I made an image to represent some idea about Last Judgement, that says that it's not some made-up bullshit, but a coming reality.
"Heaven" is represented by the sky (because it is "up"), and "hell" isn't actually bad, just incredibly lewd.
I hope I didn't offend anybody through this depiction.
If anybody wants the GIMP .xcf file for further tampering, it is here: link
joek about how already knowing everything would mean stop figuring things out/thinking
People are freaking out because for years, the central dogma was to "educate yourself, that makes you special, that makes you unique, that guarantees you a prosperois economic future" and such, and now this promise is about to be broken. People are in denial: AI is a good thing.
I do wonder why people buy smart TVs instead of getting regular displays together with a Linux PC.
uuh, new users for the fediverse. looking forward to y'all ;-)
It's less cold than it looks, i've tried that.
Snow is an excellent thermal insulator, and the air in that chamber can be quite warm, like 15°C, without really melting the snow.
I find the idea of not expecting too much of oneself can be extremely liberating. Just let go of the stress, relax and enjoy life.
I disagree. There's a lot of reasons why people don't have children, including:
edit: sorry i realized i made these points US-specific but you were talking about russia, sorry.
As we all know, AC won the "War of the Currents". The reasoning behind this is that AC voltage is easy to convert up/down with just a ring of iron and two coils. And high voltage allows us to transport current over longer distances, with less loss.
Now, the War of the Currents happened in 1900 (approximately), and our technology has improved a lot since then. We have useful diodes and transistors now, we have microcontrollers and Buck/Boost converters. We can transform DC voltage well today.
Additionally, photovoltaics produces DC naturally. Whereas the traditional generator has an easier time producing AC, photovoltaic plants would have to transform the power into AC, which, if I understand correctly, has a massive loss.
And then there's the issue of stabilizing the frequency. When you have one big producer (one big hydro-electric dam or coal power plant), then stabilizing the frequency is trivial, because you only have to talk to yourself. When you have 100000 small producers (assume everyone in a bigger area has photovoltaics on their roof), then suddenly stabilizing the frequency becomes more challenging, because everybody has to work in exactly the same rhythm.
I wonder, would it make sense to change our power grid from AC to DC today? I know it would obviously be a lot of work, since every consuming device would have to change what power it accepts from the grid. But in the long run, could it be worth it? Also, what about insular networks. Would it make sense there? Thanks for taking the time for reading this, and also, I'm willing to go into the maths, if that's relevant to the discussion.
Am I going to have to worry that my daughter, when she reaches a curious age, starts exploring with vegetables?
No. Worrying doesn't help anyone. Just relax.
I think the venezuelan government is wrong this time, and the election was rigged, bUT: it coming from the US doesn't mean shit.
You see, some operating systems are mostly operated by sound. If you mute them, they stop working. So it makes sense that you can't mute them.
Shootings in kindergardens should not get less attention that shootings at CEOs.