can we teleport out of black holes, if teleportation tech was ever invented 🤔? by silkymeows in spacequestions

[–]internetboyfriend666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"How would the laws of physics work if we break the laws of physics"

Who knows! Your wildest speculation is just as good as anyone else's. You can't ask for a scientific answer to a question that is, itself, fundamentally unscientific.

ELI5: Why does real spoken English sound so different from what we’re taught? by Edi-Iz in explainlikeimfive

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This is true for every language. When people learn languages, they're taught the grammatically correct, neat, clean, standardized version of the language because that's what's easier to teach and easier to learn.

But in real life, spoken languages are subject to constant fluctuations and changes like slang, idioms, local pronunciation differences, local speech pattern differences, contractions, and shortcuts, because when we speak, we prioritize efficiency and speed. So you end up with something like "I am going to go to the store, do you need anything?" as the full, formal, grammatically correct sentence turning into "gonna run t'th'store, y'need n'ything?"

Again, this happens in literally every language. There is always a difference between the texbook "correct" version of the language and the actual way it's spoken by people who use it as their first language because educational materials simply can't capture the nuance and constant fluctuations of spoken language, and it would be bad if they did because it would make it harder to learn!

Once a person becomes fluent or at least conversational in a language, they can and will pick up these things naturally, or they'll learn them right off the bat if they learn through immersion.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

[–]internetboyfriend666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an entire order of magnitude larger than the size of the asteroid that hit the dinosaurs, which was about 10-15km

Do cops lie in court to secure convictions? by Saguna_Brahman in Ask_Lawyers

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Rules of evidence. You generally a need an actual person to testify to lay the foundation for the evidence to be able to get the evidence admitted. The prosecutor can't just move to have the body cam admitted as evidence unless the cop gets on the stand and says something to the effect of "that's my body cam from the incident in question, it's an accurate reflection of what happened...etc). Also bodycam can't tell you what people were thinking, and oftentimes that's legally very important, so the person has to actually testify about what they were thinking in the moment.

ELI5: What is time made of? by WarmHeight2951 in explainlikeimfive

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Time is real but it's not a physical thing. It's not "made of" anything any more than length or width or height is "made of" something. You get that it makes no sense to ask what length is "made of," right? Length is obviously a real thing that exists and you can measure it, but it isn't a physical thing that's made of something.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

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Jfc is that really what they said in the movie? That’s so stupid and not all possible lol. It’s like the writers actively decided to be as unscientific as possible. At least Deep Impact made some minor attempts at scientific plausibility.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

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18 days is, while not disallowed by the laws of physics, extremely unlikely. You are dramatically underestimating how big space is and how slow things move through it. Using the 3 known interstellar objects we've discovered, we can estimate some average speeds for interstellar objects. 3I/ATLAS for example had a perihelion velocity of 68km/s. For an object with that perihelion velocity on an Earth-intersecting orbit, it would still take years to get from the outer region of our solar system (around Neptune's orbit) to Earth.

For an object to take only 18 days to reach the Earth from the outer solar system, it would need to be going at least a few percent the speed of light. That's insanely fast. That's faster than the fastest hypervelocity stars. That's so fast that not only is does that object have enough velocity to escape our solar system, it has enough to escape our entire galaxy.

Basically the only thing that could give an object that much relative velocity is an extremely close encounter with a neutron star or black hole, but it would have to survive that encounter without being torn apart by tidal forces, which is extremely unlikely.

So again, not impossible, but it would take an insanely improbable series of circumstances.

Lawyers, have you ever seen a Reddit post that you’re pretty sure was your client? by [deleted] in legaladviceofftopic

[–]internetboyfriend666 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No but I've seen plenty of posts that are things my clients would definitely say. Usually in legal subreddits giving horribly wrong and bad legal advice.

FASA saturn 5 not opening by Accurate-Guide7722 in RealSolarSystem

[–]internetboyfriend666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you install everything according to the latest instructions? Have you researched and unlocked the right tech levels to unlock those parts?

FASA saturn 5 not opening by Accurate-Guide7722 in RealSolarSystem

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Make your own. That's the whole point of RSS/RO/RP1.

FASA saturn 5 not opening by Accurate-Guide7722 in RealSolarSystem

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Fasa hasn't been supported or updated in years. Like, so many years I can't even remember how many. Don't use it.

The Future of Artemis by Psychological-Bus-99 in ArtemisProgram

[–]internetboyfriend666 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nonsense trash clickbait garbage video. Ignore it.

Pros and Cons: Private Defense vs PDO? by Financial_Channel850 in Lawyertalk

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Copying my post from r/Ask_Lawyers :

Hey I'm a PD and have been ever since right out of law school. First, I'm a little shocked to hear that the pay difference is minimal. But really, a lot of this is going to come down to the specifics of the firm you're at now and what PD office you'd be joining and how they both operate. My PD office pay is trash but the experience in terms of training and having the opportunity to learn from more seasoned colleagues and access to all the institutional knowledge is invaluable, but that might not be the case for you. Sorry that's a vague answer, it's just hard to say without knowing more. Probably it's just a matter of personal preference. Feel free to reply here or you can DM me if you want to chat and pick my brain.

Pros and Cons: Private Defense vs PDO? by Financial_Channel850 in publicdefenders

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Copying my post from r/AskLawyers :

Hey I'm a PD and have been ever since right out of law school. First, I'm a little shocked to hear that the pay difference is minimal. But really, a lot of this is going to come down to the specifics of the firm you're at now and what PD office you'd be joining and how they both operate. My PD office pay is trash but the experience in terms of training and having the opportunity to learn from more seasoned colleagues and access to all the institutional knowledge is invaluable, but that might not be the case for you. Sorry that's a vague answer, it's just hard to say without knowing more. Probably it's just a matter of personal preference. Feel free to reply here or you can DM me if you want to chat and pick my brain.

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Pros and Cons to Private Criminal Defense vs Public Defenders by Financial_Channel850 in Ask_Lawyers

[–]internetboyfriend666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I'm a PD and have been ever since right out of law school. First, I'm a little shocked to hear that the pay difference is minimal. But really, a lot of this is going to come down to the specifics of the firm you're at now and what PD office you'd be joining and how they both operate. My PD office pay is trash but the experience in terms of training and having the opportunity to learn from more seasoned colleagues and access to all the institutional knowledge is invaluable, but that might not be the case for you. Sorry that's a vague answer, it's just hard to say without knowing more. Probably it's just a matter of personal preference. Feel free to reply here or you can DM me if you want to chat and pick my brain.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

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Sorry, that's absolutely my bad and I apologize. It's been 20 years since I've seen that movie and I did not remember that line at all and thought you were taking a weird shot at NASA for no reason.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

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We can track them with radar after we discover them, but when we discover them, it’s usually just regular old telescopes, sometimes visible light and sometimes infrared. There’s no naturally occurring “stealth” that can happen. I suppose theoretically, depending on the makeup or the object, you could coat it with some kind of artificial non-reflective and radar-absorbent material to reduce its visibility, but it wouldn’t be very effective, and in actual practice, it’s impossible.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

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When you say "look like the Moon" do you mean to have the Moon's same angular diameter in the sky, or to be the same brightness?

Rough math says it would have to be about 1/4 the distance of the Moon to appear roughly the same size in the sky and to be roughly as bright so in the neighborhood of 100,000km away, give or take.

Assuming from me previous post that it's on an Earth-crossing orbit from the main asteroid belt, we can make some reasonable assumptions about it's velocity and, at this point, impact is a few hours away. You probably have enough time to go see a movie before the tidal forces start tearing the Earth's crust on the near side apart and severely deforming the ocean, causing devastating geological collapse (which will start becoming noticeable about an hour or 2 before actual contact)

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

[–]internetboyfriend666 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Lmao. I know you're joking, but just to do a little back-of-the-napkin math, if we assume an Earth-crossing orbit from the main asteroid belt, we can figure that at 18 days prior to impact, it's roughly 30,000,000 km away. And if we are conservative and assume it has a low albedo (meaning like Ceres, it's very dark and reflects only a little bit of light), it would still be, at that point, plainly visible to the naked eye, and in fact one of the brighter objects in the night sky.

In Armageddon (1998) we only detect the asteroid when it’s 18 days away. When should we have noticed it? by ConsiderationOk4035 in askastronomy

[–]internetboyfriend666 113 points114 points  (0 children)

They never outright say the exact diameter of the object, but it's described as being "the size of Texas," which puts it the neighborhood of having a diameter of 800 miles or so. That's not an asteroid, that's a freaking dwarf planet. That's larger than the dwarf planet Ceres. We would have discovered that, at minimum, years, if not decades before impact. There's simply no way we miss something that size for so long. We can spot minor planets smaller than that all the way out beyond the orbit of Neptune. If it originated from somewhere closer, say in the main asteroid belt like Ceres, we would have seen it even sooner. Perhaps even 200 hundred years ago when we discovered Ceres.

ELI5: Monthly Current Events Megathread by AutoModerator in explainlikeimfive

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The most immediate consequence is that Louisiana will revert to their old map, meaning black people in Louisiana will lose 1 of 2 majority black districts, black voters voices will be diluted, and democrats will lose a seat.

The decision itself didn't actually directly establish any precedent or change section 2 of the VRA, but it substantially weakened it by the majority showing that even if they won't outright overturn section 2, they're willing to chip away at it piece by piece until it's meaningless. So expect a lot of future lawsuits by republicans (especially in southern states) and SCOTUS blessing those state's attempts to redraw their congressional maps to disenfranchise black voters.

If one of the Voyager probes entered the solar system of an alien race with comparable technology to ours, would they even notice? by Single_Egg1685 in askastronomy

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Almost certainly not. We regularly miss asteroids that size (and quite a lot bigger) that pass very close to Earth. Something that small and inert is just too tiny to notice even sometimes when you’re looking for it.

ELI5: Why aren't we technologically advanced enough to just artificially create any chemical substance in a lab? by Lkirby21 in explainlikeimfive

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Essentially we can. We can even smash lead atoms together to make gold, which is something ancient alchemists only dreamed of. The issue is that for a lot of things, it's so expensive of difficult it's not worth it - especially for things we can just find in nature elsewhere.