Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Einion Yrth said:
MartG said:
Fastchas said:
Literally millions of tyres are produced every year. Bikes, cars, lorries, coaches use them and all have at least 4 tyres each.
Every day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
Yes, it all ends up in the sewersEvery day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
So it probably all ends up in a river somewhere, if it's from a motorway. This will then work it's way through the foodchain, if it hasn't killed the species off first.
I've just purchased some fancy 'smart' dimmable lightbulbs.
They are rated at 8W. If I tell Alexa to dim them to 50%, do they now only burn 4W of electricity or is it still 8W, with 4W being lost to a resistor or something (spot the physicist
)?
I'm thinking that because they are now controlled/dimmed by themselves (as opposed to a dimmer switch), they are clever enough to only demand 4W??
They are rated at 8W. If I tell Alexa to dim them to 50%, do they now only burn 4W of electricity or is it still 8W, with 4W being lost to a resistor or something (spot the physicist
)? I'm thinking that because they are now controlled/dimmed by themselves (as opposed to a dimmer switch), they are clever enough to only demand 4W??
They used to use a big resistor and waste a lot of energy as heat. I think most these days use a Pulse Width Modulator, which basically turns it on and off really quickly, so it will use a reduced amount of electricity. Whether half the light output corresponds to half the power is anyones guess though.
It's New Years Eve 11:59 PM
You're in a plane at point A with enough fuel to travel the world around in one complete go to get back to point A.
At what speed would you have travel at when it hits New Year at midnight to stay at midnight for the whole trip? So you would have an effective 24 hours of New Year.
You're in a plane at point A with enough fuel to travel the world around in one complete go to get back to point A.
At what speed would you have travel at when it hits New Year at midnight to stay at midnight for the whole trip? So you would have an effective 24 hours of New Year.
pits said:
It's New Years Eve 11:59 PM
You're in a plane at point A with enough fuel to travel the world around in one complete go to get back to point A.
At what speed would you have travel at when it hits New Year at midnight to stay at midnight for the whole trip? So you would have an effective 24 hours of New Year.
I think you need to specify what latitude you are at first. E.g. if you are near one of the poles then not very fast, if at the equator about 1036 mph.You're in a plane at point A with enough fuel to travel the world around in one complete go to get back to point A.
At what speed would you have travel at when it hits New Year at midnight to stay at midnight for the whole trip? So you would have an effective 24 hours of New Year.
These Hipsters, blokes with their beards and skinny trousers and all. We all know by now what they look like, but where are the hipster women? Google hipster and go to images and there is hardly a picture of a female, and those that are there don't show any sign of style similarity.
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Roofless Toothless said:
These Hipsters, blokes with their beards and skinny trousers and all. We all know by now what they look like, but where are the hipster women? Google hipster and go to images and there is hardly a picture of a female, and those that are there don't show any sign of style similarity.
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
It's hard for the women to grow the beards.Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Roofless Toothless said:
These Hipsters, blokes with their beards and skinny trousers and all. We all know by now what they look like, but where are the hipster women? Google hipster and go to images and there is hardly a picture of a female, and those that are there don't show any sign of style similarity.
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
They will likely have.. Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Blue/green/purple hair - but not a full head, just underneath
Converse
Big "speccy" glasses worn mostly for style
tartan skirts perhaps
Retro style t-shirts which feature quotes/pictures from a lesser-known character in a well-known film/game/book/tv series from the 80s/90s
Basically - Taylor Swift.
Shakermaker said:
Roofless Toothless said:
These Hipsters, blokes with their beards and skinny trousers and all. We all know by now what they look like, but where are the hipster women? Google hipster and go to images and there is hardly a picture of a female, and those that are there don't show any sign of style similarity.
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
They will likely have.. Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Blue/green/purple hair - but not a full head, just underneath
Roofless Toothless said:
Shakermaker said:
Roofless Toothless said:
These Hipsters, blokes with their beards and skinny trousers and all. We all know by now what they look like, but where are the hipster women? Google hipster and go to images and there is hardly a picture of a female, and those that are there don't show any sign of style similarity.
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
They will likely have.. Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Blue/green/purple hair - but not a full head, just underneath
Bluedot said:
Roofless Toothless said:
Shakermaker said:
Roofless Toothless said:
These Hipsters, blokes with their beards and skinny trousers and all. We all know by now what they look like, but where are the hipster women? Google hipster and go to images and there is hardly a picture of a female, and those that are there don't show any sign of style similarity.
Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
They will likely have.. Do these poor souls not have girl friends?
Blue/green/purple hair - but not a full head, just underneath
To clarify my exact point, I mean that often they will have hair dye applied to the underneath layers of their hair, often it can be mostly hidden from view in a work environment but put on display with a hair tie or similar. Although most of them will work in businesses where they don't have such conservative dress codes anyway.
227bhp said:
Why do a lot of gay people talk with high pitched voices? How did they end up like that?
I have to admit to wondered the same, it's not a hard and fast rule of course - there's a huge variety of gay people who are all different, but there does seem to be a link between sexuality and gender roles.I know Gay Women who have more traditionally masculine traits than most straight women and Gay men who have more feminine traits than most straight men, I think most people do.
Is it a fashion thing? My Sisters in Law are gay, but they lead 'straight lives' before they met each other, didn't go to Gay clubs and weren’t really involved in the 'scene' - they wouldn't set off anyone’s Gaydar. They're married and have been together for 5-6 years and do mix in those circles now, but neither has really changed.
Is it biological? I did once ask a Gay lad I worked with who was camp as Christmas (his words, not mine) if he was camp before he found out he was Gay or did it come afterwards - he said he'd always been that way - when he reached puberty and the other lads voices got deeper and they started to 'go macho' he never did, but he wasn't childlike at all.
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