stickyShift
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stickyShift@midwest.socialto Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5: Why does time slow down for something as it approaches the speed of light but then are suddenly fast when they are the speed of light or faster?English4·1 month agoIt doesn’t help that media often portrays this incorrectly. Take the movie Lightyear, for example. Sure, it’s a sci fi movie for kids so it doesn’t have to be scientifically accurate, but the way they portray it is completely nonsensical. They show Buzz Lightyear trying to reach light speed in his space ship. Each time he flies around the sun, he goes faster, but more time has passed on the planet he left by the time he gets back. In reality, the faster you go, the less time it takes you to get somewhere (from some external reference of time). It’s just your experience of time that changes.
Interstellar is at least a little bit closer (ignoring the whole time travel part)
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Entomology@mander.xyz•Praying mantis I found trying to be JesusEnglish4·2 months agoI guess the praying worked?
Is the only difference between the 2 the O2 sensor? If you were to throw it on anyways, would it run but just with a CEL?
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Fuck AI@lemmy.world•This was posted to PROMOTE the generatorEnglish55·3 months agoDecisions, erections…
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Europe@feddit.org•Poland pushes for EU to scrap daylight saving timeEnglish6·3 months agoDST would lead to less light in the morning, more in the afternoon, if they keep it year round. Winter is already standard time.
Personally, I prefer DST for the additional light in the afternoon. Maybe the start time of every school and employer could be changed to be an hour earlier with Standard Time, but sounds a lot easier to just keep DST year round.
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Eh Buddy Hoser@sh.itjust.works•Canada-USA relations in 2025 be likeEnglish11·4 months agoSF Bay area is about as bubble as you can get
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Meta (lemm.ee)@lemm.ee•lemm.ee is growing. Welcome, new members!English15·4 months ago
stickyShift@midwest.socialtoMechanical Engineering@lemmy.world•Power, torque and stick shiftEnglish2·4 months agoTypically the horsepower we measure in cars is the engine power. The angular velocity in that equation is the engine RPM, and the power is the rate of work (force over distance) that engine is capable of outputting at a given RPM. Because it’s based on the engine RPM, this doesn’t depend on the gear ratio.
When we talk about torque, it can be measured either at the crank (engine torque) or wheels (wheel torque). Wheel torque represents the amount of force applied by the wheel to the road, and depends on the gear - a lower gear will output more torque at a given RPM than a higher one. This will result in greater acceleration.
stickyShift@midwest.socialto politics @lemmy.world•What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.English2·4 months agoSpending overseen by the House Committee On Energy and Commerce
instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the program, to cut spending by $880 billion over the next decade
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Economy@lemmy.world•Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to work remotely as headquarters is shutteredEnglish8·5 months agoCatch 22, government employees aren’t allowed to work remotely
stickyShift@midwest.socialto ADHD@lemmy.world•Is there a smooth term for being ADHD?English3·5 months agoNot neurotypical? No need to get into specific diagnoses
Son of Groin
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?English15·5 months ago“per se” (US) - people generally use it as “exactly” or “specifically”, e g. “It’s not circular, per se, more like a rounded rectangle”. However, it actually means “in and of itself”. I have a coworker that misuses this one constantly (and also spells it incorrectly) and it’s become a huge pet peeve.
stickyShift@midwest.socialtoNews Summary@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Kremlin scoffs at Trump claim that drop in oil prices will help end Ukraine conflictEnglish3·6 months agoRussian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready for a peace deal
Putin threatened to impose stiff taxes, tariffs, and sanctions on Russia
You ok, bot?
stickyShift@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•TikTok goes dark as US ban takes effectEnglish6·6 months agoAlready back, with big banners saying President Donald Trump saved the day
stickyShift@midwest.socialto Firefox@lemmy.world•You can already use vertical tabs, by the way.English28·6 months agoI like it better than the horizontal tabs, but it’s still got nothing on the Tree Style Tabs extension. With that you can group tabs together, collapse trees, close trees, etc. Makes it much easier to keep things organized
stickyShift@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ban drug ads on TV. It wouldn’t be easy - West Hawaii TodayEnglish16·6 months agoEven a blind clock is a horse once in a while
Pronounce like what? Mana-goose? Or Mana-in-the-middle?