Drunemeton

Drunemeton, 7 days ago

Light, i.e. photons, travel at the maximum speed we know of in the universe.

Einstein’s e=mc^2^ shows us that when “the speed of light” is achieved travel forward or backward on the time line is possible.

Therefore a photon exists only for an instantaneous amount of time, regardless of how far it travels, from the perspective of the photon.

The light that the JWST captures from 12.3 billion years ago is that old to us. To the photon, however, it was created in that stellar object and then immediately crashed into the JWST sensor.

The membrane of time is what we perceive not what the photon experiences.

Edit: How does light actually work?

Drunemeton, 9 days ago

The ‘canvas’ which everything else resides upon is currently thought to be Quantum Fields: Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong. (A 1h video by a theoretical particle physicist that’s in layman’s term, very educational and downright LOL funny at times. Well worth your time!)

A Field is something that permeates the entire universe. There’s thought to be a field for every particle in the Standard Model. Electron, photon, charm, up, etc. A particle forms when the field is excited, and these particles interact with each other to form the universe.

Drunemeton, 10 days ago

What a great look for such a deserving company.

Drunemeton, 1 month ago

The best advice I have is one I found on the internet: Whenever you walk through a room pick something up and dispose of it, or put it back in its place.

Drunemeton, 1 month ago

What Dreams May Come

Brazil

Time Bandits

Pan’s Labyrinth

Spirited Away

Kubo and the two strings

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Forbidden Planet

Prometheus

Dune Pt. 1 & 2

Bullet Train

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

The Nice Guys (Great movie with stunning recreation of the 1970’s)

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

Sweet! Prolly should read it…

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

Once we determine if the universe is infinite or not we’ll know more about what to expect.

If it’s finite then we’ll have a stopping point. If it’s not then there’ll be no stopping point.

Assuming a finite universe then I’d wager we’ll know all that can be known in about 10^23 years.

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

Everyone should do this! It’s such a very simple way to make someone else’s day better. And it makes you feel better too…

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

“I’m so sorry but I’m limited to one Good Deed per location per day…”

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

The reach of Troll Farms is very broad and very deep: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook-troll-farms-report-us-2020-election/amp/

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

I feel like his comment is just setting the stage for overturning Obergefell v. Hodges. We already know that they want it overturned so this is just groundwork for the day when that happens.

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

Pick up plastic trash on the street. I walk/take transit and if I: 1) see plastic trash, and 2) see a trash can nearby; I pick it up and dispose of it.

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

Can we please just switch to “Human Era” dating?

youtu.be/czgOWmtGVGs

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

Such as…?

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

AKA “Holocene calendar”: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_calendar

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

The incident in Chinatown was due to the fact that Waymo AI expects everything to follow the law. Therefore driving through a busy part of the city should be fine because the streets will be clear as pedestrians follow the law.

Was the Waymo AI wrong? No. Does it need to learn human behavior? You bet!

The cyclist was hit because the rider failed to follow the law and maintain a “safe clear distance” from the vehicle in front. It was literally a few feet behind the big truck. By the time the AI saw the cyclist it was too late, because nothing should have been that close to the truck.

The AI we have now is perfectly fine as long as every sentient creature out in public knows and follows the law. Therein lies the next part of AI training…

Drunemeton, 2 months ago

IIRC he was fighting “tooth & nail” to get out of the deal…until they made a request for some of his e-mails.

Suddenly he’s done fighting and carried through with the purchase.

(Sorry but I’m going into an appointment so no time to look up this new event…)

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

Please keep in mind that according to the Mayo Clinic a normal adult needs no more than 600 UI per day.

It’s not a water-soluble vitamin so you can take too much and cause harm.

Disclosure: I just looked this up yesterday after buying a Buy 1/Get 1 of 220 doses of 2000 UI vitamin D! I thought it was water-soluble, and I could just take it and excrete what my body didn’t need. I bought enough to kill myself, many times over…

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

Interesting report. Two concerning bits though:

No attempt was made to distinguish between vitamin D2 and D3 because there was not always a distinction in the literature. However, vitamin D2 is less effective at raising serum 25(OH)D concentrations than is vitamin D3 (13).

And that the group sizes (“n” values) top out in just one at 1653. The rest are usually under 20.

Which doesn’t matter in the slightest as my post was to simply make the OP aware that too much can be harmful.

Your post simply raises the bar on how much is too much, but doesn’t change the underlying point I was trying to make.

Thank you for posting that report!

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

Or good 3D movies!

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

Go! Easier to learn, cheaper to play, and way more strategic.

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

I’m calling dibs on Neptune as my family’s home base in the future!

I know it’s several billion years in the future, but I called it.

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

Have you tried a…KNIFE!?

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

deadlinenews.co.uk/…/google-blur-entire-house-on-…

Drunemeton, 3 months ago

Remember every accusation is a confession…