Eheran

That is how heat works in general, but that has nothing directly to do with reflecting or absorbing IR.

So if we focus on thermal IR: shiny metal surfaces hardly emit or absorb it. A black surface emits and absorbs as much as possible. We quantify this via the emissivity (and also reflectivity, shiny metal is a mirror). Emissivity of 1 = theoretical maximum of a prefect absorber/emitter (both are directly linked), everyday stuff like skin or wood is about 0.95, shiny metal surfaces roughly 0.1, a rusty or painted surface again about 0.95.

You only emit and absorb the same in thermal equilibrium. If the surface is hotter, it emits more. If it is colder, it absorbs more.

Sadly millions absolutely do.

You are mixing different types of IR and on top are wrong for both cases too. We have materials for both NIR and thermal IR that absorb or reflect them.

When the stakes to this high and it happens so often: you don’t.

They also need cooling for exactly the same reason and pretty much the same amount for the same power generation.

Yes, a massive shitstorm and similar things.

Our! Comrade.

That is going to take a long time… newspaper…

Nuanced? The “it just repeats existing answers” is utter nonsense, no way to take that person serious.

Do you think the same about peoples pronouns?

So let’s just accept things, accept that whooopsie the person said it and we knew but we did not act, let’s not change things! Right.

We are talking about the USA, I fucking hope they do not take school shooting threats as jokes!

Why?

It really is. I get the sentiment that there can be schadenfreude.

The animated stickers on signal are trash in comparison and there are only a fraction as many, like 120 or so in total if I just counted correctly.

That’s nothing for the scale of OS market share.

Please link such an article. I have never ever received a link to one when asking this question and I always ask for one/them when I read such “accusations”.

In Germany that is called “scheinselbstständig” like “bogus self-employment”, a worker who is officially hired as an independent contractor/freelancer, but in reality works like a dependent employee. And that is illegal since it specifically undermines employment laws etc.

What is the state of VR? Still super niche?