lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square281linkfedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down113
arrow-up1645arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square281linkfedilink
minus-squareATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHeat is energy as “vibration of molecules”. It spreads to adjacent molecules by conduction, unless we have other interesting things going on. Easy stuff. Vacuum is the absence of molecules to conduct heat to. Wait…
minus-squarecammoblammo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWell, it can also radiate away in the form of EM radiation, typically infrared. That takes time though.
Heat is energy as “vibration of molecules”. It spreads to adjacent molecules by conduction, unless we have other interesting things going on. Easy stuff.
Vacuum is the absence of molecules to conduct heat to.
Wait…
Well, it can also radiate away in the form of EM radiation, typically infrared. That takes time though.