unkilbeeg
unkilbeeg t1_itzny0y wrote
Reply to Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity? by SpectralMagic
At the core of the star there would be very little effect from gravity, because the gravity is close to zero there. The pressure from all the surrounding mass (which has gravity working on it), on the other hand, would be huge.
Inside a body, gravity decreases as you go towards the center. The maximum gravity is right at the surface.
unkilbeeg t1_iskfd0q wrote
Reply to comment by tweakybiff in Flatirons, Boulder Colorado (OC) [3024 × 4032] by tweakybiff
Also, if you are a flatlander, it's a lot thinner than you're use to. When I was going to CU, I used to get dizzy if I stood up suddenly.
unkilbeeg t1_iujj3de wrote
Reply to comment by Latin_For_King in eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000
His oath was to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
The NSA was (and is) violating the Constitution, and what he released exposed that. That makes the NSA an enemy of the Constitution, and this means that Snowden was fulfilling his oath.
Is he a criminal? Possibly. He broke the law, and violated the regulations of his employment.
Is he a traitor? No. He was fulfilling the conditions of his oath.
Daniel Ellsberg was in exactly the same position. History has vindicated what he did when he released the Pentagon Papers, but at the time the same charges were leveled against him. I saw him in a talk not long after the Snowden revelations, and these are the points that Ellsberg made.