OneOverTwoEqualsZero

OneOverTwoEqualsZero t1_j598w8r wrote

Reply to comment by gelftheelf in TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. by BitterFuture

It was absolutely the worst Veritasium video I’ve ever seen. He did hardly any research, and the research he did do he completely ignored in the test. How in earth did he think dropping something from 500m was comparable to dropping from orbit?

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OneOverTwoEqualsZero t1_iuxz276 wrote

Reply to comment by sirnoggin in [OC] Salesforce is one of the largest SaaS company in the world - how does it make money and how much? by giteam

You clearly don’t understand how Salesforce works. It’s a tool, and up to the users to configure it correctly for their needs. It’s so complicated (by necessity) that people at other companies have their entire job titles as “Salesforce engineer” as they decide how to configure it for their company. Maybe Salesforce could have better documentation/support, but the fact that so many other companies use it effectively means that the problem here could be the ones setting it up.

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OneOverTwoEqualsZero t1_it3c2j6 wrote

Reply to comment by scipio42 in Aeromine says they have solved many of the problems that have long made domestic rooftop wind power compare poorly to solar panels. They claim their "motionless" rooftop wind generators deliver up to 50% more energy than a solar array of the same price while taking up just 10% of the roof space. by lughnasadh

They’re stationary, so it looks like they won’t thwack birds out of the air, but they create a negative pressure vacuum so hopefully they don’t suck the birds down and clog the internal machinery

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