owenfromcanada
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
- Comment on We're Renaming It All, Folks 2 days ago:
I think they do the packing onsite…
- Comment on You are an adult and can do what you want! 2 days ago:
Wait, this isn’t a shitpost
- Comment on Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery 2 days ago:
What if a flash light was all at once?
- Comment on Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery 2 days ago:
Shit, you’re right. Not sure if I was taught wrong or if I’m remembering wrong, but it seems there’s no difference at lower frequencies (my day job involves exclusively higher-frequency stuff, I thought it was universal).
Thanks for correcting me on that.
- Comment on I need divine guidance, Lemmy. What is my destiny? 3 days ago:
Eat beans. Find joy.
- Comment on Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery 3 days ago:
Electrical engineer reporting for duty!
It mostly does use the outside (a smaller amount can run through the core). But your point is correct–if there’s no insultation between the hanger and the contacts, it’ll conduct electricity.
- Comment on Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery 3 days ago:
It depends!
Sometimes wires are stranded–multiple small cores bundled together. This results in greater potential for electricity flow (per amount of copper), and results in greater flexibility of the wire. Most of the cords you deal with on a daily basis are made from stranded copper cable.
But there are cases where solid core is important for other reasons. A solid core wire is stiffer and more difficult to bend, and will typically retain whatever shape it is bent into. But pump electricity through it for decades and it’ll last a lot longer and be more reliable than its stranded counterpart. This is why your house’s wiring typically uses solid core copper–doesn’t move once installed, and reliability is kinda important when it’s inside your walls.
- Comment on Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery 3 days ago:
Electrical engineer here. You’re mostly right–electricity does mostly flow on the outside of a conductor (a small amount does flow through the core).
But based on this picture, I don’t see an insulator on the hanger wire. Which means it’ll trip a breaker or blow a fuse as soon as you plug it in. And if it’s at your crazy uncle Ned’s house, where he casually replaces his fuses with pennies, you’ll get some visitors in a fancy truck!
- Comment on Yeah, the Harvard Bellevue cemetery 3 days ago:
FYI: there’s a faction of people who believe this orientation is safer, given that the ground pin is on top (so if a plug is part-way out and something falls behind it, it’ll hit the harmless ground pin instead of the line).
Also FYI: anyone who doesn’t install it like it’s a little surprised face is insane and should be treated as such.
- Comment on My Mom told me I could be anything I want to be if I try hard enough. 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing? 2 weeks ago:
Sort of–but given that “fat chance” really only has one meaning today, I wouldn’t call it sarcasm really. For sarcasm, I think it would have to be able to be interpreted two different ways.
- Comment on What demos have you been playing in the Steam Next Fest? 2 weeks ago:
I tried Wyldheart. Not sure if the demo was released for Next Fest though. It has potential, it’ll be interesting to see how they build it out (it’s very much in alpha). They still need to develop its potential a lot to make it compete with what’s already out there.
- Comment on First of all, rude 2 weeks ago:
We’re the shitpost. It’s us.
- Comment on How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing? 2 weeks ago:
The phrase “fat chance” was likely originally used sarcastically. A quick search doesn’t show any consensus, though.
- Comment on Jazz lovers only 4 weeks ago:
You had me at “jazz”.
- Comment on it's a hoax 4 weeks ago:
Fuck you’re stupid. They calibrated the rover to transmit at the resonant frequency of cheese, and being made of cheese, the entire moon essentially acted as a reflector. Learn some space history.
- Comment on Must be a strange feeling that something you used to use is now only seen in museums 4 weeks ago:
I remember finding tone pads that you could use with phones that didn’t have tone dialing yet.
Unrelated, my back hurts.
- Comment on Boy Dinner 4 weeks ago:
🪕 Now all I do to fill my time 🪕
🪕 Is stay at home doing culinary crimes 🪕 - Comment on Cursed Seinfeld Episode 4 weeks ago:
It was an okay show at the time. Same with his comedy. Neither were the best, but both industries have come a long way in the last 30 years.
Full agree that he sucks as a person, though.
- Comment on As I don't say I will kill the president, can I at least allude to threatening? Like the 86 47 guy? 1 month ago:
Conservatives twist it that way because projection. If they had said “86 46” (which admittedly is more catchy) they would absolutely have intended violence, in spite of “86” not directly implying it.
Every baseless accusation is a confession.
- Comment on I regret to inform you all that I will not be purchasing the OoT remake. 1 month ago:
If you haven’t already, grab a hi res texture pack. OoT in 2k at 200fps is awesome.
- Comment on I want to be at peace 1 month ago:
Any seat is a toilet seat if you shit on it.
- Comment on Adorable 1 month ago:
He’s just happy to see you
- Comment on Sacre blu 1 month ago:
Those a rookie numbers. If you’re not slamming 100+ lbs of the orange every day, can you really call yourself American?
- Comment on If I sign up for a torrenting site like torrent galaxy or something, and leave my computer running then will other people get seeded? Or do I have to upload a file or can I just have it finished? 2 months ago:
Nope, that’s a different thing.
- Comment on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer 2 months ago:
Sheik has a long braid? Are they just giving up on the disguise thing?
- Comment on Do analog triggers matter all that much? (In general and aside from racing games) 2 months ago:
If you want to emulate Gamecube games, there are a couple where it’s needed (Mario Sunshine comes to mind), or some older games that make use of six axes (the Descent series can make good use of 6). But my experience matches yours–very few need them, and the few that do probably have workarounds.
- Comment on If I sign up for a torrenting site like torrent galaxy or something, and leave my computer running then will other people get seeded? Or do I have to upload a file or can I just have it finished? 2 months ago:
Different torrent clients have options for that. Most will seed indefinitely by default, but some you can set to seed just for a specific amount of time or until you upload a certain percentage of what you download.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
White dad with a black daughter here–you should be fine, but if you’re concerned, read up or watch videos to understand bonnets in black culture so that you can speak to it if someone ever brings it up. A simple, “yeah I don’t have textured hair, it’s a sensory thing for me” should clarify any confusion.
- Comment on Local Walmart just installed cameras in the aisles… 3 months ago:
