Fermion

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[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago

Berger is President Pro Tempore of the NC Senate and is the highest ranking member of the NC GOP. This is like John Thune getting primaried and losing.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

It happened to cellulose.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 14 points 1 day ago

Idk if he shot himself in the foot. His family gained billions in net worth, and he's still not in prison.

They definitely hamstrung the rest of us though.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

The install instructions for the clip on band has you cut the original pleather and foam off the band and peel away any adhesive. The irreversability of that made me nervous for no rational reason. So I opted for a cover similar to these ones from wicked cushions.

https://wickedcushions.com/products/sony-wh1000xm3-xm4-headband-cover

There also seems to be plenty of similar options on aliexpress.

It just zips on which is a suoer easy and quick install. I liked that I could just quickly try this before committing to a biggger repair. My only complaint is that the zipper pull dangles and that could be annoying. I used a dab of liquid electrical tape on where the pull meets the slider to prevent any rattling. An unexpected pro/con is that the silicone grips my hair more. That can be a slightly uncomfortable annoyance at times, but it does help the headphones stay in place better when laying down.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I already bought 3rd party replacement pads, but I'll keep that trick in mind for the future.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Sony parts prices are insane. The urethane pleather on my headband started cracking on my xm4's. A replacement headband was half the price of a new unit. So I ended up getting a silicone cover that will hopefully keep the pieces from flaking off into my hair. I also needed new earpads. Oem pads were around $40 for EACH side. The pleather just has a certain degradation time and once it hits, it all falls apart at the same time. Replacing all the pleather parts on my unit would have cost just as much as a new headset.

I hate having something designed to be somewhat repairable but practically speaking it isn't due to pricing.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

Can you give me a logical defense of:

Crockett is more qualified,

Crockett has 3 yrs in the Texas House and 3 years in the US House.

Talarico's 8 yrs have been solely in the Texas House.

I think most people weight national legislative experience significantly higher than state legislative experience.

Plus Crockett has a demonstrated track record of getting national news coverage opposing Trump.

I'm really not looking to get into a debate though. I'm not a Texan and have only casually followed this race. They seem like remarkably comparable candidates overall. I just wanted to say that from the outsider's perspective, Talarico seems to have a better chance in the generals.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 24 points 3 days ago (6 children)

This map convinces me of that. Even amongst the people voting in a dem primary, the rural people preferred the white church boy. Crockett is more qualified, but Talarico has a better chance of actually winning.

Fortunately, they were both good candidates.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Israel will keep fighting to the last American.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

Heat energy is primarily dissipated as infrared light which moves at the speed of light. There is no way for space to accumulate heat. If that were the case the entire solar system would be unlivable. The IR emitted by satellites is truly negligible in comparison to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The area of radiator needed directly corresponds to the amount of power harvested by the solar panels. It doesn't matter what the load is. So a compute frame with the same amount of solar panels as the space station would need approximately the same radiatot area as the ISS, unless you are bringing nuclear power into the mix.

I agree that space based datacenters are a bad idea, but the thermals really are not the gotcha people are making them out to be.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

Radiators in space work by radiating electromagnetic energy(light). Heat can only accumulate in matter, not in space, so that is definitely not one of the things we need to worry about.

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