Same here. I heard on the radio that he turned 99 today, but I still did a quick panic-reread when I clicked this image.

Limonene can either smell like pine or oranges depending on what way the molecule is mirrored.

Damn, that's interesting. My first thought on hearing that was wondering if pine scented cleaning products are a thing because it's cheaper to synthesize limonene in both chiralities and then separate after the fact than it is to just synthesize the orange-smelling version.

It doesn't really hold up to much scrutiny, but it would be pretty damn cool if that fact explained both OP's question, as well as explained pine-scented cleaning products!

You've only heard people complain about leaf blowers on lemmy? Seems like a very common annoyance in my general experience, and this is about the time of year when they come out in force, so it's not surprising people are going to complain.

Also, leaf blowers are pretty damn high on the noise/utility ratio. MFers in my neighborhood will be out there for half an hour blowing around grass clippings after mowing, when the wind is gusting 20mph.

Right!? What kind of email correspondence is this person engaged in that takes them 4 days to process and reply to?

I'd be interested to see their timeline for other forms of communication.

Sorry, I don't know what the hell was going on that my brain interpreted your post to say you were using a phone. Thanks for not being a dick in return, even though you would have been justified 😅

I dunno, not to make light of the guy, but throw on a John Deere cap and a bushy goatee and I can see it.

You're thinking of circumference (distance around), not radius (distance from the center)

Circumference is pi * diameter. The circumference is also what you get when you cut the circle in half and flatten it.

Pi is approximately 3.14, so your flat sheet will be a little more than 3x the diameter.

Yeah I was mostly poking fun at idea that someone would see this and get the entirely opposite message OP intended:

Methane worse than CO2?

BURN ALL THE NATURAL GAS

....

Global warming solved!

I half expected to come back to a whole pile of downvotes lol

Believe me I do understand why it could be considered problematic. My disagreement stems from the idea that it's better to have no policy rather than an imperfect policy or one that relies on some discretion.

My point in highlighting that disinformation centers around a few hot button issues is to reinforce that we're not talking about some nebulous or opinion-driven debate; rather there are a few key disinformation strategies that take advantage of the "bullshit asymmetry" to poison real discussion. They are easily identified because they are well documented and reported on.

I'm simply unconvinced by arguments that it's too hard to identify and nip such malicious communities in the bud. Even less so by arguments that doing so is somehow a slippery slope.

I'm also not advocating for killing trolls that bother me... so take care not to belabor a quick metaphor.

The vast majority of disinformation comes in a few key topics related to current hot button political issues and is generally pushed by recognizable sources. It's not unreasonable to expect admins to check into user reports of disinformation and organized trolling against known sources. I'm not an admin so I'm not going to write up the specific criteria right here and now.

Choosing not to do so is also a conscious choice to host such content.

One of the allllll time classics!

Tell the one about identifying as an attack helicopter next!