I’ve only heard about it in elasticity theory, as the case of triclinic anisotropy for which the elasticity tensor has 21 independent components, which is the maximum possible number.
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Wikipedia@lemmy.world•Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar noteEnglish
3·2 months agoI remember having a German post stamp from 1922/23 somewhere with 1 billion Mark printed on it. When I was a child, the porto for a letter was 1 DM and these numbers appeared surreal to me.

That was my reaction too. However:
Katy engineers assured Crush that his grand idea was safe, specifically that the boilers on the steam engines had been designed to resist ruptures and that, even in a very high-speed crash, they were unlikely to explode.
But the question remains: What made the engineers sure that the design was safe?
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Wikipedia@lemmy.world•Place names considered unusualEnglish
8·2 months agoIn the Harz Mountains in Germany, near the Brocken, are the towns Elend (misery) and Sorge (sorrow).

And it’s only just Wednesday.
The Dutch article lists a few more: The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Six-Day War, the Tet Offensive, the Battle of Longewala and Operation Eagle Claw. Which extends the list until 1980.
In my (limited) understanding this implies that, in Australia,
0isn’t used as the ‘routing outside’ digit.
TIL, thank you. Hence the “mobile only” option some of the countries coloured in black on the map may have.
I can only speak about Germany, where the 112 is primarily the number for fire or medical emergencies and only indirectly for police.
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Wikipedia@lemmy.world•Emergency telephone numberEnglish
10·4 months agoAs I understand, in EU, the 112 should be able to handle any emergency despite different specialised emergency numbers, e.g. for police may exist.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX%3A31991D0396%3AEN%3AHTML
I’m sure you’re very devout too and fast several times a day.
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Wikipedia@lemmy.world•List of highest communities in the United StatesEnglish
3·5 months agoDisappointingly none in Ohigho.
or KDE neon if you want the latest KDE software on a non-snappy Ubuntu base, or of course Debian.
Does this count?

Is there a bazooka hidden in your crotch or are you happy to see me?
or Pitty-Pitty
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Wikipedia@lemmy.world•Loudness war - A trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music, which reduces audio fidelity and—according to many critics—listener enjoyment. ...First reported as early as the 1940sEnglish
10·9 months agoFor those who like an explanatory video.
My first association was Antarctica.
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Wikipedia@lemmy.world•ThinkPad 701 (1995 laptop with a very unique keyboard)English
1·1 year agoAgain what learned.

The study on news articles mentioned in the article seem to match your observation, as it shows a slight bias towards ‘yes’.