sbeak
@sbeak@sopuli.xyz
Hi, I’m sbird! I like programming and am interested in Physics. I also have a hobby of photography.
- Comment on Space Cats 2 days ago:
Well we are assuming the space cat (i.e. it is not an ordinary cat) emitting a white light (it’s a glowing cat!), that is, the peak is in the middle of the visible spectrum. The cat becomes closer to red as it moves away and to blue when it is moving towards us. If it goes fast enough, the peak shifts to IR (past the red) or UV (past blue/violet)
But yes, if it was a normal non-space cat, the peak would be in the IR normally (since cats are quite cool, in both senses of the word), and as it moves away the peak shifts to longer wavelengths, and as it moves towards us, it will go to shorter wavelengths, possibly becoming visible if fast enough.
- Comment on Is the world more volatile now or is it just the abundance of news? 2 days ago:
This has been prevalent throughout history.
In the Cold War era, both the U.S. and the Soviets (and to an extent, other powers like the Chinese, British, and French), funded conflicts across the globe in the name of ideology and economic interests. Dictatorships and autocratic governments were prevalent around the world, propped up by these major powers. New nations were fighting against colonial powers for their independence.
In the aftermath of the Cold War, conflicts are still everywhere due in part of tribalism, support by world powers (e.g. US and Russia), economic interests of those at the top, and colonialism. You had the breakup of Yugoslavia and all the conflict that erode from that, Africa and Asia are still a hot mess due in part to borders drawn by the Europeans, the Middle East is likewise, etc.
However! It is true that, currently, we are at a tipping point in the world. Many populist far-right parties and leaders are gaining influence, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is devastating for both sides, Israel is starving Gaza, Iran is bombing their neighbours, the United States is doing what they have always done, the Chinese are militarising at a rapid rate, blunt racism and religious prejudice (Islamophobia, antisemitism, etc.) is returning (by prominent world leaders too, yikes!), etc. And these are conflicts involving nuclear-armed states!
Things are bad, and it is important to be aware of that, but nothing is new. The Russians have had conflicts with Ukraine (and other states, like Georgia) in the past, Israel had always been committing atrocities in the occupied territories, Iran had been hostile to its neighbours in the past, the U.S. had intervened in many (sooo many) nations already, etc.
But simply because it’s not new doesn’t negate its consequences. Lives have been lost in war, people across the world require humanitarian aid, and bigotry (of any kind) affects everybody. No, the world is not more volatile, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t.
- Comment on Do women actually enjoy sex? 4 days ago:
Unrelated to the question, but what sort of degreesvare you eating celery in? Celsius, where the celery is quite cold, Fahrenheit, where the celery is frozen solid (unlikely). I highly doubt one can eat celery at 7K.
Or maybe it’s latitude, where you only eat celery when you are close to the equator (north or south?), or longitude, when you are 7 degrees west or eat of the Prime Meridian?
Maybe the angle of approach of the celery should be 7 degrees from a perpendicular line extending from your mouth? Or perhaps the angle from a line parallel to your arm?
This is what happens when you do not leave in units. Remember your units, kids!
- Comment on How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie? 6 days ago:
You aren’t supposed to wander off or daydream when watching something.
Again, people with ADHD aren’t constantly daydreaming.
You are supposed to take in the characters, dialogue, cinematography, animation, etc., take in the story, and follow it. Escape into that world, not focus on anything else. That’s how you watch something.
You keep emphasising on how you are “supposed” to watch a film, again you are speaking as if people with ADHD aren’t doing what they are “supposed” to do.
- Comment on How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie? 6 days ago:
Still, your point is that those with ADHD simply cannot watch a film because “they can’t pay attention” and that it is a “waste of time” for them doesn’t feel right to me.
As somebody who happens to be neurodivergent as well (ASD), I’ve heard my fair share of similar comments used in a negative connotation.
- Comment on How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie? 6 days ago:
I don’t have ADHD, but I can tell you that most people with the condition aren’t constantly daydreaming. They can watch a film.
In order to watch a film, you have to actually pay attention.
I don’t know if it was the intent, but this gives me bad vibes. You are implying that they are rude because they have ADHD.
- Comment on What is the best laptop you can get for under 650€? 6 days ago:
The most important thing is to make sure the CPU architecture is recent. Especially for AMD, as they tend to re-release very old chips under a new name, so be careful for those! Intel “14th gen” (e.g. Core Ultra 100 series) or AMD Zen 4 is ideal, but Intel 13th gen and AMD Zen 3 is alright for more basic tasks. Newer architectures (Zen 5, Intel Core 200 and 300 series) are probably out of your price range.
Next, you need to look at the CPU itself. An older chip with higher clock speeds will be better than a weaker new chip, though possibly less efficient. A 6-core model is fine for most use cases, but if they do any CPU intensive tasks, a higher tier 8 core might be needed (but is also quite a bit more expensive)
Avoid HP laptops, as they are poor value and tend to have worse build quality (+ HP is a terrible company, none of them are great but HP is one of the baddest eggs of the smelly bunch). Dell is a mixed bag due to the sheer number of models they have. Lenovo machines tend to be quite good from my experience (my sibling uses a cheap Lenovo laptop), with good to excellent keyboards. Asus is mixed too, they have pretty good value machines and usually awesome port selection, but their customer service is not great. Acer is usually more affordable than the competition but their build quality is lacking.
- Comment on My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined 1 week ago:
Doesn’t “archangel” just mean the head/authority of the angels (usually depicted as friendly and helpful)? Like how archbishops is to bishops.
Wait, what does this mean for Arch Linux?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
No problem! We were taught this in primary school
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Given that these are very recent releases, there’s probably no unofficial firmwares available yet. Plus, since earbuds don’t have a physical data transfer port, any firmware needs to be installed wirelessly (and most companies tend to lock down on this). Try look around in the XDA forums, they have that sort of stuff usually.
- Comment on a wonderful world 1 week ago:
a dream of a whale leaping out of the ocean, by a fish who has jumped out of the fish bowl
This one is not so lovely (also by PDF)
- Comment on Is starlink internet worth it or shit for gaming? 1 week ago:
Satellite networks (not “Starlink”, that’s Elon’s billionaire project, there are other networks as well run by various other groups) is useful if you live somewhere remote and have no other options, but if you have access to traditional networks, those will always be faster and more reliable.
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- Comment on Why are plug sockets region locked? 2 weeks ago:
There was an attempt at standardisation, the type , but because of 1. cost, 2. time, and 3. effort, there was no wide adoption. The “Type N” plug was similar to the “Euro plug” Type C but with a grounding pin near the middle. It was, like the Euro plug, recessed as well. However, it was only adopted in Brazil and South Africa, and not really anywhere else.
- Comment on Why did/does Oman not raise a stink about Iran also closing their half of the strait? 2 weeks ago:
Fortunately, the world is not composed of two empires. Both Russia and the U.S. have significant influence, yes, as does many other nations (China, the UK, France, India…)
The world is run by great powers, and behind them, people who have far too much money and power than any one person should have. That is unfortunately the world we live in. But it’s our only world we know, and I believe we should try our best to better our society, by whatever means you’re comfortable with.
- Comment on Urine Luck 2 weeks ago:
I think that makes sense, water is absorbed into the bloodstream, right? And then the kidneys filter the blood and the bad bits + excess water is peed out. Which is why your pee looks saturated yellow if you are dehydrated and almost clear (but don’t drink it!) when you have drank a lot of water.
Any remaining water in your digestive tract that isn’t absorbed would be in your poos! If you have diarrhoea and your poos are all liquidy, that means water is not being absorbed properly (bad!)
I didn’t do Biology, I’m a Physics+Chem student, so this could be completely wrong!
- Comment on Terrorbird 2 weeks ago:
As for birds being dinosaurs, you also have a lot of physical similarities too! The feet of non-avian dinosaurs are similar to those of modern birds with hollow bones, and I think the skulls were similar in shape too. Recently, we have also found evidence of some dinosaurs being feathered. There is also evidence of bird-like behaviours in some dinosaurs, like brooding (e.g. a hen sitting on some eggs) and herding (grouping together)
- Comment on Terrorbird 2 weeks ago:
Too bad, now you, me, and everyone is a fish. All the tetrapods were originally descended from fish (technically, the ancestor to the modern kind of fish), meaning we are closer to bony fish than sharks are!
Mammals, reptiles, dinosaurs (and by extension birds), and amphibians are all FISH!
- Comment on Terrorbird 2 weeks ago:
our robot overlords will pamper us as much as I pamper my chickens
Unfortunately for us humans, the majority of chickens live in horrible conditions in large corporate farms. Should the robots ever start to take over, I hope by that time we will be treating other species better, else they learn from us!
- Comment on If someone was shrunk down to the size of an ant would they be able to make a little ant sized campfire with the same principles? Does it scale like that? 3 weeks ago:
just on a much faster time scale
I wonder if a creature the size of something like an ant that experiences time at a much slower rate would be able to enjoy a tiny ant-sized fire? That would be pretty neat
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
For me, Heliboard is the best option. FlorisBoard is cool too if you like their interface, but Heliboard is super customisable. You can change the symbols around, padding, colours, etc., and it supports plenty of languages and can work well with Whisper for TTS, and the auto complete suggestions is quite accurate in my experience. You can also change the toolbar to include copy paste, undo and redo, left/right, etc.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If a group of people self identified as “White”, what group would I expect to see.
Depends on who you ask :D
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
…what? The idea of “white” people is not very clear cut, as it turns out, human genetics are not black and white! Who woulda thunk?
I did not say I would use the term “white” for African or Carribean cultures, I doubt anybody does, I mentioned Western cultures of different kinds. And since a Brit is very different from an Aussie, which is different from a Pole, and all quite different from a Frenchie, the idea of “Western” cultures is broad and you need to be a bit more specific :D
- Comment on Voyager app for Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
if you’re on iOS, mLem should be on the App Store
- Comment on Voyager app for Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
The apps listed for Android are either available through F-Droid or, in the case of Summit, requires Obtainium (if you don’t want to use the Play Store)
- Comment on Voyager app for Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
Welcome to Lemmy! After you login, you can change between different view modes (subscribed, local, and all), change some of the filters, and select to create a new post. When making a new post, you will have to select a community to post it in (e.g. “nostupidquestions”) and give it a title, and optionally a description, image, or link. Pretty neat!
If you want to experiment with different user interfaces, you can try Summit, Jerboa, or Thunder (on Android) or mLem (on iOS)!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
There is not much context of this question. Define “white people”, do you mean those of European ancestry, those living in Western cultures (if so, which ones?), etc. It’s ambiguous.
If you see other questions, they describe the problem and specify the details. If you ask “why do people do this thing” with no context, whatever that thing is, it will be disliked as it’s hard to answer.
If people do not agree with you, perhaps you are in the wrong. The Internet is cruel, but it is composed of people too you know? And you are one of those people, and you know many other people in your life, so treat people like proper people, even when it’s hidden internet people!
- Comment on Seagirl 3 weeks ago:
squawk
- Comment on Which emitter should I get for the Convoy T6 flashlight? 3 weeks ago:
However, the flashlight will have lots more power if used with a Lithium battery instead of an alkaline / NiMH battery (5A @ 3.6 V) vs. (0.5 A @ 1.5/1.2 V).
Good to know! I already have the NiMH batteries + charger on hand though used in other bits and bobs, so it will be more cost effective for me to use those over buying new 14500 Li-ion batteries. Will try 14500s if I have any troubles with the power!
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