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Yeah, I do apologize - I'm somewhat simplifying my explanation because when you start going into the full detail, it just brings up more questions.

So yes, like the other comment says, the particles are constantly bouncing into other things.

• If they're bounded in by something - walls of a container, or even just more gas surrounding the specific sample you're looking at - they'll bump into that, and transfer some of their energy to that.
• If they don't have something to bump off of and the particles are free-floating, they'll take off in any given direction. If they only have something to bump off of in a limited number of directions, they'll take off in the other direction. (For instance, in a rocket engine, we make a lot of molecules really, really hot and then surround them with barriers in every direction except the one we want them to zoom out in.)
• In some cases, the molecules have electromagnetic bonds with each other, which take more energy to break than the energy contained in their "bouncing around". So they'll stay stuck, just bouncing off each other, even in a vacuum, (Or at least, until they radiate away their heat via electromagnetic energy... another whole story.)

Yes, and no. Heat and kinetic energy are fundamentally all just energy. What we call heat is, technically, the kinetic energy of molecules vibrating around.

When exhaust gas passes through a turbocharger, it is both slowed and reduced in pressure, resulting in it coming out slightly cooler than when it entered. This device is using a different method of getting energy out of the exhaust gas, but it's fundamentally still the kinetic energy of those very energetic exhaust gas molecules bouncing against one side of the thermoelectric generator and giving up their energy into it. I would still expect the exhaust gas to come out of it slightly cooler and slower.

I'm always a little sorrowful people unfamiliar with cats will look at this, see narrow side-eye, and think "Oh, that cat is being cold and distant."

No. That is a cat content with the world. That is a cat who is totally comfortable and at peace with her perch. Congratulations, and - if those are your legs under the blanket - my condolences at your eternal entrapment beneath the immovable kitty.

It isn't very long, but I just wrapped up Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem For Vengeance.

It's kind of obvious that it was a rather low-budget show, which is a pity because the story concept is something I've wanted for ages, but now won't be repeated because it was done and didn't fare well.

Bookwise, I'm chewing my way through The Dresden Files.

Echoing this. Even as someone who does read sci-fi, I think leaving it open ended is better. Hobbies is a good angle; it could also be "What show, book, or film did you enjoy recently?" then follow it up with "Why?" and work from there.

What this shows:

• They live a balanced-enough life that they have time to do relaxing stuff, aren't money-focused tryhards like OP is trying to weed out.
• Allows them to demonstrate explaining a topic unfamiliar to the interviewer.
• Shows how they respond to unexpected questions outside the normal, practiced interview set.
• Follow up questions can still weed out people who are viewing it "just because", they heard it was popular, or whatever.

Wait, so like, do we just play the game forever? Or are we actually going into the game world?

Can we break the boundaries of the game mechanics since we're now "inside" it? Or are we still limited to what the game lets us do?

I'm not sure I ever really experienced "very early" Reddit, but this tracks with my experience as well. Smaller community, for better and for worse. Less "empty discussion" and quips. But also a lot more people who are, as you put it, "unglued".

I think the lack of flamewars is more due to critical mass - you need a critical mass of people willing to waste time on that - than culture. There are definitely some communities I see here that do not have a friendly feel.

Disclaimer: I always viewed limited subreddits that fed my interests, and my Home feed. I never looked at All, because it never seemed to have things I'm interested in. That probably influences how I perceived Reddit.

Reddit:

• Way more niche topics. It was quite possible to find people who shared the same narrow interests as you. On Lemmy, having conversations about these things is hard.
• Towards the end, there was a much greater tendency for top comments to be a joke/quip/insider joke as opposed to actual thoughtful discussion.
• It felt like there was a much greater tolerance of nuance and complexity, though this was also showing cracks towards the end.

Lemmy:

• Politics definitely swing a bit more towards the left. In some cases this means "people just talk about corporations doing bad stuff more", and in some cases it can mean some pretty out-there positions, like people fanboying for China or terrorists.
• It's much, much harder for me to find activity on topics I'm interested in. If you're outside of Lemmy's handful of interests, not just finding but even building topical discussion feels like a struggle.
• Not everyone, but I do feel like I come across more people here who feel... allergic to nuance. Frankly, I think this might be less of a Reddit-vs-Lemmy thing and more of how just social media in general is shifting these days.

Good idea, but you're still using small objects which can be destroyed by someone desperate (or a clever enough wizard). You want something large and physically resilient - the kind of thing that would be both hard to vanish, and is going to take something like a bomb to get rid of.

Make it something huge. One of the Pyramids of Giza. The Papal Palace. The Tower of London.

I haven't, but there's ample stories which present more or less the same point.

Obligatory IANAL, etc.

If the template is being used for non-commercial services and does not closely replicate any of the material the characters is based on, then it probably falls under Fair Use - similar to how many rulings have affirmed that fan fiction is broadly legally permitted. Conversely, if the chat service owner is charging for the use, then it would probably be forbidden under the grounds that the service host is financially benefiting from another's copyright.

Between that, is a murky zone.

• Content creators and owners have at times made legal demands that pornographic, shocking, or other fan content which could reflect poorly on the original owners be removed, on the basis it damages their value. If I remember correctly, rulings on this have gone both ways and the issue remains largely unsolved.
• If the bot hoster makes small changes to obfuscate the identity represented to the bot, it could likewise become iffy. It'd likely depend on the court ruling whether the identity was "substantially changed" enough.
• A new course would be to argue that - given some of the issues regarding how bots have become abusive or encouraging of harmful behavior - any chatbot usage represents an intolerable danger to their brand value. I actually expect to see this litigated fairly soon.

Living on an upper floor comes in handy for once, as it's actually fairly easy to barricade the front door. Alert some key close friends and family members who will actually believe me. Then stock up on canned goods, fill every possible thing I can with water, and grab some camping solar kits for power once the grid goes down.

After that? Hunker down. Avoid being clearly seen in windows or heard to prevent attracting the undead. I reckon I need to last about 6-9 weeks.

See, the thing is, zombies are going to die out. The average human can go 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Let's assume zombies have a magical lack of need of hydration, so they last 3 weeks. Double that for the time they'll have ample food. Assume another 3 weeks that they'll cannibalize each other or something.

At that point, I can begin to venture outside. Small numbers of capable zombies may still exist, but most will be dead or starving. Other survivors are my greatest worry.

Rage comics and advice animals had the perfect combination of communicating event and emotion caused by the event simply and straightforwardly.

Met someone who - in the course of a discussion - admitted that they were adamant in their belief that God existed and all the stuff in the Bible had actually happened, but also adamantly refused to observe any religious commandments or pray, because he was "angry at God" over the state of the world.

I wasn't quite sure if I felt sorry for his dealing with that kind of anger, or mild respect for his willingness to fully believe in God and yet raise a giant middle finger in His direction. Man had a mission, I guess.

.ml complaining about being an echo chamber. I didn't realize today was comedy day all around the political spectrum.

Now this is the good stuff I look for in a Tech community.

Subjectively, I've been seeing a lot of high ping/packet loss in gaming and sites loading tonight. Can't help but wonder if something more fundamental is going on.

I wasn't talking about him, but more other people who - if you see a headline of "XY succinctly summarizes [issue]", all it will be is distilling a messy, nuanced topic down to "You should feel A," often with ragebait to convince you.

Add in "succinctly explains" too. That's shorthand for "reduces complex issue to a paragraph".

To be fair, Star Trek always had its fantasy element as well. They dressed it up with Treknobabble a lot, but many of the episodes had fundamentally fantasy elements as well. Like, remember the time Kirk gets beamed down to a planet where the inhabitants use literal, actual magic and it turns out the Salem witches were actual witches?