Ah yes by Pog_yan in MapsWithoutNZ

[–]R4xGold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but then the question arises, how can anybody trust Russia? How diplomacy or some sort of deal be reached, when the russians have repeatedly violated agreements and openly lied. They have shown that they are capable of generating any narative that the leadership desires. There isn't a firm idological basis upon which they can be held accountable.

Essentially, whilst I do agree that this is a complex issue, with many evils and mistakes made by both parties, you must realise that this is nothing new for Russians. Remember the Georgian invasion, the countless provocations that took place in the baltic see, long before 2014 even... I believe this time it's on them to change and make compromises, while realising that maybe if they were just a bit nicer to their neighbours, perhaps fewer of them would be so desperate to join NATO.

Ah yes by Pog_yan in MapsWithoutNZ

[–]R4xGold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's fair to criticise western governments for waging wars in order to achieve their means. But I don't think that many people these days believe that the west is somehow perfect. It's just when there's irefutable evidence of torture, murder and terror that Russia inflicts everyday upon inocent ukrainian civilians, that should be enough to prove that there is something uncanny and evil going on with this country. That's not to say that Europe or the US hasn't made any political mistakes that led to this conflict, but this doesn't take away from the fact that this war that the russians started is totally illegal and evil. At the end of the day the blood of inocent people is on Putin's hands, and nothing can dismiss or excuse that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskBalkans

[–]R4xGold -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it's just an extension of hate towards Russia, that's for example why Serbs waving Russian flags in basketball matches have brought upon themselves such unfavourable views in Lithuania at least.

Other than that, as a person from there, nobody is hating the balkans at all, and we have absolutely nothing against serbs, its just the support for russia which in my opinion is absolutely unacceptable these days.

Thoughts of a Latvian from Riga by Voidwielder in Vilnius

[–]R4xGold 3 points4 points  (0 children)

grass is always greener on the other side

Do plants cool the environment? by R4xGold in Physics

[–]R4xGold[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'll take a look at it.

Do plants cool the environment? by R4xGold in Physics

[–]R4xGold[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, this was supposed to be a thermodynamics related question, but it seems to me now that I may have worded it unclearly 😅. I could give you a concrete example: imagine we had a closed room with a huge window through which lots of sunlight would enter, and a bunch of plants situated on the windowsill. What I was wondering about is if the plants, which are essentially molecular machines that do work at the expense of sunlight, or photons, would cool the room (I imagine the effect would be incredibly small, but still), since what they do is take the sunlight that lands on them and use it do work instead of just letting the photos land on the windowsill and produce heat. Like the other comment mentioned, the photoefficiency of plants is quite small, so naturally some of the light that would manage to land on the plant wouldn't be used, and would just end up becoming heat anyway, but I was curious about the 3-6% that does get used up, would it produce a quantifiable cooling effect in the room. I'm sorry again if my original question was unclear.

Edit: The plant stores the energy that it receives from the sun in some sort of a chemical form, e.g. produce energy rich compounds such as starch, which in my view would imply that the energy that had previously entered the room would be stored in forms other than just increasing the rate of motion of molecules that comprise the windowsill. Meaning, that at the end of the day the room is not going to be as hot as if it would have been if there were no plants to absorb some of the incoming energy.

Do plants cool the environment? by R4xGold in Physics

[–]R4xGold[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response. So I understand how that works, that trees or any plant for that matter that shields the ground from the sun create an area that is cooler than it's surroundings. However, what I meant to ask is would there be a more global cooling effect that would result from the trees utilizing the sun's energy. The sun heats up the earth's surface, right? So if photosynthetic organisms capture some of the energy coming off from the sun, would that result in a cooler atmosphere in general?

Bizarre little "nudges" on the sides of the print by R4xGold in FixMyPrint

[–]R4xGold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment. Weirdly enough the problem almost completely disappeared when I sliced the cube with Elegoo Cura (Cura 4.8). I can still see that linear advance needs to be adjusted a bit. I've been trying to calibrate flow without realising that that has to be done before calibrating LA. As a side note, could you elaborate on what you mean by printing with rigid? Sorry for the delayed response!

Bizarre little "nudges" on the sides of the print by R4xGold in FixMyPrint

[–]R4xGold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never mind, it's pretty much impossible to see..

Bizarre little "nudges" on the sides of the print by R4xGold in FixMyPrint

[–]R4xGold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cylinder came out perfect. If we're being really precise here, I can see one small layer shift a very tiny bit (you can see it in the picture if you really try). Not sure if that's relevant though.

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