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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (15 children)

I mean yeah but also you reverse that square enough and it's effectively zero

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 60 points 2 months ago (14 children)

But never actually zero, unlike those other quitter "forces"

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Is that actually true? I'm not an expert but I thought all forces extend our into infinity. I thought we just allowed them to go to 0 at a certain radius for the sake of making the math manageable.

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nah, at some point the simulation we live in is going to round down to save computing power.

[–] TeamAssimilation 7 points 2 months ago

Is that simulation in the room with us ri

WARNING: Unexpected false vacuum decay.
Reverting current state.
3,245,333,345,728,345,876 recoveries until reboot.

us right now? Hurrr durr

WARNING: Unexpected false vacuum decay.
Reverting current state.
3,245,333,345,728,345,875 recoveries until reboot.
[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Are you the mirror universe version of DarkViperAU?

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