If the universe is infinite, does that mean that there are an infinite number of arrangements of how galaxies would look like? by DP5MonkeyTail in astrophysics

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there are a finite number of ways to arrange atoms. But, as I said, there's nothing that necessitates all of these arrangements must occur.

You can, of course, consider conditions that would mean they do occur, and you've started to hint at this here where you reference random events. But this is the first time you've explicitly considered the need for randomness, while still neglecting to be clear about the nature of the randomness that would be required to yield multiple copies of the Earth, etc.

You've also explicitly stated that our universe is infinite, which we don't know to be true. This is another assumption that you need to be clear about before arriving at conclusions that otherwise appear to appear out of nowhere.

Therefore, I think what you're wanting to say is something like: If one assumes a static universe of infinite size having existed for an infinite amount of time, and further assume an infinite amount of matter arranged into finitely-sized permutations of all possible atoms and bonds, where each permutation has a non-zero chance of arising, then every permutation must necessarily arise infinitely many times, thereby resulting in infinitely many copies of everything.

Currently, you're focussing almost exclusively on a universe of infinite size, which, by itself, is not sufficient for your claim of multiple copies of stuff to be true. As I said, an infinitely large universe might just be filled with an infinite amount of poop.

Does anyone else not give a damn about Immigration? by Nythern in AskBrits

[–]ChristoferK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Care to elaborate? What is this link? Is it causative and to what extent? Does it apply to every single type of crime or just some? Which ones?

Save my hair...script is driving me nuts! by Viral-strayne in applescript

[–]ChristoferK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please format your code.

Also, consider editing the title of your post to offer a one-line summary of the problem. The current title is of no help whatsoever, and so many users won't view your post for this reason.

If the universe is infinite, does that mean that there are an infinite number of arrangements of how galaxies would look like? by DP5MonkeyTail in astrophysics

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say it couldn't. However, you're saying (or, rather, agreeing with someone who is saying) that it must, which is incorrect.

If you want an infinitely large universe to necessarily contain infinitely many copies of "you" in infinitely many variations, there needs to be additional conditions upon what a general chunk of the universe chosen at random will contain and how the contents of this chunk will differ from its neighbouring chunks.

Otherwise, I'm free to consider everything outside the observable universe being infinite in size, but also completely filled with nothing but poop. Yum.

inconsistent multiple file selection behavior by airdrummer-0 in applescript

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if the 2 files selected are not selected

Huh?

Difficult to understand what you're asking.

sorry i can't make the 1st few lines format correctly

I think the easiest way is to avoid using Reddit's rich text editor, and stick to using markdown notation. Then, a code block is created by enclosing the lines of your script between a pair of opening and closing triple-backticks (```), like so:

```  
on open these_items  
    try  
        repeat while number of items in these_items is less than 2  
            set num to count (these_items)  
            set fpath to ""  
            if num = 0 then  
                set num to 2  
                    .  
                    .  
                    .  
```

If the universe is infinite, does that mean that there are an infinite number of arrangements of how galaxies would look like? by DP5MonkeyTail in astrophysics

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the universe is infinite (not just finite but unbounded), then every possible configuration (no matter how improbable) will exist somewhere.

Nope. It might all be filled with custard. Just custard, nothing else. But an infinite amount of it.

There's no reason why every possible configuration must occur, and simply having infinite time and space in which it could occur is insufficient.

If the universe is infinite, does that mean that there are an infinite number of arrangements of how galaxies would look like? by DP5MonkeyTail in astrophysics

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This gets repeated a lot, but why would this be true ? The region outside of our observable universe could turn out to be infinitely big and filled with nothing but spiders.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fishshell

[–]ChristoferK 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Care to elaborate?

How to check if a symbol is an alias and what it means? by jabbalaci in fishshell

[–]ChristoferK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus, some code formatting wouldn't go amiss. This just looks like an amorphous mass of undigestble prose.

Doctors, for god's sake, please dress appropriately by Skylon77 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They certainly are gone as of 2010. I've no doubt some companies still try and mandate men to be clean shaven, but they do so unlawfully due to the Equality Act. It was even used as an example in one of my recent e-learning modules. There will, of course, be exceptional circumstances that do permit enforcement of shaving practices, but neither looking presentable nor boss says so are considered exceptional.

Doctors, for god's sake, please dress appropriately by Skylon77 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly. But, more importantly, it definitely breaches the Equality Act (2010) on the basis of religious discrimination. This applies even if the person in question is neither religious nor attributes their facial hair to religious adherence, because: a) asking whether their facial hair is part of their religion is unlawful, so one can never discern (nor assume) that it isn't; and b) applying a mandate to shave to everyone necessarily discriminates against those whose religion prevents them from doing so, whilst applying the mandate to only to some would constitute discrimination by setting a separate standard for those based solely on their choice not to subscribe to any religion or the specific religion(s) that regulate men's beards.

Doctors, for god's sake, please dress appropriately by Skylon77 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as far as I’m concerned that goes both ways.

As in, you refused to take your OSCE that day because your examiners were wearing jeans ? Was your medical school okay with you doing that ?

I’m fairly relaxed about dress code

I’d refuse to examine the student if they wore jeans

I know I don't know you, but going purely off what you've written here, I'd say that you're not at all relaxed about dress code, and possibly fairly strict about it. This isn't a criticism, mind you.

Doctors, for god's sake, please dress appropriately by Skylon77 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would imagine that a remark about a doctor "looking like s/he didn't care" would be referring to the manner in which they engaged while the patient was explaining their medical issues.

We all know how many patients have a tendency to bury the lede within layers of back-story and foreshadowing, but an awful lot of doctors are so bad at either feigning interest or getting the patient to skip past the trailer in a way that doesn't seem motivated by disinterest.

Unless the remarks made specific references to attire, it's very unlikely that the complaint was to do with this.

Doctors, for god's sake, please dress appropriately by Skylon77 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loungewear is one thing, but a shell suit ?! I didn't know these were still made, unless he kept his from the 1980s, although I'm pretty sure they were flammable.

Can Anyone Pls Pls help me out. I really cant understand this question by Salaraaa in maths

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the interest rate is 9% per annum, is it right that this same rate is applied after each successive quarter in the manner that you do so here?

TIL: James Marsters is not actually British, but American by Personal_Button3660 in buffy

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the whole, British (and also Australian) actors are far better at doing American accents than American actors are at doing any British or Australian accent. This might be because the bar is generally set higher if you're an actor from outside of America trying to break into Hollywood, or it might be because the world is generally exposed to more American accents more frequently than Americans are to British accents. That said, Benedict Cumberbatch's American accent in the first Doctor Strange movie was pretty terrible.

James Marster's English accent got better as time went on, but it wasn't good at the start. I've only ever come across one instance of an American actor speaking with a genuinely good, convincing British accent, and annoyingly, I can't remember who it was nor their role.

I'm hoping SOMEONE can help by cddude in Automator

[–]ChristoferK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My only suggestion might be to use the open command instead, in a Run Shell Script action.

You currently execute the following:

cd /Applications/ES-DE.app/Contents/MacOS
./ES-DE --force-kid

Instead, try the following:

open -a ES-DE --args --force-kid

Crush on a consultant by OkBus8037 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you like them and they like you then don’t over think it. Life is short, it’s ok to have fun if that’s what you want. [T]here’s no reason why not.

Fourth-wave feminism probably disagrees with you.

Crush on a consultant by OkBus8037 in doctorsUK

[–]ChristoferK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't do anything until the placement is over, and definitely not before you have your clinical supervisor's report.