Is this thing on?
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2·5 days agoAccording to the Wiki the latest release is 3 months old. It is still in use, but doesn’t look to be for the average consumer.
1·6 days agoAre you aware that Blacklight is using Amazon Web Services?
I’ve been noticing a reduction in what’s shown lately and I approve. Many shows have them simply start kissing and cut to them getting dressed in the morning. Perfect. Show they’ve connected physically without unnecessary porn filler.
Explain to me how lab statistics would help? Then explain how you could generate useful statistics using the extremely non-standardized settings of every unique household in the world?
Now that the absurdity of wanting statistics is set aside… Microwave caused superheating of water is a well studied and understood phenomenon. There are things that reduce the likelihood, sure: air bubbles created by modern low-flow taps, general impurity of tap water, and scratches in used containers all provide nucleation points and reduce the likelihood of superheating.
All it takes is jossling a new mug so the air bubbles all float out, with a particularly clean supply of city water (or filtered is a common culprit) and that thing you’ve been doing for years blows up in your face at 105oC.
Because technically the steam is dissolved in the water above its saturation point, right? If the gas were (say) CO2 instead of steam, wouldn’t “supersaturated” be the correct term?
If the gas were CO2 instead of steam, CO2 would be the solute, and water the solvent. In that case the term supersaturated would make sense because the solvent contains more solute than it can handle under normal conditions. The steam is not disolved in the water. The microwaved water is unable to form steam in the first place due to a lack of available nucleation sites.
I thought superheating referred to heating water over 100º by pressurizing it
That isn’t superheating. The boiling point of a given substance naturally varies with pressure. Liquid water at 200oC while pressurized sufficiently isn’t superheated. It is just hotter than you expect it to be. That technique can be used to superheat something like water if heated over it’s atmospheric boiling temperature while pressurized and then lowering the pressure without agitating it.
That’s not what is happening. If you drop a bag into water the whole bag gets wet and seals the air inside causing it to float.
Slowly lower the bag into the water so the air can escape through the dry top and it’ll sink.
Thx Tips. Waiting 15 seconds is no guarantee the water isn’t superheated. If you actually want to ensure microwaved water won’t erupt put a wooden toothpick or spoon in it while nuking.
It is not simply ‘just another method to heat water’. There is a significant difference between microwaving and kettle/stovetop. Microwaving risks superheating resulting in flash boiling causing an explosion of steam and boiling water. This is also why microwaved water has foam appear when inserting anything into it. Bubbles that ‘should’ have formed didn’t and are now doing so at the nucleation points whatever you inserted provided.
That foam, while an indication the water was close to erupting, is otherwise harmless but ruins the tea/coffee for me and I’m sure others too.
superheated, not supersaturated.
If you are vaccinated properly (2 doses last I checked) you will be fine. Isolate is really your only other option. It’s that contagious. Thankfully, as you’re old enough to ask here if you do come down with the full illness it’ll suck but you’ll survive unless you have a compromised immune system.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t and check if you need a booster if you have.
68·20 days agoWish the company name was included. They seem to have their shit together.
The Fediverse (turns and exposes bare back)
Rags, Cloth napkins/kerchiefs, farmer’s blow when outdoors…
1·25 days agoCalling it for next episode: Ottar finally goes beast mode, breaks Bell’s neck and drags Lyu the White behind an alley. The end.
32·25 days agoOpen the m3u8 as a playlist in VLC Media player. If it works, save it.
Because it is.
Brendan James: “Even with the Ukraine invasion recently under its belt, russia is a less war hungry country than our own”.
Noah Kulwin: “I don’t think America should bankroll it into perpetuity”.
Both of those statements are arguing to either discourage aid to Ukraine, or belittle the impact of the actually ongoing violence the Ukrainians are enduring. They are exhibiting classic behaviours intended to shift the line towards Russian support. Hiding behind ‘technically we overtly said “russia bad”’ while arguing ‘but not THAT bad’ is BS plain and simple.
YDI.