Skip Navigation
Jump
Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all
  • In most situations i agree with you, but i think when it comes to the purchase of techie things (like which computers and OS a company should use) then the opinion of techies matters. Their opinion may not matter as much as it should, but in aggregate over time it can cause large changes in purchasing decisions

    4
  • Jump
    The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises
  • When this thing flies back to earth autonomously i hope it either goes perfectly or totally disintegrates, because right now it's in the weird gray area of "is it an unsafe vehicle or are the issues just normal kinks to work out"

    26
  • Jump
    Regarding this picture, where do you think quantum computers lie and why?
  • I think this graph doesn't have to move left to right, it can also move right to left. On several occasions quantum computing started to move up the "tech trigger" slope, but without any functional applications for the current technology the point slid back down to the left again.

    I think the graph needs at least one more demarcated region. After "tech trigger" there needs to be "real world applications". Without real world applications you can never progress past the tech trigger phase.

    In chemistry this is the equivalent of Energy of Activation. If a reaction can't get over the big first step, then it can't proceed on to any secondary steps

    10
  • The website i used to watch streams of tv and movies is now offline. Anyone know of any other good pirate streaming websites?

    2
    Jump
    there is another, far more dangerous...
  • Really? Besides Muhammad, name 1 other well known person who showing a benign picture of him causes a real risk of getting killed by his fans?

    108
  • Jump
    What household item do you wish there was a trial/testing period for?
  • You just said that AC can't make an indoor space cooler than the temperature outside. This is completely wrong and easily disprovable by simply asking anyone who lives in a hot region. The air conditioned indoors is always MUCH cooler than temperature outside.

    Like, how do you think freezers work? The temperature inside the freezer stays below freezing while the ambient room temperature is 80 F.

    AC is an ACTIVE heat pump. It can push heat out to where it's already hotter, because it's using energy to do it. What you're describing is a passive cooling system, but air conditioners are active systems that use energy to push heat against the gradient. It's like how a passive water pipe can only have water flow down from it's highest point, but a powered water pump can actively move water upward to a point above where it started.

    7
  • Jump
    What household item do you wish there was a trial/testing period for?
  • Fyi some microwaves have a way to set it to silent mode. I think in some models it might even be an undocumented button combination to do it. Web search your exact model to see if there's a way to do it

    19