>If you go near a black hole, time begins to be very weird.

only when you compare clocks.

you do not need to be near a black hole to experience time dilation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

In physics and relativity, time dilation is the difference in the elapsed time as measured by two clocks. It is either due to a relative velocity between them (special relativistic "kinetic" time dilation) or to a difference in gravitational potential between their locations (general relativistic gravitational time dilation). When unspecified, "time dilation" usually refers to the effect due to velocity.

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For GPS satellites to work, they must adjust for similar bending of spacetime to coordinate properly with systems on Earth

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>I find it hard to believe that everything was created from a tiny little ball. It just sounds ridiculous

it wasn't a "tiny little ball" - there was no matter to make a ball out of.

it was ENERGY.

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energy = mass times speed of light squared.

things had to cool down before atomic particles could form.

we can see the evidence.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_background_radiation

Cosmic background radiation is electromagnetic radiation that fills all space. The origin of this radiation depends on the region of the spectrum that is observed. One component is the cosmic microwave background. This component is redshifted photons that have freely streamed from an epoch when the Universe became transparent for the first time to radiation. Its discovery and detailed observations of its properties are considered one of the major confirmations of the Big Bang. The discovery (by chance in 1965) of the cosmic background radiation suggests that the early universe was dominated by a radiation field, a field of extremely high temperature and pressure

SX can land on a barge.. they test engines on those pads.

but Cavill is a dork. he could be a purist LOL. fanboy ragequit :P

gives his own performance 2 stars because it's "not faithful"

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Henry Cavill has already shown love for WoW and Warhammer: Here are all his favorite games
https://dotesports.com/general/news/here-are-all-henry-cavills-favorite-games

Of course, the actor playing Geralt of Rivia must play the games. Cavill shared that he played the games and read the books as research for The Witcher series and thoroughly enjoyed them, how could he not?

AFIAK, they need to certify test kits -(chemical sniffers) train dogs, etc.

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there's a standard that has to be met for the test kit you use to lock someone up.

the target substance need to be standardized just the same.

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NIST Chemistry WebBook, SRD 69

https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C50362&Mask=200

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Cocaine
Formula: C17H21NO4
Molecular weight: 303.3529
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C17H21NO4/c1-18-12-8-9-13(18)15(17(20)21-2)14(10-12)22-16(19)11-6-4-3-5-7-11/h3-7,12-15H,8-10H2,1-2H3/t12?,13?,14-,15+/m0/s1 Copy
InChI version 1.06
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZPUCINDJVBIVPJ-PFSRBDOWSA-N Copy
CAS Registry Number: 50-36-2
Chemical structure: C17H21NO4
This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
Stereoisomers:
Pseudococaine
Allococaine
Other names: 8-Azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylic acid, 3-(benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-, methyl ester, [1R-(exo,exo)]-; 1αH,5αH-Tropane-2β-carboxylic acid, 3β-hydroxy-, methyl ester, benzoate (ester); L-Cocaine; Benzoylmethylecgonine; Ecgonine, methyl ester, benzoate (ester); Neurocaine; 2β-Carbomethoxy-3β-benzoyloxytropane; 2β-Tropanecarboxylic acid, 3β-hydroxy-, methyl ester, benzoate (ester); 1-α-H,5-α-H-Tropane-2-β-carboxylic acid, 3-β-hydroxy-, methyl ester, benzoate; Bernice; Bernies; Burese; Cecil; Cholly; Coke; Corine; Ecgonine, methyl ester, benzoate; Eritroxilina; Erytroxylin; Girl; Gold dust; Happy dust; Kokain; Kokan; Kokayeen; Methyl 3-β-hydroxy-1-α-H,5-α-H-tropane-2-β-carboxylate benzoate; Star dust; 2-β-Tropanecarboxylic acid, 3-β-hydroxy-, methyl ester, benzoate; 3-Tropanylbenzoate-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester; Methyl 3β-hydroxy-1αH,5αH-tropane-2β-carboxylate benzoate (ester); 3β-Hydroxy-2β-tropanecarboxylic acid methyl ester, benzoate; 2-Methyl-3β-hydroxy-1αH,5αH-tropane-2β-carboxylate benzoate (ester); (1R,2R,3S,5S)-2-Methoxycarbonyltropan-3-yl benzoate

>. I usually listen to audiobooks while driving or working out like most people do

concentrate on books or activities.

there's a balance.

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there is only one brain absorbing words.. so it can't be too busy doing other things (like counting reps) if the book is too dense.

I'll take early 2000's dramas for $400.

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Lost?

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ding ding ding

>Does anyone know of a seller with better shipping options?

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out of curiosity -

what would it cost you to have them sent to your house

and you post it to Europe?

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is this an option?

Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes!

-Roy Batty

..and increases supply of methane (under the covers).

maybe go to r/starwars or something.. probably more people there understand what you're talking about.

i think you should try to gauge it yourself if you don't care about spoilers.. read the "parental reviews" this is not "slasher" - but there's violence for sure - appropriate. not gratuitous IMO.

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i don't like it when the dog dies either..

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https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-last-of-us

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not sure what you're expecting (did you play the game)?

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this is not a zombie show like Walking Dead or Black Summer...

it's amazing - the game won awards for writing, acting and directing.. not gameplay (mechanics).. go look at some of those reviews to see what the show might be about.

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she'd probably be missing out, TBH.

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https://www.vulture.com/article/the-last-of-us-recap-episode-3-long-long-time.html

“Long Long Time,” the third episode of The Last of Us, shifts the focus from Joel and Ellie for much of its running time. Still, it’s deeply connected to one of the show’s central concerns with the sort of connections that can survive the cordyceps apocalypse and what it takes to sustain those connections in a world defined by dehumanization, only some of it caused by mind-controlling fungus. It’s also, in the purest sense of the phrase, a very special episode, the best of the series so far, and an extraordinary hour (and some change) of television by any standards.

>was less nice. Then again, it might have been the lack of rowboat size comparisons.

or the fact that chocolate is probably not as explosive as fireworks?

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I think they probably have more "no smoking" signs at the fireworks depot.

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>The fire which triggered the explosion is believed to have started inside the central building of the S.E. Fireworks depot,

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what is the comparison you're trying to make?

we aim for this one.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_cemetery

The spacecraft cemetery, known more formally as the South Pacific Ocean(ic) Uninhabited Area,[1][2] is a region in the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand,[3] where spacecraft that have reached the end of their usefulness are routinely crashed. The area is roughly centered on "Point Nemo", the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the location farthest from any land.[1]

>whole book sleeves

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you mean a display case?

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https://www.betterdisplaycases.com/collections/books

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https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Custom-Acrylic-Book-Display-Box-Storage_1600617553305.html

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'We Wanted Our Patrons Back' — Public Libraries Scrap Late Fines To Alleviate Inequity

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/30/781374759/we-wanted-our-patrons-back-public-libraries-scrap-late-fines-to-alleviate-inequi

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wait.. 50p?

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https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/about-public-libraries-news/abolishing-fines

Abolishing fines: UK status
The fines-free movement is gaining ground throughout at least the English-speaking library world. Here is a list of the reasons why and where has removed fines so far.
Reasons noted for abolishing fines:

i don't think you appreciate what Orwell probably had in mind.

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North Korea has the closest thing to IRL "Ministry of Truth"

this is the kind of truth their ministry provides

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_North_Korea

Paintings on the walls of the Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities depict alleged atrocities carried out by American soldiers during the Korean War.

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South Korea is often depicted as a place of dangerous racial contamination.[27]

North Korean propaganda often invokes Koreans as the purest of races, with a mystical bond with the natural beauty of the landscape

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Romance is often depicted in stories as being triggered solely by the person's model citizenship, as when a beautiful woman is unattractive until a man learns she volunteered to work at a potato farm .[34]

not sure I understand...

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you're suggesting that this

>destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered.

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is equivalent to this?

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Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’

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it's not false, the book is not rewritten, (a word is being replaced - with a synonym), Augustus is still a "big boy", is still named Agustus... and no dates have changed.

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are they vastly different than the version you remember?

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Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-to-remove-language-deemed-offensive

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In The Twits, Mrs Twit is no longer “ugly and beastly” but just “beastly”.

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In The Witches, a paragraph explaining that witches are bald beneath their wigs ends with the new line: “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.”

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> but personally I can't ignore their similarity in light of the recent events

i don't put the Ministry of Truth in the same league as using a different word for fat.

> old ass boomer?

then you should remember the broadcast television prime time hours.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_time

Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to broadcast their season's nightly programming. The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example (in the United States), from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time) or 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m

>I admit, I find it hard to wrap my mind around the idea.

when does something enter the Public Domain? author must be dead for 70 years.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_in_the_United_States

The claim that "pre-1928 works are in the public domain" is correct only for published works; unpublished works are under federal copyright for at least the life of the author plus 70 years.

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>Do I need to attribute it to them or if I rewrite it?

it might be a common courtesy.. or "standard practice".. but it's their great, great grandchildren or the estate who were responsible for maintaining/extending copyright (if they wanted to) they had 70 years to get it done.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's last Sherlock Holmes book to enter public domain in 2023

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/12/30/public-domain-2023-works-include-sherlock-holmes-alfred-hitchcock/10970440002/

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Sherlock Holmes joins a first Oscar winner and the 'ice cream' song in the public domain

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/public-domain-2023-sherlock-films-books-songs-cec/index.html

which outcome provides the most scientific benefit?

which one contributes more to our collective brain?

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the millions of simulations that fail

or

the one that solves the problem

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wasn't viagra a hair loss drug with an "unfortunate" yet common side effect identified during trials :P

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is the AI looking for "alternative uses"?

we call ours "active sonar"

-US Navy.

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If I were to bet on the winner today.. would the payout be the same if I placed the same bet in week 1?

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what's the most obscure thing people bet on (that's not directly related to action on the field including the coin toss)?

are they licensed to do so? the technology isn't really relevant.

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>James Earl Jones' voice was AI-generated in Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+

who owns Darth Vader (the identity).

>What am I missing about this show?

you do not have to like it.

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shows that have a high "tomato score" and a lower audience score.. usually suggests the show is good (technically), but disappointing to fans of the genre.

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what were you expecting?

it's almost standard. soccer moms been using it to park for a long time.

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https://volvo.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9964/~/360-degree-camera360-Degree Camera
The 360-degree camera is designed to provide you with a complete bird's-eye-view of your Volvo by utilizing all of the cameras in the car simultaneously and integrating the views together.

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360° Car Cameras: A Must-Have Feature

https://www.carfax.com/blog/360-car-camera

Which Cars Have 360 Degree Camera Systems?
As of 2022, the majority of cars on the market are available with some kind of surround-view camera system. The systems go by many names. Brands that offer them include:

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Ford will probably just add it as an option on the "Interceptor EV"

https://www.ford.com/police-vehicles/hybrid-utility/

Pulling from nearly 70 years of expertise working alongside law-enforcement professionals, Ford presents its current-generation Police Interceptor Utility as the first-ever pursuit-rated hybrid police SUV

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> Cops got nothing better to do.

now they can see the asshole who just cut YOU off - behind them.