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Cake day: August 19th, 2023
  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video ShowsEnglish
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    26 days ago

    Direct quote from the article:

    Having difficulty securing enough grid power to fuel the energy-hungry data center, xAI brought in 35 portable gas turbines, and assembled them without environmental permits or pollution controls.

    Looks like it’s not just cooling that they’re doing there. The link in the quote leads to an article describing the data centre’s new turbines, specifically referring to them as methane gas turbines.

    I skimmed that article briefly and I don’t think it points out the mechanism by which these turbines work - if it does, I must’ve missed it. I did however see a line that said the turbines also release formaldehyde during operation.

    Methane in this case seems to me to either be a byproduct of power generation or unused fuel somehow leaking from the system. I have no clue how gas turbines work, so I’m talking out of my ass here. In any case this seems to be the source of the methane emissions.

  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eetoDeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml•I got hit. The UK is no longer safe from this.
    8·
    1 month ago

    for anyone interested:

    the scroll not working is most likely due to the main container in the page (usually the <body> tag but it can be some other element) having the overflow: hidden CSS property assigned to it.

    overflow dictates the behavior of an element that has its content overflow past the parent element’s boundaries.

    the property can have four values:

    • visible, where the overflow is fully visible and allowed to extend past the parent element,
    • scroll, which clips the overflowing content and allows the user to scroll the parent element,
    • hidden, which clips the overflowing content and prevents scrolling, and
    • auto, which works almost identically to scroll

    most sites run a script that assigns this property with the value of hidden to the <body> tag, making the user unable to scroll the page.

    ive seen this behavior the most with sites that blast you with an unavoidable cookie banner which you have to click through to access the page. usually removing the cookie banner element is not enough to freely access the page, and so you have to additionally find which element has its overflow set to hidden and disable that property.

    i reckon youtube’s adblocker popup is doing the same thing, and coincidentally turning off fullscreen also runs a script that makes sure the overflow is set to either scroll or auto

  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eeOPtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Does anyone know where or even IF I can purchase this scope mount part?
    5·
    2 months ago

    I really like it, and yeah, you were close! It’s a 32mm non-illuminated scope with a 3x-9x variable zoom. And it is in fact meant for .22LR - I picked it up brand new for a measly 250 PLN (~$60)

    Granted, I rarely, if ever, use the higher zooms, because neither my MP5 or my cheap sniper rifle are accurate enough to make use of that kind of magnification.

    And that prism sight looks real nice! I don’t mind having a basic scope, since I’ve gotten quite decent at hip firing at close range, so I’d rather have the added power a scope like that provides.

    And since you’ve shared your build, I’ll share mine, in my dingy old garage back when I was cleaning it.

    That one’s without the foregrip and the laser module attached. It’s quite literally a poor man’s G3, but hey, as long as it works.

    EDIT: By the way, judging by the positions and looks of all the pins and screws and some other parts, I assume that’s also a CYMA?

  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eetoBuy European@feddit.uk•Video editor?
    3·
    3 months ago

    Based on the other responses to this, I’d say it really varies from person to person.

    In my case, Kdenlive does in fact tend to crash often the longer I use it in a single session. It tends to get unstable on my system after around 2-3 hours of continuous work.

    I remember losing an hour’s worth of progress once, and from that point I’ve been saving my stuff compulsively. At least it taught me good habits!

  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Late 1900s
    3·
    4 months ago

    can confirm that it’s a constant sine wave, at least for me.

    i blew myself up by accident a month ago, and while my left ear has fully recovered my right one wasn’t so lucky. lost all hearing above like 10kHz (which isnt really noticeable, especially with my left ear still being good on frequencies), and i also now have some very minor tinnitus there. ironically if i had to guesstimate the frequency of my tinnitus it would be around 12 kHz, which is past my hearing range, though it can change briefly because of external stimuli.

  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.eetoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon watches some reruns
    5·
    4 months ago

    I’ve always wondered - do we know what is actually the cause of this?

    I’ve had this happen before in similar circumstances as the post but way less severe, and I always figured it was because the brain’s “processing speed” increased, allowing it to process a bigger quantity of information per unit of time, but I don’t think that would make sense given that entering this state usually needs you to be hella tired?