[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

From your first 3 points:

  1. Spacetime is not a fixed grid. Einstein's theory of curved spacetime has been supported by numerous experiments: mercury precession, observations of stars near the sun during a solar eclipse, gravitational waves, etc.
  2. Planck time is defined from the Planck length and the speed of light, so yes, this is by definition true.
  3. Define evolve and self-propagate. Protons or electrons certainly do not produce copies of themselves, at least to my knowledge, as this would violate conservation of energy, momentum, spin, lepton number, etc. Show me a proposed process where an electron creates two electrons that does not violate conservation laws.

Big bang theory makes a hell of a lot of sense, and currently explains CMBR extremely well. The cause of the big bang is obviously still unknown (if that is even a reasonable question.) Not liking, or understanding, the theory is not reason to dismiss it. "Spewing information from digits of pi?" This is pure stoner talk. Digit of pi are arbitrary, and are different in different number bases: decimal, binary, hexadecimal, etc. Numbers are also not things in physical reality, only conceptual concepts.

From your properties of a graviton:

  1. Size is unrelated to being detectable. In addition, in particle physics, size is a bit fuzzy, since all particles are waves, and "size" might be defined by the wavelength of the particle.
  2. Gravitons are proposed as the force carrier for the gravitational force. But possibly don't exist since Einstein's theory demonstrates that mass curves spacetime instead, and gravity is not an actual force, and thus no force carrier required. This contradiction is one problem with merging quantum theory and general relativity.
  3. Sure, if a graviton was emitted, dynamics could be worked out to determine where the emitting mass is, similar to emitted photons indicating where the object that emitted the photon is.
  4. Vector directions are arbitrary. A vector is not a thing, but a mathematical construct used to define magnitudes and directions. Negative vector is only an instruction to reverse the direction of that vector.

Particles exhibiting intelligence? Define what you mean by intelligence. How does a photon "try to survive"? Current understanding of particles is that they obey very predictable rules governed by quantum theory, which doesn't indicate any intelligence or decision making from the particle.

Finally, for your use of gravitons:

  1. This could be measured in a lab. One could measure a particle decay through an unknown mechanism. As far as I'm aware, this has not been observed.
  2. Mass is gravitationally attracted to mass. Sure. Gravitons are the proposed force carrier for gravitational force. If they existed, this is how they might work.

You have an interest in physics, which I applaud, but you should read some introductory physics textbooks, or enroll in undergraduate introductory physics classes, and master the fundamentals (Newtonian mechanics, classical electrodynamics, quantum, stat/mech).

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago

I was employed at this awesome little school but left before Desantis's stupid anti-woke and DEI crusade. I hope it and the current students/employees don't suffer too much. I doubt Desantis gets voted out...

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

Kvaesitso has risen to the top as my favorite launcher after trying a ton of launchers.

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago

"Don't you know the Dewey decimal system?"

Sorry, stupid reference. In seriousness though, type in a topic into your library's search and start browsing, check out a few that seem useful.

I'm an academic and I find my University's library useful for finding knowledge on a new topic. If an introductory textbook exists on the subject, can be a good starting point.

For Most hobbies though, youtube is a great resource. I've gotten into woodworking and fishing, and youtube is a superb resource for information.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by rescue_toaster@lemm.ee to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

So our neighbor's cat has been visiting us for a while, so I decided to build this ramp so that she could more easily get into and out of our yard. I'm not much of a woodworker, but was happy with how this turned out.

It's made almost entirely from cedar fence posts. Nearly 18 feet long (3 fence posts end to end with the dog ear tip cut off). Ripped cedar planks into 3 for a frame/support to prevent flexing. Posts are pine 2x4, and go 18 inches into the ground, which was the majority of the effort, since our ground is like cement...

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

To be harsh: if I read this cover letter, I would throw away this application, unless those named people are personal contacts and I could ask them about you.

  • The last two sentences of each paragraph say the same thing, and as someone else said, are weak.

  • Your very first sentence reads to me that you are looking for a jumping point to launch into other careers, and that you don't intend to stick around in this company you are applying to. No thanks.

  • "My aspiration is to make the most of my abilities while helping as many people as I can." This is one of those filler, vague statements that basically contains no useful information and only exists to lengthen your letter.

  • Details of your work experience should be in an attached resume. You could pick out one or two points and state how it will specifically benefit this company.

  • As mentioned above, don't include those names, unless they are known by the reader.

  • The info in the second paragraph is mostly fine, though condense it and try to be more specific about how your studies will improve their product. Something like... "My recent study of [specific field of psychology/sociology] has taught me that people react well to [specific about something that improves trust] and are more likely to trust an advertisement that [does this]."

The purpose of a cover letter is not to vaguely reiterate info in your resume. You want to connect with the reader and show them that you are interested in THEIR team/company. It seems like this is a marketing/advertising company. Be specific! Write your cover letter so that it only applies to this specific company. Point out one of their specific projects that you like and how your background/skills can create a similar/improved product. Research the company and say something about the company and how you think you would fit well on the team.

Follow the advice of givesomefucks and format it as a professional business letter. This should also include the company address at the top, as well as your contact/address at the top. Search for business letter templates.

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 29 points 4 months ago

As someone that grades undergraduates, I'm happy that they not use the letter "x" to imply multiplication.

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My starting evac shelter was close to a small pond that had fish in it. I early on created some fish traps from gallon jugs and have been successfully fishing it. It is now summer day 66 and when I activated my reloaded fish trap as I had been doing regularly I received the message "You doubt you'll have much luck catching fish here."

What would be the explanation for why I received the message? Did I fish out all the fish? Do the ponds dry up? I looked at the water and it says "shallow water" though I have no idea if it was shallow water when I was successfully fishing as I never looked at the water tiles.

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submitted 6 months ago by rescue_toaster@lemm.ee to c/wow@lemmy.ml

Upon logging in yesterday, my fps was complete garbage. Spent several hours trying different wine/proton versions. Eventually after some internet searching, it seems that WoW's in game graphics setting for Auto Detect graphics card wasn't actually using my graphics card. Changed this to my graphics card instead of auto-detect, and fixed immediately...

not sure exactly what changed. I think I had it on auto-detect forever with no issues, though I'm not certain, as I've never even really looked at that option in the graphics settings.

I run linux, so maybe its a wine/dxvk specific issue.

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Welding rods. (lemm.ee)

Holy cow building a car from scratch takes a lot of this stuff. This is the first game i've ever tried to build a car. I'm scrounging every house for light disposable batteries to craft the rods. Fortunately most houses have at least one in a flashlight. Is there another good reliable source for welding rods or wire?

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 53 points 6 months ago

I fired up fallout 1 after watching it.

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 85 points 7 months ago

A long time ago most airlines checked at least one bag free. I used to always do this and as op suggests, not stand in line. It was great not having to take a bag through security and haul it around through airports and connecting flights, and avoid the stress of if the overhead space would run out.

But airlines have done everything in their power to make boarding and the whole flying process miserable in attempt to suck every dollar they can from you for their upgrades and priority boarding.

I do often take advantage of the airlines offer to "we expect a very full flight, overhead space is limited, and will check your bag for free to your final destination"

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How does one change the terminal that Gnome Files uses when opening a directory in terminal using "Open in Terminal"? I'm trying to change the default to foot.

All my searching has led to

sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

  Selection    Path                             Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper   40        auto mode
* 1            /usr/bin/foot                     20        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/footclient               10        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper   40        manual mode
  4            /usr/bin/koi8rxterm               20        manual mode
  5            /usr/bin/lxterm                   30        manual mode
  6            /usr/bin/uxterm                   20        manual mode
  7            /usr/bin/xterm                    20        manual mode

which I can select foot. But Gnome Files does not seem to respect this.

I've also tried directly editing

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec foot

where the default exec option is x-terminal-emulator. This also does not work.

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months ago

I remember going on a serious old jazz kick and downloaded so much ella fitzgerald and other jazz after playing (replaying?) some of the fallout games.

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submitted 9 months ago by rescue_toaster@lemm.ee to c/debian@lemmy.ml

New debian user here. I'm using sway and have a script in my waybar config to look for upgrades and indicate if any are available. However, it typically doesn't find anything because I first need to run a sudo apt update first.

I don't really want to figure out someway to do a sudo through this script and was curious how gnome finds updates without me needing to enter a password.

It looks like I can use unattended upgrades to do the apt update.

https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades

though I don't want it to do upgrades until I do a sudo apt upgrade after being notified of upgrades. I created a 02periodic file in /etc/apt/apt.config.d as indicated, but I only included the lines

APT::Periodic::Enable "1";

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";

Will this run an apt update every day for me? Is there any issue I'm unaware of in doing this? Thanks for any help!

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 30 points 10 months ago

Board games at a local game store. Many will have a board game night.

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago

Yep. I have three brothers. My dad used ranked choice voting for us when we were kids all the time on "flavors" of things we needed to buy: ice cream, candy, toothpaste, etc. We understood it with no issues.

it was amusing seeing the look on a friend's face when my dad would barge into the room with 5 different toothpastes and ask, "which of these do you like the best?" Followed shortly by "which of these do you like 2nd best?"

[-] rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

I did a temporary research position at New College about a decade ago. It was such an awesome little University with great faculty and a great student body. The recent developments due to this clown saddens me so much.

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