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  1. Comment on Jon Watts is our ‘Star Wars: Episode X’ director in ~movies

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    You’re misremembering, the Jedi had already existed for millennia before the Great Hyperspace war and Great Sith war. The great hyperspace war was between the old republic and the Sith empire in...

    You’re misremembering, the Jedi had already existed for millennia before the Great Hyperspace war and Great Sith war. The great hyperspace war was between the old republic and the Sith empire in the first encounter between their regions of the galaxy. By this point both the Jedi and Sith (the race not the cult) were well established in their respective regions (This is ~5000 BBY).
    The idea of “Sith” as dark jedi only became popular after Revan and Malak adopted the titles of Sith Lord. Even Exar Kun didn’t refer to himself as a Sith Lord.
    Also while the ruins on Yavin 4 were built by Massasi (the Sith Warrior Caste), they were built when they were enslaved under Exar Kun, rather than by the Sith Empire.
    Technically, the New Sith wars (which take place about 400 years after the Exar Kun) are the only piece of Legends media still being developed as part of The Old Republic MMO.

    5 votes
  2. Comment on Do you iron your clothes? in ~life

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    Please get your kids non-iron shirts for school. It’s what my mum did for me (she hates ironing), and it will save you oodles of time and they look basically the same as any other shirt

    Please get your kids non-iron shirts for school. It’s what my mum did for me (she hates ironing), and it will save you oodles of time and they look basically the same as any other shirt

  3. Comment on Why we built Pion in ~tech

  4. Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech

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    Perhaps a slight… irrational! I’ll see myself out

    Perhaps a slight… irrational!

    I’ll see myself out

    2 votes
  5. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    With Halo CE, Are you playing with the MCC’s “remastered” visuals or the original visuals. In my opinion, the remastered visuals are much more bland and samey compared to the classic ones. You can...

    With Halo CE, Are you playing with the MCC’s “remastered” visuals or the original visuals. In my opinion, the remastered visuals are much more bland and samey compared to the classic ones. You can swap between them with tab

    2 votes
  6. Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk

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    I don’t understand what you mean? Each account can generate invite codes which allow new members to join. You can access them on this page

    I don’t understand what you mean? Each account can generate invite codes which allow new members to join. You can access them on this page

    12 votes
  7. Comment on ‘The Odyssey’ surpasses $1 billion, Christopher Nolan’s first movie since ‘Dark Knight Rises’ to reach coveted box office milestone in ~movies

  8. Comment on Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and detained its crew in ~enviro

  9. Comment on Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and detained its crew in ~enviro

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    I’m not an expert, but my understanding is that actual Icelanders don’t eat whale, and it’s more of a thing for the tourists

    I’m not an expert, but my understanding is that actual Icelanders don’t eat whale, and it’s more of a thing for the tourists

    6 votes
  10. Comment on The 2026 Steam Summer Sale is live (runs June 25 - July 9) in ~games

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    I’ve just finished my A-levels, and as such my friends and I are looking for some co-op multiplayer games to get through over the following months. Anyone got any recommendations for online co-op...

    I’ve just finished my A-levels, and as such my friends and I are looking for some co-op multiplayer games to get through over the following months. Anyone got any recommendations for online co-op multiplayer games, preferably designed for ~3-4 people (but if you have any for more or fewer I’d still love to take a look)

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Minute Cryptic in ~hobbies

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    Once you want to progress to an actual crossword, the Guardian's Quiptic Crossword is designed for beginners and a great way to get in crypics.

    Once you want to progress to an actual crossword, the Guardian's Quiptic Crossword is designed for beginners and a great way to get in crypics.

    1 vote
  12. Comment on Commodore Callback flip phone in ~tech

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    From my experience that isn’t entirely true. I think there’s roughly an even split between Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp, with the one used being dependant on the group. Nonetheless, I’m able...

    From my experience that isn’t entirely true. I think there’s roughly an even split between Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp, with the one used being dependant on the group. Nonetheless, I’m able to get by only using WhatsApp and having people be aware of the fact

  13. Comment on Tildes Survey #4: What languages can you speak? (Results) in ~talk

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    Okay own up, who’s fluent in “sarcasm”. Say ellway, howay utpay igpay atinlay?

    Okay own up, who’s fluent in “sarcasm”.

    Say ellway, howay utpay igpay atinlay?

    3 votes
  14. Comment on Can helium-3 create a gold rush on the moon? in ~space

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    If a tree falls down in a forest does it make a sound? Similarly, if there are countless beautiful planets in the universe that no one experiences, does is matter?

    If a tree falls down in a forest does it make a sound?

    Similarly, if there are countless beautiful planets in the universe that no one experiences, does is matter?

    2 votes
  15. Comment on Steam Controller 2 sold out in ~games

  16. 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
  17. Comment on "The reason I'm not an atheist is that I think the philosophical arguments against it are unanswerable" 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
  18. 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

    5 votes
  19. 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
  20. 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