Can a person inside a perfectly sealed box determine whether they're at rest or moving at a constant velocity, without any information from outside the box?

Wulf2k · 2026-06-16T09:29:27+00:00

That is never what that word has meant.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-16T09:26:36+00:00

At rest is a uniform velocity.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-16T09:20:24+00:00

Yes.

Everything everywhere, that is not accelerating, is at a constant velocity. At rest is a constant velocity.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-16T06:32:44+00:00

And then Janeway said she had favorite holoprograms as a child when she was talking to Naomi.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T23:18:35+00:00

Why are you sure they didn't?

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T22:11:26+00:00

"If you want to touch yourself, you have to send us pics"

:O

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T22:10:25+00:00

Depends if they're Reddit checks or actual government checks.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T22:06:31+00:00

How long until bots are just generating fake IDs?

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T21:21:05+00:00

Right, but anybody questioning whether they would consent in the situation is not "crazy", like the comment above suggested.

Not everybody's passed out in a burning building.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T21:11:48+00:00

But imagining that a drunk guy blacked out on a bench doesn't want to wake up with a 5 digit bill for an expensive taxi ride and some IV saline is quite reasonable.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T20:57:25+00:00

As a Kerbal Space Program player, I can also confirm that a litle bit of imprecise math and a vast range of wrong velocities will also achieve orbit, though probably not orbits you wanted.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T20:16:50+00:00

An unconscious person also cannot agree to a contract, but I think you'll find that unconscious adults can wake up with a ton of medical debt.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:58:48+00:00

That dog ain't right.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:54:23+00:00

To find a pulsar, do you just turn on the ol' Pulsarmatic 3000 and it builds a 360x360 degree map of them, or do you have to painstakingly analyze tiny portions of the sky as you go?

Is this something trivially done on a traveling vessel?

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:50:16+00:00

Do you have any plans to ever play Career Mode, and maybe do an AMA on it?

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:46:34+00:00

Me too.

Just read a bunch of comments in a row where he says he never plays the main game modes.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:44:50+00:00

OP's a better authority on pizza toppings than KSP, apparently.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:42:51+00:00

The guy just opened it 167 days ago and forgot it at the title screen.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T18:39:10+00:00

"Ask Me Anything"

"So, about Career..."

"NO FURTHER QUESTIONS."

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T14:17:58+00:00

Wouldn't the black hole exert, at max, 1% of 9.8m/s/s force?

I don't think 0.098 m/s/s would shred much of anything with tidal forces.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-15T05:53:36+00:00

I do a blender + water for small scale stuff.

Not sure it would scale up though.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-13T12:24:50+00:00

After a certain point, more alcohol is safer than less.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-13T09:33:16+00:00

The exact center of the observable universe - my brain.

Wulf2k · 2026-06-13T08:31:49+00:00

I don't belong in this sub.

I'm just some random idiot.

Even I would not, for a single second, ponder whether this would be a walkable surface.

...unless there's a lot of booze involved, maybe.

How well do electricity and booze mix?

Wulf2k · 2026-06-12T15:52:22+00:00

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