Definitely agree.
Let's fix this with incremental reforms
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I'm not familiar with pictrs and how it works, but software I wrote which contains thumbnails and full copies of every image on the fediverse along with fingerprints, full database metadata, etc, doesn't take up even a tiny fraction of that space. So...
Lowlights from the video:
it starts with "plants don't want to be eaten so they generate chemicals that can be harmful to you" 🤡😂 as if animals want to be eaten 🤦
It ends with "plants have non protein amino acids, which could trick their way into passing the blood brain barrier and act like prions. There's no studies to back up this theory but..."
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It uses peltier effect, which isn't very efficient. There are more efficient ways. Also, personal peltier coolers are really old tech. The article says Sony incorporated their cell phone heat dissipation technology, which means patents. But overall it seems like good product design with mediocre tech.
Using it outdoors probably isn't too bad. It can remove heat faster than skin can conduct heat from the air, and faster than sweat. It can also help during all these wet bulb weather events that are increasingly common.
As far as battery usage, I can't find anything on capacity. They say 100 minutes charge, commenters say it lasts about 2 hours on full charge. Given the size it's probably similar to a cell phone battery. A blurry image I found looks like it says 1.5 amp charging rate. This would put energy usage at around 5 watts with a smaller than average cell phone capacity. According to physics Substack, people generate around 3 watts of heat at rest. So it is just powerful enough to cool you. Also why it says only "light exercise" in the ad copy presumably.
As for energy efficiency, it's actually probably very environmentally sound. But it has lithium ion batteries, plastic, integrated circuits etc. So in that sense, not so great.
Also it's best use case is for riding mass transit to work. Working from home would be so much more environmentally sound.
I think the reason they are considered similar is the usage of Double Ratchet encryption.
Right? This is what always gets me about 'public square' arguments. We have that. It's called the Internet. Corporate honeytraps are not anything special or unique, other than there's billions of idiots dumb enough to get caught in them.
I just noticed the graphic "4 shape of river is permanently altered". Who wants to take bets that the only reason they care is because it affects some asshole's riverfront property?
And they dunk on India for all the parasites in Ganges.
Lol true. I would hope that wet wipes are not being used to wipe asses but I was referring to civil engineering: removing solids from wastewater is possible. It says more about UK civil engineers than it does about careless citizens.
The things people flush is insane. It is a solvable engineering problem though.
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