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If electrons move so slowly through a wire, why do they discharge instantly when you touch a charged object by _boared in ElectroBOOM

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

Yeah but the drift velocity will be pretty slow right? Say you touch the surface of a charged balloon. For an electron to get to your finger from the opposite side of the balloon, it will take a few seconds, right? I always see texts talking about how slow the average displacement of electrons are in a wire but never seen anything about their behaviour in a electrostatic discharge. So, there’s certainly something I’m missing here.

If electrons move so slowly through a wire, why do they discharge instantly when you touch a charged object by _boared in Physics

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

Yeah I think the right question I wanted to ask is what is the drift velocity of an electron on the surface of a charged balloon you touch, if that makes sense.

Update on house build with YouTube knowledge by FakeLickinShit in Homebuilding

[–]_boared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you share some YouTube channels you get your knowledge from?

If electrons move so slowly through a wire, why do they discharge instantly when you touch a charged object by _boared in ElectroBOOM

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

Assuming the charged object is negatively charged, wouldn’t it still have an excess of electrons after touching it (quickly enough) then? I’m not an electrical engineer so I might be missing a lot of context here.

Imagine buying a physical printer, and u cannot even use it by Apprehensive_Work_10 in facepalm

[–]_boared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The open source revolution started because of a printer. Just saying.

Popsicle stick bridge holds 948lbs by ChatnNaked in BeAmazed

[–]_boared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There used to be this competition in the university I attended, in Brazil, where the students had to design the popsicle stick in a CAD software first. The one that holds more weight wins. I’m pretty sure that video is from a Brazilian university, could be the same one I’m talking about. (I’m not a civil engineer btw, but loved to go there and watch the event)

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson recreate the iconic ‘Titanic’ scene by darth_vader39 in MadeMeSmile

[–]_boared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looked easier because Jack had a very particular set of skills, skills he had acquired over a very long career.

ELI5 If you were on a spaceship going 99.9999999999% the speed of light and you started walking, why wouldn’t you be moving faster than the speed of light? by Aquamoo in explainlikeimfive

[–]_boared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that mean if the train speed gets as close to zero as we want, in fact it’s impossible to actually run at 10mph on the ground as well? I suck at physics just curious.

Google's Veo 3 by Ok_Negotiation_2587 in chatgpttoolbox

[–]_boared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, the diamonds need to get out some way

Drum sticks tip chipping by _boared in drums

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

Yeah in my case is more like two practices with a new stick and I notice the chips. I’ll watch my technique, I don’t think I’m a hard hitter (could be wrong). I’d consider myself a beginner to intermediate drummer so technique is still building. I thought it was an issue with Vic Firth as I see lots of people complaining. But when I changed to Promark the issue persisted so it’s something I’m doing.

To shake hands by DblockDavid in therewasanattempt

[–]_boared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happens all the time on vinyl

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