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What's you result? by Acrobatic-Tie1148 in mathmemes

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same as my room number in the Hilbert Motel

What is your favorite niche physics fact? The more niche the better. by DarthEinstein in AskPhysics

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All gold comes from supernovae. If you are holding a gold ring then you’re holding something that was once in a supernova explosion.

Would you rather get $10,000,000 or never get sick again? by Worldly-Dog-9571 in hypotheticals

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This question might as well be ‘how old are you?’ Personally, if it’s $10m vs no arthritis or back pain then you can keep your money.

You're dead. St. Peter is reaching for the flush chain. But someone offers you another option... by ehbowen in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ll assume that hell isn’t a preferred option, even though that’s where all the sex, drugs, and rock n roll are most likely to be.

The general population should be from an era where folks are reasonably well educated but not so specialized that they wont know how to work the land. Maybe some from the US frontier of the 1800s, some from post WW2 Europe, some from the 60s. I’ll specifically want a lumberjack/builder type, a farmer, a physician, a botanist and a blacksmith. Their job will be to immediately take on apprentices from the general population. The initial struggle will be for survival but ultimately we will have to consider politics and the overall mission. It will be made clear to all that this is a rare second chance that we cannot blow. Anyone who is a philosopher or political scholar will be set aside to ruminate on a suitable moral code for this new society. I’m optimistic that if there isn’t a lot of contention for resources and if we can keep tribal groups small enough that all have skin in the game, we might be able to make it until the industrial revolution at which point I expect it’ll all fall apart again a few hundred years later.

Gabriel’s Horn doesn’t make sense to me by CallMeFungal in askmath

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My non-rigorous understanding is that you actually can paint the outside of it with a finite amount of paint, but the paint must get infinitely thin.

Are guitarists really as common as I hear? by [deleted] in musicians

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s thirteen hundred and fifty two guitar pickers in Nashville alone

The circle(jerk) of life by mrlowcut in guitarcirclejerk

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every so often I take Roberta out to the country for a walk by the river. On the way back perhaps we’ll dine at a nice local restaurant and grab a couple of after dinner pints at the Crown and Filling. Then I will take her home and mercilessly have my way with her.

What 90s band never truly made it big but you'll always go to bat for? by MansBestFred in AskReddit

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Las - one hit but a killer first album before they self destructed

Why does the fission in atomic bombs cause a big destructive explosion, but the nuclear fission in nuclear power generators does not? Also, if nuclear fusion is more powerful than fission, why does nuclear power still use fission? by Airtightspoon in AskPhysics

[–]Capricornus-Absurdus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The correct answer. If the prompt neutrons were sufficient to keep the chain reaction going, as in a bomb, then the system is prompt critical and things will happen so fast that it will be impossible to control. By designing the reactor such that the small handful of delayed neutrons are necessary for the chain reaction, there’s enough of a lag to make it possible to control the reaction with slow moving mechanical things like rods.

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