imo our intelligence is a highly evolved mechanism used by bacteria colonies to eventually find their way to other galaxies
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
Life on earth is just a trick by DNA to get copied imo
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
We aren't the pinnacle of anything. We just happened, the same as jellyfish or skinks. But civilization is a very specific kind of behavior and evolution can easily chug along for hundreds of millions of years without producing organisms that choose to behave this way. We were never necessary or even very likely. All we can safely say is that we are a strange species that produces such varied phenomena as mathematics and ice capades.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 23:07 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcRzLAX0yZ8
― mark s, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link
http://68.media.tumblr.com/870af47dd0a72f7390e9d90c2f52ee98/tumblr_nltlg6mALF1qi66kho1_500.gifRoot beer!
― Disco Blecch and His Exo-Planettes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
tbf civilization has developed independently multiple times on this planet alone, depending on which historical models you consider
it depends at what point you call something a civilization (a strange term with a dubious history imo); did ppl develop tools separately? i would respect any and all aliens with tools
― ogmor, Thursday, 23 February 2017 09:59 (seven years ago) link
what's all this about https://phys.org/news/2017-02-distant-asteroids-clue-planet.html
― 龜, Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
so...do the aliens fuck?
― flopson, Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
one thing about aliens that is not widely understood is that they are fucking all the time, and i mean ALL the time, with their minds, telepathically
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
thanks Karl, that's what i thought just wanted to make sure
― flopson, Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
i every direction you look someone is fucking https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Olbers%27_paradox
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
caek during the election did u share on one of the politics thread a website that aggregated all the betting sites?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
Predictwise? Or do you mean the one that just lists all the different bookmakers odds?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
I think the latter and it included predictwise? Or was that just predictwise
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:48 (seven years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/wild-new-theory-suggests-radio-bursts-beyond-our-galaxy-1793130515
― 龜, Friday, 10 March 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/astrokiwi/status/839881414984282112
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 March 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
Hi caek
Wtf is a time crystal and how can one be 'created' is it a physical thing or a theoretical structure that can be modelled
Any and all other info appreciated
Ta
― brat_stuntin (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
wait are you telling me you've made it all these years without making a time crystal? i am very surprised and impressed, it's not easy out there without one.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
You get 10 seconds in the dome for every one you collect iirc
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
There's a reason caek gets a corner and youse clowns get a ring
― brat_stuntin (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
dmac - check 25 seconds into this for detailed instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BuSUH4vt_I
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
This useless banter is just another twenty wasted time crystals I'm never gonna get back
― brat_stuntin (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, March 15, 2017 5:14 PM (thirty minutes ago)
strong lol @ this
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
'useless banter' = posts very much out of character
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
this is the most useful thing i've seen
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/researchers-present-time-crystals-made-of-quantum-mechanical-oscillations/
my intuition is (1) crystalline structure is an extremely weird concept mathematically and i got my second lowest finals great on the relevant course (2) treating time like a spatial dimension is guaranteed to make your intuition useless. i got my lowest finals grade on the relevant course.
that's all i got!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
That's it, into the ring with the rest of em
― brat_stuntin (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
super-potatoes for Mars!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2017/03/30/scientists-grow-super-potatoes-in-mars-like-conditions/#4303e3cc694f
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
Researchers from the International Potato Center (CIP) in PeruResearchers from the International Potato Center (CIP) in PeruResearchers from the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
did you see the martian morbs?
i did not. were there potatoes?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
i saw the NY1 tease "Potatoes on Mars" and thought they'd found a Bowie alt take.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
yes it was an extremely potato-centric movie
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
you might enjoy it given your irish heritage
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
i do my best to ignore it except for Irish Night at the ballpark
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
ah the auld midget cabbage bowling
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
this is good content, fellows
― a landlocked exclave (mh 😏), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
now is the spudder of our goodcontent...
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
#ROSETTA 😍 OSIRIS #67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO new albums 😍--ROSETTA EXTENSION 2 MTP030-- Miércoles 1 Junio 2016 all filters stacked pic.twitter.com/Bf173Z5g79— landru79 (@landru79) April 23, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 23 April 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link
wow!
i'm really enjoying this entire page, actually
https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/index.php?/category/410/
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 April 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
are the bright streaks ice, i guess?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 April 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
<3 ♪♫ caek's corner ♪♫
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
the foreground things are cosmic rays, which you get on CCDs when the exposures are long. the weird downwards snow/motion effect in the background is from background stars.
here's an individual frame https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/picture.php?/172648/category/410
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
so you're telling me
i can see cosmic rays
― gbx, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
space is out of control
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
yeah somebody oughta tell space to just chill the heck out
― gbx, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
caek plz tell space to take it down a notch
― valorous wokelord (silby), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
hey space: leave it m8
― gbx, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
counterpoint: space should amp it up a little, maybe put a donk on it
― you bet, nancy (map), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
it seems impossible to amp it up any more than it already is, but if anything has another level, it's space
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
black is the donk of space
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link