swansont

Moderator Note No, let’s not, if this is to be discussed in Computer Science, as per the rules. This thread, and any thread outside of speculations, is for what actual people say I remember a company that called itself “Seattle’s Best Coffee” which was a marketing ploy, not a statement of fact

Why is this a problem you have to solve in a story?

From what I read it’s mixed with some other agent.

Is it all that hygroscopic? Salt is, but it doesn’t get soggy and lumpy unless it’s pretty humid.

Citation? You state this as if it were fact.

They aren’t. Chemistry is an important actor here. The core is iron and nickel, but heavier elements are found in the mantle and crust. The heavy elements tend not to be in pure form, and the forms they take are less dense. Dense material will sink, because there’s force pulling them there (using Newtonian description), and can push less dense materials out of the way.

TheVat suggested it in another thread

You’re trying to divide us

That’s not how your very first post in the thread reads. We can all read it. You talked about GR being flawed because of infinitesimals, followed by a very incorrect summary of the uncertainty principle. You followed that up with “Calculus is in direct contradiction with Uncertainty Principle” Direct contradiction. Not via GR. Pretty much every new post had an error that needed to be corrected. Like I said, we can all read it. There will not be any rewriting of history. Anyway, GR does not violate what YOU presented as being the HUP, and I think that was answered. “Calculus assumes and necessarily requires the logical leap-of-faith that if you break a curve into infinitesimally small parts, then each part is a straight line. An infinitesimal change in y with respect to an infinitesimal change in x. Calculus claims it knows the value of both x and y, at infinitesimality.” Quantum uncertainty principle claims that at infinitesimality, observables are in superposition. You cannot know fully and simultaneously both the values of y and x.” (note that you are the one who presented x and y as being the variables associated with a straight line, rather than y being momentum, as you later argued)

When you first mentioned this you said things that were flat-out wrong, and it’s hard to answer a question based on such misconceptions unless those misconceptions are first cleared up.

The post you replied to was on a very specific topic. If you wanted to make your point about escape velocity, which doesn’t apply to vehicles exerting thrust (only for ballistic travel) you should have chosen a different post to quote. And really, don’t try and guess peoples’ motivations. It’s inappropriate (personal attack, so a bit insulting), and says more about you and your biases.

Moderator NoteNo, because those discussion must take place in speculations.

You need to reread the post you quoted. It’s about a plane getting into space. Yes there are issues that would be worse with a thicker atmosphere. But it still has nothing to do with escape velocity. I don’t know why you think it does.

Not so false when they are rarely held accountable for their actions

Which also has nothing directly to do with escape velocity..

While there are issues with a plane being able to fly high in the atmosphere and then get to space, it’s not really an issue of escape velocity, since 1) you can be in space and still be in the earth’s gravity well and 2) if you have thrust while in flight, you don’t have to achieve escape velocity even if you want to leave the gravity well, which is prominently pointed out in your link.

Western democracies generally include protecting the rights of minorities, yes. It’s not difficult to find abuses of majorities where these protections are absent or ignored. If you’re jot a minority ypu might not care, but if you are, you probably care quite a bit. There are few examples, and (speaking as a moderator) we aren’t going to litigate that here. But this seems like a common tactic of trying to present uncommon cases as being typical, and also is based on not knowing biology past grade school level That’s a problem? Most people have them in their homes. I respect her views in physics. Outside of that it would be the fallacy of appealing to authority, and presenting opinion as fact.

I’m not sure what the Standard Model has anything to do with galaxy formation. Discrepancies with existing models has nothing to do with the validity of other models. IOW, you need evidence to support your model, which is what I pointed out, and what you continue to sidestep.

Yup. I think Bannon already suggested deportation. Perhaps others have, too. It would certainly be interesting, should Musk leave the country for some reason, what happens on his return.

What is the weighting factor? Range of values, what does it depend on? What are Psi and “gravitational influence”? Forces? Accelerations? What is the coupling strength? What are these various functions?

Anyone wondering when the Musk/Trump rift would happen, here you go… https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-blames-musks-criticism-decision-cut-ev-tax-credits-2025-06-05/

What are the properties of this medium and how do we do experiments to confirm this? You need to explain what these variables (or constants) are.

I think this came up in a thread not too long ago - how phone responses are used a lot less precisely because the response rate had dropped. I agree that fakery requires deliberate intent to deceive, which has not been demonstrated, and is not sampling error or bias.

Star Trek is pretty consistent about this - normal transporters have a limited range, so you can’t go planet-to-planet, much less to the next system. They used it when they are in close proximity (a few tens of thousands of km) I think they ginned up a special kind that went longer, because a story line required it.

AFAICT it’s vinegar that’s been absorbed by some solid “carrier” (maltodextrin or modified food starch) and then much of the liquid is evaporated. You can buy vinegar powder.