Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
July 13th, 2022I added the image of the Carina Nebula to my desktop wallpapers folder. Woh. Via: NASA: The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). […]
The End of the SLR Photography Era Is Near
July 12th, 2022Update: Nikkei Says Nikon to Stop Making DSLRs, Nikon Says It’s Still Making, Selling & Servicing Them Via: DPReview: Nikon Inc’s statement is fairly straightforward, but Nikon isn’t explicitly denying the information in the Nikkei’s report. Nikon doesn’t say the report is incorrect, only that ‘Nikon has made no announcement in this regards [sic].’ Nikon […]
Japanese Hermit Lives in Abandoned Village Behind Dam
July 5th, 2022It’s beautiful there. Via: Toyko Lens:
Your Children May Be Grieving the Death of Technoblade
July 2nd, 2022This is far off-topic, but I wanted to do a quick post about it anyway. Millions of people around the world, mostly children, love a Minecraft content creator called, Technoblade. If your children play Minecraft, they probably know Technoblade. Technoblade died of cancer a couple of days ago. Be on the lookout for grief in […]
The Nocturnals
February 23rd, 2022Via: The Atlantic: While most people are fast asleep, some ultra-introverts are going about their lives, reveling in the quiet and solitude. They challenge a core assumption of psychology: that all humans need social connection.
“My DIY R/C Boat Pulled Me 20 Miles”
November 10th, 2021Via: rctestflight:
What’s It Like Hauling Nuclear Weapons Across The Country?
July 20th, 2021Via: FreightWaves: Listening to the radio or music is allowable so long as it does not interfere with convoy communications, Johnson said.
ALiEn: Artificial Life Environment
June 11th, 2021Via: https: Alien-Project: ALiEn is an artificial life simulation program based on a specialized physics and rendering engine in CUDA. It is designed to simulate digital organisms embedded in artificial ecosystems and to mimic conditions for (pre-)biotic evolution.
Physicists Measure the Gravitational Force Between the Smallest Masses Yet
June 10th, 2021Via: Scientific American: The research effort born on that day has now produced its first result: a measurement of the gravitational force between two tiny gold spheres, each about the size of a sesame seed and weighing as much as four grains of rice—the smallest masses whose gravity has been measured to date. … It […]
Tiny Animal Revived After 24,000 Years Entombed in Siberian Permafrost
June 8th, 2021Via: New Scientist: A tiny animal called a rotifer has been revived after spending 24,000 years frozen in permafrost. It is the longest a rotifer has been observed to survive in such extreme cold. While simple organisms like bacteria can often survive millennia in permafrost, “this is an animal with a nervous system and brain […]
