Warl0k3
@Warl0k3@lemmy.world
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Worry not, the implanted power systems I know of generate at peak a few nanowatts of energy. Enough to tricklecharge a device or run some very very very efficient digital hardware, but no way you’re harvesting that power for anything useful. It’d be far more practical just to have the humans chained to bicycle generators…
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Yeah. Unfortunately even rechargable pacemakers are extremely rare - almost all of them just expect that you’ll have to replace the battery every several years (I think the average is 5?), which in the long run isn’t terrible. Rechargeable batteries self-discharge far too much and as a result require quite frequent recharging so are far from ideal for implantation, although not having to undergo regular surgery to replace the battery is obviously a highly desirable outcome. The idea with internal power generation is to bridge the gap between the two and allow a person to go for far longer without the need for invasive surgery, but without the drawbacks inherent to rechargable chemistries.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I think the idea was to provide a redundant method of charging in case you’re unable or forget to recharge it externally.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Walter.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Real answer: The sheer amount of neutron radiation thrown off by fusion erodes the materials. This is why the Lockheed Martin fusion reactor they claimed to have built is complete BS - their design ignored the requirement to shield their superconductors from the neutron radiation, allowing them to be placed far closer to the reaction (and thus vastly lower the power requirements). While it could have theoretically worked briefly, it would have eaten itself into radioactive dust astoundingly quickly.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I’ll admit I’ve been out of the field for a couple years so my information is going to be outdated, but I believe the issue with using MHD for continuous stimulation is that it generates tiny amounts of power - enough to trickle-charge a pacemaker, but not enough to keep tickling the brainstem with the frequency needed in DBS.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Yep! And fun fact, all online encryption relies on exactly this technology. Radiophotovoltaic batteries provide uninterrupted current, which is used to ensure that encryption keys (stored in highly volatile memory for security) are not lost due to a brief power flicker.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
That’s the most common proposal for MHD generators - once it goes thru the MHD proper you use the waste heat to drive a conventional powerplant. Unfortunately MHD requires the production of plasma to be effective, and plasma just does not like to exist, so the engineering practicalities make it… unlikely to ever be even remotely viable outside of incredibly niche applications (non-plasma MHD has been studied, and I believe there are even some human trials, to power implants in the body like pacemakers)
- Comment on 1 week ago:
There’s also direct energy conversion of the charged particles, radiophotovoltaics and Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators, but none of those are practical for large scales…
- Comment on YSK: In 2016 numerous gay-friendly churches were burned down in Clark County, Washington. The FBI, local LEOs and city officials knew about these motives and hid the truth from the public. ACAB. 1 week ago:
Church vandalism / attacks are pretty common - the a few months later in WA there was a string of attacks on Jehovah’s Witness churches (3 arson, 1 gun), www.theolympian.com/news/…/article294233499.html . There’s a ton all over the country if you google around, people burn the things down all the time and for all kinds of reasons.
- Comment on ABC journalists to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, like the rest of the spinoffs I’ve seen (very much US included to be clear here) it wasn’t… very… good.
But you’re strawmanning this: NBC regularly aired the entire UK series in the lulls between Office (American) episodes before they lost the rights. Maybe some people think that it was the OG now, but they were not subtle about it at the start (possibly because Gervais is an attention whore). These days I can’t honestly think of anyone I’ve encountered who cares about that show enough to still remember it, yet is somehow unaware of the UK version. Even the subreddit is explicit about it:
This subreddit is for fans of the US version of the TV show, The Office. The show ran from 2005-2013 but is still watched just as much today. Join us as we discuss the show!
- Comment on ABC journalists to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected 2 weeks ago:
Er… The Office was from the UK. The Aus version is a spinoff of that, as are the French, Czech, Brazilian, American, Swedish, South African, […] versions.
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, but that tendency is directly addressed in the policy.
- Comment on World first: antimatter particles transported in Geneva 2 weeks ago:
No, what?
- Comment on World first: antimatter particles transported in Geneva 2 weeks ago:
In the US ar leasr it would just be for the compressed refrigeration gasses (if any), if you felt cheeky you might have a Class 7 plaquard but you’d probably get in trouble for incorrectly laveling your cargo since 100 anti-protons isn’t exactly a radiological threat.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
ohh, mr hands. Classic.
- Comment on it’s just what i’d wear on a basic hot day 2 weeks ago:
As an exhibitionist I approve, as a person who gets cold though no way am I wearing sheer fabrics on the daily. My fuckin’ nipples would freeze off…
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Wait, what story? It’s a damn good safeword tho, very meta-humor…
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 2 weeks ago:
Like, say, a candle?
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 2 weeks ago:
What? spelling/grammar checking and machine translation have been in use for decades on wikipedia, the only difference is that AI has improved the usefulness of the tools for first-pass editing. After generating videos of young girls with gigantic titties it’s the only thing generative AI is actually useful for.
- Comment on Fookin Ghosties 2 weeks ago:
This is AI??
- Comment on Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking 2 weeks ago:
This is… the same kind of thing the local Airsofters were building with an arduino and a few hats a decade ago. It’s not a functional weapon it’s just a hobby rocket with fins that admittedly looks real fun to shoot off…
- Comment on Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking 2 weeks ago:
I can contribute that the goal with the drones is to help contain small fires before they spread - they aren’t there to stop the fires, just slow them down until humans can get there with the serious equipment.
- Comment on Worm doll I sleep with 3 weeks ago:
Like a badge of honor.
- Comment on I want, nay *need*, to see your favourite pet photos 3 weeks ago:
Probably the best cat photo I’ve ever taken - unfortunately, it’s of course not a photo of my cat.
- Comment on More people should dance like they are trying to get something off their chest 3 weeks ago:
Like a big spider. Dance like you’re trying to get a big spider off your chest.
- Comment on Worm doll I sleep with 3 weeks ago:
No you dont.
- Comment on Dear Faith IV 5 weeks ago:
Noy really sure how it’s relevant here?
- Comment on Dear Faith IV 5 weeks ago:
I’m skeptical just because their email signature changes - I haven’t touched mine in years, so why does Prof. Kutaywa go from being first supervisor to just supervisor?
- Comment on Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps. 5 weeks ago:
Except that’s not how that works - creating a healthy used resale market drives demand for the Pixel phones. I may not be giving them my money directly, but it’s still of huge monetary benefit to Google if I purchase one of their phones used. I like grapheneOS, I really do, but it’s inseparability from Google hardware is a serious problem.
