CookieOfFortune
@CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
- Comment on 1 week ago:
You’ll need to learn some quantum theory to really understand transistor since field effect can’t really be explained using other analogies.
Basically because there is water at a high height (high voltage), the height in another pipe changes: Without the water actually flowing through the pipe.
Transistor let you set voltages without passing current through (in the real world, there is current and thus heat being generated as waste, but it’s extremely small compared to the number of switching components there are).
- Comment on Cultural impact 1 week ago:
The eyes freaked me out. Like I get that the anime/manga has them, but everyone did. In the movie, only she had them and that was weird.
- Comment on Cultural impact 1 week ago:
My understanding is that it was an unexpected success and it was used as a technology demonstration for Alita. However Alita was much less successful.
- Comment on Why are dads like this? 2 weeks ago:
There is some trauma associated with that type of forceps extraction. There’s definitely some damage to the baby’s skull and mother’s vaginal canal. However most of the time there will be no long term issues. It’s only used if the birth is going poorly.
- Comment on Black men dating Asian women: where is the real conversation about racism, family pressure, and emotional risk? 3 weeks ago:
Are you looking for historical context?
In Asia, being darker means you’re a lower class because you have to work outside. This colorism persists to this day, just look at the common beauty standards in Asia right now.
Add to that there’s a general worship of money and you can see where white ethnicities would be considered the most acceptable interracial coupling.
There are also extremely few black peoples in Asia, so there’s very little direct interaction. Everything they know about black people they learn from TV and movies and the news. So the only exposure they see are the common stereotypes.
It’s not like there’s much movement towards alleviating these issues because they don’t see it as a problem.
So for Asian women growing up in America, this exposure is a new experience and it’s not something that can be explained to the parents. The parents who of course forbid dating until after college and then expect grandchildren. Obviously what happens is that activities are hidden from the parents.
I remember in college I went on a few dates with an Asian woman of my same race who would hide if she thought someone saw us together. Imagine if she was seen with someone outside her race! Scandal!
Another issue is simply socioeconomics. Growing up in the South you end up with relatively wealthy Asians living near poor black neighborhoods leading to obvious disparities in crime. These type of situations perpetuate the stereotypes.
Hope this gives you some context.
- Comment on Nerve-controlled prosthetics 1 month ago:
Doesn’t she have an arm based off of Deus Ex?
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 1 month ago:
Like when BG3 came out and other devs whined about being unable to deliver such a game? Maybe they shouldn’t be considered AAA studios if all they do is waste their budget.
- Comment on Wacky 1 month ago:
But the bear trap also has this soft tentacle-like that can make your pp feel good.
- Comment on The Sounds of Silence 1 month ago:
Doh they’re going to the moon! I was thinking the ISS.
- Comment on The Sounds of Silence 1 month ago:
They could presumably be within 300 miles of him.
- Comment on It hurts. 1 month ago:
Looks wonderful to walk around.
- Comment on I started playing WH40k Rogue Trader and I'm digging it, but I know virtually nothing of Warhammer. Any super basic world info I should know going in? 2 months ago:
I guess this is true of the Orks too.
- Comment on I started playing WH40k Rogue Trader and I'm digging it, but I know virtually nothing of Warhammer. Any super basic world info I should know going in? 2 months ago:
The Emperor of Mankind preached the Imperial Truth: Atheism, Logic, and Humanity. There are no gods. Which is a lie because gods do exist.
Then he was betrayed, mostly killed, and enshrined on the Golden Throne where 10,000 psychics are sacrificed per day to keep him alive.
And then his empire started preaching the Imperial Creed: That he is the God Emperor. A title he tried desperately to avoid.
- Comment on I started playing WH40k Rogue Trader and I'm digging it, but I know virtually nothing of Warhammer. Any super basic world info I should know going in? 2 months ago:
Are the Tyranids actually evil? They’re horrific from our point of view but do they even have the concept of evil? They’re just hungry.
- Comment on But I'm a Nice Guy(TM)! 2 months ago:
But but I’ve put soooo many nice coins into the female machine! When do I get a sex out?
- Comment on Paid for by...boobs? 2 months ago:
That’s the whole conservative narrative: The success of the sex worker, the minority, the queer, is at the expense of the moral white man. All to distract that the actual reason things are worse is because of the rich man.
- Comment on They cannot imagine that you actually have a life when you leave your place of work 2 months ago:
At my company it depends on expected response time, I think up to your salary for the fastest response tiers. And some roles can exchange for time off.
- Comment on No More Neutral ⚛ 2 months ago:
That would just kill all life I guess?
- Comment on No More Neutral ⚛ 2 months ago:
How so? Adding an extra electron will increase the repulsion between atoms. Of course each atom may quickly shed the electron as a current.
- Comment on No More Neutral ⚛ 2 months ago:
Pretty sure this would cause most matter to come apart.
- Comment on Good question 3 months ago:
Eh there are plenty of people who live near the mountains where the resorts are affordable. Particularly in Europe.
- Comment on Price gouging 3 months ago:
IIRC: It was a 3D printed intake using those carbon fiber filaments that aren’t really carbon fiber. However the main failure was the assumption that the intake wouldn’t get hot, but it did.
- Comment on Button down squares at UT Austin 3 months ago:
Is this in Welsh? Does that building still exist?
- Comment on Warhammer 40K: 'Space Marine 2' Unveils The Techmarine set for a free update 4 months ago:
I thought so too originally but I ended up enjoy the co-op missions for a while. I’ve moved on since then but it’s been worthwhile for me.
Note that you can play those missions solo, but the game difficulty doesn’t adjust based on number is human players so it’s less efficient.
- Comment on Warhammer 40K: 'Space Marine 2' Unveils The Techmarine set for a free update 4 months ago:
Unfortunately most of the game mechanics occur in multiplayer. There’s no classes or upgrades available in the campaign.
- Comment on If a Space Elevator became a reality, wouldn't the cable act as a kind of wick for all of the unfiltered radiation from outside our atmosphere? 4 months ago:
But there’s really not that much debris. Certain orbits can get packed but there’s plenty of availability. Also stuff in LEO deorbits pretty fast.
- Comment on Brand new bag 4 months ago:
It’s the best way to carry laptops which a lot of workers need to use these days.
- Comment on What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing? 4 months ago:
It’s for the secret boss!
- Comment on genius 4 months ago:
It would have to be an experimental aircraft. Someone died recently when they installed a 3D printed intake that melted on their experimental single seater.
- Comment on The Best-Selling Video Games Since 2020 4 months ago:
The .0 here just seems incorrect. They only appear have the first significant digit.