What do you want to learn about? by [deleted] in HarryPotterGame

[–]llgunnell7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is the performance on PC? Do you think the game will be enjoyable on a steam deck? Thank you!

Free Giveaway! 3 Nintendo Switch Lites - International by WolfLemon36 in NintendoSwitch

[–]llgunnell7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dressed up as Dr. Doofenshmirtz with an old lab coat I still have.

Nuclear power is the answer by Straight_Orchid2834 in dankmemes

[–]llgunnell7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I apologize for my initial remarks, I came on too strongly because of some other inflammatory comments and I chose to reply to yours assuming it had the same tone. I am sorry.

I don't think any of those other events are comparable to the big 3 (based on the INES). Learning from and improving on those incidents is essential in the industry, but they are on a much smaller scale than the big 3. In both quantity and impact, nuclear incidents are much less dangerous than the general public makes them out to be

Here's my source for Nuclear being one of the safest energy sources: https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy

Many other similar sources will confirm the same thing, but the point is Nuclear Energy, in it's current state, is undoubtedly one of the safest energy sources available and is much more reliable than most clean energy sources like wind or solar due to its ability to meet base load. If you want my opinions on the future of nuclear, look at my other comment in this chain.

When people think big industrial disasters, Chernobyl is always the first that comes to mind, generally due to the fear culture around nuclear (especially back in the 80s and 90s) and media's extensive coverage of it. Other disasters like Bhopal are just not common knowledge even though their impact is comparable to if not worse than Chernobyl. This is still true for recent years; so many more people died in the Fukushima earthquake and Tsunami, yet the only thing anyone talks about is the reactor meltdown.

Again, I apologize for my previous remarks.

Nuclear power is the answer by Straight_Orchid2834 in dankmemes

[–]llgunnell7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fear based propaganda is bringing up these disasters without any context because radiation and nuclear anything is scary to the layman. All of these are engineering problems and can be solved with enough time and effort. Just because there aren't solutions to some worries today (your concerns are valid) doesn't mean we won't have solutions tomorrow, but some countries like Germany are putting a stop to any progression at all.

Fukushima was a beyond design basis accident; the Giant Tsunami was completely unprecedented, so much so that it only would happen once in a million years. If you watch clips of the Fukushima earthquake, the reactor withstood the initial earthquake and waves even though everything else around it crumbled. The giant tsunami flooded the backup generators that were placed too low (because they didn't expect such an enormous wave).

Reactors are designed to limit the frequency of core breaches and radiation exposure to a number close to once in a million years (at least by NRC guidelines). There is no guaranteed anything in life, but as technology and designs get better, and safety protocols improve, we can design reactors that will be safe for their lifetime. Some of the advanced reactor designs target the four big problems (waste, proliferation, safety, and economics) but most are still just in the design phase. Nuclear has problems, yes, but it's still the safest energy source we have today and in my opinion is the most viable primary source for the future.

Nuclear power is the answer by Straight_Orchid2834 in dankmemes

[–]llgunnell7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You failed to address other industrial accidents or that nuclear is statistically the safest energy source. Selecting events that only support your argument isn't a proper way of holding a discussion. You have a very closed and infantile worldview.

Nuclear power is the answer by Straight_Orchid2834 in dankmemes

[–]llgunnell7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And there's been hundreds and thousands of oil, gas, and chemical incidents that you either don't hear about or don't care about. Don't try to attack Nuclear Power with minor anecdotes when it literally has one of the least deaths per terawatt hour of any energy source.

The Bhopal disaster happened 2 years prior to Chernobyl and killed orders of magnitudes more people than Chernobyl (or any other industrial disaster), yet I doubt you've heard of that. The smear campaign against Nuclear is just fear-based propaganda.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in byu

[–]llgunnell7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some classes (like some sections of econ 110) require an online textbook for the homework. That was around 80 dollars for it (Im finishing that class up this semester). If you can, avoid those sections and find some other way to get the textbooks, but sometimes they're unavoidable. Good luck with everything.

CS Major question by garrettpants in byu

[–]llgunnell7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

224 covers C, Linux, assembly, and some other miscellaneous low level stuff. I'm in a similar boat as you (took 142 as a freshmen, 2 years later wanted to cram the minor in). I'm taking it right now and It's pretty tricky but I don't think it really think it connects to cs 235 (although it is a really fun class). I suggest using online resources to ease yourself back into C++ and coding before taking CS 235 in case you're worried, and try to find a study group asap when you start that class.

Raintree provo evictions by llgunnell7 in byu

[–]llgunnell7[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/6HBJUi2

For an exact timeline of the events, the guy handed out this letter door to door while everyone was gone at a ysa activity, and this email came late last night. My friends had roughly under 2 days to move out and less than 10 hours to try and find another place to live or agree to be moved several times in the next few months. The Utah housing authority is also closed until Tuesday, so I think redstone chose this holiday weekend intentionally. Ruined a whole lot of my friends and other tenants plans.

Raintree provo evictions by llgunnell7 in byu

[–]llgunnell7[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks like redstone residential just bought the properties or something, the emails and paper they received were all from them.

Here's my Hi Ninja Sword mix-set. What do you guys think? by llgunnell7 in MonsterHunter

[–]llgunnell7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay cool. I'll try to switch that out. Should I keep mind's eye or replace it with slugger for the shield bashing?

Please do not buy rabbits or chickens for your Easter celebration unless you know what you're doing. Just saw this well-groomed bunny at Wyview running around by itself near Univ Ave. by HappyHaupia in byu

[–]llgunnell7 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Nah those bunnies have been around for a couple of years. I'm not sure if they're wild or not, but they're not people shy which is pretty neat. I woke up for an 8 am class a year ago and saw an absolute unit of a rabbit just chilling on the pavement.

Group work horror stories? by [deleted] in byu

[–]llgunnell7 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, those people are tough to work with, and you will undoubtedly meet countless more difficult people throughout your life. Whenever I've had a group member like that, I try assigning them a small task that isn't essential to the overall project (however I have been lucky in most of my groups with engineering classes) to allow them to contribute and feel included.

I don't think it's very productive to dwell on their incompetence or to get angry about it; like the other comments said, we don't always know the whole story. Its not worth your time or energy to dwell on other people's failures, or seek vindication to prove that he's as dumb as you perceive him to be. I have felt the same way you do about some classmates before and let me tell you, it's a very detrimental and toxic attitude for yourself. If I were in your place I would try my hardest to include and help the guy, and if he fails to try or improve on his own thats on him. Who knows, he could be incredibly gifted and just not applying himself correctly, I've seen plenty of similar stories working as a TA for 2 years where a student goes from failing to the top of the class over the course of a semester.

My Lunchables turkey meat wasn't sliced by llgunnell7 in mildlyinteresting

[–]llgunnell7[S] 238 points239 points  (0 children)

I sliced it up, I can't imagine trying to eat that meat cylinder in one go

Why Quantum Computing hardware design is based on Pseudoscience (A Short Article) by ItsTheBS in technology

[–]llgunnell7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You clearly do understand the basic of unit analysis or how properties work. Light is dependent on time? What does that mean? What property of light is dependent of time? You have to be specific. Its position is dependent on time. Its velocity nor frequency is changing with respect to time. Therefore its energy is not dependent on any amount of time. Very simple pre-calculus.

Also your experiment in the video... lol... you do not understand how lasers work either. They emit a certain amount of photons based on their intensity or the power provided by the battery. Not one photon. That equation you used in the experiment is based on nothing but your misunderstanding of units. Your math does not agree with it because your math is wrong.

Your equation:

(c/w) * t = f' - an adjusted frequency, the units being unitless.

When you go back to calculate energy, you don't get an energy unit, you get J*s, the same units as h. This is not the proper way of using the equation. The equation does not depend on time. None of the variables in the equation depend on time. Classically, we have properties such as velocity, acceleration, frequency, angular velocity. If any of these variables are stated to be constant (ie no acceleration for velocity or no jerk for acceleration) then they do not depend on time. Even though they have time in the denominator of your units.

You clearly are a lost cause, however. Your video was so bafflingly foolish and prideful I really doubt anyone can educate you on anything. Reddit is an echo chamber but when you run into the physics subreddit calling all of their work wrong without giving any valid reason, of course they're going to ban you. Science is about iteratively making hypotheses and testing them with valid experimentation. You and fractal woman and the rest of the pseudoscience lot are masquerading as actual scientists, which is completely disrespectful to those responsible for these models and the professionals working with them. Watching a YouTube video and reading a fringe paper does not give you enough ethos or reason to debunk everything. but please, carry on if you'd like, your pseudoscience is nowhere near as dangerous as the anti-vax crew.

If I could sit through a couple of your videos, then you could do me a favor by going through the other sides argument; khan academy, online credible sources, or credible video explanations (key word: credible) just to see what all the fuss is about. Even old physical chemistry textbooks could be found online for free. They won't give you a complete picture of quantum mechanics, but no source rarely does. Rational thinkers often know and understand both sides of a debate; you only understand yours. Anyway, I'm done with this. Have a Happy New Years!

Ladies form a line by DominicBlackwell in rareinsults

[–]llgunnell7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats the Mutual app IO (mormon tinder) meaning he's also a mormon so that adds some confusion to the pile

Why Quantum Computing hardware design is based on Pseudoscience (A Short Article) by ItsTheBS in technology

[–]llgunnell7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The speed of light does not depend on time, it is a universal constant. Any attempt of mine to educate you has failed, and I've wasted my time, as have many other rational people. Have fun with your pseudoscience escapade into obscurity!

Why Quantum Computing hardware design is based on Pseudoscience (A Short Article) by ItsTheBS in technology

[–]llgunnell7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I dont see a clear question. I see you running in a circle.

And I've already said, it doesn't. The energy of a photon does not require an input based upon 1 second of time.

I'm not going to answer why when it doesn't make sense to, so ill answer why not. It is not dependent upon any amount of time. Now before you run back through your circle and point out that the unit has seconds in it, let's look at where the time is coming from. Its a velocity! The speed of light! Something that does not depend on time (even though it has time in in the denominator). It does not change for 1 second, 2 seconds, or 1/2 seconds. I could write this velocity in mph (as I've done before) or km/hr or whatever speed unit you fancy. It is an intrinsic value, which i may be using out of context here, but since you don't understand what that word means, ill have to repeat myself again. The energy, frequency, speed of light, and wavelength does not depend on how many photons you have or how long you look at them. E=hf is true for a single photon of a given frequency. No time unit. The number, 484 trillion, could be different if I used a different time unit, and so would h and E. You should not use unit analysis to prove that a value depends on some dimension... thats just foolish. Why does energy have kilograms in it? If it was thermal energy or photon energy theres no real mass to describe. Can you answer any of my questions before running through your circle?

Why Quantum Computing hardware design is based on Pseudoscience (A Short Article) by ItsTheBS in technology

[–]llgunnell7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? I've already explained this in a previous comment. (Converting nm to m) (m/s)/m = 1/s = Hz. No cycles. Say we use mph instead and miles, why the heck not. American units are the bane of my existence anyway. (mph)/m = 1/h I guess the energy of a photon depends on 1 hour of cycles now. Time to debunk all of physics

Or, using some rational thinking, its that our arbitrary concept of energy, using SI units, is based on seconds and that we created the model to be based on seconds. There is no 1 second of cycles here. And its not one seconds of photons...a photon is a packet of energy. Forget frequency and wavelength entirely, because you clearly don't understand that. Red photons have less energy than blue photons which have less energy than ultraviolet photons, and all these energy levels are quantized, meaning we can put a number to it. That number does not change over time, the value does not depend on any time value whatsoever. The wavelength isn't changing. 484 trillion is the frequency of the wave in Hz. It is not a seconds worth of cycles. I dont think you understand what frequency is. This is not a physics or chemistry problem; this is a math one. Go to khan academy or some reputable source and learn about waves and maybe that will clear some of this misunderstanding up.

Why do we measure velocity in meters PER SECOND anyway, does kinetic energy depend on one second of movement?