55
submitted 2 years ago by Acetamide@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.ml
[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 115 points 2 years ago

It's incredible what lengths people will go to experience a short high of moral superiority.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Ah this brings me back to my bachelor course on Quantum Physics. Once you end up with intermediate equations spanning a full sheet of paper you start questioning your life choices.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Ehh, shootings even happen in Europe and coincidences too.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Well, apparently, statistically speaking he is more likely to be human according to the original post. We'll never know.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

clamps down on flare use

Ha! As if that is ever going to be successful.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

AFAIK most typed languages have this behaviour.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I'm glad that some series (Pixel AFAIK) are now releasing slightly smaller phones, because the growth was getting ridiculous and highly impractical.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago

Let's just design every website using a table again. Or even better, frames!

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Way too often I've had websites complain that the input password is too complex, and I have to dial down the settings.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I'm 100 percent certain that this is a spacecraft or launcher fuel tank. I've worked on reentry analyses of spacecraft fuel tanks before, and I can tell you that these very commonly survive re-entry for several reasons.

Firstly, they are by far the largest components housed inside the vehicle's outer structure. The structure usually takes the brunt of the aerodynamic and thermal forces, protecting the tank from the largest destruction.

Secondly, the tank itself has to handle the huge fuel pressures involved (easily going towards many hundreds of atmosphere pressures!). This obviously means that incredibly tough materials have to be used.

Thirdly and finally, as can be seen in the pictures, their shape is symmetric, making the shape aerodynamically very unstable. This means the fuel tank has the tendency to tumble in the airstream. The tumbling continuously causes different parts of the tank to be exposed to the heat and other parts to cool down.

Fuel tanks are the major risk during reentry to people and other stuff on the ground, perhaps together with the massive engine blocks. To minimise the chances of hitting someone or something, re-entries are nearly always aimed at the Pacific Ocean, hence them being more likely to wash ashore in Australia.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Things will definitely not move then.

[-] Acetamide@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

If I remember correctly, dark roast was also originally devised to hide bad-quality coffee beans. Nowadays it is often implied that darker roasts are better, which actually isn't necessarily the case.

96
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Acetamide@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

I'm a big fan of solar panels but the alignment could've been better!

25
submitted 2 years ago by Acetamide@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.

view more: next ›

Acetamide

joined 2 years ago