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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 177 points 4 days ago (1 children)

oh man, thats where i keep all my stuff

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Don't worry, any stuff that doesn't fit into the universe probably doesn't matter.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago

So the estimate went from:

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years

To:

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years

That is a big reduction. About as big as from that second number to how long your life is going to be.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 63 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I was a musician, and math was my very worst subject, but if my calculations are correct, that's about a month from now! EVERYBODY PANIC!!

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

10 o'clock on the 7/8. That's in July! Unless you're non USA, then you're good until August.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Okay, thanks for the correction, my math was off a little bit, but absolute panic is still called for.

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The rapture is upon us! Thank god, hopefully god takes all the evangelicals away so the rest of us can pick up the pieces.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago

Oh, no! I shall be Left Behind, and somehow have to carry on without all the religious freaks and their judgement, wars, self-righteous attitude, and ridiculous demands. Whatever shall I do?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (9 children)

I was a musician, and math was my very worst subject

How? I majored in Music Education and Computer Science, and minored in Psychology and Physics. I did that specifically because I thought Music, Physics, and Computer Science were all just math. I was correct about the first two. I would call CS linguistics, not math. The psych explains how the first two are math.

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[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 77 points 4 days ago

There go my weekend plans

[–] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, so much for my retirement.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 16 points 4 days ago

Eh, you were never gonna retire anyway. Thanks trump.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago

Shit, just when we thought we'd found a time everyone was free for D&D.

[–] WandowsVista@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

finally, some good news

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Jesus fucking christ now I'm going to half to explain math and deep time to my mother and mother in law again.

"1d10, I just read that the universe is ending soon"

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"I saw an article that said the universe is going to end in 10.78 years!" "10 to the power of 78, not 10 point 7 8..." "That's what I said! That's less than eleven years!"

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's my mom. I've spent a lot of time lately explaining what click-bait articles are, and how they have very misleading headlines, and you can't just read the headline and think you know the story.

We live in Florida, and I just showed her a headline that said that Disney was closing down the Hollywood Studios location, but they worded the headline without a "the" or "a". - "Disney closes Hollywood Studios Location." It sounds like Hollywood Studios is closing, a major development if true.

But when you read the article, it isn't "the" Hollywood Studios location that was shut down, it was "a" Hollywood Studios location that was shut down, an old tribute to animation exhibit, which is due to be replaced with an updated one. So not the entire Hollywood Studios, as the headline implied, just a small section of it.

It wasn't even a new story, the old location has been closed for years, and this replacement exhibit was announced a long time ago. So they ran a headline implying that an entire Disney theme Park was closing down, when they were just updating an exhibit, like they do every single day.

She's always telling me about a major corporate chain that is closing, because she read a misleading headline about how they are closing 10 stores, without mentioning that they are also opening 100, so it sounds like the chain is out of business. Every time we pass a Cracker Barrel, she wonders out loud when they are finally going to close down after she read that click-bait headline 3 years ago. I'm tired of explaining that one, so I just say I don't know, I hate them, so I hope it's soon.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

And wouldn't you know, it falls on a Monday. Classic.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 30 points 4 days ago (5 children)

immortals might have to make other plans, like going to another universe.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m guessing if you’re immortal, you already know how to do that.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Maybe they only just started being immortals.

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[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

how does it affect my bank loan?

You and your lineage will save 10^1022 payments.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It depends on the loan. A regular loan will probably end, but a student loan isn't even dischargable by the heat death of the universe. It even said so in paragraph 32.3(A)(18)[c] of the loan documents.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 days ago

This is all fringe science. It's a new conjecture based on a controversial conjecture.

Hopefully someone who understands this better can provide a deeper explanation. I recall at high level why the original paper was not widely accepted.

The paper this is based on is not really hawking radiation because that requires an event horizon. They claimed gravity is enough which is extraordinary claim. Essentially redescribing something that can be more easily explained by other more widely accepted effects.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 12 points 4 days ago

Thats a bad time for me. How about Tuesday?

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (10 children)
[–] Doom@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

If current politics have taught me anything, it's that we can just go to the universe next door and take their stuff.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

Jesus shows up and the 10^78 day adventists get to gloat.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The Big Crunch then it starts all over again with a new Big Bang

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nothing. Forever.

Either that, or we find out that the oscillating universe theory was correct.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (9 children)

That's what I want to think is correct, eventually it will all slam back into one point, triggering a new big bang. Rinse wash repeat

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[–] webkitten@piefed.social 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Look at them getting my hopes up and then seeing the exponent. Sadface.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Impatient much? It seems like an eternity when you're young, then it's here before you know it.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Honestly, same

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I won't last more than 10^1.78 years from now, and the sun won't last more than 10^9.78 years. That still leaves an unfathomable number of years until we get to 10^78

Oh no... anyway

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Sandra, cancel my 1 o'clock.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

'End of the World' party at my place.

Spread it around.

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