Xephonian

joined 1 year ago
[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you remain perfectly still, you’ll stop sinking at your waist

I'm not sure you understand buoyancy. Floating objects float, they don't sink no matter how much thrashing about. And while quicksand is denser than water, it's still not dense enough to float a human at their waist, it's actually around their chest.

Nobody dies from drowning in quicksand. Ever. It's always dehydration/fatigue.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Nope. Sand+water is less buoyant than you. You float. Death comes from dehydration or exhaustion. Not from drowning.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 5 points 1 year ago

Congrats on chasing down a decade-old bug!

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely, I'm assuming you drink that hot and hot drinks don't generate condensation. All you need is a heat barrier and ceramic is great for that no matter what kind of finish it has.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 year ago

It's not artifacting, it's a watermark.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's environment dependent. I could use them in the winter when it's not very warm or humid.

But in the summer with the windows open a glass of ice water has a ton of condensation around it like the glass is leaking almost. Went through almost all types, plain plastic squares, then to cork, then to stone and finally the felt which actually work.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

stone/non-glazed ceramic works ok because it's porous and absorbs the condensation. These look like glazed ceramic which won't work well. In high humidity environments there's so much water the coaster will start to stick to the glass or it'll spill off onto the surface you are trying to protect, it's just not ideal.

Best coasters I've found are rubber with a felt/fabric insert. They never move or stick to the glass and the felt has enough surface area to evaporate the water.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 year ago

Proper keming would fix that.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 year ago

Those contracts are predetermined anyway. It's all part of the scam of for-profit prisons.

[–] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 year ago

We now use the scientific method to argue ideas, but in the past ideas could just be laughed at if people thought they sounded dumb.

Used to before the whole covid scam anyway. Now it's "trust the science" which of course is an oxymoron. The whole point of science is that we don't trust it, we verify it. And that wasn't allowed.

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