#2322 ISO Paper Size Golden SpiralThe ISO 216 standard ratio is cos(45°), but American letter paper is 8.5x11 because it uses radians, and 8.5/11 = pi/4.
#2324 Old Days 2The git vehicle fleet eventually pivoted to selling ice cream, but some holdovers remain. If you flag down an ice cream truck and hand the driver a floppy disk, a few hours later you'll get an invite to a git repo.
#2325 Endorheic BasinMy biggest fear is that colonial engineers will try to flood me to generate electricity. My biggest hope is that I'll develop sailing stones.
#2326 Five Word JargonMy other (much harder) hobby is trying to engineer situations where I have an excuse to use more than one of them in short succession.
#2327 Oily House IndexWe're underwater on our mortgage thanks to the low price of water.
#2328 Space BasketballMy shooting will improve over the short term, but over the long term the universe will take more shots.
#2329 Universal Rating ScaleThere are plenty of finer gradations. I got 'critically endangered/extinct in the wild' on my exam, although the curve bumped it all the way up to 'venti.'
#2330 Acceptable RiskGood thing I'm not already prone to overthinking everyday decisions!
#2331 Hamster Ball 2The worst is being teased by responsible, mask-wearing teens. They even spritz the hamster ball with disinfectant before rolling it, carefully avoiding the filter vents.
#2332 Cursed ChairThe Wirecutter staff called the Herman Miller Siege Perilous "the most cursed product we've ever had to fight" and "nearly as immortal as it boasts."
#2333 COVID Risk ChartFirst prize is a free ticket to the kissing booth.
#2334 Slide TromboneRemember the CPS 2000, the super soaker that was discontinued because it was too powerful? Relatedly, can I borrow your tuba?
#2335 Photo DepositIt's okay, they scan the serial numbers and make sure you can't deposit the same bill more than once.
#2336 Campfire Habitable ZoneOh no, my marshmallow became tidally locked!
#2337 Asterisk CorrectionsI like trying to make it as hard as possible. "I'd love to meet up, maybe in a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty. *witchcraft"
#2338 Faraday TourI asked them if it was safe to be running tours during the pandemic. They said, "During the what?"
#2339 Pods vs BubblesCanada's travel restrictions on the US are 99% about keeping out COVID and 1% about keeping out people who say 'pod.'
#2340 Cosmologist GenresInflationary cosmologists call all music from after the first 10^-30 seconds "post-"
#2341 Scientist Tech HelpI vaguely and irrationally resent how useful WebPlotDigitizer is.
#2342 Exposure NotificationI don't see why everyone is so hungry for BAD news, but fine, I'll give in to feedback and add a dark mode.
#2343 Mathematical Symbol FightOh no, a musician just burst in through the door confidently twirling a treble clef.
#2344 26-Second PulseThere are some papers arguing that there's a volcanic component, but I personally think they're just feeling guilty and trying to cover the trail.
#2345 Wish on a Shooting StarCongratulations to whoever wished for revenge on a forest near the Tunguska River, a 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill NY, Alabama resident Ann Hodges, every building in Chelyabinsk with glass windows, and the non-avian dinosaurs.
#2346 COVID Risk Comfort ZoneI'm like a vampire, except I'm not crossing that threshold even if you invite me.
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