PixelOfLife

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[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope you realize that floating objects generally orient themselves in such a way that the most buoyant parts are at the top. So while you could float around, you would be hanging by your balls the entire time...

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aviation and space stuff.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Primarily because I've been using it for much longer than Chrome has been a thing so I'm used to it. But Google's shenanigans are also a factor.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

SR-71 Speed Check

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is technically possible. The cosmic microwave background, i.e. space, is extremely cold (barely above absolute zero) so it basically acts as a heatsink you can pump infinite amounts of heat into. It turns out that if you can make the food radiate heat out into space and prevent it from absorbing more heat from sunlight, it's possible to cool it below ambient temperature. This is also a completely passive process so it requires no electricity or other form of active energy input.

The problem with this is that doing it with food might be impossible. At the moment, we can only really do it using objects with special coatings that have been optimized for this purpose.

Here's a couple interesting videos that explain how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDRnEm-B3AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNs_kNilSjk

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You conveniently left out the definition of "good" so you can move the goalposts if you don't like the answers you get.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nope. AirPods.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

They're right there, written in big text and placed in a nice 3x3 arrangement below the jumbled mess of random letters.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I went to see a doctor today because I've been having diarrhea and bleeding for 2 months, based on my symptoms and the test results he thought I probably have ulcerative colitis but need to get a colonoscopy soon to confirm it. Will call the clinic tomorrow to schedule it. I also got a prescription for prednisolone so that should hopefully help with the symptoms a lot. I haven't been able to sleep or focus on anything because I need to go to the bathroom like every 2-3 hours. Can't wait to get a full night's sleep again.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elite Dangerous is the most un-fun game I've spent 1500+ hours on. I want to love it but the developers' actions, or lack thereof, makes it difficult. The game has so much potential the devs won't or can't take advantage of for some reason.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's cheap and reliable.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's not just about speed and acceleration. It's also about control. Racing drivers face an infinite number of different conditions out on the track and it would be impossible to tune the transmission in such a way that it does exactly what the driver wants 100% of the time. And it really has to be perfect. 99.9% isn't good enough because the other 0.1% can wreck the car if it does something unexpected while driving at the limit.

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