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Here is a lovely picture from my trip to Yellowstone. This Elk was about 15 feet in front of me and didnt really care much about me it seemed.
I wanted to show a foreigner a picture of what blackface looked like. I wanted a modern day picture in color so it was easier for them to recognize.
Problem is when I look on google images the only results that come up are that of a Christmas Elf called Zwarte Pete from Holland.
I had guessed that this may be intentional censorship so as not to give this particular form of hate speech a voice by eliminating it from search results.
To me this is a perfect example of why such censorship is counterproductive. The end result was I was unable to educate someone about this form of hate speech effectively.
In days of old, with hearts so bold;
when courage finds its way.
A man comes forth who finds his worth,
in love and righteous action.
With strength of heart he fulfills his part,
and confronts the popular passion.
Fighting long and strong in a world gone wrong;
the masses fight and plunder.
Finding worth in one, then hope did come,
the masses pushed asunder.
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@stux Because mass is never converted to energy, not even in nuclear reactions.. E=mc2 tells you that energy **has** mass, and mass has energy. Basically mass can be manifested as matter or energy..
You can convert matter to energy but it makes no sense to say you convert mass to energy.
It talks about hydrogen explosions as converting mass to energy for example, that is flat out wrong.
Hydrogen bonds and oxygen bonds have a certain energy contained in them, that energy has some mass (which is in addition to any mass contributed by the matter itself). When an explosion happens those bonds break and form new H2O bonds which have less energy to them. The difference in energy has been released in the form of heat and light. So it has converted bond-energy into heat/light energy. The total amount of energy in the whole system (including the heat/light released) is exactly the same, the total amount of matter in the system is exactly the same, and therefore the total amount of mass of the system is exactly the same.
What happens however is that energy you released as heat and light doesnt stay on the water molecules you just created, they spread out onto other molecules and as light waves. So whatever mass that energy has is now sent flying out into the world.
So the water that you have as a result from the reaction will be infentesimally lower in mass than the hydrogen oxygen you started with. But at no point did a mass to energy "conversion" take place, that statement makes no sense in any context.
Even in a nuclear explosion you wont get a conversion of mass to energy, the total mass of the system will remain exactly the same. You will, however, get a conversion of matter into energy, which is what makes nuclear reactions unique.
@stux By the way this video you shared about how chemical reactions convert mass to energy... its really bad and you need to forget it.. care for me to explain?
@DaveTLV How you doing man?
FYI
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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
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(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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