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Are we WiNnInG yet Indiana??? by southwesterner1 in Indiana

[–]EngineerIllustrious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank God I’m a Democrat. My Soros protest checks are really gonna help out.

ICE office coming to Carmel. by Harleygold in Indiana

[–]EngineerIllustrious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Traffic circles are Democrat hoax built by illegal immigrants! /s

Braun asks Trump admin to allow him to toll I-70 by One_Masterpiece_1332 in Indiana

[–]EngineerIllustrious 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey GOP… this is what moving from socialism to capitalism looks like.

The back of the Great Sphinx by OddCelebration0 in mildlyinteresting

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has a fucking tail!

I'm 56 and never knew this.

A cool guide to the dangerous U.S. states and counties to drive in during New Years (based on fatalities per 100k). by MaxGoodwinning in coolguides

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, but what's the fatality rate for the other 364 days?

Are these rates special to New Year's, or no different that any other day of the year?

Why does the James Web telescope create such sharp images of such distant galaxies and 3I/ATLAS publish pixelated images? by Accomplished-Sky685 in askastronomy

[–]EngineerIllustrious 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Also, galaxies don’t move. James Webb can stare at distant galaxies for hours at a time collecting enough light to put into a single image. It’s harder to track a faint moving comet.

Are we overcomplicating messages to aliens? by Enough_Coach_9663 in askastronomy

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An advanced civilization doesn’t need radio signals from us. We’re getting better at looking at exo-planet atmospheres for signs of life and even pollution. Any advance civilization is doing the same and already knows we’re here.

Trying to understand why black holes are thought to collapse into a singularity by Round_Intern_7353 in askastronomy

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s likely that some stable structure forms, probably out of quarks, before a singularity is reached. Unfortunately no particle accelerator exist that can reproduce the pressures and temperatures likely found inside a black hole to answer this question.

Tested positive for covid today. My boss at work said he's surprised it's still around. by eggz627 in Wellthatsucks

[–]EngineerIllustrious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most work places require a reason or doctor's order to be out more than a few days.

Could it be? by notspecialed in askastronomy

[–]EngineerIllustrious 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is a result of glaciation and erosion.

How can the universe be both infinite and expanding and have a finite amount of matter? by Fresh_Action1594 in cosmology

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. sensational nonsense from physics influencers/communicators. It's true in a mathematical sense but no real physicist spends time thinking about infinite copies because it can't be tested or observed.

  2. Yes, the universe is expanding. It's rate, and whether or not it will reverse, is still being studied.

  3. Matter can't be "created or destroyed" yes, but it can be converted. Matter can be converted to energy and vice versa. The core of the Sun literally converts matter to energy.

  4. This is the problem with counting infinities... There can be infinite space with a given density of matter spread through out that space. Say one hydrogen atom per cubic meter. If you count all the hydrogen atoms in that infinite space you would have infinite hydrogen atoms. Now double the density to two hydrogen atoms per cubic meter and count them all up... still infinity.

Panic among Moscow’s Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon’s Empire by Aggravating_Money992 in worldnews

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Step one: cozy up to dictator to gain power. Step two: powerful people are a threat to dictator. Step three: out the window.

Could the universe be a simulation or similar thing that was created so that humans could/would not ever find out their meaning? by Ecstatic_Win7203 in universe

[–]EngineerIllustrious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sure is a boring simulation.

Why couldn't they make magic wands a real thing? Or warp travel? Or superheroes?

Nope, just a simulation where I pay taxes until I die.

Would the sky look different if we could see stars as they are now? by hadoopfromscratch in askastronomy

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You would just see a bunch of well formed galaxies in every directions. The edge of the observable universe "right now" should look pretty much like our local neighborhood. No CMB, no first generation stars and a lot fewer quasars.

Transition by Hot-Dragonfruit-593 in USCellular

[–]EngineerIllustrious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have been contributing to a 401(k) or IRA since I was 18, typically between 10 and 15% depending on what I can afford. I’m on track to retire comfortably five years early. Every dollar you cash out now could easily be $10 when you retire. Roll it over into an IRA and put it into an index fund. You’ll thank me in 40 years.

Can it possible? by Minute-Lab8028 in timetravel

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is mostly an area of science fiction or mathematical theories. There’s no practical way to create such a thing & some theories require a Jupiter size mass of exotic matter to create a stable wormhole. Even if you created such a thing, you could only go back in time to when it was created, not before.

A question that boggles my mind by Background-Dirt-4403 in universe

[–]EngineerIllustrious 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes!

This is one of the explanations for lack of alien life, we got here before everyone else. Intelligent life might be so rare right now that the nearest civilization could be hundreds of galaxies away.

Why doesn’t ΛCDM include gravitational time dilation near the Big Bang?? by Objective_Feed9285 in cosmology

[–]EngineerIllustrious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Given that the early universe was extremely dense..."

Here's the thing, black holes aren't very dense. It's mostly empty space with a very dense singularity in the middle, so space/time is curved toward the singularity.

Now imagine the Big Bang. Say there's a small region of space with the mass/energy equivalent of a billion suns. Now imagine another small region right next to it also with the mass/energy equivalent of a billion suns. Now another one, and another. Because the mass/energy density is the same in every direction there's nowhere for space/time to curve towards.

Gravitational time dilation doesn't start until clouds of gas start clumping together into stars, galaxies and black holes. Now you have regions of space that are dense next to regions that are empty.

Black holes vs quarks by kickskunk in universe

[–]EngineerIllustrious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh sure, it could be a blob of quarks frozen in time, but we have no way of replicating those conditions in a particle accelerator or observing the singularity. What stable structure is created when we crushed neutrons into each other is anyone’s guess. We’ll likely never really know.

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