[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Been moving country/city a few times. Tried to make sure to always do stuff in my free time where there would be girls around. Ended up on quite a few dates!

Dating is so much fun. I love meeting strangers in this weird pseudosexual tension when you don't know eachother and you don't know what's gonna happen.

Even bad dates were fun experiences in terms of meeting interesting people. And if you realize that being happy alone is better than being in a bad relationship, a failed date is no problem.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I am! Tell me who it is, and I'll kick their butts.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I agree that the water exposed to vacuum would evaporate over time, but I'm not sure it would be directly harmful beyond the dehydration.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

QC has well-founded expected applications within chemistry, factorisation and optimization. Anything else is hyperbole at this point.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

No. But I know true love, so I'd say you're wrong.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

No serious quantum computer scientist or industry person would claim QC "solves everything". Who is "they"?

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

As I understand it, this in fact will not happen. Our circulatory system is a closed loop and strong enough to not expand into vacuum. The water inside our body is kept close to usual pressure by our skin, blood vessels etc.

The main immediate danger in space without a spacesuit would be holding your breath. Your lungs are not built to withstand a whole atmosphere of pressure from the inside, and will get damaged if you hold your breath.

Of course if you don't, you'll have another problem.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 113 points 4 months ago

Feels like a deep urge, short circuiting your brain to satisfy it. Like hunger or thirst. The longer I go without sexual attention, the more my brain starts to interpret everything as an opportunity for sex. When I satisfy it, it brings joy and release and calm. It's fun, intimate and satisfy needs for closeness and touch.

It also feels deeply connected to a bunch of psychological stuff like the need for approval, gender affirmation, power dynamics, competitiveness and more.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago

I guess that's the joke - this is so stupid and obviously won't work, but that perspective is subverted when it turns out to actually work, causing humour.

I quite like it.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 88 points 10 months ago

TBF imaginary time is a math trick and not something that actually progresses. It lets us apply results from statistical physics to quantum field theory through a Wick rotation.

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago

Does being a Jewish Palestinian somehow make you Israeli? What then if you're a non-Jewish Israeli? 🤔

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 233 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's base 20 like in France, plus the quirk that we have an ordinal numeral way of saying half integers, i.e. 1.5 is "half second", 2.5 is "half third", 4.5 is "half fifth". So 92 is said as "two and half fifth times twenty". We've since made the "times twenty" implicit for maximum confusion, so it's just said as "two and half fifths".

Also, the ordinal numeral system for halves is only really used for 1.5 these days, so the numbers don't really make sense to anyone. When speaking to other Scandinavians, we often just say "nine ten two".

Why don't we just change it to the more sensible system then? Because language is stubborn.

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