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  • When wireless charging was announced, every layperson out there started imagining their homes filled with powerful waves of harmless energy that would keep their devices charged and eliminate the need for all wires. People thought we could have LED bulbs that pull volts out of the air and provide light for your dining room.

    Wireless charging is slightly more convenient than plugging your phone in to a usb c. But it's also slower. I have a wireless charger next to a wired charger, and 90% of the time I plug in because it's faster, and I can still use my phone while it charges.

  • This is one of my favorite stories about petty malicious compliance. Brownlee knew that welding the cover in place was a fools errand and a waste of time, but a superior insisted it be done to contain the blast. Brownlee acquiesced but also installed a high-speed camera pointed at the cap to capture exactly how stupid the idea was. Turns out, the high-speed camera was not high speed enough, because the cap vanished between frames, meaning it was either blown off at a speed that would escape Earth orbit, or it was instantaneously vaporized.

    I like imagining the meeting where Brownlee presented the findings on the cap experiment.

    Like imagine if you could get away with that at your job. Some pompous middle manager insists on a stupid idea, and you're like "OK, we'll do it, but we're also going to set up instruments to detect precisely how badly this will fail, just so we have it on record."

  • I don't mind long gaps as long as the show is good, and you don't leave shit on a cliffhanger. There's plenty of other shows to watch in the meantime, and then it's like a happy surprise when it comes back. If it's good.