swansont

The length of a day of an earth rotation isn’t constant, and ET is defined in terms of the revolution about the sun. I have no idea why you think it’s not a clock. I can measure durations measured in days with earth rotation. Atomic time is used because it can be measured more accurately and precisely than any method based on earth rotation/revolution.

Did Musk do any hidden donations, like Russia contributing to the NRA, or the Russian oligarch that used middlemen to launder contributions? I know there was an issue with how he amplified things on Xitter. I’m not sure what “interfering” Vance did; he made some awful and idiotic comments, but speech isn’t interference, either. Not like the state-sanctioned disinformation campaigns. Just a doofus politician being a blowhard, being amplified by the media. And with the anti-Midas touch similar to Trump’s.

I wouldn’t call being the cautionary tale “interfering”

Bottom line is that it’s complex and no one variable is going to capture the situation. The complexity of the analysis also points to the inter-connectedness of the policies. The US embarked on multiple policies that encourage sprawl, basically requiring cars for a fair fraction of the population, which constrains other policy decisions.

“Perhaps tell them to read” is in their very first post in this thread. (Wed 12:58 PM, by the time tag for my time zone)

The standard language of science is English. If you want to have a discussion, that’s the standard we use.

Rule 2.7 Upload is for reference/supplemental material only (mainly it’s meant for pictures to be displayed in the post) It reduces the number of people spamming us with walls of text, and helps force them to actually engage. Editing is only possible for a limited time.

Part of the reason Americans drive more is that things are spread out and transit infrastructure is lacking, relative to Europe. Pretty sure there are more lane-miles of road in the US, with half of Europe’s population, so those roads cost more per driver. And driving more means more wear and tear on those roads, which drives up the cost.

As discussed in another thread, this is not necessarily the cause of inflation So you have a certain amount in constant dollars, but in a bank you still earn interest.

This is in the philosophy section.

I’m getting rather tired of accusations like this, and it’s happened from multiple people, to multiple members, that lack evidence. From my vantage point, it seems no more than a vibe based on syntax that someone finds unusual. Nobody has made a case (that I can see) that weird syntax does not happen with e.g. people for whom English isn’t their first language but trying to write it, or are getting a translation. “You’re a bot” is like mocking someone for having an accent. “You talk funny” is a children's schoolyard taunt. You (collectively) are rolling out the unwelcome wagon. You have the option of just not participating. Please choose that option. If you have actual evidence of LLM use, the post should be reported along with that evidence. There’s no acceptable option that includes accusing someone in a thread.

Moderator NoteAny material for discussion needs to be posted here - not an upload (or link) Perhaps you could start with specifically how superposition fails - in what experiment(s) does it not occur? Certainly if you overlap two incoherent sources, it properly predicts intensity, and it gives us the spacing of maxima and minima in interference (spectrometers and spectrophotometers work, after all) You posted here 10 years ago, but did not follow up. Just FYI

One rationale for not raising the gas tax has been that it’s regressive, and would hurt lower wage people more. Your pizza delivery person gets hit proportionally harder, and they probably already have a smaller car, though also older, since they can’t afford a new(er) one.

Like I said earlier, the reasoning for the rule might have been discussed when it was implemented. Have you investigated this? Seems relevant.

No, that’s not what you said. You said the price is constant. That might not be what you meant to say, but it’s what you said. Dollar inflation means the value actually goes down in that scenario. Plus no interest. Which is why I hate that they’re called currency. One of the desirable traits of a currency is stability. They’re more like crypto barter tokens

I don’t know how you can extrapolate to that from what I said. I did not mention forbidding elections, or anything about how to keep extremists from power. I merely said they were not in power in the two examples you gave. So obviously no, you did not understand me correctly.

“Idiotic” is a subjective assessment, i.e. your opinion, and an argument should be objective. Repeating doesn’t rebut the statement, since they made a different point than what you’re rebutting. It also gives the appearance that you’re not reading/comprehending things, which is probably not the impression most people want to give.

Depends on how you account for the “real” cost. There are roads required and pollution issues that are a direct result. I don’t see a problem lumping that into cost. We haven’t raised the federal tax on gas in the US (fixed amount, not a percentage of the price) in a long time, and we’re in political denial about the pollution costs. If it’s not in the fuel cost, it’s just going to show up somewhere else, but at least this way it’s proportional to the impact. Use less gas, pollute less and less wear-and-tear on the roads.

But many of the monstrous SUVs are built in the US. We can’t export them because basically no other country wants them. Parts come from elsewhere, so their price will be affected by tariffs, but I don’t see how small cars would avoid this same fate.

AfD is not in power, and was just identified as an extremist organization by German intelligence https://www.dw.com/en/germany-intelligence-agency-labels-afd-party-as-extremist/a-72413346 “The designation gives authorities greater powers to monitor the party, with measures such as intercepting phone calls and using undercover agents.” Similarly, Le Pen does not hold office. Every democracy has extremist elements in it. That does not mean they are not stable democracies. When the extremists take over, though, that’s not necessarily the case.

How is this better than putting your money in a bank? You have $300,000 worth of papiruses after ten years. In a bank you earn some interest, so you have more. You’re converting back to dollars at the end, so putting your dollars into a non-appreciating vehicle is the same as putting it in your mattress.

As I pointed out, this is only the case in some countries, rather than being true in general. Was there any debate/discussion when Britain made this exclusion, that attempts to justify it?

Since Townsend has declared that they “shall not be frequenting these forums again” we have locked the door as an hypocrisy-prevention measure

That’s “mocking”? Is your idea about changing memories or isn’t it? “shifting within Conscious Memory” “does not alter physical events only the perception of how those events are remembered” Are just two of many descriptions you posted. (I posted a bunch of physics stuff, but you made it clear that you aren’t discussing that) You don’t get to decide the primary concern; the rules of speculations are reasonably clear. Seems that you might be upset that you didn’t find a credulous audience, and that you wanted to pontificate rather than discuss.

In addition to men tending not enter fields dominated by women, there’s a phenomenon called gender flight, where men start leaving a field once women reach a certain level of participation