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[-] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If a headline is phrased as a question, i.e. "Will X takeover the world this month?", then the answer is always no, because if the answer was yes they would have written "X will takeover the world by the end of the month" which is a much more declarative and attention grabbing headline.

Similarly, if a headline says something "could do X" that means it won't because if it was going to the reporter would have written that it "will do X".

[-] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Described well. Link to the relevant wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Headline: Studies show French toast may cause cancer.

Then again, it may not.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Why are you picking on the French? If I had my guess, I would assume Texas toast would be worse in that regard. Lol

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

All toast matters

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since it contains burnt byproducts, it probably does. Like 0.001% more chance of cancer per toast per hour or something.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

It won't ever be your cell phone screen. Optically, it's less clear than what we have, and while the wood/epoxy is "tough", wood is not "hard". It will scratch easily.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

It’s an interesting line of research, but unless they can completely remove all visual traces of grain, etc, so that it’s very clear, it’s not going to be a replacement for glass in either screens or windows. And I’m skeptical that’s possible.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've got a couple frosted windows that I'd love to be as insulating as wood, I can see it maybe being used for that.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It would also be useful for blinds. My doggie is a bit of a little jerk and wrecked mine trying to look outside while they were closed. Wood blinds would likely be a lot more resilient

[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Honestly, I'd take a woody window to replace the clear glass overlooking the scenic parking lot outside literally any of the apartments I've ever lived in.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

If it's anything like NileRed's "transparent wood" it won't work for shit as a window, except as like a privacy window that just lets light through.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago
[-] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Could. Should. Wood.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

An iPhone user will still break it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Wood is wood and wood breaks.

Not bad.

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