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.

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@freemo

Black absorbs more EM than white, but black objects also radiate more. All matter above 0 degrees K radiate EM known as "black body radiation". Black objects radiate that energy more quickly than white objects, so they get cold more quickly.

"During the day in a polar region", means that in the dead of winter it's dark out, even at noon. (The question didn't specify the season.) If the sun is below the horizon or very low in the sky (i.e., traveling through a lot of atmosphere), the solar EM wouldn't be much, in which case the black would radiate more energy than the white, and the inside would get colder.

Also, even if there is some sun, the surface of the coat is on the outside of the insulation, so any heat that it absorbs would quickly radiate back out into the air before that heat could penetrate the insulation to help warm you up.

I didn't look any of this up, it all from memory so I can't guarantee it's accuracy.

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@Pat That last sentence looked a bit off to me. Isn't it "I didn't look any of this up, it's all from memory so I can't guarantee its accuracy."?

@freemo

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@trinsec @freemo

Yeah, I kind of scrambled my plurals/possessives on the "it"s.

Dyslexia seems to be acting up at the moment for some reason, I 'm making all kinds mistakes in my writing...

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@freemo @trinsec

A lot people have undiagnosed dyslexia. I've noticed that you often confuse things like "your" and "you're". You may have it and not know it.

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@Pat

I use your by default mostly because I type to fast and dont review what I write. Couple that with the fact that i got into the habit by typing on my phone where an apostrophe is a bit tedious. That particular error, as most of my errors, are largely due to not caring and typing as fast as I can since i dont find the medium to be critical for correctness.

My formal writeups, as well as my blogs, tend to have very few errors since I proof read them.

That said my natural rate of errors has been unusually high the last 2 years since my injury and COVID largely due to the extremely high levels of stress I've been under which seems to effect the prevelance.

@trinsec

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@freemo @Pat

Oh man...

Ok the real challenge here is to find a sentence without mistakes. ;)

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@trinsec

hahaha valid. Honestly if i could actually edit posts on here there would be a lot fewer of them. At least on matrix i will occasionally correct my mistakes. Here I see them but usually after i already posted and only once i reread it when going over replies.

@Pat

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@freemo I do tend to delete and redraft in the first minute or so, and if nobody's replied yet. Otherwise it is a 'oh shit, oh well, move on, next time better'.

@Pat

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@trinsec

I used to do that but with 20K some followers it pissed off a lot of people, way more than just keeping the typos.

@Pat

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@freemo Heh... valid point.
That said, I tend to take like 10 minutes per email just to make sure my answer makes total sense and contains no mistakes. I tend to do the same for my initial toots often as well.

@Pat

@trinsec @freemo

When spell-checkers came out, it was a godsend for me. If I left my spelling mistakes in my writing, you wouldn't be able to make out half of what I was saying, it's so bad.

A lot times I can't find the words in the dictionary because I can't spell it close enough to find it. I use Google a lot now because they have AI/phonetics algorhtms.

(I left that last word misspelled, just so you could see how I tried to spell it unassisted so you get a feel what I face with this issue. It's a real pain.)

@Pat

I dont use spellcheckers. I dont need that kind of negativity in my life!

@trinsec

@freemo @trinsec

Is that everyone gets pissed off at me when I try to correct their grammar?

@Pat I appreciate the correction if it's informative. I mean, how else are you gonna learn?

But I know people who absolutely hate to be corrected in any way possible. Can't always win, I suppose.

@freemo

@trinsec

I hate to be corrected. If I am corrected I cant say I'm always right anymore. Why would anyone want to be wrong!

@Pat

@Pat You don't get his thinking pattern... he just wasn't wrong to begin with. ;)

@freemo

@trinsec

I'm starting to think you might be the smartest person on this server :)

@Pat

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@freemo Oh, really? Even smarter than you? I'm so honored. ;) And since you're always right, it must be true!

@Pat

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@trinsec

Well as someone who is always correct it isnt possible to actually be smarter than me. I would say we are about equals :)

@Pat

@freemo Nonono, there won't be any backtracking on this. ;)

@Pat

@trinsec Fair ::hands over the deed to his house including all his labs to trin:: It is time for you to carry the torch.

@Pat

@freemo Huh, cool. Is it like Dexter's lab? I could have some fun with this... Either that, or a quick death, since I don't know how much of a death trap your place can be. ;)

@Pat

@trinsec

A bit of both. Its basically dexters lab except where everything will kill you if you are within 5 feet of it.

@Pat

@freemo Doesn't sound like a safe environment to work at...

Which is probably your favorite hangout spot. ;)

@Pat

@trinsec

To be honest being on the verge od death at any moment is quite relaxing. You should try it sometime.

@Pat

@freemo You have a very odd definition of 'relaxing' there! You should check a spellchecker just to make sure!

@Pat

@trinsec

Actually I know I kid but there is some truth to it. When you are constantly facing fears of death by putting yourself in situations that can be lethal, but ultimately you are in control, you find that most of the day to day things that would otherwise stress you out dont. In a very weird way dangerous hobbies cause the rest of life to be far less stressful.

@Pat

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