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When you inhale helium from a balloon, do you weigh less?
  • Let me take this a step absurdly far:

    You may be slightly more buoyant (and therefore apply less force on a scale) everytime you breath in. It's not the presence of air that has this effect, it's the decrease in density of your total body (mass/volume) that has that effect. (Helium just contributes a fractional more difference in density compared to air, but how much you breath in probably matters much more than what you breath)

    Except, maybe not. Because the air you breath in partially dissolves in your blood. Dissolved matter does not decrease density, rather the opposite: it packs tightly into the voids, increasing mass for the same volume.

    How much of an effect this has is hugely debatable, probably depends on a dozen biological and circumstantial factors, and this is where my knowledge ends. But it's fun to imagine.

    However, if you can imagine inhaling but holding your breath at the same time, creating a vacuum in your lungs, then yes, you would be more buoyant, even more than inhaling helium, and the scale would read slightly less.

  • Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy
  • Here in Canada, I find the prices pretty neck and neck. Small items tend to be a bit cheaper at the stores, since there is very little overhead for them to carry small items compared to Amazon's picking and delivery logistics. Big items tend to be a bit cheaper on Amazon. For tech specifically, Best Buy price matches items, so it's not that bad... Memory express and CC sometimes have lower prices than Amazon too (see PCPartPicker).

    The main reason to use Amazon is you can easily find some really obscure stuff. Then again, you can buy direct from manufacturer, like Vevor, for often cheaper.

  • Let's play the rich get everything. The rules are the rich get everything. participation is mandatory.
  • Mhm. There's two very good reason unrealized gains aren't taxed: volatility and cash flow. Are you and the government expected to swap cash back and forth everyday to correct for changes in the market? No that's silly. Should people go into debt because they don't have the cash to pay the taxes of a baseball card they happen to own that is suddenly worth millions? Also silly.

    For that same reason, using unrealized gains as security is dangerous, just like the subprime loans market was!

  • An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts
  • Did anyone stop to ask themselves if we even would want to watch AI videos?

    Of course not.

    I, and I suspect many other people, watch YouTube for the people in the videos and their experiences (or at least the illusion of that). Watching fake videos defeats the whole purpose.

    YouAITube sounds like nothing more than a kaleidoscope with extra steps.

  • Tesla, SpaceX, and X Employees Favor Kamala Harris Despite Musk's Support for Trump
  • Comparing employees to citizens is absurd.

    • Citizens pay taxes and receive services
    • Employees provide services and receive money.

    The more apt comparison is voting citizens compared to shareholders. They too get a vote.

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