BastingChemina
@BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
- Comment on This 3GW Gobi Desert solar farm can power 2 million households 1 day ago:
China is also building more nuclear reactors than the rest of the world.
- Comment on Patient gamers, what are your favorite OSTs? 1 week ago:
I agree, the whole game is an art piece.
- Comment on Why don't we just gather up all the ocean's trash and all the nonrecyclables, put them in a rocket, and launch it into the sun? 2 weeks ago:
First steep, gather all the ocean’s trash.
Good luck with that !
- Comment on 7 years ago there were no billionaires worth more than $100 billion - today there are 18! 1 month ago:
Including 14 inn the US.
- Comment on I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this. 1 month ago:
Similarly seasoning peppers are a staple of Caribbean cuisine. They look and taste almost identical to habaneros peppers minus the heat.
- Comment on What letter has the best games? 1 month ago:
Factorio !
- Comment on Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor? 1 month ago:
Caramelized apple ice cream is amazing !
- Comment on Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it 1 month ago:
Don’t forget Serge Gainsbourg
- Comment on solar PV → heat pump → water heater; direct, no A/C or intermediate components. Practical? Feasible? 1 month ago:
Yes, thermal solar panels would be way more appropriate.
While trying to gain a few % through the transformation process OP is not addressing the elephant in the room: PV panels turn around 20% of the sun energy into electricity, thermal panels turn around 80% of the same energy into heat, They are way more efficient.
- Comment on I just want to make cookies :( 2 months ago:
Are you using an American, Canadian, British or metric cup ?
Because they are all different measurements.
- Comment on Startup Says It'll Use Huge Space Mirror to Sell Sunlight During Nighttime 2 months ago:
Astronomer hate this simple trick to ruin all observations.
- Comment on FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames. 2 months ago:
More specifically SpaceX got a contract to bulls the moon lander for NASA.
So SpaceX is going to land in the moon.
- Comment on The most recognizable leaf silhouette is the marijuana leaf. 2 months ago:
Palm leaves ?
- Comment on No one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke. 2 months ago:
Yep, I think we pictures are becoming a valuable as text and it is fine, we just need to get used to it.
Before photography became mainstream the only source of information was written, it is extremely simple to make a fake story so people had to rely on trusted sources. Then for a short period of history photography became a (kinda) reliable sources of information by itself and this trust system lost its importance.
In most cases seeing a photo means that we were seeing a true reflection of what happened, especially if we were song multiple photos of the same event.
Now we are arriving at the end of this period, we cannot trust a photo by itself anymore, tampering a photo is becoming as easy as writing a fake story. This is a great opportunity for journalists I believe.
- Comment on No one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke. 2 months ago:
I really don’t have much knowledge on it but it sound like it’s would be an actual good application of blockchain.
Couldn’t a blockchain be used to certify that pictures are original and have not been tampered with ?
On the other hand if it was possible I’m certain someone either have already started it, it is the prefect investor magnet “Using blockchain to counter AI”
- Comment on CAMPEÃO DO MUNDO 2 months ago:
Same, none of the Brazilian I’ve meet said they ever been murdered.
- Comment on Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other 2 months ago:
If the tech bros really wants self driving transportation we can give them that:
Self driving subway, goes 75km/h in the city center, fully electric, convenient, consistent, safe.
- Comment on Infamous $30 Logitech F710 called out in $50M lawsuit over Titan sub implosion 3 months ago:
Using off the shelve components is not an issue, even NASA does it but they have very precise procedures on how to select them.
- Comment on Average consumer now carries $6,329 in credit card debt. 'People are stretched,' expert says. 3 months ago:
On this particular topic (credit card debt) it is way better in other places.
The median credit card debt is by far the highest in the US compared to other countries. https://www.cardrates.com/advice/average-credit-card-debt-by-country/
- Comment on For here am I sitting in my tin can 3 months ago:
From what I see the thrusters are faulty.
Boeing said the cause is a Teflon seal bulging, they cannot identify why and when it is bulging but they say it will not happen on the way down.
Also, all the previous flights of Starliner had thruster malfunctions or shutdowns and they “fixed it” without knowing the root cause of the issue.
- Comment on What has he done to deserve this? 3 months ago:
Applied to a real situation I’ve been through :
- my pool 4.5m wide, 9m long and 1.5m deep, the current level of salt is 2.5g/l and a bag of salt weight 20kg. How many bags of salt do I need to bring the level to 3g/l ?
- OR: my pool 14’9" wide, 29’6" long and 5’ deep, the current level of salt is 2500ppm and a bag of salt weights 40lbs. How many bags of salt do I need to bring the level to 3000ppm ?
The answer to one is 1.5 bag, the answer to the other one is “fuck that, I’m getting 8 bags at the store and it should be good enough”
- Comment on Aluminum 3 months ago:
I love my steel bike, it’s great on the road, on gravel or for a quick grocery shop.
I’m not gonna win any competition with it but it is honestly such a fun bike.
And with care it should last forever.
- Comment on Good game soundtracks? 3 months ago:
Jeremy Soule made some soundtracks.
Guild wars 1 and 2, Skyrim …
- Comment on Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. 3 months ago:
Probably diplomatic passport holder.
- Comment on Most consumers hate the idea of AI-generated customer service 4 months ago:
I think it’s more “Most consumers hate the idea of a bad, unhelpful customer service”.
I’m fine with AI if it was actually helping to solve my issue, but it is generally not the case.
- Comment on Real 4 months ago:
For people interested an extensive report by French appliance store after sale service. It gives the reliability of each brand. There is a note for the reliability, ease and cost of repair.
It’s only in French unfortunately : https://www.darty.com/achat/services/barometre-sav/barometre.html
- Comment on Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag 4 months ago:
Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, is now the richest person in the world above Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
It did not happen by accident.
- Comment on I liked Fusion 360, I like Onshape - but I'd rather like something that I won't lose over the whims of one company. So, what? 4 months ago:
I’m in the same boat but with semi professional needs.
I have not found any alternative yet to Onshape that works on linux.
I’m trying FreeCAD and derivatives from time to time but it really feels like a serious step backwards.
- Comment on Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route 5 months ago:
There is often cases where the first class offer exactly the same service as the second class, people are just paying extra to not be with poor people.
- Comment on New Caledonia: French marines deployed amid deadly unrest 5 months ago:
France has been carefully walking on eggs for decades with New Caledonia.
They have been a bit less careful lately and cracked a few eggs.
I don’t know much about the situation either.
