Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago

Worse is a hard metric to analyze when comparing 2 different storms. One may have higher winds. Another might dump more rain. Another might have brought a high storm surge to an area that couldn't handle it. Another might come in kinda mild and just stall, battering one area for a long time. One storm might do massively more damage if it hits Atlanta vs. Miami. I'll forgive people for getting a little hyperbolic when describing a storm that has personally impacted them. Storms may hit a broad region, but the impact of a storm is always hyper local.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 9 points 1 month ago

Isn't the whole point int this case to make a sensation?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean, that's fucked up and hilarious. I'm a dirty omnivore and those places are no more appetizing to me. Those cuts at the all you can eat Brazilian places SUCK.

But surprisingly, when I want a predictable vegetable side while I'm traveling, I go to a steakhouse. Every other place seems to serve either microwaved bag veggies, fried bullshit, or something sad smothered in sauce. Go to a steakhouse and I can get a rare well seasoned aged filet and two steamed fresh vegetable sides plus a salad. The only reliable vegan places I've found are Indian, which isn't bad, but is often not really to my taste. Obviously I'm no vegan, but I think it's fair to say I love plant based foods even more as long as they're not fake meat, fake cheese, or overly spiced mush. In a meat centric region that's a hard palette to satisfy sometimes.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm unhappy with the answers because they just parrot the first comment and provide little evidence.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes, the tech has gotten a lot better. 6 phones over about 12 years (rough length of time since debut of inductive charging in smartphones) averages to about 2 years per phone. If you weren't getting the flagship phone each year that lifetime would be shorter. That was comparable to the lifetime of each over my phone's during that same time, none of which had wireless charging. The phone I have now is the first I've had to use inductive charging and it has already lasted twice as long as any of the others and shows now signs of deterioration.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

That's an interesting theory. I'd like to see some numbers because I really doubt that this heating could be anywhere close to the many other kinds of heat produced through normal phone use. Especially considering that you're unlikely to be stressing the biggest sources of heat in your phone (the screen and the processor) while it's sitting in a wireless charging cradle. Also, the charging circuits certainly monitor and adjust for this kind of heat dissipation specifically and are able to control it far better than, for example, the sun hitting the screen or a warm pocket.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That is a deeply unsatisfying non-answer.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neither will the plastic of a floss pick. And the floss pick is narrower so there is much less risk of deforming the interior parts of the plug. Also, less risk of splinters.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

How exactly?

Also, my phone charges slower with a wireless charger.

Lots of hand wavy theories and generalizations in the answers below, some of them sound very convincing. None of them actually cite any sources or backup those theories with data.

Here's my own acedotal experience. I've put my phone down on a seemingly well designed wireless charging pad every night for almost 4 years and this phones battery has shown zero sign of deterioration that I can see. This is the first phone I've ever owned with wireless charging and also the first with a battery that hasn't given up the ghost in 2 years or less. The same pad also charges my smart watch every night, which doesn't even have any other option for charging.

Next they'll be telling you to avoid using cruise control on the highway because it will wear out the transmission. Use your phone as it was designed to be used and stop worrying.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and medieval Masons built stuff without math. https://youtu.be/_ivqWN4L3zU?si=2N_iyZiBD8eDpltR

That video shows that all of those ancient engineers relied heavy on math. What do think math is, if not all of the engineering principles laid out in that video?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is a gross misinterpretation of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment and how the lottery actually works. That said, this is genuinely a shower thought because it's logic evaporates as quickly as you dry off and put your thinking pants on.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago

I assume there's going to be the knee jerk reaction in this thread about not touching a classic.

No doubt the idea is classic, and combined with the writing and performances shaped American sitcom. But, I fail to see how a British version would take anything away from the original, even if it becomes more popular (very unlikely) in the same way the American version of The Office overshadowed (at least to Americans) the original British version. If anything, it would just spark a renewed interest in the original for a generation and demographic that never saw the original in broadcasts or syndication. The original is a distinctly American take on pub culture from a particular time. With a new cultural reference and a new millennium I have no doubt that there are new stories to be told. I don't think an American reboot would hit the same though, too many expectations. A British version could be allowed to be different enough to be vital. The new show may suck, but it won't be because the whole concept is a bad idea.

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