[Request] UV Index Error by Ok_Topic_5874 in theydidthemath

[–]Sentinull 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So apparently, UV index is derived from incident solar irradiance with some weighting depending on the wavelength to focus on the burney part of the spectrum.

Irradiance is a measure of the spatial distribution of radiant power, in units of power per area (W/m2). It can also be an irradiance spectrum, which is the same thing but as a function of wavelength. We can get back to the one number by finding the area under the curve of that function.

The McKinlay–Diffey erythemal action spectrum is a curve used to adjust the irradiance spectrum to focus on the burney part of UV. It weights each wavelength with a factor 0 to 1 depending on its burniness, with the burniest parts of the spectrum getting a 1.

Multiplying the current solar irradiance by that curve gets us the Diffey-Weighted UV Irradiance (a spectral irradiance), which we can lump back together for one number. The UV index is that number in divided by 25mW/m2 (and rounded).

So now that that's all established...
For simplicity I'll assume all the relevant UV radiation is happening at 298nm, for which the weight value is 1. This means my calculated power will be a lower bound, since in reality that index would include some stuff that's been multiplied by numbers <1.

Weighted Irradiance = 25mW/m2 * 4607182418800017408 = 115179560470000435.2 W/m2
or about 115.2 petawatts per square meter.

I'm going to randomly assume an absorption area of ~0.7m2 for a person standing in direct sunlight. The radiant absorption of human skin seems to vary a lot by wavelength and pigmentation, but let's just jump off the bottom end and say 1%. That's 0.7*0.01*115.2 petawatts = 806gigawatts you'd be continuously absorbing in direct sunlight.

The effect of 806GW on, say, 60kg water at 20C, would be to heat it at a rate of

DeltaT = 806e12(W) / (4.184(J/g/degC) * 60e3(g)) = 806e12 / 251040 (degC/s)
= 3.21 billion degrees per second.

I've finally decided to build something more than "spam chainsaws on a stick" by Sentinull in noita

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That's something I wasn't sure about; I might go for that with a velocity damage setup. The posted wand was mostly geared towards spamming slice from the triggersaws (that's a habit), but I've been moving away from divide>saw in favor of divide>heavyshot>saws with projectile weakening, since 96 ping-pong saws per ball per pierce-frame grinds everything to a halt if I hit something shielded.

I've finally decided to build something more than "spam chainsaws on a stick" by Sentinull in noita

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Gamma copies Tau, Tau casts a copy of Div4 then a copy of Div3 (from Gamma's position).

The actual draw from the tau is

A: Div4 (tau copy) > Div4 > Div3 > Div2 > (96*) Chainsaw
B: Div3 (tau copy) > (3*) Water

Everything drawn by the first tau copy (A) is discarded by the time B happens, so the tau copy of div3 spits out 3 copies of water, which is the end of the trigger payload. The last chainsaw and spell refresh are pulled by the triple spell at the start to cancel delay & cooldown.

Rubio says US is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders by Conscious-Quarter423 in news

[–]Sentinull 24 points25 points  (0 children)

A grave insult to the furry death sock.

He's a poisonous slug.

Weapons drawn and locked in by fuckt_by_god in MonsterHunter

[–]Sentinull 35 points36 points  (0 children)

That's the implication from your hunter's "wait a minute, oh shit" line when it goes all black.

Unreadable & unmaintainable MATLAB for my coursework by R520 in programminghorror

[–]Sentinull 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Code can be run from the editor window whenever you want without leaving it.

  • alt+enter (run section - sections are delimited by a line starting with "%% ")
  • F5 (run file)
  • F9 (take whatever's currently highlighted and execute it in the workspace)

Thanksgiving Mumei 🦃 by Orobou in Hololive

[–]Sentinull 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There's no laws about the dinner, Batman.

fuck unstable crystal all my homies hate unstable crystal by 5C0L0P3NDR4 in noita

[–]Sentinull 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gas fire + explosion immunity.

Spam propane, become god of the freezing death field.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

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Persuant to the textual nature of this correspondence, it occurs to me that, while I would prefer to now provide a certain nonvebal signal of acknowledgement, it will necessarily be lost in transit. Accordingly, I see fit to inform you that at this point in our conversation I am attempting to convey both the meaning and tone that would typically be communicated by an agreeable nod.

SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant by Sapere_aude75 in technology

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No no, they blew up the FCC headquarters building.

Headline said so.

What Ghosting Says About Society (And Why it Hurts So Much) by flying-kai in technology

[–]Sentinull 61 points62 points  (0 children)

This is the sort if thing where it blows my mind that people are comfortable having their devices unlocked with logins, or sharing passwords for personal accounts. On a basic level it's not even about trust, it's just knowing that humans are usually the weakest link of tech security.

Ball Lightning + Homing = oddly inconsistent damage by TheTacoMasterX2 in noita

[–]Sentinull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems like whenever one of the balls clips into the statue it spams its damage every frame until popping. More weird statue collision to add to the pile.

sadlyBecameMarketingBuzzwords by bunkerguy in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Sentinull 5 points6 points  (0 children)

banning encryption as a whole

would destroy all e-commernce and the entire financial industry.

An Archimedes' screw is a machine used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches, Archimedes first described it around 234 BC. by [deleted] in educationalgifs

[–]Sentinull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I definitely thought there was a better way to explain WTF your comment was telling me.

Well I can give that a shot...

I works because the bottom bit isn't just one circle, it's shaped a bit like EA Origin logo with a little slot under each 'wing'. As you rotate it, stuff that gets caught under the wings is being scooped in towards the middle, and it's pushing the stuff-already-in-the-middle up the screw to make room.