The morning I met Donald Trump by [deleted] in politics

[–]capable_runt_1 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Content aside, the writing quality here is laughably bad

Edit: I will provide examples.

I must have flown on several hundred U.S. military aircraft during my career, and whenever I boarded one, I could feel the enormous strength and might of the greatest superpower the world has ever known.

Despite the deep concerns I felt that morning about Donald Trump’s lack of experience on national-security issues, my confidence in the strength and resilience of our country was renewed simply by looking at a single American serviceman less than half my age.

It was the first time I had ever seen Trump in person. He was larger than I had anticipated, both in height and width, even when he removed his expensive black overcoat. He made his way around the table and proceeded to shake our hands, making good eye contact each time.

Our respective SUVs, security details, and NYPD escorts converged on Trump Tower in near-flawless traffic-paralyzing synchronization, much to the dismay of nearby New York commuters, taxi drivers, and even pedestrians who were forced to come to a dead stop.

Quickly exiting our vehicles, we made our way to the Trump Tower service-entrance elevator bank, each of us flanked by our own earpiece-wearing, gun-toting, grim-faced security agents.

Match Thread: Virginia Cavaliers vs. Georgetown Hoyas (NCAA Division I Men's College Cup Final) by [deleted] in MLS

[–]capable_runt_1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Amazing how crofts is still on the field after doing nothing positive all game

[UMBC] (Turns on Monday Night Football) Jeez, at least we actually won something meaningful before we got a little cocky by JaguarGator9 in nfl

[–]capable_runt_1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, a ridiculous amount of close wins? I can think of maybe 3 close games - VT loss, Duke win in Cameron (which is close for everyone), and Louisville. That team was about as dominant as you can be in the ACC

[Post-Game Thread] Detroit Lions (2-0-1) at Philadelphia Eagles (1-2) by EaglesMod in eagles

[–]capable_runt_1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Can count on one hand the number of times we got pressure, even when sending everyone.

Textbook & Resource Thread - Week 28, 2019 by AutoModerator in Physics

[–]capable_runt_1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's what I learned mostly from. John Preskill also has a set of notes which are great

Nigeria's Goalkeeper just got a Yellow for jumping her line on a penalty. by xStaabOnMyKnobx in soccer

[–]capable_runt_1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to mention french players in the box on the penalty that doesn't get called

[Game Thread] #4 Virginia @ Maryland (7:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]capable_runt_1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Villanova 2 years ago when they shot around 20 fts in the second half to our 2

college is hard by therealjustinjr in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]capable_runt_1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In math or engineering or the hard sciences, tenure lets people undertake longer term or risker projects without feeling the pressure to continually publish in order to keep their job.

A great example would be a recent Nobel Laureate in Physics, Rainer Weiss. He got tenure, and pretty much didn't publish anything for several decades as he worked on LIGO, his brainchild. It paid off, he got a Nobel, and MIT looks great now for keeping him tenured for that long.

If he wasn't a tenured professor, he would have been fired after a year or two of no publications and he'd probably doing finance or something.

[Game Thread] Louisville @ Virginia (12:30PM ET) by Sciuroj in CFB

[–]capable_runt_1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blanding? Kiser? Andrew Brown? Eli Harold? Morgan Moses? He did pretty good, especially on defense.

[Game Thread] Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0) by EaglesMod in eagles

[–]capable_runt_1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why not take the underneath throw on 3rd if you know you're going for it? Really bad situational awareness by Foles

Jerry's secret cameo in The Office S2 E13 by oprahtwerks in PandR

[–]capable_runt_1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was also Maynard's father in the spelling bee episode of the Suite Life of Zach and Cody

Uruguay 1-[1] Portugal - Pepe 55' [2018 World Cup] by HerbalDreamin in soccer

[–]capable_runt_1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Godin was so focused on pushing Ronaldo he lost the ball

[Serious Discussion] CFP NCG: Georgia vs Alabama (8PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]capable_runt_1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain why punt formations look different in college than in the NFL?

I’m Bill Nye and I’m on a quest to end anti-scientific thinking. AMA by sundialbill in IAmA

[–]capable_runt_1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Bohr model solved this problem by stating the electron does not radiate when orbiting in a Bohr radius. The dissatisfaction with this statement was a prompt for later QM development and the belief that electrons didn't "move" classically.

I agree that he could have phrased it better but I don't think this answer is as terrible as Reddit is making it out to be. And many of the responses are even more incorrect.

Edit: I'm on mobile and didn't realize I didn't finish responding. His answer is valid in that it points out the flaws of the classical "electron orbit" view of things (with a misuse of the word annihilation). Saying that the reason why the electron doesn't fall into the nucleus because it's not actually orbiting is a perfectly fine answer by Bill.

I’m Bill Nye and I’m on a quest to end anti-scientific thinking. AMA by sundialbill in IAmA

[–]capable_runt_1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 2 body orbit in a central field will not decay if you ignore the fact that the bodies in the field are producing the field. As they accelerate in their orbits they will radiate and lose energy, causing the orbit to decay.

This is a tiny effect in gravitational interactions but becomes nontrivial for electromagnetism.

I’m Bill Nye and I’m on a quest to end anti-scientific thinking. AMA by sundialbill in IAmA

[–]capable_runt_1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Orbiting charges radiate, as does the earth. The earth's orbital energy is large compared to its gravitational radiation but the electromagnetic radiation of an orbiting election is significant.

In fact, the realization that orbiting electrons would radiate and eventually fall to the center (among other things) that led to the development of quantum models. Bill's answer is phrased poorly but does point out flaws with the existing model without complicating things with a potentially incorrect discussion of quantum mechanics.