Cort

@Cort@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anons brother has some strong opinions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  • It is lighter and cheaper, as you can use thinner materials. This is because pointy is a stronger shape than flat.

  • It gives more interior space.

  If you’re using lighter cheaper materials you’ll need all the added interior space for roof trusses, none of it will be livable space.

  • It allows more sunlight to reach the street.

  No, for the same amount of occupiable space the shorter flat roof blocks less light than a standard 10:12 or 12:12 roof

  • It has a smaller area-to-volume-ratio through which heat can escape.

  The greater surface area of a pitched roof means this is absolutely not true. The hypotenuse is always longer than either leg.

  • Solar panels get a higher efficiency.

  This one actually depends on latitude, equatorialy it’s better flat. And don’t forget that the minimum summer angle is limited by the pitched roof.

  • If a city has the same height restrictions for flat roofed buildings as for pointy roofed buildings, and the architect is too lazy to go to the city council to explain to them that that doesn’t make sense, the architect can design a building with more volume by making the roof flat.

  No it makes perfect sense. It goes back to your comment on letting sunlight through to the street. The maximum height is the maximum height so everyone gets the same amount of light.

  In other words: the only reason any architect would design a building with a flat roof is because they are either lazy or they have no idea what they are doing. this guy thinks their habitat is the only kind over the whole planet and can’t imagine people living in areas where snow load wouldn’t need to be considered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar panels in space could cut Europe's renewable energy needs by 80%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Back of the napkin math:

  Largest solar sail (much lighter than panels, but doesn’t produce electricity) 2000 sq meters

  200w/sq meter

  400kwp

  Also iirc the space solar farms plans I’ve seen call for re radiating the energy back via microwaves to dedicated receiving towers on the ground

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milliamp-hours per hour⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Similar to how EU efficiency labels show power draw in W as kWh per 1000h of use

  That sounds nice for appliances that run intermittently like refrigerators

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shit like this is why we need open source printers!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Would you accept a printer that works like a typewriter with arms that strike the page to lay down text?

  What about a 2d pen plotter? Not nearly as fast as an inkjet, but still open source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or at least I will when I find another FWB 😅⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Mermaids appear to be mammals based on the tail fin orientation, so it’d be similar to dolphins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's all a game for them and we are always the losers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As I understand it, nothing is dismissed, it’s either approved or it’s ‘left to die in committee’ because anything that doesn’t make it out of committee by the end of session it dies and just be re submitted to the committee next session.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's all a game for them and we are always the losers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t it have to be reproposed since it was still in committee at the end of last session?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aspergers officinalis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well it takes 2 years to grow, but the harvest is in the 3rd year, at least when I’ve done it. It’s a perennial with minimal maintenance aside from weeding & water

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broccoli Blooms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The sprouts actually taste better if you lightly blacken them, like asparagus. It’s one of the weird veggies where you go a little past maillard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broccoli Blooms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, I’ve only heard bolting used when plants start flowering too early, before they’ve produced. Like lettuces or basil flowering before there are more than a couple leaves. Usually because they’re too crowded or otherwise stressed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any Xbox 360 can now be hacked in less than one minute⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pulled my 360 out of storage a couple years ago and it instantly red ringed when I tried to power on. Hopefully you have better luck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They don't make 'em like they used to⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so unsafe with that un-flared base

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s cheaper in the short term to just buy from the grid. If this whole AI thing doesn’t work out, then losses are minimal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just saying that during a hypothetical invasion by Trump it would be a choke point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and that whole TransCanada highway being a massive choke point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US F-16s lose out as Thai air force seals US$600 million deal for Swedish Gripen jets⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh nice, a Saab

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W.a.m.d.i.i.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t just slurp it up with your urethra?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Used a Murder Mystery to Pay Homage to Shatner, Roddenberry and the Original Series: ‘We Didn’t Have Any Adult Supervision’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The, Shatner bits, are, well worth … the Watch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the market corrected UHC’s ceo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planet of the apes: Beginning⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think she’s aiming at the little one in the foreground, I think she’s staying ready for the older looking adolescent lurking behind the lamp post

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if it does solve some problems (not that I concede that point), does it create more problems than it solves, and are the problems it creates larger than the ones it solves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US appeals court agrees to pause Google app store reform order for now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Paragraph 2:

  Google . . . planned to further appeal the judge’s October injunction, which a 9th Circuit panel upheld on Thursday in a unanimous decision.

  Decision put on hold due to (another) appeal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Train company response: it’s a feature, not a bug, so you’re still guilty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP AND TEAR⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how Christian they really were. Real Christians played the fuck outta Doom, cause you were killing demons from hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No LUFS regulations are the reason you use subtitles to watch TV – Tom Scott YT (7:58)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Semi sarcastic response to your sarcastic question:

  Force tv manufacturers to add a center channel speaker to TVs. There’s more room in 16:9 screens for a center channel than 4:3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it was the exploits and jailbreaks that were named in leet, like L1meRain

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless it’s also a cfaa violation for exceeding access

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  timberborn

  The new zip lines are a real game changer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Foldable solar panels⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they do make what you’re asking for, but they’re not great.

  Printed solar panels exist, and are super light weight, but they’re only 10% as efficient as regular panels so you need 10x surface area to produce the same amount of electricity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Missed it by that much!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Boob sechs