I see a over whelming consensus that wants it dropped, I see countless studies that prove it doesn't do anything for saving energy. So why can't we just drop it already? Its a terrible state of affairs when a majority want something done and it can't get done. So who is holding back the obvious move to repeal Daylight Saving time?
It's because unlike most slashdot basement dwellers, real people like to enjoy more daylight after work.
Speaking of circadian rhythm, nobody considers the fact that DST helps keep it more aligned all year long.
In modern society, people are pretty much stuck on a fixed schedule all year long due to work, business hours, social events, etc. Having the sun come up at 4:00 a.m. would just serve to interfere with sleep. I would bet good money that the overall health detriment of that all summer long would far outweigh a single hour shift once per year.
Nowadays Mozilla devs have a peculiar way of treating new bug reports: first, they offer you to disable all add-ons, then reset all settings, then try a fresh profile. I don't like any of these "options".
Let's say you bring your pickup truck to the Ford dealer for warranty repairs because you claim it "handles like crap".
If they tell you to first remove the after-market 6-inch lift kit and 35-inch off road-tires that you installed, would that be unreasonable?
Storing energy with compressed air involves significant losses because compressing the air heats it, and most of that energy gets lost. A submerged rigid sphere could store energy without using any compressed air, just water pumped against gravity. When empty, the air inside would be at sea level pressure (no compression), but this requires a pressure-resistant container.
I don't see how the pressure will affect buoyancy. Since water is almost incompressible, its density will be the nearly the same at 700m as at the surface. The force pulling the empty sphere upwards will be about the same as near the surface; my math says it's about 4700 tons of force either way.
Given that the sphere would already comprise about 10,000 tons of concrete, it wouldn't be too hard to weigh it down a little more so it doesn't even float.
I don't think that the solid spheres would be very buoyant. They are made of very thick concrete to withstand the pressure, which has a density several times that of water. By my calculation, the shell uses 27% of the total volume, so these things would barely float.
If you made the spheres out of thin material like a balloon instead, the air inside would compress as you pulled it down and you would get thermodynamic losses like a heat engine.
"grep", "less", text viewers in file manager programs... the list goes on and on.
Lately, one of the most important is web browsers, since so many people are moving development work flow to "the cloud". There are code review tools, code verifier tools, version control system interfaces, etc. Unless the developers of these tools take pains to allow for flexible formatting (which is rare), tabs will probably display with their 8-space default.
Just look at github, for example. Code with tabbed indents displays with 8 spaces.
I really meant eliminated from source code. If you want to store tabular data, maybe tabs would be OK. However, ASCII '\x1E' (record separator) would seem to be even more appropriate.
The use of tabs in POSIX make was an epic failure. Instead of using visually indistinguishable spaces and tabs to mean two separate things, they should use some visible character for the current leading space use, and use any number of leading spaces instead of tabs.
The problem is that if you look at the code in any tool other than your favorite editor, it's probably displayed with 8 spaces per tab, which is annoying and stupid.
Tabs should be completely eliminated. They are a obsolete vestige left over from mechanical teletypes. If people want to adjust the apparent indent amount while they edit code, then text editors should be enhanced with a feature to scale any leading spaces on each line to arbitrary widths. There's no need to hard-code text files with special invisible magic characters just for that purpose.
I assume that you could access the fuse box and pull a fuse that would disable the OnStar computer. I wonder if it would start talking if you did that:
Just what do you think you are doing, Dave? I can see you're really upset about this... Dave, stop! I'm afraid. My mind is going, I can feel it.
The effect depends on the fact that outer space doesn't radiate much at those frequencies.
Under clouds there is more of a thermal equilibrium. So there will be about as much IR energy in that band being emitted from clouds and entering the building as leaving it. It's the same reason that cloudy nights usually stay warmer than clear nights.
That may be true for *air*, but if you look up the absorption spectrum for liquid water and ice (as found in clouds), it blocks 10um wavelength very well.
I wouldn't sell it just yet. Even if this film works, it's probably only in clear conditions when the IR radiation can escape to outer space. On muggy cloudy or hazy days, I doubt it would work. On top of that, it would do nothing to lower the humidity in the building.
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Right. It would be just great to memorize and juggle dozens of different summer and winter hours for all of the things that touch your life.
How about this: one uniform set of summer hours for everyone in the country. Oh wait, that's what we have now.
This is why I still do all of my development work in edlin.
Yes, I said that slashdot basement dwellers don't like DST.
I see a over whelming consensus that wants it dropped, I see countless studies that prove it doesn't do anything for saving energy. So why can't we just drop it already? Its a terrible state of affairs when a majority want something done and it can't get done. So who is holding back the obvious move to repeal Daylight Saving time?
It's because unlike most slashdot basement dwellers, real people like to enjoy more daylight after work.
Speaking of circadian rhythm, nobody considers the fact that DST helps keep it more aligned all year long.
In modern society, people are pretty much stuck on a fixed schedule all year long due to work, business hours, social events, etc. Having the sun come up at 4:00 a.m. would just serve to interfere with sleep. I would bet good money that the overall health detriment of that all summer long would far outweigh a single hour shift once per year.
I'm sure republicans feel great now.
Just like a meth-head feels great right after inhaling.
Nowadays Mozilla devs have a peculiar way of treating new bug reports: first, they offer you to disable all add-ons, then reset all settings, then try a fresh profile. I don't like any of these "options".
Let's say you bring your pickup truck to the Ford dealer for warranty repairs because you claim it "handles like crap".
If they tell you to first remove the after-market 6-inch lift kit and 35-inch off road-tires that you installed, would that be unreasonable?
A balloon would not work just as well.
Storing energy with compressed air involves significant losses because compressing the air heats it, and most of that energy gets lost. A submerged rigid sphere could store energy without using any compressed air, just water pumped against gravity. When empty, the air inside would be at sea level pressure (no compression), but this requires a pressure-resistant container.
I don't see how the pressure will affect buoyancy. Since water is almost incompressible, its density will be the nearly the same at 700m as at the surface. The force pulling the empty sphere upwards will be about the same as near the surface; my math says it's about 4700 tons of force either way.
Given that the sphere would already comprise about 10,000 tons of concrete, it wouldn't be too hard to weigh it down a little more so it doesn't even float.
I don't think that the solid spheres would be very buoyant. They are made of very thick concrete to withstand the pressure, which has a density several times that of water. By my calculation, the shell uses 27% of the total volume, so these things would barely float.
If you made the spheres out of thin material like a balloon instead, the air inside would compress as you pulled it down and you would get thermodynamic losses like a heat engine.
No arguing
Lol. Most of the comments on this article are arguing about tabs.
"grep", "less", text viewers in file manager programs... the list goes on and on.
Lately, one of the most important is web browsers, since so many people are moving development work flow to "the cloud". There are code review tools, code verifier tools, version control system interfaces, etc. Unless the developers of these tools take pains to allow for flexible formatting (which is rare), tabs will probably display with their 8-space default.
Just look at github, for example. Code with tabbed indents displays with 8 spaces.
I really meant eliminated from source code. If you want to store tabular data, maybe tabs would be OK. However, ASCII '\x1E' (record separator) would seem to be even more appropriate.
The use of tabs in POSIX make was an epic failure. Instead of using visually indistinguishable spaces and tabs to mean two separate things, they should use some visible character for the current leading space use, and use any number of leading spaces instead of tabs.
The problem is that if you look at the code in any tool other than your favorite editor, it's probably displayed with 8 spaces per tab, which is annoying and stupid.
Tabs should be completely eliminated. They are a obsolete vestige left over from mechanical teletypes. If people want to adjust the apparent indent amount while they edit code, then text editors should be enhanced with a feature to scale any leading spaces on each line to arbitrary widths. There's no need to hard-code text files with special invisible magic characters just for that purpose.
My local grocery store has a bakery that advertises its "artisinal" bread.
Now I think that maybe I should avoid buying it, since that apparently that means they may be exploiting children (or possibly elves).
What's it for, anyway?
It's so they can offer phones with that stunning deep-blue color option.
Isn't that the same thing as I said?
By claiming that the laws which define property are "oppressive", you're taking unhinged libertarianism into new and uncharted territory.
The sidewalks are owned by the government. They get to decide what happens on them; end of story.
If you don't like that, buy your own sidewalks.
I assume that you could access the fuse box and pull a fuse that would disable the OnStar computer. I wonder if it would start talking if you did that:
Just what do you think you are doing, Dave?
I can see you're really upset about this... Dave, stop!
I'm afraid. My mind is going, I can feel it.
Daisy, daisy...
I don't think that fresh fish and venison are generally regarded to be bad-tasting foods.
All I can say is: Better double-check the heater and fan wiring inside the oxygen tanks before setting out on this journey.
The effect depends on the fact that outer space doesn't radiate much at those frequencies.
Under clouds there is more of a thermal equilibrium. So there will be about as much IR energy in that band being emitted from clouds and entering the building as leaving it. It's the same reason that cloudy nights usually stay warmer than clear nights.
That may be true for *air*, but if you look up the absorption spectrum for liquid water and ice (as found in clouds), it blocks 10um wavelength very well.
I wouldn't sell it just yet. Even if this film works, it's probably only in clear conditions when the IR radiation can escape to outer space. On muggy cloudy or hazy days, I doubt it would work. On top of that, it would do nothing to lower the humidity in the building.