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Quanta is just a word (related to quantity) as in: “smallest divisible quantity of”

So in the case of light we would be talking about photons, which are a quanta of light (e.g. discrete “packets” of light).

Light behaves as a wave, e.g. we can talk about the frequency of light. But it’s also pretty different from macroscopic waves e.g. it’s not accurate to think of them as what your see on a typical sinusoid graph, as at that level things don’t really have a fixed shape or position, we’re talking more about areas where they “probably” are (see: superposition, HUP etc)

It’s useful to think of light in terms of discrete photons for a number of reasons, e.g. in pair production, 1 gamma photon would be sufficient to create 1 electron/positron pair.

Photons also exhibit other particle-like behaviour despite having no rest mass. But the idea of rest mass becomes less significant at that level anyway as the line between energy and mass (e=mc²) gets blurred. And any sufficiently high energy object will likely exhibit some massive properties (hence why we tend to use MeV - a measure of energy - instead of a measure of mass, even when performing calculations with massive particles such as electrons.

At about 1m40 it says “erratic policy is hampering Britain’s already ailing manufacturing industries” which doesn’t really seem to be backed up. Especially since the UK overtook France this week to become the 8th largest manufacturer in the world.

The economy is on its arse for sure but this piece seemed to want to tell a specific story regardless of the nuances/facts.

E: if you read through the comment section on YouTube there are loads of other issues/inaccuracies being called out

£32.50 including shipping. I thought that was a mistake. So cheap! Bought one immediately 😁

Sorry but this is such a bad take.

Linux is free to install, free to use and most importantly free to learn

What is the alternative? How many people who are now in great jobs would have been unable to teach themselves the skills they need if IIS or another proprietary technology had won the server market instead.

Something had to fill the space, would you rather it was a technology that created barriers for people with the fewest advantages in life?

(Also as others have said, a lot of OSS development is funded by companies. Linux in particular being a great example)

I got the same thing

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Proprietary drivers/firmware. Basically makes it impossible/very hard to develop custom ROMs/operating systems (the lack of openness makes it super hard to extend/modify/verify the software running on these chips).

This is still my favourite vim-related meme. So fucking funny

I did consider including more detail about maternity etc in my comment but in the end thought it wasn’t material to my point. I’m glad you took the time to add some more nuance as an aside though. Thanks 👍

The USA had a chance to start again and get so many things right. So why are they so backwards with some things?

We’ve had legally-protected paid leave in the UK for almost a century now. Granted, we were the first in the world, but most of Europe and many other countries now have similar protections. Many of which are more generous than the UK’s.

That’s not to mention the myriad of other laws and protections covering unfair dismissal (the “at will” system is fucking dystopian, sorry), a years paid maternity leave, statutory sick pay, mandatory employer pension contributions, working time regulations and mandatory redundancy pay. All of which have no federally-enforced equivalent.

I’m honestly a bit shocked that only 66% support PTO. Surely it’s a no-brainer?

Is it a size thing? Is the idea of looking out for each other just untenable in such a large, diverse place?

I can’t imagine what it must be like to live in a place where 34% of people have such an individualistic “I’ve got mine” mentality, that they don’t even support mechanisms that virtually every other developed country collectively agrees is the fucking minimum needed in order to live reasonable existence.

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Wasn’t this just a giant advert for chupa chups or something?

Ah, back to having my social media life administered by a guy called Tom. We’ve come full circle. 😁

I regularly say how nice France would be if it wasn’t full of French people 😂

I can’t believe this is 16 years old you’ve completey ruined my evening

feddit.uk is pretty nice

I just love everything about this whole thing.

I love the game itself, what an incredible feat.

I love how almost naively passionate and nerdy the folks at Larian are.

I love how aside from a few AAA game developers trying to tell everyone that this masterpiece shouldn’t set the new standard for RPGs (LOL) Everyone else just seems so happy these maniacs have actually pulled it off.

I love the freedom this game offers. So many permutations, over 170 hrs of cinematics, most of which the average player will never see. All so that the world can feel almost as limitless as the tabletop D&D. There were no shortcuts to this goal. I’m sure the tech is great, but fundamentally, this wasn’t about clever technology, which can only do so much. It was about the herculean effort of 400+ people making content for over 6 years in some of the most indulgent over-engineering I’ve ever seen in a AAA title.

They could have rolled out the EA Act I a few years ago and it still would have been better than most RPGs out there. Instead, we get an Act I with 33% more content and 2 entirely new acts.

Got two kids under 4 and a demanding job so no idea when I’ll get to play even. But I’m just so happy something like this has happened in this shitty, cynical industry.

I mean I don’t watch “normal” TV either but I can see the potential appeal.

Most TV is just trash and a waste of time anyway so for some I guess the feeling of connection is more important than the particular content.

Take Saturday night telly for example. There’s a really long street near me full of kinda posh-looking terrace houses and the living rooms are really easy to see into, especially at dusk before the curtains get closed.

Sometimes I walk down the road on a Saturday night and you see such a diverse range of people from families to young couples to old people sat with a blanket on their own all watching the same program which there’s something quite nice about I think. Likewise with things like Strictly, Bake-off etc people seem to enjoy watching the episodes at the same time so they can discuss with their friends/on social media.

I don’t watch sports either but I’m in a WhatsApp group with some friends and every now and again a message will just randomly appear saying something like “shit effort” and I know there must be a football game on. It’s kinda nice that they can just assume the others are watching.

Basically I think when you’re watching for entertainment, being able to curate your experience more is really great, but there’s a social dimension to scheduled telly that I think some might still appreciate.