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I also like this solar system model from NASA, https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/how-big-is-the-s....

They compare it to a US football field.

"On this scale, the Sun, by far the largest thing in our solar system, is only a ball about two-thirds of an inch (17 millimeters) in diameter sitting on the goal line — that's about the width of a U.S. dime coin. ...

The inner planets — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are about the size of grains of sand on a football field scale. They would be dwarfed by a typical flea, which is about 3 millimeters long.

Closest to the goal line is Mercury, just under a yard from the end zone (.8 yards to be specific). ... At this scale, Mercury's diameter would be scarcely as large as the point of a needle.

Venus is next. It is 1.4 yards from the end zone. ...

On to Earth, sitting pretty on the 2-yard line. ...

Mars is on the three-yard line of our imaginary football field. ...

Jupiter remains pretty close to our end zone on the 10.5-yard line. ...

Saturn is on the field at 19 yards from the goal line. ...

Uranus ... is about 38 yards from our end zone.

Neptune is where things start to get way out. It is 60 yards from our solar goal line on the imaginary football field. ...

Tiny Pluto is much closer to the opposing team's end zone. It's about 79 yards out from the Sun ...

On this scale, our little friend Voyager 1 has left the game and is well out in the stadium parking lot or beyond."


It's illegal to mention the solar system and football without mentioning one of the greatest pieces of science fiction on the two, Jon Bois' 17776 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17776


Also for focusing a digital camera for astrophotography.


Very common in the Middle East too.


So far I've found 88 combos involving the poop emoji.

Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wCNxKjzi61rCJUsU8


For any Arrested Development fans out there, a friend sent me this link related to the iceberg today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/arresteddevelopment/comments/13309l...


I've been using VirtualHere since 2015, with multiple paid licenses.

It's a great tool with infinite use cases. I'm glad that it's a successful business for you!


I haven't been with Wells Fargo for a few years now, but I did get a check for about $200 in the mail the other day due to some fees that had been processed in an "unintended manner" apparently.


Similar thing happened to me. I had been a customer for maybe ten years and had my account closed over one overdraft. I got an apology check for a little over $100 a few months ago. I haven't been with Wells Fargo in over a decade, I had changed addresses, I was very surprised.

I had excellent experiences with Wells Fargo up until they closed my account. Instant car loan approval and overnighted loan. At the time they had one of best online experiences. I have no intention of returning, I don't ever want to experience an account closing again.


Microsoft's Edge on Windows lets you annotate and rotate PDFs.


My Raspberry "Shake & Boom" has an infrasound sensor.

https://shop.raspberryshake.org/product/turnkey-iot-atmosphe...


At least the Opinion Rewards app isn't going away.

I've made $177 over the years. Not a fortune but it paid for a bunch of app buys and movie rentals.


I used to live right next to a rather large storage company. Every single time I left and came home, it would ask if I visited it. Click no, get 38 cents. I almost felt bad after weeks of doing this, but decided to turn location off as I found it creepy.


Did you pay with a credit card? /s


Data point: I just got kicked off Google Opinion Rewards this past week, with a message that it was no longer supported for Google Workspace (née G Suite née Google Apps née Gmail For Your Domain), which I use for my personal domain. At least they cashed out my 85¢ to Paypal. They suggested I use a personal Google Account instead, but that's kind of pointless since 99% of the surveys I got were either tied to activity on Google Search or using location data collected by Google Maps.


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