StringJunky

Exactly, the collective behaviour becomes a new entity. At that point we can forget about the cars and the people and just look at the whole geographic area and seeing this 'thing' in it called 'congestion', varying over time. Congestion itself Is the sum effect of all history-paths from all involved elements.

LOL! Your sperm will be preserved forever and so will you.

We are currently at 1000 qbits 2023. By 2030 projections expect 1m qbits. It is estimated one needs 20m to crack 1048 RSA. Apparently, it's about a 1000 doillars a QB. Going to be a while yet

Imagine painting a mirror and then beaming a sun-like spectrum at it. Will that still reduce the heat-producing IR wavelengths passing right through to the other side? What I'm thinking is, if you papered the ceiling with mylar material and painted it, could that improve insulation?

It doesn't mean it's not safe, but why not use a source that is certified to NSF61, if you are motivated enough to post the question, why live in doubt by using an unknown?

@Alan1 Look for medical grade. It's more expensive, but if you want the most refined, that source will be it. NSF 61/ANSI 61 silicone grease is rated for potable systems.

Are you in the Luddite club, do you fear the future? You are coming across like a kid with his fingers in ears and eyes shut, bawling.

Be nice... or take a long walk off a short pier. Why are you bothering with us? Given your supposed experience in science discussions, you are awfully hot-headed. Do you think we should fawn and help you present your pet ideas? If you assert, expect resistance... tis science.

Great, you are citing a position that you haven't read yet.

The stuff I have is bottled for gym equipment use.

PDMS's safety profile is pretty good. It was used as a breast implant substrate iirc. I use it as a water proofer on my boots.

The main unknown seems to be whether AI will provide useful hints to the AI solutions, and that affects the projected time.

From the 2017 Hamas manifesto: It seems from this Intercept article, some of our politicians seem to refer to the 1988 manifesto that called for elimination of Jews from Palestine.

As someone put it: from billions to millions of years.

Non-MAGA Republican voters.

Do we think most non-committed GOPers will eat Trump alive once it looks like he's on the way out?

I remember my grandad presenting that argument. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. It's like saying: "You are a crap driver, I think I deserve your Bugatti more than you"

Over-confidence is antithetical to a good scientific approach.

At the end of the day we are testing thoughts out and, hopefully, using the responses to refine those thoughts. Sometimes it can feel like people are ganging up when the opposing numbers are significantly asymmetric, but we are all actually individuals with our own views... as has been demonstrated many times between each of us. Conversational frenemies.

@MigL We have been talking about this for a long time. On Saturday, he has admitted, all the efforts towards a two-state solution were for nought.... and he's 'proud' to have held it back. It's there in black and white. Here's the pertinent part: https://news.sky.com/video/israel-hamas-war-benjamin-netanyahu-on-blocking-palestinian-state-13032522

Enemy of peace No.1:

The universe stops fractalizing beyond a certain scale and becomes homogenous.

Does that mean that travelling at c is an intrinsic property of massless particles for them to exist?

Are they contra-rotating outwards? I'm referring to the light-bluish parts in this image: Mechanically, are the original vortices intiated/formed in the same way tornados are formed in an atmosphere? Mutual friction of adjacent, directionally-opposed clouds causes them to turn into each other?