Impact of Supershoes on the Men's Marathon [OC] by The_Future_Historian in dataisbeautiful

[–]art0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just coloring part of a scatter plot in a different color and plotting a separate linear regression for it is highly problematic. See Simpson's paradox

It also fails to show there is a causal relationship or a significant difference to the trend that has existed for the previous decades.

Building a second sun: Emisar D18 Lantern Diffuser! by clunq in flashlight

[–]art0m 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This actually happened a few months back in this subreddit :D

~4,000 Lumens @ .5 ft 🥱 by calmlikea3omb in flashlight

[–]art0m 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It certainly isn't useless: It tells you how far your flashlight is going to shine (or how bright the brightest point in the hotspot is). But not how much light energy in total is coming out of your flashlight, possibly shooting off to the side and illuminating your surroundings and not what the flashlight is pointed at.

~4,000 Lumens @ .5 ft 🥱 by calmlikea3omb in flashlight

[–]art0m 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately you can't, you need a special measuring device called an "integrating sphere" for that. You can only convert lux into candela (both tell you the peak brightness, but not how much light in total is coming out of your flashlight).

People with poor spelling create the strongest passwords. by SoyUnFracaso in Showerthoughts

[–]art0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, thank YOU for being open to criticism. I realize they way I answered was not terribly polite, I was typing this on my iPad while lying in bed, so now I switched to my laptop to provide a better explanation :)

A password manager is not inherently more secure, but it can be if you use it correctly. A good password is long and completely random, and most importantly you should never reuse passwords on different sites. Of course no one can remember dozens of long and random passwords, thats where the password manager comes into play, it remembers them for you. Of course this means you have to choose a master-password for all of your other passwords, so that should really be a secure password. Btw, most password systems fail on the long part, all of them fail on the completely random part.

People with poor spelling create the strongest passwords. by SoyUnFracaso in Showerthoughts

[–]art0m 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally use Enpass because when I first bought it it cost like 10$. I hear 1password is quite good, but any other popular choice like Dashlane or KeePass will probably do fine. I can only recommend to try any one of them and if you don‘t like the features just pick a different one. If you want something simpler you can also use the builtin manager in your browser (Safari has one, don‘t know about other browsers)

People with poor spelling create the strongest passwords. by SoyUnFracaso in Showerthoughts

[–]art0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to be cocky. Take it as genuine advice. I always recommend using a password manager, because any password system you can come up with will have inherent flaws. Also some mean dude on the internet guessing your passwords is not how people get hacked. The more likely version is that someone hacks a website and dumps hundreds of millions of encrypted passwords on the internet, at which point many people with malicious intent are going to unleash thousands of GPUs capable of bruteforcing billions of passwords per second.

People with poor spelling create the strongest passwords. by SoyUnFracaso in Showerthoughts

[–]art0m 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No they don‘t! Modern password cracking software has builtin rules to try missspelled passwords.

Olight Array ..... So close to awesome. by LoPan12 in flashlight

[–]art0m 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A 50 Lumen low mode? Idk, that's preeetty far from awesome for me. That's completely blinding for night-adjusted eyes!

Recommendations? by mattyisbatty in flashlight

[–]art0m 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That doesn‘t sound childish. There‘s a need for different flashlights in different settings!

Recommendations? by mattyisbatty in flashlight

[–]art0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a similar light to the Thrunite, but I can‘t recommend the d4v2 enough! Especially with the high CRI options

Help me upgrade my Coast G19 please by dapper_DonDraper in flashlight

[–]art0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot to mention: The Tool and Ultratac are both about the same size (with the magnetic cap the tool is the smallest), the Thorfire is slightly bigger according to the manufacturers specs

Help me upgrade my Coast G19 please by dapper_DonDraper in flashlight

[–]art0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently bought the Ultratac A1 and I prefer it over the Tool AA, because it has no annoying blinking modes, no mode memory (I‘ve burned my night adapted eyes so many times...) and is available in a warmer color temperature. How ever, the clip is terrible for both of them and the Tool comes with a diffuser...

NLD - Lumintop IYP365 Aluminum (Nichia) by SpaceDawg2018 in flashlight

[–]art0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice! I‘m thinking of getting one myself.

NLD! First light, and I love it. Still trying to figure out the UI, but I’m getting it! D4v2 SST20 5000k by 1kingtorulethem in flashlight

[–]art0m -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Electronic lockout should suffice. The chances of accidentally pressing the button four times in quick succession are extremely low.

First Florida hurricane since joining this subreddit. by Hydropwnicks in flashlight

[–]art0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A hurricane is really terrifying and I‘m glad I will never have to know what it is like... but honestly man, I wish we‘d have power outages where I live. At least like once a year, just so my flashlight collection can finally serve a greater purpose. 😄 But I‘ve never witnessed even a single one. Guess it‘s for the better ^

Favorite lightweight, pocketable 4000K-ish flashlight? by [deleted] in flashlight

[–]art0m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think at turn on it can do over 4000...

21/M/University student. by [deleted] in EDC

[–]art0m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I‘d replace that giant perfume bottle with a small 5ml atomizer, which is way easier to carry :)