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  1. Comment on Steam Controller 2 sold out in ~games

  2. Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society

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    I wouldn’t say 60% of people counts as “most”. 60% of people is the majority of people. But I think you have to get above ~80% for it to start counting as most

    I wouldn’t say 60% of people counts as “most”. 60% of people is the majority of people. But I think you have to get above ~80% for it to start counting as most

    2 votes

  3. Comment on "The reason I'm not an atheist is that I think the philosophical arguments against it are unanswerable" (gifted link) in ~humanities

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    I mean I’d argue that colour is just the experience of a person when light hits their eyes, so you could say that colour doesn’t exist for a blind person

    I mean I’d argue that colour is just the experience of a person when light hits their eyes, so you could say that colour doesn’t exist for a blind person

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk

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    Woooo! I’m happy to see I’m still the youngest member on the site. I wonder how long that title will last

    Woooo! I’m happy to see I’m still the youngest member on the site. I wonder how long that title will last

    4 votes

  5. Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science

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    I’ve seen a lot of explanations, but looking at something from more angles never hurts, so I’ll give one. I’ve always found that when explaining electricity people always start with current and...

    I’ve seen a lot of explanations, but looking at something from more angles never hurts, so I’ll give one. I’ve always found that when explaining electricity people always start with current and voltage, then use that to derive energy, power, charge, etc. But I find those quantities more “real” so I’ll start with them.

    Charge

    Charge is just a quantity particles have which causes them to repel particles of the like charge. In electrical circuits, the particle moving about is the electron, so you can just think of charge as some number of electrons. The usual unit for charge is the Coulomb (C) which is approximately 6 quintillion electrons worth of charge.

    Energy

    Energy is really hard to describe, so I’m just going to assume that you understand a typical idea of energy. Energy is measured in Joules

    Power

    Power is the amount of energy being used in a given time (the rate of energy usage). Power is measured in watts, which equals one Joule per second (1 J / s). I assume this is what you got confused with with “per time”. The quantity of power is measured as “energy per time” whereas the specific unit the Watt is given as “1 Joule per second”.

    Current

    In an electric circuit, charges flow round the circuit. These charges are moving round at a constant speed, so through a point a set number of charges pass per unit time. Current measures this flow of charge and its unit is the Ampere (Amp) defined as one Coulomb per second (1 C / s)

    Voltage

    Voltage is the “strength” with which charges are pushed round the circuit. It’s defined as the energy per unit charge being pushed. A volt measures voltage and is defined as 1 Joule per Coulomb (1 J / C)

    It’s important to note that voltage is used to refer to two similar concepts that mean slightly different things.
    The first is the electromotive force (emf). This is what I defined earlier as the “strength” being used to push the electrons around. This comes from a battery or a generator.
    Second is the voltage “used” by components. When a current flows through a component in a circuit, the component uses some energy, and as voltage is the amount of energy per charge, it “uses” some voltage. Typically you wouldn’t say it like this, you’d usually say there’s a potential difference, which is just a synonym for voltage.
    Because voltage is energy per charge, it needs to be conserved, so the amount of voltage provided by a power supply is used up completely by all the components of the circuit. So if there is one component, the potential difference over the component is equal to the emf provided by the power supply. If there are multiple, then the emf provided is equal to the sum of the potential differences across all the components (how this is distributed is determined by their resistances)

    Bonus

    I doubt this will be useful to OP, but I like thinking in terms of equations, so here are the points I made earlier in equation form.

    V = E/Q
    I = Q/t
    P = E/t = IV
    E = IVt
    sum of V = 0
    Vcomponent/Vtotal = Rcomponent/Rtotal
    V = IR

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Here’s what the world had to say about the AI economy in ~tech

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    The question was asking about trust in “your community or faith leader” so it is asking about the leader of your church specifically not just general community leaders

    The question was asking about trust in “your community or faith leader” so it is asking about the leader of your church specifically not just general community leaders

    5 votes

  7. Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk

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    I used to be on concerta and it would work for a while and then I’d slowly degrade, they’d increase the dose rinse and repeat. Eventually they couldn’t keep increasing the dose and swapped me to...

    I used to be on concerta and it would work for a while and then I’d slowly degrade, they’d increase the dose rinse and repeat. Eventually they couldn’t keep increasing the dose and swapped me to Guanfacine and it worked like magic, so always remember that stimulants aren’t the only option.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Commonly misspelled words quiz in ~humanities.languages

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    I think this test is a lot easier than actually spelling the words, as I can easily recognise correct spellings even if I can’t conjure them up. Although some of the words surprised me such as...

    I think this test is a lot easier than actually spelling the words, as I can easily recognise correct spellings even if I can’t conjure them up.
    Although some of the words surprised me such as awful, I just can’t see how you can misspell that

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Opinion piece: I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day. in ~life.women

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    Removing anonymity is a double edged sword. Sure it would probably reduce the hate people give out online. But it also reduces people’s abilities to discuss personal/private information. It would...

    Removing anonymity is a double edged sword. Sure it would probably reduce the hate people give out online. But it also reduces people’s abilities to discuss personal/private information. It would also make stalking much easier and basically impossible for someone to hide from a stalker.

    Privacy can be harmful, but it can also be beneficial and I think a blanket ban would be irresponsible

    5 votes

  10. Comment on What are important historical books lost to time? in ~books

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    There are many missing mathematical texts from the classical period that have been lost to which we only have knowledge about due to reference by other texts. For example, in Archimedes‘ Sand...

    There are many missing mathematical texts from the classical period that have been lost to which we only have knowledge about due to reference by other texts.
    For example, in Archimedes‘ Sand Reckoner he references a text by Aristarchus of Samos, which suggests a heliocentric model of the solar system. I find it quite funny that our only knowledge of this work is by a text disagreeing with it yet still using it as an upper bound.

    I remember that there our some others which show the greeks had a much better scientific understanding than we typically believe, though I can’t bring the names to thought atm. I may look into it tomorrow

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech

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    I would disagree that it’s only right-wing propaganda justifying this. These policies appear to be supported throughout the political spectrum. Although, I would agree it’s companies pushing this

    I would disagree that it’s only right-wing propaganda justifying this. These policies appear to be supported throughout the political spectrum. Although, I would agree it’s companies pushing this

    3 votes

  12. Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food

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    One more to add to the tally, whenever I try to eat mayonnaise I always end up gagging

    One more to add to the tally, whenever I try to eat mayonnaise I always end up gagging

    2 votes

  13. Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport

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    They provided number of cycling and car deaths per 100k total people, not per 100k people who use those modes of transport

    They did. The site doesn't say they edited their comment, right?

    They provided number of cycling and car deaths per 100k total people, not per 100k people who use those modes of transport

    8 votes

  14. Comment on Have you ever had an oddly specific dream come true? in ~talk

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    When I was in school, I was doing an online course that had some coursework. Being lazy, I hadn't done it and hadn't even really thought about it for a few weeks. Then, one night, I woke up in a...

    When I was in school, I was doing an online course that had some coursework. Being lazy, I hadn't done it and hadn't even really thought about it for a few weeks. Then, one night, I woke up in a cold sweat because I'd dreamt that it was due that night, I sat there stressed for a minute or so before realising that it wasn't due for a while and I had nothing to be stressed about.
    Anyway, I went through my day as usual and in the afternoon decided to mention this dream to a friend who was also taking the course. After I'd told him the story, he told me that the coursework was due that night and the dream was correct.
    So I worked basically until the following day and handed the coursework in on time. Thanks to that dream, I didn't fail that course

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Sperm may pass traits via RNA, influenced by the father's life in ~science

  16. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    It seems people are scared of small numbers so to help, I’ll take 1, 2, 4 and 5. I’ll also take 33 because the translated name is so mysterious

    It seems people are scared of small numbers so to help, I’ll take 1, 2, 4 and 5. I’ll also take 33 because the translated name is so mysterious

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    Could I have 10 and 100? I think 10 is bridge constructer portal, and I have no idea what 100 could be, but the translated name sounds cool and who doesn’t love powers of 10

    Could I have 10 and 100?

    I think 10 is bridge constructer portal, and I have no idea what 100 could be, but the translated name sounds cool and who doesn’t love powers of 10

    1 vote

  18. Comment on A post on X claiming that Denmark has introduced an IQ threshold of at least 85 for sperm donors has sparked confusion, debate and memes, but ultimately is misleading in ~health

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    Surely you could “have” and IQ of 270, it’s just only 1 in a thousand quintillion quintillion (1*10^29) people would have that IQ, definitely impressive then if true

    Surely you could “have” and IQ of 270, it’s just only 1 in a thousand quintillion quintillion (1*10^29) people would have that IQ, definitely impressive then if true

    2 votes

  19. Comment on RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung in ~tech

  20. Comment on How has AI positively impacted your life? in ~tech

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    I volunteer at a charity shop, and this really helps with speeding up figuring out if an item is worth anything and how much it goes for. As before you had to find markings or other text or else...

    I volunteer at a charity shop, and this really helps with speeding up figuring out if an item is worth anything and how much it goes for. As before you had to find markings or other text or else you didn’t have much of a chance, but now it’s as easy as taking a photo and you get a brand and product name.

    2 votes