spongebue
@spongebue@lemmy.world
- Comment on That's ok, I don't want to see the shop anymore anyway. 1 week ago:
The thought counts
Was there even thought though?
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
Energy is not created or destroyed, it only gets transformed from one form to another. Fuel represents a storage of energy. So when you burn fuel, you are taking the energy contained in that fuel and using it to create heat energy, harness it to make a car move, generate electricity (which you seem to agree is energy as well), or whatever.
Think about high school physics. Bring a 200 pound weight to the top of a tower, and it has potential energy. Nothing happens, just as nothing happens to fuel without a spark, but if you drop it out turns into kinetic energy. Let it hit the ground, and the sidewalk will absorb some of that energy as it breaks, it gets absorbed into sound energy, the whole process repeats on a smaller scale as it bounces, etc. All energy, and not in the hippy “the universe is all energy, maaan” kind of way.
The first part of this Technology Connections video also shows how propane is stored energy that gets converted: youtu.be/OOK5xkFijPc - just because that spark was needed to convert the energy in that propane to heat, doesn’t mean the spark is the source of the energy. If you’re going to be pedantic enough that I have to explain that.
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
I never said it would happen immediately 😉
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
Gas isn’t energy
It absolutely is. Do I need to explain why that’s a ridiculous take, or have you had enough coffee by now to realize it?
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
I mean… Gas prices are relatively low right now, at least here in 'Merica. I’ve seen them more than double what they are now, how did that happen?
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
Still nothing terribly new here. Energy has always had inelastic demand, meaning usage doesn’t change much with price. Whether gas costs 1, 3, or 5 dollars people still need to get to work and will still buy stuff. Maybe people will start to combine trips or whatever with higher prices, but nothing huge.
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
Which wasn’t a factor before? 😉
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
I’m not sure about that. The way I see it, there will be more supply for the below-expectation demand, which would make prices go down
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 1 week ago:
The same way you pay more for gas in summer or when the economy is doing well: demand is higher so prices go up.
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 2 weeks ago:
Yep, it’s got a rubbery grippy surface to follow the plane. As the plane goes down, the wheel will creep up a little bit so the jet bridge height will go down a tiny bit too.
Fun fact: they also have an alarm if something funky happens, like if someone pulls on the unit when it’s in use.
- Comment on "Too-short, Contextless Quote": Insufficient Explanation, says Person/Organization 2 weeks ago:
Clickbait trying to be subtle
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 2 weeks ago:
Bluecifer*
- Comment on Whats the best use for 75 dollars? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve got 4 Pis in my house right now:
- Octopi server for my 3D printer (Zero 2 W)
- Home Assistant server (400, but this was before I understood how Home Assistant worked and how much I didn’t need easy display access
- This adorable retro thingymabob: www.printables.com/model/…/files (I think on a 4?)
- A nearby flight display thingymabob: github.com/c0wsaysmoo/plane-tracker-rgb-pi (another Zero 2 W)
I’m also looking at making one of these (put a few parts on the Christmas list 😀 ) github.com/fatihak/InkyPi
- Comment on Whats the best use for 75 dollars? 2 weeks ago:
Do you have a 3D printer? $75 won’t buy one in full, but it can help get a decent entry-level one like an Ender 3 V3 SE. If you already have one, maybe some filament.
Also, a Raspberry Pi can be used for some nice things. I love my Home Assistant setup, for example!
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve only been on a Dash 8 a few times, but I think I’ve boarded one from a jet bridge once?
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 2 weeks ago:
Nah, I worked at an airport that only has CRJs and we had a jet bridge. I’ve even boarded Saab 340s from them. There are some differences like a little bridge instead of direct connection, and they can’t use the jet bridge’s auto-level feature (as the plane gets loaded and unloaded it slowly sinks/rises not unlike what a car would do; auto-level has a stick with a wheel to track that and move the jet bridge to match) but other than that it’s pretty seamless.
Ok, there is a limit and you probably couldn’t use a jet bridge on, say, a Cessna Caravan… But the minimum is most definitely not a mainline plane.
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 2 weeks ago:
Denver is the second largest airport in the world after Dammam, Saudi Arabia, which doesn’t even seem to use much of its enormous amount of land from a quick look.
Denver’s airport is relatively new, was built way outside of town before the city really had a chance to grow into it, and is about twice the size of Manhattan.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 3 weeks ago:
You take that back!
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 3 weeks ago:
And if it is done right it can add a dimension of flavor. Carrot and onion develop a bit of sweetness when cooked a while. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but it’s not exactly what you’re looking for in a bowl of chicken noodle. Celery, being disgusting when raw, doesn’t do that and helps break that pattern up.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 3 weeks ago:
Do you mean the leaves, AKA cilantro? Do you have that gene?
- Comment on The shop app says my package will arrive tomorrow but it hasn't even moved from its start point in Hong Kong yet 3 weeks ago:
I had a package ship UPS out of Hong Kong recently too. Took a while to get out (I honestly thought it was going by boat) but once it did it was pretty quick. I’m guessing there’s a big holiday backup right now.
- Comment on Is it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial? 5 weeks ago:
feasebal
Well, that’s a new one
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I missed the part where Beth is at all interested in this plan, especially with its intent. That’s kinda important.
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 5 weeks ago:
Ok, a majority of voters, not a majority of us, but as another commenter said if you sat this one out you basically helped the winner and I’m absolutely going to blame you for it
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 5 weeks ago:
China has been China-ing for a while, we get it. America’s actions are relatively fresh, and a majority of us DID choose him. While I’ll immediately reassure people that I didn’t vote for him, the fact that I have to separate myself from what’s going on comes from a sense of shame over that.
That said, if I met a Russian I wouldn’t necessarily hold the invasion of Ukraine against them… But I might have to ask if they really support that shit.
- Comment on No Black Friday deal for loyal/previous customers 1 month ago:
The lack of mentioning it in the fine print is a pretty valid beef, especially given that this is the Mildly Infuriating community
- Comment on Can I make a Bluetooth button to skip YouTube ads on the computer? 1 month ago:
I mean, I kinda get it. I hate ads but understand that’s the “price” I pay for content. It’s also gotten invasive to the point that the Internet has gotten unusable without an adblocker, so I do that too (if there were less I’d at least try to do my part)
That said… You do know that the skip button was put in by YouTube? Do you really never press it? Or click the microscopic x to close an ad that’s in your way? Do you also go through the trouble of actually reading all of your junk mail?
- Comment on Why don't all the "illegals" or just some put a tracker on them that goes back to their spouse or something? That way we can go to whereever the place their held at a protest the shit out of it? 2 months ago:
What’s your endgame here? That 1) some guy will be able to get a sizeable crowd of strangers to show up on their behalf AND 2) it will be enough that ICE will release that one person?
There have been individuals drawing protestors already. Hasn’t done shit.
- Comment on If I shut off the internet how many days do you think it would take before people lose their minds? 2 months ago:
The elders of the Internet know who I am?!?
- Comment on Sunlight special 2 months ago:
Also not British… Boiled egg? 🤔