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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks 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.
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