[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

the mirror is reflecting the light emitted by the lamp better than a wall will do.

Will it? Maybe. You are making the assumption that specular reflection is better at reflecting than diffuse reflection, but that is a false assumption. It depends on the reflectivity of the wall and the mirror. A white wall can reflect more light than a mirror.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

This is the third eruption in the same place in the past two months, if 'a volcano erupts near Grindavík, Iceland' was on your bingo card it should have already been marked. And having 'any volcano erupts' on a bingo card would make the game too easy since there are about fifty volcanos erupting at any one time.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

You failed to quote the July 25th 1945 entry

That's Truman's reaction to the trinity test and is irrelevant to when he was told about the research. Obviously he had a different reaction to the actual bomb compared to a hypothetical bomb, but I would think that would be expected.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

The night Truman was sworn in as Roosevelt’s successor he noted in his diary that Stimson told him the U.S. was “perfecting an explosive great enough to destroy the whole world.”

And if you wanted to know what Truman thought of not being told as vice president. (from the same link)

On June 17, Truman received a phone call from Stimson, who told him that the Pasco plant was “part of a very important secret development.” Fortunately, Stimson did not need to explain further: Truman, a veteran and a patriot, understood immediately that he was treading on dangerous ground. Before Stimson could continue, Truman assured the secretary “you won t have to say another word to me. Whenever you say that [something is highly secret] to me that’s all I want to hear. If [the plant] is for a specific purpose and you think it’s all right, that’s all I need to know.” Stimson replied that the purpose was not only secret, but “unique.”

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office ..."

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

That was the full briefing and Truman had been told about it earlier. And him not being told while he was vice president is irrelevant to information being withheld from a president.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

double it and ~~add it to~~ subtract it from what’s left

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly the same as water being superheated in a microwave, no nucleation sites.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

There's nothing special about a microwave that will superheat water. You can superheat water on a stovetop, but nobody ever says not to boil water on a stove.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Your complaints don't seem to be about the connector, but instead the USB 3 specification. USB 4 seems to address your concerns and mandates the type-c connector.

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