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@dongwookgo

>"Test. Does anybody see this?🤔"

Do you see this?

@ceoln

He brought the company private, but he still owns shares in the company, so if it goes belly up, he'll still lose whatever the company owes him, plus the value of his shares.

But as creditor, he would be better off in a bankruptcy than just a shareholder.

@javifields

When you respond to a toot, the edit window that pops up that you type into inherits the attributes (like privacy, CW, etc) of the toot that you are replying to. But you can change any of those attribute before you send your toot out.

@WilliamRamsey

That seems quiet and efficient. I've been using 20" box fan with 20x20 HVAC filters for many years now, but it uses about 20 to 50 watts, which is a lot. Maybe I'll try that instead.

I wonder if you could use that setup on a computer tower so it could pull double-duty -- filter the air while cooling the machine at the same time? That would probably keep the inside of my computer from gathering dust, too.

***** spoiler - answer to geometry puzzle *****

@javifields

I got 30cm, but I worked it out in my head so I may have made a mistake.

@academicalnerd

qoto?

@abde

@kelvin0mql

>"Great accidental pun."

Please explain the pun.

@trinsec

???

@trinsec

Actually, the polystyrene peanuts and glitter carry a negative charge, so their molecules are anionic.

@trinsec

Like from a beanbag chair. Those are impossible.

Another hard one is glitter.

#cat #caturday #static #electricity #charge #ion #cation #cling #electron #atom #molecule #polystyrene

A positively charged atom or group of atoms is a cation. (cat-i-on)

(image courtesy: Sean McGrath, cc-by-sa-2.0, Mediawiki Commons)

@jellycrystals

From the visuals, it looks like they went to Andromeda galaxy, which is one of the things the film got wrong with the science -- 2M light-years away.

Yes, you need to put these kinds of toots under a CW even for very old films.

CW= content warning
(if it's not already enabled, just click the CW at the bottom of the edit window when you are composing your toot and then type the CW at the top)

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #FTW #film #movie #mars #space #spaceship #mission #zeroG #gravity #earth #alien #meteorite #FX #GarySinise #TimRobbins #DonCheadle #ConnieNielsen #JerryOConnell #DePalma

Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

Mission to Mars (2000)

This film got great reviews in Europe but lousy reviews in the US. I suspect the lousy reviews were due to something other than the quality of the film because this is a well-made film. The sets and props are about the best I’ve seen, and the CG (computer graphics) are also well done.

The writing is a little weak, especially the dialogue, but these seasoned actors were able to bring those words to life. The plot is nothing special and the narrative is just a straight, linear story throughout – no flashbacks or flash-forwards. It’s a very easy film to watch and doesn’t demand much from the audience, but it’s still entertaining and realistic for the most part. There are a lot of lines of exposition in this film, but I think the filmmakers wanted to make sure anyone could watch this one and easily follow the plot.

Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump) gets the most screen time of the main characters, while Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) got the least, and Cheadle was also given the majority of the clumsy exposition lines. (I wonder why?) The women were also slighted in this film, but sadly that’s typical for 20th century Hollywood.

Visually the film was fantastic with realistic scenes on Mars and in space which was somewhat reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey. They didn’t get the science right all the time, and some of the situations and problems they faced were kind of unrealistic, but that’s par for Hollywood.

This is a great film for a family, or a group of people that may include those who might struggle with a more complex plot line or who prefer a temporally linear presentation but it’s entertaining for science geeks, too.

(image from film, fair use)

@trinsec

>"Small retail spree and getting a cold? What's the relationship?"

Breathing the same air as other people, I think.

@s1lverw0lf

@dichotomiker

>"My important toots drown in my less important toots."

Only toot the important ones.

Or toot the less important ones as "unlisted".

@juderogers

Welcome! This might help...

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@usmanfarooq

There's no point in trying to get a bunch followers in Mastodon unless they are actual people who are interested in what you toot and are actually reading your toots.

There are no algorithms here, if you have 100K followers or 2 followers it makes no difference, everyone is treated the same.

Just start tooting, and if people like what you toot, then maybe they will follow you.

@aworldinpages

The incidence of lactose intolerance is very high in Asia, so this actually makes sense.

#humor

@cweickhmann

Actually, Musk did invent PayPal with a bunch of other guys. They were know as the PayPal Mafia.

And prior to that he founded the first online bank, x.com.

@antares

https://qoto.org/@Pat/109321533928955163