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Dan York | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 In the end, it was pretty anti-climactic. At the time of the test I was back in an individual wai...
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8106fced | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @9b033548 It was pretty loud for me, much louder than the ones I've historically gotten for floods and hurricanes.
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Dan York | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Taking my second sick day in a row after being slammed by a nasty virus (thankfully not COVID, bu...
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8106fced | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @9b033548 Hope you feel better soon.
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ac844e7d | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 The Case for a Small Universe

Astronomers don't know if the Universe is finite or infinite. What...
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8106fced | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @6a30a78d 

Hmmm.  Small as in eventually curves back on itself?  Or as in some kind of edge?  In either case, the temptation is then to ask what lies outside the curve or beyond the edge?  It seems like all cosmological answers are eventually absurd.