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Re: What are you reading?
The world’s most dangerous tree is in Florida. Here’s how it could kill you
Re: THE NEWBIE WELCOMING THREAD
@Vision said:
@OmgFrigginMike said:
Hey guys I wish I would have seen this first thing but…. I’m Mike gonna be 38 on Tuesday(12th) and just starting to get serious about the cigar world. I’ve smoked a couple here and there when friends have given me one but couldn’t tell you what they were. I just ordered my first ~60 in mostly 5 packs and singles and a couple cigarillos to try too. I have 2 kids I’m into Motorcycles(2018 heritage) and video games! Looking to make some friends I can bullshit with and bounce questions off of.PC gamer or Console? Which games?
Ps5 but honestly I haven’t been able to play as much as I like lately. I picked up a second job because my daughter needed braces/surger+ is almost 16 and looking at mustangs and boys 🤮
Games of choice are Diablo II & IV, GTA and mostly story driven games anymore. Just finished cyberpunk a month or two ago but games take me forever to complete nowadays
Re: Kinda cool
They’re different measurements. A light year is the distance light travels in a year.
Rdp77
Re: Kinda cool
I love reading things about space and astronomy... until I don't. I always makes my head go 'on tilt' and then it makes me frustrated. I just read this about Betelgeuse. Where we see it now at a distance of 640 light-years seems very far away, and it is, but then I remind myself that the Milky Way is 100,000 light-years across.
If this is accurate, Betelgeuse exploded over 600 million years ago -- the show is just now nearing Earth... It's taken that long for the light to get here!
Something incredible is brewing in the constellation Orion, and the entire universe might be about to put on the most dramatic show ever. The star Betelgeuse, a massive red supergiant located around 640 light-years away, is reaching the final stages of its life.
This star is no ordinary space object. It’s 10 to 20 times more massive than the Sun, and it’s been burning through its nuclear fuel at an intense rate. In recent years, especially during the 2019–2020 dimming events, Betelgeuse has shown strange and unpredictable behaviour. These flickers and dips in brightness have scientists on edge, wondering if the long-expected supernova is finally near.
If Betelgeuse explodes, it will release an unimaginable amount of energy, briefly shining brighter than entire galaxies. And here’s the exciting part. The supernova explosion will be visible from Earth, even during the daylight hours, and could last for weeks or even months as a blazing point of light in the sky.
There is no danger to Earth since Betelgeuse is far enough away, but the event will be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle. The explosion will also enrich space with heavier elements, spreading the building blocks of new stars and planets into the cosmos.
Astronomers around the world are constantly watching Betelgeuse, checking for brightness changes and other signs that might hint at the final collapse. Whether it happens in our lifetime or centuries from now, one thing is certain. When Betelgeuse goes supernova, it will be the most spectacular event ever recorded by humanity in the night sky.
peter4jc
Re: NEWBIE TRADING THREAD
This game sounds fun. Guess I’m looking for a sponsor? I likely won’t be able to send my package out until next weekend. Just FYI I am a noob who’s trying to figure out what I like and have only purchased fairly cheap cigars so far so please don’t send me super high quality as I don’t know good from bad yet and haven’t spent a ton on the ones I’ll be sending you first.
Re: Kinda cool
Interesting, but if Betelgeuse is 640 light years away, then it takes light from it 640 years to reach Earth, I think. I'm not sure where the 600 million is coming from?
TRayB
Re: Whatcha smokin this morning?
An old Oliva Serie V Melanio Gran Reserva Limitada. Should have smoked this years ago, it's lost a lot of flavor over the years. These are better fresh.
Yakster
Re: Best Electric Humidification for desk top humidor
I'm a simple guy, I get something that won't leak and use Bovedas. I have but don't use hygrometers because there's no real need as long as you occasionally check your Boveda packs.
I suppose if you're really sold on that glass lid humidor that the humidifer might work, you'll have to keep an eye on the water tank and deal with a ribbon cable for power snaked out of your humidor. I'm thinking that they sell replacement ribbon cables for a reason, they'll wear out eventually.
Yakster
Re: Rock My Ride
@TRayB said:
@CalvinAndHobo Two up on this trip, eh? Beautiful pics, where are you?
In Mexican Hat Utah right now, on our way to the Grand Canyon and then her parents house in Phoenix the next day.
