Aviation and space stuff.
Pixel of Life
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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.
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is a story from the internet that will remain in your mind forever?35·2 years agoSR-71 Speed Check
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s DiseaseEnglish22·2 years agoI get to find out if I have ulcerative colitis or Crohns in a few days. This gives me hope that even if I have one of them, I won’t have to take meds for the rest of my life, or worse, have parts of me removed.
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Probably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?English264·2 years agoThis 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:
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml•Friendly games to play in cooperation with kids3·2 years agoDiggy diggy hole!
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•People of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.0·2 years agoYou conveniently left out the definition of “good” so you can move the goalposts if you don’t like the answers you get.
They’re right there, written in big text and placed in a nice 3x3 arrangement below the jumbled mess of random letters.
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’English1·2 years agoRivian CEO should keep his mouth shut until a few grand gets you a used compact electric hatchback (VW Polo or similar) with a decent battery.
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.
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•How do people find good information on the internet these days?English1·2 years agoLemmings are going to crucify me for this, but here goes anyway…
site:www.reddit.com
Pixel of Life@lemm.eeto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Have you ever been under general anesthesia? What was it like? Did anything strange happen?1·2 years agoYou pass out, and then you wake up with no memory of anything that happened in the meantime.
That is, unless they messed up the dosage and allowed you to regain consciousness. It happened to me once as a kid, I had to have a tooth removed but I was so scared that they had to put me under, but I woke up briefly during the operation and I remember the surgeon giving me nitrous oxide (I think that’s what it was, because it had this sweet smell and taste) with a mask and telling my mom (who was in the operating room), “let’s turn this down a little bit so we don’t pass out too”. Then I passed out again and woke up in the recovery unit.
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…