I always liked this way of looking at the determinant. 

Wholesome. And at this point, I'd be happy if we got a future like this. 

Good catch. I meant when you dump in mass energy into a black hole, it eventually radiates it back out and about half of that radiation is stuff we can make use of: light, electrons, positrons, protons, neutrons etc. The other half is neutrinos.

: ) I'm glad to hear that.

Why? 

I agree the self-mockery is probably doing some work. But what it was ultimately doing for me, I could acquire elsewhere. Is the issue that you need to be able to come up with a replacement before you stop the self-mockery?

I agree with what you said. I'm curious what I wrote made you think I don't? 

I'd be surprised if he had LW Rats in mind when he wrote that, but it's not impossible.

Translation aids understanding, sure. I wonder if the graphical structure relating concepts in different fields determines what understanding feels like in each field.

That sure is a bound on how tight you can make a grid or lattice of black holes. 

Yep, that is a way of capturing dark energy. But can you capture enough?

But a galaxy isn't solid. How do you anchor the galaxy to the chain and vice versa?