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NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
Technology@lemmy.world•Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AIEnglish
2·3 months ago
NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Share this with 5 people or it gets ya
17·8 months agoI’m cooked

NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
Buy it for Life@slrpnk.net•Measuring cup that doesn't lose its printing?English
4·1 year agohttps://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/when-is-your-pyrex-not-the-pyrex-you-expect/
Basically pyrex spun out of Corning Glass, enshitified and use soda lime glass (shit) while Corning retained PYREX which is still high quality borosilicate glassware (often with a blueish tint).
NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works•The M2 Browning is still in use in space.English
1·2 years agoGyrojet ammunition has entered the chat.
NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works•The M2 Browning is still in use in space.English
2·2 years agoMajor concern here for LEO engagements is that any shots that miss are a liability coming back to hit the gunner.
Basically once a bullet’s fired, a new orbit is defined for that bullet, a new elipse can be drawn. That now elipse is constrained by the position and direction of that bullet the moment it’s fired. Unfortunately that means that one bullet orbit later the bullet is going to be in the exact same position with the exact same velocity. The gunner had better hope that orbit phases are misaligned.
Shooting at targets in the retrograde direction might be safest, they’re more likely to dip into the edge of the atmosphere and start to lose a bit of velocity ensuring they never come back.
NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works•The M2 Browning is still in use in space.English
1·2 years agoBut actually, if you had no gravity acting to change the velocity vector, the bullet would continue in a straight line. If you shot at the horizon it would be like drawing a straight line tangent to a circle. The bullet’s not going to end up going in the shooters azimuthal direction, but it sure is going to gain altitude as the curvature of the body peels down way away from the straight line it’s flying,
NigelSimmons@startrek.websiteto
Technology@lemmy.world•'Solar leafs' outshine panels in UK breakthrough - Energy Live NewsEnglish
81·3 years agoI think you’re underselling the substance of a saltine. This felt like a bad AI generated piece.


