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I was gonna say… it reminded me of something!

As someone that works writing firmware for SAS devices… it’s happened all too many times

After dating for six and a half years, that’s nuts!

TS+1 SANTAS

Boatpilled sinkmaxxer got me

Thank you! That makes much more sense.

ELI5…?

We used these in my elementary, middle, and high schools, and I went to HS in the mid 2010’s! And we did still do drills with them.

Yes! The other comments are incorrect. This is a condition known as reversion. These trees are actually a mutation of a typical conifer, known aptly as a “dwarf conifer”. Mutations are oftentimes unstable, and can revert back to their original form - that’s what has happened to this tree. One of the branches (or multiple, potentially) have reverted and it’s actually growing a normal-size conifer on those branches now. Kinda neat! But can also be very bad for the tree.

More info can be found here: https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1602

Similar things can happen with variegation in leaves (reversion, that is).

That’s exciting! Crazy to see how something can not be seen for a hundred years, but still be found again.

I’ve got 3D pipes running on my spare Win10 machine :) fills me with nostalgia every time I see it, even still

*Jake Paul

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Yeah, it’s certainly a good thing it doesn’t hail in the outback lmao

Exactly. And what’s worth remembering is that solar cars tend to be something like 2X longer then normal cars, and cover the entire surface except for windshield with panels. No rear windshield, either.

You’re absolutely right - still absurdly shaped pancakes and they can’t reach highway speeds when powered on solar power alone. They do reach road speeds nowadays but they’re allowed to charge during and after race time (regulations are pretty confusing). I was on a solar car team a few years back.

Doesn’t provide enough power for the cost of the cells, plus having to clean and upkeep them. And the more material you cover them with (to protect them; solar cells are INCREDIBLY fragile), the less efficient they are. I was on a solar car team in college and the cells are so fragile that to clean them, we had to use new microfiber cloths every time. Any dust would scratch and ruin them (which made it quite tough when I drove across the outback in the thing). We kept our cells completely uncovered because we needed maximum efficiency - but even with a super light carbon fiber solar car that’s got very minimal tire contact patches, specialized tires from Bridgestone, and a very aerodynamic shape (plus no amenities like A/C), I think our car could sustain something like 10-15 km/h on a perfectly sunny day in the middle of the outback. It just doesn’t add enough on a huge, heavy EV

Tenth person to say it… but thank you :)

Brb, checking to make sure this isn’t my forecast…

phew only two more weeks of rain for me