Pseu

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[–] Pseu@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

all machines have efficiency < 1 and therefore emit heat when used.

All machines produce heat equal to their energy input. They have an efficiency of 1.0 at producing heat. Some will store it in potential energy for some period, but unless that reaction was exothermic, that potential energy will itself be released and fall back to a lower energy level, usually releasing it as heat.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The durability issues of foldables are a real shame because the Pixel Fold is otherwise a very nice device. We'll have a full review up soon.

Dead before the review dropped. Thats gotta be a record.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd like a reinforced cell with an explosive charge under my bed. When my execution date comes, the charge is detonated. The explosion is so fast and violent that my brain ceases to be before the pain signal from my nerves even reaches it. I would never even be aware that my date had come.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

With 100+ GB games i could see the use of a physical installation medium to avoid downloading that much on a spotty network.

I wonder if any games have shipped on USB sticks, because there's no way you're fitting a whole game on a DVD, and saying "please insert disc 4" would not fly for a modern audience.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I got them from this Scott Manley video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdz9vcSFBqw

He explains that the energy contained in a vessel is equal to the difference in pressure on the vessel wall, times the volume of the container.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

They make you give back or pay for the stuff you stole, then pay up to $2,000 on top of that. And they can also send you to jail for up to 2 years.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (8 children)

It's not. When the sub collapsed, it did so with the energy of about 50kg of TNT.

This is why there will be no attempt to recover the bodies either. There just isn't anything left.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

In an event like that, I would expect a complete inspection of the piers and any other elements that may have been affected. If the bridge is damaged enough for this kind of collapse to be possible, we should be either closing it or limiting it to light traffic until repairs can be made. Stuff like this shouldn't be left to to chance, and the fact that it seems to be that way so frequently in the US should be terrifying, and entirely unacceptable. We should be demanding better infrastructure with budgets for maintenance baked in.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

"If you fail to schedule time for maintenance, the machine will schedule it for you" is a common refrain in manufacturing. I'm consistently amazed that we fail to inspect and maintain our roads and bridges.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So I googled around, and found this conviction: https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2008/February/08_crm_145.html

Justin Eric King, 27, of Chipley, Fla., has been sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by three years supervised release resulting from his conviction on charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, visa fraud and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and United States Attorney Gregory R. Miller of the Northern District of Florida announced today. The defendant and his co-conspirators brought illegal aliens, mostly from Bulgaria and Romania, to work in the hotel industry in and around Destin, Fla. King was sentenced by Senior District Court Judge Lacey A. Collier of Pensacola, Fla.

This isn't usually what we think of as "human trafficking." It seems that the people he smuggled understood what they were doing, and not being forced or coerced it. If that were the case, additional charges of exploitation would have been filed.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

And the biggest advantage of Reddit is that you have a variety of communities with a variety of rules. Some don't allow off topic posts or comments, some vet every single top level comment.

If these were all paid employees, they couldn't keep up with all the various rules of every sub, and they certainly coulent spend the time needed to see what rules need to be changed to shape the community to be something productive and valuable.

[–] Pseu@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I don't always get his humour, but this one is pretty on point for me

I think that's really the idea of using AI art. They want to nail the lowest point in the Uncanny Valley, and some models do that.

Though using AI art in a commercial property makes me very uncomfortable with the broader context in mind.

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