[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They would have the same coefficient of drag, correct, but the air resistance would end up having more effect on the lighter mass of the hollow sphere, so it would be slightly slower to fall.

Archimedes principle here is accounted for in the different weights. Everything that you can put on a scale is already being acted on by Archimedes principle in air.

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Why don't you think taxing the super rich is great?

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

This might not be the biggest problem in this story but HOW CAN YOU BE A SENIOR ADVISOR AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT AT AGE 19

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

The sitting president just did an ad for them in front of the white house. It might rise a little from that, but I would expect the larger downward trend to continue because of the growing anti-Musk sentiment across the country.

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Not that anything he does is legal, just that he can't be held personally legally responsible for it after leaving office.

I share your concerns, but the supreme court hasn't said the president can do anything he wants (yet).

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The point is to get us talking about it. I'd say they succeeded.

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

Even if this were true (which it isn't), the penalty for bigotry isn't indiscriminately killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians.

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It must be something more substantial in this case, tearing the windshield wiper off wouldn't brick the truck

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He later got them everything they wanted, and they have since endorsed him.

Edit: he later got them the sick days they wanted, on top of pushing through the contract that only a handful of the 12 unions hadn't ratified. I guess it's not technically "everything they wanted" but it's certainly more than the unions that ratified the agreement were expecting.

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Yes, but that alternative infrastructure needs to be in place before you can start really discouraging cars with, for example, high gas prices. Raising gas prices to that extent right now in most places outside of a few major cities would just cause people not to be able to get to work.

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I've been able to do this with my galaxies for years

[-] heatofignition@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That's not true, modern golf originated in Scotland where it's considered a game for everybody and played a lot on public land. The most famous course in the world is closed every Sunday and becomes a public park for the day. The elitism came later, and fuck those guys.

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