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Simberto
Germany12027 Posts
After listening to the shortstory "The Comet" on a Podcast today, i got to thinking: If (almost) everyone died, suddenly, inexplicably, how long would it take for stuff to stop working? How long for phones? Internet? Electricity? Running water? Sewage? Other interesting stuff? Afaik, none of those constantly require direct human input to keep working, but they will obviously fail at some point. So what is the timeframe for this? | ||
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
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Simberto
Germany12027 Posts
Basically, i have no idea about the timeframe, or where exactly the breaking points would even lie. I have no idea how much human interaction a modern power plant requires to keep on running. (Note that i am in no way insinuating that people working there are pointless either) As a background, the story i was talking about describes a man walking through a city basically minutes after everyone died. But it plays out in the 1920s, and so stuff basically stops working almost instantly, because everything was based on constant human interaction. But nowadays it isn't to that level, so i assume that a lot of stuff will keep working at least for a bit before failing. And i am hoping that someone more knowledgeable than me might shed a light on what will be the thing that breaks, and in what timeframe. So someone with knowledge of how a power plant actually works might know whether the problem is that a dude needs to press a button to turn everything on in the morning, or whether the fuel is delivered by truck, or whatever else. | ||
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
Everything else will last between days and months at least, for geothermal power plants, solar, wind or batteries. | ||
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Simberto
Germany12027 Posts
People apparently tell my girlfriend that she should look for rooms about a month before going there, but as someone living in Munich, where you need to look for basically anything to rent for ages, that sounds utterly insane. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing? Also, preferably the whole deal should be not too expensive, we have to deal with a students budget here. | ||
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
Sorry, can't help you with Belfast though  | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
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Uldridge
Belgium5232 Posts
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Yurie
12175 Posts
On April 01 2018 17:56 Epishade wrote: Do black people have a darker skin color than white people because they stayed in hot Africa when early people were migrating, while people who moved to the cooler Europe developed lighter skin because it wasn't so hot there? More that the further north you got the less sun there was in winter time. To then get enough vitamins we needed to take in more in the few sun hours we have. While the opposite was the case near the equator, there you need protection from the sun instead of taking in as much as you can. The most natural way to get vitamin D is by exposing your bare skin to sunlight (ultraviolet B rays). This can happen very quickly, particularly in the summer. You don’t need to tan or burn your skin to get vitamin D. You only need to expose your skin for around half the time it takes for your skin to begin to burn. How much vitamin D is produced from sunlight depends on the time of day, where you live in the world and the color of your skin. The more skin you expose the more vitamin D is produced. So not temperature related but instead quantity and quality of sun light per day. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/UVB/uvb_radiation4.php As the image above shows the amount of UV-B decreases sharply when you go far north, where you find people with whitish skin. (Did not want to direct link to take their bandwidth, NASA can spend the money on better things.) | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
On April 01 2018 18:38 Yurie wrote: More that the further north you got the less sun there was in winter time. To then get enough vitamins we needed to take in more in the few sun hours we have. While the opposite was the case near the equator, there you need protection from the sun instead of taking in as much as you can. So not temperature related but instead quantity and quality of sun light per day. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/UVB/uvb_radiation4.php As the image above shows the amount of UV-B decreases sharply when you go far north, where you find people with whitish skin. (Did not want to direct link to take their bandwidth, NASA can spend the money on better things.) Damn that answers my question perfectly. Thanks! | ||
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
Rollplay was fun but dunno if cba watch the solum to end. The party is almost perfect. | ||
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Simberto
Germany12027 Posts
As for campaigns to follow, Roll4It has a DnD campaign. I used to listen to a lot of roleplaying podcasts, but have lately kind of swiveled away towards history and politics. Sadly, i don't really remember a lot of actual plays. I am certain that i listened to some, but i can't recall a single name. I can, however, recommend about half a dozen "people talk about roleplaying games" podcasts if you are interested. | ||
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Simberto
Germany12027 Posts
I just figured out that my girlfriend has never watched the Matrix. Now i wanted to actually buy it from amazon prime video. However, apparently i need to be HDCP compliant to watch it. I have no idea whether my PC is HDCP compliant or not, and i am in fact pretty annoyed by DRM bullshit. So actually two questions: a) How can i easily figure out whether i am HDCP compliant? I have tried to figure that out for more than half an hour now, and so far the only reliable way i can see is to actually buy something that requires that compliance, and see if it works. That is, however, obviously bullshit. b) Why the fuck DRM? I consciously made the decision to actually buy something, and you are making it harder for me to do that. I could also just torrent it or whatever, and would never have to worry about this shit. What the fuck is this shit. | ||
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Yurie
12175 Posts
On April 06 2018 05:41 Simberto wrote: New question: I just figured out that my girlfriend has never watched the Matrix. Now i wanted to actually buy it from amazon prime video. However, apparently i need to be HDCP compliant to watch it. I have no idea whether my PC is HDCP compliant or not, and i am in fact pretty annoyed by DRM bullshit. So actually two questions: a) How can i easily figure out whether i am HDCP compliant? I have tried to figure that out for more than half an hour now, and so far the only reliable way i can see is to actually buy something that requires that compliance, and see if it works. That is, however, obviously bullshit. b) Why the fuck DRM? I consciously made the decision to actually buy something, and you are making it harder for me to do that. I could also just torrent it or whatever, and would never have to worry about this shit. What the fuck is this shit. The nVidia control panel will display the HDCP status of your card, cable, and display. You'd still need another tool to check the drive and anything else, though. from https://superuser.com/questions/315938/is-there-a-simple-tool-to-determine-if-my-combo-of-video-card-and-tv-is-hdcp-com That DRM is made to stop you from dumping the video content to your hard drive as you watch it. It was broken over 5 years ago though so that they require it now is just a bother for normal users that don't want to extract the content. | ||
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Simberto
Germany12027 Posts
On April 06 2018 06:35 Yurie wrote: The nVidia control panel will display the HDCP status of your card, cable, and display. You'd still need another tool to check the drive and anything else, though. from https://superuser.com/questions/315938/is-there-a-simple-tool-to-determine-if-my-combo-of-video-card-and-tv-is-hdcp-com That DRM is made to stop you from dumping the video content to your hard drive as you watch it. It was broken over 5 years ago though so that they require it now is just a bother for normal users that don't want to extract the content. I have a Radeon R390, and apparently the amd control panel tells me that i am not HDCP compliant. And of course the DRM has been broken for ages, every DRM is broken within months and is usually only good for annoying the people who actually buy the stuff, pirates don't care about DRM. So apparently i am not buying movies of amazon prime because my monitor is to old. Well, i guess if they don't want my money.... | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24387 Posts
On April 06 2018 06:59 Simberto wrote: I have a Radeon R390, and apparently the amd control panel tells me that i am not HDCP compliant. And of course the DRM has been broken for ages, every DRM is broken within months and is usually only good for annoying the people who actually buy the stuff, pirates don't care about DRM. So apparently i am not buying movies of amazon prime because my monitor is to old. Well, i guess if they don't want my money.... Technically you could work around it with one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F9LVXC/ Where this is one of the most frequently asked questions/cited issues. They know they failed as far as actually protecting the content, but this pushes less tech savvy/more paranoid people to buy new equipment they otherwise wouldn't need. It's always about the money. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
(else everything in here will be for nothing) | ||
Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
What is the origin of 'professional attire' and why is it still so important in many office jobs to not wear t shirts and shorts? | ||
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Yurie
12175 Posts
On April 07 2018 02:26 Fecalfeast wrote: Is using a vpn to access american netflix a violation of intellectual property rights or just a violation of netflix policy? What is the origin of 'professional attire' and why is it still so important in many office jobs to not wear t shirts and shorts? Isn't it based on Noble and Church attires previous centuries? It has become more and more slack over time. Many places that used to require suits are now shirts. That trend doesn't look like it is stopping any time soon either. | ||
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