The Lounge

Hey guys, Is it true that when you press "SKIP" on youtube commercial videos, the people who make those advertisements don't get paid as they normally would had you not pressed skip? I have heard that they don't actually get paid when this happens but is there anyway to find out? Anyone know for sure? Thanks, Clara Tanone

The perception that society has is that females are more suited to the occupation of being a nurse but what are the a latest scientific evidence suggesting? What's the general concensus? Why is it that males are paid more as nurses despite the field being female dominated? Are males typically pulling more hours at work or is it gender discrimination? If you were male, would you ever consider becoming a nurse? If you were a patient, would you feel uncomfortable if a nurse who is male treated you instead of a female? What has been making it harder for males to enter into the profession?

I will write this post after spending some time on Facebook.

Hey, guys, I need your opinion on something. There is this National level conference in my country and I had sent a review paper for the presentation. I received the news that it has been rejected far too late (I had already made my travel plans), but in retrospect, I had done a really shoddy work. It was a fiasco. Anyway, I have the opportunity here to attend the conference. My friends tell me it's not worth it. But on the other hand, the exposure there can help me a lot, since I want to pursue a career in the field of research. What would you do if you were in my place? Thank you.

I received a BS for mechanical engineering. As a self-aware person, I know that my brain is wired for systemizing things and problem solving. I like to thing about things abstractly and talk about ideas, but that is more of a hobby rather than the main show. I know from personal experience and from the people I have met in college and work, I know what the engineering mindset is like. What is the scientific mindset like? In what ways do scientists think differently from engineers?

I'm a millenial. I have very mixed feelings about my generation. Positives: - More aware of the "self" and human equality (i.e. transgender, gay marriage, increased privacy, voting, etc.) - More educated (generation with the highest college attendance) - Tech savy - More accepting of others - More politically involved Negatives: - Everyone wants to go viral - Obsessed with fame and becoming famous - Heavily dependent on technology - Narcissistic - Unfamiliar with conventional workforce - Entitled your thoughts and experiences! ~EE

Never had coffee in my life. Do not know how they work. Suspect are very simple, but never played with one nor its guts. Any coffee maker tinkerers here that can suggest which type/model could be used to distill some alcohol, as a kitchen countertop appliance ? A dimmer to bring temperature down ? A mash holding section that can be cleaned ? Eliminating/adding few parts ? A quart per month will suffice. There is tricked water distillers/purifiers on the market that can distill ethanol, but the point is if a coffee maker can. Am not interested in legalese. All in the name of science !

Do we have any chess fans here? I have loved it and studied it a lot since a boy - at my best I beat a strong master - the rest of the time mostly just study for myself, because I love the game. Currently my strength is not above A-player, by my estimate. . . Mine has always been pretty variable - depending on how much I study, I've found that if you really love the game, studying it can be a lot of fun - over the years. If anyone wants to discuss games, or talk about their favorite world champion, or whatever. . And I bet, there's already a chess thread or two floating about, so please forgive me for adding to the ' clutter '

When I see videos (mostly movies) about space shuttle take off, the part I think I would find quite fascinating is skipped: The transition between when the Earth looks flat from above and when you are in a sufficient distance to see it is round and the transition between a blue sky and depths of space. Is there any simulation, where you could see the Earth from above while getting further away from it?

the rewards can be educational, inspirational, or financial. Nice to see that at least one academic educational writer did fantastically out of his work. http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2015/oct/05/maths-palace-built-by-calculus-rock-star-on-sale-for-14m

Hot Dark Matter is ultrarelativistic, so is near the speed of light. It would have a time dilation which would cause it to 'age' much slower than stationary objects. Could it be an extremely unstable set of sub-atomic particles then, but would just appear to be very stable to us because of the time dilation. Just a thought for you guys.

Just to mke this simpler, im using a CASIO fx83GT PLUS on its standard settings. Now, I got bored in my maths lesson (Honestly, triganomatory, its so boring and so quick to do when you've written out the sohcahtoa). Anyway, I decided I felt like doing the square root of 10! Ooooh, the deadly root of 10. Now I expected either math error, or a long recurring decimal. I then end up with: 3.16227766 Ok, then I decide to do 3.162277662 (squared that is). And I get, 9.999999999 (It didn't show a recurring dot, but its enough decimals for me to know its recurring). So whats going on here? SQUARE ROOT of 10 = 3.16227766 but 3.16227766 SQUARED is not 10? I then de…

Hi! Are you watching Air Crash Investigation on Discovery/National Geographic Channel.. ? I am always watching it, when have chance. Today was episode with airplane which lost front window, and captain pilot was sucked out on 5 km. Luckily stewards caught him in the right moment, when half of pilot was outside. 2rd pilot decrease altitude and landed so they could drag him back ASAP. He survived, although with several seriously broken and frozen parts of body. What was cause? Day prior accident, the front window was replaced. Engineer unscrew window, and decided to replace screws to brand new, instead of reusing old one. He went to storage, f…

How do you do it? What are the things you think reduce your productivity? For me basically two things: Social Networks where I have to check them every 10 minutes thus losing focus on what I was doing. Bad breakfast that includes a lot of calories and then after two hours I become really lazy and can't do anything.

I am looking for funny activies and science-related hobbies I am already involved in these activies: Programming (I learn how computers work) Growing mushrooms (edible ones, yum!) Any ideas to share in this threads (I'm not a scientist like You, I still have to finish my scientific high school)?

I hadn't seen this one but even if you have it is worth revisiting. Awesome demonstration of a rocket sled!

Hey guys, I'm trying to add someone to my circles on google+ but I can't seem to do it. It says that I'm "restricted" from adding them to my circles but I know they haven't blocked me because when I create a new google+ account and view their profile it still says the same thing. I can still also see this person's google+ in community pages that they have joined whereas if they blocked me I wouldn't be able to see their profile at all listed in any community pages they have joined. So, what's happened here? I thought you could add everyone to my circles. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Mr Rayon

Drunk you say Occifer? I 'aven't 'ad ah drop 'onest. Look you are you an optimist or a pessimist? A pessimist I see. Well I am an optimist and I will show you it's the same thing. You say the glass is half empty, I say it is half full. 1/2 empty = 1/2 full Multiply through by 2 empty = full or 6 empty glasses = 6 full glasses and I have therefore have drunk only 6 empty glasses. (Perhaps this really belongs in the lounge)

So the question in science class today was " is there a food that has more than one Calorie that does not start from the color green". In other words meat from a cow starts by the cow eating grass, fish eat seaweed or moss. I can't think of any and google has not been my friend on this. If anyone can come up with something I would appreciate it.

This came up in a different thread when imatfaal tried to use "ignoral" to describe an instance of someone ignoring something. It follows the proper structure, but isn't in the dictionary. What would be the proper usage there? It's an odd case overall, I think, because "ignorance" means you don't know something, but "ignore" means you know about it but refuse to acknowledge it. So if you're guilty of an instance of ignorance, did you know or not? Or are ignore and ignorance not related?

My employer was extended and opportunity to have someone attend a senior leadership school taught by one of the Uniform Armed Services. I was selected to attend. One of our first assingments was to take a pre-test. We were specifically directed to not answer any questions we were not 100% certain about. Though multiple choice we were all instructed not to guess. To simply leave blank answers to question we were not absolutely positive about. The purpose of the test is to guage the effectiveness of the course. They are looking for a baseline knowledge of the subject matter upon entry into the class. The test doesn't count toward class completion and does not negatively eff…

There's a very special person in my life and I've been missing her like crazy. I miss her so much that I actually have the blues. What better way to express my feelings than in song? Enjoy!!!

Insane for a few reasons: 1/ the ‘logistics’ where/which country/city would we meet. 2/ the quality of trolls/gun toting nut jobs this site attracts. 3/ who would pay for the venue? 4/ do we serve cheese nips or wotsits? A mad semi-stoned/slightly-tipsy idea but who’d be up for it, in principal and with the appropriate security? Come on who’s curious enough to, maybe, make it a virtual get together?

Ran across this https://twitter.com/tkadlec/status/639970222368100352 Which is apparently a quote from Mindwise by Nicholas Epley Anyway, this was fresh on my mind from a recent thread. It's probably more on point for topics where opinions are being discussed, but perhaps only marginally. The thing we tend to forget is that while we have access to everything that puts a statement in context (what we've read, what we've experienced) others do not. So far too often what you write or say isn't what you actually meant, or isn't unambiguously so. People with different biases and perspectives can read the same statement in different ways, so you can never legitima…

Its seems that screen time is bad for youngsters but good for oldsters. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-34139196 http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/interactive/news/brains-are-aging-slower-due-to-modern-technology-id801799556-t116.html Comments?