Yeah, though it looks like the cyan (which would be ~500nm) is actually false color UV image, judging by the same color scale as this https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/5-3-2024_sdo_x1pt6_flare_131/
Awesome, thanks for the detailed answer!
This is my hole! It was made for me!
Can we please not do this on Lemmy? Pun comment threads are just the wurst.
2000 mile flight. Not crazy long but not short. (The state of Alaska was not involved, just the airline.)
I remember when phones used to be good.
Telemarketers have been around for a long, long time (Wikipedia claim "...the practice of contacting potential customers by telephone originated in the late 19th century.").
I personally recall a lot more telemarketing in the 90s, though I was a kid and just passed the phone to mom or dad. But that was also a time when caller ID was a luxury, and not everyone had answering machines.
In the US it depends on the airline. We went on a babymoon vacation when my partner was 30-something weeks and didn't need to provide any documentation (Alaska Airlines). She did run it by her providers first, but that wasn't an airline/TSA/FAA requirement.
Inconceivable! Some also look like Winston Churchill.
Sawyer filter inline with a camelback is awesome. I'd just fill up my camelback in a stream using a (clean) handkerchief to get the large debris out and then let the filter do the rest.
Yep --- intersection at 2nd and Natoma it looks like.
In my head it was definitely Cave.
Some numbers are missing...[due to] out of memory error.
The S7+ seems to have 6 or 8GB RAM, but the iPhone 7 only has 2, yet it seems the iPhone ran the test and the S7+ didn't. I wonder if the iOS implementation is that much better, or Android isn't set up with any swap, or...?
I know the "attack helicopter" bit is a transphobic trope, but given how hard those fans are probably working, I think this computer might actually identify as one.
(If this comment is offensive I can remove it/mod can obviously remove it --- not trying to be a dick!)
Human gestation is 10 months
"Full term" pregnancy is ~40w from last menstrual period, or ~38w from conception. There are ~4.345 weeks/month, putting full term at ~8.75 to ~9.2 months. Note the 9.2 months includes ~2 weeks before fertilization.
(Not sure if I'm being whooshed or not...)
Today is June 1st, the start of Pride Month. This scene from "Blood Oath" weighs heavily on my mind.
Because not all humans strive for honor.
Would that really help though? Gold is super soft so I think it would need to get frequently coated/plated again --- and we already have pretty good and resistant marine paint.
Titanium is very corrosion resistant, not to mention plastics/fiberglass/carbon fiber, as I understand.
But yeah, cheap gold would be be great, just seems to me that the market would more be in e.g. electronics, where both corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity are required (something gold is fairly unique at).
People praise the female reproductive system as miraculous because it can make a baby in only 9 months. Like that's neat and all, but my reproductive system can make a baby in approximately 13 seconds, so I don't see what all the fuss is about.
Yep, you're right --- I was just responding to parent's comment about fiber being best because nothing is faster than light :)
When copy says, "the X of the future will have Y," it's often laughable how wrong they get it --- but in this case, remarkably true.
San Francisco's historical fleet
People often complain about San Francisco's public transit --- and to be sure, it's not perfect by any means (multiple separate agencies doesn't help). But the historic streetcars are pretty neat!
They're painted with the livery of various historic streetcars from all over the country (and a few international, I think). Best of all, they run alongside the modern fleet --- same route, same fare.
Sutro Tower lights changed color?
Noticed a few days ago that Sutro Tower's red blinking lights are now white. Just asked them on their website form, but wondered if anyone else knows the story with this.
Personally, I miss the red ones!
Recommendations for first HF rig?
Howdy!
I got my Technician in early 2000s, and last year finally upgraded to Extra. Looking to set up a very basic shack.
I'm looking for an HF setup, with most of my use probably using digital modes, but would like the ability to use voice.
Current transceiver is on loan from girlfriend's dad, a Ten-Tec Scout 555 --- 50W HF unit with separate modules for each band. One limitation of this is that the modules set the mode, so it's LSB on 40m, making e.g. FT8 not possible (without some hacking of code or perhaps hacking the module).
Antenna is end-fed with an off-the-shelf 49:1. Currently only have 20m half-wave, but have just enough room for a 40m half-wave in the attic, which is the ultimate goal.
For digital modes, it looks like there are sort of 3 classes of radio:
- "full digital" where the radio has e.g. a USB port and handles audio, transmit, and frequency set.
- Some computer-control with RS232, but uses computer audio+adapter to transmit.
- No digital, use adapter to trans