🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@IanCykowski ohhh a nice crisp autumn day... I love the crunchy days!

If anyone wants the solution to this STEM puzzle/question DM me for the answer or just wait until the poll is over.

@saxnot let me know if you'd like me to respond with an answer/explanation. I'll do it in DM if you do so as not to give it away for others.

I feel like I dont have nearly enough polar bear cuddles in my life.

To (almost) quote Terry Pratchett:

All animals can be cuddled, some animals can only be cuddled once.

#DiscWorld #TerryPratchett #Bears #PolarBears #animals #nature

@valleyforge Polar bear's skin attached.

But yea the polar bears black/white combo might actually be a clue for you if you think it through.

@valleyforge Polar bears are actually way more complex than it appears. Their skin is black and their fur is white. Their fur acts like little fiber optic cables that channel light from the outside down to their skin where they warm up. It is actually quite brilliant design on the part of god/evolution/zeus.

@mc your comment is fine (though answers are best CW'ed is all). I just know the actual answer so if i reply id DM it so i dont give away the answer and prevent discussion.

@mc well white and black are similar to albedo. White obviously reflects incident light and black absorbs it. If you want the answer I can DM it to you so as not to ruin the vote.

@saxnot

https://qoto.org/@freemo/107276526114349447

There ya go, clarity added.

If you are outdoors in a cold polar region during the day what will keep you warmer?

Details: The color is on the outside, the inside you can assume is a neutral gray for simplicity.

#physics #science #STEM #outdoors #survival

@saxnot let me redraft the question to explicitly state the color is on the outside and that the inside is gray

@saxnot

them: All of our cars are crash tested

you: How did you crash test them

them: we crashed them

you: and then what?

them: and then what what?

@cwebber@octodon.social At your age, realistically, the effects will be minimal (but not nonexistant).. Generally once your well past puberty HRT has relatively minimal effects, particularly when it comes to structural things like bone structure.

That said I do hope it has enough of an effect that you feel more confident or happier with yourself at least. Just good to prepare for a realistic outcome is all.

@2ck deleted and readded with CW warning for ya. Sorry.

And a few pictures from when there were still clogged.

Other ear cleared except for some wax on the eardrum