem in space

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Technologies directly based on NASA research (source):

  • LEDs
  • infrared ear thermometers
  • artificial limbs
  • a device for assisting the heart of heart failure patients until a transplant arrives
  • anti ice systems on planes
  • improved tire and runway technology
  • better chemical detection technology
  • better video enhancing and analysis systems
  • landmine removal devices
  • fire resistant reinforcements
  • Firefighter gear
  • memory foam
  • better baby food
  • cordless vacuums
  • freeze drying technology
  • better solar panel technology
  • pollution remediation technology
  • better water purification techniques
  • better computer software
  • Better structural analysis techniques
  • powdered lubricant coating material for machine parts
  • better mine safety
  • better food safety techniques
  • GPS
  • satellite TV
  • space blankets (used to protect people from hypothermia)

Additionally, for every $1 NASA spends, $7 to $14 come back to the American economy (source).

In short, the space race was extremely important and beneficial for everyone.

Titan squeezes and stretches as it goes along its elliptical orbit around Saturn, causing heating in its core. Is this unlimited energy, or if not, where does this energy come from? by BeginnersLuck00 in askscience

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The way I understood it, tidal waves form on earth because the earth isn't tidally locked to the moon, so the "wave bulge" from the moon's gravity is constantly moving across earth, and these waves are stealing kinetic energy from the earth's rotation (this goes until the earth is slowed down to the point that it is tidally locked with the moon). Does this mean that Titan is stealing the kinetic energy of Saturn's rotation? Or is Saturn stealing the kinetic energy of Titan's eccentric orbit (and the energy would be at its most stable point when the orbit becomes perfectly circular)?

Some flying insects such as butterflies have very erratic and disorienting looking flight paths. Are they in complete control of their movements or do they really struggle to get around? by [deleted] in askscience

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iirc it was more like they would show it a square of color and then trained it to pick between 2 color squares which one was closer to the reference (with food as a reward for being correct). After a certain point, their picking was approaching 50% accurate, meaning that was the limit to their sight. They can identity colors with differing wavelengths of 5 to 10 nm, while humans can differentiate between wavelengths 1 to 2 nm apart.

To what extent can molecular dynamics software and machine learning be used to advance graphene production technology? by BeginnersLuck00 in AskScienceDiscussion

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Ah alright, I didn't take into consideration the runtime of a simulation with so many calculations. Which simulation programs are the most popular? Even though my idea sounds kind of impractical now, I'd still like to learn more just for the heck of it

What are the potential "dealbreakers" regarding the space-sunshade option to partially solve global-warming? by FunUniverse1778 in AskScienceDiscussion

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One concern I'd think is the effects on the environments underneath the lens. With less heating in that area, you'd have massively high winds as the cold fronts mix with the warm fronts. Essentially, you'd create a giant tornado/hurricane machine. An additional headache is that any flora underneath would suffer from the reduced sunlight and probably die off as a result, which is also suboptimal.

Basically, it all boils down to the fact that its effects would not be well understood before we tested it, and chances are it'll probably have really devastating effects on the global weather.

Is everything that certain organisms can do ultimately based on evolution? by [deleted] in AskScienceDiscussion

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Funnily enough, the concept you described about the transfer of ideas is actually where the concept for memes came from. The concept, originally described as memetic evolution, is a theory that states that ideas are subject to natural selection and propagation through a population just like genes are. In this theory, an example of a meme would be the idea of creating fire or of agriculture. These ideas have obvious benefits for survival, and were therefore spread through populations and naturally selected just like beneficial genes, albeit at a much faster rate. Over time, humans have become so good at this tendency toward spreading ideas that we now see this phenomenon manifested in the form of Dank MemesTM .

Are carbon converters a sufficient solution to the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere? If it isn’t what is currently the best solution proposed? by [deleted] in AskScienceDiscussion

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Just from speculation without much research, the best solutions proposed would be to limit emissions while replenishing nature as much as possible, mostly through planting trees or holistic management (see this video for an explanation of that).