microcapybara

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on Knock, knock! · c/tenforward · 7 pts · 10h

So my headcanon would say that by default they do… if you beam from your transported pad to mine, I imagine that your system did the dematerialization and transmission, then mine does the rematerialization. Otherwise there’s no reason to go from pad to pad.

on Knock, knock! · c/tenforward · 19 pts · 11h

For the first point, I like the way you think. Or even just remote self destruct the shuttle, which happens to be loaded with extra antimatter for totally unrelated reasons.

Second, the Kazon don’t have transporters themselves so would rely on Voyager to beam over the distinguished ambassador. Otherwise, yeah you probably should check these things out. I think there was an episode where someone removed weapons from people they were transporting aboard?

on hmmm · c/hmmm · 3 pts · 16d

Yeah, I don’t know. I’m hearing a bar here in Canada using it as a draw… it’s like… of all the French beers you could choose, why the most generic possible?

No, they acknowledge that zero alcohol is best (“Yes, …”) while recognizing that a step toward zero (“but”) is better than heavy drinking.

“Black-and-white” refers to the previous comment that the only mindful drinking is zero alcohol, which discourages action by someone who might otherwise make the switch to zero- or near-zero alcohol beer while allowing the occasional standard version.

You’re right for low-power devices up to 5V/2.4A, to a point. All those USB-A to C chargers/cables didn’t stop working; they should be replaced through normal attrition to the new standard rather than replaced wholesale. I know I still have a bunch I’m using and will continue to until they’re kaput.

But PD capability via USB-C is a game changer. I’ve been in day-long meetings with people who just swapped one charger between at least three different brands of laptops/tablets. Now you don’t need think anymore about which I adapter you have, you just plug it in and it charges.

Yeah, this was a huge convenience thing as a chemist. It’s not as useful in day to day life as caps on drinks etc tend to be too tight, but I still like to use it when the opportunity arises.

on That's an order · c/tenforward · 12 pts · 58d

My headcanon (and maybe real canon somewhere?) is that it’s probably safer and more efficient to use the pad.

If you beam from the transporter pad, you have all the scanners and equipment right there to ensure the process is as safe as possible, performed at short range, while point-to-point means you’re doing the riskiest long-range part twice. Intuitively it should take more energy to carry out the remote part of the process, and we’ve seen that there are plenty of ways to interfere with it (though sometimes being on the pad doesn’t help either).

I imagine a point-to-point transport is like two transports just without rematerializing in between.

on ENHANCE · c/science_memes · 7 pts · 59d

Maybe a joke about splitting an atom if you keep going far enough? Never mind that splitting a single atom releases an inconsequential amount of energy.