"P.S. there's a celebration tonight at 6PM at Upstairs at Caroline!"
Get there early! Parking is limited! /s
spizzat2
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The fundamental relationship between smart-home companies and their customers is founded on trust.
Man... I'd like to be able to live in their world. In reality, it seems the fundamental relationship is based on "this is convenient and cheap enough that I'm willing to give up some privacy in that aspect of my life.", but I'd never classify it as "trust". I've had internet connected cameras. I would only ever place them outside my house. My garage door also had a camera watching it, just in case my smart garage door opener decided to act up unexpectedly.
Of course, I still have a smart phone in my pocket. I guess I've essentially given up on that front.
the possibilities of head-on collisions and left turn-related crashes are virtually eliminated
intended to slow drivers to speeds where crashes are far less severe.
I've definitely heard that they're safer, but this just seems to indicate that the crashes aren't as bad. Are there also fewer crashes?
Although some studies point to roundabouts causing higher numbers of minor crashes ― a point which WisDOT recognizes in its manual ― Qin said, in terms of injury severity, roundabouts are considerably safer.
Oh... ok. Not dying is a perk, but I'm sure everyone will be super stoked to be in more accidents that are right around the cost of their insurance deductible.
It often feels harder to drive defensively in a roundabout (especially multi-lane roundabouts) when I need to look over my left shoulder to make sure it's clear to merge while also looking to my right to make sure that the guy in the lane next to me or the other guy getting on at the next entrance know to yield to me. In a traditional intersection, all "conflict points" that the article mentions are in front of you as you enter the intersection.
how much space would one need to generate enough water for say, an average household in South Korea?
Alright, here are some "back of the envelope" calculations based on the information available. I hope I don't screw anything up, and please ignore my utter disrespect for significant figures.
The Mayo Clinical says that the average person needs about 2.7-3.7 liters of water per day. Normally, this comes from both food and beverage, so how much of that you actually need to drink is going to vary depending on your diet, but let's assume worst-case scenario, where all of your water comes from this device.
Given the stated output, and the fact that water conveniently has a density of 1kg/L, it seems that you'd need anywhere from 9-18kg (20-40lbs) of MOF to produce enough water for one person per day if this was your only source.
(1kg MOF/0.285kg water * 1kg water/1L water * 2.7L water/person = 9.5kg MOF/person)
(1kg MOF/0.210kg water * 1kg water/1L water * 3.7L water/person = 17.6kg MOF/person)
ArcGIS says the average household in South Korea is 2.4 people, so now we're at 22.8-42.2kg (50-93lbs) of MOF to meet the water requirements.
I have no idea what the density of MOF is, so I don't know how much space this would take up. Metals vary significantly in density, but we can look at Aluminum (2600kg/m^3) and Lead (11,300kg/m^3) to get some idea of range.
22.8kg * 1m^3/2600kg = 0.00877m^3
22.8kg * 1m^3/11,300kg = 0.0020m^3
42.2kg * 1m^3/2600kg = 0.0162m^3
42.2kg * 1m^3/11,300kg = 0.0037m^3
I'm struggling to come up with "real world" equivalents to help you visualize the volumes. The smallest one is a sphere about 16cm (6.3in) in diameter. The largest one is a sphere about 31cm (12.2in) in diameter.
Obviously, the device wouldn't be a sphere, and it wouldn't be made of just MOF. The diagram showed a tube of MOF wafers surrounded by a container, but that should give you a very basic idea of the materials required. Again, this is all assuming I didn't make any mistakes, which feels like a bold assumption at this point.
I assume "slapformer" is a portmanteau of "slap stick" and "platformer". I'm intrigued, and I can't wait to check out Barnsworth.
Imgur started as a place to host photos posted to reddit. It would be interesting if Imgur surpassed Reddit, but they serve different purposes. Reddit is a link aggregator supported by community discussion. You may see a lot of photos, but you'll also see news and other interesting websites and conversations. I'm not super involved in the Imgur community; I know it's kind of taken off as its own thing. AFAIK, though, you don't post "TIL" or "ELI5"-style posts to Imgur.
So it's time to start picking names, right?
Austonio? San Austin? ASA?
Or are we just going to embrace Mega Braunfels?
That seems to be a common complaint when it comes to Texas propositions.