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[–] ott 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

idk why, but I dug around YouTube for an hour or so to try and find that alarm for you. I stumbled across one that's so close to your description, though it's from a BlackBerry, not a Samsung:

https://youtu.be/bOBaJHw36Dc

Is this the one?

[–] ott 5 points 1 year ago

The main problem with lithium ion battery fires is that the reaction is self-oxidizing, so you can't put it out by just smothering it. You actually need to cool them down enough so that they don't re-ignite. Plus, once they're damaged, even if you do cool them down enough they're much more likely to short and re-ignite themselves again anyway.

Consider the "fire triangle" - fire needs three things: fuel, oxygen, and heat. With, for example, gasoline fires you can take away either oxygen OR heat to extinguish them, but with lithium-ion battery fires you have to take away the heat to extinguish them.

[–] ott 2 points 1 year ago

Well, FWIW, ISO 3166's full name is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. "ISO 3166" is just easier to type and refer to.

Though GUAC would be a great acronym, lol.

[–] ott 1 points 1 year ago

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit....

[–] ott 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I wish people would learn and use the ISO 3166 codes for their area. For example, US-DC, GB-LND, AU-ACT, etc. Unambiguous, easy to look up, short to write, etc. Just takes a super quick search. I know it'll never happen, but standards are great!

[–] ott 4 points 1 year ago
[–] ott 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The most frustrating part for me is that Reddit could have turned 3PAs into a revenue stream by just making the API pricing reasonable. No one would have been too upset by that, even the 3PA developers thought that would have been reasonable. Hell, I would have rather had Reddit just shut down 3PA explicitly, instead of the stupid cowardly strongarm tactic.

[–] ott 1 points 1 year ago

So I'm not crazy! This is the one thing about the app that just feels jank

[–] ott 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Hardspace: Shipbreaker
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Gran Turismo (literally all of them, but 4 is a classic)
  • Super Mario Galaxy 1&2
  • Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (still get chills from it every time I listen)
[–] ott 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Based" is typically used to describe someone who says/does something without caring if they'll be judged for it. Most commonly, it's shorthand for "That's a controversial opinion and you are bold for saying it, but I agree with you." It turns the previous sentence into an adjective, which is a little weird but it makes sense eventually.

So if I had to choose a single word as a synonym, I would say "Bold".

[–] ott 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not an AI researcher or anything, but it seems like a "waste" to use the neural network itself to perform arithmetic. Instead, it would be far more efficient to somehow let the model use a normal calculator when it needs it.

[–] ott 1 points 1 year ago

I'm probably going to end up back on Reddit to some extent, but I think Lemmy will stay in my rotation of stuff I open when I'm bored. Or until they inevitably kill old.reddit.com, then I'll be outta there for good...

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