Q: What is the maximum length for an HDMI cable before attenuation occurs? (via Quora) A: In reality, any length of cable will introduce some attenuation. I think you’re actually asking “how long can a cable be before attenuation becomes a problem?” But even there, there’s no absolute answer. A cable in an electromagnetically quiet…
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Machine translation run amok…
“When stars teeter too shut to the menacing voids, they’re can kickstart tidal disruption events (TDEs). Stars are yanked in in direction of the shadowy gap by its glean gravitational self-discipline, and are eventually ripped apart by the unheard of tidal forces.”
A reader asks: How do I recover/save my phone’s internal storage before doing Reset?
Q: How do I recover/save my phone’s internal storage before doing Reset? (via Quora) A: It depends on where’s the data stored — but should always be relatively easy to do. 1) If the data is on a plug-in/add-on memory card, recovery is trivially simple: Turn off the phone, remove the card, and plug the card…
Yes, an electronically stored “1” actually does weigh more than a “0”
Q: Does downloading data to a hard drive, say an app onto a phone, make the hard drive slightly heavier? (Question sent via Quora) A: On a flash hard drive or in RAM? Yes! Adding information — a 1, instead of a 0 — requires storing an electric charge. Each electron has a very small weight (something like…
This makes my head hurt.
Also: .truh daeh ym sekam sihT “The light curves of six gamma-ray burst events showed evidence of complex time-reversible wavelike structures – that is, there was an event in each pulse in which time seemed to repeat itself backwards.” “Gamma-Ray Bursts Might Have a Really Weird Time-Reversible Mirroring Effect” https://www.sciencealert.com/bright-gamma-ray-bursts-have-complex-time-reversible-wavelike-structures