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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression.I like that they are just using a drone for the initial test. They are talking about the possibility of powering air planes with it.
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@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression.This is pretty interesting.
Hydrogen has long been a great power source. just storing it safely and producing it have been cost prohibitive.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
Correction: fuel source for dirigibles. Hydrogen was the source for lift
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
Correction: fuel source for dirigibles. Hydrogen was the source for lift
But the article wasn't about dirigibles.
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Hydrogen was the source for lift
That's actually a misnomer. H doesn't produce lift, it just displaces heavier items that cause it to sink. That's different than a fuel source. You could do the same with a vacuum, but wouldn't consider a "vacuum" to be a power source. Or throwing a chunk of wood into water. If floats, but not due to life or a fuel source. Just a lack of gravitational pull.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
Correction: fuel source for dirigibles. Hydrogen was the source for lift
But the article wasn't about dirigibles.
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
And my exact response was that that definitely doesn't come to mind when hydrogen is brought up as a fuel source. I was responding to exactly that statement stating that it seems like a weird connection to make when the two are so completely unrelated (building a ship from H gas vs. powering a plane with H fuel).
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Hydrogen was the source for lift
That's actually a misnomer. H doesn't produce lift, it just displaces heavier items that cause it to sink. That's different than a fuel source. You could do the same with a vacuum, but wouldn't consider a "vacuum" to be a power source. Or throwing a chunk of wood into water. If floats, but not due to life or a fuel source. Just a lack of gravitational pull.
The regular air is what lifts it, not the hydrogen. Same with an airplane. Air lifts the plane, engines propel it forward, jet fuel fuels the engines.
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Dynabook Unveils Light, But Sturdy 13-Inch Windows Laptop
The PC vendor formerly owned by Toshiba has announced the Portégé X30L-G, a Windows 10 business laptop that runs Intel's 10th-generation Core chips and weighs only 1.9 pounds.
At CES, the PC vendor announced the Portégé X30L-G, a Windows 10 business laptop that's slated to go on sale in February. Dynabook is the PC business unit that was formerly under Toshiba before it was sold to Foxconn-owned Sharp. Dynabook claims the Portégé X30L-G is the world's lightest 13.3-inch laptop with Intel's 10th-generation Core processors. The upcoming model weighs in at 870 grams, but can get slightly heavier, depending on the configuration. To achieve the light weight, DynaBook fitted the laptop in a magnesium metal chassis. The same casing was engineered with US military standards in mind to withstand drops, temperature swings, and dust. -
Fedora Project Leader Envisions The Project Becoming An "Operating System Factory"
Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller has shared his vision for Fedora over the next decade and is encouraging discussions about the direction of this Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution over the next five to ten years. -
TikTok fixes 'serious' security flaws
Security flaws on the TikTok video-sharing platform, that could have let hackers add or delete videos, change privacy settings and steal personal data, have been fixed after they were highlighted to developer ByteDance.
Researchers at security firm Check Point found multiple issues, all ripe for exploitation by hackers. It informed ByteDance of the problems in November. TikTok said they were fixed and thanked the security firm for alerting them. "Like many organisations, we encourage responsible security researchers to privately disclose zero-day vulnerabilities to us," it said in a statement. "Before public disclosure, Check Point agreed that all reported issues were patched in the latest version of our app. We hope that this successful resolution will encourage further collaboration with security researchers." -
Facebook ad campaign helped Donald Trump win election, claims executive
A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week. Mr Bosworth said Mr Trump was not elected because of "misinformation", but "because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period". The memo was leaked to The New York Times before he made it public. Mr Bosworth's note discussed many of Facebook's high-profile scandals, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr Bosworth told staff that it was not foreign interference that helped Mr Trump get elected, but his well-planned campaign. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Facebook ad campaign helped Donald Trump win election, claims executive
A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week. Mr Bosworth said Mr Trump was not elected because of "misinformation", but "because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period". The memo was leaked to The New York Times before he made it public. Mr Bosworth's note discussed many of Facebook's high-profile scandals, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr Bosworth told staff that it was not foreign interference that helped Mr Trump get elected, but his well-planned campaign.Hmmmm... I thought voters were responsible for politicians becoming elected. Who knew??
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@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Facebook ad campaign helped Donald Trump win election, claims executive
A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week. Mr Bosworth said Mr Trump was not elected because of "misinformation", but "because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period". The memo was leaked to The New York Times before he made it public. Mr Bosworth's note discussed many of Facebook's high-profile scandals, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr Bosworth told staff that it was not foreign interference that helped Mr Trump get elected, but his well-planned campaign.Hmmmm... I thought voters were responsible for politicians becoming elected. Who knew??
LOL - there you go thinking again.
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@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Facebook ad campaign helped Donald Trump win election, claims executive
A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week. Mr Bosworth said Mr Trump was not elected because of "misinformation", but "because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period". The memo was leaked to The New York Times before he made it public. Mr Bosworth's note discussed many of Facebook's high-profile scandals, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr Bosworth told staff that it was not foreign interference that helped Mr Trump get elected, but his well-planned campaign.Hmmmm... I thought voters were responsible for politicians becoming elected. Who knew??
Your attempt a sarcasm highlights how stupid most people actually are. You might know the reality, but so many people think this is true when it has never been true for Presidential elections.
For other offices, those are majority elected for the most part.
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@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Facebook ad campaign helped Donald Trump win election, claims executive
A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week. Mr Bosworth said Mr Trump was not elected because of "misinformation", but "because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period". The memo was leaked to The New York Times before he made it public. Mr Bosworth's note discussed many of Facebook's high-profile scandals, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr Bosworth told staff that it was not foreign interference that helped Mr Trump get elected, but his well-planned campaign.Hmmmm... I thought voters were responsible for politicians becoming elected. Who knew??
Nope, your vote means nothing because of the electoral college.
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Facebook ad campaign helped Donald Trump win election, claims executive
A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week. Mr Bosworth said Mr Trump was not elected because of "misinformation", but "because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period". The memo was leaked to The New York Times before he made it public. Mr Bosworth's note discussed many of Facebook's high-profile scandals, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr Bosworth told staff that it was not foreign interference that helped Mr Trump get elected, but his well-planned campaign.Hmmmm... I thought voters were responsible for politicians becoming elected. Who knew??
Nope, your vote means nothing because of the electoral college.
That isn't 100% true. 29 states require that the elector vote for the candidate of the party they were selected to represent and (to varying degrees) do not have an option to change from that. https://www.nass.org/node/131.
