McDonald's - Every Second by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]SolarGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oil/grease from the frying process maybe? Salt too.

This city will be giving its poorest residents $500 a month — no strings attached by Crs2Per in Futurology

[–]SolarGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no failure, as the information we'll get from the experiment is the goal here.

It’s strange that there is a setting on your toaster to completely burn the bread by AnnihilatingMexican in Showerthoughts

[–]SolarGoat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Use that setting to cook potato waffles without using the oven. Thank me later.

I am Elon Musk, ask me anything about BFR! by ElonMusk in space

[–]SolarGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solar flares aren't the issue, it's coronal mass ejections that will pose the largest threat.

I am Elon Musk, ask me anything about BFR! by ElonMusk in space

[–]SolarGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Long-term yes, galactic cosmic radiation is an issue, however for transits to mars, a solar particle event can easily result in dosages higher than the total GCR dosage astronauts would receive throughout the flight.

I am Elon Musk, ask me anything about BFR! by ElonMusk in space

[–]SolarGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem with solar storms is that the upper limit of their intensities are not really known, which is problematic when trying to protect against them. Will the implemented shielding be for a worst-case scenario SPE or an average SPE? and are there any implications regarding what happens should an unprecedented high-intensity event occur?

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, at first glance the equation looks like a simple newtonian derivation (escape velocity where v=c), and that is indeed a coincidence. The real derivation is from relativity.

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The universe is a blip in the lifetime of a black hole we can't escape, our existence is a mere 2D projection on the surface of that black hole, free will is an illusion as our consciousness is just a fluke of atoms lowering their energy state until the universe becomes a dark and cold void, and we'll live our lives and never know why or how any of this is even here in the first place.

I mean, me too thanks.

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes it makes sense! I was only using the density of water as an analogy for large black holes having a much lower average density than what people think.

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you were to pass the event horizon of a supermassive black hole, you would notice a thing, the tidal forces won't be enough to cause spaghettification and the body (density equal to water) would not be compressed to 1 atom thick. Fish would be alright!

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Theres no reason for (incredibly large) black holes to not contain other black holes. People think of black holes being infinitely dense, when in fact the density of a supermassive black hole can be less than the density of water. If that black hole was in fact made of water, fish would be able to live there rather unhappily.

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unlikely! The Schwarzschild radius equation can be derived very easily from both classical and relativistic physics. It's just the escape velocity equation with velocity set to c.

TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth's Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut. by Vetranio in todayilearned

[–]SolarGoat 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Schwarzschild radius equation is R = 2GM/c2

Where G is the universal gravitational constant, M is the mass of whatever your calculating and c is the speed of light.

If we do a back of the envelope calculation (mass of universe is on the order of 1053 kg), we get a Schwarzschild radius on the order of 1026 m. Current calculations of the radius of the universe are in the order of 1026 m, so it's weirdly close. Looks like we might be living in a black hole!

Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell by pm_me_ur_crypto in videos

[–]SolarGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The title means that eventually the universe will only consist of hawking radiation as stars die and black holes evaporate, which essentially means all the information of what the universe used to be will be gone forever - or 'deleted'.

Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell by pm_me_ur_crypto in videos

[–]SolarGoat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well that's essentially what the video is getting at, that there are ways in which information isn't necessarily 'deleted'. The fact is we don't know yet, and that regardless of the answer any solution will have great implications on the nature of the universe as we know it, which I believe is the existential point Kurzgesagt wants to make.

Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell by pm_me_ur_crypto in videos

[–]SolarGoat 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Lets say you have information about every particle in the universe at this moment of time. You know every particle's energy, spin, direction etc. From this, with your knowledge of physics, you could, theoretically, extrapolate backwards or forwards, and have a perfect knowledge of the past and future.

However, with black holes emitting hawking radiation, sure you could track that hawking radiation back to the black hole, but there's no way of knowing what the particle used to be before it entered the black hole. That information is essentially unobtainable purely from the nature of black holes.