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CaptainBillyum t1_jedcll4 wrote
Reply to comment by mojoxer in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
until i see an orange jumpsuit on him, i'm not getting excited. i honestly dont have high hopes unfortunately
GsTSaien t1_jedcfw9 wrote
Reply to comment by esmith000 in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
Ah, then I may be incorrect. Does space have mass or energy by itself? Not IN IT, by itself.
I know for a fact there is space with no mass. Most of it has no mass. I am pretty sure no mass nor energy should be possible simultaneously, what am I missing?
ripplerider t1_jedcf4z wrote
Reply to comment by BadSanna in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
I highly doubt that Trump will be required to surrender his passport or that his planes will be grounded.
As a former president of the United States, he will, in my opinion, most likely be released on his own recognizance and not even have to post bail.
esmith000 t1_jedccu4 wrote
Reply to comment by GsTSaien in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
But then you say space has no mass or energy by itself. This is just not correct. No problem with metaphor or generalizations but you are over generalizing and introducing confusion. Space is not empty at all. There is a LOT going on and it shouldn't be minimized.
oblivious_fireball t1_jedc8ce wrote
You ever zapped yourself on the finger after shuffling around and then touching something metal?
Lightning is basically that except the clouds are your finger and the piece of metal is the earth. One side has built up a charge of electrons that wants to equalize and move out, and when it finds a way to travel and escape, it takes it.
Thunder is caused because lightning heats the air around it to fives times hotter than the surface of the sun in a fraction of a second. Air expands when its heated, so thunder is basically the air violently exploding outwards.
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Reply to comment by adamtherealone in ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
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Flair_Helper t1_jedbsx3 wrote
Reply to ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
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GsTSaien t1_jedbsw6 wrote
Reply to comment by esmith000 in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
I was not scientifically labelling space as nothing, only explaining why it is hard to think about space, which has no mass or energy by itself, expanding.
I then elaborated on why I called it nothing. Mentioning that, by itself, it does not have anything, and space itself is the deepest form of absence of things possible and therefore the most nothing thing to exist. If you open an empty box, it still has air, maybe a wave, some form of energy, radiation, etc. These are all things that occupy space, not inherently needed for space to come to be. If inside the box there were empty space, just space with none of those things, then you could truthfully say there is nothing in the box.
It is like saying humans are a smart ape and you going "scientists have a specific name for humans you are wrong"
NrdNabSen t1_jedbr1g wrote
Reply to ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
You can't use an NDA as a way to bar someone from discussing a crime. Also, even without a crime, the NDA only imposes civil penalties for a breach, it can't literally prevent you from speaking, they can just come after you for the agreed upon penalty.
captain_joe6 t1_jedbpg1 wrote
Reply to comment by PM-Me-And-Ill-Sing4U in ELI5, why do people pack some meats in clay before cooking them? by Throwaway5473857388
Adding to that: the formed clay acts as a very mild pressure cooker in a way that a pot with a lid never could.
esmith000 t1_jedbgxs wrote
Reply to comment by GsTSaien in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
Nope. In physics, you won't find any physicist say there is nothing or space is mostly nothing. Space is full of stuff.
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Reply to eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
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TheSiege82 t1_jedba85 wrote
Reply to eli5: Why do seemingly all battery powered electronics need at least 2 batteries? by OneGuyJeff
Also, a single alkaline battery at 3v, if in the same form factor as a AA batter would have double the voltage, but half the capacity. You’d still want two batteries.
Essentially, 1.5v is a legacy voltage that we keep. Higher voltage, assuming same chemistry, would be at the expense of capacity, assuming the form factor stays the same.
Or simply put, watt-hours would be the same regardless.
GsTSaien t1_jedba22 wrote
Reply to comment by esmith000 in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
I feel like you are just hanged on the word rather than its meaning.
esmith000 t1_jedb513 wrote
Reply to comment by GsTSaien in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
It's not nothing, not even close. Nothing is not a thing. Time is not nothing.
Suitable_Savings_556 t1_jedb1um wrote
Reply to comment by mojoxer in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
It means chargesheeted...the trial can commence. because its already presented before a grand jury who have reviewed the evidence and come to an unanimous conclusion that there is enough wrongdoing for a case , chances of a conviction are very high. The only thing left is the opportunity to rebut the evidence presented so far by the defence team.in the usa trials proceed quickly..like 2-3 months max, so that you can't postpone the inevitable like in india, trial court judgement has power, unlike india where it's lots easier to appeal in High court and delay going to jail
twelveparsnips t1_jedb1av wrote
Reply to comment by ParanoidRecordPlayer in ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
The same point of having any contract. You can't write into a contract terms that are illegal and have it be enforceable. A car dealership can't put into a contract they will break your kneecaps if you miss payments, but they can put into a contract if you miss x amount of payments they can repossess the car. The point of having an NDA is so that you don't spill company secrets after you leave a company. e.g. if you work for Coke and know the formula, you can't sell it to Pepsi after you quit.
wheatgivesmeshits t1_jedatqn wrote
Reply to comment by mojoxer in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
While true it's also fleetingly rare for a grand jury indictment not to lead to a conviction. Federal Grand juries have a conviction rate of over 99%.
Edit: I was mistaken. Grand juries almost always indict, but conviction rates seem pretty hard to track down if anyone knows what the conviction rate is, please elucidate the rest of us.
adamtherealone t1_jedasns wrote
Reply to comment by ParanoidRecordPlayer in ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
So a company can sue you into the void if you break it.
JustKiddin9 t1_jedar7x wrote
Imagine all the whole numbers from 0 to 10. Now imagine imagine every half number in that span. Keep adding the set of numbers between the numbers you already have. The size of your set is expanding, but the bounds of the set itself need not expand. You can imagine a similar concept to an infinite set of numbers, and thus you can imagine the universe expands in a similar fashion.
ParanoidRecordPlayer OP t1_jedaqor wrote
Reply to comment by adamtherealone in ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
So what's the point of having an NDA?
Edit: i wrote this before you edited the comment
Also please don't downvote me for being stupid, this is ELI5 🧁
GsTSaien t1_jedanmg wrote
Reply to comment by esmith000 in ELi5 If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? by cashmoneyhash
It is though, there isn't anything else that is less something than the void of space. It is not mass, just reality itself.
It is the most nothing thing there is.
It just happens that even the most nothing thing there is has some interesting properties, and since time and space are two parts of the same (time is also a nothing as it is part of the nothing) it just shapes reality in an interesting way. (Mass bends space, time existing thorugh bent space gives us gravity)
adamtherealone t1_jedakow wrote
Reply to ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer
Even an NDA doesn’t stop you from talking about stuff. The only thing that can stop someone from speaking is removing their ability to speak. Even then, I believe some NDAs can be broken If the company breaks their agreement to you, I think
RightioThen t1_jedclzz wrote
Reply to comment by owmyfreakingeyes in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Is this not a NY state indictment though?