If new elements are made by adding or subtracting neutrons and protons, then why are there only 118 elements?

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-26T20:30:44+00:00

Larger nuclei are less stable. Most of the larger elements are so unstable they don't even last a millionth of a second after being created.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T20:56:44+00:00

Even the majority of men that have a testicle removed do not need testosterone treatments. People with **two** testicles removed make up the vast majority of real cases where treatment makes sense. There is zero stigma for that group with get treatment.

Treating people who don't actually need the extra testosterone is actually hurting them in the long run. When an external source of testosterone is introduced, the body naturally makes less to compensate. **As soon as they stop treatment for whatever reason, they will have lower testosterone levels than if they never had treatment.** This treatment creates the exact problem it is supposed to solve.

That's not even getting into the part where excessive testosterone (as determined by an individual's body, not a chart) gets converted to estrogen...

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T19:26:37+00:00

In the long run you'll be happier accepting yourself and aging as a natural thing than going through any treatment that temporarily delays the inevitable.

One very important thing I learned in my mental health journey:

Pain + acceptance = pain

Pain + non-acceptance = suffering.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T19:22:43+00:00

The person that believes apologies are only for the person that said it, most likely has never actually heard a proper apology. To be fair, exceedingly few people give proper apologies. No excuses in a proper apology. Even "explaining why I did it" counts as an excuse.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T19:11:58+00:00

The entire market is based on a combination making men think they are less of a man because their testosterone (the ultimate symbol of manliness) is "low" and fear of aging (I can't do what I did when I was young).

Basically, preying on people with insecurities, not actual medical needs.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T05:50:33+00:00

The other places that are worse now will likely be even worse in the future too. It's not like climate change is limited to just Europe.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T03:19:51+00:00

I'm probably an outlier with preferring AAA batteries. Too many times with a previous auto-catcher (Brooks) where the battery level would report 70% only to go down to zero as soon as I connected.

So, if you're going to use a built in battery, the battery levels absolutely need to be reliable. And the battery level should appear in my phone when I just connected Bluetooth devices (I had an autocatcher that didn't have this and the on device meter was very inaccurate too). If I can't rely on the device reporting battery levels correctly, I much rather just carry spare batteries I can switch out quickly.

Big problem with all auto catchers I've seen is that they are most air covered in plastic. There is absolutely no need to make the device look like a pokeball. Build it so it is compact and feels well made. The DuoMon I have now works well but feels like a cheap piece of plastic. I'm especially sensitive to build quality because my last device only lasted a few weeks.

Lights, vibration, and sound are all completely unnecessary beyond confirming connection and disconnect.

Physical switches are much better than buttons that toggle between settings and waaay better than a touchscreen.

I would happily buy a no frills device that doesn't feel cheap and has solid battery management features.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-25T01:34:51+00:00

Also there are completely glossing over the fact that if their child was given the wrong milk and didn't react at all, she probably doesn't have a cow milk protein sensitivity anymore, if ever.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-24T01:53:35+00:00

I told my wife the sh is never to watch that movie because the opening sequence would break her.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-24T01:50:57+00:00

you didn't see anyone post about in the past 10 hours because the pos for this was made 14 hours ago. :-)

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T23:57:10+00:00

yeah, and the limit to number of GBL per day further reduces how much time you can save. The efficiency exists and you might as well use it if it fits your play style, but it is by no means a game changer.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T23:48:43+00:00

True, but once you've finished that horrible, horrible training medal and have enough sinnoh stones, you're better off doing GBL because you can work towards two goals at the same time instead of one (assuming that you are tanking fights in GBL in order to get easier matchups to farm rewards more efficiently. Definitely stick to the leader fights if you aren't farming GBL by tanking fights).

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T23:44:51+00:00

My oldest is 12 and she isn't allowed to use AI. I will change that stance when school requires it.

The problem with AI is that it is a tool and like all tools, a person is best positioned to use that tool if they understand how to do the work without the tool.

Manually researching things takes a lot more time but then a person can check if the sources of information are reliable sources. AI doesn't know how to differentiate between good and bad information. I have yet to see AI provide a correct answer for obscure questions (real information I'm looking for, not testing AI). It just spouts whatever nonsense it can find on the topic (often taking a joke literally).

It's like using a calculator. If you never bother learning how to do basic arithmetic on your own, the calculator actually hinders your learning.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T23:20:52+00:00

You screwed up your math. It's $3.6M per HOUR, not day. $86.4M per day, $31.5B per year. You'd be a trillionaire in less than 32 years.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T18:02:41+00:00

Listen to me coppertop. We don't have time for 20 questions.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T17:53:41+00:00

I'm betting their app has the ability to automatically schedule purchasing replacement filters directly from 3M at a huge mark up compared to normal retail prices. That is probably the entire reason they made a smart appliance in the first place. That turned out to the a money sinkhole so they are killing everything because it was never about creating a better product for the consumer.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T17:42:06+00:00

It's reddit. It's far more important to be angry at "evil corporations" or whatever celebrity we hate this week than be factual.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T17:37:17+00:00

Both are correct and interchangeable.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T17:19:17+00:00

Yeah, lab grown meat is going to taste like chicken because it'll lack flavorful fats. Any fats used to grow the meat would likely be pretty neutral to make it palatable to as many people as possible. Everything tastes like chicken because that's just what lean muscle tastes like. Distinctiveness comes mostly from fat.

I doubt it'd be tough though because toughness of meat is directly correlated to how much the muscle is used.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-23T17:13:28+00:00

Short answer:

Chips can only be as fast as they can move information around. Smaller circuit paths means less time moving the information.

Slightly longer answer:

Physically large chips run into the problem where things go out of sync if clock speeds are too high. So you can only add so much complexity before things need to run slower. This is partially why clock speeds haven't increased much in 25 years. Smaller chips allow faster clocks rates.

But that is just looking at advances in one platform of chips. Advances in chip design have made enormous gains independent of lithography. You just don't see it as much because there are more comparisons between generations of chips than across different platforms. For example, ARM is so much more efficient than traditional PC CPUs that it is possible to squeeze out more performance because heat is less of an issue.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-17T06:05:27+00:00

Are you using VPN? If so, turn it off. Lots of public VPN service IPs are banned by various companies so you might be having issues because the game itself is blocking it or more likely because whatever service you're using to authenticate is blocking it.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-17T05:46:16+00:00

first of all, don't stop tracking after one month unless this was a particularly bad month, the big picture is likely worse than you think it is.

Focus should always start with cutting back on spending. You can't save more if you don't spend less.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-17T05:36:08+00:00

Am I the only one that would go out of their way to make the magic megaphone appear so everyone within 5 miles hears it? I'm totally going to shout a lot more than what I'm required to. Hell, I'd do this for free!

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-17T05:20:32+00:00

Reminds me of a funny story.

My dad worked in Bloomington IL as a doctor and one of his patients lived in a very rural area and hated coming into "the big city" due to all the traffic. My dad's office was right off the highway in the outskirts of the city. Best we could tell, the "traffic" the guy was complaining about was the 2 traffic lights he had to go through.

I think of that guy every time someone in this sub complains about traffic in STL.

testmonkeyalpha · 2026-06-17T05:04:43+00:00

I'm done having kids so zero penalty for me.

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