#The first law of thermodynamics

[ddarker-dreams]

a lil brain dump here but i just realized how it mustve been so much worse for darling if they found out yan chrollo is a leader of the most deadliest group ... like just thinking of the horror of not being aware u were getting on chrollo's trap on making u stay with him forever ....

there's no denying the terror of this realization crashing down on you.

it's... a lot, to put it lightly. chrollo considers what's likely one of the most traumatizing instances in your life to be a "taking the bandage off" situation. chances are he'll tell you if he has to leave your area for more than a few weeks, that's the cutoff point for how long he can go without you. while he can logically understand that this is going to be a rough conversation, the compassion isn't really there. what shreds of empathy he does have center around the fact you'll be upset. not just upset, but upset with him, and he's confident that won't be going away anytime soon. it's not a great feeling.

he errs more toward how he acts as a boss of the troupe than the chrollo you thought you've gotten to know. the initial revelation goes about as well as he expected, but honestly, that's the worst part. the remaining fallout doesn't eat at him too much. his tone and body language have this clinical edge that isn't making you feel much better. deep down in your soul, you know he means business, that there's a gravity in the room you can only comprehend a fraction of.

there's a good chance the confession's full weight won't sink in for a few weeks. especially if he introduces you to the concept of nen. (which he's lowkey dying to do because he knows some part of you will be impressed at watching a book materialize from nothing).

[bitform]

Swamp Thing dropping some hot knowledge.

[tonguetyd]

Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact

But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

[bisexualmikisayaka]

BOYD U NEED TO GO GET THE WORMS AGAIN

[terry-the-insane]

My favorite g/t trope is when T is scared of falling off high places even though being really small means your terminal velocity (maximum speed at which you can fall) is greatly decreased and T could probably fall off the roof of a 5 story building and only get scratched.

[mxrbutch]

so funny to me that in general i have a very good memory, and yet i am Very Bad at remembering names / expressions / short concepts

it's a silly problem that only ever pisses me off in two situations

every time i have ever had an exam of any kind and it has taken me a stupid amount of time to painstakingly get into my head a bunch of names and concepts that would self-delete weekly

all conversations about my special interests. i love physics my guy. truly, believe me, i love it. i truly wish i could tell you what the third law of thermodynamics is.

[analyticallyminded]

tag drop 1/?

muse.

[nateconnolly]

40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back. 

[ribbonknot]

I saw ur post about understanding solar power and wuz like "oh good for you! Renewable energy is great :)" and then I realized you were talking about music lmao my bad.

omg thats crazy 😭😭 but just so you know i did read the wikipedia article for solar power systems because of your ask and i do think renewable is great :)

[doesgodexist]

Entropy and Disorder in the Universe

The second law of thermodynamics can be stated in many ways. The usual physics statement is that heat cannot move from a lower-temperature reservoir to a higher-temperature reservoir. With any action involving matter, there is always a loss of energy to a state from which it can not be recovered. Actions involve a loss of energy, and we call that entropy.Heat will move from a warmer area to an…

[starcchild]

((tbh I would love to do some sort of thread with Carter where she talks about what she believes what comes after death

[analyticallymindedaa]

tag dropping bc tumblr ate my tags part 1

[truphysics]

Pressure

Introduction Pressure is a fundamental concept in physics, engineering, and various scientific disciplines. It is defined as the force applied per unit area. In a more general sense, it can also be considered as the measure of the force that a fluid exerts on its surroundings. Basic Definition The basic definition of pressure $P$ is given by the equation: $P = \dfrac{F}{A}$ where $F$ is the…

[supersumc]

What do 2032 batteries look like? Are they for time machines? Do we get time machines in 2032?

Grocery shopping list ignore pls

Milk

Bread

Cat food

Swiffer wet jet refill

Batteries: AA, AAA, 2032

[justarandombrit]

"The first and second laws of thermodynamics state perpetual motion is impossible"

Okay but

[todays-xkcd]

'At the stroke of midnight, your brother will be hurtling sideways at an altitude of 150 meters' is a regular physics prediction about your nonmagical trebuchet, whereas 'you are cursed to build a brother-launching trebuchet' falls out of the Lagrangian.

Physics vs. Magic [Explained]

Transcript

[Miss Lenhart is standing in front of a whiteboard and pointing to it with a stick. The whiteboard contains two lines of scribbles at the top, two drawings below them featuring a curve on the left and a circle on the right, and below them four additional lines of scribbles with smallest line of scribbles in the lower left corner.] Miss Lenhart: Physics and magic are different in a very deep way.

[Close-up of Miss Lenhart pointing the stick to the left to a depiction of a projectile's motion due to gravity. The path of movement is shown as a dashed line that first heads directly to the right but starts increasingly curving downward. There are five small circles at different points within the path. There are labels "V0" for an arrow pointing right on the left side of the leftmost circle, "F" for an arrow pointing downward below the leftmost circle, and "T0" to "T4" for the five individual circles from left to right.] Miss Lenhart: Physics works by describing the forces that act on a system. Miss Lenhart: To predict outcomes, we progressively apply those forces over time.

[Miss Lenhart is holding the stick down and standing in front of Jill and Hairy sitting at their desks. Jill has her hands on her desk while Hairy has his hands on his lap.] Miss Lenhart: Magic specifies the outcome, but not the intermediate events. Miss Lenhart: "Ere the clock strikes twelve, you are cursed to slay your brother" is magic, not science.

[Same setting as in the third panel, except Miss Lenhart is holding the stick slightly lower and Jill has her other hand on her lap.] Miss Lenhart: ... And that's how we know thermodynamics is magic. Miss Lenhart: Conservation laws are, too. Hairy: What about Lagrangians? Miss Lenhart: Deep magic. Speak not of them here.