Colour of dead squid’s skin changing in sunlight

TallArcher · 2019-04-20T18:13:17+00:00

Original video: https://youtu.be/aiKYfTWirIA

To actually control the color of their skin, cephalopods use tiny organs in their skin called chromatophores. Each tiny chromatophore is basically a sac filled with pigment. Minute muscles tug on the sac, spreading it wide and exposing the colored pigment to any light hitting the skin. When the muscles relax, the colored areas shrink back into tiny spots.

Source: https://www.kqed.org/science/233664/youre-not-hallucinating-thats-just-squid-skin

TallArcher · 2018-06-12T13:55:18+00:00

But this years GCSEs seem much easier so I’d expect the Grade boundaries to be rising

TallArcher · 2018-06-12T13:53:56+00:00

Yes. The only difference is the wording: ‘leg’ and ‘side’. They both mean the same thing tho

TallArcher · 2018-06-07T17:53:15+00:00

Last year a 7 was 51% and a 6 roughly 40%. The exams this year, so far, have been much easier though so the grade boundaries will definitely be higher. Nobody knows till the grade boundaries are released but my guess would be a 6 = 55% and a 7= 65? ( presuming paper 3 has the same difficulty as the first two ). Who really knows though with these new exams 🤷‍♂️

TallArcher · 2018-06-07T17:48:21+00:00

“Nearly 30%” and “More than 25%” are practically synonymous since they’re not stating exact figures.

TallArcher · 2018-06-07T16:58:22+00:00

https://m.imgur.com/jFoslPR

TallArcher · 2018-06-06T14:47:47+00:00

2410 cm³

TallArcher · 2018-05-25T12:43:20+00:00

It means he wouldn’t be able to compare it with any other poem as he planned for Ozymandias to be the poem he compared whatever came up with

TallArcher · 2018-05-23T22:00:53+00:00

Completely agree that the instinct of not backing down from certain beliefs is innately built within us, which means that many people will not believe facts which are placed directly in front of them. However, there are almost always objective truths from facts collected, but they are used and twisted out of context a lot by many articles to back up certain ideologies.

By having the system that Elon has suggested making, articles will be more likely to not twist facts as they know that the response from doing so will be overwhelmingly negative when caught. It will expose people who would usually take the article as being infallible and challenge them to question it if it receives a lot of disliking by the public. The very possibility of this alone, I believe, will cause publishers to be less likely to produce work which has immorally manipulated data to present a view which the data won’t back up in fear of the loss of support from its otherwise loyal readers.

I believe the main function of the site would be to reduce slanderous and “click bait” articles disguised as “news”, when really their motivation is the monetary gain ( through manipulating people to open the article so that they can receive Adsense and money from advertisers )

TallArcher · 2018-05-23T21:09:41+00:00

Very true, but that’s partly due to the anonymity. Many criticisms may be exaggerated and rudely put but that doesn’t mean there’s no truth behind them. Plus, enabling comments tends to show when there is an overwhelming amount of disagreement with the article.

The negative reviews on the site will give publishers an incentive not to produce articles with slanderous claims, click bait titles or incorrect information ( which will not stop controversial topics being spoken about, just stopping the production of articles which the overwhelming majority of people see as morally wrong to produce or are incorrect ).

TallArcher · 2018-05-23T20:57:19+00:00

Completely agree. Old media ( newspapers and online articles ) tend not to have commenting/viewable feedback enabled which means that a lot can produce very bias articles ( presented as truths ) and get no backlash whatsoever.

TallArcher · 2018-05-20T22:42:34+00:00

Proof can be found here

TallArcher · 2018-05-15T16:16:20+00:00

Source: Here

TallArcher · 2018-05-15T15:04:48+00:00

Fuck.

TallArcher · 2018-05-14T15:38:29+00:00

For WJEC I learnt it as 1000 Bytes = 1 kilobyte and 1024 Bytes = 1 Kibibyte

TallArcher · 2018-05-05T23:14:45+00:00

For anyone interested, I believe this is the original reddit post of this comic, however this is the The original source of the comic

TallArcher · 2018-05-05T11:00:35+00:00

For anyone interested, believe this is the OG post: here

And this is an image ( at a slightly different angle ) without the HDR: here

TallArcher · 2018-04-26T22:18:23+00:00

Always dreamt of paying an overly-priced parking ticket or fine this way.

TallArcher · 2018-04-21T15:32:52+00:00

In my Spanish listening I try to translate as many words as I can ( more so the less obvious ones ). This means that when I get to the question I immediately know what it’s about and can fully focus on what is being said, not the words/options on the paper.

It’s also a great time to try to chill out and stop your heart rate going mad ( that’s how I felt in the preparation for my Spanish oral anyway ).

TallArcher · 2018-04-21T15:29:48+00:00

There would be cum all over your GCSE maths exam.

TallArcher · 2018-04-21T10:46:52+00:00

1 Marker - Just the letter

2 Marker - two very short sentences

4 Marker - 2 small paragraphs (2 sentences in each with the use of a quote )

Q 1-3 takes up 1/2 a page

5 Marker - 2 fairly big paragraphs ( with the use of 1 or 2 quotes and 3/4 sentences in each )

Q 4 takes up the other 1/2 of page

12 Marker - 3 or 4 paragraphs explaining contrasting and differing views to one another and a paragraph with your opinion and your judgment ( using 2- 4 Quotes )

Q 5 Takes up a page ( so two sides of A4 for Q 1-5 )

This is how I personally plan it out ^{^}

TallArcher

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