That sharks as a species, are older than trees, flowers… and older than the rings of Saturn.
“Get off my sea-lawn”
– Sharks probably
They’re also older than Polaris. Not just older than since Polaris has been our North Star, but older than the star itself.
God damn the ocean is terrifying.
You can graft a tomato plant and a potato plant together so the one plant can produce potatoes underground and tomatoes above ground because they are from the same family.
You can harvest asparagus twice a day.
Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth’s Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It’s a solid reminder for me to write my stories. ‘Get them out of the way,’ so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
There is an anecdote that I can’t currently find, nor am I certain I have the author and story right.
But there was a person who picked up Fifty Shades of Grey while his wife was reading it and claimed he could write better in spite of not being an author; I think they were a programmer. Anyway she challenged hisband Dennis E. Taylor who then wrote the Bobiverse.
So… maybe you just need that first one to really get going.
I’ll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I’ve always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I’m on the downhill side of ancient, I’m noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I’m able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it’s pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn’t mean your vision isn’t blurry and it doesn’t mean you won’t benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
Recently had lens replacement surgery (AMA?) which gave me 20/15 far sight vision. Seeing things up close is difficult (need reading glasses) but making out details from far away objects is unreal. It’s like having HD vision.
Anywho, 20/20 simply means that you can make out details at 20 feet that the average person can make out at 20 feet. In my case, I can make out details at 20 feet that most people can only make out at 15 feet.
If you have 20/40 vision, it means that what most people can make out at 40 ft, you can only make it out of it were 20 feet away.
Now you know how that works.
What was the recovery from that surgery like? Any pain / discomfort / concerns?
I am considering getting lens replacement for my dog if I can come up with the money, but financial concerns aside, my other biggest concern is how stressful / painful / risky that kind of procedure might be for her.
Well, not being a dog, I can’t really say for certain, but I’m sure your puppy will be fine. For me, there was little to no pain at all, even during recovery. Only mild discomfort, and I mean very mild. It’s outpatient surgery and the actual procedure only takes a few minutes (for one eye). It was really no big deal at all
Yeah, my glasses actually correct past 20/20, but my contacts only correct to 20/20. So everything is more blurry when I wear my contacts.
I learned this the hard way earlier this year when I got lasik. I used to be able to read the clock from across the room in my house with my contacts, but now that I have 20/20 without contacts, I can no longer make it out. So I guess the contacts were giving me a slightly higher than average vision.
Grapes and raisins are potentially fatal to dogs.
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/grape-raisin-and-currant-poisoning-in-dogs
If you live in America and live to the age of 79 there is a possibility that you have walked by or interacted with 36 active serial killers.
A loon chick is called a loonlet.
The water in rain falling in the west of Lake Superior will take 200 years to reach the Atlantic.
What? How the heck does that make any sense? Also, how would you even track that with high accuracy?
Chard and Beets are the same plant, one just specced into the root bulb part (beets). Also chard came first!
If you are lost in the wilderness and a plane comes in to look check on you, do not pump your fist in the air. That is the signal you are fine and don’t need help. Learned it in a recent Mr. Ballen youtube.
