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Did not know they had developed an AI specifically tailored to science fiction ...

"The sheen[4] or gloss level of a paint is principally determined by the ratio of resinous, adhesive binder, which solidifies after drying, and solid, powdery pigment. The more binder the coating contains, the more regular reflection will be made from its smooth surface; conversely, with less binder, grains of pigment become exposed to the surface, scattering the light and providing matte effect.[5] To a lesser extent, gloss is also affected by other factors: refraction index of the pigment particles, viscosity and refraction index of the binder." From Paint sheen - Wikipedia And, of course, different manufacturers use different binders for the fairly standard pigments, depending on application.

The speed of light, c , is the only speed where you don't need to ask the question "Relative to what ?", as it is measured to be the same to all observers in all frames. Every other speed that is not c , has to be measured relative to something else, as it differs for observers in differing frames. None of the speeds that are not c can be 'pinned down' as being at any particular value, or to 0 m/s, as all such motion is relative. Can you re-phrase what you mean by 'opposite' of a speed, or the max/min rate of time, because if you realize motion is relative, such questions are ill posed.

Like all living organisms. they follow their food supply.

Classical Physics was background dependent, meaning that space was a 'fixed' background stage on which actions unfolded as time passed. This led to numerous problems in the hi-energy/hi-speed regime, which were ( mostly ) fixed by the introduction of GR, which postulates, and needs, background independence. You're now advocating for 'fixing' time, as the background stage through which events happen ( space emerges and separates events ) ? As KJW explains in greater detail, GR does not work with such a model, and that's a pretty high bar to overcome.

War has always been a good way to distract people from an economic recession caused by your bad trade decisions, courts rising up against your policies of oppression, and rising unrest among the ass-kissers of your own party. I'm just not sure if the fire is better than the frying pan. yeah ! Me and P Hegseth are tight. 😄😄

The US currently has 6 B-2 bombers at Diego Garcia ( Indian Ocean ). Lots of C-17 airlifts from South Korea last week , reportedly carrying Air Defense Systems to the Middle East. USS Harry Truman in Middle East had its deployment extended. USS Carl Vinson currently in the Indian Ocean, moving to the Middle East from the Pacific. USS Nimitz departed San Diego middle of last month heading West. Multiple Middle East countries announce ban on US use of their territory/airspace to attack Iran ( to avoid retaliatory strikes ). B-2 is capable of carrying the GBU-57 ( 30 000 lbs ) penetrating bomb, specifically designed to take out underground facilities, but two of them will restrict the bomber's range significantly from approx. 10 000 km. Report: Saudi, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait ban US warplanes for strikes Report: Saudi, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait ban US warplanes for strikes USS Carl Vinson Sails Through Malacca Strait, Chinese Carrier Operating in the South China Sea After Taiwan Intimidation Drills - USNI News All this was recently reported by user RJMAZ on a military aircraft forum. Should we assume the US is tired of fighting Iran through proxies ( Houthi attacks cost billions and had little effect ), and will take the fight to Iran directly in the coming days ? So much for D Trump not starting any wars ...

For best results ... Tear down the old drywall. Re-drywall, tape, mud and paint. Never, ever, apply wallpaper again.

Oh, and maybe a measles booster ...

I might take comfort in this, if we hadn't already seen two months of illegal and unconstitutional actions by this administration, none of them 'checked' by Congress or the Senate. Lots of time for even worse in the next 46 ( or more ! ) months.

Calling my doctor for the shingles vaccine tomorrow, CharonY.

Wasn't aware of that amendment. Thanks.

Having taken so many of his ideas and actions from the Putin playbook, I would suggest JD Vance is the logical choice. That is why JD is getting so much exposure ( unlike K Harris as VP ). JD will run as Presidential nominee with D Trump as his running mate, and after a short period, will resign to allow Trump to assume the Presidency again. Recall D Medvedev, Russian President from 2008-20012, who resigned to let V Putin reassume the Presidency ( and dictatorship ).

Hadn't thought of that, but I'm not sure I'd want a Beta Radiation source implanted inside my body.

I'm of the opinion that this is not orchestrated from the top, and there is no grand plan. D Trump is just a moron who doesn't understand much, his loyalists millionaires/billionaires are either just like him ( E Musk, H Lutnick ) or too scared to tell him ( J Bezos, M Rubio ), and his supporters are just angry and jealous of everyone else. Bill Mahar often tells the story of D Trump and his followers railing against the millions spent on TRANSGENIC mice, which are used for genetic research, because they have them confused with transgendered mice. This is simply a whole 'nother level of stupid. and just to prove his stupidity ... 'Mad king': Trump baffles observers by suggesting he'll tariff illegal drugs

NO! NO! NO! Tariffs are a tax on the supplying country and will make America rich. Rich I say! And walls to keep Mexicans out are paid for by the Mexicans! And a whole bunch of idiots, supposedly rich businessmen, are too scared to tell this President he has no clothes.

Just to give an idea what can be done with this ... A typical 'circuit board' LED has a forward voltage of 1.2 to 3.6 volts and a forward current between 10 and 30 milliamps. You would 1000 of these batteries to supply this simple LED ( for a century ), so I doubt you'll find packs of them at your local convenience store for typical battery applications.

Yes. Tariffs are not hard to understand. If another country has a manufacturing advantage over your country, whether it be labor costs, raw material costs, or what have you, implementing tariffs on that country's import will help 'even the field' for the domestic manufacturer. This makes the domestic manufacturer competitive; but only at the higher price of the product. In no way does it reduce the cost of the product; the consumer has the higher cost passed on to them. Only K Leavitt and people whose orange hair dye have poisoned their brain think otherwise

The color of their skin, or DEI, has little to do with anything. It's their stupidity, perception that they can do no wrong, and total lack of responsibility for their actions that frustrates and angers. I keep hoping I'll wake up soon.

His first order post annexation, would be to deport all the immigrants, leaving only the approx. 5% indigenous population. He doesn't want our people, just our resources, and development potential for ski resorts ( like the Gaza Riviera ).

I like broccoli ... The F-47 ( where did that designation come from ? ) has been in the works for some time. It was formerly known as the NGAD program for an advanced 'system of systems' air defense fighter to replace the F-22, as the numbers of F-22s were inadequate and restarting production would be prohibitively expensive, F-16 and F-15 are reaching developmental obsolescence, and the F-35 and B-21 cannot do the air dominance mission. Europe is in even worse shape, as two competing programs are set to artificially increase costs ( like EF2000 and Rafale ). The French/German/Spanish FCAS program for a 6th Gen fighter will directly compete with the British/Italian/Japanese GCAP program, Unfortunately these programs need to go ahead as Europe doesn't have an American partner in NATO that it can rely on anymore and needs to be self-sufficient in defense. It's too bad Canada doesn't have the option of waiting/partnering on these European systems, otherwise we could cancel the F-35, as we can't rely on the US anymore either ( they actually seek to annex us as the 51st state ).

All news is worth watching. You just need to realize it's not W Cronkite's news anymore. All news these days, is infected by political spin and ideology ( just like society is ), so you need to do some leg-work for yourself in the way of critically thinking about what is presented/fed to you. Think for yourself, don't let others do it for you.

Does the definition of 'random' include lack of knowledge, Studiot ? For example. If I give you the number sequence '15926535' you might consider it random, as it has no causal connection to any calculation nor are its members related in any way. Yet, upon further consideration, we realize it is a calculated number ( pi minus 3.14, to 10 decimal places ), and not random at all. That sequence will result every time we perform the above calculation. It is only our lack of knowledge that makes it appear random. Now, I'm not arguing against the concept of 'randomness' as there are obvious physical examples. Between any two observations/interactions of a quantum process, there are only probability amplitudes as described by the wave function, and no local reality. Swansont's previously mentioned radioactive decay, quantum fluctuations, etc.

And which party would propose this Constitutional amendment ?

D Trump wants to bring 'manufacturing' back to the US, and his idiotic supporters believe that will make America richer. Tell me what company is going to set up shop in the US, when Americans will refuse to work for less than $40/hr, and they have to charge customers $30 for a pair of socks which you can get, imported from India, at Walmart for $3 ? No-one will; the importer will pay the duty/tariff, and pass it on to the consumer at the higher price of $10. ( or, they'll just be manufactured robotically, and you still won't have American jobs ) Or did you get educated about tariffs at the same school as C Levitt, the WH Press Secretary ???? DEI is not dividing America; stupidity is. Some are much, much stupider than others. The much more stupid ones believe everything they are told by D Trump, and think that all the shit this president is doing will only affect others and not themselves. The other half, who have some intelligence, think that things will fix themselves, someone else will do it and they don't need to vote for responsible politicians. I'm not sure which group the people that think DEI is the cause of all this, fall into.