Right, but in the daytime, the portion of sunlight that is scattered on the way through the atmosphere to a given spot is partially made up for by sunlight that was scattered to that spot away from other areas, which wouldn’t happen under this scheme.

I’m curious how much scattering occurs - I have no idea how to find or model that.

Thanks for the write up!

I’m curious how strong an effect atmospheric scattering would have, even after all that

Yeah, I’m just pissed that even with that they’re still head and shoulders above the competition

According to sources familiar with negotiations, Microsoft’s bid suffered as it refused to accept some of Israel’s demands.

…why is Microsoft the upstanding company here?!

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this meme; but what’s it from?

…so do people not expect to upload their own rips anymore? Or is there a different process these days?

Fair points, I hadn’t considered the economic side of it; or even the mass beyond how it affects lift.

True, I hadn’t considered the economic angle at all!

Also for unmanned aircraft, using helium instead of hydrogen is just crazy

Is it? Hydrogen is about half the mass of helium, but the trick is what you’re displacing to generate lift.

1 cubic meter of air is around 1.2 kilograms, depending on a variety of factors.

1 cubic meter of helium is around 0.18 kilograms, displacing the atmosphere to generate about 1.02 kilograms of lift.

1 cubic meter of hydrogen is around 0.08 kilograms, displacing the atmosphere to generate about 1.12 kilograms of lift, a shade under a 10% increase over helium.

That can be significant, depending on other engineering constraints; but is it “crazy” different?

(Numbers will vary with temperature and pressure, back of envelope calculations, etc. etc.)

I’m sorry. I’m not Peter Parker.

Wish Netflix still mailed DVDs, be nice to have another way to fill in the gaps.

Need to look at what DVDs the library carries…

Maybe - but the marketing that won’t affect you isn’t what you need to worry about. It’s the parts that do still work on you need to be careful of - and if you assume nothing will ever work on you, you won’t even notice when something does take. Whether that’s buying a trinket that doesn’t actually make you happy, or joining a group that turns out to be a cult.

Always better to assume you can be manipulated, and check in with yourself periodically.

This… strikes me more as self-aggrandizing than informative.

Yes, many technical folks are put off by certain marketing tricks. Good marketers just use different techniques when targeting people in this market, when they bother to at all.

We’re not immune to manipulation; and thinking that we are makes us more susceptible to it.

Just went through this with both kids… The word “need” always implies a goal. “I need x (to do y)”. Without context, the goal is generally either survival, or more often, comfort: “I need a drink.” “I need a break.”

When you’re speaking in the context of doing something, as superglue was, that becomes the implied goal. “I need those recommendations to automatically populate (in order for my wife to be comfortable using this)” is a perfectly valid use of the word “need”.

Ahh, fair point on the source. I should probably let myself wake up more before posting :P

You’re right though, it’s a weird “study”… feels more like a quick test I’d run locally to check my processes than anything with real rigor.

… doesn’t it say Republicans claim similar spam from Democrats got through?

My main takeaway is the Republicans want to block Democrat messaging, and via projection, assume Google is doing the reverse.

Pretty sure this was just a play on the similar pronunciations between “Epstein files” and “Israeli pedophile”. It didn’t read to me as outrage bait or an expectation that Nevada should be releasing the files, just a joke that keeps the Epstein file conversation alive as a side effect.

AI will now supplement all interactions with the genius businessman

Teachers are generally awesome. But school boards and superintendents are almost stereotypically control freaks; and that’s who sets this stuff up. There are plenty of good ones too, but it’s not nearly as selfless a group as teachers.

You’re not wrong, and I feel like it was a developing problem even before AI - everybody wanted someone with experience, even if the technology was brand new.

That said, even if you and I will be fine, it’s still bad for the industry. And even if we weren’t the ones pulling up the ladder behind us, I’d still like to find a way to start throwing ropes back down for the newbies…