[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Yes. You need to use radiation, via radiators. It's a shame I'm getting downvoted on this, because I really do know what I'm talking about on this one. Ammonia in heat pipes wicks the heat away from the thing you want to be cold, towards the radiator, which is usually just a dumb coil, but could be enhanced with a bimetallic thermally decoupled louver if you want to keep it cool in sunlight. Or bury it, since we're on the moon. From an engineering perspective it's not that difficult to do, as the variables which affect it are well known and don't change that much. It is for sure slower than combined conductive/convective cooling, but it's a known quantity, so you can plan quite effectively.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Heat pipes running to radiators in vacuum is how you do it in space. It's efficient and scaleable, though it hasn't ever been done on an industrial scale. Definitely doable though. Considering the temperature on the moon is a balmy -270°C

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 40 points 1 month ago

...while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

-Nate White, on why British people don't like Donald Trump

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 42 points 3 months ago

The forest of Skund was indeed enchanted, which was nothing unusual on the Disc, and was also the only forest in the whole universe to be called -- in the local language -- Your Finger You Fool, which was the literal meaning of the word Skund.

The reason for this is regrettably all too common. When the first explorers from the warm lands around the Circle Sea travelled into the chilly hinterland they filled in the blank spaces on their maps by grabbing the nearest native, pointing at some distant landmark, speaking very clearly in a loud voice, and writing down whatever the bemused man told them. Thus were immortalised in generations of atlases such geographical oddities as Just A Mountain, I Don't Know, What? and, of course, Your Finger You Fool.

Rainclouds clustered around the bald heights of Mt. Oolskunrahod ('Who is this Fool who does Not Know what a Mountain is') and the Luggage settled itself more comfortably under a dripping tree, which tried unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation.

Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think this depends heavily on your circadian type. For me, very little of use happens before around 3pm. This is independent of waking routine.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 42 points 5 months ago

Israel is not "the Jews". You might think it's pedantic but now is really not the time to make that generalisation.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 51 points 7 months ago

My kid was the last one in their school year to get a smartphone. He was bullied for not having a smartphone. He used to ask me for one several times a day and I stuck to what I'd said, he'll get one on his birthday. I still feel it was far too early. He was 10 when he got it.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 85 points 8 months ago

Hello.

Fuck The Sun.

Goodbye.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 49 points 9 months ago

Watch as the Israeli talking heads wheel out this poll as an excuse for killing Gazan civilians.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can I ask where you got this info from? The article says the bill is 300 pages long. I'm never getting through all that.

Edit: the article also claims age verification for porn sites is still in there?

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're a dog owner and you're paying attention, then your personal experience should include the following truth: any dog can go postal. If you then combine this with the knowledge that pitbulls are much more deadly than other dogs when being agressive, then you must reach the conclusion that this breed should be banned, even though that is admittedly a sad conclusion.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 106 points 1 year ago

I love it. The gist is:

  • hate speech is running rampant on your platform.
  • you're doing nothing to stop it.
  • here's our evidence.
  • where's your e idence?
  • why are you spending time and money on fighting us instead of on fighting the literal white supremacist death threats on your platform?
  • telling us we've not sampled enough tweets while you're in the process of making impossible the mass sampling of tweets is...a bit rich.
  • we're not intimidated by your threats
  • your threats are also bullshit
  • we're not gonna stop

It's a textbook example of "no u" in grown up language. Bravo.

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