The thread of learning something new every day
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
Niue is worse, so many empty buildings. Why? Cos they got access to NZ passports and an airport and 2/3 of the pop left
1950 4,667
1960 4,830
1970 5,130
1980 3,402
1981 3,281 28 September
1986 2,531 29 October
1991 2,239 3 November
1997 2,088 17 August
2001 1,788 13 September
2006 1,625 9 September
2011 1,607 10 September
2017 1,591 9 March
2022 1,564 11 November -
@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
Niue is worse, so many empty buildings. Why? Cos they got access to NZ pass[ports and an airport and 2/3 of the pop let
1950 4,667
1960 4,830
1970 5,130
1980 3,402
1981 3,281 28 September
1986 2,531 29 October
1991 2,239 3 November
1997 2,088 17 August
2001 1,788 13 September
2006 1,625 9 September
2011 1,607 10 September
2017 1,591 9 March
2022 1,564 11 NovemberWasn't that down to the depletion of their resources (phosphates?) ?
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
I've been a fan of urban/ industrial decline ever since I saw the unfinished Sheraton in the Cook Islands.
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@antipodean You'll be disappointed to learn then that it is due to open later this month following a refurb
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I learnt of Point Nemo Island, apparently the most remote spot on the planet.
Situated in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and South America it is closer to the astronauts on the International Space Station than it is to any other human beings.
I assume that is only while the ISS is overhead...
https://interestingengineering.com/science/point-nemo-farthest-point-land
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'Damn the Dam' was originally an advertising jingle for Pink Batts.
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@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
I did not know this ...
I don't get the use of the word precise here. From the diagram it appears to indicate a speed range?
Yeah, well, pretty certain English is not his first language. I just took it as 'indicative'.
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@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Just a fallen tree and roots next to another tree
Oh shit thanks I had no idea, thought it was a mythical beast
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@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?
You're a bundle of joy huh.
Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.
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@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?
You're a bundle of joy huh.
Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.
The Grumpy old man thread is that way
( points )
Go and vent over there.