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[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 67 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

To reduce entropy at one place (make it ordered), it has to increase at another place.

This whole universe is rigged! lol

edit: typo

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 58 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago
  1. You can't win
  2. You can't break even
  3. You can't get out of the game
[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Sounds like you're gambling with physics there. /S

[-] renzhexiangjiao 17 points 7 months ago

you can't escape the second law of thermodynamics

[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

the universe is the ultimate escape room

[-] renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf 11 points 7 months ago

It ends in compost (or it should).

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

but then when the universe dies and someone comes to clean it off, all that mess will just be smeared all over something else

[-] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 7 months ago

You mean when the vacuum cleaner comes?

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

'She's switched from Suck to Blow!'

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

the cosmic vacuum cleaner

[-] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 7 months ago

universal bigotry wins

Have you considered working in physics?

[-] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

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).

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

New enemy acquired: people who use "smth"

[-] match@pawb.social 12 points 7 months ago

shaking my tiny head

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 7 points 7 months ago

And the water goes into the sewage and to a water treatment plant. But where do they put the dirt from the plant?

[-] anton 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They have bacteria digest as much as possible and burn the leftovers.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago

Digestion probably forms CO2 or Methane, burning definitely does form CO2.

So the final rag is our air.

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

The cleaning ended for me.

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago

Me trying to explain to my therapist why everything is going to shit.

[-] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

thankful foe mycelium

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 10 points 7 months ago
[-] quilan@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago
[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

This explains why I don't clean. I will clean my room later then because of this.

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