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Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • I can’t watch anymore. Vance is riling me up too much and I’m not seeing enough pushback.

    Cheers all, it’s been … interesting.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Fuck you, you don’t know difficult.

    I don’t know how much more of Vance’s bullshit I can listen to. And especially his church bullshit. We’re not all young girls (my son is 27) wanting to be livestock in a church community. Some of us are atheists. But I guess I should just go die because I’m not useful anymore.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • No, you dick. Walz was right and everything you said wasn’t true. Everything got worse under trump, and I have fucking receipts.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Ha, fuck you. My life was destroyed by disability, and the only drug that was helping me went from $250 a month to $3000 a month between 2015 to 2017. Everything got worse, to the point I can’t even afford to live.

    This especially pisses me off.

    Fuck you Vance and fuck everything you just said. It’s all lies.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Kamala Harris is not the president, and you’re a liar.

    Your party has relentlessly fought against the working class, which is why we’re struggling and destitute, even after decades of working for the scraps we have.

    You’re a liar Vance.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Pikachu face

    Pass the bill!

    This is probably the best moment of this debate.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • That was a really good answer from Walz, actually.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Honestly, ‘look over there!’ is basically their whole platform.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • He’s actually not doing great. He should be wiping the floor with Vance. It’s a bit disappointing, yeah.

    Vance has stepped in it a few times, and Walz hasn’t grabbed the moment. I agree.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Stronger locks!!

    Good lord, what a moron.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • I don’t know the details, but I’ll talk about identity politics instead of addressing the number 1 problem right now.

    e: and loop back to the border!!

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • In this case the VP matters, because for all the ‘Biden is too old’ talk, trump is only a couple years younger, and he could easily drop dead during a next term, which would leave us with president Vance.

    eta: and the reason Buttigieg or Shapiro weren’t chosen was because, according to reports, an extreme life colonoscopy was performed on anyone under consideration, because trump’s camp would also do that and capitalise on anything they found. Walz passed all those tests because he’s squeaky clean. In this election, that’s pretty important. So far, that strategy has worked, and every straw trump’s team has grasped at has blown up in their face. We’ll soon see if this debate changes that (I doubt it).

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Many women who want families or already have families are devastated by your draconian ‘care’.

    How are you wrong? In every single way, Vance. Just like on nearly everything, you have no empathy and can only see black and white when the world is many shades of grey.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Fuck off. It’s not about wanting families. Your policies turn women into walking coffins!

    e: not even one woman anywhere, ever, should have to endure that, if it’s at all preventable. For anyone who doesn’t know, this can easily fall short of all legal exceptions for weeks, because the mother’s life isn’t actually in danger at first – though her sanity is, and it’s inexcusably barbaric.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • They’re both soft-balling this. Lean harder, Walz. He’s giving you ammunition!

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Maybe people don’t agree with you because you’re a misogynistic dipshit.

    So your ex-baby mama is watching. I feel bad for her for ever having crossed your path.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Here we go. Yes, women’s rights.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Oh yeah, tariffs. Please, increase inflation for all of us who can’t even afford shit now.

    And your orange god sources his shitty Wish watches from China, what are you talking about?!?

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • I’m a knucklehead at times.

    Girl, same.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • I assumed it meant you were asking a question, which I answered. Where’s the confusion?

  • My hole

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    Time Traveller Guide @lemmy.ca LillyPip @lemmy.ca

    No context

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    V_P = {v_i | i ∈ J}

    v_i = |v_i| * u_i

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    Time Traveller Guide @lemmy.ca LillyPip @lemmy.ca

    What if

    What if life naturally evolves towards time-travel as it begins to understand the geometry of the universe? What if the way to travel more than one direction in time lies in our ability to perceive time in the first place? That’s biological, universal, measurable, and therefore quantifiable – and so far, most things we can quantify, we can manipulate.

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    Time Traveller Guide @lemmy.ca LillyPip @lemmy.ca
    www.livescience.com Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics, study suggests

    Physicists have struggled to understand the nature of time since the field began. But a new theoretical study suggests time could be an illusion woven at the quantum level.

    Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics, study suggests

    Physicists have struggled to understand the nature of time since the field began. But a new theoretical study suggests time could be an illusion woven at the quantum level.

    Time may not be a fundamental element of the universe but rather an illusion emerging from quantum entanglement, a new study suggests.

    Time is a thorny problem for physicists; its inconsistent behavior between our best theories of the universe contributes to a deadlock preventing researchers from finding a "theory of everything," or a framework to explain all of the physics in the universe.

    But in the new study, researchers suggest they may have found a clue to solving that problem: by making time a consequence of quantum entanglement, the weird connection between two far-apart particles. The team published their findings May 10 in the journal Physical Review A.

    "There exists a way to introduce time which is consistent with both classical laws and quantum laws, and is a manifestation of entanglement," first author Alessandro Coppo, a physicist at the National Research Council of Italy, told Live Science. "The correlation between the clock and the system creates the emergence of time, a fundamental ingredient in our lives."

    Article continues at LiveScience

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    It's not rocket science. Oh, wait.

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    What's the black sticker for?

    My cat needed to be euthanised last month, and I just received her ashes. They came with a round black sticker. What’s the purpose of this sticker?

    They mentioned my chosen urn was suitable for sprinkling cremains (I don’t plan to do that) – maybe it’s related to that?

    Thanks.

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    Time Traveller Guide @lemmy.ca LillyPip @lemmy.ca

    Physicists develop highly robust time crystal

    A team from TU Dortmund University recently succeeded in producing a highly durable time crystal that lived millions of times longer than could be shown in previous experiments. By doing so, they have corroborated an extremely interesting phenomenon that Nobel Prize laureate Frank Wilczek postulated around ten years ago and which had already found its way into science fiction movies.

    The results have been published in Nature Physics.

    Paper abstract – Robust continuous time crystal in an electron–nuclear spin system:

    Abstract Crystals spontaneously break the continuous translation symmetry of free space. Analogously, time crystals lift translational invariance in time. Here we demonstrate a robust continuous time crystal in an electron–nuclear spin system of a semiconductor tailored by tuning the material composition. Continuous, time-independent external driving of the sample produces periodic auto-oscillations with a coherence time exceeding hours. Varying the experimental parameters reveals wide ranges in which the time crystal remains stable. At the edges of these ranges, we find chaotic behaviour with a lifted periodicity corresponding to the melting of the crystal. The time crystal state enables fundamental studies of nonlinear interactions and has potential applications as a precise on-chip frequency standard.

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    Long form screenshots

    Back in Apollo, we had a feature where you could long-press on mobile and save a screenshot with options to include usernames, number and levels of parents, and original post, amongst other things. Those were the ones I used. I also remember there was a checkbox for watermark, which defaulted to on, and which I never touched but always respected, because it never condescended to me.

    Anyway, I used that feature so much that there was no Apollo without it before the ensittification.

    As a user experience designer, Apollo had done a lot right that the big tech names had been doing wrong, and I’d floundered on Lemmy until the Voyager team started from that foundation.

    I appreciate everything this team has done for me, but I do miss this feature. It seemed aimed straight at me, so I almost hate to bring it up, but it was beautiful and I loved it.

    (I’m sorry for not saying this on Git, but I just can’t right now)

    eta: you guys are the best. I love everything you’ve done. <3

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    Call and threaten to cancel your subscription services once a year; their retention department will give you a better rate

    This only works by phone. Be nice, but firm. Don’t be satisfied with their first answer – make them escalate you to the retention department. They’re often authorised to give much larger discounts because it’s cheaper for them to retain customers than to recruit new ones.

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    Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books from classroom libraries

    Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books' removal.

    ….

    The purge of books from Orange County Public Schools, in Orlando, over the course of the past semester is the latest consequence of a conservative movement across the country — and strongest in Florida — to rid public and school libraries of materials deemed offensive. While the vast majority of such challenged and removed books involve race, gender and sexuality, several Jewish books have previously been caught in the dragnet.

    Article continues…

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    Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books from classroom libraries

    Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books' removal.

    JTA – A global bestseller by a Jewish Holocaust victim; a novel by a beloved and politically conservative Jewish American writer; a memoir of growing up mixed-race and Jewish; and a contemporary novel about a high-achieving Jewish family are among the nearly 700 books a Florida school district removed from classroom libraries this year in fear of violating state laws on sexual content in schools.

    The purge of books from Orange County Public Schools, in Orlando, over the course of the past semester is the latest consequence of a conservative movement across the country — and strongest in Florida — to rid public and school libraries of materials deemed offensive. While the vast majority of such challenged and removed books involve race, gender and sexuality, several Jewish books have previously been caught in the dragnet.

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    bigthink.com The 10 biggest physics and astronomy lies from 2023

    Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Make sure you the truth behind these 10 stories.

    The 10 biggest physics and astronomy lies from 2023

    Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Learn the truth behind these 10 dubious stories.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • While there have been huge scientific advances in a wide variety of aspects of physics and astronomy, there have also been wild headlines that do not reflect at all what's true in this Universe.
    • No, we haven't found a room-temperature superconductor, overturned the expanding Universe or Big Bang, discovered that the cosmos is twice as old as we thought, or discovered alien technology on the seafloor.
    • There has been a lot of fiction permeating science news this year, and the frustrating thing is that these untrue stories are posing as actual facts.

    Here are 10 lies you may want to learn the actual truth behind.

    [Article continues…]

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    bigthink.com The 10 biggest physics and astronomy lies from 2023

    Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Make sure you the truth behind these 10 stories.

    The 10 biggest physics and astronomy lies from 2023

    Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Learn the truth behind these 10 dubious stories.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • While there have been huge scientific advances in a wide variety of aspects of physics and astronomy, there have also been wild headlines that do not reflect at all what's true in this Universe.
    • No, we haven't found a room-temperature superconductor, overturned the expanding Universe or Big Bang, discovered that the cosmos is twice as old as we thought, or discovered alien technology on the seafloor.
    • There has been a lot of fiction permeating science news this year, and the frustrating thing is that these untrue stories are posing as actual facts.

    Here are 10 lies you may want to learn the actual truth behind.

    [Article continues…]

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    eurovisionworld.com Eurovision 2024: Visual artwork revealed

    The EBU and Swedish broadcaster SVT have revealed the theme artwork for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden

    Eurovision 2024: Visual artwork revealed

    The visual artwork for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been revealed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Swedish broadcaster (SVT). The visual identity is inspired by the northern lights and sound equalizers.

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    eurovisionworld.com Raiven will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2024

    Raiven will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. Her song will be released on 20 January

    Raiven will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2024

    Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

    Raiven will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

    The song that Raiven will sing on the Eurovision stage is titled "Veronika" and will be released on 20 January.

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    Netherlands: Joist Klein to Eurovision 2024

    eurovisionworld.com Netherlands: Joost Klein to Eurovision 2024

    The Dutch broadcaster has just revealed their artist to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö: Joost Klein. His song will be released at a later date

    Netherlands: Joost Klein to Eurovision 2024

    Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

    Joost Klein will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 after being selected internally from over 600 potential participants.

    The song that Joost Klein will sing on the Eurovision stage in Malmö will be released at a later date.

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    Why are we so concerned with oxygen production yet we never hear about nitrogen production, though we actually need 78% nitrogen vs 21% oxygen to survive?

    Excess oxygen is actually harmful to humans, but all the climate warnings are about losing oxygen, not nitrogen edit: but when we look for habitable planets, our focus is ‘oxygen rich atmosphere’, not ‘nitrogen rich’, and in medical settings, we’re always concerned about low oxygen, not nitrogen.

    Deep sea divers also use a nitrogen mix (nitrox) to stay alive and help prevent the bends, so nitrogen seems pretty important.

    It seems weird that our main focus is oxygen when our main air intake is nitrogen. What am I missing?

    edit: my climate example was poor and I think misleading. Added a better example instead.

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    France wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

    The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast live from Nice, France.

    16 countries competed at this year's edition, and once all was said and done Zoé Clauzure from France was declared the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song ‘Cœur’.

    Zoé Clauzure from France was crowned winner based on voting from national juries in all 16 competing countries. For the seventh time, viewers from around the world could also vote for their favorite songs in two windows: Online voting before the show, where the voting was based on snippets of rehearsals, and online voting during the show, where the viewers could vote during the 15 minutes after the last performance.

    [Article continues with embedded video and results table…]

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    Here's the thing…

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    Time Traveller Guide @lemmy.ca LillyPip @lemmy.ca

    Is Time Travel Possible? – Scientific American

    www.scientificamerican.com Is Time Travel Possible?

    The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become chronological hoppers?

    Is Time Travel Possible?

    In the movies, time travelers typically step inside a machine and—poof—disappear. They then reappear instantaneously among cowboys, knights or dinosaurs. What these films show is basically time teleportation.

    Scientists don’t think this conception is likely in the real world, but they also don’t relegate time travel to the crackpot realm. In fact, the laws of physics might allow chronological hopping, but the devil is in the details.

    […]

    If a person were to hang out near the edge of a black hole, where gravity is prodigious, Goldberg says, only a few hours might pass for them while 1,000 years went by for someone on Earth. If the person who was near the black hole returned to this planet, they would have effectively traveled to the future. “That is a real effect,” he says. “That is completely uncontroversial.”

    Going backward in time gets thorny, though (thornier than getting ripped to shreds inside a black hole). Scientists have come up with a few ways it might be possible, and they have been aware of time travel paradoxes in general relativity for decades. Fabio Costa, a physicist at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, notes that an early solution with time travel began with a scenario written in the 1920s. That idea involved massive long cylinder that spun fast in the manner of straw rolled between your palms and that twisted spacetime along with it. The understanding that this object could act as a time machine allowing one to travel to the past only happened in the 1970s, a few decades after scientists had discovered a phenomenon called “closed timelike curves.”

    “A closed timelike curve describes the trajectory of a hypothetical observer that, while always traveling forward in time from their own perspective, at some point finds themselves at the same place and time where they started, creating a loop,” Costa says. “This is possible in a region of spacetime that, warped by gravity, loops into itself.”

    “Einstein read about closed timelike curves and was very disturbed by this idea,” he adds. The phenomenon nevertheless spurred later research.

    Science began to take time travel seriously in the 1980s. In 1990, for instance, Russian physicist Igor Novikov and American physicist Kip Thorne collaborated on a research paper about closed time-like curves. “They started to study not only how one could try to build a time machine but also how it would work,” Costa says.

    [Article continues…]

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