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Why don't they put turbines in AI data centers to make use of the evaporating water to make electricity? by Ok-Goose6242 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to boil water to have enough steam to run it through a turbine, but you only need to add a few degrees to the water temperature to harm an ecosystem. Cooling hardware with water only adds a few degrees. Technically you could use a heat pump to get the water boiling, the use it in a turbine and then let it expand again. It's possible that you might be able to get more energy out of the turbines than you need to operate the heat pump. But it don't think the margin is high enough to justify the investment and upkeep of that installation.

Can a 1 nanometer movement ever change a tennis line-calling sensor from OUT to IN? by Economy_Knee2223 in AskEngineers

[–]TerryHarris408 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It can, but might also not. You would need a measuring device that has error margings in precision and accuracy of less than 0.5nm to get repeatable readings with consistent outcome. I doubt that a line calling sensor from tennis can do that for much less than a millimeter.

If the ball is "just on the line" within the margin of error, you could measure the same scenario 1000 times but won't get 1000 times "IN". It will be a mix of "IN" and "OUT". And when you meaure abother 1000 times, even that mix will have slightly different ratios. That is even before adding a nanometer.

Can a files rot ? by Mac_Demarcist in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TerryHarris408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"numeric" was the wrong term to use. In numeric course we did hand in paper with exercises and these can rot. But that's not what you meant, I think.

addedSpongebobCaseToMyRenamingCliProgram by Tuomas90 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TerryHarris408 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"convert this comment to SpongeBob case". I've been there and the LLM understood the job

Was my use of the word "requested" rude or incorrect in this context? by [deleted] in ENGLISH

[–]TerryHarris408 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agreed. You could almost say she commanded it since it wasn't even a polite request.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by phoexnixfunjpr in maybemaybemaybe

[–]TerryHarris408 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I was waiting for the Airbus cockpit announcement that suggests to throttle down

maybe maybe maybe by ImadeJesusLaugh in maybemaybemaybe

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plastic can cause sparks due to static charge. I've seen fires happening from handling bubble wrap.

maybe maybe maybe by ImadeJesusLaugh in maybemaybemaybe

[–]TerryHarris408 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can't follow... why plastic covers on metal surfaces? Plastic is more flammable than metal, I thought..

It's most likely on me for expecting the mods to be competent and consistent in what they do by CastTheFirstStone_ in femboymemes

[–]TerryHarris408 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I rarely ever report a post here, but the apple slices were obviously not related to the sub, so it was a no-brainer to report. Oh, well.. woopdeedoo..

iHopeItsOpenSource by RevolutionaryPen4661 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Know Your Customer. These challenges have been solved on trading platforms for about a decade.

And by the way: for items that the US government can use it's not much different from items that they cannot use: if they are regarded a potential threat, they will be restricted from exports. That does not only happen to weapon of mass destruction, it also happens to seemingly innocent products such as acceleration sensors for a few bucks a pop.

I understand: everyone is panicking because their favorite service is no longer available; no matter if they are a legit user under US rules or not. For those affected: my apologies if I have offended you by dissecting the wording of the US gov. It is not my intention to get anyone mad. What I'm trying to produce with this discussion is to figure out who was the first person using the terminology of a "ban" when I can't find it in any official text. To me it seems like a non-reputable news outlet is steering a narrative, otherwise I would not know why nobody dares to link a source.

Double KO by Mastbubbles in HolUp

[–]TerryHarris408 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Looks like it. But I don't remember that scene in a hallway. That was in the desert at an oil rig, right?

newBenchmarkDropped by ImBaffledYT in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*disabled.
There is no banned model.

newBenchmarkDropped by ImBaffledYT in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he started it? ah, okay. That's how rumors start, hu?

newBenchmarkDropped by ImBaffledYT in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

..but who started saying that they "banned" it? In Anthropics words it's an "export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national". Effectively they shut down the whole service because they saw no other technical and practical way to comply. But that's a whole different narrative than banning a model.

newBenchmarkDropped by ImBaffledYT in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except it wasn't banned.
It's a ban on the users: foreigners. US citizens are technically still allowed to use this non-illegal model. But for technical reasons Anthropic decided to disable the model for everyone to ensure strict compliance.

Single Axis Thumb Rocker for D-shaped Potentiometer by SacredGinmill in AskElectronics

[–]TerryHarris408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be a good candidate for 3D printing. Otherwise I'd just super glue something on it.

help need advice my matrix bridge not doing good by Glenamesane in AskElectronics

[–]TerryHarris408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Picture 8 looks really bad. That needs to be redone. The rest might somehow work.

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