Turns out that, statistically speaking, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. Venues spends too much time on the other side of the sun
What have you learned today?
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By extension, the planet closest to any other planet is most often Mercury.
The first native English speaker to teach English in Japan was a dude named Ranald MacDonald, who was also native American
Fucken overachiever.
Perhaps it’s because they drink vodka like water over there, but that’s just a wild guess.
Na Zdorovie!
Anyways, this kinda adds a whole new meaning to the term “madness” -
Alzheimer’s Mystery Solved: “Angry” Immune Cells in Brain and Spinal Fluid Identified As Culprit
Immune cells in brain and spinal fluid become dysregulated and ‘a little angry’ as we age. Cerebrospinal fluid immune system is drastically altered in individuals with cognitive impairment Discovery could potentially be used to treat inflammation of the brain First thorough analysis of i
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Apparently, we're 3D printing houses now, because that's what the world needs, right? Right? I mean, we needed an easier, more expensive way to build homes people won't be able to afford, right? Actually, I'd prefer a compromise and someone start 3D printing shanty towns for the homeless, but I guess 3D printed homes is a start.
Austin startup Icon plans development of 3D-printed homes in area
Icon says the 100-home project in Georgetown will be the first large-scale 3D-printed housing development in the United States.
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I mean, we could do something with some of the sixteen million vacant dwellings in the US, but then next thing you know we're standing in bread lines under the hammer and sickle.
On the one hand, that's some impressive scaling of the tech.
On the other hand... whuh? Fucking why?
The technology to make homes has advanced more quickly than our willingness to actually address homelessness. Along those same lines, all these billionaires coming out of the wood works with their space programs sending an advantaged few into orbit when that same money could be used to put millions of helpless people in a home, get them food, get them healthcare. I'll never understand this world beating its dick raw over what it can do versus what it should do.
Edward Norton is a direct descendant of Pocahontas. Go figure.
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Family relationship of Pocahontas and Edward Norton via Pocahontas.
Ancestor chart showing how Pocahontas is the 12th Great-grandmother to Edward Norton via Pocahontas.
Seems like a modern, more technological advanced take on the kit houses Sears used to sell.Apparently, we're 3D printing houses now, because that's what the world needs, right? Right? I mean, we needed an easier, more expensive way to build homes people won't be able to afford, right? Actually, I'd prefer a compromise and someone start 3D printing shanty towns for the homeless, but I guess 3D printed homes is a start.
Austin startup Icon plans development of 3D-printed homes in area
Icon says the 100-home project in Georgetown will be the first large-scale 3D-printed housing development in the United States.www.statesman.com
Huh, saw Sears kit house on my FB recently. Anyhoo, a few years back they were talking about how robotic bricklayers will revolutionise the industry.
In the 50s in the US, they'd get a big hemisphere shaped balloon as a sorta mould and cover it with concrete, then deflate it when it set, so you'd get an instant dome. But then they realised that dome shaped houses weren't that practical.
In the 50s in the US, they'd get a big hemisphere shaped balloon as a sorta mould and cover it with concrete, then deflate it when it set, so you'd get an instant dome. But then they realised that dome shaped houses weren't that practical.
An Ethical Dilemma Finally Resolved
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
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