PiJiNWiNg
@PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on sweet dreams 1 week ago:
Thank you very much for the thought out explanation, i think im beginning to grasp the concept. To summarize to make sure:
- accelerating mass causes gravitational waves
- two bodies orbiting eachother are also accelerating towards eachother by virtue of centripetal force.
- the energy to generate this wave is stripped directly from the kinetic energy of the system, causing the orbit to decay.
So the comparison to atoms releasing EM energy is a bit more apt then I initially thought. Thanks again!
- Comment on sweet dreams 1 week ago:
The sensation of the passage of time never changes for the observer. The tidal wave planet from Interstellar is a good example of this.
- Comment on sweet dreams 1 week ago:
Could you explain what you mean by “emitting gravitational radiation”? Gravity is how we perceive distortions in spacetime, the strength of which being determined by the mass of the objects. I understand that orbits can “decay”, but that is not the same as radioactive decay.
- Comment on We're all a little crazy 2 weeks ago:
Makes you wonder what happens to a person who now accepts the voices in their head as divine mandate…
- Comment on histories mysteries 2 weeks ago:
To me it looks like something you’d use to easily make a Monkey Fist for throwing line to/from a pier.
- Comment on About to try the Outer Worlds 2 weeks ago:
Defnitely worth it, some awesome nuggets of dialogue in there. Im so glad that Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky (the original creators of Fallout who also made this game) decided to bring that mechanic into Outer Worlds.
- Comment on About to try the Outer Worlds 2 weeks ago:
This is one of the few games out there where a low intelligence opens up new “stupid” dialogue. Highly recommend trying it out!
- Comment on banana slugs 3 weeks ago:
Another interesting fact about these, their mucus has a mild anesthetic affect and will numb your tongue if you lick it.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 4 weeks ago:
My wife and brother in law and I have been jamming on Valheim. I’m not usually one for survival crafting games, but it’s great with other people.
- Comment on Farewell to HD Atlas | Boston Dynamics 4 weeks ago:
Certainly, but with its “lifelike” movement I couldn’t help but have a visceral response to seeing it’s knee blow out. Not something I anticipated watching a fancy hunk of metal hop around.
- Comment on How to Temporarily Bypass Discord ToS Update 4 weeks ago:
Ah, the old faithful, “legally binding until you spend a million dollars proving that it’s not” strategy. Classic.
- Comment on Farewell to HD Atlas | Boston Dynamics 4 weeks ago:
Watching this robot land weird and shoot hydraulic fluid out of its knees makes me physically uncomfortable, but I gotta say it’s pretty neat how similar the “panic motions” to regain its balance are to human attempts to regain balance.
- Comment on How to Temporarily Bypass Discord ToS Update 4 weeks ago:
This got me thinking the other day… How in earth does tapping a square on your phone become a legally binding agreement? There’s no signature, verification of identity, etc., so how is me just saying “It wasn’t me who clicked yes”, not enough to totally invalidate this “agreement”? Especially in the case of forced arbitration clauses, if I don’t even provide my real information to Discord, how on earth could anyone legally say I can’t sue them?
- Comment on Thousands of years ago *smoke machine activates* 5 weeks ago:
It’s so convenient, I don’t understand why it ever went out of style
- Comment on Thousands of years ago *smoke machine activates* 5 weeks ago:
I hope the asshole that stole my CD wallet from my truck years ago is in a better place in there life now, but I’m still sore about it… Fucker…
- Comment on proof is in the pudding 5 weeks ago:
They are referring to killing test subject animals I’m assuming? Gonna have to kill the mouse to get the brain sample or whatever.
- Comment on Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows 3 months ago:
Made the switch last year from Gmail and I love it. I set up a custom domain and a catch all address as well, so I can give out whateveriwant@mydomain.com as an email and it gets to me. Particularly nice for finding out who’s sharing my information, as well as picking out phishing emails. Banking coming in from amazon@mydomain.com? Immediate red flag.