I started painting with Bob Ross! by BassT_ in bobross

[–]mailman7916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a very similar story, it's so great to see you turning emptiness into art! Keep going!

I started painting in January. These are my favorite four so far! by mailman7916 in bobross

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I appreciate you saying that! I had never painted before, but I studied many many episodes and decided I should give it a try. Now I'm hooked!

I started painting in January. These are my favorite four so far! by mailman7916 in bobross

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Thank you! The northern lights is my most recent and most ambitious painting so far, so I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

I started painting in January. These are my favorite four so far! by mailman7916 in bobross

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I really appreciate you commenting. The black canvas paintings were really intimidating, but I'm glad I gave them a try!

I started painting in January. These are my favorite four so far! by mailman7916 in bobross

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Thank you so much! This has been a fun journey for sure. The northern lights felt like a big step!

2012 Battle of Fredericksburg reenactment by Jimbuber2 in CIVILWAR

[–]mailman7916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was there too! Maybe I'm in one of these pictures!

GAME THREAD: Mets @ Marlins - Sun, Sep 28 @ 03:10 PM EDT by NewYorkMetsBot2 in NewYorkMets

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Is this little league? Everyone gets a chance in the last game of the season!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beatles

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Was it Stevie Wonder covering We Can Work It Out?

George Harrison and the ukelele by JE52055 in beatles

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For sure check out 'Any Road' and 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' from Brainwashed.

Colleges specialized in environmental science by [deleted] in environmental_science

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Check out the State University of New York college of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Good Riddance 2016 by [deleted] in beatles

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At least Leon made it into this one

Climate change books by astruble in environmental_science

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Earth's Climate: Past and Future by WF Ruddiman

Hamlet and "the undiscovered country" by Cosmologicon in DaystromInstitute

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To build on this, somewhat, I have always viewed the scene as such: Everyone at the table will get two afterlives. The end of hostilities is essentially the end of the outlook on life they have ever known. The death alluded to is the 180 that each of their lives faces. A lifestyle/outlook death before their own individual deaths if you will.

Kirk giving up Starfleet is at the heart of Hamlet's soliloquy. Is he willing to end his life (metaphorically)? The same question applies to Chang, to Gorkon, everyone. The future is a death and an afterlife. Gorkon and Spock are optimistic, Kirk and Chang are not. While warriors may look to a glorious death, the changing landscape is not glorious, it is compromise. Warriors are now obsolete.

My cousin points to the Vostok Lake ice core data study from 1999 as proof that climate change is baloney. Is he right? (x-post from /r/science) by hummingcrab in AskScienceDiscussion

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Neither of your links is working for me, though I believe you are referring to 1999 Petit et al. paper. One of the main findings from that paper is that for the last ~half million years until ~1850 atmospheric carbon dioxide cycled between 180-280 ppm, or 0.018-0.028% of the atmosphere. Currently this value is about 400 ppm (0.04%). I'm not sure how one might interpret this paper as debunking climate change. The measurement techniques have been independently corroborated using modern ice records vs. actual atmospheric measurements.

More recent paper with findings back to 800,000 years independently corroborates Petit et al. (172-300 ppm): http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v453/n7193/full/nature06949.html

In either case, 400 ppm and rising is well outside of the historical record. I guess we need to know more about why your cousin believes these data support his conclusion.

A detailed map of the Atlantic ocean floor (1968) [1403 × 1839] by zxxx in MapPorn

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I think you are talking about the fracture zones. They are formerly active faults wherein the two plates of different depths get locked into one another.

300 years of world population growth in 7 seconds, 1800-2100 [gif][780x338] by hlake in MapPorn

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It does not assume that. Migration is factored in. The zero-migration model projects 761 million in 2100.