ah the auld midget cabbage bowling
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
this is good content, fellows
― a landlocked exclave (mh 😏), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
now is the spudder of our goodcontent...
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
#ROSETTA 😍 OSIRIS #67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO new albums 😍--ROSETTA EXTENSION 2 MTP030-- Miércoles 1 Junio 2016 all filters stacked pic.twitter.com/Bf173Z5g79— landru79 (@landru79) April 23, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 23 April 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link
wow!
i'm really enjoying this entire page, actually
https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/index.php?/category/410/
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 April 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
are the bright streaks ice, i guess?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 April 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
<3 ♪♫ caek's corner ♪♫
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
the foreground things are cosmic rays, which you get on CCDs when the exposures are long. the weird downwards snow/motion effect in the background is from background stars.
here's an individual frame https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/picture.php?/172648/category/410
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
so you're telling me
i can see cosmic rays
― gbx, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
space is out of control
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
yeah somebody oughta tell space to just chill the heck out
― gbx, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
caek plz tell space to take it down a notch
― valorous wokelord (silby), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
hey space: leave it m8
― gbx, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
counterpoint: space should amp it up a little, maybe put a donk on it
― you bet, nancy (map), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
it seems impossible to amp it up any more than it already is, but if anything has another level, it's space
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
black is the donk of space
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link
🔊🇦🇶 Antarctic ice drop sound, TL;DR version 🇦🇶🔊1) As ice scrapes down hole, Doppler effect decreases sound frequency2) "Ricochet" is sound of ice hitting bottom coming up at varying speed3) "Heartbeat" is set by 320 m/sec speed of sound reverberating up/down hole@UofR pic.twitter.com/OZaUQERX54— Peter Neff (@peter_neff) April 27, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
this is beautiful, ty
― gbx, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
just bought one of these https://www.ambientweather.com/amws2902.html
i love the unboxing videos for weather stations! such incredible nerds! people are really angry about low accuracy sensors on wunderground.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 17 March 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
bought one of those for my parents a few years ago but they didn't want to plug the internet part in : /
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 March 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
weather stations are cool as heck. my dad has one and I should see about upgrading it
the data issue is tricky because I think the more location-specific data we can have out there, the better! but threre’s a lot of money in it. it might be one of the few data privacy/monetizarion things where I’d be completely cool with a company giving the value proposition up front that they subsidize your station as long as you allow them to use the data. and if you were in a low-data area you’d maybe even get a bounty?
― mh, Monday, 18 March 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
i am told that i should use a password manager. do you recommend any in particular? (didn't lastpass get hacked a little while back?)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
1password
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
(And yes you should. It feels risky but the alternatives are worse. Turn on 2FA everywhere you can.)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
tyvm!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
cosining caek's advice!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
yeah my 1password rec is now slightly qualified b/c they'll coax you into paying monthly these days but I honestly don't care
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
LastPass is substantially worse of a user experience
i sync to dropbox, no subscription. but yes they do try really hard to funnel you into a subscription thing.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
(1password i mean)
I sync over WiFi for all my own stuff but we have a family subscription for all the shared stuff
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
1Password user here since about 2010. I'm counting the days until I migrate to something, anything else. I just don't feel that 1Password is deserving of my subscription funds, even though it's not much. The company has gotten increasingly asinine since I signed up, and their support ranges from don't-care to shitty-snarkiness.
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Friday, 11 October 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
Hmm, here's the same supernova remnant from Hubble in narrowband with a 10 year gap between frames. A few stars zooming around too, though I think only the one bright one will be obvious in the gif. pic.twitter.com/lIJ4tjstUa— Judy Schmidt (@SpaceGeck) September 12, 2019
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 27 December 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
man, i fucking love this corner
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 December 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
ditto
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 29 December 2019 07:21 (four years ago) link
good account
A bit of Saturn pic.twitter.com/BlCx8EAKqV— Bits of Saturn (@bitsofsaturn) March 3, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
caek are you actually from ☰☰☭☰☰ SHEFFIELD ☰☰☭☰☰ or just a fan
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 June 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 21 June 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
i have ilxmailed u
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 June 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
haha got it thank you!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 21 June 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 June 2020 04:01 (three years ago) link
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched 15 years ago today and is still going strong. It's incredible array of instruments include MARCI, CTX & @HiRISE pic.twitter.com/BO6bIXLcrn— Seán Doran (@_TheSeaning) August 12, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
i bought a NAS
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 18:57 (three years ago) link
wait, does that mean you're in NAS now? if so, congrats!
(i don't much about what it takes to get in, but it seems congrats-worthy imo)
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
No I got one of these https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS220+
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
so we finally know which side caek favours in the great QNAP/Synology divide
i never thought we'd see this day
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
caek u seem pretty smart lol, so I would appreciate your opinion on how Ouija boards work.
The prevailing theory is 'ideomotor effect,' a "psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously." This seems preposterous to me.
― life is beauitul (rip van wanko), Sunday, 30 August 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
ideometer effect sounds right to me. granted this material was not covered during my phd.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 31 August 2020 03:14 (three years ago) link
you and all your fancy books! I think it's ghosts
― life is beauitul (rip van wanko), Monday, 31 August 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
This seems preposterous to me.
You don't seem to grasp how little of brain activity emerges into consciousness. The very fact that participants who use Ouija boards are led to anticipate the possibility of meaningful actions can influence their participation. btw, it is not often emphasized, but sometimes Ouija boards give completely incoherent responses, even though the board helpfully supplies landing areas that circumvent the need for laboriously spelling out responses. This is explained by devotees as 'the spirits not feeling cooperative', which explains nothing.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Monday, 31 August 2020 03:59 (three years ago) link