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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I mean I think you're right that the linked article didn't mention it, which it probably should have.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Particularly for folks with long spines, height can change significantly throughout the day.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

The above is just referring to the fact that the standard "feather vs. bowling ball" question assumes the earth/moon/ground is immovable. In that case, Newton says they fall the same.

The fact that the ground is not immovable is what's being referenced


in this picture, things don't "fall," they are each accelerated towards each other.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

There's a certain irony in bemoaning subscription news paywalls on an article about the alternative, unsavory monetization paradigm...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The Apple press release (linked at the beginning of the article) mentions it though:

While there’s no guaranteed method to prevent tinnitus given its complex causes, practicing hearing protection and managing stress levels can lower the chances of tinnitus. In the study, participants cited “noise trauma,” or exposure to excessively high levels of noise, as the primary cause of tinnitus (20.3 percent), followed closely by stress (7.7 percent).

(My emphasis.)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Gary Oldman 2.0

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Googling around it seems a 21" draws around 100W, which isn't as much as I thought; it's kinda a florescent light with more steps. A florescent backlit LCD doesn't use a whole lot less, and a modern 30-something inch LED backlit uses, as far as in an tell, about 1/3 that. So, for typical sized monitors, only ~70W more for CRT.

In contrast, the GPU wars mean that (I think?) power consumption in gaming desktops has gone up somewhat substantially


a 500W PSU was fairly beefy in 2003 (I think), whereas 1000W or more is pretty standard for a gaming computer now (obviously it's not drawing rated power, but assuming headroom % is roughly the same...).

My completely unsubstantiated guess would be that a LAN party setup as pictured would draw more power at idle, but a modern LAN party would draw more under load.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sir Mix-a-Lot about to drop a new single.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

And the Chevrolet Suburban has been around since 1935.

Granted, it has gained over a ton in that timespan. But it hasn't really gained much since 1973.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is a memory that I hold ~~dear~~ with honor and glory.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Wild turkeys can fly, too. It's impressive. I once came around a blind corner on my bike, there was a turkey in the road, and it took off in a manner I can only describe as 747esque


it did not look like it should be able to fly, yet there it was, clearly flying.

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