• rmuk@feddit.uk
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      9 hours ago

      In the next Andy Weir book, I bet that’s how he calculates acceleration in zero G.

      “I just happened to remember that semen has a viscosity of 93 Penrose and that a palladium vibrates at 6.3e⁷ portisheads per waneshaft when exposed to bicurious voltage. So by spunking on a metal ruler and shorting out a 9v battery on it I made a rudimentary McGlochlon Scale!”