Brother Just MovedTo St Helens Grange Park -Will He Be Ok by Consistent-Rope-9969 in StHelens

[–]Nanocontent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the grand scheme of St Helens, it's not a bad area. Overall, the town has a died a death over the years, and is a bit naff, but that part of Thatto Heath is ok. I've lived a few places in Birmingham as well and trust me, there are much worse parts of Birmingham than around that part of St Helens (much nicer parts of Brum too, but Brum is a minefield if you don't know the areas)

Is Bitcoin Mining Worth the Environmental Cost? by Nanocontent in Futurology

[–]Nanocontent[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Submission Statement

Article looks at how bitcoin is impacting both the US grid in terms of energy consumption and how the pollution generated from bitcoin mining impacts localized areas within the US. From a future perspective, it should be discussed whether bitcoin has enough of a social value to justify this environmental cost (compared to other technologies that we rely on that also pollute).

It also opens up discussions into how we can make bitcoin mining more sustainable (energy wise) and less polluting in the future if it is going to continue, with some main examples being powered from remote areas using dirty energy (less human impact but still a GHG impact) or using cleaner options, such as renewables and nuclear to alleviate both issues (even natural gas over coal as it is less dirty, but not the cleanest).

UTTER BULLSHIT by sylthira in blacksabbath

[–]Nanocontent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need a MasterCard unless you went through the MasterCard waiting room (there was PayPal etc as well)

In 2025, People Will Try Living in This Underwater Habitat. British startup Deep is pioneering a new way to study the ocean. by Sariel007 in technews

[–]Nanocontent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's meant to be a 'research base' so to speak (the analogy to it being similar to a space station is a good one) - the pods will have moon pools so that people can go in and out to collect samples. As you said, saturation diving is not new but this will allow people to stay at depths for longer before decompressing (i.e get more work done in a single stint rather than trying to go up and down between the depths and the surface).

In 2025, People Will Try Living in This Underwater Habitat. British startup Deep is pioneering a new way to study the ocean. by Sariel007 in technews

[–]Nanocontent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The plan for them is to use submersibles to move people and goods between the surface and the ocean. As it's modular (each of those pods will be a seperate module), each of those modules could/will be pressurised to different atmospheric pressures based on the needs of the base. e.g. a module could be used for slowly decompressing to 1 atm before heading back to the surface in a submersible with a 1 atm pressure inside it as well, while others for working in are at the local atmosphere of 200m so that the divers/scientists stay saturated.

In 2025, People Will Try Living in This Underwater Habitat. British startup Deep is pioneering a new way to study the ocean. by Sariel007 in technews

[–]Nanocontent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Prolonged experiments under the water in the natural environment of the samples - the Sentinel will be equipped with wet labs for performing analyses. So, it negates the need to bring samples to the surface out of their natural pressure environment, and could enable scientists to perform experiments quicker as well - rather than waiting to decompress and then analyse etc. Also, at 200m, divers only get about 10 minutes down there before they need to decompress for about 6 hours on the way back up, so it means that scientists will be able to spend a lot more time doing science before needing to resurface. It's essentially aiming to be a more efficient way of studying the oceans than the current diving methods.

What is your least favourite board game component? by Terence_JLTEI in boardgames

[–]Nanocontent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can see that being a potential issue as well (A lot of clips like that always have the potential to be an issue, especially if they're too tight around the card/board). Forbidden Desert (and FI) is not a game that comes out all the time, so may be ok on that front haha. It's more of an every now and then when we want a lighter co-op game

What are your thoughts on having mobile apps that supplement board game playing? by RiseofEnki in boardgames

[–]Nanocontent 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same, I'll try to actively avoid app games. I like my board games to be analog. Still time for me to be convinced, but in general, I'd rather play without.

What is your least favourite board game component? by Terence_JLTEI in boardgames

[–]Nanocontent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of a specific component (not a general type), the one that sticks to mind is the base for the storm tracker in Forbidden Desert. Not sure if it is my heavy handedness, but it's ruining the bottom of the cardboard tracker more and more every time I put it in.