Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The language or the bill would seem to apply to laptops and many single board computers too. How is something so board even enforceable?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

They are trapped in an artificial reality. They (the characters in the show, not the real people) didn't do a full loop. They went straight out and got dimensional flipped back inside

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

That would be quite a surprising find indeed. I'm pretty sure that we would have already observed the gravitational effects of such a planet though. The Planet X and Planet Y the article refers to are out on the fringes of the solar system with Pluto, which is still pretty neat I think.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

Because shows got a tax break for things like this.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you? Several of the first few cars I drove did not have power steering and without any doubt or hesitation I can say they were not as safe to drive. And having been personally struck by a vehicle at slow speeds I'm pretty confident that your argument there doesn't hold up to scrutiny. I'm not saying they can't be driven. I'm saying that they are less safe, the same way cars without anti-lock breaks are less safe. Both require extra training and practice to operate safely in an emergency situation, training that is increasing difficult to get because most people drive cars that have had these essential safety features for their entire lives.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You need power steering. That's not even a luxury, that's a safety feature. Being able to steer the car quickly and without excessive force is kinda important. You going to be trying to convince us that A.B.S., air bags, and seatbelts are a luxury next? Just get a damn bike or ride the bus.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like something a sea lion would say.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The diffraction effects from a pinhole camera are not what make them work.

I didn't say this, you did. You're chasing your own tail.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this wit or a genuine request that one of us explainsthejoke.com?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 9 points 1 month ago

The ratio of the size of the image to the distance from the pinhole is the same as the ratio of the size of the sun to the distance to the sun.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

A pinhole camera has no lens. The effect here is like a pinhole camera, but a pinhole camera is nothing at all like a lens. Pinholes diffract light. Lens refract light.

EDIT: Of course you can't resolve an image through diffraction. That's not how pinholes cameras work. Diffraction negatively impacts image resolution, but it absolutely happens when light passes through them. But, although lens do use refraction to resolve an image, that same process also has unintended negative effects on image resolution (spherical aberration, chromatic aberration, etc.). I didn't bring up any of that because it was ultimately a distraction from the important part: narrow gaps diffract light, lens refract light, and pinhole cameras do not work like lens.

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