Viking, n.:
1. Daring Scandinavian seafarers, explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs world-famous for their aggressive, nautical import business, highly leveraged takeovers and blue eyes.
2. Bloodthirsty sea pirates who ravaged northern Europe beginning in the 9th century.
Hagar's note: The first definition is much preferred; the second is used only by malcontents, the envious, and disgruntled owners of waterfront property.
Because this glass powder is much hotter than water’s boiling point, the water droplet vaporizes as it touches the surface. But as the vapor moves upwards, it carries some of the powder away with it, creating an impression. Simultaneously, the droplet’s vaporization causes it to vibrate, freeing more powder so the droplet can dig deeper. Once all the water vaporizes, all that’s left is a small crater!
In short, because of the Leidenfrost effect
"Holy shit, I ask you to stop being autistic and you debate what autistic is." - spasm
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"Holy shit, I ask you to stop being autistic and you debate what autistic is." - spasm
Johns Hopkins CSSE COVID-19 Dashboard (updated link)
Source, if anyone's interested & didn't know. Good channel if you like videos of sea things & scientists getting excited about seeing them.
If you, for some reason, grafted a thin strip of really thin stretchy latex to the inside of 2 adjacent fingers and then stretched them it would do the same.
"Holy shit, I ask you to stop being autistic and you debate what autistic is." - spasm
Johns Hopkins CSSE COVID-19 Dashboard (updated link)
pretty sure somebody died to bring us that, and it was worth it.
Viking, n.:
1. Daring Scandinavian seafarers, explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs world-famous for their aggressive, nautical import business, highly leveraged takeovers and blue eyes.
2. Bloodthirsty sea pirates who ravaged northern Europe beginning in the 9th century.
Hagar's note: The first definition is much preferred; the second is used only by malcontents, the envious, and disgruntled owners of waterfront property.
Found this, thought it would fit here.
With sound:
Spoiler:
Has technology gone too far?
I was somewhere around Old Man Star, on the edge of Essence, when drugs began to take hold.
"Holy shit, I ask you to stop being autistic and you debate what autistic is." - spasm
Johns Hopkins CSSE COVID-19 Dashboard (updated link)
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