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MikeLinPA t1_jdknbkf wrote
Reply to comment by rephlexi0n in Tachyons are real. But, god, I wish they weren't. by rephlexi0n
It's antiparticle only moves forward. There is only one particle in the entire universe, racing forward and back, reversing polarity when reaching either end, and returning. Everything in the universe is made of this one particle, taking its place for the briefest of instances, before flying off to be part of something else in the past or future. The one particle is quadrillions of quadrillions of times older than time itself, because it is everything, and everything is composed of it, one particle/instance at a time.
And boy, is that particle tired!
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Reply to comment by TheL0ngGame in Would the most sentient ai ever actually experience emotion or does it just think it is? Is the thinking strong enough to effectively be emotion? by wonderingandthinking
What a load of shit!
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Reply to comment by TheL0ngGame in Would the most sentient ai ever actually experience emotion or does it just think it is? Is the thinking strong enough to effectively be emotion? by wonderingandthinking
The only people that think they are connected to the universe are using hallucinogenics. The universe is under no obligation to cater to us in any way.
We are all machines. We are biological machines, made of meat and chemicals. If an AI made of silicon and wires thinks it is experiencing emotions, that is as valid as an meat based object thinking it is experiencing emotions.
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Reply to comment by Franklin_le_Tanklin in Would the most sentient ai ever actually experience emotion or does it just think it is? Is the thinking strong enough to effectively be emotion? by wonderingandthinking
We have people that start fist fights in the supermarket parking lot, kill others because they think someone looked at them wrong, and leaders of nations that execute generals and commit genocide against it's own citizens. How much more irrational or illogical could an AI be? Humanity ain't setting very high standards here!
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Reply to Would the most sentient ai ever actually experience emotion or does it just think it is? Is the thinking strong enough to effectively be emotion? by wonderingandthinking
Do people experience emotions, or just think they do? If an AI thinks it is experiencing emotions, then it is experiencing emotions.
MikeLinPA t1_j6gj3u6 wrote
Reply to comment by xCreamPye69 in ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69
Maybe people should have legal incomes and report it. Problem solved.
MikeLinPA t1_j6fh1qt wrote
Really, any small group of bright enough stars can be imagined into constellations. The little dipper could be seen as the toilet of the gods in someone's mind. This means that Sol could very well be part of the septic system constellation from some other point of view.
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Reply to comment by haribo_2016 in How do you make a Caesar salad from a salad? by Ehrenlauch3000
That's beyond sad.
MikeLinPA t1_j2c2fdx wrote
Reply to comment by Psychological_Wheel2 in Question by Psychological_Wheel2
Much easier! No one is fighting for the water, and it doesn't have to be lifted up from a planet. Why fight a war for the privilege of lifting all that mass out of a gravity well when you can hoover it up and fly away?
Also, when I said the nebula were more massive than the entire solar system, I couldn't remember if it was hundreds of times more, or thousands, or millions. I just remembered it being astronomically more than the amount of water on earth.
MikeLinPA t1_j2by4vk wrote
Reply to Question by Psychological_Wheel2
Wow, great thought! Lots to think about.
I believe there are nebula made of water vapor, (or ice crystals?) that are more massive than our solar system, so we wouldn't even have to isolate the hydrogen and oxygen, but a controlled burn of H and 2O would be a source of heat energy. (Also a risk of explosion!)
Hauling around enough to make a difference for a planet, (either water or the gasses,) would be another challenge. Even if we had spaceships the size of a football stadium, that would be insignificant compared to one of the great lakes, much less an ocean. If we could haul around volumes comparable to large asteroids or small moons, then we're making progress.
Without doing any math, I am picturing spheres of water the size of Texas. It would take a steady supply of them to fill the world's oceans. Thousands? IDK
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Reply to comment by fatpad00 in My wife asked if I'd like to try a new sex position by Lord-Wombat
Remember, turnabout's fair play! You gotta take what you give. (Ouch...)
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Reply to comment by UnluckyLuke87 in My wife asked if I'd like to try a new sex position by Lord-Wombat
Fair is fair!
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Trump's lawyer
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I can dig it!
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Reply to comment by davethompson413 in My wife asked if I'd like to try a new sex position by Lord-Wombat
How about a 71. That's a 69 with 2 fingers up her ass!
MikeLinPA t1_j247pgj wrote
Reply to Chuck Norris jokes never die.. by myfirstacctwasbanned
Old fishermen never die, they just smell that way. :P
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Reply to comment by NetScr1be in What did the pine say to the oak when both were being chopped down for lumber? by playingwithechoes
I wood!
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Reply to comment by Soup_and_death_grips in The agricultural research organization – Volcani Institute, is the first in the world to breed hens that lay eggs of female-only chicks, this achievement can spare the killing of billions of chicks around the world by winhumone
The people in power are only part of the equation. Consumers mostly don't care where their food comes from. They care that it is affordable.
My family owned a butcher shop. 50 years ago nearly everyone knew exactly how their food was raised and accepted it. Now most people do not know where their food comes from because they don't want to know. Greedy people in power are there by giving consumers what they want. The company that does it your way goes out of business. Nobody is going to buy the scrawny chickens at higher cost than the meaty ones. It ain't gonna happen.
MikeLinPA t1_j0eu8i4 wrote
Reply to comment by Soup_and_death_grips in The agricultural research organization – Volcani Institute, is the first in the world to breed hens that lay eggs of female-only chicks, this achievement can spare the killing of billions of chicks around the world by winhumone
They would taste okay, but they would be scrawny and not worth the resources put into raising them. Do you want to buy the big meaty chicken at market price, or the scrawny chicken at twice that price because someone wasted resources raising them? They are going to be side by side in the case at the supermarket, which will you buy? I'm buying the meaty chicken for less.
Do you see the issue now? Nobody is going to buy the expensive scrawny chicken at a higher price when they can buy a meaty chicken for less. We, as a society, have industries dedicated to breeding animals for specific uses. Meat chickens are for meat, and both genders are good for meat. Layers are for laying eggs and only the females are useful. Male layers will not be adequate for meat and will be a waste of feed, space, time, and money. It's a sad reality.
MikeLinPA t1_j0e1h67 wrote
Reply to comment by Soup_and_death_grips in The agricultural research organization – Volcani Institute, is the first in the world to breed hens that lay eggs of female-only chicks, this achievement can spare the killing of billions of chicks around the world by winhumone
If people go vegan, this stops being an issue. Until then, we shouldn't over-regulate the industry because it will only create new problems.
No, I am not vegan, but I understand fully where my food comes from. We can try to be less cruel, but the meat industry is harsh by its very nature.
Have a good night.
MikeLinPA t1_j0c1t6x wrote
Reply to comment by Soup_and_death_grips in The agricultural research organization – Volcani Institute, is the first in the world to breed hens that lay eggs of female-only chicks, this achievement can spare the killing of billions of chicks around the world by winhumone
It would be a bad use of resources. We shouldn't legislate to force agriculture to waste resources and raise poor quality meat chickens to sell expensively to consumers. It would be bad for everyone.
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Reply to comment by iani63 in The agricultural research organization – Volcani Institute, is the first in the world to breed hens that lay eggs of female-only chicks, this achievement can spare the killing of billions of chicks around the world by winhumone
You wouldn't like it. Chickens bread for laying eggs are not good for eating. Even if they raised them long enough for pet food, it wouldn't be profitable or resource economical.
I thought the same thing when I first heard about this issue, so I looked into it a little bit. In the old days, chickens were chickens. Not so anymore. They have been bread for specific uses. Agriculture isn't for the faint of heart.
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Reply to comment by SaltyPO in Robots will roam a university to study “a socio-technical problem” — will wander a Texas campus so researchers can study human-robot relations. by marketrent
They do, after the POS-Bot finds 'em first.
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Reply to Robots will roam a university to study “a socio-technical problem” — will wander a Texas campus so researchers can study human-robot relations. by marketrent
When I was a kid in the 60s,i wanted a robot more than anything! There was a robot on Lost in Space, and Gigantor, and AstroBoy, and nothing else could be cooler!
Now I'm an adult, and there is a huge in-the-way pos robot roaming the aisles of Giant Supermarket, and I am surprised at how much I despise that damned thing! I want to knock it over every time it sneaks up on me or gets in my way! (It patrols the store looking for spills. It doesn't even clean them up, it calls for a cleanup in aisle #. That's its whole job. What a waste.)
MikeLinPA t1_jecw9mo wrote
Reply to Is my marriage over ? 31M/29F by [deleted]
Your child is better off being from a broken home than being in a broken home.
You can't make it better by yourself. You cannot make her happy if she refuses to be happy.
Do what you have to do. Get therapy for yourself even if she won't go. Contact a lawyer. Document everything.
Good luck.