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[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (14 children)

Not directly. That electricity is converted to heat when it's used: All devices are space heaters, some just do other things as well. Even if not used, it would still be converted to heat by the panels. There's no getting around the conservation of energy.

In theory, we could send that power out into space as microwaves or light, but in practice the effect would be negligible. The direct heat output of every human activity is nothing compared to the sun: All the electricity generated on earth is around 3 Terrawatts, while the sun hits us with 200 Pettawatts, 66 thousand times more.

On the other hand, burning fuels releases gasses like CO2, which can traps sunlight and creates thousands of times more heat than the actual amount of power generated. If we stopped burning fuel, it would stop the current massive increase in global temperature, which would then slowly be reversed by things like the carbonate-silicate cycle.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

Try quoting the search term: site:example.com "2 days"

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A lot of these use strong bases, like sodium hydroxide, that will dissolve fats and proteins but leave most metals and plastics unharmed. (except aluminum)

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago

Electrons are spin of 1/2, so electronics must also or else the electrons misbehave.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 5 months ago

There's no way to check the whole thing, but you can totally pick a component and reverse engineer it, which is something people do quite a bit. When spying is found, it's usually a private company doing it.

The NSA doesn't care about your search history, but advertisers do. (and the government ever did, they'll just call up google)

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

Oh finally, something I can store my yield in.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

No, that's a safety feature. It's like saying that behind every fire there's an architect that installed fire alarms for this very occasion. Without red LEDs, people will have no way to know the robot turned evil.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

On the ground, near bus stops, parking lots, gas stations, anywhere people use them.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

Either phishing (send fake link, get you to enter password), or someone messing with you by signing up with your email

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

What is this community about again?

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

The funny thing about RF work is how casually a few orders of magnitudes gets thrown around. 10 dB fudge factors for assorted losses are quite common.

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