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It's never truly done
(lemmy.world)
but then when the universe dies and someone comes to clean it off, all that mess will just be smeared all over something else
You mean when the vacuum cleaner comes?
'She's switched from Suck to Blow!'
the cosmic vacuum cleaner
To reduce entropy at one place (make it ordered), it has to increase at another place.
This whole universe is rigged! lol
edit: typo
Welcome to thermodynamics, where the rules are:
1-You cannot win, only lose or break even.
2-You can only break even at absolute zero.
3-You can not reach absolute zero.
- You can't win
- You can't break even
- You can't get out of the game
Sounds like you're gambling with physics there. /S
It ends in compost (or it should).
you can't escape the second law of thermodynamics
the universe is the ultimate escape room
Ah, life: An unceasing battle against thermodynamics that can end only in inevitable failure. In the end, even the vaguest echoes of the causal memories of us will be wiped clean when the rightful order is fully restored, universal bigotry wins, and everything is - finally - completely homogeneous.
And boring.
universal bigotry wins
Have you considered working in physics?
Not beyond the level of a profoundly fascinated hobbyist. I know my limits :)
Professionally, I'll stick to my closely parallel lane in computing (no Black Holes involved - the I/O is notoriously difficult to manage, more's the pity).
But then here in like 10^10^10^56 years*, a new big bang will probably happen and the cycle starts anew
*It doesn't actually matter what units you use, milliseconds and stellar lifespans are the same at this scale
This has always been one of my favorite short stories. For those who might not know the reference: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html
New enemy acquired: people who use "smth"
shaking my tiny head
While funny, its not actually that deep. Either the last cleaning item gets thrown away, or put in a machine to be cleaned. Thats the end of it.
And the water goes into the sewage and to a water treatment plant. But where do they put the dirt from the plant?
The cleaning ended for me.
They have bacteria digest as much as possible and burn the leftovers.
Digestion probably forms CO2 or Methane, burning definitely does form CO2.
So the final rag is our air.
Me trying to explain to my therapist why everything is going to shit.
thankful foe mycelium
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