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like, totally awesome. </s>

Higher reading level than /r/askscience... Now that is impressive. </s>

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Photographic memory. He remembers everything. It's his real superpower. </s>

Most likely. Doctor Strange has an eidetic memory, which is why he was able to learn sorcery in a matter of weeks or months rather than over the course of a lifetime. In *Infinity War*, when he used the Eye of Agamotto to view the outcomes of many millions of potential strategies against Thanos, he remembered exactly how many possible futures he saw. >Dr. Strange: I went forward in time... to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict. > >Star-Lord: How many did you see? > >Dr. Strange: Fourteen million six hundred and five. > >Ironman: How many did we win? > >Dr. Strange: ...One. The writers could've simply had him say, "Millions." Instead, they had Strange say 14,000,605, which showed his infallible memory in action. </s>

<s>[INST] [MCU] Does Doctor Strange remember all the times Dormammu killed him in the Dark Dimension? [/INST]

In large part it’s because the politics have changed. Fifty years ago we were scared of the communist threat, and constantly in competition with the USSR (communist Russia). Russia was trying to send men to the moon, so we had to do it first. Nowadays there’s not as much funding or government/public interest in space exploration, so it’s kind of fallen to the wayside. </s>

We decided to scrap the Saturn 5 rocket program in favor of the shuttle program for safety and cost reasons. In doing so we forfeited the ability to travel to higher orbits as the shuttle only performs in low orbit. Sending a manned expedition to the Moon was no longer possible. This wasn't a problem as automated systems eliminated the need for such manned missions. Fast forward to today, we still don't have a rocket powerful enough to travel to the Moon because we haven't had any need to build such a rocket. Further, our safety standards are higher then they were making such a program even more expensive. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Why does it seem so challenging now to send a manned crew to the moon, when we were able to accomplish this over 50 years ago? [/INST]

I think here in Texas you might get reported to HR if they find out you DON'T own a gun. </s>

explain exactly what happened, be honest. basically explain it the way you did above. second, keep that stuff on the DL. you do not truly know anyone. </s>

<s>[INST] I told a coworker I was going to buy a gun and now I have a meeting with HR USA Indiana. I've been with my company for almost 5 years, never had any issues. My coworker and I both got a bonus for extra work on a project. He told me he was going to buy a new TV with his bonus and I said I was going to go to Bass Pro Shops next weekend to buy a gun. (which is true, I've had my eye on a new hunting rifle for some time now). He reported me to HR and now I have to go to a meeting. How do I explain this? [/INST]

They would also take advantage of rainfall, setting up collection points. But for the most part, water was the most limited resource on a sail age ship, every opportunity to replenish was taken advantage of. In a voyage of more than a month, some stop for water was planned. </s>

They never stayed out to sea the whole time. A 15 month voyage would involve several resupply stops, either at a nearby port or a beach. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: How did long pre-industrial ship voyages deal with drinking water? It seems like the amount of fresh water you'd need for a crew of say 15 for months or even years would be massive. Food is more easily stocked but how did they deal with drinking water on long voyages? [/INST]

Well, one set of missions is being provided by a fixer who legitimately wants to research and treat cyberpsychosis - that is literally all that we know of. The problem is that a lot of criminals would probably just take advantage of any charitable causes in the area, there's too many needy to be effective and lack of official support. I legitimately believe that the megacorps may set up fake charities to get test subjects or kill off any attempts to set them up - almost literally - for a wide number of reasons. Hell, a lot of charities may go against big corporations to protest their immoral business actions which would be seen as major annoyances for the likes of Militech and Arasaka. </s>

They're a high functioning Corpocracy. Non profit corps don't really make sense in such a system. </s>

<s>[INST] [Cyberpunk 2077] Are there any not-for-profit humanitarian or charity organizations around? Why don't we hear more about such causes in a world so rife with poverty and crime? [/INST]

The civil war itself, even without the presidential assassinations had Europeans commenting on how people who were alive to see the United States created would be there as it fell apart, so to answer part of your question, yes, people were pretty pessimistic about the American experiment. (I would love it if someone who knows more about the period can add to this, this is info I remember from a documentary but it's been a while.) </s>

While bad, the assassinations as such happened frequently in Europe as well during this time. Attempts, successful or not, were made on several prominent politicians and royals. Franz Joseph, Empress Elizabeth, Tsar Alexander and many more. </s>

<s>[INST] With a civil war and 3 presidents assassinated between 1861-1901, was the US government viewed as 'shaky' by Americans and Europeans? What was outsider perspectives on the state of US govt in that period? [/INST]

I have worked for companies that do this, and there were no ads involved - so many of the comments here are about ads but many apps/sites do not have ads because they want you to actually buy something, subscribe, etc or otherwise use the product on a regular basis. The main reason is that it's really obvious in data that app users engage more, use the product more, and monetize better. You can do randomized experiments with aggressive app-promotion tactics and find that converting web users into app users increases all kinds of metrics. The underlying reasons for this are some combination of apps being easier to use than mobile web sites, push notifications, and ease of access once installed. </s>

Users are getting more savvy with internet privacy. Many run ad-blockers and/or VPNs to block adverts and obfuscate their location, as well as limit the tracking cookies that the website can use - there are some browsers that are building some of that in. An App can track you much more intimately, serve you ads with no real way to block them, and do lots more snooping on your phone by requesting things like media storage access, while also making it harder to escape that ecosystem just by switching tab. One user-experience benefit is that the app can download things like new stories in the background to provide a more seamless experience with intermittent connectivity. </s>

<s>[INST] Eli5: Why do websites want you to download their app? What difference does it make to them? Why are apps pushed so aggressively when they have to maintain the desktop site anyway? [/INST]

I wonder how historians yet unborn will utilize the accumulated knowledge in this sub. </s>

I am the silent masses who approves all the deleted replies.Thank you, mods! </s>

<s>[INST] hey mods, i know you’ll remove this but i just wanna say thank you for making this such a professional and truly educational subreddit, keep up the good work :) [/INST]

Planets by definition have stable orbits that don't cross other planets orbits. There is a limit to how many of those you can have, because objects in nearby obits interact in destabilizing ways. Even distant ones can do so if large, but there are mutually stable "bands" in systems that allow multiple large objects to accumulate. Also, there's technically only one solar system, which puts the cap at 8 planets. But what I said before would apply to other stellar systems. ;) </s>

Things get really complicated in non theoretical models. Clear planetary orbits depend on so many factors. Plus, take into account multiple stars in the same system, periodic external influences destabilizing a particular system, etc., and getting anything close to 'universal' rules for how many planets you could find orbiting in any given star system is likely to be hard to pin down... Give planet hunters a few millennia to find enough of them to have a robust statistical model </s>

<s>[INST] Is there any kind of an upper limit for how many planets can be in a solar system? I assume that there are plenty of systems with zero, but are there others with hundreds or thousands, or is there some kind of clear maximum? [/INST]

I actually had a first hand experience with city twinning. I was part of a cultural artist exchange program between the cities of Detroit and Turin, Italy. The cities are sister cities due to their respective relationships to the auto industry. The project was officially endorsed by the cities mayors and universities. The universities funded our travel. It was an exchange between musicians and visual artists from the two cities. I went to Turin twice and hosted a photographer from Italy here in detroit several times. It was one of the amazing experiences of my life. It lasted a few years and by the time it was over we had put on some concerts and exhibitions in each city, and I made great new friends in Italy who I later revisited and stayed with. </s>

I live in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia and our sister city is Nanning, China. They send reps here for chinese new year and they give a speech. We send school kids over there for cultural exchange. And some of the Nanning investors are going to invest in some of our local farms, or so we're promised. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Why are some cities 'twinned' with eachother? What does it mean for cities to be 'sister cities'? For example: Lucca, Tuscany is paired with Colmar, France. Birmingham, UK is paired with Chicago, USA and Leipzig, Germany. [/INST]

With the yolks in they won't whip up like a meringue, I'd imagine you might end up with pretty fluffy scrambled eggs. But what's to stop you from just testing it out? </s>

You get a puffy omelette. But seriously. Is wife a code word for mom and dad? </s>

<s>[INST] what happens if you use blender wand on a bunch of eggs like if you were making merang but instead you fry them like a fried egg? i wanna do this with a bunch of eggs (whites and the yellow bit too) then pour the froth into egg rings and fry them up but my wife says its a stupid idea and wont let me so i figure i would find out if 1) this is already a thing and 2) if it would work or if its just a bad idea (and why) i figure if the internet tells me its ok i might be able to present my argument to her again i was also thinking of chucking in some curry powder (keens) so its all yellow and spicey [/INST]

Congratulations! Some things to consider: * Create an orcid profile. * Check your university's or institution's policy on parallel publishing. Some universities will even require you to upload a final manuscript draft of the publication to their archives where the manuscript will be openly available. * Check other possible actions that your institution requires you to do after a publication has been accepted. * If you have outside funding, it is a very good practice to notify the funding party that you have a new publication; this will make them happy, they have got something back for their investment. * LinkedIn is also a social platform worth considering to disseminate your new work. * Update your CVs. * Update your research plan. These are some things that pop into my mind. </s>

Go have a drink. Well done, you. </s>

<s>[INST] My work just got published, it's my first publication What are the things I should do? I've already created a Google Scholar Profile. [/INST]

There don't seem to be many opportunities to use it [strictly in the films at least]. The only times I can think of when it would have been applicable is when Qui-Gon was dying, but Obi-Wan was just a padawan at the time and may not have known how to use it. Also when Anakin was dying at the end of RotJ, but again Luke probably didn't know how as he hadn't been taught. As a side note, a lot of people seem to be freaking out about this brand new force power (as if we haven't seen new force powers in literally every movie so far), but I think we've seen it before. In ANH, after Luke is clobbered by the Sand People, Obi-Wan places his hand on Luke's forehead, concentrates for a moment, then Luke regains consciousness a few moments later. Even before RoS, I took that to be Obi-Wan healing Luke. </s>

>!Since we see it was used to bring Rey back to life at the cost of Ben's life it's potentially a dark side thing. Messing with people's life force, moving it around, sucking it out of one person, transferring to another. Even though it's clearly used with good intentions. Extending people's lives with the force is explicitly called out as a Dark Side, unnatural thing in Episode III!< </s>

<s>[INST] [Star Wars, Rise of Skywalker]Why wasn't...... force heal used more throughout the saga?The ability seems extremely useful and seems like something the Jedi would have known and taught others. [/INST]

Lack of regular exercise and dehydration. Athletes know how much hydration affects performance, most other people don’t. In people over 50 chronic dehydration causes more and more health problems, including muscle weakness, lack of energy and cholesterol build up. As time goes on that long term dehydration causes more and more problems. In ‘care of the elderly’ wards in hospitals, where I’ve worked, up to 90% of the patients are there with symptoms caused directly or indirectly by long term dehydration, including urinary tract infections, muscle weakness and dizziness leading to a fall, and vascular dementia, caused by blood vessels being clogged with cholesterol, which the body produces to stop the blood vessels collapsing when you’re chronically dehydrated. </s>

I am 71, and I have walked all my life. I now also work out with weights, age-appropriate weights, but I do. I can see that I’m pretty wrinkly looking, but I am well within BMI for my height and generally speaking have a fair amount of energy. I try and eat sensibly, which is not to say I don’t occasionally eat not sensibly but mostly. But after all that, I do not have the energy levels I had when I was younger even though I’m reasonably proud of the energy levels I do have. I think you have to keep trying but be realistic and not beat yourself up because ageing is a real process. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old:Why do people get tired/fatigued more easily as they age? [/INST]

I would put more thought into corrosion protection on infrastructure. (Roads bridges pipelines etc.) Corrosion costs the US department of defense billions of dollars a year and I actually got a corrosion certificate through my university through a program set up by the department of defense. </s>

1) 220V, 50Hz power as the standard with Schuko type outlets which are much safer than our existing 120V outlets. 220V outlets are typically 13A max if I remember, so you can draw a lot more power from them (220V * 13A = 2860W) vs a 120V, 15A outlet (120V * 15A = 1500W). When I was overseas, I loved the tea kettle I had as it would boil water in like 1 minute. </s>

<s>[INST] Engineers, if you could re-do the infrastructure of the United States from the ground up, what would you change? This could be the way the power grid is distributed or sourced, putting roundabouts in more roads, whatever direction you wanna take it in. [/INST]

No, I have never done that. I HAVE however made sure to be really redundant about referring to erection drawings. </s>

In Solidworks you can use any picture file to be what reflects back from the surface of a part in some of the display states. We had an engineer in our group that would use pictures of other engineers in the department as Easter eggs to find later. Even a few years after he's left, I'll still find pictures of myself on parts. </s>

<s>[INST] Does anyone else purposefully incorporate the number "69" into their designs? For instance, if there is a pipe invert set at elevation 50.71, I will almost always change it to 50.69, as long as it doesn't negatively affect my flows, grades, etc. Just innocuous changes for the lol's. I'm clearly a very mature person. [/INST]

Long range shooting is weaponized math. My shooting buddies are better at statistics than our quality engineers. </s>

I run, bike, and ski. Nothing directly related to work, I have no interest in doing that at home. However, the time to think and having a clear mind after exercise has helped me solve countless problems. </s>

<s>[INST] What kind of hobbies do you have outside of your work? And have they ever helped you solve a difficult problem? [/INST]

Mechanical Engineer here - currently sitting at Hollywood studios behind scenes of the Rise of the resistance ride. Did installation and commissioning (and now operational support) on this in close collaboration with Disney Imagineering. Disney’s a great company. Can’t divulge too much due to NDA’s but their safety, installation and maintenance protocols are almost on an aeronautical level which is nuts. PM me if you wanna chat </s>

*Imagineer! </s>

<s>[INST] Has anyone worked at Disney parks as an engineer? If so, what do you guys do? What’s the day to day like? I heard most of the design is contracted out, so is the role more suited for maintenance and troubleshooting? I can’t seem to find any answers online so I figured I should ask here. Thanks ! [/INST]

There is also judicial bypass OP. You can petition the court to have you declared a mature minor. If you can convince them to do that, you'll be able to bypass parental consent laws and get an abortion in Kansas. source: Planned Parenthood of Kansas City v. Ashcroft This is however pretty difficult to accomplish and may take time you do not have so running away to a place that doesn't require parental consent for an abortion is likely your best option. </s>

There are organizations that send anon packages with the abortion pill, can't remember the name but they work world wide. You could get them to help and then your parents would never know until it was too late. Either way, you should get out of there. </s>

<s>[INST] I'm 17 and pregnant, want to get an abortion but my parents won't let me and I'm grounded. I'm 17 and 2 months pregnant. My parents do not allow me to get an abortion and they've grounded me. I called the planned parenthood in Wichita but they said they need consent from parents. But now I can't leave the house unaccompanied at all. Do I have any options? I really don't want to have a child right now. State: Andover, Kansas. [/INST]

Depression is a physical illness of the brain which causes adverse effects such as suicidality and isolating behavior. It is not normal and just like when any other organ is afflicted with a malady we should treat it as though it is malfunctioning. The terrifying and confusing thing about the brain is that it controls our personality which we like to think is separate from the body but is very much connected to our physical state. </s>

The answer's in your question. It's because the brain isn't working right. That's practically the definition of mental illness, which is an underlying cause of a lot of suicides. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: If the main goal of our brain is survival, why does it let get depressed and in some cases commit suicide? [/INST]

He does. It’s on the bottom left corner. </s>

J.J. isn't a snitch, he knew damn well who Peter was. He wasn't gonna sell him out to the Green Goblin for all he knew the goblin would kill parker or worse. So He simple played ignorant for Peter's safety. </s>

<s>[INST] [raimi Spider-Man] does J. Jonah Jameson really not credit his photographers? Remember when goblin demands to know who takes pic for the bugle? Aren’t you supposed to credit the photographer? [/INST]

A certain scottish immortal used to sift through the records and pick out names of dead children who would be approximately his age, and basically steal his identity. It's not a perfect solution, but as long as you keep your head down and don't get into sword fights on the streets of New York, you should be fine. </s>

You have a kid. Boom, now you have a birth certificate and personal info. Now you have a nice legal ID you can steal in about 18 years to make a brand new identity for yourself. </s>

<s>[INST] [General] I'm an immortal, and I want to keep giving myself my inheritance as a son; how do I do that without any birth certificate or personal information of the "son"? [/INST]

It's so he can drop the "terrifying creature of the night" mojo when it isn't useful, and be a sympathetic human being. </s>

So the cops know he's white </s>

<s>[INST] [DC] Why does Batman leave his mouth and jaw exposed? Wouldn’t that make him less threatening? Couldn’t criminals just target that part of his body? Surely someone like Deadshot could just blow his jaw off. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have it covered and use some kind of tech to hide his normal voice? [/INST]

Primary care. And no, it's best practice to not wait until something is wrong with your health. It's actually the primary purpose of primary care - to see you before there are problems </s>

No this is not a waste of time at all. Frankly I wish (and I’m sure most doctors wish) more patients took time to make appointments like these. Preventative care is best! </s>

<s>[INST] Is it bad to schedule a visit with a doctor just to ask questions even if there’s nothing wrong with my health? 28F 5’0 115lbs I have recently started seeing someone who has HSV2, and I wanted to speak to a doctor about the risks associated with it, precautions that we’d need to take in case we decide to have sex…etc There is currently nothing wrong with my health nor am I due for an annual visit yet. Is it rude, or wasting a doctor’s time if I schedule an appointment with a doctor just to ask questions and address concerns? If not, what kind of doctor should I be seeing for that? [/INST]

Earth is like a rural or old wild west town compared to everything out there. Towns don't have militaries, they have a police force. As long as Earth doesn't try to turn itself into a country and plays ball with the local powers, they can rely on the local powers to protect Earth as part of their Turf from the other more aggressive powers. MiB only needs to be strong enough to make invading Earth unprofitable for Corporations and Criminal Cartels compared to simply engaging in diplomacy and barter. </s>

No. Remember, while a person may be smart, *people* are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals. Any government or alliance of governments they work with will inevitably reach that lovely narcissistic combination of overconfident and paranoid, get too big for their britches, and get the entire planet glassed for nothing. Earth is a very small fish in a very big pond, its only chance is being as ruthlessly neutral and obliging as possible. </s>

<s>[INST] [Men in Black] In first movie we've seen that alien battleships can fly by Earth with impunity. MiB alone can't afford space fleet, so if they care about planet safety shouldn't they cooperate with national governments and create one? [/INST]

Francesco Redi did an experiment on spontaneous generation using rotting meat and maggots. One chunk of meat had an airtight jar, one had a gauze covering and the other was open. In the 17th century it was widely accepted that some organisms would spontaneously generate under the right conditions, and Redi set out to disapprove it. In his experiment the airtight container spawned no maggots. The gauze spawned few and the uncovered was crawling. Now that we know the maggots didn't magically grow from the meat there are a few possible explanations: 1.Your fridge is not airtight 2.The meat was already contaminated but within safety guidelines as cooking red meat from refrigerated to serving temp kills the eggs and baddies. </s>

The eggs were already there. At some point, the food had to make its way from the farm to the grocery store. There are plenty of places along the way for food to become contaminated. When properly refrigerated, though, many contaminating species die, but most become dormant. When the fridge lost power and returned to room temperature, it was warm enough for the fly eggs to develop. Congratulations, you've discovered why it took until Pasteur for ~~abiogenesis~~ spontaneous generation to lose prominence. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Went on vacation. Fridge died while I was gone. Came back to a freezer full of maggots. How do maggots get into a place like a freezer that's sealed air tight? [/INST]

I mean as long as you feel like you can ride the wave for the next 20 years and survive recessions and are getting the skills you need just in case this job goes away, then fuck yes man </s>

Sounds like a damn good deal to me. You don’t have to follow the crowd or popular opinion. Live your life however it fits you.. </s>

<s>[INST] Unpopular Opinion: I really don’t mind my lack of engineering work in my day to day job, am I the only one? The title says it all. I’m a systems engineer and I do little actual engineering. I get to do some analysis and learned python for fun at the job but that is far above what’s required of me. I get paid well and honestly, I’m alright with the fact that I’m doing 1% (if that) real engineering. I work 40 hours, cash my check, and enjoy life. Maybe I’ll never make it to the top but I’ll damn sure look back at my life and know I enjoyed it. [/INST]

The bartender says, "We don't serve faster than light particles in here." A tachyon walks into a bar. </s>

I had a very energetic, fast talking professor once. Somebody told me “that guy’s so excited, if you put him between two mirrors, he’d lase.” </s>

<s>[INST] What are your best (worst) physics jokes? Bonus points for higher level material. Here are a few of mine: Whenever my partner and I hold hands, we instantly know what the temperature in the room is. I guess you could say we are a thermo-couple. &#x200B; Two fermions walk into a bar. One says "I'll have a scotch on the rocks." The other says "Darn, that's what I wanted." [/INST]

A small amount of parsley stems works, and I know that in certain parts of Latin America celery root is more available than the stems, which is a fine replacement. </s>

Celery seed will work </s>

<s>[INST] Celery substitutes for stock and mirepoix? I've found myself in a part of the world where celery is nowhere to be found. Are there any good replacements for celery when making classic white chicken stocks and mirepoix? Previous answers I found either tell to use other ingredients I also can't find (romaine and fennel) or flavors that are not quite what I want (bell peppers.) [/INST]

Jupiter is a gas giant so it wouldnt be terraformable. Mars is the way to go. He just went with earth cause he’s an asshole. </s>

Because Kal-El wasn't on any other planet, he was on Earth, and Zod wanted to destroy Kal-El's home. </s>

<s>[INST] [Man of Steel] Why was Zod insistent of making Earth the new Krypton? With the device to change any planet's atmosphere why not just go to literally any other planet? He said himself he'd gathered supplies so they have a fully functional ship and whatnot so you can travel anywhere. Have a Krypton and don't erase homo sapiens right? Aren't you sympathetic to species going extinct (though regarding that last bit maybe they don't have sympathy and morals due to genetic engineering). Still though, it's logical and everybody wins if you fuck off to Jupiter or something [/INST]

Doctor Strange SHOULDN'T be your first stop. As we learned in another film, there are options to be considered before calling Strange.... Like calling the admissions team at MIT first to plead your case. That said, Strange would prefer you work things out yourself first, BEFORE calling him... the above is just one example. </s>

Well the timing of the events of the film don't really allow for it. Thor's first idea was getting Zeus' help, but we saw how that ended. Once they got the lightning bolt, they went after Gorr themselves. Then once Gorr took Stormbreaker, it was a race against the clock so Thor took off by himself in a hurry. The only time in the film that Thor could go to Doctor Strange is right after the first encounter with Gorr. But if you're Thor, you're probably thinking, who do I go for help...other gods who are the prime target of the God Butcher, or an uninvolved human wizard on Earth who you spoke to once for like five minutes? </s>

<s>[INST] [Thor Love and Thunder][MCU] How is Dr Strange not everyone's first stop when it comes to assembling a team? I could understand if he's inaccessible or busy or says no, but you gotta try! He's OP. What possible reason is there to skip that step? [/INST]

In the comics, the reality stone on its own is like a less powerful, harder to control infinity gauntlet. It's just way easier to do what Thanos wanted to do with the six infinity stones together than spend so much time and energy trying to change the whole universe with the reality stone. He also "destroyed" the stones so no one could undo what he did or use them to destroy the universe. If he had just used the reality stone, someone else could've reversed it. </s>

Malekith could plunge the universe into darkness by using one specific stone in one specific place at one specific time. The gauntlet and all the stones allow Thanos to do anything, anywhere, at any time. </s>

<s>[INST] [MCU] Why did Thanos need all six infinity stones to affect the universe while Malekith only needed the reality stone to out the universe into an eternal darkness? [/INST]

There is no guarantee your kids would survive </s>

Honestly? Assuming he even sees it, he might do the usual murder clown shtick, but there’s also a good chance he’d throw the best damn party ever because fuck it. He’s the Joker; whatever’s funnier to him at the time, he’ll do, even if it’s harmless. </s>

<s>[INST] [Batman] If I offered to hire the Joker for a kids birthday party on craigslist would he do it? [/INST]

To paraphrase a line from The Usual Suspects, power is being willing to do what the other guy won't. </s>

Mostly improvised, but a part of me sees it as something like 'Drunken Master" kung-fu, but instead of acting like you're intoxicated you act like you're joking around and not a threat. </s>

<s>[INST] [DC] What is the Joker's fighting style like and how it makes him dangerous to Batman? [/INST]

Speed matters. The speed that something is frozen correlates to how many razor sharp ice crystals can form. Suspending the embryos in a solvent slows down water sublimation (freeze drying) For examble: embryos disolved in 1mL of glycerol will change temp from 37c to -200c in about 5 seconds. </s>

Largely, by introducing agents that inhibit the growth of ice crystals. Smaller ice crystals mean less cell damage. In broad strokes, this is similar to some of the measures often used to keep your ice cream smooth and creamy instead of just being frozen cream cubes. </s>

<s>[INST] If freezing tissue generally damages the cells, how are we able to freeze human eggs and embryos for birthing later? [/INST]

So I am curious: what about post pregnancy intestines? I know that the uterus shrinks gradually(ish), but there's a pretty significant change right after birth. What happens to the intestines? I've often thought they just kind of flop down Willy nilly and end up disheveled (it's one of my irrational fears/thoughts in postpartum). Do they go exactly back into place, assuming there is no prolapse, of course? </s>

Most of the duodenum, the ascending colon, and the descending colon are retroperitoneal, meaning they're fixed to the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity. This makes their orientation relatively consistent. For example, the duodenum typically has a sort of sideways question mark shape. Everything else is intraperitoneal, tethered only by the mesentery which contains the blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. The jejunum starts in the left upper quadrant and the ileum ends in the rght lower quadrant, but between those two points there's a lot of random looping. </s>

<s>[INST] Since the small intestine is coiled up inside the body, are they all similar in shape? Or is it completely random? Was thinking about how even though noses are different in shape, they are all just slight modifications to what would be a regular nose shape. [/INST]

Simple doesn't always mean right. For example- excel is a great tool for doing some quick numbers forecasting. It is an ***awful*** tool for doing project management. Don't let your planning tool become your operational tool- spend the money on a good project management system tailored to your needs. I have personally seen multi-million dollar space projects being actively managed on a horrific spreadsheet. </s>

I wish people knew how to use Google and YouTube to figure easy shit out for themselves. </s>

<s>[INST] Engineers of reddit, what are the simple engineering solutions you wish people knew? [/INST]

I can't speak for plastic, but for glass it's a branding thing. They used to recycle bottles in the US, and you could get a Miller in an old Corona bottle for example. Now everyone "needs" their niche bottle shape. This doesn't apply to all companies of course, but enough of them do this that they won't just reuse them. </s>

All beer bottles here in Ontario, Canada are recycled. Something like 98% reuse. And all liquor, spirits and wine bottles can be recycled at the same store (dunno how many are reused vs. just recycled). So its not like the infrastructure can't exist or work. And you can get milk in 1L glass bottles now that you return for a deposit. I'd be totally down for all juices and sodas to go back to glass bottles. Which, might be sooner than we thought given that Canada just made most single use plastics outlaw come December. But pop and juice bottles here are typically the bulk of our blue bin plastics that ARE successfully recycled, so who knows. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Why aren't bottlers (soda/beer/wine) reusing glass/plastic bottles like milk bottlers were in the '50s. Is it a major loss in profit or do current bottles make it impossible? [/INST]

*”You think I don’t like this…Batman of yours. That’s not entirely true. I don’t like what he costs you. Neither your mother or I do.”* In Batman: Death and the Maidens, Ra’s al Ghul gives Batman a serum which knocks him into a sort of dream sequence hallucination where he gets to talk to his parents. They’re more unhappy about the fact that they think Batman is holding Bruce back from a better life, and don’t directly tell him to stop being Batman. However, it’s unclear how “real” this hallucination was and if/how Ra’s was using it to manipulate Bruce. </s>

We see this in Flashpoint. Not pleased. At all. Hell, when that version of Thomas Wayne gets tossed into the main universe his entire purpose is to force Bruce to stop being Batman by any means necessary. </s>

<s>[INST] [DC] How would Thomas and Martha Wayne feel about Bruce being Batman? [/INST]

Parrots evolved to emulate the sounds of their surroundings to survive, to confuse the competition or predators. Monkeys' environment so far has demanded that they use their voice only for advance warning or intracommunal communication. </s>

What, scientifically, makes these animals "lesser"? I think your question is misguided in origin. Birds evolved differently in order to mimic many sounds. Primates today have a common ancestor with humans we don't trace our lineage directly to them so it makes sense that we have abilities they lack. I think you should careful of thinking of any species as "lesser" because it's not scientific and won't help you to reach accurate conclusions. </s>

<s>[INST] Why are Primates incapable of Human speech, while lesser animals such as Parrots can emulate Human speech? [/INST]

We don't, but it's current most popular and successful method. We(the west) are living in more luxury and comfort than kings pre industrialized society. Cars, large houses, running water, healthcare and so on all rely on growth to supply both labour and capital. There are countries that have slowed down, Japan is a good example they have very little growth, in cost, size of economy, prices etc. They are facing issues that other posters have talked about, especially the aging population and lack of new children being born. Japan is trying to solve this with automation other countries are counting on immigration to bolster their failing birth rates and aging population. Time will tell what happens. </s>

The hard fact is that, we don’t. It’s our economic system of global capitalism that demands constant growth, since it’s ultimate goal is provide wealth for investors. An economic system with a different goal (for example, feed all people) would be fine without constant growth. </s>

<s>[INST] Eli5: Why do we need growth to have a viable society ? We hear a lot that decreasing or not growing would not be viable, why is that ? [/INST]

I'd imagine its to do with the density of the data pixels. Early cd's have 700MB of data Dvd's have 4.7GB of data Blueray has 50GB of data With the physical size of the disc being the same, to fit a higher density in the same area you obviously have to reduce the size of each data pixel. Just the same as how 1080p and a 4k TV's have to increase the pixels per inch. Computer software has a type of error checking programmed into them so if there is a scratch on a 700MB disc, only a small number of data pixels will need to be corrected. On a much higher density, that same sized scratch will ruin A LOT more of the data and the error checking software probably can't fix it </s>

There is a duality here. As we have moved from CD to DVD to BlueRay, we have made the data on the disc smaller and smaller, meaning that a scratch blocks more and more information. But depending on how old you are, you might remember that early CD's used to skip and fail with the faintest scratch and smudge. &#x200B; Since then we have invented better and better predictive algorithms that can accurately guess what the data was under the scratch, so that we can still read a disc with less and less data showing. But since we keep making the data smaller, we need to get better algorithms to guess at larger sections being missing. So its a bit of ~~an arms race~~ a relay race between the two techs. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old why could earlier console discs (PS1) get heavily scratched and still run fine; but if a newer console (PS5) gets as much as a smudge the console throws a fit? [/INST]

Yes, it is. A call to CPS would be in order here. </s>

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture and it is banned in the Geneva Convention. Now I know your friend is not a prisoner of war, but still -- this shows it is a recognized torture. Even more may be going on. I'd report to CPS and tell your friend to tell a guidance counselor or teacher he trusts and who will help him. </s>

<s>[INST] My Friend's Mom only lets him sleep for 4 hours every night. Is this child abuse/neglect My friend (grade 11) says that his mom only lets him sleep 4 hours per day, based on the idea that he needs to study more. Even when he has no upcoming assignments or tests, he is only allowed to sleep between 1 am and 5 am. If his grades do poorly, he is allowed to sleep less, since his mom thinks that he must not be studying enough. Is there anything he can do about it? This is in Illinois [/INST]

There are a few good answers on an AskHistorians thread on the topic of privacy. In essence, western notions of privacy are a cultural invention that is a few hundred years old. People used to sleep in the same bed their siblings were getting made in. </s>

My advisor has spent the last 40 years studying hunter-gatherers and living with various HG groups in South America as part of his research career. He told me that when he first started going to the field for research was only a couple years after one of these groups made "first" contact with the larger world that people would have sex in the middle of the night as they slept near each other in a big group surrounded by their campfires. First sexual education in these kind of contexts seems to be just seeing you kin or other group members just having sex right near you in the middle of the night. </s>

<s>[INST] How would hunter gatherers have sex living in such large groups? It’s not like they had bedrooms or anything. Is privacy a new concept? [/INST]

Yueh was presented with two very bad choices. No matter what he did, someone was going to suffer greatly. Even without his betray, the Atreides could not resist both the Baron and the Emperor. Despite his betrayal, he assisted Paul and Jessica's survival and very nearly succeeded in killing the Baron via the poison tooth he gave to Leto. He made the best of a very bad situation and may have been necessary to the survival of House Atreides. Add to this that 1) his wife was a Bene Gesserit and 2) the reputation of Suk conditioning is so great that some of that is certainly propaganda. </s>

They didn't really break it, I think. Just subverted. He could never harm them. But he was convinced that, no matter his actions, he could not save them and could, in fact, bring them an easy end as opposed to the horrible end the Baron likely had planned. In his process, he even managed to give Leto the power to kill the Baron. In a few strokes, Leto turned a family genocide into tit-for-tat exchange with a better outcome than he would have gotten without his involvement. Edit: and, to bolster this speculation, I think we can safely say he values merciful death vs sustained suffering. </s>

<s>[INST] [Dune] If the Imperial conditioning of Suk doctors was really that good, how was Yueh broken with what essentially amounted to simple blackmail? It boggles the mind that for thousands of years of inter-familial warfare in the galaxy, the myth of Suk conditioning was never broken with just one known incident of a doctor's family being kidnapped. I mean, even a non-Mentat like me could have thought of that... [/INST]

It's impossible to say without factual context. At a minimum, you need a lawyer to file the appropriate motion in the appropriate court. </s>

File for a custody change in family court. Generally whatever court made the last order </s>

<s>[INST] Ex husband wants put our 8 year old Non- verbal autistic son in a group home.What do I need to do to get custody again? [/INST]

You can use Github for anything even if its not code. Kicad files are all text based so you can still sorta see what people were changing. Plus the revision history is great. </s>

It’s GitHub. Search for hardware projects there </s>

<s>[INST] is there something like a GitHub equivalent for hardware projects? as a student of the engineering field, who happens to try my best in experimenting and building projects, either for personal satisfaction or for competitions, I found it would be great if I had a website where I could present professionally my work or the progress of the project and the different trials and errors that I passed by. something, that also at the same time can be presented as a sort of document that fills my cv with practical experiments. I don't know if my idea is clear, thanks in advance. [/INST]

If he doesn’t get out, he suffers for *eternity*. The Medjai probably realize that it’s still a stupid deal, but at the time the Egyptians thought it was worth it. </s>

Were all of his powers actually part of the curse? It's implied that he was already powerful to begin with, since he was able to resurrect someone who had been killed (or would have done if he hadn't been interrupted). I always assumed the power was already his, and the curse just turned him undead so he'd be tortured forever. </s>

<s>[INST] [The Mummy 1999] What possible reason could the Egyptians have had for bestowing a curse upon Imhotep that granted him Godlike powers if he ever got freed from his tomb? [/INST]

Why? I enjoy it. Dream? I dunno, be happy and enjoy life. Work doesn't dictate my dreams. </s>

I just wanted a decent salary. My dream is to not work anymore. </s>

<s>[INST] Why did you choose to become an engineer, and what is your dream? [/INST]

It's likely that Thanos would simply be able to overpower the portal with the power stone in exactly the same way that he did with the mirror dimension and Strange's other attacks. </s>

The default explanation for things like this is that Strange knows best. He explored possible futures and found that all other strategies met with failure, including (presumably) those involving portals and attempts at severing limbs. </s>

<s>[INST] [MCU Infinity War] Dr Strange has the power to create portals. Why didn't he just open one around the wrist of Thanos, then quickly close it and cut off his hand? [/INST]

Depending on their experience, 80k-120k a year? Ballpark, specially depending on benefits etc. I mean you could hire a kid right out of culinary school and get some weird untrained stuff for like 60k if you wanted, but if you're looking specifically someone that can tune in nutritionally and knows their way around that, it's going to cost you. </s>

You are looking for a private chef not a personal chef. A personal chef comes into your home and cooks about 4 dinner entrees and puts them in the freezer for you to use during the week. It is usually strictly dinner and placed in the freezer for you. A private chef cooks for you everyday. And you will pay for that. No idea what. </s>

<s>[INST] How much do personal chefs cost? I live in NJ and am looking into hiring a personal chef for 3 meals a day Monday-Friday. I make pretty good money and am currently trying to better my diet. Im underweight for my height (6ft 135lbs). I need to be eating around 3k calories per day but I can’t stand cooking/grocery shopping so I’d rather just have someone else do it for me so long the price isn’t too crazy. Anyone have an idea what I would be looking at price wise? [/INST]

In South Africa the Black Wattle tree (Acacia Mearnsii) is a huge problem. Introduced to use the bark for tanning hides, it is massively invasive, taking over river and stream beds. Seeds are carried downstream by water flow, and one trees seeds can foster a thousand plants. The trees drink a LOT of water and it grows so thick it prevents other plants from competing. There is a program called Working for Water which works in areas removing the trees, especially in drought sensitive regions. They are my pet hate. </s>

In South Africa we have massive problems with eucalyptus and acacia from Australia, along with multipleother plant species that I can't list off the top of my head. In some coastal areas especially, the native flora gets almost completely replaced by very thick acacia saligna and acacia cyclops. </s>

<s>[INST] Are There Any Invasive Species that Originate FROM Australia? We hear all about the invasive species in the land down under; from its toxic cane toads to its out of control rabbit populations, but is there any plants or animals from Australia that are invasive anywhere else in the world? [/INST]

I’d get roped into the drug trade and then get pissed at the inefficiencies. I’d implement the equivalent of Toyota Production Systems for contraband. </s>

From the prison documentaries I've seen, I reckon my value would be my lunch plate tater tots and my booty hole. &#x200B; ...not that I'd want to part with either one, but I'm definitely not cut out for prison. </s>

<s>[INST] After watching documentaries and videos about the American prison system, I'm astonished about the ingenuity of prisoners. As an engineer, if you went to prison, what do you envision your role would be in a hussle? What value would you bring? Also, how would you transition into that hussle as a newbie? [/INST]

Harvesting takes time and money, the fuel to run the equipment might cost more than the harvest is worth if it’s bad. But leaving it out to rot breeds pests and disease/fungus </s>

Here's another element. I'm an accountant for a primary producer. In accounting there are things called fixed costs(always there. In this case the cost to put the crop in the ground) and there are variable costs. (Variable move with the cost of production. ) If the crop is bad, you only risk the fixed costs. If you chase the loss you also risk the costs to produce that crop. The variable costs. If you put these in a cost vs benefit analysis there will be a point where you pull out when the cost of production can't be over come. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Why do farmers destroy their crops when weather conditions are bad? Why bother going through the trouble? Why not just let them grow and get at least some harvest? [/INST]

Is it a coincidence that the moon is just the right size and just the right distance between earth and sun that it fits exactly into the suns path to observers on earth? </s>

I am in Massachusetts where the eclipse will be ~65% total. I already have my eclipse glasses but I'm wondering if I will notice it getting darker during the eclipse or does that only happen closer to totality? </s>

<s>[INST] Solar Eclipse Megathread On August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse will cross the United States and a partial eclipse will be visible in other countries. There's been a lot of interest in the eclipse in /r/askscience, so this is a mega thread so that all questions are in one spot. This allows our experts one place to go to answer questions. Ask your eclipse related questions and read more about the eclipse here! Panel members will be in and out throughout the day so please do not expect an immediate answer. Here are some helpful links related to the eclipse: * NASA's general information on the eclipse * AAS Events and Activities listing * NASA eclipse safety - safety advice from NASA on viewing the eclipse, which protection to use when viewing * NASA map showing totality path and time of the eclipse [/INST]

Mostly wondering why the fuck I am missing a factor of 2. </s>

why the fuck isnt my code working </s>

<s>[INST] What are your physics shower thoughts? [/INST]

It might be helpful to understand what orbit really is. You know how when you throw something straight in front of you it doesn't just go straight to the ground? It makes a curved path to the ground. If you throw it faster, it flies "straighter" and goes further before it hits the ground but still its a curved path to the ground. Imagine if you went to the top of a building it would go out a great distance from you before it hit the ground. Go higher, throw it faster, the object is landing further away still. Imagine now that you get so high up and throw it so fast, that the curved path the object is taking to hit the ground is exactly the same curve as the surface of the earth. It would never hit the earth. It would be 'falling" forever. </s>

Hi /u/Big_Network2799! The reason why astronauts experience weightlessness is *not* that there is no gravity in space. The ISS, for example, experiences more than 90% of the gravitry we have on the surface. Rather, astronauts are weightless because they are in constant free fall. Therefore, astronauts become weightless the instant the thrusters are turned off. This is independent on the altitude, and is also true if the thrusters are turned off within the atmosphere, or, indeed, when you jump off a tower into a swimming pool (neglecting air resistance). </s>

<s>[INST] As an astronaut travels to space, what does it feel like to become weightless? Do you suddenly begin floating after reaching a certain altitude? Or do you slowly become lighter and lighter during the whole trip? [/INST]

Ask them to pay for credit monitoring. </s>

If you have not done so already you should freeze your credit with the big three credit bureaus. R/personalfinance has a wiki about this. </s>

<s>[INST] My work just sent out my social, DOB, address, and full name to every person in the 150 person company. What should I do? United States Title really says it, but there is one more level. A company just bought our company, and in the transition they sent out every managers above information in a mass email to the entire company. Not sure where to start with this, any ideas what I need to ask/guarantee in the following days? [/INST]

As long as you only want to do it once, sure. </s>

The arc needs somewhere to go is the main problem </s>

<s>[INST] is it possible to create a device to shoot electrical arcs from my hands? I want to cast chain lightning [/INST]

All baking is based on other baker's recipes. The only ethical, and legal, issue would be if you were to use brand names like Ho Hos to sell swiss rolls or use the image and likeness of the author such has "Paul Hollywood's Rye Bread". Off topic but recipes can differ for home bakers and commercial bakers. Some home baker recipes aren't practical for commercial scale. </s>

Yeah, that’s fine. As the other comments suggested , if you don’t advertise them with the name of the other baker, it’s not a problem. I have many recipes what based on someone else’s but I changed some ingredients and techniques to suit my taste better. Plus, I can’t imagine that Mary Berry will turn up at your place to beat the crap out of you because you used her recipes… </s>

<s>[INST] Is it ethical to sell baked goods using someone else’s recipe? I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this but, my close friends and parents have been pushing me to start a baking business. I would be getting recipes from youtube and other cookbooks by pastry chefs that I have used, since I have no background on recipe making. [/INST]

One reason: many cancers result from years or decades of exposure. A lot of regulations didn't exist when a lot of the people developing cancers right now were being exposed to the things that caused their cancers. </s>

A few things 1) less people dying of other things before they can get cancer - the longer you live, the more time you have to accumulate mutations that can lead to cancer and the less good your cells are at repairing them 2) we're better at spotting it. Lots of small, easily treated tumours get found early that contribute to the number of cancer cases reported but would have never been found before the technology got good. They might not ever have developed into something dangerous but we spot them and count them anyway. </s>

<s>[INST] How are cancer rates going up when we've made regulations on regulations to control carcinogen use? as the title says, it just seems like cancer rates are going up, but we've made tons of regulations, warnings and other things to show, limit or stop use of carcinogens. to me this means cancer rates should trend down. but they're not?? what would cause this in modern society??? are genes less healthy?? is our food worse?? are products really not that clean?? [/INST]

Depends on the physical. Most aren’t really evidence-based so everyone does their own thing. </s>

Hi. I live in Ohio. The legislation you're referring to did not pass the state Senate. If that's what you're worried about. </s>

<s>[INST] Do teens have to get naked for a highschool sports physical? I’m 14 and want to play baseball (from ohio) but online won’t give me a straight answer. i’ve heard stuff about trans people having to get their private parts examined for sports in texas so i’m not sure. [/INST]

Scorpius from Farscape. In another universe, he's the antihero of a revenge story. He even eventually achieves his ultimate goal and destroys the people that created him and raped and murdered his mother. And as a bonus, he gets the girl (and arguably also the boy) at the end. </s>

Lex Luthor is the quintessential example of that. Sure he is perfectly aware that he is machiavellian and narcissistic and psychopathic, but his end goals are noble. </s>

<s>[INST] [General] It is often said that a well written villain is one who see themselves as the heroes of their own story. Who are the best examples of this? [/INST]

Refused: no But I have often fallen into the trap of “let me just do it so I don’t have to train you cause that’s gonna take a whole lot longer.” Working to get rid of that mentality in myself and trying to always make time to teach and guide folks. </s>

The only time I ever had this happen was in college. Every profesional setting has been "let me help you" or "show me your thought process". When I interview I look for a good culture more than $ and I've been happy with every job I've accepted. </s>

<s>[INST] Have you ever refused to share your engineering knowledge/skills or met someone who did so that no one else can catch up? Be honest. [/INST]

Not a lawyer Don't leave the marital home if you plan on keeping it. Who is on the title? Most likely nothing you can do without getting divorced. Contact an attorney ASAP </s>

Nothing you can do to get him out. I would be making moves to accelerate divorce and force the sale of the home. TALK TO YOUR LAWYER BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING; Family law is very jurisdiction-dependent. </s>

<s>[INST] My wife cheated on me and wants her new man to be allowed in my house while we work through our separation. is there anything I can do to keep him out? (Colorado) As the title says, my wife cheated on me which has led us to separation. We own a home together and she thinks it's OK to bring her new man over to the house since "he's the only support" she has in this. It makes me extremely uncomfortable thinking about him. I can't imagine him being in the home I pay for and seeing home there. Is there anything I can legally do to keep him out? (Colorado) [/INST]

I know they are very high in pectin. I make "ice cream" using frozen bananas and it has a great texture </s>

Creamy is just a texture and has nothing to do with needing actual cream or fat. Basically anything that's soft and dense without being grainy/crumbly will be creamy. Silken tofu is another good example </s>

<s>[INST] How do bananas have a “creamy” mouthfeel with no fat content? It might be fiber but i keep reading that as a banana ripens it loses fiber so maybe not? [/INST]

It translates into high competency in every day life. There is little I can't do. There is little I can't research to understand. The skill set I use for work is the same skill set I have on hand for life and hobbies. </s>

I enjoy solving problems - mostly enjoy it because it is a sequence of never ending problems that need solutions. You can never know everything but either logically, mathematically you can usually solve it. Like a game of chess etc </s>

<s>[INST] What’s the best thing about being an engineer? I’m a screenwriter with a character who is a engineer. I’m fascinated by the profession and wondering if you might share succinctly why you do what you do? What makes it special? What might others not realise gives you a thrill? Thanks [/INST]

There was definitely nothing special about Trevor haha they’re all just normal animals. Aside from Scabbers, of course. </s>

“Students may bring”. You aren’t required to bring a pet at all to Hogwarts you just can if you want. Lots of the students use the schools owls for mail instead of owning their own. </s>

<s>[INST] [Harry Potter] I’m a muggle that just got accepted to Hogwarts and the list of requirements said I need to get either an Owl, Rat, Cat or Toad. Is there a special magical breed I need to buy from a magical pet shop or can I just go to my local PetSmart and get a regular Calico? [/INST]

Simple. They eat a fuck ton of it. A single blue can eat 40 million krill every day. That's ~8,000 pounds of krill, in case you were wondering. </s>

In terms of total mass, krill might be the most abundant animal on earth. Even though they are small individually, they comprise of a ton of food for whales to eat. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: How are whales, some of the largest creatures on the planet, able to survive by eating krill, some of the smallest? [/INST]

Work with as many professors as possible. Your main advisor is important, sure. But, if you get the chance to learn from and work with other people, take advantage of that. Seek out opportunities, don’t just wait for them to come to you. </s>

Supervisor supervisor supervisor. Everyone’s different but just sure you have a supervisor that compliments your working style etc. </s>

<s>[INST] PhD in retrospect What is something you would have wanted to have known before deciding to do a PhD? Or what is something you would have liked to have known/learned earlier? What's the best/worst part? [/INST]

You already got advice from someone who knows better than any of us. The statute depends on the state and what exactly is happening, but that’s not your concern. Let CPS sort out the details once you do your part and file the report. </s>

Make a CPS report ASAP </s>

<s>[INST] My ex wife’s boyfriend showers with my six year old son. Is this even legal? I talked to a cps caseworker who highly advised that I file a report. It bothers me that my ex wife thinks that this is okay. Is there a law or statute against this? I need some advice [/INST]

I'll repeat the question I asked in a separate post before it got deleted: This new planet should have a perihelion of around 200AU. The heliopause is at about 121AU. As I understand it the heliopause is generally considered the "edge of the solar system" - i.e. When Voyager 1 crossed it, it was considered to have entered interstellar space. Does this mean that this proposed planet is actually a near-extrasolar planet, as it would be outside of our solar system? </s>

If true, could this be the first of many such planets that we find? </s>

<s>[INST] Planet IX Megathread We're getting lots of questions on the latest report of evidence for a ninth planet by K. Batygin and M. Brown released today in Astronomical Journal. If you've got questions, ask away! * Astronomical Journal publication * Science Magazine press release * NY Times article [/INST]

Take pictures and don't confront them. Do talk to a lawyer. This is going to be a great thread </s>

I would get an arborist in ASAP to assess the damage to your trees, and the cost to replace. Mature trees are serious business. Paging tree law experts. </s>

<s>[INST] Neighbor cut down 6 of my trees and is stacking dirt oon my land without permission [NC] I own a vacant lot. It's about an acre. The house next door was bought by some flipping house company. I found out yesterday that they cut down several of my trees, stacked up an 8 foot pile of dirt, dumped trash and debris, and in general made it a mess by driving backhoes and other equipment over it. Property is worth $25k or so. I was preparing to sell it but now I feel like I can't. Don't have too much money to put into suing them. What can I do? I'm contemplating confronting them tomorrow? [/INST]

Scramble them in a bowl & add salt. Let them sit for 5 minutes (starts breaking down the protein). Scrabble over medium-low heat until mostly/soft scrambled. Eggs are notorious carry over cookers. </s>

cook your eggs less. That’s it. Many suggestions here will help deal with buffet holding in a steam table (starch) or help with poor technique (dilution with fat or water). These are not bad suggestions, but you asked for more tender and moist scrambled eggs. The main ingredient is eggs. Cooking them properly is about managing time and temperature, and stirring as much or as little as you want to achieve your desired curd consistency. Stir more for a finer curd, less for a larger one. Above all it takes practice. Eggs don’t lie. Silver lining here, is that scrambled eggs and toast is both an awesome breakfast, as well as affordable. Go break some eggs </s>

<s>[INST] How do restaurants make their scrambled eggs so soft ??? When I get scrambled eggs eating out they’re very soft and moist and delicious and my own never turn out like that. Clearly I am missing a key step ! [/INST]

She can shut down anyone if she can get her hands on them, and the fight with Thanos showed a way how. That's a non-trivial ability that can make fights that are impossible suddenly winnable (such as the one against Thanos). Failing that, I don't see why she wouldn't be able to just shoot people with any of their plethora of firearms. More importantly, a group of adventurers doesn't need to have everyone be a powerhouse in a fight. Mantis is extremely valuable for interrogation and persuasion operations, which can easily be more important than just killing people. </s>

Well, you’ve seen her in at least one fight, but perhaps a better question is: Do you need to be a capable fighter just to be part of the crew? There are other competencies required to make this team functional </s>

<s>[INST] [MCU] What does Mantis contribute to a fight? The others just shoot stuff from a distance and Drax could tank hits to get up close with his blades, but Mantis does neither of these so how is she useful? Yeah she can put people to sleep but she needs to get up very close and leaving herself extremely vulnerable to enemy fire [/INST]

I'm assuming you mean 64-bit in general by "x64", which is just the 64-bit version of the popular x86 architecture. What stops it from being replaced is the property of exponential growth. 64-bit systems can't only handle numbers twice as big as 32-bit, but 2^32 times as big. And 2^64 is a number large enough for most intents and purposes. 2^32 seconds are a little less than 140 years, 2^64 seconds are 585 BILLION years, or 45 times the age of the universe. And for the few applications that need larger numbers than that, there are mathematical tricks to calculate with larger numbers even on 64-bit systems. You lose some efficiency, but considering how rare these applications are, it's nowhere near worth changing to 128-bit for just that. </s>

There's not really a point. The reason we went from 32 to 64 bit processors was because we started hitting the limit of RAM at 4GB. This is because processors had to say where in memory they wanted to address in a single instruction, so they were limited by the number of bits the CPU could handle at once. When we went to 64 bit processors, we can now address up to 16 Exabytes of RAM. When we eventually get close to that, we can look at going from 64 to 128 bit, but we're still a few orders of magnitude short. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: With how far we’ve come with technology, why are computers still made with x64 architecture rather than going to something higher? What’s keeping it at that point? [/INST]

I'm on the interviewer side of this. A full cover letter is unnecessary, but an Objective section is helpful when someone is trying to branch out from their prior experience. For example if I get a resume for a software position and this person only has testing experience on their resume I'll think they misunderstood the job. But if their objective is something like "move into software development" then it makes sense. </s>

As a hiring manager... If I receive a cover letter then I read it. If I don't receive one it doesn't bother me BUT if the CV / resume doesn't tie well with the job then a well written cover letter can go a long way. I should add that the last part only applies to relatively junior positions where there is some slack that can be given as you tend to be hiring the person rather than the experience and knowledge. </s>

<s>[INST] How important are cover letters when applying for engineering jobs? I’m graduating this spring and I’m wondering if cover letters are as important in a more technical field like engineering. I know in some ways they can set you apart from other applicants but I was hoping to get some insight into if they’re more of an added bonus or a necessity. [/INST]

Use untempered chocolate in your cannoli. Also, it is never cannolis, the singular is cannolo and cannoli is plural. </s>

Melt the chocolate (to untemper it), then chill it and cut into chips. This is the same phenomena that happen in chocolate chip cookies (assuming one uses real chocolate, and not the waxy drop shaped stuff that is made to stay firm). &#x200B; Chocolate doesn't get soft from absorbing water. </s>

<s>[INST] How to get soft chocolate chips in cannoli? Yesterday my husband and I went to a real Italian restaurant, and they had the best homemade cannolis I have ever had. But the thing that stuck me the most where that the chocolate chips in the filling were soft, not hard. Anyone know how they did that? Every time I’ve made them at home the chocolate chips remain hard. They only thing I can think is that maybe they let the chocolate chips sit in the filling for a while? [/INST]

There's also the Chorleywood process. </s>

Dough conditioners. </s>

<s>[INST] Bakers: is there a unique production process for garbage supermarket bread? I've done plenty of work to improve my baking game over the past few years but one style of bread eludes me: airy light prepackaged grocery store bread. I can make a lovely boule, brioche, pizza, flatbread, whatever, but no matter what recipe I try I cannot recreate the light and airy bagged grocery store hamburger buns, hot dog buns, or presliced sandwich bread, despite using many reputable sources for recipes. Is there something that the giant commercial bakehouses like Pepperidge Farms or even the in-house bakery at the local Safeway / Kroger / Cub Foods has that I can't recreate in my kitchen? Could be an ingredient or it could be a piece of equipment or it could even just be a process that I'm not thinking of. Thanks! [/INST]

The Manteño people of coastal Ecuador. They controlled one of the largest maritime trade routes in ancient history, from central Chile to central Mexico, for hundreds of years. The Incas avoided fighting them, building instead some kind of alliance. Almost nothing is known of their history. </s>

Tiwanaku people who lived in the area around Lake Titicaca before the Inca came along. They left some amazing stonework. The Inca likely borrowed from their skills in this regard. We don't know what they called themselves or have much of an idea about the language they spoke. </s>

<s>[INST] What are some ancient civilizations we don't know much about? [/INST]

We were definitely not encouraged to do that. This semester I gave some of the best AND worst grades I've ever given in my decade of teaching. Some students seemed to really thrive under remote learning, though I suspect these are the students who would have done really well otherwise, while others not so much... </s>

We weren’t encouraged to “go easy” but to be accommodating- which means more deadline extensions and that sort of thing. Scores in my classes ended up being pretty typical. Lots of As and Bs but also some Ds and Fs. I didn’t make it easier, I just took more late assignments and allowed quizzes to be made up late. </s>

<s>[INST] Did any Professors go easy on the grades this semester? I am a literature major in my last year at a University in CA. Due to virus, campus closed and everything moved online. I have social anxiety, so I was ecstatic to switch to remote learning. I attended zoom class from the beach, for christ’s sake. This semester, I got the highest grades of my life, period. Straight As, and I am typically a poor student (am also a first generation college student, so not a lot of support or motivation). I worked hard this semester, but I expected maybe a B average. Is there any chance that our professors were encouraged to go easy on the grades this semester (due to covid)? [/INST]

I play bass in 2 active, gigging bands. Its a nice creative outlet and i have 21 years as a bassist with 12 years as an engineer, so i guess engineering is technically my side gig </s>

Donate plasma. I make $100 per donation and can go twice a week every week. Sometimes i make up to $800 a month. Easiest paycheck considering i just sit in a chair on my phone for an hour. Literally on Reddit right now while I’m at the plasma center. </s>

<s>[INST] What side jobs do you have? Title says all, I’m looking to make some extra money. [/INST]

In Hong Kong, they will install a crane in the elevator shafts, crane up plant equipment all the way to the top floor, and start knocking down every floor one at a time. The surrounding area of buildings is usually so dense that there's no other option most of the time. </s>

There are a couple different ways. The most fun to watch is explosives. They use controlled explosions on vital support structures which can direct which way the building will fall. They can even cause the building to collapse within its own footprint. However, it is risky so the safer option is to start at the top floors, demolish a section, and crane the debris down to the ground. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old . how do construction companies demolish a building safely without it entirely collapsing (like a very tall skyscraper) [/INST]

Trusting reddit with a whole computer. Daring </s>

Don't do it. Propylene glycol is hygroscopic. Even a tiny amount of water and salt from dust will make it conductive. Absolutely, absurdly pure propylene glycol could probably be used, but you aren't Sandia Labs. (Who use extremely pure water as an insulator.) It's one of those technically possible things, that is utterly impractical. </s>

<s>[INST] Is propylene glycol sufficiently electrically insulating to safely submerge a whole computer in it without shorting or electrolysing anything ? [/INST]

An opportunity to join a research group opened up. I took a 35% pay cut and moved from a MCOL area to a HCOL area. Best career move I ever made. Went from being ambivalent about my job to jumping out of bed every morning to get to work. 12 years later, I’m running the group. I’m leaving a lot of money on the table doing research instead of joining a FAANG but I make a comfortable living. So it’s all good. </s>

My previous job tried to give me a 3% raise and roughly a 3% bonus after 18 months of routine OT, excellent performance reviews, and earning my PE license. Factoring in inflation, I was basically at my starting salary. Didn't even bother arguing, just started looking elsewhere. My lowest offer was a 20% raise. I didn't sign the lowest. </s>

<s>[INST] Why did you leave your last job? [/INST]

Dusting wasn't instantaneous. It took several seconds. Nick Fury had enough time to page Captain Marvel. If Thanos started to dust he probably would've quickly snapped one more time and destroyed the stones. Also, before anyone started to dust he teleported away anyway. It's conceivable that even if he didn't survive he might've teleported somewhere where no one would ever find the stones (or it would take thousands of years to find them, the universe is a big place). He ends up on his farm planet eventually but we have no idea where he teleported to right after the fight. He probably had a secret, obscure place to watch the universe from and make sure he didn't dust before he felt safe enough to go to his farm </s>

Are you sure he said that? I recall Thanos himself saying he'd watch over a grateful universe afterwards. </s>

<s>[INST] [MCU] Feige says Thanos wasn't excluded from the snap. The fact he survived at the end of Infinity War was a 50/50 chance. Shouldn't there be 7,000,602 timelines where he dusts and the Avengers just use the stones he left behind to revive everyone? [/INST]

The episode of Girls where Hannah's mom gets tenure at like 50 years old and her colleagues throw her a party and she gets sexually assaulted by one of them. </s>

David Attenborough's documentary where the lion chases the baby Gazelle and it really has no chance to survive but every once in a while there's one who does and you're really hoping this one will have a happy ending but it doesn't and humanity is destroying the world. A bit heavy on the metaphor, but very well done. </s>

<s>[INST] What are some of the best movies about Academia? [/INST]

Most of them, actually. Those with tragic backstories are more the exception than the rule. For every Batman and Spider-Man, there are maybe a dozen like Thor, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Superman, Zatanna, etc. Some might read the destruction of Krypton as a tragic backstory for Superman, but he had no conscious memory of it and it wasn't a factor in his decision to become a superhero. </s>

Yeah. Wonder Woman's backstory is usually that. Captain America as well. I mean, the existence of Nazis is tragic, but not personal to them. </s>

<s>[INST] [general superhero] are there any superheroes who didn’t have an awful tragic backstory that provoked them into fighting back? I guess that does sound a bit lame, but has any superhero just said: ‘hey, I got the power, why not help out’? [/INST]

He knew that doing so would get Peter Parker killed, and was willing to die rather than let an innocent person suffer. Yes, he's also a jerk, but people are complex. </s>

You can accuse Jameson of many things. You can call him a greedy, callous, short tempered, arrogant sensationalist. But for all his flaws, he's no *coward.* He's not going to throw a teenage boy to his death to save his own skin. He'll try to save his own life by lying, he's not stupid, but in the end he'd rather die with his morals then survive by throwing others under the bus. </s>

<s>[INST] [Spider-Man (2002] Why did J. Jonah Jameson not reveal who Peter Parker was to the Green Goblin? Green Goblin is holding his throat and threatening him, but he still does not say that Peter Parker is the one taking the pictures of Spider-Man. Why? [/INST]

In general, movies have a lot more locations that they shoot on. This means that they have to set up the sound and lighting and cameras every time, and generally movies spend a lot more time making sure those are as good as possible. You can do a movie in a lot less time if you're willing to make the production simpler, such as having just one room that the movie is shot in, but most movies that take years not only have a lot of different locations, but also have a lot of computer special effects that can take months to complete. </s>

\*Some\* movies take 2-3 years to make. The "blockbusters" with lots of CG, locations, etc. Other movies that are just people talking in ordinary places with no pirate ships, monsters, or giant fights can be made in less than a year. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Why do ~2 hour movies take 2-3 years to make, while an 6+ hour TV season can be made in 1 year? [/INST]

Mrs. Voorhees; a normal, middle-aged woman who relies on surprise. The only targets she attacks head-on are slender young women, and it ends up getting her killed. Her son Jason in his initial version; certainly not after he becomes a super-duper zombie. Ben Willis, the fisherman killer from I Know What You Did Last Summer. Just a stealthy dude with a hook. Jack Torrance: A writer/teacher who goes violently insane and tries to kill his family. Of course, fistfighting him might be a challenge if he has his axe. Romero-style zombies: A single one is too slow, weak and stupid to pose much of a threat against a single big dude who sees the zombie coming. Just shove it over, then stomp on its head for a while. I also want to mention facehuggers. If it doesn't catch you buy surprise, and you manage to keep it from getting a grip around your neck, you have a decent chance. </s>

Scream is just a guy in a costume so he could be as well I would say. In get out the antagonists are just regular humans so yeah. </s>

<s>[INST] [General Horror] Are there any horror movie antagonists that could be beaten in a fistfight by a big guy with training? [/INST]

It is like changing the the word “kill” to “skill” by adding an “S”. In chemistry adding another atom to a molecule is significant to it’s shape and it’s ability to react with other compounds, especially those found in the human body. </s>

Think of the atoms as letters, with which you make words - and the words are completely different meanings than the letters themselves. And the sake letters, arranged differently, also mean different things. So its not only the letters, but how many and how they are arranged. Carbon is harmless, nitrogen is harmless, add them together it becomes CN - and you just got the cyanide radical that will kill you very dead very fast. Add a little hidrogen to carbon - CH4 - you got methane. Do that to Nitrogen - you got ammonia which is \*very\* different. Think of a compound as its own new thing, not the mix of others. </s>

<s>[INST] Explain like I'm five years old: Why is H²O harmless, but H²O²(hydrogen peroxide) very lethal? How does the addition of a single oxygen atom bring such a huge change? [/INST]

Ghost Rider goes between street protector and cosmic fighter. He's an immortal spirit that can fight the Hulk to a standstill and can tear your soul to pieces with a look. </s>

I think Domino could be way more powerful if she put in more effort. I am not sure if she is exactly street tier but she does stay below her potential. Her ability to manipulate probability is a power that most opponents don't have a real solid way of countering. Since it happens constantly and mostly passively it can't really be stopped in the same way you can stop Spider-Man's punches or Cyclop's eye-blast. And the way her powers, she is essentially a force multiplier. Any equipment will work better for her because things just work out in her favor. So what she needs is better gear. She could use her luck powers to make money and then use that money to buy high end tech. Give her a gun with strong damage output and she could pretty easily put down people like the Wrecker who can trade blows with Thor. </s>

<s>[INST] [Comics] What street level superheroes are actually way more powerful than street level or if they used their powers more creatively would be more powerful? [/INST]

Don't resign. Apply for unemployment tomorrow and allege that you were constructively fired because they took you off of the schedule. When/if they fight it, then go into detail about what happened. </s>

Please report the nurse calling himself a doctor to the state licensing board. </s>

<s>[INST] [FL] At the urgent care clinic I work at the senior RN will sometimes tell patients he's a doctor. I called him out on it and when I tried to go above his head they fabricated a day I was late and took me off the schedule for a week. I think my best option is to just quit and not put them down as a reference but it sucks losing almost a year of job experience. [/INST]

Cobalt. Contrary to what is said here in this tread, it is not Lithium that we will run out of, but cobalt, one of the main elements in high energy density cathodes. Many researchers are trying to find new electrode chemistries made from abundant materials to avoid this problem. </s>

Helium. I do not think it is at a risk of running on in the near term, but it is one of the only elements that once we use it is gone, as it can escape the earths atmosphere. Plus helium has lots of practical uses besides party balloons, one of them being liquid Helium being the coolant for superconductors being used in NMR machines. Edit: As cbasni pointed about below liquid helium is also used as the coolant for the superconductor in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machines in hospitals. </s>

<s>[INST] What elements are at genuine risk of running out and what are the implications of them running out? [/INST]

Yes. Monica Rambeau. </s>

Some guy on the can, too, no doubt. Maybe his wife remarried, they re-modeled the house, and he snaps back with his pants down in what is now the new master bedroom. I’d 100% watch that “What if?”. </s>

<s>[INST] [MCU] Did anyone get snapped peacefully in their sleep and then get brought back in their same bed unaware of what happened? As the title says like would they have tried to get their work day started Shaun of the dead style totally unaware of the chaos around them? [/INST]

I am pretty sure, accounting for the ex-employees Harley Quinn and Scarecrow, that the number of people cured in Arkham Asylum is actually a negative number. Edit: Geez, guys. This is already accounting for over half my karma. </s>

Harvey Dent was cured for a while. It didn't stick but that's technically not the asylum's problem. He was cured when he left, everything after that is between Dent and Gotham's general mental health facilities. </s>

<s>[INST] [Batman] Has anyone ever been cured in Arkham Asylum? Or they just go there then escape and get beaten by Batman and sent there again ? [/INST]

Kryptonite is supposed to be incredibly rare and hard to find. Considering that Krypton had to be light-years away *at least*, there should be virtually none. "It wasn't easy to make Clark, it took years and cost a fortune. Luckily, I had both." \- Batman, in *The Dark Knight Returns* </s>

Kryptonite's effects on Superman are well known >would he be easily subdued due to everyone knowing he's weak to Kryptonite? You know who has lots of Kryptonite? Lex Luthor. You know who gets beaten by Superman a lot? </s>

<s>[INST] [Superman/DC] Do major villains and world governments know by now how Kryptonite affects Superman? Is Superman even a threat anymore if he ever went rogue? I'm not talking about the Injustice timeline, I'm just asking in general. If Superman suddenly decided fuck it, and attack earth without holding back, would he be easily subdued due to everyone knowing he's weak to Kryptonite? How much of it is on Earth and who would have it? [/INST]

There may be confusion in this post between oral medications used to treat toenail fungus and topical medications used for the same purpose. The active ingredient may be the same, but the oral terbinifine/Lamisil pills are a liver risk to susceptible people even when used as directed, while the topicals - again, when used as directed - pose no such risk. </s>

They don’t. Anti fungal medications like ketoconazole, terbinafine, etc come in topical and oral formulations. Topical formulations of a drug often keep the same warnings as oral due to that being how warnings work. However, you have little to no systemic absorbtion with these topicals. In fact we have people basically smear themselves in ketoconazole for certain skin conditions and they see no Ill effects other than being cold for the 10 minutes while it sits on the skin. Oral anti fungals cause a rise in liver enzymes and rarely a frank hepatitis. Ketoconazole oral is particularly bad to the point we have generally stopped using it in favor of other oral azole medications. </s>

<s>[INST] Why do anti fungal toe medication have the ability to impact kidney functions when they are an external application? Do all anti fungal toe medication impact the kidneys or just some? [/INST]