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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

In my head it was definitely Cave.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some numbers are missing...[due to] out of memory error.

The S7+ seems to have 6 or 8GB RAM, but the iPhone 7 only has 2, yet it seems the iPhone ran the test and the S7+ didn't. I wonder if the iOS implementation is that much better, or Android isn't set up with any swap, or...?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Human gestation is 10 months

"Full term" pregnancy is ~40w from last menstrual period, or ~38w from conception. There are ~4.345 weeks/month, putting full term at ~8.75 to ~9.2 months. Note the 9.2 months includes ~2 weeks before fertilization.

(Not sure if I'm being whooshed or not...)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because not all humans strive for honor.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 1 week ago (8 children)

People praise the female reproductive system as miraculous because it can make a baby in only 9 months. Like that's neat and all, but my reproductive system can make a baby in approximately 13 seconds, so I don't see what all the fuss is about.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

Yep, you're right


I was just responding to parent's comment about fiber being best because nothing is faster than light :)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

That's...not really a cogent argument.

Satellites connect to ground using radio/microwave (or even laser), all of which are electromagnetic radiation and travel at the speed of light (in vacuum).

Light in a fiber travels much more slowly than in vacuum


light in fiber travels at around 67% the speed of light in vacuum (depends on the fiber). In contrast, signals through cat7 twisted pair (Ethernet) can be north of 75%, and coaxial cable can be north of 80% (even higher for air dielectric). Note that these are all carrying electromagnetic waves, they're just a) not in free space and b) generally not optical frequency, so we don't call them light, but they are still governed by the same equations and limitations.

If you want to get signals from point A to point B fastest (lowest latency), you don't use fiber, you probably use microwaves: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/private-microwave-networks-financial-hft/

Finally, the reason fiber is so good is complicated, but has to do with the fact that "physics bandwidth" tends to care about fractional bandwidth ("delta frequency divided by frequency"), whereas "information bandwidth" cares about absolute bandwidth ("delta frequency"), all else being equal (looking at you, SNR). Fiber uses optical frequencies, which can be hundreds of THz


so a tiny fractional bandwidth is a huge absolute bandwidth.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago

80% of the USA lives within urban areas (source). Urban "fiberization" is absolutely within reach.

Agree that running fiber out to very remote areas is tricky, but even then it's probably not prohibitive for all but the most remote locations.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Don't forget Pinarello! Gorgeous and, last I checked, very well regarded. Just make sure your wallet is prepared


you can definitely drop $15k on a well-spec'd Pinarello Dogma.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago

The CW folks would presumably be sending QTH instead


I wonder if this graph captures that/if it would make an appreciable difference?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

I just wish they made toddler clothes in my size.

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