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bostwickenator t1_jc2fnii wrote
Reply to comment by warren_stupidity in [OC] US Social Security Fund History by PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows
Agreed. My point is anything tied to an exponential factor will eat anything not defined against the same. I am no expert here but I'd think legislation which sets non population based caps or doesn't compensate for inflation will be a problem.
bostwickenator t1_jc1th2t wrote
Reply to comment by ThePurpleDuckling in [OC] US Social Security Fund History by PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows
That cost curve looks exponential.
bostwickenator t1_ja7qg2c wrote
Which of the properties of dark matter are you wanting to try and represent? Similarly with dark energy what do you want to show people?
bostwickenator t1_ja7qb4j wrote
Reply to comment by Poise-on in How to make a model of dark matter and energy? by Poise-on
You question isn't stupid but the other person is stuck on the fact it's invisible so you can't see it. Now I think that isn't a problem because you can make an analogy which you can see.
bostwickenator t1_j6hmxun wrote
Reply to comment by Flutters1013 in Takahama nuclear reactor in Japan's Fukui halted after alert goes off by Saltedline
Fukushima Daiichi was the cumulation of everything that could go wrong going wrong all at once. This however will be fine, no tsunami or earthquake, the power grid is still up.
bostwickenator t1_j4lo68x wrote
Reply to comment by gh0stwriter88 in How do non electric heat operated fans work? by ranman12953
The Amish aren't a huge market verses the whole planet and useful Stirling engines are difficult to build down to a price. The peltier ones are so cheap they are almost certainly more plentiful.
bostwickenator t1_j2yxfqi wrote
Reply to comment by burplesscucumber in TIL that all the gold that has ever been mined in all of human history could fill about three Olympic-sized swimming pools. by westondeboer
But you can float real well
bostwickenator t1_j2adq2e wrote
Gravity is caused by mass so by definition yes. Also acceleration is governed by a=f/m acceleration equals force divided by mass. So it's relevant again there. Is there some other angle you mean here?
bostwickenator t1_j20dpx3 wrote
Reply to comment by AryaNunya in NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship by jivatman
Why on earth would they? They are important public figures they'll still live comfortable lives. The upper crust have the capital to ride out this war unscathed.
bostwickenator t1_ixhdrwu wrote
Reply to comment by bobert3469 in JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere | We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture by chrisdh79
Yes it would be inaccurate to say this powers photochemistry. As I pointed out.
bostwickenator t1_ixhcxtd wrote
Reply to comment by bobert3469 in JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere | We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture by chrisdh79
Solar wind and presumably "star wind" conventionally refers to charged particles being lost from the corona of the star and traveling through space. This has nothing to do with photochemistry which involves light itself.
bostwickenator t1_ixhbr6c wrote
Reply to comment by Chazmer87 in JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere | We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture by chrisdh79
"concrete evidence" was the term used. However as they note photochemistry is just that. Light and chemicals. We should expect to see it anywhere we can see.
bostwickenator t1_ixhbkf1 wrote
Reply to comment by Harlockin in JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere | We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture by chrisdh79
If by star winds you mean light
bostwickenator t1_itz1a90 wrote
Reply to What would our generation's equivalent of Apollo be if the government and the public was supportive of starting and funding a program as big and groundbreaking as the Moon landings? by [deleted]
I think if ITER works it will be a similar watershed moment for a lot of people. The implications would be significant.
But I don't think there can be any technological achievement which resonants with millennia of human wonderings quite like the moon landing did. That was something you could explain to a Roman and they'd understand the significance of.
If I could postulate anything without feasibility being important I'd say a step change in human life spans. Something like "immortality" say another healthy hundred years arriving all at once.
bostwickenator t1_iso4k19 wrote
Reply to comment by LessApplication16 in Eli5 does the effect of a drug persist until it completely leaves your system? by LessApplication16
My understanding is that if the drug can pass the blood brain barrier it will continue to do so.
bostwickenator t1_iso3wcf wrote
Reply to comment by LessApplication16 in Eli5 does the effect of a drug persist until it completely leaves your system? by LessApplication16
Your kidneys and liver don't store things up until they break down like that.
bostwickenator t1_iso2lg0 wrote
Reply to comment by LessApplication16 in Eli5 does the effect of a drug persist until it completely leaves your system? by LessApplication16
It will not be sequestered
bostwickenator t1_ismtdj6 wrote
Reply to comment by southernwx in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
Absolutely just thought it might have been worth the labor to avoid a 100 trip.
bostwickenator t1_ism9fyf wrote
Reply to comment by CruisinJo214 in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
But the distance to Boston is unimaginably big as well, there was no Panama canal either. Both this and sailing for Antarctica seem like terrible ideas. What's really odd is they didn't use domestic sources of ice/snow or sail to New Zealand and source it from there. There are or were many glaciers less than a mile from the west coast of NZ.
bostwickenator t1_je9nk2n wrote
Reply to comment by AssCumBoi in TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”. by krisalyssa
Even worse it sounds a bit like Bazil