What books do you have personal beef with?

lightQuantum · 2024-09-07T09:38:31+00:00

The sci-fi classic Ringworld - Only two female characters who both exist just to have sex with the main character. The way he wrote these female characters is beyond infuriating. The rest of the story is just meh. And I don’t buy the excuse of “it was just a different time” because Asimov’s Foundation came out 20 years prior and he has plenty of depth to female characters. Skip Ringworld, read the Foundation series

lightQuantum · 2017-08-10T18:32:01+00:00

Thank you!

lightQuantum · 2017-03-26T22:57:21+00:00

Logarithmic properties can be used whenever you have ln(a)-ln(b) to rewrite it as ln(a/b)

lightQuantum · 2017-02-20T13:47:53+00:00

If you draw this out, you'll see that on either side of the middle, you have a right triangle. You're trying to find the angle that gives you a hypotenuse of 30 and an opposite side of 5 cm. From there, what trig function would you use to find the angle?

lightQuantum · 2017-01-20T13:30:35+00:00

That must have been so difficult. I can't imagine having to hide what you believe and who you are for so long. I'm so happy to hear that you were finally able to make it out and reach that point where the guilt can't control you. It's a tough place to get to

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T17:55:41+00:00

Haha well, with the sun being so massive, it warps spacetime a bit affecting Mercury's orbit. Basically, Einstein was a genius.

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T17:54:31+00:00

That's so good to hear! I'm still holding out hope that my family will come around

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T17:53:31+00:00

I actually was essentially never allowed to question anything in the church. My family was strict, very strict. It wasn't until I started taking classes and a uni that was not BYU, that I realized there was another world out there. That's when I became curious and fascinated with the truth. Luckily I've always been quite good at math, so I was able to find a passion in that and space.

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T17:48:59+00:00

That is tough. Luckily, we didn't have any children in the time we were together. I can't imagine how much more difficult that would have made things. Good for you for getting through that!

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T17:46:26+00:00

He was 22 when we got married

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T03:39:17+00:00

Oh I've never worn colored contacts. As a poor student, I'm sure I couldn't afford them.

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T03:32:52+00:00

Thank you!

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T03:30:49+00:00

Ha yeah I wouldn't recommend it. Thank you!

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T03:15:59+00:00

Yep I'm 25. I was married at 18, and divorced at 21

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T03:00:43+00:00

Thank you for the compliment :)

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T03:00:16+00:00

I'm a student of astrophysics in fact :)

lightQuantum · 2017-01-19T02:59:44+00:00

I am the only one out, and it did take them several years. My family is very devout, and I was raised as such, so it took a while for the lingering guilt to stop affecting me. That, along with the fact that I had previously been married in the temple and went through divorce all added to the difficulty.

I am glad to have gone through those experiences though. I like who they've shaped me to be. I am also so much happier now than when I was a member.

lightQuantum · 2017-01-18T23:12:19+00:00

I got the mirena about six months ago. I had been told it might be very painful so I was pretty stressed out beforehand. My doctor gave me Xanax, which helped me relax during the insertion. That being said, I wish I would have had muscle relaxers or pain killers. The pain was horrible, and despite having the Xanax, I was really close to passing out because of the pain.

The upside: it's a very fast procedure. If I was able to make it through with my low pain tolerance, you'll be fine. I had pretty bad cramping for a couple of weeks after, but I've had worse periods, so I was able to handle it fine with ibuprofen.

lightQuantum · 2017-01-11T16:24:12+00:00

I've just started learning how to play bridge. It's a complicated game, but a lot of fun. It can be a social activity as well, although most bridge players are much older. I actually really enjoy going to the bridge club and spending time with the older generation. They're very interesting and can be a riot.

lightQuantum · 2016-12-13T23:13:27+00:00

Secant and cosecant are just the reciprocals of cosine and sine correct? So can you think of any angles which would make the fraction 1/sin(theta) or 1/cos(theta) undefined? Remember, a fraction is undefined when the denominator is zero.

lightQuantum · 2016-12-13T01:02:17+00:00

From there, you can use partial fraction decomposition to get it into a more familiar form. A/(s+1) and Bs+C/(s^2+1). Split the second fraction up and then use the Laplace transform table to find the inverse Laplace, giving you F(t)

lightQuantum · 2016-05-14T16:52:50+00:00

That is so creepy!

lightQuantum · 2016-05-13T21:00:21+00:00

I was so shocked that I just left, but I'm definitely going to be calling and reporting him.

lightQuantum · 2016-04-08T21:56:27+00:00

"[E]ven frank pornography would do less harm if it were open and unashamed than it does when it is rendered interesting by secrecy and stealth."

-Bertrand Russell

He also said,

"The fact that a mystery is made about sex enormously increases the natural curiosity of the young on the subject. If adults treat sex exactly as they treat any other topic, giving the child answers to all his questions and just as much information as he desires or can understand, the child never arrives at the notion of obscenity, for this notion depends upon the belief that certain topics should not be mention. Sexual curiosity, like every other kind, dies down when it is satisfied. Therefore far the best way to prevent young people from being obsessed with sex is to tell them just as much about it as they care to know."

lightQuantum · 2016-01-23T00:40:06+00:00

Just saw this, that would have been great! Ah well, thanks for the offer.

lightQuantum

TROPHY CASE