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Did you know the CSIRO in Australia created some of the world's roundest and smoothest objects: ultra-precise silicon spheres for the International Avogadro Project. These spheres are so smooth that if you scaled them up to the size of the Earth, the highest ripple in their smoothness would be just 12–15 mm, with a roundness variation of only 3–5 metres. CSIRO master optician Achim Leistner, known for his extraordinary sense of touch called "atomic feeling," played a key role in achieving this precision ​

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    the us installed proxy war where dickfingers told Zelenski he doesn’t have the cards, humiliated him and has tried at every opportunity to get out of, to the point where the us gov does practically nothing these days except sell patriots? something europe is desperate to replace?

    that us proxy war? the one they want nothing to do with?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    who thinks gas is a climate solution?

    the use of gas is strictly because it has the capacity to cheaply store outside source (gas) and can ramp up and down quickly making it idea for dunkleflouts

    does anyone consider it a permanent solution? especially as batteries are getting so cheap these days

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    I'd say it's a mix, most Australians would have some sort of equity in stock or investment property or something like this

    I just realised you're referring to communism I think, I'm not sure if you're joking or a uni student

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    A communist Government objecting to the means of production being seized by a capitalist one.

    Funny world :)

    Jingye Steel said last week it wants Britain to compensate ⁠it ​for the loss ​incurred through its investment in British Steel.

    The company was losing a million a day, what compensation??

     

    The religious garment is already banned in public spaces, but the move would extend the order to classrooms across the country.

    Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister who formed a new Left-leaning government in June, hopes the measure will counter “parallel societies” of non-integrated foreigners.

    In Denmark, “parallel societies” refer to urban residential areas where more than 50 per cent of residents are from a non-Western immigrant background.

    A ban on full-face coverings, such as the burka and the niqab, was introduced in Denmark in 2018, with those who repeatedly break the rules facing a 10,000 kroner (£1,300) fine.

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