DrNeurohax

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goddamn that was poetic, ya cunt.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (13 children)

All those folks in the 50+ age group that grew up with "Russia is enemy #1" are probably cycling through waves of intense work and prolonged orgasm.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of the first things considered in strategizing any armed conflict is whether they want Russia and China to know that we have X or are capable of Y. Russia has shown their hand. If they could do more, they would have by now.

It has also taught NATO that Russia is still in the barbaric tactics mindset. Hospitals, schools, churches, shipping centers - they're all valid targets. If Russia wants a position, they'll level the entire town. That certainly changes the plans, of anyone thought they would abode by the Geneva Conventions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Eh, this seems a little half-assed, IMO. There's no adjustment for error magnitude in relation to the rest of the video content. If they fuck up a basic stat on an informational video, it can easily have a more significant effect of viewers than a major error on a niche topic in a long, multi-topic video.

This works into the whole prioritization portion of the post. Many of the things they classify as "low severity" and only warranting a pinned comment could lead to completely different behavior. Example:

  1. Very Low Severity
  • The statement could possibly be misunderstood, but it’s generally true and most people would be fine with how it’s currently presented.
  • eg. The host says, “One of DisplayPort’s main advantages over HDMI is its higher bandwidth,” but this is only true when comparing certain generations of the standards. HDMI 2.1, for example, has much higher bandwidth than DP 1.1.

If the whole video is on the differences between HDMI and DP, this statement is completely opposite of the truth on a basic, primary statistic. The connector's ONLY purpose is to transfer data, which is rate and bandwidth. The erroneous statement is an absolute - something IS something. All LTT needs to do is add, "some versions" or "generally". THEN it becomes a softer interpretation error.

  • DP's bandwidth is GENERALLY higher than HDMI's? Let me look up when this statement doesn't hold true...
  • DP bandwidth IS HIGHER than HDMI? Guess I don't need to look up that info because they're presenting it as a universal truth.

Purchasing decision time... That GPU has 3x HDMI and 1x DP ports? Well, I'm not sure about these other stats, but I know that HDMI sucks compared to DP, so I can eliminate all the GPUs with more HDMI ports than DP ports. I guess I'm getting this 5 year old GPU with 1xHDMI and 3x DP ports instead.

If that mistake was in a 30 minute news video covering 8 stories and the statement was an aside, okay, maybe a pinned comment.

In reality, all these errors should be easy to correct, but that's hampered by YouTube's tools. LTT should be able to replace a small segment of video with a cut away to stock or b-roll and a voiceover with the correct information. But, you can't do that on YT.

Another alternative, if the information is insignificant enough for only a pinned comment, is to simply mute that 2-3 seconds of video. If the misstatement was significant enough that muting it makes the rest of the video tough to follow, then the mistake wasn't small enough for a pin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's like a watermelon on a toothpick. I bet he was going home to cry on his oversized pillow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Ugh, you just had to say "anti-vax" for most people to know he's a certified stooge or a turbo-dumbfuck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think it's hard to go wrong with Murakami. I don't remember much TEV specifically, but I remember enjoying it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks.That's kinda what I thought, but assumed I was missing something with the amount of attention the transfer of this one weapon platform has received. I guess it's also symbolic of the level of commitment by NATO, since it's not just a few planes, but also ammo plus training plus support framework.

I'm glad we're not just throwing ammo at the situation and wishing Ukraine the best of luck, though I do wish we were doing more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One thing I've missed in the discussion of sending F-16s is the role they'll play.

From what I've seen, Russia still has significant air defense capabilities, and they launch air fired weapons from deep in their own territory. So, if the F-16s can't get too far upfield, due to defenses, and there isn't much they can do in air-to-air combat, what advantage do they have over longer range artillery?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

I see nothing fnord unusual about it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Oh, here we are - another day and ANOTHER Reddit vs Fediverse meme! I'm soooo sick of all these extremely accurate memes being posted by so many beautiful and intelligent people on here. I bet you even smell good! The nerve of some people...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lovin it! Since the protests I've had to visit Reddit a couple times for search results, but I've found I can avoid it 95% of the time. I'm hoping kbin and Lemmy start popping up on search engines more as the content accumulates. Keep on rockin!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, whoops. Thanks for pointing that out.

Metropolis is interesting because of the time period. I think of it like Godzilla or Akira in the context of nuclear weapons. As a movie, they're fine, but the culture and trepidation about the direction the world was moving adds a whole different level to appreciate.

 
 

I love the YT channel Project Farm. It's unbiased, well thought out, practical, and numbers-focused (as much as a video can have without getting boring) approach is refreshing. Not every test is perfect, not every sample size appropriate, but this is a mechanical guy that knows his shit and is as curious about the results as the audience.

His latest video compared a bunch of ratchets from different manufacturers... plus a 3D printed one. Made of carbon fiber nylon and printed with a newly purchased BambuLabs X1 Carbon, it failed miserably.

The problem?

I'd assume it was print orientation. It's printed on its back, with the socket connector pointing up, meaning layer lines are parallel to the force.

But, then I did a little digging...

Here's the presumed model. It's 100% print-in-place. I assumed the instructions would make mention of the correct orientation. They don't. Uh oh, am I the wrong one? Nah, probably just a random, low quality model, right?

Oh, it has a decent number of makes that were presumably done in the default orientation, but maybe... oh, okay I'm deeeeefinitely wrong.

This is the first time an object has been designed on Earth and then transmitted to space for manufacture.

I assume it's oriented for printing without much fiddling. Looking at the Thingiverse comments, there are people have success with PLA.

Maybe the temperature was too low to get good layer adhesion. Is CF Nylon brittle? Could leaving the filament out a few days, being so hygroscopic, lead to this?

So, any other ideas out there? Should he have used a different material?

(Also, it's worth mentioning that he specifically says he bought the printer just for this test, so I'm not sure how much experience he has with 3D printing. That's wild to say because if you hear someone say they printed carbon fiber nylon, you assume they have significant experience. But, as an X1C owner myself, that's a totally realistic possibility.)

 

I went hunting for new bed surfaces the other day on AE (Ender 3 clone and Bambu X1C), and I veered off into other materials. That got me thinking about further possibilities.

The regular options I've seen/used:

  • Material/coating: Glass, PEI, PET, PEO, G10 (and G11)
  • Textures: Smooth, matte ('textured'), coarse matte, faceted, carbon fiber

I'd like to put together a table of materials, finishes, coating vs. solid, recommended filament, max temperature, price, etc.

Finding G10 made me think that, really, ANYTHING can be a print surface as long as it isn't toxic and displays decent adhesion to filament. Then I stumbled on to carbon fiber sheets, which got me thinking about patterned surfaces. I looked around but didn't find many.

So, what else is out there?
Is it possible/reasonable to make my own surface textures, and if so, is there any info on the depths of etching or useful techniques?

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