ICastFist

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A 2023 study at MIT made this discovery, which could be a boon for storing electricity.

The team calculated that a block of nanocarbon-black-doped concrete that is 45 cubic meters (or yards) in size — equivalent to a cube about 3.5 meters across — would have enough capacity to store about 10 kilowatt-hours of energy, which is considered the average daily electricity usage for a household.

3.5 cubic meters of material ought to be enough to make quite a comfy house

There is a tradeoff between the storage capacity of the material and its structural strength, they found. By adding more carbon black, the resulting supercapacitor can store more energy, but the concrete is slightly weaker, and this could be useful for applications where the concrete is not playing a structural role or where the full strength-potential of concrete is not required.

They talk about making roads with the material, but I suspect electrical posts (utility poles) could also be made of this, which would certainly last much longer than roads and be cheaper to maintain and fix

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Instructions unclear, my autism radar isn't calibrated

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 6 hours ago

"If you have resources, why shouldn't MY website be using 100% of it?" - web developers since 2017

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Oh, and those filters on the side? Forget it, they'll remove results you might actually care to view

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

Mostly because of flash and shit speeds.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

After using window.location.replace(url); the current page will not be saved in session history, meaning the user won't be able to use the Back button to navigate to it.

I also hate how some sites block middle mouse clicks or ctrl+click, which opens a new tab. So I'm forced to follow the stupid link then either middle click the back button, or right click back - open in new tab

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

Because phones. The reason behind fucking up scrolling is phones. Swipe upwards once and get the next pretty animated scrolling to the precise place, wooo!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

I also recall not a single one of those builtin popup blockers working as intended, random popups would show up anyway. Hell, that feature still leads to annoyances when a site actually needs to open a new window (happens with some internal systems being used where I work)

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 7 hours ago

The only wrong thing is that the video is "click to play" - it should be autoplaying by default

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe try GURPS + Supers suplement?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

I personally prefer Warhammer Fantasy (either 2e or 4e), I think it contrasts to DnD like Dark Souls to Diablo. Armor is damage reduction instead of damage avoidance, everyone has access to a number of combat maneuvers, magic is limited and dangerous, every combat is dangerous and healing is limited.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

The plot that kicks off Battlestar Galactica (2004) happens because pretty much everything uses wireless communications, including most systems within the space ships

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

Peak youtube to book content

 

Double edged sword, since it's good that we can actually remember said experiences and maybe pass the wisdom down.

 

23 games + 1 DLC^[I nearly bought Blades of Time Limited edition, then I saw that I already had the base game in my library. It's one of the things that pisses me off with GOG, it won't say you own the game if you have the base/deluxe/platinum/definitive/whatever edition but are looking at a different version, and will gladly let you buy it again] for R$180 (~32 USD)

I know some of those aren't exactly bangers, or might just barely be considered good, but I ~~won't even play them all anyway^[I really need to get my shit together and start playing instead of just buying]~~ enjoy looking at subpar games from time to time

 

OOZED posted "motherfuckers with a corruption fetish when I tell them about government corruption", with an image of a fire sprinkler blasting water onto a kitcher
Panzer-Chan asks "what the fuck is a corruption fetish???"

 

Make your own with the template! - https://i.ibb.co/dw6X2ncB/lemming2.jpg

 

Make your own with the template! - https://i.ibb.co/dw6X2ncB/lemming2.jpg

 
 

I've been thinking about some games that can be done in order to get people drawing, mostly as a means to give some variation to kids I've been teaching.

So far, I've found/thought about the following:

  1. I go through body parts, one at a time, like "torso". Everyone draws it. Once done, they pass the paper to another person, then I state another body part, rinse and repeat until it's fully done
  2. One person has to describe a thing or creature without naming it, everyone else has to draw according to what's being described
  3. Give them 3 lists, one of "who", one of "where" and one of "doing", where they pick one option from each and have to draw it, so others have to figure what it is. For instance, "(Who) Medic / (Where) Space / (Doing) Playing games with friends"

What else would you suggest?

 

Police refuses to talk about the reports of Padawan screams

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