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It is fluorine indeed.
Dysprosium is an f-block element tho.
It is fluorine indeed.
Dysprosium is an f-block element tho.
Iron? Manganese? I don’t care what transition metal you are, at the end of the day you just want to fulfill your desire for d…
I’m sure there’s a better version of the joke out there, but being funny isn’t my strength
I think no one around here realizes how fucking insane a 5 W laser pointer is, it’s not blinding people level, it’s more like, don’t shine it at anything white or you might blind yourself level.
For reference the highest laser security classification starts at 0.5 W.
Maybe I’m exaggerating here but 5 W is definitely a lot.
So yeah, I’m down with the laser pointer.
Light = energy, shorter wavelengths= higher energy. Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red light. UV has even more energy. X-Rays have a lot more energy. For reference in the visible spectrum were talking about maybe 1-4 eV (this may be wrong, I’m too drunk to look it up rn).
If we want to produce light, the aim is to find an energy gap that has the exact energy gap that corresponds to the wavelength we’re interested in. Typically this corresponds to an electronic transition, i.e. an electron “jumps” into a higher orbital, on its way down it will emit the energy difference as light.
2.1 X-Rays rn are produced by accelerating electrons onto a metal plate with high voltage. The impact of the electron “rips” out an electron in the close vicinity of the nucleus. Another electron will take the place of that electron, the energy gap associated with that process is large, which is why it produces X-Rays.
If we want to produce LEDs that emit in the far UV range we have to find large energy gaps in materials which is difficult. We still have to have a way to get the electron across the energy gap using electricity.
X-Ray LEDs are probably not realistic, as the energy of x-rays is so large that we have to rip out electrons from the close vicinity of the nucleus… which is already what we’re doing with X-ray tubes.
I can’t speak for everyone but I used to say “I can’t drop windows because I need XYZ programs all the time”.
Well turns out I don’t, and turns out it’s surprisingly easy to tell my employer (well my professor really, I am a PhD student) “Sorry I can’t run that program, I don’t have windows”. If they don’t accept it, they can supply me with a windows PC.
Maybe you can’t but I definitely can, flawlessly. Only thing is once I close a game I have to restart the scream.
I hate Spotify (I have to preface with this sentence)
But plenty of artists these days don’t bother releasing CDs and MP3s and you can legitimately only stream their songs.
I know small artists who were unable to send me the files of their own songs when I asked them. They just sent me a YouTube link and told me to listen there.
Why do y’all have to write in such a condescending/rude way?
My point was Bluetooth is not better in every way and I stand by that (you seem to too).
Personally, I have 2 pairs of headphones 1 pair of in-ears and 1 pair of over-ears, I use my over-ears for everything except band practice and gigs (where I use in-ears). Buying more headphones just so I can use them with my phone seems ridiculous to me.
I am happy that you find joy in wireless headphones, and I’ll stop talking now in fear of summoning that Candybar Jerk again.
I know people don’t really value it these days, but to me there is great value in (stupidly) simple technology.
The more complicated a system is, the more prone it is to breakage. We have lots of areas in our life where we already rely on complicated circuits. I don’t need to add headphones to that list.
Have you seen anyone in a music recording studio or a stage wearing Bluetooth headphones?
My point is not that everybody needs headphones for studio sessions or gigs etc. My point is simply that Bluetooth is not just better as you seem to imply.
Different technologies have different usecases, wired headphones won’t die for a very long time, and there are good reasons for it.
I don’t intend on turning this into some sort of fight but to me your comment has big
“I don’t see the problem why can’t other people just have enough money”
vibes (Also I checked and an adapter costs me 12$ on Amazon). I don’t think you intended it this way, so I’ll shut up now.
As to my actual answer:
I could go on, but there’s honestly no point. We’re different people with different uses for our phones/headphones. I won’t buy a phone without a headphone jack as long as I still have wired headphones.
I have 2 main problems with that:
Honestly I’d probably buy a phone without a camera before I’d buy a phone without a headphone jack.
I was sold on the idea of a fairphone but that’s a dealbreaker to me. I very briefly owned a phone without a headphone jack (borrowed from a friend while my current one was in repair), having to think of that stupid adapter all the time was hell.
Funny, I would have said the same about voidlinux.
I think a common misconception about voidlinux is that it’s a distro solely used by people who have made it their lifegoal to tell people about how bad systemd is. I use void because it’s fast, and frankly because I like the way void does stuff. I feel like many people in the community are much more indifferent to systemd than people realize.
I know people enjoy being snooty about audio quality and I used to as well. But at some point I just stopped caring and openly admitted that I couldn’t hear a difference. I can wholeheartedly recommend!
I don’t know why anyone would give Spotify money when…
Frankly, I do because I share a family account with a bunch of people I haven’t spoken to since high school my family. The amount of money I pay is absolutely negligible for me, it’s less than what I give to homeless people on the street.
I tried quitting Spotify because I really do hate it for a number of reasons. Apple Music was pretty shite on Android (and Linux). I also tried living without a streaming service, but ironically a lot of smaller bands don’t release their music through anything but the popular streaming services. Piracy also sucks when you can only download popular music at best.
The obvious one is buying drugs. I don’t feel like arguing the morality of doing that but anonymous money is definitely useful for that.