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amateurICEguy
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amateurICEguy
4y ago
(Physicist/Engineer of sorts here. Zero atmosphere knowledge) That half life depends on concentration is not surprising to me; ethanol's half life in the blood also depends on it's concentration and the reason is rather strai
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amateurICEguy
5y ago
You have to be careful when you interpret a religious passage. For starters you don't (do you?) speak the original language, so you're at the mercy of the translator for the term "mark" But, going more meta, most religio
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amateurICEguy
5y ago
Religious exemption is a proxy for an exemption of conscience. Which is something you should care about, unless you're perfectly tuned with the social zeitgeist. And it's an excellent proxy since most people's consciences are
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amateurICEguy
5y ago
How many years ago was this? I ask because "gasoline" isn't really a thing in chemistry. It's a mixture that will run cars. You could have drank a cup of just about anything. A cup of octane wouldn't be the worse th
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amateurICEguy
5y ago
They just announced the new bike with fuel injection :D
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amateurICEguy
5y ago
For starters gasoline would detonate at 12:1 ratios. Which isn't going to make your 17:1 diesel very happy. Also gasoline detonation causes a shock wave whereas diesel is more like a controlled burn as it is injected. That being said,