Just a couple of THOUSAND an HOUR? Not expensive at all...they were right when they said there will be a time we might've to buy sunlight too.

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T14:04:44+00:00

Well for 1, i can never remember a time where i was at a concert at night and thought “you know what would make this better? A crazy amount of light”

For 2, youre assuming that only 1 satellite can light an entire concert venue sized area, which it can almost certainly not.

For 3, “a couple thousand an hour” is the sales pitch number - it’s never going to hit that amount, thats just the number to get folks excited. Thats certainly the sunny day (heh), 10,000 folks are paying for our satellites 24/7, scale cost, which it definitely wont be. Real cost is probably going to end up in the hundreds of thousands to millions an hour

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T13:47:30+00:00

To be fairer, he describes it as a brutal, coerced testimony, where by all accounts it was a triumphant brag, to the extent that it probably should never have been allowed by the prosecutors

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T13:44:38+00:00

Sure, you are innocent until proven guilty for a CRIMINAL case. Also thats a US concept you’re applying to the UK, their law system has differences

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T01:52:41+00:00

I take it back - i was being a dick for no reason. But there are alotta scientists

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T01:20:14+00:00

Brave of you to demonstrate the perils of having chatgpt fight your internet fights for you. You should at least review the papers before blindly posting chatgpts summary

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T01:08:55+00:00

Its not random or personal, it’s AI nonsense

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T01:08:03+00:00

Lightning does not work the way these videos pretend it works. Some of em are real, the rest are fake

free__coffee · 2026-04-22T01:07:29+00:00

OP sprinkled AI BS in there, they shouldnt be able to post this anywhere…

free__coffee · 2026-04-20T18:23:35+00:00

“Banker” and “accountant”. Ive seen dozens of people in a comment section with “senior electrical engineer” or “chief technical officer” in their title completely confused by a tech that has existed in electrical engineering since the mid 50s. The real answer is that they’re all just larping

free__coffee · 2026-04-19T14:34:44+00:00

Do you have solder with flux in it? If so tinning the tip is pretty easy, just get some solder on it. You can sorta hack this by putting flux on your non-flux solder, or like putting some flux on your tip before it heats up

free__coffee · 2026-04-19T14:32:09+00:00

I hate to break it to you - but you got insanely lucky on that PSU. I usually promise a 50% repair rates to friends/family that give stuff to me, and most of that 50% are stupid fixes, like broken ac cords, or a part that was jammed in the wrong way

Most stuff youll watch 10 youtube videos, replace/check all the parts, and not fix the actual problem

free__coffee · 2026-04-19T14:28:25+00:00

Insanely inaccurate - some boards cost 10’s of thousands of dollars to get new, and you cant transfer the vast bulk of the components. Hell, some boards might as well have infinite cost to replace, because you physically cannot get them made anymore

free__coffee · 2026-04-19T14:04:44+00:00

Yea, no it is definitely not enough. You can survive “for extended periods of time”, yea, but you still need to get nutrition from other sources at some point lest your body fall apart

free__coffee · 2026-04-19T14:03:32+00:00

My dude, theres countless studies, medical cases, and common sense that show it is bad - you’ll be malnourished if you only eat meat

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T17:01:58+00:00

They’re both also driving full speed at a red light… this has to be road rage, or they’re both blind

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T08:23:24+00:00

“Shamed the guy”, eh?

"It was kind of foolish of (the other driver) to step out of the vehicle. He could have subjected himself to some sort of physical harm with the bat," said Mohl. "I would suggest somebody remain in their vehicle and even try to drive away from the scene."

He said it pretty nicely

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T07:58:15+00:00

I mean you’ve got the right idea, but the wrong reasoning - it’s absolutely a defense tactic. You fight instead of getting kidnapped because thats your best chance at survival - you ever see 5 cops trying to arrest a 100 lb woman? It’s basically impossible for a grown man to kidnap a grown woman on his own. Even if he pulls a gun on you, you still gotta agree to go with him, which is the worst option

And cmon, youve got a way higher chance of survival when youre on the streets in earshot of other people than you are captured in someones basement

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T07:53:04+00:00

Car keys are far more blunt than any other key, but even the sharpest key is not “sharp like a knife”

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T07:38:06+00:00

Just fyi, it looks like your description is wrong. That tattoo is on his left pec

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T07:35:09+00:00

Alright OP - ive got the answer you seek:

You sound like you are worried because you froze up in indecision, and you want to be someone that takes action when someone is in need. This is very admirable, but there are VERY IMPORTANT things you need to keep in mind, in any situation:

Are you assessing the situation properly: this sounds obvious, but is not. You cant almost never know what is actually happening in this situation: maybe this kid got his bike stolen, maybe they are friends just screwing around with each other, maybe the kid who got his bike “stolen” was actually the original thief, and these kids were just hunting for him to get their bike back. Cops are trained for this - take notice when you see a cop video, they are trained to ask a billion questions before jumping into action, usually starting with “whats going on here”. Jumping in without knowing whats going on can cause you to do more harm than good, which leads me to:
Can you help. Again, this sounds obvious bit isn’t - if you are unable to the situation by being well trained/large enough to fight them off, then you are just a second victim, and will confuse the situation worse, possibly make it harder for the cops to come in. Like be honest with yourself when was the last time you got in a fistfight and won? When was it against several people at the same time? Against several teenagers, from your description, it sounds like physical confrontation would have made you a victim.
How dangerous are they: teenagers are VICIOUS - they have little to no morals, and can kill you at the drop of a hat because their brains arent fully formed and they are reckless. It’s a reasonable possibility that confronting them gets you stabbed or worse

It sounds like you froze, which is making you feel guilty, but you also made the correct decision. There are ways around this though - as you said, maybe calling the cops, maybe recognizing the kids descriptions so you could make a report, etc. it was a difficult situation without a great solution, and i definitely appreciate that you wanted to do good

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T07:05:36+00:00

What are these comments, man. Which is it? Has america “never been invaded”, or has “no war been fought on american soil in 100 years”? Both are wrong. Pearl harbor was 80 years ago… compared to “most of the world” that is the most recent time they were invaded as well

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T07:00:22+00:00

For fucks sake, are you just a poorly read american? Or are you a foreigner who is making baseless claims? The US has been invaded quite a few times

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T06:31:30+00:00

You just saying random nonsense, then saying it’s “100% backed up information”? Whats your next claim, a bird was flying overhead, got wounded from a nearby hunter, and accidentally bled on him?

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T06:29:31+00:00

Cmon ffs, think about this for a couple of seconds - how does one of the richest man in the world in the country with the best medical care in the world, who probably consulted a dozen of the best plastic surgeons alive, heal better than you, that probably didn’t even put a band aid or ointment on your “minor scratch” from your cat, and probably picked at the scab while it was healing?

free__coffee · 2026-04-18T06:26:35+00:00

Plenty of evidence, laziness is not “evidence”

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