LostXOR

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago

Gotta make sure to do it from a Russian VPN too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The Earth is actually warmer than an object in space would be due to the greenhouse effect. But even without the effect, a spherical blackbody human won't freeze. Since humans aren't spheres, you could probaby get one to partially freeze by pointing its head or feet at the Sun, minimizing the surface area it receives sunlight from. This is definitely something that needs experimental testing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Freezing would happen very slowly, and not at all if the human was relatively near the Sun (around Earth's orbit or closer).

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 hours ago (21 children)

We do, however, swell up quite a bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It would make a cute SSD enclosure, but alas...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I'd think mercury would be too dense to form bubbles. Though it does have a very high surface tension, so perhaps I'm wrong. I actually have quite a lot of mercury, but trying to blow air through it as a test doesn't exactly sound appealing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Hmm, might be a Pixel / GrapheneOS thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Settings -> About phone -> Battery information

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I thought they just meant a mouse cursor...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (12 children)

I'm at 943 cycles on my Pixel 6 Pro and it's still going strong. I slow charge it every night and try to avoid fully draining the battery to slow down the deterioration, which seems to have worked pretty well. Thankfully a battery replacement is only $50 so it won't cost much when I do have to replace it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Idk about everyone else, but I'm only celebrating because it's the one day of the year when setting off large explosions is socially acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago

Six months later, all 10 showed considerable hearing improvement, with the average volume of perceptible sound improving from 106 decibels (very loud) to 52 (much fainter).

They're understating that a bit; that's an increase in sensitivity of over five orders of magnitude. 106 decibels is about as loud as a chainsaw; 52 is on par with a normal conversation.

 
 
 

The site this screenshot comes from, SpotWx, is actually really awesome for looking at weather forecasts in detail. (Most of their models are only for North America, sorry Europeans).

 

I'll be drying the silver out and weighing it sometime in the next couple days. Closest guess when I do gets bragging rights! (And absolutely nothing else)

The scale was zeroed with the beaker empty, and it contains only water and silver (and a trace amount of copper nitrate). If you have a strategy behind your guess, please do share it!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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