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Powered Descent posted:A related bit of trivia that I think is neat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel this owns
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Fortunately for modern radioimaging, the commander of the German High Seas Fleet decided that after their ships were interned in the Scapa Flow, it would be preferable for them to be sent to the bottom than to suffer the ignominy of being split up between the Allied nations. They didn't gently caress around, either. quote:the German crews had spent the idle months preparing for the order, welding bulkhead doors open, laying charges in vulnerable parts of the ships, and quietly dropping important keys and tools overboard so valves could not be shut
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Prewar steel is cool, but raiding medieval church roofs and Roman shipwrecks for old lead is cooler. Lead ore comes from the ground contaminated with lead‐210, ultimately from the decay of uranium‐238. Refining the lead removes the uranium and most of its daughters, but no chemical process can separate lead from lead. If you want your lead to be less radioactive, and you can’t afford a facility full of ultracentrifuges*, the only thing you can do is wait. Its half‐life is twenty‐two years, so it takes centuries for it to be suitable for some applications. *If you do have ultracentrifuges, Mossad wants to know your location.
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Nov 14, 2020 08:06
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Where's the 2020 election-specific chad-enfreude thread? Does one exist?
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Nov 14, 2020 12:43
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Grouchio posted:Where's the 2020 election-specific chad-enfreude thread? Does one exist? This one might be the one you're after, it started as the regular Trump thread and then devolved into "lol they lost" https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3946225
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Memento posted:This one might be the one you're after, it started as the regular Trump thread and then devolved into "lol they lost"
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I remember reading a short story a long time ago that had an interesting premise and I'd like to read it again. I think it took place on a bus, and it's basically a conversation between a regular person and God, or a god, who explains that there's a process for a species to become a god. They have to attain a certain degree of (technological?) advancement, and we as humans have made it to the step of creating nuclear weapons so that now we, as a species, have the power to destroy ourselves and our planet. Of course, it's very primitive compared to the power of a god, but it's only one of the first steps with many more to follow. Then he describes how this power (of destruction?) becomes easier and easier to use, where eventually every individual member of the species will be powerful enough to destroy the world at will, but none of them chooses to, at which point they'll have becomes gods. I'm not explaining it very well, but that was the basic gist of it. I remember it being written pretty methodically, like a lecture clearly outlining every step of the way but in the form of a conversation. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Nov 14, 2020 15:00
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Yup, thanks. Interesting to read again a decade later. Every once in a while it would pop into my head but I could never figure out the right terms to find it on google.
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Nov 14, 2020 16:17
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The terms were “conversation with god bus nuclear weapons”.
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Nov 14, 2020 16:24
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lol, yeah, for some reason I thought there was an egg involved or something, maybe that threw it out of whack. Also I didn't try very hard I think.  Thanks again!
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Nov 14, 2020 16:31
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You might have gotten that from Andy Weir’s “The Egg”, which passed around the Internet for years before he hit it big with The Martian
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Nov 14, 2020 16:44
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Can anyone tell me what the writing around this pic is/means? Or anything about the pic? Or if there's a better, more specific thread to ask in? Thanks!
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Nov 14, 2020 17:52
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Platystemon posted:You might have gotten that from Andy Weir’s “The Egg”, which passed around the Internet for years before he hit it big with The Martian Oh yeah, that's definitely it! I only vaguely remember reading that, but it must've been around the aame time. Cool to reread it, thanks again.
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Nov 14, 2020 18:07
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Can anyone tell me what the writing around this pic is/means? Or anything about the pic? Or if there's a better, more specific thread to ask in? I tried googling the words and found this which is similar/identical to the insert. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1855-1201-72
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Nov 14, 2020 18:20
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Memento posted:Google Play Music no longer exists. I used the app to listen to music from their streaming service, which I subscribe to, and listen to podcasts that I downloaded from Patreon or wherever. Youtube Music now has all my streaming library and playlists etc, that's fine, but there doesn't seem to be a way to listen to downloaded podcasts on it. Is that correct? Android 11.whatever on a Pixel 3a phone. I have the Google podcast app which works okay. It let's you download tracks if you are in a place with spotty service. The issue is when it forgets everything that I've subscribed to and what I've listened to. I started using spotify after the 3rd time it erased my profile...
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Nov 14, 2020 22:39
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There's an Android app thread in IYG. I'm using AntennaPod for podcasts because my needs are simple.
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Nov 14, 2020 22:50
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I tried googling the words and found this which is similar/identical to the insert. You rock, FGR. I was having a hard time reading the letters thanks both to my lovely eyes and the elaborate font. Super cool that it's a prayer to St Catalina, and my name is a variant of that! So, many thanks! (It's stuff like this that makes me proud of these here forums.)
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Nov 14, 2020 23:01
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Are you doing a bit? It says saint Catherine (catharina).
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Quabzor posted:I have the Google podcast app which works okay. It let's you download tracks if you are in a place with spotty service. The issue is when it forgets everything that I've subscribed to and what I've listened to. Yeah I use that for other podcasts I'm subscribed to through there, and it seems to be pretty good about remembering where I'm up to and even being able to pick back up on my desktop. I just want one of the audio player apps on my phone to also be able to play downloaded audio files. El_Elegante posted:Are you doing a bit? It says saint Catherine (catharina). quote:Saint Catherine of Palma (1533–1574) was a Spanish nun canonised in 1930. She is also known as Catalina Thomás, Caterina Tomàs i Gallard, and Catherine or Catalina Thomas or Tomas. She's got lots of names my goon.
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If you're the oldest son of your father, who is an earl, and he dies, you become the new earl, right? But what happens if you then legally change your gender and you have a younger brother? Do you become a countess or does the title pass to your brother? I don't know if the rule about boys taking precedence over girls was scrapped for everyone in 2015 or just for the monarch specifically, but if that's the case then I want to know what would have happened in this scenario if it had happened in 2014 or earlier.
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Nov 15, 2020 11:30
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Tiggum posted:If you're the oldest son of your father, who is an earl, and he dies, you become the new earl, right? But what happens if you then legally change your gender You're talking about a monarchy, which by definition makes the rules/laws. So the answer is "whatever the hell they want" is what happens.
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Tiggum posted:If you're the oldest son of your father, who is an earl, and he dies, you become the new earl, right? But what happens if you then legally change your gender and you have a younger brother? Do you become a countess or does the title pass to your brother? Believe it or not, but the fight against male precedence is actually a minor campaign/discussion in circles of nobility right now. These things move slowly though. I think a matter that includes gender reassignment would have to be tested in court. But given that unborn babies have received titles, I think the now female but male-identified at birth countess would be allowed to hold their title. Not if you draw a conservative rear end in a top hat as judge perhaps
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Here’s an article from 2016 on the subject: https://www.tatler.com/article/trans-toffsquote:Until 2004, transgender people were not formally recognised Things may have changed more recently of course.
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I have a 4k computer monitor. Is it possible to play a game in windowed mode with 1920x1080 resolution? My computer struggles to run some games in 4k, and I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve connecting the 1080p monitor.
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Nov 15, 2020 20:56
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Bioshuffle posted:I have a 4k computer monitor. Is it possible to play a game in windowed mode with 1920x1080 resolution? Yes - but you might still run into issues. My suggestion is to upgrade your video card. You don't have to get something top of the line to drive 4k in video games. Might still need to spend a few hundred bucks, but it'll work.
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Unless I'm missing something, couldn't you just dial the fullscreen resolution down a bit? It'll make everything slightly blurry which is annoying but also means you don't need anti-aliasing
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Easiest way to display something from my PC to my Samsung TV? I could connect it via a 30 foot HDMI cable but I'm sure there are better options? I just want to display something on the TV when I stream some TV shows so I can sit on the couch.
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Nov 15, 2020 23:06
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Is your TV on the home wifi? Can you cast to it from your phone?
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Nov 15, 2020 23:16
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I have a long run of HDMI over cat 5. The cable is a bit more flexible and there's flat one you can stick to the skirtingboards with double sided tape or hide under a carpet etc
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Nov 15, 2020 23:32
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Busy Bee posted:Easiest way to display something from my PC to my Samsung TV? I could connect it via a 30 foot HDMI cable but I'm sure there are better options? I just want to display something on the TV when I stream some TV shows so I can sit on the couch. This assumes you have a wifi network.
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If you have windows 10 and your samsung is a smart tv you shoukd be able to miracast to it. My lg smart tv came with it and its free. You just click on the notification section of the task bar or select project from the start menu, then select connect to a wireless device and then click on your tv in the list
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Nov 16, 2020 05:35
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Regarding brain implants such as Neuralink, what sort of protection exists to prevent brain-hacking? If insufficient, how would brain implant cybersecurity be updated or augmented?
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Grouchio posted:Regarding brain implants such as Neuralink, what sort of protection exists to prevent brain-hacking? If insufficient, how would brain implant cybersecurity be updated or augmented? Congratulations being more worried about it than the people making it are
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Nov 16, 2020 07:10
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Memento posted:Congratulations being more worried about it than the people making it are
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Ok, without being flip, the current answers to your questions are "there is none" and "no one knows"
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Nov 16, 2020 07:16
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Ask in the SECFUCK thread in YOSPOS for laughs.
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It doesn’t really “work” at all. It looks for certain electrical pulses and reacts to them. Spoofing those would be the same as spoofing the interface that it reacts with. It’s pretty much one way.
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Grouchio posted:Regarding brain implants such as Neuralink, what sort of protection exists to prevent brain-hacking? If insufficient, how would brain implant cybersecurity be updated or augmented? what do you think neuralink does
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El_Elegante posted:what do you think neuralink does
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