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malte<p>This shows in a very visual way that our normal brains don't really understand exactly how rich the global tech-oligarchs are <a href="https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eattherichtextformat.github.io</span><span class="invisible">/1-pixel-wealth/</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/orderofmagnitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orderofmagnitude</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/datavisualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datavisualization</span></a></p>
Daniele de Rigo<p>6/</p><p>Just for reference on the <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/OrderOfMagnitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrderOfMagnitude</span></a> at play (details may be subect to adjustment), a famous (<a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=3044384235203044484" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholar.google.com/scholar?clu</span><span class="invisible">ster=3044384235203044484</span></a> ) outline from 1982 on <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> vs. <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> dynamics, by Adrian E. Gill:</p><p>"<a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> is very much denser than <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>air</span></a>" [...] "The density contrast between air and water means that the mass of the ocean is very much greater than (270 times) that of the atmosphere" [2]</p><p>"The large difference in mass between air and water also implies a large difference in <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> capacity" [2]</p>