BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoThe Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareThe Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-square3laws@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-210 months agoActually, it’s cheaper to just move water around. China did it, so can the rest of the world.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-210 months agoI’m intrigued by your comment, what are you referencing? edit: thanks for the answers! fascinating
minus-squareKes@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 months agoThe 3 Gorges Dam in China slowed the Earth’s rotation by .06 microseconds per day due to the amount of water moved altering the Earth’s moment of inertia
minus-squareGingeyBook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agohttps://interestingengineering.com/innovation/13-facts-about-the-controversial-massive-chinese-dam-that-slowed-the-earths-rotation
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoSome weird grammar in that article. I thought it was AI at first. a figure skater attempting to spin faster will draw her arms tight to her bodies, and thereby reduce her moment of inertia. How many bodies does she have?
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months ago draw her arms tight to her bodies boobies Fixed it.
minus-square3laws@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThose blade skates can kill a couple dozen people before they dull out. I’d say 69.
Actually, it’s cheaper to just move water around. China did it, so can the rest of the world.
I’m intrigued by your comment, what are you referencing?
edit: thanks for the answers! fascinating
The 3 Gorges Dam in China slowed the Earth’s rotation by .06 microseconds per day due to the amount of water moved altering the Earth’s moment of inertia
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/13-facts-about-the-controversial-massive-chinese-dam-that-slowed-the-earths-rotation
My bad, added a link.
Some weird grammar in that article. I thought it was AI at first.
How many bodies does she have?
Fixed it.
Those blade skates can kill a couple dozen people before they dull out. I’d say 69.