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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Perhaps you could try friend-finding apps such as Bumble BFF? You're likely to find others there in a similar position to yourself. It also focuses on 1 on 1 which should be a little easier to manage with social anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Clubs are a good call. Look into societies at your university, find something that you're interested in or think you could be interested in. Societies are social in a way that seminars and other course activities are not. Don't worry if you don't "click" with anyone immediately, keep attending and do your best to engage in conversations.

I also recommend seeking out a university counsellor. Most universities will have them and their advice can be valuable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I doubt this is AI. This looks right for a micro-CT angiograph.

The blood vessels will have X-ray opaque dye injected, so they stand out on the CT. You can then set a threshold in the visualization software to filter out other tissue. The software then uses an algorithm to apply some shading to the surfaces of the unfiltered tissue to create a 3D effect.

The red colouring is a choice of the user, it just colours darker parts red and fades out to transparency.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I enjoyed the book, but I'm not bothered about a TV adaptation. The clip makes it look a bit too somber.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

5 years is also the maximum sentence for illegally selling firearms, violent disorder, performing female circumcision, assault, abandoning young children and some cases of sexually assaulting a child.

Basically the same as planning to block a road /s.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I thought this was the adoring fan from Oblivion until I saw someone linked the source.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I program for a living and I think of it more as doing the interesting tasks all day, rather than the mundane and repetitive. Chat GPT and GitHub Copilot are great for getting something roughly right that you can tweak to work the way you want.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

There are companies trying to bring airships back. The Airlander 10 is expected to be flying flights over Spain in 2026.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm British, visited an anthropology museum last week and left feeling angry. Give it all back.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Human terminal velocity is roughly 56 m/s. Let's say our superhero wants to decelerate the person at 10G, which should be survivable for a short period. That would be 0.6 seconds of deceleration over 48 m. That's a short time but quite a long distance, let's slow down faster:

20G -> 0.28 seconds, 24 m.

30G -> 0.19 seconds, 16 m.

50G -> 0.11 seconds, 9.6 m.

100G -> 0.057 seconds, 4.79 m.

200G -> 0.029 seconds, 2.45 m.

5000G -> 0.0011 seconds, 3.6 inches.

A 40 mph car crash in a modern car into a solid wall gives around 15G.

F1 driver David Purley survived a 180G crash in 1977.

In short, I don't recommend catching someone with 3 inches to spare.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Comments like this are why I like Lemmy, y'all are good people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

As a software developer I promise you that software development is very much not an exact science.

Programs are complex and there are so many different ways of achieving the same thing that all code has problems and gets a bit messy in places. You can test, but it's not easy to ensure that everything works the way it should.

The best code you're going to get will probably be in the space industry, but even that will have bugs. The best you can do is make the code robust even when bugs make things go wrong.

In many cases copilot will do just as well as a junior developer. It's very good at repetitive tasks and filling gaps in your existing code.

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