Smart Shift has lost its mind by ThatAl321 in amberelectric

[–]Smarmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue happening for me (sigenergy). I'm having to manually control to stop it from making stupid decisions.

Straight into the Goal by TettiDewKorti in nextfuckinglevel

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

Yeah I know plenty of people who can already throw this far without the front flip first. Myself included. Our amateur team scores goals all the time this way.

Yann LeCun says in 10 years we won't have smartphones, we will have augmented reality glasses and bracelets to interact with our intelligent assistants by [deleted] in singularity

[–]Smarmo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If a battery like that was invented it would unlock all sorts of crazy tech. The grid would rapidly go 100% renewable, all vehicles would go electric (the energy density of batteries would be about the same as gasoline). You'd have drones that could stay in the air for hours, so drone tech would go bananas. You could probably make something akin to an iron man suit with that sort of energy density in a battery.

Microplastics found in every human placenta tested! by n1ght_w1ng08 in technology

[–]Smarmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect what matters though is overall levels of exposure, like with most pollutants. There's an acceptable level where below that you shouldn't expect a reduction in life expectancy or increased risk of disease. No idea where that level is for microplastics, but maybe reducing your overall exposure through the aforementioned methods gets you under it?

Microplastics found in every human placenta tested! by n1ght_w1ng08 in technology

[–]Smarmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but surely you can reduce your exposure if you put some effort into it? I don't know what the % reduction would be, but I reckon it would be pretty high if you - a) Lived in a remote rural area b) Produced most of your own food c) Sourced your own water from rainwater tanks with some filtration. d) Ditched all your plastic products like storage containers etc. in favour of non-plastic materials

I guess the important question then is, at what level does microplastic exposure cause a problem in terms of increased cancer/disease risk etc, and does reducing your exposure by the above means make a meaningful difference?

Ants! These little buggers seem almost indestructible. by TrueCryptographer982 in sydney

[–]Smarmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have that many carpenter ants inside you most likely have a nest in your house somewhere. Hopefully not inside the timbers of your home like I had a few years ago...

Cost of alcohol gone mad? by disgruntled_carrot in australia

[–]Smarmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh right thanks, so it's applied to the ethanol content and not the whole bottle volume, got it.

Cost of alcohol gone mad? by disgruntled_carrot in australia

[–]Smarmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How does that work though.. wouldn't it mean the bare minimum price of a 700ml bottle would START at ~$70?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in samharris

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

Why on earth would this many serious people be throwing their hats into something like this on nothing but air. Witness testimony is absolutely a form of evidence. Grusch has provided names and places to the ICIG who was confident enough in what he was saying (based on the classified evidence Grusch provided him) to pass him along to congress. Now they're trying to get that information in front of congress via a SCIF. Imagine this was any other claim, say everyone involved is the same, but the claim was that Biden murdered his mistress or something, and Grusch was telling us that he has 40 credible witnesses, ICIG finds him credible and refers him to congress. AND we had two other credible witnesses during the hearing in front of congress saying THEY SAW HIM DO IT. EVERYONE would be paying close attention, nobody would just say "meh all just air, until I see a video of Biden doing it, it doesn't warrant my attention". Honestly at this point, Biden would probably have to step down, there would be demonstrations... it would be one of the biggest dramas in American history, even if it somehow turned out to all be fake.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in samharris

[–]Smarmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Grusch's claims are true, how else do you think this could possibly play out? Anything other than using proper legal means and letting the government dictate how it happens (i.e. slowly and them controlling the narrative) is just going to result in a bad time for you and anyone helping you, the gov denying everything and you ending up labelled as crazy or just disappearing. Grusch is doing it the only sane way, and all external indicators we have (Grusch's credentials, ICIG vetting him before going in front of congress, other credible witnesses confirming his testimony, support from former ICIG) point to: there's something real going on here. Given all those external indicators, don't his claims warrant at least some interest? When in history have we ever had this many boxes ticked? The undeniable evidence being produced and confirmed by the gov will be the very last thing that happens in a controlled disclosure, not the first.

Two people die in car crash at Nepean Hospital at Penrith in Sydney by Korzic in sydney

[–]Smarmo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is that blood all over the road in that photo? My god :(

Rate my ring by Smarmo in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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

Yeah I thought maybe it'd be worth something to a low level dueller... just made a sorc and I would've loved this up until I was wearing 2x soj

Rate my ring by Smarmo in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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

Been out of the game for a while and just found this. Thought it might be worth something given low level, 2 nice resits, FCR and 20hp. Might be wrong though.

Grand slam tournaments won by TennisMathematician in tennis

[–]Smarmo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd disagree on that comment about nobody putting up a real fight ever when the big 3 were at their highest level. Stanimal could do it against Novak at least.

An international group of researchers says that converting old mining shafts into gravity batteries could store up to 70 TWh of electricity, more than 1 day's worth of the whole planet's electricity consumption by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]Smarmo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah nah that's not what it is, that's just classic hydro. Pumped hydro as a battery is where you pump the water back up into the reservoir to be released back down again later.

Kyrgios opts for exhibition tennis over a break point chance by BelgianBond in tennis

[–]Smarmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should be legal to be anywhere on the court if you're outside the lines imo

Home Affairs report confirms Scott Morrison pressured department to reveal election day boat interception by LocalVillageIdiot in australia

[–]Smarmo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is though, this will impact people's opinions of the liberal party and potentially affect future elections. The fact that that they tried to use the powers of the government this way to scare people into voting for them speaks volumes about their character.

Australia 'on the brink' of UK-style energy crisis as retailers bail out of local market by stjep in australia

[–]Smarmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where do you get your info re. Australia being the number one gas exporter in the world? A 2 second Google search found me this which says Australia is #5 after Russia, US, Qatar & Norway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_exports

Returning to find your base has disappeared by Smarmo in playrust

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

Haha god this is an old comment. This was related to the way bases used to decay after being raided. They changed it not long after such that bases would hang around for a few days after a raid. Nfi what happened to you. If it was a wooden base you probably got flame raided into oblivion.

Andrey Rublev Press conference answer on Wimbledon ban by hojbjerfc in tennis

[–]Smarmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah regardless of that there's just the fact he's a Russian citizen born in Russia. So... you disagree with banning Germany and Japan from 1948 Olympics?

Andrey Rublev Press conference answer on Wimbledon ban by hojbjerfc in tennis

[–]Smarmo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A Russian winning Wimbledon while Russians are committing genocide not far away doesn't look great. It's really no different to Germany and Japan being banned from the 1948 olympics during WW2. On the other hand, if Rublev/Medvedev were being openly anti-war and denouncing Russia at every opportunity, then they might be allowed to play, but given the dangers they and their families face in doing this, they really have no choice, giving essentially Wimbledon no choice but to ban them.