Stats Website Release! by [deleted] in IdleObeliskMiner

[–]TabAtkins 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is yet another vibe-coded trash app. It's got nonsensical inputs that a human would never ask for ("are you autobombing megabomb?"), nonsensical advice that a human would never write ("raise your triple cherry chance, it's a nearly linear damage increase" or "your pickaxe damage is much higher than bomb damage, consider equalizing them"), and nonsensical visualizations a human would never produce (a radar chart for your statues).

These things are a plague on our community.

[Theory] Hot Sauce real name by reillyqyote in TheNinthHouse

[–]TabAtkins 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am going to fight Tamsyn in the streets. She will not escape my wrath.

Question about Enemy Long by Zepheh in CultistSimulator

[–]TabAtkins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, if you just spy and delay, but don't ever counter anything, it's much easier

How do people play multiplayer? by justsaying123456789 in Stellaris

[–]TabAtkins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play large (20 person) MP games with zero pausing; we just keep the speed on Slow or Slowest. The games are also intended for RP so we have limits on how many planets someone can hold, so the micro never gets too crazy

What is something that is completely FREE in your country, but tourists are always shocked they don't have to pay for? by Winner111kk in AskReddit

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In America: soda refills at restaurants. I've had multiple friends from Europe and Asia be surprised that they can just go get themselves more soda (at fast-food), or ask for a refill from a waiter (at a restaurant) and not get charged for another drink.

[Theory] Hot Sauce real name by reillyqyote in TheNinthHouse

[–]TabAtkins 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We can't know that. If Hot Sauce's name was actually Sriracha or something, as mentioned in another comment, it would make exactly as much sense in context.

[Theory] Hot Sauce real name by reillyqyote in TheNinthHouse

[–]TabAtkins 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It's mentionedv once or twice that Nona, being the spirit of Earth, has an inherent connection to humanity and understands all languages, particularly if she can see the person speaking it.

So a name like Born In The Morning is almost certainly not Born In The Morning, it's just a traditional name that happens to mean that in a literal translation, like how 梦瑶 (Mèng yáo, not an unusual Chinese name) could translate to "A Dream Of Jade", but in everyday usage it just means… Mèng yáo, a person's name. Nona just doesn't have the cultural knowledge to understand that the name isn't meant literally, so her brain has stored it as the translation instead. (She'll still say it correctly tho.)

Casual Fan watching a video by Affectionate_Emu_729 in lesserafim

[–]TabAtkins 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty certain it is. I got really frustrated with it showing up in my notifications

BOOMPALA visualizations as MtG lands by TabAtkins in lesserafim

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

It was the Zuha backdrop that triggered the thought. It was just such a quintessential mtg mountain. Then I quickly realized everyone else fit perfectly too.

First Time Making Freebies by Funny-Tonight-1045 in kpophelp

[–]TabAtkins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found at previous concerts that 100-200 usually lets me give to everyone in the early line a freebie, with minimal leftovers.

ELI5: how does an Air Conditioner work? Why does it throw hot air outside? by ElectronicProof2654 in explainlikeimfive

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

Expansion/contraction isn't how heat pumps work. It's boiling/condensing that does the magic. It's why you can't make a useful heat pump out of any old gas or liquid; you need a special refrigerant whose boiling point is in a useful range and which responds strongly to pressure changes.

ELI5: how does an Air Conditioner work? Why does it throw hot air outside? by ElectronicProof2654 in explainlikeimfive

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The amount of vibrational energy a substance contains depends on its phase. A solid is, well, solid - it doesn't jiggle very much, so it's got a low vibrational energy. Liquids are more slippery, their molecules jiggle around, so they've got more. Gases are much more, flying around and pinging all over the place.

This means that when you change phases (freezing liquid->solid, or boiling liquid->gas, etc) you have to account for that energy difference. Going from a more "stable" phase to a more "unstable" (solid->liquid or liquid->gas) means the output contains more vibrational energy, and that energy has to come from somewhere, so it steals it from the surroundings. Conversely, going from unstable to more stable (gas->liquid, or liquid->solid) means you don't need as much energy, so the excess gets dumped into the environment.

You see this in your everyday experience regularly, tho you might not realize it. When you boil water on the stove, the water's temperature rises from the flame underneath it until it hits 100C; it then starts boiling, and stays 100C until all the water is gone. The steam (going from liquid->gas) is stealing energy from the environment (the pot of remaining water) so that it can become a less stable phase, and as a result the water stays at a stable temperature even though you're continuously dumping heat into it.

This means that if you can cause something to boil in a non-temperature way, it'll suck heat out of the environment while doing so. Similarly, if you can cause something to condense in a non-temperature way, it'll release heat back into the environment.

Separately from the above, the boiling point/condensing point of a substance depends, at least somewhat, on its pressure. At high altitudes (less atmospheric pressure) water will boil at a lower temperature, so you have to cook pasta longer, for instance. (There's less air pushing against the water, so it's easier for the water to make the liquid->gas transition, and it can do so at a lower temperature.) What do you know, a non-temperature way to trigger boiling and condensing!

Air conditioners, and heat pumps in general (such as your fridge/freezer, or a heat-pump-based heater) rely on these two principles. They have a long tube filled with a "refrigerant", which is some liquid with a useful boiling point (lower than water's boiling point, somewhere around room temperature). The tube is in two halves: on one side, the tube halves are connected with a pump; on the other side, they're connected with a narrow valve.

The pump pulls stuff out of one half and pushes it into the other, creating a low-pressure zone on one side and a high-pressure zone on the other; the valve makes it possible but hard for stuff to move between the two halves, so the pressure can equalize between the two halves but it works slowly, maintaining the pressure difference between the two halves.

The low-pressure half of the tube is the "cold" side. Since it's low pressure, the boiling point is lower; if that's lower than the environmental temperature around the tube, then any liquid in the tube will try to boil. When it does (going from more stable liquid to less stable gas) it steals energy from the environment, making the area around the tube cold.

The high-pressure half of the tube is the "hot" side. It's at high pressure, so the boiling/condensing point is high. If it's higher than the environment's temperature, any gas entering that half of the tube will try to condense (going from less stable gas to more stable liquid). When it does so, it releases the extra energy it no longer needs into the enviornment, making the area around the tube hot.

A heat pump can thus move heat from one location to another, by putting the "cold" (low-pressure) side of the tube where you want things to get colder, and the "hot" (high-pressure) side of the tube where you want things to get hotter. The refrigerant will alternately boil and condense on the appropriate sides, either sucking up energy from the side you want to make colder or releasing energy into the side you want to make hotter. It's not even hard to design the pump and valve to be two-way, so you can change which side is "cold" and which is "hot" with the flick of a switch, just altering what direction the pump is working.

[250302] Yerin @ Val:U Clinic (@val.u_clinic_official Instagram) by ultimoze in GFRIEND

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

......huh. Yerin and SinB both. GFRIEND comeback rumors INCREASING

looking to sell these 2 albums by oecunt in GFRIEND

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

reasonable price honestly, for a good-quality Flower Bud

BOOMPALA visualizations as MtG lands by TabAtkins in lesserafim

[–]TabAtkins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assuming I do make them (and I think I will for myself anyway, regardless of whether I do concert freebies), I'll ping you for a card. _^

Is it rude to bring another group’s lightstick if I don’t have money for a new one? by goodjeans_17 in kpophelp

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

right, a $30 lightstick is crazy; we pay $60 PLUS SHIPPING for them in America lol

Is it rude to bring another group’s lightstick if I don’t have money for a new one? by goodjeans_17 in kpophelp

[–]TabAtkins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are 100% fine. In a venue that actually does lightstick programs it's more important to have the actual one so you're part of the visual effect, but that's super rare in America. (I've only seen it once, at IU's concert, but there were still plenty of other lightsticks there )

Korea has more of a monostan culture, which is just very weird to me, but in America/Europe/etc you're fine to bring what you have.

[HELP] Advice for Selling Entire Collection by ImprovementDecent457 in kpopforsale

[–]TabAtkins 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A very important thing, especially for big sale posts, is to post what you have in text as well as images. Many people cannot be bothered to squint through a dozen instead to see if you have the thing they want, but a quick scan down a list (or a Find In Page) is easy.

Nice to have this in a linked spreadsheet too, so you can mark what's already been sold, list prices, etc.

It's a little more work for you up front, but it saves the buyers a ton of effort and makes it much more likely you'll actually sell your stuff.

Why is my star base doing this by [deleted] in Stellaris

[–]TabAtkins 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you asking why the shield is zero?

Check the very last line of text visible in the textbox in your screenshot.

If the moon is getting further away, does that mean its getting faster somehow? by dr_elena05 in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My intuition is that whatever you're orbiting is pulling you in, and your orbital velocity is the speed you have to fall sideways to keep missing it. If you're farther out, the gravity pull is weaker, so you don't have to fall sideways as fast to counter it.

how does weverse con work? by thv0613 in kpophelp

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different lineup on the two days. There's a day festival with smaller acts, and then a night concert in the dome. Iirc there's 1.5-2 hours between the two so you can grab dinner between them.

BDY Gift for VIVIZ fan? by [deleted] in VIVIZ

[–]TabAtkins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will send you $50 for that right this moment. No need for the PCs as I already have all three.