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  • Yeah, you might as well not vote. You're never going to sway enough people to vote independent to challenge one of the big two, especially since the choice right now is between old people or people trying to establish a fascist theocracy.

  • It's not. There are two types of electromagnetic radiation: ionizing and non-ionizing.

    Ionizing is the radiation that is bad for you because it also shoots little tiny particles at you that damage your DNA. Think X-rays

    No-ionizing radiation doesn't shoot tiny particles at you, so it's mostly safe. Microwaves use this type, and it's the exact same radiation your wifi router uses (which is why it can cause interference)

    The worst a microwave oven can do to you is give you a burn since they work by heating up water molecules. But, that would require you to trip the door switch and putting a body part inside.

    So, in conclusion, it's basically impossible for a microwave to harm you with EMR unless you're actively trying to make it harm you.

    Also, as an added bonus but of knowledge, it's completely safe to microwave metal, if it's in the right shape. Some microwaves even have a metal rack for heating up casseroles and such (mine did at one point)

  • A few months ago I was tasked with translating a script from one IBM emulator program to another because the owners of the first program wouldn't respond to requests to purchase a new license.

    The scripting language used on both was unique to the software, and the documentation was basically non-existent. Plus, the script was written over a decade ago, and the guy who wrote it was long gone.

    For weeks I banged my head against the wall trying to figure out the logic flow before I realized that it was essentially BASIC, which I haven't touched in over 20 years.

  • Yes, that right there is the importance that You put on a container of bone dust of dubious origin. No one else is required to share your opinion.

    You have no idea what their relationship was like, and you have no right to judge how another person handles the death of someone close to them.

  • You're just trying to get the device into a known good state.

    The truth is that it's rarely worth trying to find the root cause of an issue unless it's a frequent problem.

    Something somewhere went wrong. We don't know if it's a hardware or software issue, so we'll try a solution that covers both.

    Powering the device off stops the flow of electricity, and waiting a few seconds makes sure that any capacitors (think of very tiny, very fast batteries) bleed off the power they've stored. Then turning it back on makes it go through the full startup process which is likely to result in a working state.