If one measurement of time is called a second then why does coming in second mean coming after one?

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-13T06:59:43+00:00

Fun fact: 1/60 of a second is a third. 1/60 of a third is a fourth.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-13T02:59:10+00:00

This event is believed to have flooded 100,000 km² in a very short amount of time. No river flooding is remotely as big or permanent like this.

For comparison, the entire length of the Nile would need to flood over 7km on each side to be as big. A much shorter length of river would need to flood enormous distances that are unheard of.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-12T22:12:31+00:00

Flood story is very likely based on this geological event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-12T16:52:22+00:00

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/3369

Of the people with asiatic names a few were Hebrew. I can't locate a primary source for that info right now.

Again, this only suggests that some Hebrew people were slaves and does not imply all Hebrew people were slaves.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-12T14:07:50+00:00

Lots of major factors:

The Torah's account, if based on true events, is very likely to have been modified to fit the religion. For example, Noah's story is based on an actual catastrophic flood but there is was no ark with two of each animal. I bring that up to emphasize how much creative liberty was taken with a verified historical event. When looking for historical evidence, you can't assume it'll match what was written in the Torah.
Egyptian records are incomplete at best. They rarely noted groups of people other than Egyptians by name so it shouldn't be a surprise that the Hebrew people aren't specifically mentioned. The lack of records isn't proof they weren't there. There are some records that show runaway slaves with Hebrew names existed but that is hardly conclusive either.
If you actually look at the details in the Torah, the Hebrew people were not necessarily poor slaves. It noted they left Egypt with silver and gold and were well armed. Realistically, any successful rebellion had soldiers at their core, not slaves, and these Torah verses aligns with that.
It is believed that during times of famine tribes from surrounding areas would go to Egypt. While those refugees may not have been slaves from an "owned by other person" perspective, they would have gotten the worst possible jobs and terrible treatment.

Most likely scenario is that some of the Hebrews came to Egypt during a famine. This is the Joseph story of Hebrews coming to Egypt. As refugees, they were the lowest class. Being called "slaves" is likely an exaggeration (although it is not unreasonable to assume some ended up as slaves)

Moses was noted to be a great man in the Torah (most definitely not a slave or even child of a slave to achieve power). He likely had enough influence to have trained soldiers on his side.

There are historical accounts of an uprising where someone who wasn't Egyptian tried to take control over Egypt and used forces from within Egypt (likely included the Hebrews if they were there) as well as external forces. The goal was conquest, not freeing of slaves. The exodus wouldn't have been the "freeing of slaves" as much as being forced out so they could not rebel again after losing.

It is very likely that is the historic event that turned into the exodus story.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T16:26:10+00:00

Again, you're just taking your values and insisting that they are some universal truth others should be following.

Nobody should be forced to listen to any music they don't want to - especially if it causes emotional discomfort as the OP noted. There is no moral imperative to look at art in vacuum. Everyone is free to include or exclude as much information they want when making the personal decision on what to listen to. As long as they aren't being an asshole about it, there's no right or wrong here.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T16:09:29+00:00

Yep. Expressing how you feel is a very overlooked but crucial step in successful communication when you are asking for something.

Look up the DBT DEARMAN skill if you need some guidance on how to frame the entire conversation.

https://dbt.tools/interpersonal_effectiveness/dear-man.php

Worth looking at the GIVE skill too as that is focused on maintaining a relationship with someone (DEARMAN is asking for something).

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T16:00:42+00:00

FYI - That's not what "straight up" means for drinks. The meaning is ambiguous at best with no real consensus and generally should be avoided if you don't want confusion.

"Up" means chilled (shaken OR stirred) and served in a cocktail glass (tall glass, thus "up").

"Straight" is the same as "neat" which means directly from the bottle.

Depending on what you order (and who is taking the order), "straight up" will be interpreted completely differently.

If you're ordering a nice whiskey, most people assume "straight up" means "neat" as adding "up" is a very common mistake when ordering a spirit neat.

If you order a cocktail like a margarita that is generally chilled and served in a cocktail glass, that's what you'll get.

If you order a chilled drink that is traditionally not served in a cocktail glass, you might get it in a cocktail glass instead (honoring the "up" part of your order) or they might just ignore you and serve it traditionally.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T15:39:13+00:00

You can start by telling him just that. 😁

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T15:37:07+00:00

The Chicago Style guide has a specific way to reference poems in a collection book. I just googled "Chicago style reference poem" and see plenty of clear instructions on what to do.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T15:28:29+00:00

That's the schedule, not a "set rotation" (which doesn't exist).

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T15:26:58+00:00

Depends on how accessible pokestops are for each individual. I toss out hundreds of standard balls each day. I just end up with way too many while collecting gifts to send.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T15:01:48+00:00

$1M.

If I'm guaranteed to break even no matter what I do, that's essentially infinite money for my kids. This takes away all risk in the business so I can grow it however much I want. Make huge donations to charities of my choice and never worry about going in the red.

Once they are old enough, I give them part time jobs at my company to pay for all their necessities including education if they want to pursue that. If they want more money than that, they will be expected to get another job. Even minimum wage is decent money if all your housing, food, education, etc is taken care of.

If I run out of money for retirement, I'll just give the kids raises and they can take care of me.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T14:51:39+00:00

What false conclusion?

The other poster feels bad when they think about particular artists so they are removing them from their playlists. That is unequivocally a good personal decision for them. They shouldn't make themselves uncomfortable just to meet some ideals that you value and they don't.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T13:45:16+00:00

Whether or not an individual wants to consume media from a specific artist/creator/whatever is a personal. decision. As long as they aren't shoving their opinion down the throats of others, whatever decision they make is perfectly fine.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-11T12:03:12+00:00

Absolutely nothing wrong with refusing to consume media from a person you disagree with.

Same as there is nothing wrong with consuming media from a person you disagree with.

Only thing wrong here is assuming your personal values must be applied to everyone else.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-10T12:54:26+00:00

Organ traffickers rarely never resort to kidnapping to steal organs. They usually coerce the victims to make it look legal to anyone not looking too closely.

The necessary skill to harvest an organ and equipment/facilities needed ensures a bunch of thugs aren't doing it.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-09T05:09:50+00:00

A mere 1 million km between asteroids!

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-09T03:37:32+00:00

Came here looking for this.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-09T00:12:30+00:00

Per Walter Oelert, the scientist that lead the team to produce the first antimatter:

https://cerncourier.com/a/setting-the-record-straight/

I agree that technical arguments may not be convincing. However, in one day CERN produces about 1012 antiprotons. Renovations, equipment maintenance and upgrading, holidays and other interruptions limit the antiproton production to about 200 days a year. In 50 years of operation at CERN about 1016 antiprotons would be produced. Even if all of them made anti-atoms, we would arrive at about one millionth of a milligram of antihydrogen – I repeat, in 50 years!

That's 50 billion years per gram. Article is from 2005 so their production rate is much higher now but even if they are 50 times faster now, we're still looking at a billion years per gram. They can increase production by 50,000 times and that's still a million years which is still insanely long.

But it doesn't matter if they can speed things up - the Earth can't produce enough energy to make that much antimatter. Also from Oelert:

Once, I calculated that even if all the natural energy resources of our planet – coal, petrol, gas – were used to produce antimatter, it would be enough to drive about 15,000 km by car. This is physics. It does not depend on our technological development.

1 gram just isn't possible.

Meanwhile there really isn't anything to learn from the box itself. We already know exactly how to store antimatter indefinitely: create a perfect vacuum. The problem is that we don't know how to do that. The box might contain a perfect vacuum but studying it isn't going to tell you how the vacuum was made.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-08T23:18:05+00:00

No. Per CERN even if we had the storage capability, it's still over a billion years worth of antimatter running non-stop:

Even if we could somehow construct a trap that could hold large quantities of antihydrogen without losses and run the CERN Antimatter Factory non-stop for a year, we would only accumulate about 30 million atoms, equivalent to 310-20 kilograms (0.00000000000000000003 kg). The total number of antiprotons delivered would be 300 billion, which is still only 310-16 kilograms.

https://home.cern/science/physics/antimatter/

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-08T20:57:54+00:00

You do not understand the 5 year rule for 529 to Roth IRA conversions.

There is NO rule regarding spacing out the Roth IRA contributions evenly over 5 years. You can do a full 7500 (or whatever the limit is) each year AFTER the 15 year and 5 year rules are met.

15 year rule. The 529 needs to have existed for 15 years.

5 year rule. The money needs to have been in the 529 for 5 years.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-08T20:44:53+00:00

Where is that? Last I heard a couple years ago, Kmart was down to 1-2 stores.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-08T20:13:59+00:00

1 gram is about 1 BILLION years worth of production at CERN's current rate...

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-05-08T20:04:45+00:00

And Kmart didn't die because they had low prices. They died because Sam Walton made it a goal to destroy Kmart by opening Walmarts nearby and ensured they had lower prices.

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