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 Farage declares victory over Count Binface in Clacton byelection 1 week ago:
The Count received over 9,000 votes, about a hundred times (or 10,000% to quite the Count himself) more than the 95 in Makerfield. That is an impressive result for the Bin!
Over one in four people preferred a bin over the leader of Reform UK, and this was with around 44% turnout. Farage didn’t even attend the results ceremony and confront the Count because he was afraid of being humiliated (the “security threat” Nigel claimed is nonsense according to Essex police)
Nigel, you won against a bin in an election where all the major parties pulled out (less than 3:1 in favour of him btw). Also note that, during the ceremony announcing his “win”, few people clapped, given that Nigel didn’t even bother attending.
It looks like the investigation into Nigel receiving £5,000,000 without declaration will continue.
- Comment on Would a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges? 1 week ago:
In this case, it’s all to do with the conversation of angular momentum! This is also why the solar system is in a plane.
Basically, during formation, the cloud of gas forming the galaxy is spinning super fast, and the difference in rotational forces flattens the cloud closer to a plane.
- Comment on Would a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges? 1 week ago:
One interesting note, some planets like Jupiter and Saturn spin so fast they bulge in the equator, making them a little less spherical than normal!
- Comment on Would a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges? 1 week ago:
A planetary mass disc would collapse into a sphere. Gravity works towards the centre of mass, so it makes sense that it becomes a sphere once the force is great enough, where the distance from said centre of mass is nearly equal from all points on the surface. it’s the reason why smaller objects are usually oblong and weird shaped (e.g. asteroids) while larger objects are close to spherical (e.g. Pluto!)
And what do you mean by “uniform gravity”? If you mean for a theoretical person on the planet, it would not be uniform on the edges as you have an imbalance of forces towards either side (while on a symmetrical spherical planet, it would all add up to a downward force), while in the centre it is symmetrical, an equal amount of mass on either side
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I’m sure in the massive catalogue of retro games that can be emulated at least one is an “incremental” game.
Breakout 71 is actually really fun though, you should play it!
- Comment on Trying to flash 256GB image to almost 256GB flash drive, space is barely not enough! 1 week ago:
It’s not that, the amount in GB is less than 256! Comparing GiB to GiB is easier on Linux since it doesn’t do the Windows thing and obfuscate the unit to all be GB. I just got the shirt end of the stick in terms of silicon (this was a drive by Asus, sooooo)
- Comment on Trying to flash 256GB image to almost 256GB flash drive, space is barely not enough! 1 week ago:
Dang
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- Comment on 1 week ago:
Breakout 71 is awesome and is like a souped up version of the ball bounces on paddle to break blocks game. I particularly enjoy the way it controls, when you let go it autopauses the game and unpauses when you click on the screen again. There are different upgrades that you get every round and some of them can get out of hand very quickly!
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You seem to enjoy using the word “chud” as well, if that means anything.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
But it looks like you post in bursts, multiple within a few minutes of each other, which doesn’t help your case. This makes me think that they are planned, for whatever reason I’m not sure.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Speaking as somebody who is autistic (diagnosed with Asperger’s as a kid), autism is a spectrum, it’s not a blanket statement that autism is a serious mental disorder that “hinders average behaviour”. This implies that you think autistic people are “not normal” and they can’t do things that “normal” people can.
Yes, there are many cases of autistic children being nonverbal and having severe learning difficulties, and more care should be directed to assist them in their education. More attention should be directed at supporting them rather than big greedy corporations and the military. But it’s not okay to put down others simply because they are autistic.
Especially considering this account is minutes old and has already made lots of relatively low effort posts, I don’t think this has good intentions.
But of note, I do think the people who say things like “Autism moment haha” are not always in the right either, but this depends on context. It’s something like how people say a joke is only funny if everybody is laughing, if you’re the only one who thinks it is appropriate, it probably isn’t.
- Comment on take a deep underwater breath 2 weeks ago:
Shallow underwater breath, since phytoplankton require sunlight. Less sunlight can penetrate into deeper water
- Comment on What are your thoughts on anti-populism and those that say populism is fascism? 2 weeks ago:
There’s thus really good video on populism by Ryan Chapman (on YouTube) that explains in really well, but in a nutshell, populism is the idea that this group/leader represents the people and is fighting against “the establishment”. It is the converse of pluralism, which is the acceptance of many different ideas. Populism is not inherently dangerous but it is often associated with authoritarianism (and rightly so) due to its anti-pluralistic nature.
Ryan explains it a lot better than I can do in an internet comment. I find he has a pretty factual and balanced take on the topics he discusses.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Even if this wasn’t a poorly made and machine generated, this community isn’t for promoting videos!
Sirius is a very hot and bright star and life could no longer exist. It’s also much more massive than the Sun, so the orbits of the planets will change too
- Comment on Is this true that Snapdragon X2 Elite chip 38% faster than apple silicon M3 pro and beats apple M5? 2 weeks ago:
No idea. However, I would advise against Snapdragon chip laptops as they almost always use soldered memory while being really expensive, plus, they tend to have terrible Linux support. Even Intel 13th gen or older Ryzen chips are fine (I’m currently using a laptop running the Intel i7 1360P), they might just run a bit hotter. Obviously, Panther Lake chips are super efficient and have awesome battery, but they are also quite expensive. At least with Panther Lake though, you have options that use LPCAMM memory (like the Framework 13 Pro or the newer Thinkpads)
- Comment on How do you people read books? 2 weeks ago:
Andy has also written plenty of other good children’s books as well, like the Just [Thing]! series and “What Body Part is That?” (the latter being a silly book with nonsensical facts about the human body)
- Comment on How do you people read books? 2 weeks ago:
I remember I read up to the 143 storey treehouse book, but it looks like there are two more in the series (giving a total of 13 books, that seems about right)
- Comment on How do you people read books? 2 weeks ago:
Of all the children’s books, I believe that the multiple-of-13 Story Treehouse books are the best.
Harry Potter is neat but isn’t as funny and not really all that original. Plus, there are some aspects that I find distasteful (e.g. idea that most of the house-elves enjoyed being slaves, the author being transphobic)
- Comment on How do you people read books? 2 weeks ago:
I have no idea what your reading interests are or reading level, but I’m currently reading “Cosmos” by Carl Sagan, and it’s an excellent book that is still quite relevant to the modern day! Sagan has a bunch of other books too you might be interested in, like “Pale Blue Dot” or “Contact”, the latter being sci-fi rather than nonfiction.
I am also looking forward to reading “Reality is Not What It Seems” by Carlo Rovelli, as well as “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking.
I’m interested in physics, astronomy, and space stuff, can you tell?
If you are of a lower reading level, as a kid I loved the Treehouse books by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, where in each book, an additional 13 stories is added, each filled with silly rooms. Mr Big Nose, the publisher who occasionally checks in, has a literal exploding nose. Andy and Terry get up to all sorts of antics, often accompanied by Jill, their animal-loving friend who is based on the wife of Andy (the author)
No particular chair, but I always bring one or two books with me so I have something to do when travelling (e.g. in long train or aeroplane trips), waiting in a restaurant, etc.
Don’t really take notes when reading, but if that helps you remember the things you have read than that’s awesome!
- Comment on Do non-English speakers learn to code in English, or in their native language? 2 weeks ago:
In a nutshell, words that look the same / similar but with different meanings in their respective languages, making it pretty confusing.
- Comment on Do non-English speakers learn to code in English, or in their native language? 2 weeks ago:
As somebody with a friend who speaks Chinese as their first language, I know she often uses non-English file names, variable names, etc.
It’s still standard Python and C++ though (and excellent code at that!), nothing esoteric.
- Comment on Space Cats 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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 [deleted] 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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€? 3 weeks 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.