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  • And here, ladies and gentlemen, is part of the reason hate crime exists. “Is it something I don’t yet know or understand? Quickly, get me my head-burying sand bucket!”

  • No, it’s attached. I’m on kbin though, so it’s probably some inter-instance communication issue. Added a link to it in the body.

  • Here, I assembled a comparison image. They're pretty similar in normal light, but moissanite shines like a motherfucker :)

  • As someone who works in jewelry design, moissanite is far superior to diamond anyway.

    • Very similar hardness (9.25+ vs 10), but lower value makes moissanite a bit less brittle, less prone to chipping and more durable overall
    • Higher refractive index (2.65–2.69 vs 2.42), which gives moissanite more brilliance and sparkle compared to diamonds
    • Lower Abbe number. It means that moissanite tends to disperse light into colors more than diamond, giving moissanite more fiery or rainbow colors
    • Usually lab-produced, so much more ethical in general, and much higher clarity on average
    • It’s waaay cheaper

    So for anyone going for a diamond ring, I suggest trying moissanite instead. The only thing that diamond has going for it in this comparison is just decades-long PR. It’s not even a fun gem chemistry-wise, it’s just carbon. Moissanite, on the other hand, is SiC :)

  • Thanks. Holy shit, but kinda not surprised by any of those, all seem to be the standard right-wing talking points

  • I assume “trump’s nft cards pack” is just a pack of low-quality printed cards that simply say “nft” somewhere on them? :)

  • I know that it’s right wing, but I haven’t heard much about what Italy’s new government has actually been doing for the last year or so. Do you have any specific examples of damaging policies/laws? Or something that’s planned to take effect?

  • It looks like he didn’t really read the paper that he’s referring to.

  • Alaska, New Mexico
    New Mexico, Maryland

    Seeing this, I now wonder what’s the longest possible chain of “State1-named city, State2; State2-named city…” you can create.

    Someone should ping Matt Parker or someone who knows how to code such a lookup program :)

  • Haha, I know. But its mostly laziness, like if I need a new tab I just open one, and since it doesn't lag I don't care. I do save quite a lot though when I go through them and I refer or look up quite a few afterwards. So, ¯(ツ)

  • Pretty much, but they aim to have a continuos range, so they might be able to keep improving the information density by having more accurate readouts across that range.

  • To save you a click, they used new material combination, thin films of hafnium oxide connected by barium bridges, to create a memory storage device that can encode states in between 0 and 1 to increase possible information density.

    Also, the horizon line on their logo looked like a hair on my phone screen and it bugged me the whole time I was reading the article. I accidentally clicked on it trying to swipe it off the first time.

  • Yeah, this reads like such a nothingburger I don’t see why it’s news. Yeah, they didn’t add enough filters, but fixed it as soon as it was pointed out. Why continue the outrage?

  • I find it pretty funny that people are arguing both “35 WBT is pretty fine” and “31.5 WBT is a death sentence”.

    Yet somewhere in that range seems to be the consensus for an actual “your body is on the clock and you’re not surviving it for a prolonged time” situation.

    I don’t know your personal experience and how dangerous it was in regards to temperature, but high temperature environments start feeling pretty humid at like 50%, so you still pretty much need an actual temperature/humidity reading to gauge it correctly.

    So guys, take it to the scientists :) I’m not talking out of my ass here, rather quoting research data. There are a couple dozen papers listed in the link above, and most seem to agree on the dangerous temp region. Read their methodology and reasoning if you’re interested to learn more.

  • I'm currently at 1158 btw. I guess I'll need to sort that out sometime within the next month :)

  • I’m really bad at closing tabs because I’m either lazy or think I might need them later, which leads to my safari window having like 1000–1500 tabs open by the time I decide to sort through them and save/close some stuff. I also never close the app itself, it stays open for months.

    It never lags. I find that impressive.

  • Well, people do die in saunas. More often than you might think. And those who can sit through 20 minutes are usually already accustomed to them, it’s not like people can sit for a long time the first time. Stick an unprepared elderly person there and it’s often not going to end well.

    Also, right after intense sauna sessions (and in between as well) people dunk themselves into very cold plunge pools or snowdrifts to quickly cool off.

    And you got the temperature/humidity ratios wrong. 100% humidity is used in a hammam, a Turkish-style steam room, and those are kept at around 45-55C. Russian saunas never exceed 90%, most are kept at around 70%.

    Have you been to one and looked at the hydrometer? It’s really hard to raise the humidity above 70–80%, and the usual for most people 1-2 ladles per 10 mins barely raises the humidity above 60%.

  • What do you mean by “too many too quickly”? If it’s about immigrants, I don’t see how it’s actually relevant here. Police attacks mentioned in the article (and that were happening in general) were against black/minority French citizens, not newly taken in immigrants. Plus the police force itself doesn’t consist of immigrants.

    And Europeans becoming poorer is a wealth redistribution problem first and foremost (with an aging population sprinkled in).

    Sure, there are shitty people amongst immigrants, but in a similar proportion to the amount of shitty people in general. It’s not the reason. Kinda looks like shifting the blame.