Clearlybeerly

Clearlybeerly t1_ixg0424 wrote

Reply to comment by a8bmiles in Large parts of Europe are warming twice as fast as the planet on average. As a consequence of human emissions of greenhouse gases, the climate across the continent has also become drier, particularly in southern Europe, leading to worse heat waves and an increased risk of fires. by MistWeaver80

We can do better than that.

"A couple of years ago, 200% of Australia burned.*"

  • = measurement only includes the areas that I personally care about. But other areas I don't care about also burned, so I guess they have to be included in the total total.
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Clearlybeerly t1_iwoaqmb wrote

Reply to comment by nivlark in Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science by AutoModerator

OK, thanks. I looked up metric tensor on wiki and looked up other hyperlinks in the metric tensor entry, and I have a very, very vague understanding, but it sure does help me understand, because while I have a vague understanding, what it mainly does is allow me to cut away the extraneous. So very cool, thank you.

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Clearlybeerly t1_iwnm15n wrote

Reply to comment by warblingContinues in Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science by AutoModerator

>We deduce that the volume of space itself is increasing.

so if there's no "outside" of the universe, what exactly is expanding "space", and what is this "non-space" it is expanding into and the universe?

Is it a balloon within a balloon, where the inner balloon is space, the outer ballon is the universe, except the other ballon is infinitely big, but the inner balloon called "space" is not infinitely big? If so, what is outside of space, as opposed to the universe, because the universe is not the same as space.

Or is space expanding into space, and you just have infinite balloons all the way down?

Just made me think - if space is expanding, are the molecules within by body expanding? If I lived for 20 million years, would I be a 7'10" man instead of my 4'11" height and so then in 20 million years I can finally get into the NBA?

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Clearlybeerly t1_iwnkreh wrote

Reply to Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science by AutoModerator

In math, why do they name numbers after people, like Graham's number?

I mean, what if I say "Graham's number + 1"? Why wouldn't that be called Clearlybeerly's number, which, I must say, has a better ring to it. Or what about 6.9 x 10^69 ? That would be a good number to name after me as well. Who doesn't like a good 69? For sure this number needs a name.

But seriously, why name some rando number after someone?

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