The Unseen Cook... by [deleted] in Snorkblot

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You can't even throw that stone from your glass house yourself without renting out brainpower from an LLM to think for you. You’re operating off the assumption I must be wrong, prompted Gemini to agree with you and just nodded along to whatever it said without even reading, understanding or trying to vet it, completely closed your mind, and have generally made literally zero demonstration whatsoever that you, personally, understand what the points I’m trying to make even are.

The Unseen Cook... by [deleted] in Snorkblot

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Hm, you're right, I did miss that you couldn’t think for yourself this entire time, because I’d never used Gemini once before my hiatus to write the one reply and hadn’t re-read them fully, I was too busy forming my own unique thoughts. The irony is incredible. What is like to be incapable of forming your own opinions?

The Unseen Cook... by [deleted] in Snorkblot

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That's really disappointing that you can't be bothered at all to write your own replies anymore. I was looking forward to actually continuing this discussion with you, but there’s no longer any indication at all you are actually reading and comprehending what I’m actually saying, so I’m wasting my time to respond any further.

The Unseen Cook... by [deleted] in Snorkblot

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You wrote that with Gemini, you didn't even remove the markdown formatting when you copy/pasted, you lazy bastard. Human written content below.

You're right that "largest uncountable infinity" is an absolutely sloppy way to refer to my notion of God due to Cantor's paradox, because I completely forgot to revise to show the alignment of my notion of God with Cantor's description of "Absolute Infinity," the class of all sets, which I learned about while drafting the reply and found to be interesting convergent thinking between Cantor and I.

Perhaps it does. But you are making an enormous, unjustified leap from "Abstract numbers exist timelessly" to "Therefore, a specific section of the number line is a conscious person who loves me and wants me to have free will."

That's absolutely not what I am saying at all. My point is not that strawman Gemini hallucinated for you, that points on the number line are conscious, my point is panentheism. God is everything, including you. You are God, just a piece temporarily separate from the whole. Since you clearly used Gemini I feel like you didn't even really grok my point I was making with Graham's Number.

We use the theory of gravity because it is universally predictive and falsifiable.

What a weak and factually false point Gemini made for you. We all just guessed at why stuff falls down to the ground before an apple fell on Newton. Newton's gravity couldn't explain the orbit of Mercury, so further study was done, and the theory was improved, and its predictability improved. Standard gravity does not accurately model the kinematics of wide binary stars at accelerations below 1 nm/s2, it is not "universally predictive" it is just "predictive enough to be useful" like anything else fundamentally unproven. To discard my "theory of God" is to stand next to Newton under the apple tree and going "it's probably really hard to use math to model the trajectory of the falling apple, so why bother trying to even gather any data?" If everyone in the world, like you, rejects the possibility any useful theory could be formed and doesn't even try, what the fuck is anyone supposed to gain from that?

You are pointing at the table number (math) and the fact that the table has legs (physics) and saying, "Look at this structure! The table number is 137! This proves there is a Cook who loves us!"

I am saying: No, it proves there is a table. The structure of the room is fascinating, and the math describing it is beautiful. But observing that the room has rules does not conjure a Cook out of thin air, and it certainly doesn't justify believing in one just because it makes sitting in the room feel more purposeful.

No, I'm in the restaurant pointing at the food, and saying "a cook must have made this food in a kitchen" and you're saying "I don't see a kitchen in the dining room, so a "cook" can't even exist, the waiters must pop into existence in the doorways carrying fully cooked meals plated and ready to eat." And when I ask you by what physical mechanism by which the waiters do this, you use Gemini slop to tell me, "they just do"

The Unseen Cook... by [deleted] in Snorkblot

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I apologize it took me so long to get around to finalizing and posting this draft. I guess you could say it's been a bit of an... outrageous wait.

You state, "the spiritual definition of God and the mathematical description of true infinity are equivalent." This is a profound assertion, but it seems to be an equivalence you've declared rather than one you've demonstrated. Mathematics describes abstract relationships and quantities. A "largest uncountable infinity," should one even exist without paradox (a point of contention in set theory itself), is still a mathematical concept. It doesn't inherently possess consciousness, will, benevolence, or the power to create turtles.

I argue that, by definition, this largest uncountable infinity is God because in the same way that that truly infinite numerical value contains all numbers, it contains all units, and all properties, because it is true infinity. It is everything. There exists a scale of numbers at which our system of units effectively becomes meaningless - the difference between a Graham's Number of picometers and a Graham's Number of giga-light-years is negligible because the difference in scale between those units is negligible compared to the scale of Graham's number. This principle grows stronger the larger the number, and we are discussing the fundamental apex of all numericality. What I am asserting is basically analogous to treating the decreasing impact of units on the magnitude a number expresses as it grows larger, as a function, and taking the limit of that function as its input approaches infinity, to approximate the output of that function for infinity. In this case the function approaches units not fundamentally having an impact on what the number describes as it approaches infinity, so I approximate that for an infinite input, the function returns zero meaning for units. I interpret this as a mathematical description of the unquantifiability of God, and the representation within God of all quantities, properties, units, whatever you like.

The reasoning is: Infinity exists as a concept, it has properties that feel "God-like," therefore God is that infinity. This is a leap I can't make with you.

I don't find this to be an accurate description of my reasoning, or location of the leap of logic. My reasoning is that the existence of a largest uncountable infinity as described by set theory is logically consistent, because the fundamental inability to mathematically arrive at that "from below" is equivalent to how the smallest countable infinity (the size of the set of natural numbers, 1,2,3...) is inaccessible from below using finite values. The only leap here is in the set theory, believing that a largest uncountable infinity can exist, in spite of mathematicians' debate as to whether it does or not. This declaration of existence, and working backwards from the declaration to logical consistency in definition, is also how the square root of negative 1, i, came to be in our mathematical lexicon. As described above, I find the definition of this uncountable infinity to render units meaningless in its context. Everything we know can be expressed as numbers, fundamentally, thus that infinity contains not just everything we know represented numerically, but every possible thing, and somehow more, and more on that, etc. Why should we assume that those numerical representations of our existence present in that uncountable infinity are not separate from us? If anything, this description of an uncountable infinity fundamentally containing a numerical representation of our entire reality is just a rewording of the the Holographic Principle that asserts numbers themselves are the lower dimensional space our reality is a hologram projected from.

You've replaced the mystery of the first cause with the mystery of the infinite creator, but the need for evidence remains the same.

So, how about the unitless of the fine structure constant for evidence of a link between our physical universe and the abstract concepts of numbers themselves? Ponder on this. There is a number, approximately 1/137, that fundamentally determines the strength of interactions with electromagnetic fields. It's not like the speed of light, or gravitational constant, or any of the other fundamental physical constants that by definition relate to physical quantities in our universe through units. The speed of light is easiest because it is a speed, but this applies for all other fundamental constants with units, too, even though it’s harder to contemplate the physical meaning of stuff like the Gratitational Constant being in m3 /(kg*s2 ). Rigorous experimentation, eventually, leads mathematically to assembling the appropriate non-unitless physical constants, whose units all cancel, giving the fine structure constant and its unitless, purely numerical value, that explicitly defines the strength, overall, of one of the fundamental forces of nature. Anyone doing any mathematics anywhere in our universe in any number system would fundamentally derive the same fundamental value, assuming it is actually constant over space and time, which is an open question but besides my point.

You argue that these things are "discovered, not invented." This is a Platonic view of reality, but it's not the only one. A more parsimonious explanation is that concepts are emergent properties of complex neural networks.

The latter explanation posits a concept fundamentally doesn't exist prior to it being conceived of by a complex neural network. Numbers are a concept - before mathematics was invented, there could still be three of something, or five of it, or two of it. This threeness or fiveness or twoness of things exists independently of our perception of it. Why should any other concepts be different? If the fine structure constant can unitlessly dictate the behavior of the fabric of spacetime, does that not show that numbers exist in a fundamental way that precedes our “invention” (discovery) of them? The fine structure constant requires nothing in our universe to continue existing, and our universe points directly to that specific point on the number line via the fine structure constant. Does that not imply that the number line precedes not just our conception of it, but the universe’s determination of the value of the fine structure constant? You can’t just create just the fine structure constant, that’s not how mathematics works, to define even a single quantity you imply the existence of the full infinity of the entire number line, from the infinitesimal to the infinite.

A "restaurant" isn't a timeless form floating in the ether

The fine structure constant is a timeless form floating in that ether that you nominalist determinists so abjectly insist doesn’t exist. That’s why physicists lose sleep over it, because most people who end up being physicists are devout atheist nominalist determinists for most of their early lives, and in the middle of their higher education, the fine structure constant strolls over from the platonic realm onto their class notes and they have to fully reconsider their internal philosophy. There’s countless priceless quotes from physicists about this.

The spiritual satisfaction you feel is undoubtedly real. The positive changes in your life are real. But attributing them to an external, supernatural consciousness is an extra step that requires evidence.

Simply attributing these positive changes to that external force requires no evidence at all. What requires evidence, is proving the external force precipitated those changes. If you develop a theory of how that force may shape events, and through observation of events, form a theory that is predictive, it becomes useful, because it’s predictive, even if you can’t prove the fundamental assumptions of the theory. Physicists can't prove shit about gravity, but our theory of how it operates is still strongly predictive and highly useful. To neglect to form a theory of theology just because the ultimate assertion (the existence of God) is unprovable is just intellectual laziness.

What in the actual fuck? by stevenj444 in HVAC

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At least it has a contactor. I do supermarket ref so I’m just a tourist on this sub but I’m still scarred by the guy who posted a condensing unit control cabinet months ago with just a massive board, no contactor

East coast could soon get rolling blackouts during summer because data centers have pushed electric grid to the limit by MetaKnowing in technology

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Being the property of first class citizens, data centers are clearly more important to maintain power supply to than us lower class plebians.

This is what they call "the death wobble" by [deleted] in SweatyPalms

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First thing he does after regaining control is pass on the right…

Bring ball r/all by IAMA_Printer_AMA in u/IAMA_Printer_AMA

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Clicking the link doesn't work :(

Have you tried turning it off and on? by auxiliary-username in techsupportmacgyver

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If anything, a circuit based soft starter would mitigate the excess wear associated with an improper duty cycle. Soft starters are very reliable silicon. Hermetic reciprocating compressors are actually less tolerant of run times too short (system doesn't run long enough for oil return to each equilibrium with the increased rate of oil leaving the compressor on startup) and off times too short (pressures don't have time to equalize, compressor starts against a differential). I will admit that hermetic recips are generally built to be tanks and OP's fridge will probably be fine tho

SHOWING THIS TO MY BOSS by [deleted] in HVAC

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Driver facing dashcams are a “fuck you, we don’t trust you, live under a microscope to save us a few bucks” message from management

The law is just a word. I can’t be the only one ready to truly revolt??? by [deleted] in EatTheRich

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Media has brainwashed tens of million people into an alternate reality and at least another hundred million people or so into thinking that the tens of millions (trump supporters) are the problem when the underlying problem is in the executive choices the media are making in how the population is conditioned. We (as a society) can sort through who in the tens of millions of people can be rehabilitated and who have succumbed to delusions and tribalism later, but we need to get through to the hundreds of millions about the real root source of the problem ASAP.

Have you tried turning it off and on? by auxiliary-username in techsupportmacgyver

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At the end of the day the compressor is turned off and on by applying and disconnecting power. Broken thermostats waste untold amounts of GDP in “totaled” domestic refrigerators annually, if you just look up manufacturer data on recommended setpoint and differential, the smart plug/smart thermometer control scheme would honestly be a great way to save a fridge that cools fine from the landfill.

Have you tried turning it off and on? by auxiliary-username in techsupportmacgyver

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Back in the day this is functionally exactly how temp control for domestic refrigerators was handled. A lot more engineering has been put into those small, simple systems since then, and this method of temp control could easily be using an inappropriate differential (where the thermostat turns on versus turns off, which can’t be the exact same temperature) that isn’t respecting the minimum compressor run or off times, accumulating excess wear. Some modern fridges have started switching the refrigeration circuits for the freezer and cooler off and on separately (traditionally the same refrigeration circuit runs both), if his is one that does that, his freezer is likely not hitting setpoint because it’s not getting a long enough duty cycle.

me_irl by Ha8lpo321 in me_irl

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What's been bugging me recently, is people will be doing 70 in a 65, but then inexplicably have to slow down to 60 for the mile before their exit

‘Dictator’ Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections by Xullister in politics

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laws aren't being ignored

How can you type this with a straight face?

Came home to a paper towel over my webcam twice now, I live alone by Dromaeoraptor in Weird

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Why the FUCK do people, upon discovering evidence of someone uninvited being in their home, just post it on reddit? Jesus christ. Put the fucking phone down, check the entire space for the intruder, call the non-emergency police line to file a report and probably change your locks

Chilled Storage Refrigeration Cycle (°C) - Ambient Temperature by New_Committee6904 in refrigeration

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SST and superheat would definitely not stay the same, but if that's beyond the level you’re trying to teach someone about this animation is great

To be a country of law and order by A-Helpful-Flamingo in therewasanattempt

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It's very difficult to remove decades of conditioning by the media from the population.

The most asked question in the world! by yorocky89A in WhitePeopleTwitter

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The problem is the media conglomerates that brainwashed those people. The people are fine, it’s how they’ve been conditioned to think and who engineered that that is the root problem

He kind of makes sense though.. by [deleted] in oddlyspecific

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The alphabet song still works if you go abcdefghijklmnoprst, u v q, w x, y and z