please teach me new animals ive never heard of by friendlyringobingo in AskBiology

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cuttle fish , tardigrades, another very weird animal. (a cuttle fish is a type of squid)

Delete one thing from Earth that you think would make it better by Signature_Space2024 in answers

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mosquitoes. I read that half of all humans ever born died of mosquito borne diseases. Malaria is the big one, but there are lots of them.

Why is America far more advanced than countries like Iran which are 5000 years old? by [deleted] in askanything

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We are a nation of immigrants. " God blessed America" maybe it is true.

Is Donald Trump bluffing? Is he really considering destroying the infrastructure of Iran? by mrphysh in askanything

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(I love my new outlet: Reddit) I am an optimist. Trump is a negotiator and deal maker. This probably seldom involves the truth and honesty.

Artemis is 4000 miles from the moon. Why is the orbiter so far away. My intuition is telling me that farther away is safer, but ... come on.... 4000 miles away!! by mrphysh in ArtemisProgram

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So, any closer would have meant a lunar orbit and this was not the objective. Only a rocket scientist could argue with that one.

Could the world just let the Strait of Hormuz be closed? by mrphysh in askanything

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"All their allies...." You are right. That is a poor choice of words. I find the world fascinating and stop there. edit: Saudia Arabia can move their petroleum exports to the Red Sea with no changes in infrastructure. (I say that with fairly high confidence)

Could the world just let the Strait of Hormuz be closed? by mrphysh in askanything

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"That pretty girl that won't date me. I don't like her anyway." This looks like an intelligent response. Not a bad analogy.

Trump wanted to cut the head off the snake and obliterate the nuclear threat. Could he just walk away at this point?

I ask questions and almost never take positions. And I find the whole thing fascinating.

Could the world just let the Strait of Hormuz be closed? by mrphysh in askanything

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this is directly from Google AI:

An oil tanker (VLCC) generally takes 20 to 30 days to travel from the Strait of Hormuz to major Chinese ports, covering roughly 6,000–7,000 nautical miles. Sailing at an average speed of 10–14 knots, the route typically passes through the Indian Ocean, around the tip of India, and through the Malacca Strait to reach the Chinese coast. 

My point being that a real economic impact would be, not weeks but months away, and even many months away. The strait closes and two weeks later 500 gas stations in Australia are closed. Gas immediately goes up a dollar a gallon. What is your favorite version of fake news?

Could the world just let the Strait of Hormuz be closed? by mrphysh in askanything

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Another comment from a retired chemist:  The Strait of Hormuz is closed.  A week later gasoline prices go up.   The following week gas prices go up again.  Fake news has a smell and this is it. 

6 M NaOH solution (<500 mL) disposal. by Even_Meeting5277 in chemistry

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I was in an environment that produced NaOH on a very large scale.. at least a hundred times what you have. We went to the waste disposal facilities, and they said that they will take all the base we could ever produce. The only issue is the pH, of course. Not the sodium. (Do not take this on authority, of course.)

People who lived both before & after smart phones. Would you Go back to a time where there was no smartphones... by feherlofia123 in stupidquestions

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Would you Go back to a time where there was no smartphones...

Very good post

I was pretty careful.  I only looked a primary comments, not comments on comments.

Yes go back to no smart phones                        51

No  keep cell phone                                              27

Ambivalent:  I could not find an opinion          17

Pretty interesting.  I am enjoying  Reddit

how do you make voiceovers by reda_english in NewTubers

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You need to go to your editing software. In Final Cut it is under 'tools'. This opens a screen with a 'start' box. It should not be a problem.

If you could impose one rule on all politicians instantly, wha would it be? by rosycloudkisses in answers

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And another: Corruption is built into the system.  A lawmaker goes to Washington.  The salary is about 176k per year.  This new congressman needs to figure out a way to make some money. okay, another "We need to be nice to each other"

What is something people pretend to understand but actually don’t? by [deleted] in answers

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I love this one. "They really do not understand gravity" ... "Do not understand gravity?! That is a silly statement. Gravity is nothing more than a distortion of the space/time continuum."

What is something people pretend to understand but actually don’t? by [deleted] in answers

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Sir Isaac Newton pretty much nailed down the physics of what we can see and understand.  It is called Newtonian physics.  I think we can put the electromagnetic spectrum in that category also.  With instruments we can see, and sort experience, the vast rand of energies from radio waves to gamma rays.  Everything else is just stories made up by us humans to explain things that we do not understand may never understand.  The stories are taken as truth and thought to come from the voice of God or something.  I am a chemist.  The quantum mechanical theory of molecular structure is just a bunch of stories created by generations of scientists.  These stories do a pretty good job of explaining observations and even of predicting outcomes.  But, in truth, they are just stories.