Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)B

bluGill

@ bluGill @fedia.io

Posts
1
Comments
872
Joined
2 yr. ago

  • What shitty stuff did you discovered when you became adult?

    Jump

  • You need to define succes first. Depending on your definition I will either agree or disagree.

    definitions are personal. If you are looking for advice find a definiton that is less about luck.

  • Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

    Jump

  • Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

    Jump

  • Aluminium is very commonly used. It isn't near as good a conductor as copper, but you can easilly use more toeget results and in most cases that works fine.

    The reason we stopped using aluminimun more is it is relly tricky. when you tighten a screw the al deforms over time and so you don't get a lasting connection. Al also corrodes to a non conductive state. Many house fires were traced to al wiring in just the few years it was common. We can mitigate all the above issuses but it takes care and so copper is preferred despite al being much cheaper.

  • Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains

    Jump

  • Unplugged vs plugged in is moving the goal posts. I agree that a device that isn't plugged in is less likely to start a fire (while not impossible, it is very very unlikely), but that is a different situation.

  • Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains

    Jump

  • No, it is when not charging you need to worry. When charging odds are you are there and so if it starts to burn you will smell it and take action before it starts a larger fire. When you are not charging you might not even be home and thus the fire will spread.

    When things are normal the charger will not burn. When something goes wrong you have to worry. Most of the time you are not charging.

  • Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains

    Jump

  • 100% is the typical claimed number as it is easy to measure watts of electric in and find that is exactly equal to watts of heat out - or if not the difference is easially explained by measurement error. There is no hypothesis (much less theory!) of where the energy could go it it isn't heat and conservation of energy is enough to also decide 100% efficient.

    The above isn't the whole story though. If you could somehow measure watts from the power plant output you would discover that 4-12% (depending on a bunch of factors) of the energy is lost before it even gets to your house and so your efficiency goes down. If you measure fuel into the power plant, those range for 10% (old systems from the 1920s only run in emergencies) to 60% (combined cycle power plants) - I'm not sure how you would measure wind and solar. Eventually the universe will die a heat death and 0% long term.

  • Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains

    Jump

  • I have had to do that - so now you have heard of someone... My house was built in 1973, some of the outlets in locations I believe previous owners would have plug/unpluged often have worn out, and thus I had to replace them. (think kitchen appliances or vacuum cleaners - the same outlets I'm using all the time). There other other outlets that still work, but they don't grip plugs as well as they should anymore and I am planning to replace. Despite the above, the vast majority of outlets I've replaced have been perfectly fine, but with young kids around I wanted modern TR outlets anywhere the kids are likely to be playing.

  • [Open question] Why are so many rust opensource projects MIT licensed?

    Jump

  • Part of a useful language is a library of various utilites. If the library is behind a license you cannot accept the library may as well not exist - and thus the language is less useful.

  • Why 3D-Printing an Untraceable Ghost Gun Is Easier Than Ever (Podcast 18mins)

    Jump

  • when you fire a gun scratches are left on the bullet that are enough of a unique fingerprint to trace to the gun.

  • [Open question] Why are so many rust opensource projects MIT licensed?

    Jump

  • If you want to spread rust corporations using it is part of spreading.

  • Sometimes there is a sign saying "front in parking only" and I get it for angled parking spots but why would a sign like this ever exist for normal spots?

    Jump

  • Regaurdless, safe drivers always park so they drive out. you have much better visibility driving out than backing out which means you are less likely to run over something you didn't see. By backing in you had to drive past and thus had time to verify nothing was there.

  • Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message

    Jump

  • There are many many different people with different advice. Just do a search in any engine, eliminate the AI-slop and use what of the rest seems like you can do.

    The most important factor is putting in your hours of study. You can never learn a language if you spend all your time learning how to learn a language. You will never learn a language if you good at one basic and never study anything else (which is what most programs, including doulingo will get you, so you need to try several different study methods)

  • The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million

    Jump

  • an assembly line that can make 2 per year still qualifies as mass production. At the level of people who can afford a million you can't sell more than a couple per year anyway. There are a few car companies that have production numbers in that range.

  • What do I actually need?

    Jump

  • streaming what? Streaming one mp3s. Streaming a dozen different video re-encoded to something else probably can't be done any affordable machine.

  • What do I actually need?

    Jump

  • Maybe. How much does it use when you use it? For lightly used servers idle power matters. However a modern CPU often uses much less power to get the same amount of work done and so if the server is doing something idle consumption isn't important.

  • Is there a way to avoid those holes?

    Jump

  • You could do that too. I'm not old enough to punch cards but that doesn't need to stop you.

  • Is there a way to avoid those holes?

    Jump

  • Write your gcode by hand and you can do curves thus ensuring lines won't meet. I last wrote gcode by hand in the 1990s, and I'm pretty sure industry stopped hand gcode around 2000 (before 3d printing), but the language isn't difficult and so you can do it.

  • Is there a way to avoid those holes?

    Jump

  • Use something other than FDM 3d printing - SLA (resin) printers have higher resolutions and will not have those issues. Or you could put a solid sheet of plastic on a mill and use subtractive machining to make your parts. There are a few other options.

    All options have pros and cons, and your best answer might be just live with it (see other replies for ways to mitigate the issues). However don't get locked into 3d printing just because it is the "in" thing.

  • VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom

    Jump

  • They probably have a good cease and desist on Broadcomm for automatically installing updates on their system against the contract.