So yeah, saying the moon is 1/400 the size of the sun is laughable.
I personally think that the word size is ambiguous enough not to imply a volume ratio. Actually when the context is the apparent size of an object in the sky, I imagine that the diameter is the first thing that comes to mind. (Or to be more exact the second thing just after the apparent area of the object in my field of view which is directly related to the diameter.)
I think it makes sense to pick up arguments for views you oppose and address them properly in an essay, although I think that should serve a proper analysis where you give those arguments a fair chance, but also have the freedom to point out their flaws.
But I always felt that arguing for any view, assigned by chance, like in debate clubs for example, gave way to accepting a certain ambiguity of truth. Being confronted with different arguments and weighing them is an improtant skill to be learned and if your analysis is set up to reach a certain conclusion, it strips you of the open-endedness, that is actually needed.
What I’ve found annoying with smart TVs in my family is also their start up time. Displaying the company logo for a minute before you can actually do or display anything is for some reason much more annoying than turning on my ten year old TV and then watch the even older laptop boot into xubuntu for a minute.
Why is screen size important in this context? Sure, my TV is much bigger than my phone, but it is also multiple meters away. Considering the part those screens take up of my field of view, I’d say my phone is ‘effectively bigger’ than my TV.
Do you mean Blind Io in Discworld or does Thor show up in another of Sir Pterry’s books? Blind Io is more a compilation of multiple Roundworld gods.
Sounds about right for e.g. Germany ~15 years ago. Does this range seem odd to you because it is too wide or too narrow?
They did? Oh no, I just thought the posts were very irregular.
I feel like the poster might have been aware of the actual purpose but still wanted to spread a little enjoyable sillyness by comparing it to movie scenes where a money briefcase is checked out.
Old eggs peel better though and I have yet to encounter an egg actually turning bad, so it might be the better deal even.
I mean it was often his style to transform into some sort of animal (e.g. bull or swan) to lure women in with his beauty. So he might have spent some time as a squirrel too and his pecker was probably any size he wanted. A bunch of fabled beasts come from such adventures like the minotaur from his bull phase with Europa.