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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Do you think politicians purposefully make the world worse so that their lawyer friends have more cases to make money from?
5·30 days agolol as if they could plan this far forward
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Technology@lemmy.world•More Renewables Lead To Lower Demand For Methane In EuropeEnglish
1·1 month agoThis will continue as long as there are CCGTs used as baseload, then it will drop as CCGTs (and biomass + waste burners) will cover the gaps
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Technology@lemmy.world•More Renewables Lead To Lower Demand For Methane In EuropeEnglish
4·1 month agomethane cracker? that’s a very unusual unit that outputs hydrogen and carbon. i could find info about opening of ethane cracker in 2025, but that’s for plastics, next to shutdown of another similar unit
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no powerEnglish
3·1 month agoLithium-iron is about 2x more expensive, there might be different availability and energy use during manufacture is probably higher
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no powerEnglish
13·1 month agoLead-acid batteries work if you don’t care about weight and lithium-iron phosphate if you do
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How can you detect cancer spreading Nitrates in the water supply?
7·1 month agoyeah this is only practical option, the analysis isn’t that expensive, but equipment to run it is. but also people who have their own water wells have to submit their own samples
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News@lemmy.world•Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
1·1 month agoNo they don’t, there’s still 4 units one per launcher. Most of problems you mention seems to come from energy storage system. Energy is stored in the flywheels, which requires annoying converter, so chinese variant uses giant set of supercapacitors instead which is just a bit heavier and has less problems with communications interference. Also can be split in many parts and fit in any space you have. Mostly benefit of being designed later. Zero surprises if americans figure it’s better but institutional inertia keeps them using the old one
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News@lemmy.world•Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
2·1 month agoThey don’t actually. Steam catapult is operated with completely separate steam supply, and major design goal of ford class was to remove it so even if pedo in chief wanted, retrofit is physically impossible. That separate steam supply needs extra freshwater because it’s not condensed and recovered. EMALS is much milder on plane and pilot because it’s a big linear motor that gives constant acceleration instead of spike then decreasing like with steam. Efficiency of steam catapult is also dogshit compared to turbine + energy storage system
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News@lemmy.world•Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
5·1 month agoEMALS has been around for over 15 years so naturally trump lost interest
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•is it a good idea to put foamboard covered with aluminum foil on top of windows in my attic?
4·1 month agoReflective side out, and on the outside this should work. Aluminum foil or a thermal blanket would also work and are lighter
set of hex keys and potion that gives you caffeine overdose. 10% chance of notebook with cursed knowledge
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The way Walmart delivered my son’s new backpackEnglish
11·1 month agoi’d still try hydrocarbon solvent first, because it’s least likely to damage it
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Technology@lemmy.world•This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in NatureEnglish
3·1 month agoYou can’t critihype it when you call it phage madlibs from the beginning
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The way Walmart delivered my son’s new backpackEnglish
11·1 month agoalmost certainly both will damage print. something like lighter fluid (or hexane) won’t, but it should loosen glue. trying to dislodge sticker with a razor sometimes works even better
some people suggest vegetable oil, but then you’re left with oily fabric
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Technology@lemmy.world•This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in NatureEnglish
7·1 month agowaaaaay less impressive when you take a look inside
Once Evo got familiar with the genomes of Phi X-174 and its kin, the researchers prompted the model to write new versions of its own. Evo generated 700,000 potential versions; the scientists pursued only the ones that looked as if they had the best odds of succeeding.
They ended up making DNA molecules from 285 of Evo’s suggested sequences. […] All told, they discovered that 16 of Evo’s genomes produced viable new viruses.
Dr. Crook cautioned that Evo’s viruses were not radically new creations. They tend to be very similar to natural species, relying on the same underlying biology.
look out for breathless boosters “warning” everyone that ai will kill us all and it’s definitely not used as a marketing strategy
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Technology@lemmy.world•Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't RealEnglish
3·2 months agothat bot setting is just irl evil bit
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Technology@lemmy.world•Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't RealEnglish
68·2 months agohornyposting on main must be one of these elusive family values then i guess
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Technology@lemmy.world•White House Calls for Science Funding Shake-UpEnglish
59·2 months ago“individual researchers with bold ideas” will mysteriously turn out to be republican techbros


who is “we”? as of now, there’s still oil being extracted and fertilizer being produced, just a bit less of it. if you live in a western country you don’t have to worry too much about it, except higher prices of food and everything that gets transported. if you’re a subsistence farmer in a place like bangladesh then you’re to some degree fucked