Not spam, but part of a science museum’s newsletter:
“Learn the real science of SpongeBob with the Marine Biodiversity Center’s DISCO program.”
Okaaay…
Category: Fediverse
Tonight’s waxing crescent moon. It’s passing in front of the Hyades star cluster right now, …
Tonight’s waxing crescent moon. It’s passing in front of the Hyades star cluster right now, which I’d love to get a photo of, but the moon’s just waaay too bright to capture the background stars!
#photography #moon #night #stargazing
I find it interesting that YouTube backyard/garage science videos span the full range of- here’s …
I find it interesting that YouTube backyard/garage science videos span the full range of
– here’s a cool experiment you wish you could do if you had the equipment/resources/training
– here’s a cool experiment you CAN do
– here’s an experiment you REALLY shouldn’t do, let me show you exactly why we have this safety rule/warning label (ex. here’s what happens if you unwrap a lithium battery!)
…often within the same channel.
And I really want a specific term for that last subcategory.
It Took Two Months and Nearly a Million Dollars to Save an Unvaccinated 6-Year-Old From Tetanus
Impressive photos of lightning above Southern California during the latest thunderstorm.
Impressive photos of lightning above Southern California during the latest thunderstorm. https://www.kqed.org/science/1938853/photos-latest-winter-storm-lights-up-southern-california-sky
Which site was first to publish your likes/favorites in your followers’ timelines?
Hyperactive Parrots and Stoned Wallabies
Apparently opium affects parrots the way caffeine affects humans, and hyperactive parrots in India are trashing the poppy fields trying to get their fix.
@Satsuma replies:
cant decide if this is more or less funny than the high on opium wallabies making crop circles on Australian poppy farms
Wow!
I think wallabies and crop circles win! 😂
Every time I see “Android Pie” written out, it looks wrong. My brain wants it …
Every time I see “Android Pie” written out, it looks wrong. My brain wants it to be “Android Pi.”
The timing was flocking perfect.
According to “Reading in the Brain,” we assemble words in alphabetic writing systems by …
According to “Reading in the Brain,” we assemble words in alphabetic writing systems by grouping sets of 3 letters in each 5 (IIRC). To read the word BRAIN, we assemble BRA, RAI, AIN, BRI, RAN, RIN etc., and map to which words best match those triplets. That’s why it’s so easy to mix up BRAIN and BRIAN – they’re not just the same letters in almost the same order, they’re almost the same triplets.
I imagine that’s also why I consistently misread “NSW” as “NSFW” instead of “New South Wales.”
In the time it took me to get a light meter reading and swap lenses …
In the time it took me to get a light meter reading and swap lenses on the old film camera, the light went from perfectly highlighting the flowers to leaving some of them in shadow.
Fortunately I took a shot with my phone before I started fumbling with equipment and the shadows moved, but the fake depth of field just isn’t the same.
Is this like the final punch card full of closing parentheses I heard about from old LISP programmers who wanted to make sure everything was closed?
@OldBrushNewPaper @Satsuma Is this like the final punch card full of closing parentheses I heard about from old LISP programmers who wanted to make sure everything was closed?
@eylul I made one! But the pictures are super blurry. I think I have the …
@eylul I made one! But the pictures are super blurry. I think I have the distance wrong or maybe the pinhole is too wide? How did you determine the position for the foil? And what did you use for the hole? I used a sewing needle.
Found a place called “Moana Sushi” on Yelp. My mind immediately started in on this:”I’ve …
Found a place called “Moana Sushi” on Yelp. My mind immediately started in on this:
“I’ve been staring at the menu in the window
Long as I can remember,
Never knowing what to try….”
@FiXato Sometimes I wonder how Chekhov manages to stay positive.
@FiXato Sometimes I wonder how Chekhov manages to stay positive.
TFW you start writing a change to the program logic, then realize that because of …
TFW you start writing a change to the program logic, then realize that because of the way you’d written it in the first place, you don’t actually need to rewrite any code, just run a single SQL update.
@brion replies: DELETE FROM `bugs` WHERE severity > 0
IF ONLY!!!!!
Also trying to figure out what checkions are… Maybe they’re a particle produced when a …
Also trying to figure out what checkions are… Maybe they’re a particle produced when a warp field mode collapse triggers an exploding gradient?
@janellecshane What? No creme de cacao? 😂
@janellecshane What? No creme de cacao? 😂
@quantumcowboy Yeah. Living in California, I’ve often wondered the same thing about low-flow faucets and …
@quantumcowboy Yeah. Living in California, I’ve often wondered the same thing about low-flow faucets and shower heads: at some point the flow becomes *so* low that people have to spend more time using them just to rinse off the soap.
I’m sure someone’s done the math to optimize water use in real-world scenarios, but judging by a lot of restroom sinks, I don’t think the market has taken it into account.
The promise of LED outdoor lighting: We can produce the same amount of light for …
The promise of LED outdoor lighting: We can produce the same amount of light for much less energy and maintenance! And maybe aim more of it downward for better efficiency!
The reality: For just a little bit more money, we can make night look like day!