{"id":38990,"date":"2013-10-02T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/twitter-the-lifetime-of-the-human-race-and-seal-team-six.html"},"modified":"2013-10-03T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:50:14","slug":"twitter-the-lifetime-of-the-human-race-and-seal-team-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/twitter-the-lifetime-of-the-human-race-and-seal-team-six.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter, the Lifetime of the Human Race, and SEAL\u00a0Team Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Okay, the article is worth it just for the little bit of trivia about SEAL\u00a0Team Six.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107079083744081393991'>Unofficial XKCD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23xkcd\">#xkcd<\/a> \u00a0 <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23whatif\">#whatif<\/a> \u00a0<br \/>If our Twitter timelines (tweets by the people we follow) actually extended off the screen in both directions, how tall would they be?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/CKIhvXlchY6Iv4g9SwPIT_Izi2rTDzTlBhe87Tdh1Oyh0GccCekC4bSxNjcP-am-kv2F4ikpIcT5Z-tp2EQoThuV8AI=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/what-if.xkcd.com\/65\/'>Twitter Timeline Height<\/a><br \/>\n                                                Answering your hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday. New: @whatifnumbers, a Twitter feed of numbers I find while answering questions. Prev \u00b7 Twitter Timeline Height. If our Twitter timelines (tweets by the people we follow) actually extended off the screen in both directions, &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/aFGvJbhEvjw' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, the article is worth it just for the little bit of trivia about SEAL\u00a0Team Six. Reshared post from +Unofficial XKCD #xkcd \u00a0 #whatif \u00a0If our Twitter timelines (tweets by the people we follow) actually extended off the screen in both directions, how tall would they be? 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