You’re right, I had it backwards. Hydrostatic equilibrium makes it that the combined force vector of gravity and the centrifugal force is perpendicular to the planet surface everywhere.

This. Planets are in hydrostatic equilibrium, meaning that the combined acceleration by gravity and the centrifugal “force” is equal all over the world (except for local differences due to mountains and dense crust).

That’s an interesting perspective. Do you think it would be better to have separate legal documentation in German, which you then can refer to in your comments?

He did. It was just a poor choice of reality check.

I hadn’t even noticed that you didn’t put a space between the number and the unit. Looking it up online, the Bureau international des poids et mesures states that a space is to be used in front of all units, except for °, ’ and ". Dropping the space is very common though.

It’s actually 355 ml.

Oak contains vanillins and wood sugars. French oak tends to taste a little bit more spiced and American oak tends to be a bit more sweet.

When making my apple mead, I always add French oak while maturing, and it makes a huge difference in taste. I add it mostly for the tannins though (the bitter part of tea), which gives it more “chew” (like the difference between white and red wine).

Russia launched a large scale invasion in a neighbouring country, making it pretty clear they are in the wrong. Furthermore, as someone who lives in a European country, I hope my country keeps supporting Ukraine. At least as European countries we need to be one block against the aggressor. As the US is an important ally with a lot of military capability, I hope they keep following us in our support for Ukraine.

Motorola lets you toggle the flashlight by shaking your phone, I use it a bunch. There’s different motions for the camera and such, but I don’t use those.

Dag Noorderbuur!

I’m so glad my language doesn’t distinguish between apes and monkeys.

As someone from not America, I hope you don’t elect Trump, and we all move away from this authoritarian movement. One can only hope.

I just don’t understand it. I once watched a video of his out of curiosity, as he had the largest YouTube channel, and I just don’t get it. Our country’s TV channel for children is more interesting.

In Flanders (at least where I’m at) we usually say I grec, but when doing math or reciting the alphabet, we say IJ.

I had a student job with the HPC group at my university. I was working on adding features to some tools they built from the ground up, which was really fun. It’s also nice to work with a bunch of PhDs that are really passionate about their area of expertise.