[-] qantravon@startrek.website 65 points 1 week ago

I met my fiancee at 31, and I only had one real relationship before that and was single for over 10 years. Just because you've been unsuccessful so far doesn't mean you're forever alone.

Chemical castration is a pretty extreme reaction. I would suggest you interrogate why you want to do this, like at the deepest levels. Removing your libido won't keep you from being lonely.

You say you were in therapy for 7 years. What kind? Was it all with the same therapist? Maybe you need a different therapist, or perhaps an actual psychiatrist or psychologist, or to try a different form of therapy. There's lots of things to try.

You say you've been unsuccessful in dating. What does that mean? You're focusing on your libido, so does that mean you're having trouble getting sex, specifically? Is that all you're focused on in dating? If so, maybe you need to change your approach to dating.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 17 points 3 months ago

This has to do with how the eggs are sanitized before they're sold. In places where you need to keep them refrigerated, they've been washed in such a way that a protective layer has been removed. In countries that keep their eggs on the counter, this has not been done.

https://eggsafety.org/us-refrigerate-eggs-countries-dont/

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 13 points 5 months ago

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, right near the end. I don't want to spoil too much, but I never thought a game mechanic would make me emotional.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 38 points 7 months ago

Stuart Semple hates Anish Kapoor. He hates him so much that he requires those who purchase his paints to sign that they are not Anish Kapoor, are not buying them for Anish Kapoor, and will do everything they can to make sure they do not end up in the possession of Anish Kapoor.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago

At this rate, Bronze Age 2: (non) Electric Boogaloo

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago

...you mean phones?

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Basically, physics says that nothing, not even information can actually travel faster than the speed of light. It's a universal limit that shows up when you do the math on relativity. This concept is called "causality".

Because of this, FTL communication is probably impossible. Quantum entanglement seems like it could provide a loophole, but it doesn't actually work that way. To actually use quantum entanglement for communication, it actually needs a confirmation message, which would have to be delivered by a different means (every quantum message needs a non-quantum confirmation). That confirmation would be bound by the speed of light, thus preserving causality.

This is a very very rough description based on my memory, so some details may be a little off, but it should cover the gist. This article goes into more detail:

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-entanglement-faster-than-light/

Edit: After reading, the answer is more that attempting to impart information onto the entangled particles to send a message necessarily breaks the entanglement and thus does not transmit the information to the other side. Entangling the particles makes their states related to each other, but only at the time of entanglement, and anything that changes either particle (including measuring it) will break the entanglement going forward.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Except, it is mostly scat/jibberish! Just in Finnish! Most of the song is nonsense lyrics.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 5 points 7 months ago

But...why? Popping the cork is fun and festive, and considering most people only have that experience a handful of times in their lives, why try to stifle that little joy?

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 8 points 8 months ago

I like exercise that is also something else and isn't purely exercise for its own sake. Things like hiking, where I get to see scenery and animals, or biking, which serves as a mode of transportation. Currently, I do renaissance fencing, which is fun and social in its own right, and I get to master a skill.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 44 points 8 months ago

"The length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠1/299792458⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium."

This is the actual definition, but it's also pretty weird.

[-] qantravon@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

I went a few weeks ago, it was an awesome experience! My biggest disappointment was simply that the experience was so rushed and we didn't get enough time to appreciate being on the bridge.

I was wearing a Voyager uniform with Captain's pips, and one of the actors said "Glad to have you aboard, Captain," which absolutely made my night.

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