LostXOR

yyyy-mm-dd is specified by ISO 8601, so there's really no argument it isn't the objectively correct format.

Dang, that didn't federate to my instance. Their math seems to check out too.

Some rough calculations:

5 leagues ≈ 15 mi ≈ 24.1 km. An average human has hair that's maybe 20 cm wide. Using the small angle approximation we get an angular size of 0.2/24100 ≈ 8.3x10^-6 radians.

At 400 nm wavelength, resolving details of that angular size requires an aperture of 1.22(400 nm / 8.3x10^-6) ≈ 5.88 cm.

So either Legolas has some absolutely massive eyes, has the ability to use both his eyes for optical interferometry (I'm voting for this since it's the coolest), or is just plain magic.

Heard them all go off at 6:45pm yesterday and had a moment of concern when I realized it was Thursday before looking it up.

I think it's okay; as far as companies go they're pretty good, and they actually care about privacy which is nice.

New infinite money glitch unlocked!

Given the technology to create and store antimatter in quantities exceeding a handful of atoms doesn't exist, it's a bit ridiculous to extrapolate a price per gram for it.

Frickin' Big Brother these days, you can never get away from him.

The atmosphere is mostly transparent; see the table near the bottom of this Wikipedia page for some numbers. At an angle of 45 degrees from vertical you're getting 91% of the energy, and at 60 degrees you're getting 81%. A bigger problem is seasonal variation: during the winter at high latitudes you get very little energy. My city, at around 47 degrees latitude, sees the Sun peak at less than 30 degrees with under 10 hours of daylight for a quarter of the year. A solar array isn't as useful if it produces almost no power for much of the year, especially when people need a lot to keep warm.

New tariffs could raise iPhone prices by about 40% in the U.S.

Apple's overpriced phones have quite a high profit margin; surely they could absorb most of the tariff costs while still making a profit? Or would that not be greedy enough for them?

The market will recover... eventually. Hope you weren't planning on retiring in the next decade.