@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-08-26 14:42:03
from my link log —
Historical notes on computer word and byte sizes.
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2023-03/2023-03-07.html
saved 2023-03-08
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-08-26 14:42:03
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-08-27 09:45:49
Despite the 2026 summer box office tracking to hit $4.5B, outperforming 2019 and 2023, total admissions through mid-August stand at 547.1M, below 2019's 795.9M (Bob Mondello/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5923629/movie-summer-box-office
@djghettoredneck@mastodon.djghettoredneck.com2026-08-26 00:58:45
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-08-26 15:10:56
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-08-25 19:29:27
Relive Dolly Parton's iconic Cowboys' Thanksgiving halftime show performance https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-dallas-cowboys-halftime-show/91460640007/
@carbonwoman@norden.social2026-08-25 16:37:04
Die Temperatur des Nordatlantik ist inzwischen fast so hoch wie in 2023. Es ist wirklich beängstigend.
https://norden.social/@carbonwoman/113655977792201490
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-09-08 21:26:09
Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers agree to 3-year contract extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7366483/2026/09/08/baker-mayfield-bucs-contract-extension/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-08-26 18:25:48
In a 2023 interview, Trump's new FDA pick laid out a vision for 'conservative-based' science (Adam Kovac/Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/2023-interview-trump-fda-pick-133000541.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260826/p87#a260826p87
@bibbleco@infosec.exchange2026-07-13 14:06:28
Just did very approximate calculations; with 10g of lithium per drone*, and assuming the Russian and Ukrainian drone efforts consume 5m units a year**, that'd be ~50 tons of lithium deposited into the environment per year, mostly within, let's say, 50km of the grey zone***. It's only about $20,000 / ton****, which means $1m of metal*****.
So to answer my own silly question: no, it won't be economically viable to scalp the top few inches of topsoil and extract the lithium from it.
* Roughly right for quadcopters / small FPV; larger and longer range ones will have more, so this is a bottom bound. (OTOH longer range UAVs will tend to use ICE kerosene rather than batteries
** Changing all the time as both sides try expanding production as fast as they can manage. Ua are scaling much faster at time of writing
*** Handwaving. Contact zone's hardly moved since early 2023; OTOH Ua are pushing range limits on small battery-powered form factor, saw a 60km claim for the Logistics Lockdown operation the other day
**** There was a big spike to the $70-8000 range in 2022; median price is closer to $10k than $20k
***** (IDK the chemistry but presumably it's in an exciting range of different compounds, depending on how many bits the battery was blown into, how hot / pressured the blast wave was a few tens of mm from the boom, what other stuff was in the vicinity that the lithium would combine with, etc etc.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-08-21 05:13:26
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-08-19 04:26:09
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
corto.alto:
🎵 Slope (6 Music Session, 15 Nov 2023)
#cortoalto
https://cortoalto.bandcamp.com/track/slope-4
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KWUeJYo8dNzqsCylvz1hL