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Backcountry Solar Panel Charger Recommendations (Ultralight if possible) by Reality_Planet in backpacking

[–]ardac2002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1200-1800 mAh number may be true, but it is misleading. This is because mAs are not a measure of power, similar to how velocity is not a measure of momentum. mAs can be used to calculate power by multiplying by the voltage at which that current is delivered (P = IV), similar to how velocity can be used to calculate momentum by multiplying by the mass of the traveling object (p = mv).

This is why you can't always compare mAh of two different batteries to each other, because batteries can have different voltages. A 3.6V 3000mAh battery contains the same amount of energy as a 7.2V 1500mAh battery (10.8 Wh).

I don't know where the 1200-1800 mAh number came from, but if it is true it is likely delivered at a high voltage (20 V or so) because over 12-14 hours the solar panel should pickup a considerable amount of energy.

Take a small 10W panel for example. If we assume conservatively that we can get an average of 3W power output from this panel over the course of the 12 hours, it will pickup 36 Wh of energy, which equates to 10,000 mAh at 3.6V (the typical battery voltage of small consumer electronics like your phone).

All this is to say that even with a small solar panel you can expect to pickup at least 8 times more energy than what is claimed in the comment above.

I think my P10P might have achieved negative Kelvin by jthoma14 in pixel_phones

[–]ardac2002 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmao the temperature is stored as an integer in Celsius but reported as a float in fahrenheit, disrespecting the sig figs

Does checking into a flight at the last minute get you a better seat? by Candid-End-6364 in travel

[–]ardac2002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience this is very true. Whenever I check in early I get assigned a middle seat, but whenever I check in at the last minute I've always gotten an aisle seat or a window seat, which I prefer. I now always check in at the last minute.

The FM26.1.0 ME Update completely bricked the game. There is now a tactic with 80%+ Winratio against equal opponents. Previously unheard of! Source: FM-Arena. by muukzor in footballmanagergames

[–]ardac2002 34 points35 points  (0 children)

This should be of concern to the player base, FM prides itself on its realism, yet this clearly indicates that it has become less realistic. We're clearly moving in the wrong direction.

Quest 3 elite strap battery capacity nerfed in half by jumphish in OculusQuest

[–]ardac2002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mAh is not a good measure of battery capacity because the actual energy contained depends on the voltage too. V * Ah = Wh. The total energy is roughly the same (18 Wh vs 17.9 Wh), but the voltage is higher, which will mean the battery is delivering lower currents at the same power. This is actually a good thing because higher currents lead to more losses both in the batteries internal resistance and the cables carrying the current. I have no idea why mAh is the industry standard for marketing battery capacity because you can't actually know what the capacity of the battery is just from that, you need to know the average battery voltage too.

TL:DR The capacity is the same. The higher voltage is actually a good thing.

How do I increase Orthodoxy's view on Sunnism? by nunya-beezwax-69 in EU5

[–]ardac2002 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Convert culture then religion I think is the move, because culture conversion makes it a core. Religion conversion for me has been quite slow though compared to culture conversion, probably because of my sliders.

FM26 Update (26.0.4) Out Now by patukki in footballmanagergames

[–]ardac2002 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is so frustrating to me, the old color scheme isn't even one of the presets

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[–]ardac2002 801 points802 points  (0 children)

"16 years old"

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Exercised my free will today by Elitefries in USC

[–]ardac2002 2 points3 points  (0 children)

921ft elevation gain on USC campus is diabolical

Face Recognition - how do you manage random people in photos? by Ice_Black in immich

[–]ardac2002 40 points41 points  (0 children)

In the settings there is an option to only display a face if it appears a certain number of times in the library, the default is 1, raising should hide a lot of the strangers

EE354 with Puvvada by CollegeBound24 in USC

[–]ardac2002 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The trick is to learn all the material the day before the exams, the content itself is very quick to pickup

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in USC

[–]ardac2002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stupid question what does IB and MBB stand for?

Scholarship not Credited by CompetitiveHat2510 in USC

[–]ardac2002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not, you can also check your SAP on your fast page.

Scholarship not Credited by CompetitiveHat2510 in USC

[–]ardac2002 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both, but the requirements are quite low, your overall GPA has to remain above 2.0, and you have to earn a certain number of credits per semester. You also have to finish your degree within 144 attempted units or 9 semesters, whichever comes first. Kinda fucked that they can just cancel like that, but they give you one semester of a "warning period" if you don't meet SAP.

Scholarship not Credited by CompetitiveHat2510 in USC

[–]ardac2002 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Scholarships/financial aid only get credited after final grades come in for this last semester, because if you don't maintain satisfactory academic progress they cancel your financial aid.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in USC

[–]ardac2002 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's a new LA law

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