GPS, relativity, and nuclear detection

GPS is just a big clock in space! (and it can detect nuclear explosions)

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[Happypast]

Watching educational youtube videos about physics instead of studying.... is awesome!

[Willandacamera]

Why do you need GPS to tell you where and when a nuke went off. It's a nuke, I'm sure plenty of people are going to notice it.

[NadiaNintendo]

omg i can watch it with german subs. fucking awesome man. <3

[mamu7mich]

@MinutePhysics please explain inertial and non inertial frame by examples !! PLEASE!!

[iamgig9876]

@Happypast we are not made from atoms, i did that to trip you off, we are made of cations and anions =)

[Happypast]

@iamgig9876 first thing: oversimplification. Redo.

Second thing: Sort of misinformed and I don't care, why are you talking about that. Read economy and redo.

Third thing: Just plain silly. xD No way? We're made of atoms?? :O omg! I did not know that! Redo.

There. I've dealt with your reasoning.

[iamgig9876]

@Happypast pride=good, socialism=communism=bad quark=nucleon=atom=carbon=life­=good, thats how i reason, deal with it...

[Happypast]

@iamgig9876 Listen to that the way you build your pride on your supposed smarts, the way you handle conflicts, the way you feel you need to display your precious IQ score, the over-confidence in your capacity and last but not least the way you handle conflicts with people. All are harmful to you. Fix yourself, you're broken.

[iamgig9876]

@Happypast Listen to what, that I am stupid? haha I can be convinced if it was someone smart, not you,,,

[Happypast]

@iamgig9876 Ok I have no interest in arguing with you anymore. But trust me on this.

I can see right through you. And so can everyone else.

And you have two options in life. Either listen to what I'm trying to tell you and get over yourself, or go on like you're doing now and have a generally worse experience of your short time on earth. I mean step back, you claim to not care what I think of you, so why not listen? Worried you're gonna lose the argument? That doesn't matter, remember?

[iamgig9876]

@Happypast I am an asshole, I can have friends and such because I am nice to them, now I dont know you so I dont care (there are people at school who I know but I dont care..) so its easier for me to be a dick around you. "(as you claim)" see in real life one would not have a conversation such as this, and you would not reply that way =) that is why I am a dick. But I am a dick in real life but its different,

[Happypast]

@iamgig9876 then just fight that urge! Don't be a dick! (It will not bring you anything good) You're not going to improve without effortful self-control. The thing you got upset over is extremely silly! Why do you think you don't have to take a good look at yourself because you have friends and (as you claim) can get girls?