It’s one of those things which would be pretty much impossible to prove, but it holds well with the effects we currently see. Electrons can annihilate by colliding with positrons. But the collision we see could be a single electron changing from moving forwards in time to moving backwards in time. It holds that it’s the same particle in the equations by cancelling out the minus sign of the charge with the minus sign in the time. So while we see a collision, the electron would just see itself changing charge and start moving backwards in time instead.

It’s a beautiful hypothesis, and fills me with chills to think about the electron “experiencing” all of history an unimmaginable amount of times.

Would be fun if they streamed Civilization.

I might be in a minority of this, but using numbers that way breaks my flow for 2 reasons: Firstly, any number of lines greater than around 3 or 4 means I have to stop and manually count. Not that counting to 6 takes a long time, but it does use some mental capacity while I want my mind focused on the actual code. Secondly, I don’t have touch typing in my fingers for the number line on my keyboard. If I need to type a number, I either have to look down at my keyboard, or move my hand over to the numpad. In both cases it would be quicker for me to Vjjjjjy.

It’s like almond milk, oat milk or soy milk. But when milking spaghetti, the liquid is so clear that we just call it spaghetti water.

Gravity assist with one of the larger planets to make a very narrow orbit seems to be the most efficient way. But you need the planets to align correctly to have an efficient route.

“I’ll launch you into the sun once there is an appropriate transfer window to Jupiter” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

The vessel would still have a lot of speed after escaping earth’s orbit, so the trajectory would become a large orbit around the sun. You still have to slow down by about ~30km/s (or ~100 000 km/h) to make that orbit intercept with the sun’s surface.

Same in Norway with “gift”. Also, the same word is used for “married”.

Buy new gf

In Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, the number of thieves wasn’t really necessarily 40. The number was likely just chosen because 40 was an exaggerated number, much like when we’d say “I’ve told you a hundred million times”. So 40 as a shorthand for “a huge amount” seems fitting in celcius.

Evolution might just block out certain frequencies. No need to go completely deaf.

I’m wondering what we’ll see first. Him passing of old age or him facing any consequence for his illegal actions.

I’m afraid to ask, but what is the current number?

Calling out bullshit before the bullshitter performs the bullshit might help people see the patterns of Trumps behaviour.

That trolley problem is intense: would you direct the trolley onto a track as driving_crooner described or let the trolley run on an empty track?

Besides, I’ve heard that Trump smells kinda yucky.

(If this is more effective to steer away the followers than guilt on 34 points, rape and hush money, then let’s roll with it.)

It’s not like their effort would reduce that number to 0%. Id expect something more in line with a reduction from 20% to 18% at best.

And I have no problem believing that CEOs of huge corporations would give up a few percent of their chance to survive an eventual cancer to ensure that their wealth continues to grow greedily.

Or you could replace most of the whitespace with repeating semicolons. Makes the code much clearer!

Absolutely, but acquiring a weapon legally is a process involving the police and requires a sensible intent (like hunting, sports or defense against polar bears) and an approved safe storage. While there are a lot of weapons in Norway, it’s very heavily regulated.

With that said, the terror in Norway was performed with a firearm which was obtained legally with approval from the police, so the system is far from perfect.

Great examples! Thanks!

Can you elaborate on that last part? I fail to think of anything where its natural for English to go from small units to big units.