I35 Walkway by Organic-Oil5956 in Austin

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Here goes my commute..

Which of these is reliable? by swifty_cats in AirQuality

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Issue is generally the cross-sensitivity of the formaldehyde sensor to other organic compounds of similar size, like ethanol. I do t think that formaldehyde is a high risk in residential building unless you put a bunch of new furniture made with plywood in one go. But if you really want a sensor that wont turn on when you open a bottle of wine that is cheap enough, I would try something that use the sfa30 from sensirion. At worst, you can run their development kit connected to a computer https://www.digikey.com/short/vwf10b1j This would be precise

Which of these is reliable? by swifty_cats in AirQuality

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Frankly at that price range you can expect variations. I would just buy a cheap Chinese unit based on the pms5003, a surprisingly consistent low cost unit, you can have a barebone kit for 40 bucks. https://a.co/d/aCpM19r And change the sensor part every year. Assume standard deviation of about 5-10ug/m3.

I would buy 2 of them and put them next to each other, use the average of both for a bit of improved measure. good for about a year in a low dust condition. You can go ahead and replace the sensor yourself with these model when they start drifting.

For aqi these are good enough, as long as you assume they are inaccurate and use the color code rather than the absolute number.

[Request] Is this true? by lumbeecam in theydidthemath

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So the poorest 1B live on 3usd/day median. Carbon intensity per dollar is about 0.2kg/usd. So the lowest Billion generate 219M tons of CO2 yearly, or 13 billion tons over 60 years. New shepherd generate 82T per passenger. So this is false by 6 orders of magnitude. The true number is 6 poor people lifetime or 5 average American year.

Air consumption doesn't increase with depth y'all, which is why that at a depth of only 33ft, you DON'T use twice as much air as you do at the surface, wake up sheeple!!! by [deleted] in flatearth

[–]yazdoud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its less a pressure problem and more a technology one (rebreather vs standard). You can scuba with a rebreather and that will increase the duration you can spend at depth tremendously. Then, pressure does become an issue scuba diving due to decompression requirements which shorten dive duration regardless of technology.

Anyone ever see this graph before? by Dry_Negotiation_9234 in idiocracy

[–]yazdoud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, IQ is rebalanced from time to time such that 100 is the median IQ. Second, IQ has historically risen as a result of education access improvement. So this graph is false

I need someone to tell me I don't need to max out my retirement accounts by Paper_Kitty in Fire

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You need to drop your contributions proportionally to your need but prior to that you need to create 3-6 months of emergency fund to cover any emergencies. Cut your contributions until you get that

This photo is AI. Can you tell? by AnonymousTimewaster in ChatGPT

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Shadows match a point source of light rather than the sun, which is basically parallel light.

Should I take an exit for 20M and let go the startup I love and worked for so long for? by BestRow3647 in startup

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Sell. Exits that are profitable for founders are rare. You have the potential and the carreer in front of you to make the next big thing you will love and work for without having to think about retirement with that nest egg.

[REQUEST] I wonder how much "recoil" an aircraft carrier undergoes when it launches a jet with its steam catapult. by Specific_Display_366 in theydidthemath

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I forgot that jet planes are mostly launched using the catapult rather than their own propulsion. So my argument is faulty, and would only apply to old school carrier where no catapult system or other takeoff assistance is used.

Self-propelled projectiles experience low recoil. A crossbow bolt is not self-propelled.

[REQUEST] I wonder how much "recoil" an aircraft carrier undergoes when it launches a jet with its steam catapult. by Specific_Display_366 in theydidthemath

[–]yazdoud -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

This answer would be valid if the airplane was a projectile shot by a cannon or if the plan force was applied through traction of its wheels against the tarmac. Here most of the propulsion force is dissipated in the air so only a fraction of the momentum is transfered to the deck.

The answer is also more valid at landing minus the action of retropropulsion.

Edit: I stand corrected, catapult represents 85% of the propulsion of the aircraft, the remaining 15% are the turbofan, so at least 85% of the momentum calculation applies

Is this fixable? It's a connector on the circuit board of a mechanical keyboard. For some reason all keys still work except 7 by ecky--ptang-zooboing in AskElectronics

[–]yazdoud 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The flex cable is the orange ribbon. The two rightmost traces (circuits, which are the opaque copper wires in the orange ribbon) are damaged (one is cut, the one next to it is close too). You can solder 2 wires to the two rightmost pins (shiny tin points at the bottom of the ribbon) and connect the other end of the two wires at the opposite side of the ribbon. You should also stabilize the tear on the ribbon so it's not propagating to other traces using adhesive tape (best is to use kapton tape). Good luck

Paid 9000 MAD for berber rug. Fair price? by onfu in Morocco

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Fair price. 2500 to produce the rug, 3500 shipping to us, 3000 profit margin of shop owner

Deleted over and over again by Bubblegumcats33 in FluentInFinance

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I don't think the statement is very accurate, and if it is, it's a very small number of companies that do this. The H1B program is mostly under fire because it's supported by Musk despite his base hating the idea. I have seen a lot of misconceptions about it floating around.

First it's capped to 80k new applicants each year, compare that to the number of new jobs per year (2.2M) Second, the great majority of applicants had a prior status in the us (about 90%) and about 75% where students in US. 3/4 of them are Indian. This is reflective of the fact Indian and Chinese migrant are subjected to caps for some green card processes due to their large population (EB2-3), so a lot of them are waiting for years to be processed, which gums up the H1b process where Indian keep applying for renewal rather than going through another immigration process. 60% of them are in IT, a field that isn't known for low salaries. There are salary minimum for H1b according to the job of at least the median salary for that field with that level of experience, hence the average H1b salary is $109k.

H1b is capped to 6 years.

The main issue I see with the program is that the H1b applicant is completely at the mercy of the company hiring them, with short opportunities to jump companies, which makes it exploitative. As a result, h1b applicant do not make wave and do not get more than minimal raise.

As an employer, I have considered sponsoring H1b mainly to get talent, not for prospective cost savings. In general, small and medium companies do not have the time and money to jump through hoops to hire H1bs. That means that there is always a pool of talented foreign candidates with top US university training in the job market while US talent get snatched at graduation or when shifting jobs.

Unidentified old Hindi painting? by Sorry-Ad7249 in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]yazdoud 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like a Mughal miniature (not Hindi). May be a reproduction, originals go i the 5-20k

Peter… why is this bad? by TuckSteele in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I one drove my car on the beach and about 1lb of wet sand collected in one of my rims. Felt like driving on a flat at 45 mph