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In 5 years it’ll be 31/4/15 9:26:53 for you, but that requires getting rid of 0 padding april which i don’t like.
saigot@lemmy.cato
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are the things/facts/developments that give you optimism or are optimistic about?
8·11 days agoA skin cancer vaccine just entered the last phase of human trials.
I don’t think powders count as cordial/squash.
Eventually you’d get down to one hair cell, if that is cut in half it is no longer hair.
saigot@lemmy.cato
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how do P-N junctions work and why it's used in solar cells
13·1 month agoThis is a major simplification of a university course I took a decade ago but here we go. SIlicon doesn’t conduct electricity. Silicon can be doped with Phosphorus which means a P atom takes the place of a Si atom in it’s crystal structure. But P has 1 more electron than Si, and this electron becomes free flowing in the crystalline structure, which is now conductive. This is called a N-type (n for negative) semiconductor. You can do the same with Boron except this time we are 1 electron short creating a free flowing “hole” this is called a P-type (P=positive) semiconductor.These days I think they use different elements but the principal is the same.
When you put an Ntype and Ptype semiconductor together the atoms and holes migrate to each other, forming ions and balancing each other out, this creates a zone called the depleted zone and can no longer conduct electricity and has an electric field that repels more electrons (and preventing the entire thing becoming depleted). The depletion zone can’t expand because the electric field prevent any more electrons reaching the Ptype semiconductor.
Now when a photon hits the depletion zone it adds enough energy to the ion to kick the electron out again into the Ntype semiconductor, it wants to get back to a hole in the p-type semiconductor, but it can’t because of that electric field. However if there is a wire connecting the two it will take the long way around to get to the PType semiconductor again, generating a current.
I take 1 stack of bleed casting toothpick of removal, popcorn resisted the effect.
It should be a.
Imagine if the cube was actually a long rod and the orange portal start with the column half way inside it. Then the orange portal moves, in this case it would be very odd for the rod to jump in this scenario like in case b, the thing you would expect would be for the rod to stay still (besides tipping sideways a bit) consistent with case a.
saigot@lemmy.cato
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•A curious conversation with a coworker who enjoys her job. How many of you like your job?
20·2 months agoIf I had infinite money and didn’t have to work, I still would, just less and with some different direction. I don’t think anyone thinks liking one’s job is required, but it’s obviously nice to not actively dislike a 3rd of your life if at all possible.
Here is an article giving some voice to both opinions after a team name change:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-reaction-edmonton-cfl-team-name-change-1.5658904
To me the “its a slur” camp seem to make a much stronger case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/tanya-tagaq-pushes-us-band-eskimeaux-to-change-name-1.4074095
‘If you want to use the word Eskimo you had better be an Eskimo or I’ll eat you for lunch,’ tweeted Tagaq
In my personal experience its definitely a slur and a very strong one here in canada, and if i heard a canadian say it i would absolutely assume they were a racist.
saigot@lemmy.cato
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Remember when the power grid couldn't handle electric vehicles, but now data centers are essential....... 𝗣𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.
4·3 months agoI think one of the silver linings of ai is that when the bubble bursts and/or they are able to develop more efficient models there will be a glut of power, which will make electricification cheaper.
saigot@lemmy.cato
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•"Farms use more water than Al data centers" OK, I'll go without Al and you can go without food and we'll see who lasts longer
2·3 months agoI think there is some nuance here. Data centers are being put in cities that cannot support them at the expense of their citizens, this is a corruption problem in my opinion. Data centers could also be much more water conservant than they are, and significantly less polluting and I appreciate the public pressure they are on to improve here. The warm water being released can damage the local ecosystem as well.
I have definitely seen some absurd claims about water usage, but it also isnt totally unconcerning either.
Imo its a pr strategy, water usage is a much more solvable issue than the immense energy usage, and the ai companies would rather actovists attack them for that than for the significant power consumption.
I think the power usage is also going to go down, either because they make ai more efficient, or because they can’t make it more efficient and it continues to make no economic sense and mostly goes away. Hopefully that latter scenario leads to a lot of excess green energy to be constructed which would make electrifying the world a little easier. But that is probably wishful thinking.
saigot@lemmy.cato
Comic Strips@lemmy.world•The Centaur and the Mermaid [Pepper & Carrot]
1·5 months agoeldritch
I don’t think any canadian politicians are implicated in the epstein files. The Ontario premier dealt drugs with/to his crack smoking mayor brother though so lump us in with the nacrotrafficers I guess.
Does your dishwasher not have a drying cycle?
Genuinely neat idea but you’d need it to be flexible, maybe a glove with a flexible display and the power at the wrist.
You could but it stinks, dog poop has a way stronger smell. Some people train their dogs to use the toilet which is a lot of work and doesn’t really reduce the number of walks you need to take.
given this is Henry:
(https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Henry)
is Isaac crying because of constipation?