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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
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Birdie
New Zealand4438 Posts
On September 29 2016 18:32 mantequilla wrote: are there big spiders or scorpions in New Zealand, like Australia? if yes, are they common like, can I encounter one in urban homes? No, not big spiders. But there are white tails and black widows, which are somewhat poisonous. You shouldn't really encounter them in urban areas though. There is a suburb in Auckland which has big spiders but they aren't poisonous. No scorpions that I've ever seen, except in zoos. | ||
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
On September 29 2016 19:14 Birdie wrote: No, not big spiders. But there are white tails and black widows, which are somewhat poisonous. You shouldn't really encounter them in urban areas though. There is a suburb in Auckland which has big spiders but they aren't poisonous. No scorpions that I've ever seen, except in zoos. Great !!! | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On September 28 2016 18:32 Cascade wrote: Thanks! Maybe a break for a decade or two can make people grow into more of a match.  I was mainly thinking of staying together despite having issues, but that's not really what your meant maybe. I realise this is impossible for you to answer, but do you think they would've grown together again if they had been forced to stay together for that time?I have a few Italian relatives that I know have been in fairly miserable marriages for decades, and socially/culturally/religiously not really allowed to divorce. So that is where I am coming from. Its a bit of both. A lot were willing to "live separately" but since marriage has legal things attached to it, legal expectations always has to be addressed (even more-so when kids are involved) the dialogue is never fully segregated. I've definitely seen what you experienced as well. People still together no matter how toxic they are for each other. Its a give and take. I think that things even out in the end. Some people are too traditional to split even though they should, and some people are too nontraditional to do the work needed to actually build a relationship. Until you are legally bound to someone, until you live in a state where automatic heritage is given to a specific being unless you need to go get a lawyer to block from that heritage, all relationships you're in will always be one foot out the door. Its like the difference between playing poker for fun and playing poker for $3,000,000. The game is the same, but how you think about your actions changes, how important those decisions are become different. Both for the good and the bad. I've seen both. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
Will it help me stand up? | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On September 30 2016 15:47 Cascade wrote: If I'm too drunk to stand straight, what will happen if I go on a segway? Will it help me stand up? As long as you make sure not to lean sideways. Though even if it fails, you'll have a much more interesting DUI arrest story than anyone else. | ||
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Hryul
Austria2609 Posts
On September 30 2016 15:47 Cascade wrote: If I'm too drunk to stand straight, what will happen if I go on a segway? Will it help me stand up? driving faster on a bike with big tires helps you stabilize. plus you can clamp onto the bike to avoid falling off the earth! | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24156 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
 I call my boss outside of work hours about something not critical (I needed a tool at the office but couldn't find it, usually he is the one using all of them, I rarely use anything so I called to ask where it is). He doesn't answer the phone. I somehow find the tool elsewhere (had to walk 4km to get it) and solve the issue. About 2 hours later he notices my call and calls me back, but I was outside and didn't hear the phone ringing. 1 hour later I notice he called me back. Do I need to call again and tell "there was this little thing but I solved it meantime", or not calling is ok? | ||
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Simberto
Germany11941 Posts
That would be a situation in which i would send a text. It is a lot less intrusive then calling, and it solves the problem of constantly bouncing back and forth with the other guy not noticing. | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6303 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
I'd not bother but there's a weird communication problem between him and me, sometimes I can't be certain about calling him for an issue or trying to solve it myself (even though it would be 10x easier to solve by asking him). Don't wanna be weirder by calling, not responding, calling again... etc for a little thing. Problem is he's very overqualified for what we do at work, he should have been a director at a large company or so, than I wouldn't have to call him on weekend to ask where a wrench in our little office is He sometimes acts like a CEO and may say "why would you disturb me for this", and sometimes be very accessible like "ask me whatever you need". I couldn't get used to this and I'm working for like 2 years here. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46243 Posts
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 02 2016 16:36 Epishade wrote: Say I'm driving around in my space ship in a known black-hole field. There are no stars in the background with which to detect any black-holes. How do I avoid driving past the event horizon of one accidentally? Black holes emit radiation, so you can't get near a black hole without seeing some energy. Also you can still feel the gravitational pull, so by seeing the forces acting on you, and your trajectory, and some physics, you should be able to calculate how far away this mass center is, and how large it is. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11941 Posts
On October 02 2016 16:43 FiWiFaKi wrote: Black holes emit radiation, so you can't get near a black hole without seeing some energy. Also you can still feel the gravitational pull, so by seeing the forces acting on you, and your trajectory, and some physics, you should be able to calculate how far away this mass center is, and how large it is. The problem is that he has no stars in the background, which makes it a lot harder to track movement, including your own. Thus, he could at most measure the net total force on him by measuring the acceleration it inflicts upon him. I guess by moving around a bit and comparing the net forces, you can get a good idea about where stuff is. The problem is that he doesn't really know if any of the stuff is moving relative to him, so i think it would be hard to get good data this way. The black holes themselves don't inflict a lot of radiation as far as i know (I think Hawking radiation is not a lot), but the stuff falling into them does (Which means that black holes are often pretty shiny). I assume what we are talking about here is a situation late in a universe, where there are no more stars left, and most matter has already been sucked into black holes, but those haven't evaporated yet. In that situation, my first course of action would be launching a bunch of drones into all directions, and observing the trajectories they take. This is basically the same as observing the gravitational forces upon yourself, but you have a lot more data points, and you could notice a black holes in your trajectory before it eats you. With the data from all of these probes, you should be able to map out the black holes and their trajectories rather well. | ||
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veQ
Poland339 Posts
If i do different push ups (wide,narrow,diamond, archer, spider, alternating) around home to the point of being unable to do more and after few sets i stop. Then after few hours cycle to the near city to do some bar exercises (but not to the point of total muscle failure) does it act againts the stymuli and overall hypertrophy? (cant get over the mindset that people are watching cus its by the lake and local pool so people drive through there rather frequently. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 02 2016 22:02 Simberto wrote: The problem is that he has no stars in the background, which makes it a lot harder to track movement, including your own. Thus, he could at most measure the net total force on him by measuring the acceleration it inflicts upon him. I guess by moving around a bit and comparing the net forces, you can get a good idea about where stuff is. The problem is that he doesn't really know if any of the stuff is moving relative to him, so i think it would be hard to get good data this way. The black holes themselves don't inflict a lot of radiation as far as i know (I think Hawking radiation is not a lot), but the stuff falling into them does (Which means that black holes are often pretty shiny). I assume what we are talking about here is a situation late in a universe, where there are no more stars left, and most matter has already been sucked into black holes, but those haven't evaporated yet. In that situation, my first course of action would be launching a bunch of drones into all directions, and observing the trajectories they take. This is basically the same as observing the gravitational forces upon yourself, but you have a lot more data points, and you could notice a black holes in your trajectory before it eats you. With the data from all of these probes, you should be able to map out the black holes and their trajectories rather well. You can't measure the acceleration on yourself if you are in free fall, if the gravitational field is uniform. Free fall on the moon feels the same as free fall on the earth, as constant-speed travel in interstellar space. So you will not feel the acceleration. You can feel the gravity gradient though. the front of the spaceship will get pulled more than the back of it (spaghettification) which can be measured, and sending out probes will effectively make your spaceship longer, making you more sensitive to this effect. Assuming the Hawkings radiation calculation is accurate (plausible, but no empirical observations yet), a small black hole emits a lot of radiation, but a large one much less. All in all, a large black hole is harder to directly detect before the event horizon. But if there are other things around, stars, dust etc, which it will be around a large black hole, you can spot it from that, as it's being pulled into the black hole. | ||
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